episode_0119

But it was Ryona who tapped Stella on the shoulder.

The four women standing behind her all linked their arms and looked at Stella with piercing eyes.

“Oh, Mi. Sorry. But aren’t you… a first-year student at the Academy?”

In our academy, everyone wears their own uniform, but they all wear name tags that indicate their grade, so you can guess their grade just by looking at them.

“shi, be quiet! In this critical situation, what does grade matter···.?!”

For some reason, Ryona-chan’s speech has been getting a little rougher lately.

She was a simple country girl who had a more detailed smile than anyone else and was also quite understanding.

No, not even now.

When you look at the way he protected Yui Hama, or the way he took good care of the juniors who joined the club.

There is no doubt that he has a warm heart.

however.

Why do I get so upset whenever something goes wrong with me?

However, this disagreement soon ended in Ryona’s victory.

“You’re really noisy―――？！If you’re not going to fight, then be quiet and follow me. Or go back!”

“Yeah, if you’re an academy cadet. I think you know how to use weapons. Can you help me out?”

“Ha, ugh. You don’t know how scary those trolls are, so…”

Then, Éonel and Sylvia, who had been quietly linking arms behind him, stepped forward and spoke.

“We too were held captive for a long time.”

“Huh?！ Really？！”

Stella soon flinched and shook her shoulders, her expression showing a loss of restraint in fear.

“But, how···. Can you be so calm?”

Sylvia stepped forward with a pitiful look in her eyes.

“I have to save my colleagues···.”

At those words, Stella finally opened her heavy mouth, as if her conscience had been pricked.

“Mi, I’m sorry. Everyone, we’re fighting hard and trying hard···.”

“Armed with a weapon.”

Ryona handed her a sword with a reserved expression, a frown on her forehead.

Then he said with force in his eyes.

“If you try to run away again, I’ll leave you behind, okay?”

In times like these, there is a podium.

At the words, “I’ll leave you behind,” Stella nodded slowly, her hair beginning to stand on end.

“Okay, I promise not to run away. But, I’m a wizard···?”

“Starting today, become a magician!”

“···.”

* * *

Fortunately, after the feud with Stella was settled.

We headed into the Dragon Temple, speeding up even more.

A huge tower stands tall and proud in the innermost part of the labyrinth, where a landscape resembling ruins is depicted.

Even though so many troll soldiers had escaped from the entrance to the Dragon Temple.

There were hundreds of Trojans waiting for us, lined up in formation.

Not only that, but numerous trolls were crawling out of the shrines on the sides surrounding the main shrine.

“th, oh my god······”

Stella’s mouth fell open, standing there timidly.

The other young ladies also couldn’t bring themselves to continue speaking.

“Do you really have to go?”

Even Ryona.

He seemed to feel a little afraid of that size of force. He asked with trembling lips.

“······Oh, if my feeling is right. There should be a ‘dragon egg’ there.”

The material quests in this game are structured like a three-act structure.

The first act of the beginning is the goal of the full-fledged quest.

And the challenges faced are introduced. For example, in the current case, the challenge is that trolls are trying to conquer the world.

Act 2 is the process of achieving the goal.

Depending on how you go through this process, your rewards in Act 3 will vary.

‘Actually, I’m not sure.’

As a user, I was certain that there was a ‘dragon egg’ hidden there.

Then, the young ladies who were looking around at the gruesome scenery around them were waving.

One by one, they spoke to me with determined faces.

“It’s a little scary, but I’ll trust Lucius!”

“Yeah, if it’s Lucius, there must be some way, right?”

“Until now, I’ve only followed you···.”

“Thank you. I will make sure that everyone returns alive.”

“Yeah!! Just trust Lucius!”

“Then. Will you follow my instructions?”

I soon took out my tanning knife and started peeling off the trolls’ outer skin one by one.

* * *

Soon, my new form, flying quickly through the dark sky, was used as a signal flare.

Thick flames rose up behind them.

Whoosh whoosh!!

Shh …

A rain of fireballs fired by numerous elven archers were directed here and there towards the trolls’ living quarters.

“Kuwaaaa …

The trolls poured down, shouting at the watchtower on the high ground where our party had taken up position.

A horde of trolls pouring down like angry waves.

[I felt the vivid fear of death. My vampire instincts are activated! All stats increase by 100. I am thirsty for blood.]

[I felt the situation was unfavorable. I activated ‘The important thing is an unbreakable spirit’. Strength stat became ‘148 -> 296’.]

However, the path leading up to the tower where the elf archers were was completely inaccessible because I was blocking it.

Even though they were pouring out like a swarm of ants, I was a god-level oppressor who trampled the swarm of ants to death.

With the vampire’s instinct, ‘heavy-handedness’ is activated.

Because their strength is more than five times greater than mine.

I stood like a mountain, blocking the road.

And then, as soon as he could, he drew his sword into the air.

It began to strike down upon the entire earth and the air. It was a veritable festival of carnage.

Tsukwakwakakat –

“This is the crime of trying to kidnap Lania.”

Tuqwakakakakang ·····

“This is the sin that brought tears to the faces of Eonel and Sylvia.”

Crunch.

“And this is the sin that broke Stella’s heart.”

Blood spurts everywhere.

The young ladies cheered as they watched the trolls gradually pile up like a mountain under the tower.

“Wow-! Lord Lucius, you’re really amazing!!”

“Maybe, Xiangshan really exists？！”

“The odds of winning were 100% anyway as long as Lucius was there~”

With a tense expression, holding a sword.

Stella, who was standing on top of the watchtower, also looked at me and shouted.

“Lucius~! You’re the best! I saw you again···!!！”

Hoot, it feels so good to see Young-ae regain her mind.

Along with her, ‘Arachne’, who had been standing guard while protecting the archers, also waved her forelegs and cheered me on.

I felt excited for some reason, and I started to increase the speed of my sword swing.

Crunch, rustle. Crunch···.!

The trolls’ eyes were gleaming with murderous intent, but only hatred was blooming in their eyes.

As time went on, the number of guys who could get close actually started to decrease.

“After ···. Retreat!”

Booo.

Finally, did you do it?

From atop the high altar, a priest commanding the trolls blew a trumpet.

Then the remaining trolls began to rush back into the dragon temple with fear in their eyes.

‘Now is the chance[‘

Wind chasing.

I covered myself with one of the troll skins I had prepared and blended in with the crowd of trolls rushing into the temple like a flock of clouds.

‘I’ll be back soon. Just wait.’

On the watchtower.

The girls who had turned the cotton swabs we had put together inside out like me waved goodbye.

Probably won’t last long though.

For a while, the top of that watchtower would be the safest place.

Because we wiped out all the nearby trolls.

at that time.

The half-troll ‘Eukukaka’ who was following me asked.

“Hehe, bro. Are you really going to let me go when this is over?”

“Then.”

anyway.

Wouldn’t this guy be useless if it weren’t for this?

I wonder if I could tame an Arachne and ride it.

No, I’d rather have a centaur.

* * *

The inside of the Dragon Temple was a sacred space with more ornate doors than expected and intricately carved dragon statues.

‘There’s no way trolls made this sophisticated thing.’

Certainly, this place was once home to a civilization of intelligent life forms before the trolls took over.

In many places, there were hieroglyphs that would have made interpreters run wild and dazzle them.

‘Is this, by any chance, Karin’s third room…?’

The great wizard, ‘Karin’, was building this dragon temple.

He said he created three rooms.

One is a room where visitors to this temple can stay.

The two of them have their own room to stay in.

The third is the room where the ‘dragon’ she captured to tame will stay.

‘Karin said she built this temple to be the first in the world to tame a dragon, right?’

After taking on this quest, I went to the library and did some research.

But there was one thing that was questionable.

Dragons are long-lived creatures that live for thousands of years.

And it was known that dragons would only lay one egg to leave their individual behind, at a place they would arrive at dawn before they died.

Indeed, no matter what.

Even though he is said to be of ‘elf’ origin, is it possible for a mere archmage to enjoy longevity like a dragon?

The moment when doubts started to creep in.

‘Wow······ Is this Karin’s third stone chamber?!’

The ceiling was so steep that it seemed endless, and the high walls were as majestic as a castle.

Karin’s third room finally revealed itself.

At that time, a troll soldier.

Eukukaka spoke to me with a wary look in his eyes.

“Huh?! Who?”

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This is Stella cheering on the protagonist from the watchtower… ! !