D-Rank – Chapter 72

Those words are a flag, you know?

[We don’t have time to deal with you weaklings]

Ryuna shot an arrow and killed an Army Ant.

Stepping on the ground covered with a large amount of ash, we continue to advance.

[Gau, Gau!]

It seems that the evil dragon that escaped is nearby.

And the place where we arrived, was a pretty big space.

There were occasional places in the cave, but this is the largest among them.

It may be the resting place of the evil dragon.

In fact, there was the figure of the evil dragon at the other side.

When I saw it the first time, I could say that the right thing to describe it would be to say it’s a worm, as it is now rolled up I can’t say exactly, but its total length will probably be close to twenty meters.

However, it wasn’t just the evil dragon who was there.

[Uwaa, that’s quite a big number!]

[….. It seems that they were called here]

As if they had received the order of the evil dragon, there were a large number of monsters that appeared in this dungeon, such as tarantulas, scorpions, and Army Ant.

Recognizing our figures, they all came at once.

[Cruxie, can you do something with your shadow?]

[I-I’ll try]

Cruxie spread a massive shadow in front of us.

The monsters on the area that got caught became more sluggish.

However, the monsters that came after passed over the monsters from before.

Although it seems difficult to stop them completely, it is enough to stop them to a certain extent.

Aria swings the crimson princess and burned the monsters that were approaching.

Moreover, Ryuna is using her ability to spread the flames to the back, engulfing the monsters on that side.

『It’s a good combination』

It’s like Venus said.

Aria’s flames cannot reach long distances, but it seems that Ryuna can compensate for that weakness by manipulating the wind.

Some tarantulas used webs hanging from the ceiling and tried to cross the sea of flames, but I cut them.

[Is it over?]

Aria extinguished the flames, and the view was clear.

Apparently she kept burning them, in the end the monsters that were there turned to ashes, and the whole area became like a sandy beach but with ashes.

[Hm? Where’s the evil dragon?]

Ryuna narrowed her eyes.

The evil dragon that had been at the back had disappeared.

[Did it escaped again?]

[No, this vibration….. Huh! Jump back!]

As we run away from the area, the ground exploded immediately afterwards, and the evil dragon emerged as dirt and sand spread.

So it had buried it’s self in the ground.

The evil dragon made a U-turn in the air, and tried to return to the ground.

[I won’t let you!]

But, Cruxie restrained it with the shadows.

Aria and I immediately launched an attack.

The evil dragon raised a huge roar.

It’s now desperately trying to escape on the ground, but because it was being held by the shadows, it can only struggle.

[This is the end]

Ryuna shot an arrow at the head.

The arrow was shot with an incredible power directly hit, and the head of the evil dragon and exploded.

[Did we finish it?]

『Those words are a flag, you know?』

[What is that about a flag?]

As Venus said something else she didn’t understand, sand and smoke rose.

The evil dragon fell and fell silent.

[It’s strange, it’s supposed to turn to ashes when it dies]

『It’s just like you say. In other words, it’s not dead yet』

[What did you just say?]

『Be careful. The real battle is about to begin』

What do you mean by that.

I was about to ask her but then suddenly.

A much larger vibration than before occurred.

[Is something still coming…..?]

In the next moment, several evil dragons came out of all directions at the same time.

[ [ [What…..?] ] ] ]

While we were stunned, we dodged the fangs that came one after another.

There are seven in total…..no, it’s eight.

[There are more evil dragons…..?]

[What’s going on!?]

[Ryuna?]

[I-I don’t know either, why are there so many…..?]

All of us who were shocked, we heard Venus who knows the battle of the past.

『These are all the evil dragon. Including the one we just defeated, it has a total of nine heads. It can’t be defeated unless all of them are destroyed…… well, last time one was missing so we couldn’t finish it』

You could have told us from the beginning.

We thought we have already beaten it.

『It’s a monster called evil dragon. It’s common sense to think that it will not be easily defeated, right?』

Can I hit her?

It seems that all nine are connected by the same source.

Damn now we have to fight eight worms.

No, to be exact it would be one, but…..

In addition, every evil dragon keeps diving into the and springing up, it doesn’t seem fair.

It’s no wonder that it took ten maidens to repel it last time.

Then an idea suddenly pop into my mind.

[Cruxie!]

[Yes, understood!]

We are retreating for the time being into the shadow.

Then, the eight worms stopped moving because they lost sight of us.

They moved while looking strangely in the surroundings.

Okay, now.

We went out at once, concentrated on one and attacked.

[Ahhhhh….]

Running out of strength, it collapsed.

Immediately, the other seven detected us and headed towards us, but we escaped into the shadows once again.

[An eye for an eye. Tooth for a tooth]

Unlike the evil dragon, it is not easy for it to predict where we will emerge, since we do not make any noise when moving.

We shall defeat them one by one.

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