CH 71

『What the… ? Ah! Player Ayane is… ! a Dd, dra, Dragon… !?』

『Calm down, Kyou』

『Hihifuu… Hihifuu…』

『That’s Lamaze Technique!』

「Gaaaaaa! ! ! !」

『This is not the time, Brakija-san! ! That Ayane-san is truly a dragon! She’s the reigning raid boss! !』

『…… Fumu. The fact that the number of people who can participate at the same time is a whopping 10,000 makes her a very powerful entity!』

『Let me ask you something… How many people are there in a normal raid battle?』

『It was recently confirmed… No, it’s been confirmed for a while, but Magoctave was so strong that it was only recently defeated, and the number of people who can participate simultaneously is 500…』

『W- What did you say… ? Aren’t there 2 missing digits?』

『Unfortunately, it’s normal. Perhaps the administration was watching and increased the number of players for this unforeseen situation. However, there are over 100,000 players here. Even if you exclude those who are in production, it’s still not enough… Maa, that’s only if you’re willing to fight』

『… Please participate, everyone, if you can! I’ll be there! !』

「「「Of course you can’tttt! ! ! !」」」

「We got this! !」

「That’s right! ! Kyou-san will be there to do the live broadcast as usual! ! ! !」

『Ahh… I understand. I’ll stay here and observe how it goes… Please! Do your best… ! !』

『I’m asking you to do the same. I’ll probably be of no use to you… I’m counting on you…』

「……」

I look at Ayane… No, I see Scarlet, the Flame Dragon King of Rage. The same pair of magnificent golden horned dragons that grew on the back of Ayane’s head made me realize that it was Ayane.

『We’ve reached 10,000 people! So far they’ve landed on the ground and haven’t blown away, but they will, so watch out! … Speaking of which, how should we deal with that Scarlet?』

『… From what I’ve read about this world, wyverns and other dragons are considered monsters, but dragons are considered mythical… Therefore, there is no way to deal with them… Unfortunately…』

『… So it’s the first battle…』

『───』

「Tank, attacker, vanguardddd! ! !」

「「「「Ooooooooooooo! ! ! ! ! ! !」」」」

「Magicians, rear guard! ! Archers, go to the middle! ! !」

「「「「Ooooooooooooo! ! ! !」」」」

「The support team can do whatever they want, just support the vanguarddd! ! !」

「「「「Ooooooooooooo! ! ! !」」」」

「Guoooo! ! !」

──Don! ! !

Screaming, Scarlet spreads her wings and takes off. It’s too loud at the very beginning, and it’s like an explosion of sound.

──Pyiiiii…

The Flame Dragon King begins to fill the front of her mouth with something that glows red. That mouth is pointing at──Unit 7.

「! Defensive magic! ! ! ! ! ! !」

「「「「「Yes! ! ! ! !」」」」」

──Kikikikikikin!

The 10,000 participants were divided into 10 units, and the magicians of the 7th unit put up a range defense spell to protect their allies. There were many layers of spells, well over a 100 of them. They were layered and compressed to form a warding that could not be broken by even one poorly executed attack.

And then…

──Byu… ! …… Dogooooon! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

──Byuooooooo! ! !

「「「「「「Uwaaaaaa! ! ! ! ! ! ! !」」」」」」

「「「「「「Kiyaaaaaa! ! ! ! ! ! ! !」」」」」」

The fireball released by Scarlet hit the defensive magic of the 7th Unit and caused a huge explosion.

The shock wave was so great that the rest of the units had to endure it as well.

The 7th Unit, which was near the defensive magic that was put up…

「Ah…… Gu… u…」

「U…」

「Goho… Au…」

Most of the defensive magic had been cracked and blown away by the shockwave that had penetrated it.

「! 弓使い! ! Readyyyyyyyyyyy! ! ! ! !」

「…… Shoooooooot! ! ! !」

──Shushushushun… ! !

──Kakikkakikakikakin! !

「No way! ?」

「No! !」

「What the hell was that! !」

「It’s impossible, isn’t it?」

Naturally, the arrow did not penetrate. The same was true for the belly, which was relatively soft. Some of them were shooting countless arrows, but they didn’t pierce and fell to the ground without power.

Everyone who saw it was already giving up.

「I’ll take her down… !」

「Even if you say so…」

It was Ryouka, who was in the 1st Unit, who spoke up.

「Can I ask you to stall?」

「………. Okay」

「! Thank you」

Perhaps moved by Ryouka’s seriousness, the captain of the 1st Unit agrees to stall for time.

「Contact Team! Tell every unit to stall for time! !」

「Yes, sir! !」

「Then I’ll start」

「Ooh! I’ll buy you some time! !」

「Count on it! Ah! Can you make me some more MP potions?」

「All right. I’ll leave it to the second-in-command」

And so Ryouka’s preparations began.

「《Thunder Mine》 《Thunder Mine》 《Thunder Mine》 ───」

Ryouka’s plan is this.

First, she plants numerous 《Thunder Mines》 in the same place. Then, on the spur of the moment, she’ll cast 《Thunder Beam Strike》 and fire it at Scarlet. That’s it.

But all of them are difficult. She had to patiently and diligently activate 《Thunder Mine》 and perform the magic combination, which is said to be a challenge for advanced magicians in this game, on the spot. In addition, if she want to do it against Scarlet, who moves around very fast, the difficulty level will go up.

But I’ll do it.

For my best friend and lover!

Author-san

It often happens that you’re strong when you’re an enemy, but weak when you’re an ally~ Hmm? I- I don’t think Ayane is like that, but what?

TL

The Lamaze technique, also known as the psychoprophylactic method or simply Lamaze, began as a prepared childbirth technique, popularized in the 1950s by French obstetrician Dr. Fernand Lamaze based on his observations in the Soviet Union, as an alternative to medical intervention during childbirth. The goal of Lamaze is to build a mother’s confidence in her ability to give birth, through the presentation of classes that help pregnant women understand how to cope with pain in ways that both facilitate labor and promote comfort, including relaxation techniques, movement and massage.