Chapter 171: Dragon-Rider ; Second Calling ; Siesta (1/2)

As the two dragons draw near, I notice two humans on the back of each one. Both humans have a wand in hand and are pointing at me while seemingly chanting a spell.

I take in a deep breath before leaping into the sky and swinging Excalibur with all I've got.

This, in turn, results in a shock-wave to be released in the direction of one of the dragons, directly splitting it in half along with the human that was riding it.

Seeing this, the other dragon-rider panics as he jumps off his dragon and skydives toward me.

How stupid. Attempting to fight against someone who can fly while skydiving.

Whatever, he's dead meat anyway.

I use Excalibur's morphing ability to change its form to that of a scythe. Then, before the dragon-rider can cast any spells, I utilize Blink to appear right behind him and immediately swing the scythe at his legs.

Despite how painful it is to have one's legs cut off, the dragon-rider doesn't show it on his face as he continues to fall.

Just when it seems like he will slam into the ground and die a miserable death, he waves his hand which causes the air currents around him to 'catch' his body.

I stay in the air and gaze down at the dragon-rider as he gets surrounded by soldiers.

The man doesn't resist any further and just throws his wand away, indicating that he has surrendered - or, so I thought.

The dragon-rider casually punches the ground before chanting a spell which causes earth pillars to appear right below the soldiers and knock them into the air.

Then, the dragon-rider inserts to fingers into his mouth before whistling as hard as he can.

Knowing that he's most likely calling for the dragon, I look over at where it is, only to find it sucking in air at an incredible rate before diving toward the ground.

”No, you don't,” I subconsciously mutter before morphing Excalibur into a spear and hurling it right at the dragon.

My parameters combined with the absurdity of Excalibur is nothing to scoff at, as it easily penetrates the dragon which results in the dragon to explode into bits of meat.

Seeing his precious dragon getting obliterated in such a manner, the dragon-rider glares at me as he points his finger at me before beginning to chant once again.

Unfortunately for him, Krul nonchalantly walks toward him from behind and swiftly knocks him out by casually swinging her hand.

I slowly float down and land right beside the unconscious body of the dragon-rider.

”That was interesting,” Krul remarks.

”You're right about,” I respond before gifting the dragon-rider immortality for his legs to heal.

Krul has an intrigued look on her face as she observes the flames cover the legs of the dragon-rider before his legs 'regrow'.

”You know,” Krul says while looking me in the eyes, ”You're beginning to turn into some kind of untouchable monster.”

I chuckle at the way she phrased it before saying,

”What's with that?”

”Don't play dumb,” she says with a grin on her lips.

Before I can respond to her, the dragon-rider groans a little before gradually opening his eyes.

The next thing I know, the man is back on his feet and is running as if his life depends on it while casting a spell to increase his speed.

I don't get the chance to stop him, as a certain black armament seems to appear out of nowhere and puncture the dragon-rider's thigh, resulting in him falling face-first into the ground.

Letting out a small sigh, I look over at Saturnus who's also looking back at me before beaming a smile.

Most likely understanding that I'm praising her actions, Saturnus also beams a smile as she interlocks her fingers.

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”Finish him,” I say to Saturnus who has been patiently standing by my side while I was diving into the dragon-rider's mind in search of information.

This time, I managed to get my hands on some interesting information.

In particular, about the castle that Joseph de Gallia is staying in.

From the looks of it, there are more of these dragon-riders as well some other annoying pests to deal with.

Well, it is what it is. I better make sure that the enemy can't decrease the morals of my soldiers any further.

Perhaps, I should make Joseph suffer a little before his inevitable death…

{Criteria for the second calling met.}

Huh?

{Terminate de Gallia.

Time-limit: 5d:23h:59min:59s

Upon failure: All parameters are halved.