Dragon Slayer (2)
The golden line drawn on Leviathan began to become darker.
The line, which shines even brighter because both the sea and the sky are pitch black, looks like a horizon containing the rising sun when viewed from a distance.
“Hey. I am a b*stard. I am a b*stard. “The blood isn’t going anywhere.”
A dragon killing a dragon.
When Golden Ball Barbossa saw Vlad running through Leviathan’s body, he opened his mouth as if he was truly impressed.
Ahhh-!
Leviathan’s howl gets louder as the line continues.
Barbossa began to clap his hands softly as he looked at Vlad, who seemed to be reenacting a scene from a legend.
“Captain.”
“…….”
“Captain?”
After a long howl, the sea is now dawning.
Barbossa’s adjutant, seeing the sea becoming calmer, belatedly began looking for his captain.
The battle with the dwarves, which started with a fight of 43 ships against 7 ships, suddenly became a mess with the appearance of the dragon and the kraken, and they vaguely realized that even that situation was now at a disadvantage for them.
Squeak-squeak-
“Why?”
However, Barbossa, who had been applauding Vlad just a moment ago, was no longer there.
Before I knew it, I had gone to the corner of the railing and was quietly lowering the life raft by myself.
“…What are you doing now?”
In response to the adjutant’s blank question, Barbossa just shrugged his shoulders.
“you. Do you know what is more expensive than gold in this world?”
“yes?”
Barbossa, who got off the lifeboat while asking an unknown question, quickly stood on the railing and said with a grin.
“That is life. life. “I’ll see you later if I survive.”
with a plop!
With those words, Barbossa jumped into the sea without any regrets.
The adjutant was momentarily surprised by the absurd situation unfolding before his eyes, but then he widened his eyes and looked up at the sky as if he realized something.
-…….
The biggest dragon has collapsed and now only the Kraken stands on the sea.
The huge eyes that were looking down at the humans there began to narrow.
“…Holy shit.”
Barbossa’s crew began to mutter as the air grew increasingly ominous.
As they looked up, a huge tentacle was suddenly hanging high in the sky.
“That one…”
“It can’t be right?”
However, even though I desperately wanted to believe that it was not the case, the ominous feeling was always there.
One of the kraken’s tentacles, which had been erected like a long tower toward the sky, began to bend like a whip.
“Aaaah!”
“Run! Everyone jump into the sea!”
The Kraken’s tentacles do not stop at all despite the screams of the sailors.
In front of the gigantic world of spirits, the ships brought by humans were nothing more than wooden planks.
Kwaaaaaaaaaaaa!
“Oh…”
All kinds of screams were flying above the waves that rose like firecrackers.
The dwarves shrank their short necks as they looked at the wreckage of the ships lightly floating above them.
The sun was rising above the horizon that Vlad had drawn for the dragon.
Leaving behind the tragically collapsed Lemnos Island.
Before we knew it, Barbossa’s golden flag was floating helplessly in the sea, which was stained red with the blood of the dragon.
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“Wow.”
On the sea with blood-stained, bright red waves.
Vlad, sitting on a jagged reef, was retching with a pale expression.
My head was spinning and my grip was weak, which was similar to the feeling I had when I forcibly borrowed Quijano’s power in the past.
“…There is a problem with this.”
Vlad wiped the corner of his mouth and began to look down at the sword that had cut Leviathan just a moment ago.
When I received the power of the sculpture, I felt a sense of elation, but I also felt that the aftereffects were serious.
Ugh-uh-uhh.
The sword of the World Tree was blue when first held, but is now wrapped in silver metal.
No, the guy who should now be called the Dragon Slayer since it contained a piece of a dragon must have sensed Vlad’s eyes looking down at him and started to hum and say something.
“What is he saying now.”
However, the buzzing had not yet fully reached Vlad.
The knight and the sword looked exactly alike, but they had not yet been deeply assimilated into each other’s world.
It will still take a little more time to completely entrust ourselves to each other.
“…Are you still looking at me?”
[Yes.]
“Do you look angry?”
[No.]
After hearing Quihano’s answer, Vlad cautiously looked up.
When I looked up, there were giant eyes still looking down at Vlad.
An old sea spirit. Kraken.
The being that had just reduced 43 ships to dust was now looking at only Vlad in its big eyes.
“You’re not saying something just because I caught and ate a few squids before, right?”
[I don’t know.]
The Kraken was a dragon, but it was looking at the young knight, not the dragon.
The sword Vlad was holding was exuding a welcome energy, and the blue eyes looking at him contained the glorious knight he had encountered a long time ago.
[It seems like he’s looking at me rather than you.]
But the glorious knight didn’t seem to recognize himself.
Well, back then, I wasn’t as big as I am now, so it’s probably natural that I couldn’t recognize him.
However, even if he did not recognize him, Kraken decided to be satisfied with the meeting again, drawn by a welcome light.
[Enters.]
“Phew…”
With a sigh of relief from Vlad, the Kraken began to dive into the deep sea again to do its job.
The old sea spirit, who had to replace the mother world tree, had the duty to protect the young spirits from the heat of the volcanoes that were continuously erupting even now.
Rumbling –
Rough blood was pouring out from the wounded sea along with a loud sound.
The hot and thick blood was still spreading not only on Lemnos Island but also throughout the sea, revealing its presence.
“Vlad! Come on, get on!”
The sea where the Kraken fell into.
Lava flowing continuously from the top of a collapsed mountain.
Vlad, who was quietly sitting alone on a reef in the sea, contemplating the huge and powerful world in his eyes, turned his head when he heard a voice calling out to him.
“We have to stop by the manager quickly! “The island is collapsing!”
“…….”
Hearing Vulcanu’s cry, Vlad silently put away his dragon slayer sword as he watched the sea getting hotter.
The guy who kept buzzing seemed to know that now was the time to be quiet, so he just quietly placed himself in the sheath of his sword.
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A week has passed since the volcanoes in the west erupted.
The sea of Lemnos Island, previously covered by thick fog, was now filled with volcanic ash, and the dwarves who had taken refuge in the city of Nassau were still resting their tired bodies in a place provided in the city.
“Thank you for keeping your promise. Joseph of Bayezid.”
“It was something that had to be done. Warchief.”
Olmukar was pursing his lips while holding the glass of whiskey that Josef gave him.
The scent spreading on the tip of his tongue was certainly wonderful, but he did not have the time or qualifications to feel that scent right now.
“…Even so, we can’t just stay here forever.”
No matter how considerate Bayezid was, it was true that the dwarves had once again lost their hometown.
If the central point of Nidavellir is lost like this, the dwarves will face the same fate as the aimless wandering beastmen.
“In the end, we will have no choice but to accept the Northern Alliance’s proposal.”
Olmukar let out a deep sigh as he put down his glass of wine.
It was fortunate that he survived, but he had to fight again to survive.
Olmukar, who realized that the only alliance he could choose from was the Northern Alliance, felt bitter water welling up inside him.
“You will not regret that decision.”
Josef, looking outside with his back to his back, was able to spot a carriage coming towards the mansion.
It was a type of carriage familiar to the North, but the flag hanging on it was not from the North.
“The last Ravnoma promised. “If you help her drive out Gaidar, the city of Torcea will be yours.”
Josef, who confirmed that Charles Ravnoma had arrived at the mansion, looked at Olmukar and raised his teacup.
Torcea is a port city that was originally Gaidar’s city, but was taken over by the Golden Duke Barbossa.
However, since Barbossa’s whereabouts were still unknown, Torcea, without an owner, would not be able to protect itself from anyone’s air raids.
“…I would rather believe in Bayezid than the illusory Ravnoma.”
Olmukar looked at Josef standing at the window and took out a letter from his pocket.
The letter, entirely filled with ominous black, was the one given to Josef when he first arrived on the island of Lemnos.
“As you wish, we will give you the divine device we have been keeping. “I hope this serves as proof of our alliance.”
“Of course it will happen.”
“And please.”
Olmukar stands up after finishing what he had to say.
He finally spoke to Josef, giving him a heavy look that he couldn’t hide.
“It’s not my place to say things like this, but please take care of yourself.”
“…Thank you for your consideration.”
Concern from a leader who has lost his home.
Josef became a little bitter at the reality that even Olmukar, who had a busy future ahead of him, was sending his sincere concerns.
“But I still have to do it.”
Josef slightly turned his head from the window and looked down at the black letter on the desk.
The letter, with its blasphemous symbols drawn on it, was filled with darkness that even the sunlight streaming through the window could not illuminate.
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Kang-! Cough!
Somewhere in the harbor of the city of Nassau.
Normally, it was a secluded alley where no one came, but now it was full of people and there was no room to step.
“Someone stepped on my toe just now!”
“Stand in line first! “Weren’t you behind me just a moment ago?”
“So who wants to take the seat?”
In front of the people who were bickering and fighting, there was a small building with smoke constantly coming out of the chimney.
In the past, it was just a run-down blacksmith shop that was collapsing, but now it was opened temporarily under Josef’s instructions.
Pooh-ooh-
“The old man and the young one are having a hard time.”
Vlad clicked his tongue as he watched the young lizard constantly spitting out fire from the old blast furnace.
There is probably no one who would not be heartbroken by the sight of him eagerly spitting fire and offering to help in any way possible.
“Is there anything else? “There is nowhere to rub, so even young children have no choice but to roll around on the ground.”
However, Rukhta, who was next to him, was just silently hitting the metal as if she had no emotion at all.
The old dwarf, who had survived through hardships as a slave, was a man who knew well that even a child, no matter how young, had to do his or her part.
“But why did you come here? “I’m so busy.”
“I’m leaving.”
Rukhta’s eyebrows twitched as she watched Vlad say he was leaving in an indifferent voice.
“Where?”
“well. Well, nothing has been decided…”
Vlad ended up scratching the back of his head in response to Rukhta’s retort.
There was work to do, but I couldn’t decide where to go yet.
“Still, I have to go somewhere.”
Vlad is the one who promised to find Quijano’s name.
But now Quijano’s name was broken in half and wandering somewhere in the empire with an ominous darkness, so in order to fully fulfill the promise, he had to find the man who identified himself as Frausen.
“…There are a few things I haven’t repaid yet.”
And for Justia, who died for me.
Vlad would never forget the little canary who tried to show him the way.
“Give it to me.”
“What.”
“Your sword. Hey. “Give me a sword.”
Rukhta held out her hand without even turning her head towards Vlad, who said he was leaving.
“They said they couldn’t fix it.”
“That was back then.”
Because they had to give a final favor to the knight who protected them before he left.
Rukhta nodded as she looked at the dragon slayer sword being carefully placed in her hand.
“It’s different now.”
Now, the sword has the shape you want it to be.
The world tree’s sword, which wanted to share its owner’s burden, took in a piece of an ominous dragon and took on its full form.
The young sword, who had only been standing on the border of the world, had now completely melted into this world through Vlad, so Rukhta’s hammer would also be fully within reach.
“Now I will be able to sharpen the blade.”
The flames emitted by the young lizard came over the crying sword
.
The heating process was not without pain, but I decided to endure the Dragon Slaying Sword.
Because I now realize that in order for my being to grow, I need this kind of quenching.
“Just wait a moment. It will be done soon.”
Kang-! Kyaang-!
The last remaining dwarf craftsman was gathering the young spirit’s breath and slashing his sword.
With the hope that the sword they are currently striking will become a little stronger for the sake of the knight who protected them.
“……”
As Vlad looked at that scene, for some reason the image of the old blacksmith shop in Shoara came to mind.
Feeling the heat from the blacksmith shop heating up the end of winter, Vlad just sat blankly and looked at the old blast furnace.
