episode_0174

“Craaaagh!”

The wyvern, whose long sword was stuck in the back of its neck, immediately screamed and twisted its body to shake off Amy.

Because it was a fairly extreme action, Amy had no choice but to widen the distance before she could even retrieve the sword she had stabbed. Otherwise, it would have been obvious that he would have been hit by its wings or head and blown away.

“Chiit. I couldn’t even cut it down.”

“… … You can’t cut it. I’m going to turn you into a zombie.”

“Ah.”

Amy, who was excited by the battle itself, raised her eyes as if she had finally realized what I was saying. As I was shaking my head at that sight, three wyverns suddenly gathered in one place.

The wyverns were centered around the wyvern, as if they were trying to protect him with his sword deeply embedded in the back of his neck.

“Andrew! Isn’t that thing trying to run away?”

“You can’t miss it.”

As Amy said, the wyverns seemed to have no intention of hunting even when they were seriously injured, and the three of them looked as if they were ready to fly away at any moment. The two animals, which were still intact, were continuously scanning the sky as if they were trying to fly away by throwing away the black flames that were decorating the sky.

Of course, I had no intention of losing the Wyverns, who were very useful, so I decided to put pressure on them so they wouldn’t even think about flying away.

Not only Skeleton Knights, but also Skeletons that would collapse if hit with a single touch were put in. The Wyverns couldn’t even think about flying away as the skeletons were rolling in like waves around them.

In particular, it was very effective to have some of the skeleton knights climb onto the iron fence and then jump down onto the wyverns’ backs.

It may be because the wyvern attacked from above, but it seemed unable to respond properly when attacked by jumping onto its back.

“Kya la la rock!”

Some of the skeleton knights who jumped onto the wyverns’ backs from the high iron fence successfully landed on the wyverns’ backs. Some were thrown away by the fluttering wings while moving, but some were sitting on their backs.

Of course, the wyvern, feeling something sitting on its back, struggled to shake off the skeleton knights.

The Wyverns were trying to shake off the Skeleton Knights by writhing here and there, but the Skeleton Knights stuck their swords into the Wyverns’ backs and clung to them, so they wouldn’t fall. Moreover, due to the structure of the wyvern’s body, it was unable to hit anything on its back, so it was possible to avoid falling.

The Skeleton Knight fixed his body with his sword inserted into the wyvern’s back, and began to tear at the wyvern’s back skin with his sharp hands since it was only bone.

And, the moment the Wyverns focused their attention on their backs, they immediately pushed all the skeletons towards the Wyverns. Dozens of skeletons flocked in and swung their spear knives, and the skeleton mages also hurled fireballs that were decorating the sky towards the wyvern’s head.

“Kaaak!”

The wyvern’s back was torn off by the undead’s attack, a fireball was pierced through its head, and every part of its body about 1 meter from the ground was cut into pieces by a spear knife.

It was a moment when I was confident that if I just stayed like this a little longer, I would be able to secure three very useful wyvern corpses.

But at that moment, Amy and Jienna suddenly lifted me up and ran away.

“Breath! Avoid everything-!”

I wondered why he was doing that, but as I quickly dodged it, the surrounding area was covered in intense flames. A wave of very hot fire covered the place where I had been a moment ago.

“Whoa!”

Fortunately, Amy was not injured because she knew in advance that her breath would be released. Although several skeletons were half-melted, fortunately there were no casualties.

However, just because there were no casualties, it did not mean that there was no damage. Due to the fire shooting out in a total of three directions, part of the ironwood fence was pierced with red-hot molten iron flowing out, and the barracks at the nearby checkpoint were crackling and burning like firewood.

“Ha, I made those a while ago.”

Moreover, it felt like a waste to see the skeletons half-dissolved and covered in black soot where I was. It was a skeleton knight created using Orc warriors in preparation for moments when force was needed, but its body was half-melted and could not be restored.

“Huh? Also, run away!”

But I couldn’t keep regretting it. It was because the Wyverns took advantage of the moment I was panicking due to my breathing and started moving as if they were trying to run away.

I felt a sense of urgency as I saw the Wyverns fluttering their wings, but perhaps because they were not working properly, unable to fly into the sky and running as if on their hind legs. If I let it run away like that, I would only suffer a small loss and gain nothing.

“Kill it quickly!”

Still, not all of the skeletons were destroyed, and since it was a wyvern and couldn’t fly, it was not difficult to catch the wyvern as it ran while flapping its wings.

The Skeleton Knights rushed towards the Wyvern, using their black magic to the fullest. Following my order to kill them quickly, they ignored defense and attacked the Wyvern. The Wyverns attacked the Skeleton Knights as if it were their last struggle, but there were more Skeleton Knights attacking them than they could destroy, so they had no time to withstand it.

In the end, the huge bodies of the Wyverns fell to the ground, their entire skin being torn apart by the sword, and their long spears stuck all over their bodies like cactus thorns.

“Crr… … le… … .”

The Wyverns fell to the ground with a thud and cried out as if they were angry. But the crying became quieter and louder and was no longer heard. Also, I could no longer feel any vitality from them.

After looking at the corpses of Wyverns lying on the floor for a moment, he immediately ordered them to be moved to the mansion’s workroom. Because the wide road had been properly laid in advance, there was no difficulty in moving the huge Wyverns.

“Ugh… … . I couldn’t do anything except stab a sword.”

And, Amy, who was watching the Wyverns being loaded onto a cart and leaving, looked sullen. He said he didn’t do much.

“I can’t do anything. What a great thing you have done.”

“All I did was insert a sword into it?”

“Thanks to you, the wyverns gathered in one place, right? Otherwise, they would have been separated from each other and their power would have been distributed. You have done your part enough just to bring them all together in one place.”

Although Amy seemed sullen, it was true that she was actually quite nice. It was okay to stab the sword and cause effective damage, and saving me from a dangerous situation was a very good thing.

Amy seemed to feel a little better thanks to this, washed off the wyvern blood that had splashed on her hand, and then quietly wrapped her arm around my arm. Of course, Jiena, who was watching nearby, grabbed the other arm as if she would not give up.

“But, I didn’t know that wyverns could really breathe. I heard that wyverns sometimes emit breath, but I never thought that was true. Isn’t breath originally exclusive to dragons?”

“What… … . There’s a legend about a dragon blowing up a kingdom’s city with its breath, so you might think so.”

“Oh, that’s right. When I was young, the adults in the village said that the dragon’s breath was a great attack that not even a single country could withstand.”

It was a story about an evil dragon that always appeared in the legends passed down orally through the mouths of adults when I was young. Since such a dragon used breath, it was not strange to think of breath as the exclusive property of dragons.

“But wyverns also shoot breath. But the principle is different. You mentioned the difference between flying dragons and wyverns, right? It’s similar to that.”

“Is it possible that the dragon’s breath is magic and the wyvern’s breath is not magic?”

“That’s right. I haven’t checked it myself, but the monster encyclopedia I saw said that wyverns have an internal organ called a flame sac. It was written that the fireworks would be gathered there and then shot.”

“Boss. So is your stomach filled with fire? The wyvern’s body temperature didn’t seem that high… … .”

“Well? I’ve got it now, so I can check it out. Although there may be no flame because of the breath.”

Although the book Monster Encyclopedia was full of information about all kinds of monsters, not all information was recorded in detail. Some were simply observed from afar, and many were simply described as “that’s what you think.”

Therefore, in order to understand the wyvern in more detail, I was planning to dissect it myself. In any case, some degree of dissection was necessary in the process of making zombies.

“You need to check and let me know!”

“Boss, I’m really curious too!”

When I told them that I wanted to find out more about Breath, the two women seemed quite curious. Breath was not an ordinary attack method, so it was natural to feel curious.

“If there really is a flame sac, check to see if you can put it in when you turn me into a Death Knight later. A Death Knight that emits breath from its mouth, doesn’t that sound amazing? Or, I think it would be cool to connect it to the palm and blow out the breath with your hand.”

“You really… … .”

Hehehe – I shook my head, feeling absurd at the sight of Amy laughing. It’s not enough to call oneself a Death Knight, now something even more bizarre has been added.

The thought of Amy blowing out her breath with her hands or mouth sent shivers down my spine. Even when the wyvern tried to bite me, I didn’t feel any chills.

Anyway, since we had completed the wyvern hunt somewhat successfully, we moved straight toward the mansion. Of course, he did not forget to inform the territory residents and elves that the situation was over and have them return to their usual lives.

I entered the mansion to see people who had hurriedly evacuated to nearby buildings or temples coming back out onto the streets with relief.