Manowa Chapter 200

The Beared Dragon roared.

This bear-like dragon supposedly once looked the same as the Dragon Bears around it, but now it had changed dramatically. Its overall length was 5 meters, its entire body that had been covered by scales now had long fur, its fangs were sharper, and its nose and mouth had also grown. But the biggest evolution was that the monster Core was changed into the special Core called a Dragon's Heart. This significant increase in magical power output was the main cause of the Beared Dragon's large evolution.

Though as a matter of fact, Beared Dragons and Dragon Bears rarely actively attacked humans. A herd of Dragon Bears with food problems might attack people, but if their territory wasn't entered they basically never attacked human habitations.

And the Beared Dragon at the top of the hierarchy rarely had food troubles, so as a result, it had never faced humans, but ever since『something』was planted in its body a few days ago, the Beared Dragon had changed.

It was called a Devil Seed, and it was a Skill inherent to devils that transplanted a portion of the subordinate souls inside them into a monster to make the monster their servant.

After that, the Beared Dragon received its orders from the devil and gathered its fellows, then attacked the human city. The result was the present situation.

◎ Near Deidona City, Koringe Gra.s.s Fields

「The lightning magic! It was repelled?」

That was Iria's voice, the girl Naoki had saved some time ago. She had returned to the front, but the Thunder spell she used was completely prevented by the Beared Dragon's fur.

「Magicians, withdraw. This guy's fur has a magic repelling effect.」

Iria's face suddenly fell after those words, and she slowly withdrew. After that she used Thunder a few times against the Dragon Bears and immediately went back to the city. Since you forcibly came out even though your Magic Power basically hadn't recovered at all... Ruinz thought, but he was busy fighting Dragon Bears, so he didn't have the leeway to say it. So all he could do was watch the retreating figure of that seemingly sad back.

If magic wasn't effective, it would be a job for physical attacks.

「Yuuko-nee, tear it to pieces!」

「Nya!」

Yuuko-nee peeled off a part of the Beared Dragon's scales and sliced with her purple aura covered fire claws. Fire spouted from the wound, and the Beared Dragon screamed in pain. Poison should have started circulating at the same moment it was burned.

Yuuko-nee's fire claws had the effect of continuing to burn wounds from the start, but this time Yuuko-nee's claws were also given the effect of『Poison Claw』through the Aim Bracelet Kazane won at the Grand Tournament.

That Aim Bracelet allowed Kazane to output her Active Skills from Yuuko-nee. Therefore, it was also possible to release『Killing Leg』and『Mega Beam』through Yuuko-nee, and Kazane was thinking she wanted to stand beside her and say「Mow them down!」as she fired Mega Beam from Yuuko-nee sooner or later.

But right now Kazane was also concentrating on Louise's escort. Since the Skill activation itself had to be done by Kazane, she wasn't able to incessantly activate Skills. So this time she applied『Poison Claw』with Yuuko-nee at the beginning for its continuous effect.

「Hm. Those should succ.u.mb.」

So saying, Jinrai continued circling the Beared Dragon as he steadily damaged its limbs. Jinrai was thinking he should reduce its mobility first.

The Beared Dragon was faster than it looked, and its Flame Breath was powerful, but since Yuuko-nee was entrusted with their mobility and『Intuition』meant her avoidance ability was guaranteed, that would never hit them, and Jinrai was able to simply concentrate single-mindedly on attacking.

「Master, I'm also here.」

Yumika was running beside them. Since Dragonoidization had already been dispelled, she was now using her Wolf G.o.d Transformation.

「Hm. You're tired from continually fighting, aren't you? It would be best to take a short rest.」

「Such aー」

Yumika's voice raised as she lamented after her master's cold words.

「I'm joking. But this huge things movements are dulling, so it should soon hunker down and focus on attacking. I'll leave protecting the surrounding people to you.」

Jinrai looked around. Lyle and Emily were also there. This was a battlefield, but he didn't want his grandchildren to die in such a place.

「Understood, but what about master?」

「First I'll shave off the scales. Then I'll cut off its head!」

In that place was a formerly old man who didn't restrain himself. Ignoring Yumika's「As expected...」face, Jinrai continued running with Yuuko-nee. A Beared Dragon was a higher ranked monster than an Earth Dragon, but its rank was lower than a Crystal Dragon. There was no troublesome attack like Crystal Breath, and except for the special trait that magic wasn't effective, it was no different from an ordinary dragon.

Although it was a sufficiently astounding existence simply from being a dragon, the biggest problem with dragons was the high defensive power of their scales. The situation changed if there was a way to cause damage.

And Jinrai's dragonfang spears could easily cut into even an adult dragon's scales. It was something that made the brutal nature of the Black Rock Dragon keenly understandable, but a dragon fell to the same level as an ordinary monster as long as there was such a means. Jinrai, the Wolf G.o.d Transformed Yumika, and Lyle could all cut through the scales, which would allow the attacks from the other adventurers and soldiers to cause damage to acc.u.mulate.

(Well, it would be too harsh on Lyle to ask that at this point)

Jinrai understood that his grandson wasn't a person overflowing with talent. But Jinrai also knew he had the will to go beyond that. He himself also『didn't have any talent』, so he thought it was possible for his grandson to reach a higher height than himself someday.

(But right now he's still a baby bird.)

Causing a small amount of damage to the Beared Dragon while supported by Emily and Naoki was the best he could. Jinrai muttered「Well, do your best」to himself as he watched that figure before he turned back to the dragon.

The figure of that Cat Knight was supported by the surrounding warriors. It was said that 50 people were necessary to fight a dragon. 50 people was the normal amount of people for a dragon subjugation. The truth was that there were varying numbers, but what was always necessary was a way to shave off the scales and a way to cause damage.

And as expected from a city in a dragon-inhabited country, it possessed a way to capture dragons called a Dragon Chain. The Beared Dragon's dulled movements meant it could be entangled, which further restricted its actions.

Although the surrounding Dragon Bears attacked as if they were going crazy, the Flame Knights, Crystal Knights, and all members of the famous party『Swordfish』fought back and dominated the battlefield.

「Ah, we've won.」

That was Kazane's mutter.

And after only 20 minutes of battle, the Beared Dragon finally fell. Yuuko-nee apparently dealt the finis.h.i.+ng blow. A skill called『Cuticle』was added. While it was a long-awaited magic defense Skill,

(Cuticle? No way, will it make my hair glossy?)

It was also a Skill that made her curious about the visual side.

Jinrai riding Yuuko-nee raised a war cry as the dragon collapsed, and the watching warriors cheered and were about to move to mop up the rest of the Dragon Bears. But they noticed that the sky suddenly became dark. Then they looked up at the sky and screamed.

「Dra, dragons!!」

There were people with expressions of surprise and despair, but Kazane muttered「They're a little late.」A group of more than 10 adult dragons was flying over them in the sky. They were reinforcements from the East Dragon Village Zegan that the dragon mount Raiel had hastily flown to summon.

After that, it only took 10 minutes for the combination of adventurers, soldiers, and dragons to exterminate the remaining Dragon Bears. Thus, the Dragon Bear subjugation battle came to an end.

Name: Yuihama Kazane

Occupation: Magic Swordswoman

t.i.tle: Ogre Killer, Dragon Slayer, High Beast Summoner, Rea King

Equipment: Staff 『White Blaze』, Two Handed Sword『Black Fang』, Adhesion Sword『Gum』, Spell Dagger, Dragonscale Breastplate, Drake Gauntlets, Silver Sheep Clothes, Sylphyn Skirt, Plasma Pants, Dragon Ogre Greaves, Indestructible Cloak, Mysterious Pouch, Crimson Saint Coffin, Heroic Spirit Summoning Ring, Circlet of Wisdom, Aim Bracelet, Magic Acc.u.mulator, White Magic Acc.u.mulator

Level : 32

Health: 124

Magic Power: 235+420

Strength: 55+10

Agility: 50+4

Endurance: 32

Wisdom : 62

Dexterity : 39

Spell : 『Fly』『Torch』『Fire』『Heal』『Firestorm』『Healer Ray』『High Heal』

Skill : 『Kick Devil』『Warrior's Memory』『Night Vision』『Crus.h.i.+ng Blow』『Dog's Sense of Smell』『Golem Maker: Lv3』『Rush』『Fire Principle: Third Chapter』『Healing Principle: Fourth Chapter』『Air Jump: Lv2』『Killing Leg: Lv3』『Fear Voice』『Invisible』『Tiger Eye』『Wall Walking』『Intuition』『Cheat Death』『Nimble』『Charge』『Material s.h.i.+eld: Lv2』『Information Link』『Optical Camouflage』『Dash』『Bloodsucking Blade』『Dragonization: Lv2「Dragon」』『Regenerate』『Soul Breaking Blade』『Stealthy Placement』『Thunder Chariot: Lv2』『St.u.r.dier Teeth: Lv2「Dragon」』『Crystallization: Lv2「Dragon」』『Fabricated Coercion』『Stone Minotaur』『Mega Beam: Lv2』『s.p.a.ce Expansion』『Pseudo-silver Creation』『Poison Claw』『Fireball「Dragon」』『Cuticle「Dragon」』

Yumika:「Cuticle?」

Kazane:「Will my hair give a glossier impression?」