"Let's go, Bulllin!!"

"Grua!!"

 

I and Bulllyn challenge the evil dragon together.

The evil dragon wondered at us as we approached, but raised its head high and roared to crush us, who were our enemies. Parting ways with Bulllin and moving to the side of the Evil Dragon, I saw him with Amako out of the corner of my eye and muttered softly.

 

"I beg of you, Mr. Alc......"

 

"Attracting the Evil Dragon"

When he woke up, the first thing that Mr. Ark instructed was the diversion of the evil dragon.

Me and Bullyn will disrupt the evil dragon and buy time. It's quite difficult to attract an evil dragon by yourself, but you can do it with Bulllin.

 

"You don't have to force it!"

"Guo!"

 

Bulllyn returns as if to say that he knows.

Perhaps happy to finally be able to rampage to his heart's content, he happily jumps to avoid attacks from the evil dragon. I myself occasionally make a fist instead of a check, and I have the consciousness of the evil dragon turned toward me constantly.

The important thing is that you don't do a lot of damage, and the main thing is not "now".

 

"I'm bothered!! Chocomakato!!"

"Oh, the bigger the swing, the more gaps there will be! Bulllin!!"

 

He dodges and screams at the right claw that is wielded sideways. Then, from the vacant right side, Bullin smashes a fierce body into the side of the evil dragon, shaking its huge body greatly. When my gaze is taken off of him, I slam my fist into the dragon's arm and make him fall as hard as I can.

 

"Nice, Bulllin!!"

 

After all, two people are better than one...... No, in this case, one person and one horse?

It's only the second time I've fought with this guy, but we've spent a fair amount of time together. So I know Bulllyn and he knows me.

I couldn't think of a better companion.

I move so that either I or Bullin are sure to be in the Evil Dragon's line of sight, and if either of us is distracted, we will attack. He only has one eye, so he can't react to attacks from his blind spot.

 

"I think this is also a kind of combination......

 

He couldn't even get close to it alone, but with his allies, he could easily overwhelm the evil dragon if not seal it down.

...... Well, I can't get my hands on the evil dragon that still has miasma in its mouth, so it's almost like there's no decisive blow.

 

"Sono degree de selfish seltoha si unayo!! Ikura Kisama ga Brave Deattemo Guy Niha and Bang!! I hate you Yori weak!!"

"The Evil Dragon is a lot of talker! If you sleep for hundreds of years, you will talk a lot?"

「～～～!!」

 

Avoid the sludge that is spewed out like a backflip and say lightly.

When it comes to provocations, I saw that I had the head of the day. After all, my vocabulary of expletives has increased tremendously since I joined the rescue team.

In addition, this one is also easy to handle because it is not resistant to agitation.

 

"I'm Niha, Ikanal Attack Mo Kanu! Brave Desae Gano Tai Wonuki Kukotoha Kawa Wanta!! Brave Ni Haruka Crab Inferior You Rakuzu Kyo Dehadou Attemo I Ni Wound One Tsutsutsukel Kotoha Dekinu!!"

「...... Hah, say it, Noroma. Are you afraid of being resisted so much by rolling it up like a small item? Huh?"

"You're a noyou-na-kuzuni-ga-ga-sulkaa!!"

 

When I look at this guy, it reminds me of him. That serpent that fought in the forest of Ringle.

In the end, it was Rose who stopped him. If she hadn't come, me and Burlyn would have died.

It was because of that experience that I was able to realize death and find a partner named Bulllin. But in hindsight, I think it was very frustrating.

I felt sorry for myself that I had to ask her to lend me a hand for the last time.

However, now that I have fought with Bulllin, I feel that this battle with the evil dragon is infinitely similar to the battle with that snake. The difference between us and us at that time is that we have two more friends that we can rely on.

Besides, you said earlier that even the brave couldn't penetrate, didn't you?

 

"Surely you were strong when you were alive, and you must have been strong enough even now, even though you were degraded, so you must have been more powerful than I could have imagined, right? But hey--!!"

 

Using the back of the bulllin that slid in front of me as a springboard, he leaped high and slammed a roundhouse kick into the throat of the evil dragon.

The miasma spewed out like a fountain, and the evil dragon with his big hands on the ground in agony looked at me with a startled look as I landed in front of him.

 

"Uh-huh, ......."

"To me, who knows the real hero, you're just a lizard now."

 

If she knew me, I'm sure she would have burned the evil dragon from the inside with all the poison with the lightning that overflowed.

If I knew him, he would have masterfully manipulated the light bullets of divine light to capture the evil dragon.

Because I know these two people, this evil dragon that I have been rubbing my hands on seems more and more ridiculous.

 

"V, V, Giza, Maaaaaaa!!"

 

- An evil dragon that is crushed in the throat and just drips miasma and rushes into me to bite me. As expected, I don't have the endurance to plunge it into my mouth covered in that sludge and extremely concentrated miasma.

If he were bitten, he would die from the strength of his jaws and the venom of his jaws in less than ten seconds.

But-,

 

"Are you sure? Are you just looking at me?"

"Wow!"

 

Just as his eyes were bloodshot and his face, which I could only see, was a stone's throw from mine, a blow from a large clawed bulllyn struck him in the side.

The guy who was greatly distracted by the impact passed me and rolled his huge body to the ground.

 

"I'm not the only one you're dealing with, don't dismiss Bullyn as just a monster, my buddy is a daredevil's who will go up to any opponent."

 

Except for Rose!

...... Even if you attack like that, it will have little effect on the evil dragon. Maybe his original durability is abnormal, but most of all, he's a zombie now.

The monster that the previous hero could not hurt has become a zombie, making it more immortal.

 

"But I have a weakness because I've become a zombie."

 

He murmurs softly so that the evil dragon doesn't hear him.

 

"Usato!!"

 

When I raise my fist again and try to return to the diversion of the evil dragon, Amako, who is with Aluk, raises her voice and calls my name.

 

"Here you are! Bulllyn, pay attention to him!!"

 

He asks Bullyn to deal with the Evil Dragon, and immediately goes back to Amako and Aluk behind him.

The fact that she called me means that Alc's preparations are over, so it's my job from now on. I reached them in a breath and grabbed the halberd offered to me by Mr. Alc, who was sweating damply on his forehead.

 

"Usato-dono, I'll leave the rest to you......!"

"Yes!"

 

The blade of the halberd, a weapon imbued with Aluk's magical power, shone with a red-hot glow and illuminated the surroundings brightly.

 

 

 

The plan to defeat the evil dragon that Mr. Aluk mentioned.

It was a reckless act that could be said to be as rough as brute force.

 

―――Slashing through the scales of the evil dragon with a slash using fire―――

 

Certainly, fire would be effective against an evil dragon that has turned into a zombie. However, from what I have felt so far, it is extremely difficult to even burn his skin with a half-baked flame. And he shouldn't know how hard it is to cut through the body of a guy whose entire force of attacks didn't work.

Even Alc, who is the only one who can handle fire, cannot recover the magic power that is gone, even if he is not injured by my healing magic. Not really, but he can't do it now.

At my words, he said,

 

"Yes, that's why Lord Usato, not me, will do it."

 

I put all of Arc's magic in the halberd I have and create a flaming blade.

Holding it, I approached the dragon's chest and slashed it with strength and flames, crushing his heart.

The operation was mixed with speculation that if the amount of heat that made the steel blade red-hot and my power were combined, maybe. But it's worth a try because there's even the slightest chance of defeating the evil dragon.

 

"If I let go of my hand, this blade will lose its heat in the blink of an eye, and if it goes back to being just a blade, there is nothing I can do about it, because my magic is almost exhausted. So--"

"You only get one chance."

"Yes."

 

While looking at the halberd, which is still enveloped in the magic of Mr. Aluk, he stares at the evil dragon.

I don't know if he's aware of this, but I'm sure he's paying attention to Bulllin, who is doing the diversion.

To aim for the Evil Dragon's heart, you must strike a top-speed blow directly in front of him. If the power is insufficient, the scales will not be able to penetrate, and if the firepower is impaired, it will turn into a mere blade of steel.

If you hesitate, this strategy will end in vain. Don't freak out, me.

 

"I'm going!"

"Yes!!"

 

As soon as Aluk removes his hand from the halberd, he kicks the ground and runs towards the evil dragon. With a sideways glance at the halberd's blade, which emits light and heat, he aims at the chest of the evil dragon and advances his legs in a straight line.

 

"As it is--"

 

Just as those words came to his mind, the evil dragon, which had been distracted by Bullin, turned his eyes to him, and without any preliminary movement, spat out a large amount of miasma on the ground, covering his body and surroundings with miasma.

 

"Oh, that's a lie."

 

The miasma unfolding in front of me involuntarily stops in my tracks and gnashes my teeth.

At this level, it's okay to enter with healing magic, but what probably awaits me when I enter is the merciless attack of an evil dragon that I don't know where it will come from.

 

"Damn it, that's what I mean!!"

 

He knew what we were trying to do.

So I didn't try to stop Mr. Alc from heating up the halberd, and he was quietly dealing with me and Bulllin.

He was also taking measures against me. I knew he couldn't get me in a decent way, so he was trying to make sure I was killed.

 

"I have no choice but to go...... Whew!!"

 

You only get one chance.

If you stop here, you will lose your chance.

I was about to jump into the miasma with the determination to hit the game, but suddenly something small jumped from behind me.

 

"Amako!?"

 

Amako, who had probably chased after me, was clinging firmly to my neck and waist.

What the hell is going on, she screams before she can say it, confused.

 

"I'm going to be Usato's eyes...... Keep going!!"

「...... Okay, hold on!!"

 

Sensing her intentions, he deploys a healing spell that envelops him and her on his back, moving his stopped leg and jumping into the miasma.

He rushes straight through a blurred vision of his front and even his feet.

There is nothing to be afraid of from an attack from an evil dragon. After all, there is a girl with the strongest eyes on my back.

 

"Crouch down!!"

 

As you bend down, something huge passes over your head.

 

"Jump backwards and turn wide to the left!!"

 

At the same time as the back step, I made a wide detour to the left and rushed through the miasma.

Make sure you don't miss a single word of Amako's words and respond to the evil dragon's actions and attacks.

...... After all, it's the strongest combination as I thought it would be.

It's a shame to think about it at a time like this, but I'm a little impressed.

 

"Get out of the miasma!! It's right in front of him!!"

"Wow!!"

 

Grip the halberd with both hands and hold it wide back.

And when he sees that the miasma in front of him is thinning and clearing, he steps on the ground further and accelerates. Beyond the miasma barrier, the figure of an evil dragon swinging its large tail as if slamming into it - jumped out into the space illuminated by the moon.

When her legs are about to stop, Amako, who has her arms around her neck tightly, whispers in a quiet voice that she doesn't have to worry.

 

"It's okay, he's here."

 

At the same time as her words, a bulllyn jumped out from the side and used her entire body to block the tail that was waved at her.

His appearance overlapped with that of Bullin when he first fought the snake that day. I can't help but nod at the eyes of Bulllin who looks at me as I pass by.

Ah, yes, Bulllin.

It's not just me and Amako. Alc and you are there.

That's why we will defeat the evil dragon with the power of "everyone"!

 

"Oooooo

"Huh!?"

 

He raised his voice and ran in a straight line to the evil dragon.

Perhaps he didn't expect it to come over, but the evil dragon hurriedly tried to wield his big arm with a stunned expression. But it's faster here.

When I got close to three meters in front of me, I wielded the halberd with all my might, which I held wide to the right as if I were leaping.

 

"Nuuuu

 

The moment he collided with the scales of the evil dragon, the red-hot blade burned his skin.

Effect ants!! Convinced of this, he pushes the halberd in and shakes it off with the momentum.

Suddenly, I hear the sound of something snapping in my hand. It was the sound of a halberd blade breaking from the tip of the handle and flying far backwards.

 

「―――」

 

He doesn't pay attention to the blade that flew away, but stares at the scales of the evil dragon that shook off the blade.

It only took a few seconds, but it felt like a long time.

Just when he was about to give up, ...... the scales of the evil dragon caught fire, and at the same time, a horizontal slash was engraved on the evil dragon's chest.

 

"--Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

 

Pure white ash gushing out like smoke from the wound in the chest.

While listening to the voice of the evil dragon in agony, he finds an object that emits a strange glow in the depths of the ashes.

 

"Heart, organs...... Is it?"

 

It is a red heart that beats slowly even though it is buried in ashes.

No, can we call the body that is supposed to be separated from the body in the first place, but continues to beat a heart? Since there are no other parts of the internal organs, it seems as if only this part is forcibly kept alive.

And there's another funny part to this.

It is a knife that is stuck in the heart that continues to move even after it is separated.

The silver warped blade, the golden blade, and the pitch-black hilt -- a knife that was familiar to me living in the original world, Japan, pierced into what was the heart of an evil dragon.

 

"Why, I ...... a sword."

"Vuvu, voo-o--!!"

"Usato!! What are you doing!?"

「...... Whew."

 

Yes, I don't have time to think about it.

Amako's words brought me back to myself, and I thrust my arm into the wound of the evil dragon and grabbed the sword that was stuck in his heart. I gasped at the feel of a real sword, which was not an imitation sword or anything, but pulled it out with all my might.

Then, the evil dragon, who was screaming in a frenzy, suddenly stopped moving.

 

"Ka, Vu, Usoda, I Hamadana Nimo Destruction Shiteinai, Kill Sitarinai...... Honoré, matashtemo gaha, brave ni defeated lernoka."

 

The body of the evil dragon that stopped moving turned to ash more and more.

It's as if the wedge that kept him in this world disappears and he returns to his original form as a monster.

 

"I'm a yatsuniri, I'm a yatsuniri, I'm a saleta, I'm a ma--"

 

Eventually, his entire body turned to ashes and disappeared.

All that remained was a pile of ashes. Faced with the pile of ashes, I sat there in relief.

 

"I was able to defeat him...... Is it?"

"I did it, Usato!"

 

Amako said as she got off her back and clenched her fists into her hands happily. Looking around, both Burlin and Alc are safe. No one died, and the evil dragon was defeated.

 

"I did it, ......."

 

The emotion that welled up in me when I saw the sword in my hand was not the joy of defeating the evil dragon, but the suspicion of the previous hero.

 

"Who is the previous hero...... What kind of idea did you have to stick this ......?"

 

A sword drawn from the heart of an evil dragon. The length is about 40 cm, the blade is dazzlingly silver, and the color of the hilt is black.

I wonder if this type of sword is called wakizashi. ...... It doesn't matter, but what is disturbing is that as soon as it was removed, the evil dragon turned into ashes and disappeared as if it were released.

I don't understand the reason.

As far as I can tell from reading the notebook, the previous hero defeated the evil dragon by thrusting his blade into its heart.

However, considering the situation of the evil dragon and the sword that was still pierced, it is unlikely that the hero simply defeated it.

 

"Either way, even if the other party is an evil dragon, it doesn't change the fact that he killed it."

"That's not true."

"Hmm?"

 

Amako strongly denies the words that she has unconsciously muttered.

 

"It's not about killing or anything like that...... I feel it. So it might be more accurate to say that it wasn't Usato's killing, it was unleashing."

「...... Hahaha, thank you."

 

I didn't kill them, I unleashed them.

I was delighted by Amako's words, and I patted her head with a wry smile. Amako looks down at her shyly, her expression clearing.

However, his relaxed expression soon turns to a stern one.

 

「...... Usato"

"Oh, I know."

 

Don't worry, I'm not forgetting.

It's not the end of defeating the evil dragon.

There is still one person who is the main cause of this incident.

 

"Amako, take me to her."

 

I looked up at the half-destroyed Western-style building, and stood up to do my last job of the day while whipping my tired body.