50 Episode 49: Aryu and The Breath

Now that I've taken care of the store side business, I'm going to buy some bread and return to Desi Battley.

If nothing happens, the profit will not decrease even if I leave it for 20 days or so.

I don't intend to destroy the market unnecessarily, unless you want to increase the number of employees and increase the production volume at once.

There is a high possibility that they can make a lot of money by mass-producing the product, lowering the price drastically, hiring employees from the surrounding butcher shops that have gone out of business, increasing the production further, and then returning the price to the original level when the surrounding butcher shops have been destroyed.

It would be a different story if we were talking about creating a new market rather than a city-level business.

Like steel manufacturing.

The return flight is subsonic.

It takes some MP, but it's only an hour or so, and I don't think it's enough to hinder two bombings.

The increase in INT should cover it, probably.

I arrived at Desibatore in the early afternoon, but after eating, I went to the guild and found out that they were closed today for large scale logging.

This is because they don't have enough people to deal with the demons that have been spilling out due to the large scale logging.

They said they would only maintain the status quo when I'm not around, because it would cost too much and produce too little results to proceed with the logging without me.

Well, even if they can maintain the status quo without having to defend themselves all the time, it's a big improvement.

It seems that the distance between the forest and the city has increased significantly.

Speaking of distance, I rarely see any fields in the vicinity of Photoren, and the distance between towns seems to be quite large, but I wonder what they do for food.

Do they eat only meat?

Well, there must be a reason.

The distance between towns is something I can't help but think about.

I gave him some bread and meat at the grocery store, and then went out to hunt again.

I dove into the forest, but the number of demons seemed a little smaller than usual.

Is this due to the fact that we haven't done any bombing?

However, the bombing was done yesterday, and it's not the time of day when the bombing would have any effect.

Well, it's probably just a coincidence.

Even demons need to rest once in a while.

You enter the depths of the forest, and slash a few more monsters as you go, and put them into the item box.

Not indiscriminately, but with a focus on Galden.

It's more of a commodity than a reward.

The amount of money is not much to begin with, but the reputation and size of the store is an asset.

I think it's worth more than the money you can get from killing some demons.

Perhaps in response to my wish, there were more Galdens than demons today.

Or rather, the number of Galden itself was the same as usual, but the number of other monsters decreased.

In particular, I haven't seen any Kuro Wolves.

Is it Kurowolf's closing day today?

I've heard that black wolves don't taste good, so I don't really need them.

You go around killing demons and report to the guild.

I'm sorry, I'm here to report...

I'm sorry, I'm here to report it. ...... There's still a huge number of them.

The Decibatore guild is as responsive as ever.

The Decibatore guild was as good as ever.

I'm not sure if it's my imagination or not, but I thought there were fewer Kuro Wolves today.

Or maybe there weren't any.

I'm sure there were reports of that. 　Well, it happens from time to time that the kinds of demons change. 　Especially when the environment is changed on a large scale.

Is that how it works?

Yes. 　Well, there's talk of something similar happening before the Sublong, but it's most likely due to the effects of logging, and we were just talking about how it makes defense easier.

"Aryu!　Are you okay?

A dragon is the second most dangerous demon I've ever heard of after dragons.

If it comes out, the city might be in danger.

I'm sure that with the current strength, the damage will be great, but I don't think it's impossible to defeat it. 　It's a frontline city, so it's got a lot of power. 　It's not every day that you see a sublime dragon, so don't worry about it.

"Yeah, ......

I wonder if that's enough.

"Sublong is like a big earthquake. 　You can take precautions, but when it comes, it comes, and you can't stay vigilant.

"...... I understand. 　Well, if it doesn't come often, we're fine.

Yeah. 　If a sublong comes out, it's a great chance for the big guys. 　I'm not sure that a wizard with a lot of magic and the ability to use wind magic is the kind of wizard you want to be around to kill a sub dragon.

Does wind magic work on dragons?

No, but I don't know any wind attack magic.

Maybe they use it to fly, like the Metal Lizard.

Well, it's better if we never meet.

Let's hope it never comes into play.

With that, I leave the guild.

I saved up my explosion and warding spells for almost a whole day, but I went to bed after confirming that there was no particular problem.

The next morning, as usual, I set out to hunt demons until noon.

However, the number of demons suddenly decreased when I entered the forest.

Fewer than yesterday.

In order to find the place where the demons are, I move forward, gaining altitude.

I gained about 100 meters and flew a few kilometers.

I had a bad feeling about this, so I slowed my pace.

Somewhat in the distance, you see an unfamiliar red mass.

It was probably about a kilometer or so away.

It looks like it's coming towards you.

You use your appraisal magic to bring up a window and immediately lose altitude.

If it's an enemy, we can't afford to be spotted like we were with the Metal Lizard.

Confirm the results of the appraisal when the mass is no longer visible.

Ignis Wyvern

RANK:A

HP 2578213/2578213

MP 5792889899/5792889899

STR:563

INT:2792

AGI:450

DEX:252

Skills: Wyvern Breath, Flying

Wyvern......

A joke MP of 5.7 billion, a skill with a name that sounds like a breath attack, and a full stats so high that I think it's no longer a bug, INT.

...... Sublong?

I'm not sure what to make of that.

No, I said come back the day after tomorrow, but you really don't have to come, you know?

I'm sure you'll be able to find something to help you out.

So, let's ask them to go home.

But there's no way to ask it to leave.

Should we try bombing it?

No, it's not a good idea to do it on our own.

We should report back to the guild and ask for their decision.

Then we'll retreat.

We'll lose altitude to avoid being spotted and speed up towards Decibatore ....... Just then, we hear the earth shaking.

When I turned around fearfully, I saw the lump from before - or rather, it looked like a normal dragon - speeding towards me.

Even at a quick glance, it's going at least 60 kilometers per hour.

It's impressive to see a dragon over 10 meters in size knocking down trees as it goes, but we can't just watch.

We can't retreat either, the damage to the city would be too great.

It's less than five kilometers from here to the city. At the speed we were going before, but at the speed we're going now, we'll probably reach the city by the time we're done reporting.

...... It's no use, let's distract them for now.

I'm not sure what to do, but I'm sure I'll be able to handle it.

You'll probably have to fight them anyway, even if you report them.

So, I'm going to cast an explosion spell.

We don't have time to get close to it, so we're going to cast an explosion spell without using a ward.

Normally, it would take a kilometer square to blow up all the trees and monsters at once, so I concentrate my magic on one point.

The wyvern doesn't seem to notice and continues running, and the spell lands about three meters to the right of the wyvern.

Immediately, with a roar, the trees around the wyvern were torn to shreds and a cloud of dust rose.

If he had continued at his current pace, the wyvern would have been out of the smoke in about the same amount of time, but he was nowhere to be seen.

You did it!

I rejoiced at the success of my surprise attack as I closed the distance.

The smoke didn't clear for a long time, and when we were about 50 meters from the blast point, we finally saw the wyvern.

The wyvern was alive.

Or rather, he was looking at me.

I saw the wyvern open its mouth.

Breath?

I get a bad feeling and rush to the side to change direction.

But I'm too slow to change direction, probably because I'm too fast at the moment.

Moreover, my speed is in the direction of the wyvern.

I can't even keep my distance.

You see the wyvern gasping for breath.

You decide that you can't dodge it and spend your magic power to strengthen your magical armor.

At this point, more than a thousand magic power has probably been spent on the armor, but it's better than nothing.

After about 0.5 seconds, the breath was fired.

My vision turns red, but the armor is holding up for now.

No, it's not broken, but it's different from the way it's endured so far.

It feels as if the armor is being shaved off, or rather disassembled, by the breath.

Feeling the armor thinning, I poured more magic power into the armor and endured for how long?

The breath stopped.

I don't think more than a second passed.

But the damage to the armor was not small.

I estimated that I had lost about 80% of my magic armor.

Even if the original armor used about 1000 magic power, that's 800.

It would take 80 seconds to replenish the armor, even without using any other magic.

If the second shot came during that time, you would not be safe.

I don't have any burns, but I can feel the heat on my hands and other thinly armored parts.

This is not good.

I'm guessing you can fly, and there's no way you can escape into the air.

Even if you try to flee at the speed of sound in the opposite direction from the city, there's a good chance you'll be caught up while accelerating.

There is no way that a flying wyvern is slow.

Based on its AGI, it would certainly be quite fast.

Even if you try to keep your distance from them, the speed and range of their breath means that you won't be able to evade them on sight.

I guess I'll have to sneak into its pocket.

Once you're in the pocket, the breath won't be able to reach you easily, and even if your movement distance is small, you'll be able to avoid the wyvern from a large angle.

In terms of other stats, physical attacks are still manageable with magic armor.

I wondered why I hadn't taken any damage from the bombardment, but if I had no other choice, I had no choice.

I made up my mind and plunged at the wyvern's feet.