Volume 2 Chapter 37

Volume 2 Chapter 37: Ex-Dragon knight runs over the sea.

Landing on the frozen sea, I first greet Berzelia and Saki, who protected the city until now.

「 Sorry. Sending the injured to the safe zone consumed a lot of time.」

「No, no, there is no problem. I knew that you will just keep picking up people on your way.」

「Master often finds them.」

The girls just smiled and accepted it. And while appreciating the fruit of our long friendship—

「Well, what’s the situation?」

I asked. To learn what happened before, to decide what should be done from now on.

Then, Saki looked at the black tortoise that was approaching the harbor, and the city behind us.

「As you can see, we are locked in a defensive battle. Our opponent is likely intending to destroy the city by shooting boulders and then to feast there. However, we weren’t idling as well and finished with the evacuation of the people who were out at sea.」

「I see……In other words, we just have to defeat that big guy.」

Saki smiled hearing my words.

「——Since you are saying that, I guess you have enough firepower to do something about that.」

「Well. I will skip the detailed explanation.」

「I don’t care. There is the fact of Axel defeating an ancient dragon and being a carrier on top of that, you probably have some kind of ace up your sleeve, so to some degree I can guess the extent of your power.」

Saki is smart. Being relatively straightforward, she is still quite calculative.

「Well, even without any guesses, believing in husbands ability is only natural.」

The previous praise is withdrawn. That’s kind of not calculative at all.

「Anyway, can I leave that thing to you?」

「Yeah, sure.」

After happily nodding upon hearing my reply—

「Then, I will provide support, as always. Let me pave the way.」

With those words, Saki struck the frozen sea twice with her foot.

「【Freeze・Prima Stage]」

And activated a spell. A moment later, a number of ice pillars emerged from the sea with a crackling sound. And that wasn’t all, countless slabs of ice also appeared in the air.

「The scale of your freezing is as amazing as ever, Saki.」

「Aah, hearing this melts my heart……Anyhow, go ahead, Axel. Use those any way you like, as footholds or as protection. This is your stage after all.」

「Yes. Please rampage to your heart’s content, Master!　We will deal with the attack coming this way!」

Clenching her burning fists Berzelia said while standing next to Saki.

「I see. Then, Berzelia, Saki. Please smash what’s going to blow your way and protect everyone. I’m off to defeat that thing.」

「Sure, Master.」

「Take care, Axel.」

「——Past Transportation……【Dragon’s Maneuver].」

And after being sent off by the two Axel covered his whole body with magic and dashed through the stage of ice.

「Aah, I haven’t been this thrilled in a while. I’ll be able to see Axel’s real ability that I deemed to be lost……!」

Hearing such words coming from behind me I charge at the black tortoise.

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【Dragon Maneuver]is a dragon knight’s skill for rapid movement.

The effect of this skill, which mainly enhances vision and leg strength, is immense.

「——」

Even if a stone rain were falling on me, with every boulder exceeding several meters in size, it becomes possible to precisely discern and avoid them all.

Kicking off the frozen sea, reaching a chunk of ice in the air, kicking off it as well, maintaining a high speed I approach the black tortoise.

「… OOOOOOH!」

Seeing that, the black tortoise shot even more stone projectiles, trying to increase the density of the barrage, but it’s all the same to me.

Using the vast area of the frozen sea I dodged it all.

Then, I hear the sounds of boulders being crushed coming from behind.

Those are the sounds of my comrades protecting the city. I knew that even without looking back.

Yes, what I should be doing here is not glancing behind me—

……All I should be doing is beating that monster……!

Aim for the giant in front of me. For its weak point, the core protected by the shell.

The closer I get, the more daunting that colossal body becomes.

「It’s big…… But here I don’t have to worry about the damage to the city, so I can go all out.」

Without dropping my speed I close the distance and finally make it through the stone rain.

The black tortoise’s legs and head come in sight.

If I follow my current path I will be able to attack those areas, but there is little chance that I will be able to reach the core hidden in the back by attacking neck or limbs. That’s why—

「……I’ll make an attack that’ll certainly split your body……!」

While saying that I use the skill right in front of the black tortoise.

「【Dragon・Vault]……!」

By combining the momentum from the jump and thrusting my spear into the surface of the frozen sea I managed to leap high into the air.

And thus fly over the head of the black tortoise, to the point where I can see all of its body from above.

And spinning in mid-air I use one of the skills from the days as a dragon knight.

「【Dragon・Charge]…!」

The moment I use the skill, magic power from my body is instantly absorbed by the sword, creating a blade of light around the edge.

And just a few moments later, the blade becomes dozens of times bigger.

「——!」

Presented with the brilliance of that sword the black tortoise narrowed its eyes, and as if intending to counter it, deployed a new magic formation on its shell.

Must be some kind of living defense against hostile magic.

Not only did parts of the shell that were just shot reform, but new boulders were added, doubling and tripling their amount. But I don’t care.

「Enjoy, black tortoise. The swing that bears the dragon’s name……!」

Combining two types of skills I release the skill that I originally exerted among the skies.

The skill that I would hesitate to use in a city with its large scope and tremendous effect, a slashing attack with a gigantic sword.

「——【Dragnier・Dive]…!」

By twisting his whole body Axel smashed the black tortoise along with its giant shell with an attack akin to a tail of the dragon god.

「——Guuoooo……?!」

Having its body crushed together with the core, the black tortoise was bisected and died without even being able to give off a long shriek of anguish.

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Everyone in the town observed that scene of the black tortoise collapsing and sinking into the sea.

As well as the figure of the man that struck it with the beam of light that somewhat resembled a sword.

「What is that carrier? He flies and carries a light……」

「Yes. Light similar to that of the sun. It might be fitting for that carrier of victory……！」