671. [STAGE 40] Black Dragon Subjugation (5)
Hotel Crossroads. temporary meeting room.
“The subjugation force… annihilation?”
The kings were in shock.
It wasn’t that he wasn’t prepared for damage. In the worst case scenario, annihilation was assumed.
However, I didn’t expect that they would be slaughtered so unilaterally. I thought I could leave at least one fatal wound on the black dragon.
Only a few wounds and one scale –
this was all of his previous convictions. It was too shabby for what was obtained at the cost of the lives of 30,000 of the best people gathered from each country.
The Heroic Expedition is defeated. Commander Ash is missing.
The non-aircraft fleet and 30,000 main forces were annihilated.
And the darkness is still creeping north…
“Urgent!”
But the black dragon didn’t even give the kings time to be in shock. Immediately after that, the next report flew in.
“Urgent news! Report from Observation Team! Black Dragon is preparing for the third breath! The aiming direction is this Cross Road!”
“…!”
The kings who were frozen in shock woke up all at once. And I fell into even greater confusion.
The kings screamed as they did not know how to prevent that approaching destruction.
Meaningless shouts and shouts filled the venue. In the venue that became a mess, only Emperor Traha was coldly in thought with his cold eyes down.
“What about defenses?”
When the emperor asked, the adjutant who was stationed behind him answered.
“The barrier covering the entire city is ready, but we don’t know if it will last.”
“What about the Dragon Lady?”
“You are also preparing, but the injury is too deep.”
“…that ‘method’ that my son left behind?”
“I am not listening.”
“hmm.”
Traha, with her pods in front of her chest, let out a tired sigh.
“I’ve always been prepared for the end… but this is closer than I thought.”
The confusion inside the venue was deepening. Traha just closed his eyes.
All the dice that can be thrown have already been thrown.
From now on,
I have no choice but to leave it to the sky… and to the people on the battlefield.
***
The Night Bringer’s breath is almost finished.
Even as a Night Bringer, this full power breath wasn’t an offensive method that could be used often. Its cycle is approximately once every 12 hours.
Once to the north immediately after landing in Inse, once to the advance base 12 hours later, and once again to the north now 24 hours later.
Even if you don’t have to use the breath, the fortress city will collapse anyway when the main body reaches the crossroads.
However, there was no reason not to use this breath. Didn’t this battle prove that at least those who tried to hide behind the walls could be pulled out by force?
Aaaaaa…!
The Night Bringer’s thick neck twitched and he let out a breath that he had gathered to his chin. Now, the fortress city would be over if I just let out this much-gathered breath –
that was then.
Wedge love!
Overhead, something swooped towards the Nightbringer.
[…?]
The Night Bringer curiously rolled his eyes and looked up, and finally found it.
Tuhak-!
An empty spaceship was being rammed down vertically from the sky.
Clap clap clap clap-!
The fully deployed barrels at the nose of the airship glowed red, then fired all of the ammunition it had.
Do-do-do-do-do-!
Rain of ammunition poured down, and at the same time, the airships launched a land charge.
[So brave.]
The Night Bringer snorted and created magic by moving only his eyes.
Because it was right before the breath was fired, the entire body, let alone the seven heads, could not be moved. However, it was not without means of defense.
A myriad of magic circles rose around Night Bringer’s head, and the magic bullets of darkness created from the magic circles soared toward the sky.
pop! pop! Beep!
The ammunition fired by the flying ship and the magic fired by the Night Bringer crossed each other in the air and hit each other’s targets.
The airship’s ammunition splattered sparks onto the scales of the Night Bringer, but failed to do any damage. Conversely, the Night Bringer’s magic tore the airspace to shreds.
Flames ignited all over the ship’s hull that had been hit by magic in the air, and it couldn’t reach the Night Bringer –
Kwa-Kwang…!
It exploded right above the Night Bringer’s head.
After calmly blocking this fierce but pointless interruption, the Night Bringer was about to open its mouth and unleash its breath to the north.
[…?!]
Geeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeein!
above your head.
Through the smoke of the explosion, another airship appeared.
[Whoa…!]
The Night Bringer gave a little admiration.
From the beginning, the two planes descended in a line, closely attached to each other.
The emptiness of the vanguard is used as bait, and the real emptiness of the rear is…!
The newly appeared non-empty ship pulled up the barrier on the hull to the fullest and rushed. The Night Bringer let out a laugh.
[Isn’t that quite right, human-!]
Perverted! pop! Pew-!
Night Bringer’s black magic bullets were fired again, but the reaction was slightly delayed- the ship avoided most of them by turning smoothly as if performing an acrobatic stunt in the air.
And the black dragon’s side head right before it fell down in a curve rather than a straight line and released its breath –
Kwajik -!
I got hit.
At this moment, the dragon’s head bent to the side very minutely
…
At the same time, the breath spewed from the Night Bringer’s mouth was shot far north.
Dark magic fired again tore the airspace to shreds. After completing its mission, the airship crashed, scattering sparks and debris.
“Kuh…!”
MacMillan was observing all this with a telescope in the distance in the woods.
cried Macmillan, who was bleeding from his bitten lip.
“Is it a success?!”
In the woods, most of the personnel on board the airship were watching this scene with their faces down.
All but two volunteer pilots were hiding here, crying and praying for the success of the operation.
And-
***
“The third breath is coming!”
“Raise the barrier-!”
cross road.
The wizards and alchemists who were waiting on the wall immediately exploded the magic core of the artifact and activated the barrier.
And-
Kwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa…!
The blown breath missed.
I narrowly passed the side of the castle wall of the crossroads. And they burned all the eastern plains and hills, empty plains.
It took two days to go north from the Valley where the Night Bringer was located to the Cross Road.
When the flying ship risked its life and pushed the launch angle very slightly, the breath path was greatly distorted.
Even though it missed, the heat soared for a moment, and the national flags of various countries fluttering on the wall caught fire.
but missed Crossroads survived.
“Breath missed…!”
“Hooray! hurray! I live!”
The mages and alchemists who were delighted immediately stiffened their faces.
Pachik Pachichik…
All barriers are down.
The barrier that surrounded the entire city was tore apart just with the breath barely passing by. It wasn’t a direct hit, it was only the outside, but it was this.
If the next breath hits directly, the barrier won’t be able to withstand it.
All the humans on the wall looked at the eastern plain with pale faces.
Under the pitch-black sky, the barren plain was burning endlessly with black salt attached to it.
***
“Report! The breath missed!”
“The airships stopped the Night Bringer from firing his breath!”
As soon as the report came in, a sigh of relief, exclamation, and sighs erupted from the temporary meeting room at the Hotel Crossroads.
While everyone was agitated, only Emperor Traha was still judging the situation with cold eyes.
“You got a 12-hour grace period.”
It was a situation where he couldn’t do anything right now. Didn’t all the barriers go down just by passing by?
“Before the next breath fire, reinforce the barrier and pour all your resources into the treatment of the dragon lady.”
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
“And… convince the ‘method’ that Ash left behind.”
Traha growled ferociously.
“Any means, by any means.”
***
Manor house. guest room.
“There… Skarian nim…”
Illusionist Violet twisted her body, not knowing what to do.
It was the largest and best room among the guest rooms. The furniture is large and luxurious, and the wood-filled fireplace burns warmly.
On the soft carpet in front of this fireplace, Skairian, the ‘black dragon’s gentleman’, was lying comfortably in a human form.
Skairian, wearing glasses on the tip of his nose, was reading rare books from all over the world, pouring rare liquor into the glass next to him, and eating rare delicacies from all over the world with his hands that were not holding the books.
[What’s wrong, Violet?]
Skairian asked softly, taking his eyes off the book. Then Violet twisted her body again and asked.
“Hey there… Can’t you… stop… the V Breath…?”
[…]
Skyrian let out a low sigh.
A ‘way’ to block the Breath of the Night Bringer left behind by Ash.
That was the Skerian. However, this dragon did not listen to anything from humans right after Ash disappeared.
In order to somehow change his mind, he was offering all sorts of offerings, from books to precious alcohol, mountain and sea food, but… not even the seeds were eaten.
So, it was Violet who was mobilized. It was because Violet was the only human that Skairian openly favored.
Violet, who was promised billions of dollars by the imperial family, tried to persuade Skarian somehow-
[I don’t like it.]
Skairian refused like a knife.
[Ash is the only human who can give orders to me. But now it’s missing.]
“….”
[To be honest, I’m very happy with the current situation. It’s fun to watch the world fall into chaos as it perishes, and it’s interesting to watch humans try to come up with a way.] Skarian
smiled softly.
[So I won’t stop. If I block it, that’s all, and it’s no fun. It’s much more fun to watch you guys struggling.]
“Ha, but at this point…”
Violet swallowed dryly, then raised her hand and pointed at herself.
“I’m dying too?!”
[Ah, you don’t have to worry about that.]
Skarian, who slowly stood up, approached Violet. Surprised, Violet hiccupped and stepped back.
Took.
“Hey?!”
As she stepped back, her back hit the wall, and Violet freaked out.
Skarian, standing in front of Violet, rolled her golden eyes over her glasses, reached out and grabbed the ends of Violet’s light purple hair… and took a breath.
[Because I’ll save you.]
“Uh woah…”
[Even if the world perishes, I’ll protect you, Violet. So don’t worry.
]
It was burdensome and I wondered why I was doing this to myself, so my heart was complicated, but I was strangely happy… Violet trembles, not knowing what to do.
thump thump!
A loud vibration echoed through the window next to the wall where Violet’s back was touching.
Frightened Violet turned around to see Parekian, the ‘black dragon’s claw’, poking her distinctive machine-like face through the window.
Parekian let out an engine sound with a dissatisfied giggling.
Skairian giggled and laughed.
[what. Violet and I are having fun together, so are you jealous of Parekian?]
Gee-!
[If you twist it, polymorph and you come in too. Oh, can’t you?]
Gigiiik-!
Caught between the two dragons’ war of nerves, Violet swallowed tears in her stomach.
‘I’ve never been popular with human men my whole life… How did it become so popular with dragons…’
Violet thought to herself that this was a scene worthy of the end of the century, too.
It was then. Outside the window, I saw a group of people moving in haste.
‘huh?’
Puzzled, Violet looked that way, and Skairian and Parekian also moved their heads to follow Violet’s gaze.
The people moving along the main road in the center of the city… were the people of the Aryan Kingdom.
Packed up, they were leaving for the north in a hurry.
Not only the king, Miller Aryan, but also Yun, who lost consciousness, and the warriors who have been fighting steadily in the Crossroads. It was power.
In the meantime, the world defense front did not allow them to leave, so they were detained in the city, but now that the breath passed by, the city was in chaos and left for the north.
It wasn’t just the people of the Aryan Kingdom.
People from several small kingdoms, who had been unable to escape while noticing, followed the procession of the Arian kingdom, as if they wanted it at this time, and the group became huge.
[…]
Skairian, who was watching this with interest, turned his head towards Violet.
[Violet.]
Violet, who was watching the scene blankly with her mouth open, faced Skairian. Then, Skairian grinned.
[How about we just run away with them?]
“Eh?”
[There is no hope here on the frontlines anyway. Even if I block the breath, my father will arrive in the next two days… Then destruction is certain.]
“….”
[Why don’t you just sit here and wait for death to come…? Would you like to run away to the north together?]
“Ha, but the whole world will eventually perish…”
[I told you. Even if the world perishes, I will protect you.]
Skerian lowered his head. Violet stared hard into the dragon’s golden eyes.
[If it’s necessary, let’s hide and live together in a place where my father can’t find it. So how about it?]
“….”
[Would you like to leave this scary wire and run away together?]
After a moment of silence.
“How could you think of such a thing…”
Violet shook her head in dismay,
“…Are you a genius, dragon?”
Violet hurriedly picked up a bag placed in the corner of the room, stuffed food and money into it, and then slung the
bag on her back and shouted boldly.
“great! Let’s run away!”
[…]
“Oh hurry up! Quickly! Before you get caught!”
Skairian, who had been blank for a moment, burst into laughter before long.
[I like you because of this.]
Like this.
A human and two dragons began to flee from the lines, mingling with the hordes fleeing the city.
Early snowflakes were falling from the sky.
It was winter.
