Case 72: The holy country of Neveah – Dragon Slayer.

Case 72: The holy country of Neveah – Dragon Slayer.

As Aurora stares at the creature in front of her, she notices that the burns in its mouth caused by the previous explosion have already been healed.

[Super Regeneration: Enable the user to recover MP and HP at a rapid rate] [Legendary]

This is the boss dragon's main card. Not only does it have a ridiculous attack power, but it is also 'stupidly tanky,' as Chloe says. When the system displays 'rapid,' it really does mean it. Even if one manages to cut off this thing's head, it will find a way to reattach it in mere seconds.

In the game, the player has to utilize a limited-use item that can bypass its debuff nullification skill to inflict a ban on the regeneration one briefly, thus giving them a window to deal damage. Although near immortal, the dragon still has some weak points, ones that the player can attack to deal permanent damage.

The item itself is a set of curse-imbued darts that can be crafted using the materials obtained from the previous scenario or, more specifically, from the ancient basilisk's body.

Aurora gently taps the side of her left thigh under the robe, where a bump can be felt. After securing the item once again, she pulls out the Blackstar and begins to channel her mana into it.

''Hah...''

'Let's do it.'

In an instant, Aurora shoots herself forward with [Flight], making a supersonic 'boom!'

GRAHH—!!

Her opponent responds with an arrangement of spells constructed at lightning speed around its head. With unparalleled precision, Aurora swiftly dodges the myriads of projectiles shot at her, leaving them flying out of the city instead.

BZT—!

''!!''

As soon as she notices a lightning current running in the dragon's dreadful red eyes, she propels herself forward once again. Immediately after, a sky-splitting lightning strikes right where Aurora was just at; the sheer energy escaping the bolt terrifies the people.

Nevertheless, Aurora keeps flying; her head never turns back. Soon, she has come close to the dragon's enormous body, close enough to really feel the ridiculous size of it. At this point, the creature swings its body abruptly and rams its head toward Aurora.

Calmly facing the train of death in front of her, Aurora smirks under the mask.

'Got it.'

The mistress of West Zircon, instead of running away, points her index finger at the creature. Some with keen eyes can instantly feel it—a cut has just been made in the fabric of space itself. Soon, the cut forms a small circle in the air, opening up a gate to another dimension before it starts to expand. The portal grows at an exponential rate, shortly becoming a massive disk in the sky, casting a distorted shadow onto the ground.

WHOOSH—!

The city of Neveah watches in awe as the gigantic dragon's head is swallowed whole by the gate, vanishing into nothingness before their eyes. Then, like a beast who has just caught its prey, the portal begins to tighten, mowing into the creature's scales and flesh, preventing it from pulling out.

As its overly long body squirms around in panic, Aurora raises her left hand.

Even though Aurora poured almost eighty percent of her mana into this attack, it doesn't quite seem enough yet. However, it should be over soon.

For good measure, Aurora pulls out the pistol again and shoots the dragon once more, making sure it does not regenerate ever again.

'Now, we wait.'

Aurora calmly exhales, her breath white.

In another dimension, one with perpetual structures repeating itself and spanning millions of kilometers.

''Are we done yet, gentlemen?''

''Almost, friend. Almost.''

A man in Doctor Plague's costume paces around excitedly. In front of him is the full head of a colossal dragon. His boss promised him that he would get this one for research once he had done his part. Although he prefers human subjects, to get his hands on such a rare one is nothing short of a miracle.

To safely access it, though, the golden marrow in the middle of its 'spine' needs to be removed. He heard these would explode once the creature died. This is why Slenderman and Skely are currently digging them out and dumping them into a container.

Well, it's a good thing he disabled most of this one's brain functions, or else it would shoot all of them to death.

''Over!''

Soon after, the two finish carving out the marrow. Skely swiftly teleports the container out of the way, not before leaving 049 an 'okay' sign. Right then, the man in black presses his hand on the golden scales and activates his skill.

''I did as you said, Miss Aurora. For now...''

Meanwhile, in the night sky of Neveah.

As soon as Aurora sees the system's windows pop up, she hurriedly pulls out the sword and retreats far away.

BOOM—!!

BOOM—!! BOOM—!! BOOM—!!

A chain of explosions promptly blows away the long body of the late dragon, leaving fine pieces of flesh and metal parts raining down the city. The sight, especially with the sparking shards of the golden scales, seems more spectacular than any fireworks show.

As Aurora silently checks her harvest, she grins under the mask, feeling a new surge of power in her body.

'This is amazing... Well, time for the real fight.'

The raid is only getting more intense from now on.