Volume 1 Chapter 25 (1/2)

The final battle broke out.

The angel monster by Stolas’s side began chanting. She was probably trying to strengthen her side via support magic.

Should her spell succeed, the already troublesome Emerald Dragon would be strengthened further and there probably won’t be anything we could do against it.

However…

“Nn. I won’t let you.”

Elder Dwarf opened fire with her M&K MK417 assault rifle on full auto. Her magazine contained 20 bullets but it didn’t even take a second to empty it, with each one of them flying at twice the speed of sound.

(Note: its rate of fire is 600rounds per minute so it should take more than a second to empty it all out. It’s fast, but not that fast.)

The MK417 used the larger 7.62mm caliber bullet.

Even at the best of times, firing at full auto would cause the gun to shake further off the mark the longer it was fired. Normally, emptying the magazine at full auto would just be a plain waste of bullets.

However, the same couldn’t be said for Elder Dwarf. She forcibly stabilized the shaking gun barrel with her mineral magic, thus raising the gun’s bullet efficiency.

The enemy received all the bullets in the magazine while it was defenseless as it chanted its spell. No matter how much of an A rank monster it was, if it was to receive an attack while it was defenseless, it would be like butter under a hot knife.

“I’m… sorry… Stolas… sama…”

The angel monster was by no means weak.

It was just that it was incompatible with our attack. For those that focused on magic as their main arsenal, the gun was their natural predator.

After leaving those words behind, the angel turned into particles of light and vanished.

Stolas then grinded her teeth.

But she didn’t have any time for such grief. My ace was upon her.

By ace, I meant Tenko. Right at the start of the fight, Tenko, much like a fox, moved swiftly and stealthily.

She moved to attack Stolas from her back all while avoiding the Emerald Dragon. Stolas hasn’t noticed Tenko yet.

Oh yeah, I issued out three commands.

Elder Dwarf was to hinder the angel monster on its casting of support magic.

Tenko was to launch a surprise attack on Stolas.

While Wight was to draw the attention of the Emerald Dragon.

There was no way they could directly confront a monstrosity like the Emerald Dragon. Elder Dwarf wasn’t ordered to prioritize it since I was convinced she couldn’t bring it down in one fell swoop due to a lack of firepower. Neither could we afford to do a half-hearted hit and run.

“Everyone, it’s time to fight!”

“I’ll back you up.”

The Skeleton legion led by Wight, and Elder Dwarf who just finished changing her magazine, focused fire on the dragon.

I then let out a voice of surprise.

The dragon’s scales repelled not only the Skeletons’ 5.56mm bullets but even Elder Dwarf’s 7.62mm bullets.

But even though it didn’t receive any damage, it looked irritated. It closed in on the Skeletons and then turned around.

It probably intended to mow down its surrounding using its tail full of centrifugal force.

Wight and Elder Dwarf quickly jumped back but the Skeletons were slow and thus half of them didn’t make it in time. Their bodies broke and smashed apart.

Wight looked sad and mourned for their deaths.

Their deaths were not meaningless though.

Wight’s group had obtained the Emerald Dragon’s undivided attention. Meanwhile, Tenko got close enough to strike Stolas from her blind spot.

“It ends now!”

Tenko held her silver shotgun… the Remilton (Custom) ED-01S.

It was equipped with a semi-automatic mechanism. Its shells was changed from 12 gauge to the larger caliber 4 gauge. Magic Power also added further to the shells’ explosiveness via the Mithril Powder it used.

The four times more powerful demonic gun  was then fired.

Stolas was caught completely unaware and received a direct hit from the fired slug shell. Even a Demon Lord shouldn’t be able to endure that.

And so, her body was torn apart.

With this, this [War] was over.

Or so it should have.

“Sorry to disappoint you but that one there was just an imitation of myself that I made using [Wind].”

A voice resounded somewhere and I grinded my teeth.

Calmly thinking about it, wasn’t it only natural? For her to summon such a monstrosity at close range, she got to have had some form of insurance.

Most probably, at the same time as she had summoned the Emerald Dragon from her [Storage], she created that copy and used [Transfer] to relocate her real body.

“My lord, we can’t hold it any longer.”

Wight whose group drew the attention of the dragon raised his voice, almost like a scream.

Ever since a while ago, the Skeletons have been continuously firing but it really had no effect on the Emerald Dragon.

The dragon then roared and plunged head first.

A Skeleton came in contact with the dragon’s head and was smashed to pieces the moment after. The dragon then twisted its head, felling another Skeleton.

Another two Skeletons have fallen.

“Tenko, I’m counting on you.”

“Understood, Oto-san.”

Due to the dragon plunging in head first, it stopped moving for a few moments.

And in those moments, Tenko dashed forward with all her might.

The Emerald Dragon then turned towards Tenko.

It must have instinctively realized that Tenko was going to be a threat so it made wind twirl and coil around it, forming an armor of wind.

Tenko got close enough to shoot at point blank range in order to penetrate the dragon’s wind armor and tough scales.

“Eat this!”

She said so and fired.

The silver shotgun let loose a thunderous roar and spitted out sparks.

Of course, what came out was a power-focused slug shell.

Infused with her own offensive abilities, her shotgun had more firepower than the heavy machine guns fired by the Mithril Golems.

However…

“Wha—!? No way!”

…the slug’s firepower was greatly diminished by the wind. The slug was then deflected by the dragon’s tough scales.

Aside from the few scales that repelled the slug, the Emerald Dragon was mostly unhurt.

Tenko crossed both of her arms in disbelief. But then, the dragon threw its claws at her.

“Kyaa!”

Blood gushed from both of her arms. Unfortunately, that wasn’t all. She was then thrown to ground and bounced over and over, much like a temari ball.

“Tenko!”

I called out to her.

She rolled and tumbled for about twenty meters.

“I messed up a bit.”

She said so as blood flowed from both her arms and mouth. She then tried to stand up but only failed.

The Emerald Dragon glared at the injured Tenko.

It then extended its neck forward and opened its mouth.

Wind magic power gathered within its mouth frighteningly fast.

Without a doubt, that was a wind breath.

Crap. Tenko has taken too much damage and won’t be able to move.

“Tenko-sama won’t make it. Go, my minions!”

The bird monsters that turned to all bones and were under Wight’s command jumped into the Emerald Dragon’s mouth all at once. The wind magic power within rose to critical levels and then exploded.

The Emerald Dragon was greatly surprised.

“Good job, Wight.”

“It’s a one-time-only surprise attack. The real fight starts now.”

The Emerald Dragon turned our way.

It was must have been pretty pissed off for the attack just then.

Elder Dwarf readied her gun.

Looking closely, her gun wasn’t on full auto anymore but rather on single fire mode.