episode_0187

“It’s a drake alright.”

A drake appeared.

The morning after the Red Fox Mercenary Corp set up their base camp,

a reaction was detected on the monster scan totem.

So, some troops from the Red Fox Mercenary Corp formed teams to explore the surroundings, and

they discovered a strange creature, presumed to be a drake, through a telescope.

Now, the elf Priscilla has come to the site and is making the final confirmation.

“This is amazing. I’ve been investigating this place for months, and I’ve never encountered a drake directly. To come face to face with one like this.”

Victoria, who was with Eugene Schneider and Jeanne behind Priscilla, couldn’t hide her surprise.

Of course, despite that, her face looks relaxed.

But she is definitely surprised.

Her expression is just a natural poker face.

As Victoria said, drakes have only shown traces for months, and they have never shown their direct appearance, let alone their shadow.

“Moreover, the fact that it revealed itself in this location,”

Eugene Schneider also brought up the point that there seemed to be some interpretation.

“Wouldn’t it be right to say that it deliberately revealed itself, being extremely conscious of us?”

The timing and location of the drake’s full appearance are unusual.

The reaction to the scan totem could be considered a coincidence if it just happened to pass by and was detected.

However, after forming a pursuit team and chasing after it, it was positioned on a cliff closer than expected, with its eyes on the Drake Special Quest Team’s base camp.

It seems that it basically recognized the appearance of the special quest team and is aware of them.

“I agree. Given the environment here, the drake’s detection ability must be quite sharp. There are four experts here right now. It must have felt that power.”

Priscilla added strength to Eugene’s thoughts.

Just like demons, monsters are affected by the magical energy state of the surrounding environment.

The most affected is energy detection.

“But this is unexpected. Given the drake’s image, I thought it would rush in and destroy everything.”

“There’s a higher possibility that it’s female. Females are more cautious.”

The drake is watching, maintaining sufficient distance while completely frozen like a stone.

Eugene Schneider was quite puzzled by that atmosphere, and

Priscilla analyzed that it was proving her initial hypothesis that it was a female drake.

“And one more thing, if we keep it in mind…”

However, Priscilla’s hypothesis seemed to have more to it.

“The possibility that the drake has a being it is curious about? There is room to consider that possibility as well. However, this possibility is based on the assumption that the drake is more intelligent than we think.”

That is, the drake’s individual abilities.

For a typical drake, the caution Priscilla mentioned first would be the main reason, and

it meant that the story could be different for higher-level drakes, such as shaman goblins or goblin lords.

“It’s nice to see you all again.”

Around noon, a welcome face visited the Drake Special Quest Team’s base camp.

It was Elizabeth, the exclusive magician of the special quest party.

Joining the follow-up unit of the Imperial Knights, which had been reinforced with more personnel, she arrived under their mighty protection.

Unlike when she appeared at the Imperial Knights Arena, she wasn’t wearing a mask.

“Elizabeth? Wow…Your real name is so beautiful, and your face is even more beautiful than I imagined!”

And she revealed her name as well.

Since she had already gone all the way with her brother, there was no longer any reason to play Anna Parisian.

Marie, who had been looking forward to meeting Anna Parisian again because of her good first impression,

was speechless with admiration after hearing her unmasked appearance and her luxurious real name.

“I heard that our elf has been doing great here. It’s nice to see you again.”

Elizabeth, who had good memories with the Red Fox delegation back then, exchanged very friendly greetings with Thomas and Marie.

And the elf Priscilla could not be an exception.

Magicians and elves tend to have good chemistry.

“……”

However, Priscilla stared intently at Elizabeth for a moment.

“Huh? What’s wrong, Ms. Elf?”

Elizabeth looked puzzled.

This was because the reaction was completely out of her expectations.

As a magician, Elizabeth makes judgments based on anticipating the other person’s reaction in various ways.

Elizabeth’s most likely reaction from Priscilla was a nonchalant feeling.

But she didn’t expect her to stare like this.

“No, I’m just jealous.”

The words Priscilla uttered, after staring at Elizabeth for about 5 seconds, were truly unexpected.

“Jealous??”

Even the fourth-dimensional Elizabeth was wide-eyed.

“……”

At that moment, Eugene Schneider was silently looking at Priscilla this time.

‘Hmm…Priscilla…’

And he had a vague idea of ​​what was causing Priscilla’s current behavior.

“My sister! Come here and let’s hug!”

Smiling broadly!

After the formal greetings were over in the center of the camp, the three Obléanga siblings shared the joy of a personal reunion.

Jeanne, who had been maintaining the weight of the mercenary commander to the fullest, suddenly turned into an energetic older sister, extending her arms towards her beloved youngest sister to induce an affectionate hug.

“Sister~! I missed you so much!”

Embraced tightly!

Elizabeth, who was wearing a badge of an executive of the Imperial Institution, was embraced in the arms of her reliable second sister.

Even though she is a fourth-dimensional genius, she is just a cute youngest sister in front of her sisters.

“Kuh… It’s good to see.”

Eugene crossed his arms and felt good, admiring them from the side.

This man is the man who slept with all the siblings in front of him.

But what can he do? It is true that it looks good.

That’s why Eugene is smiling like a proud father with all his heart.

“You’re really amazing, sister. I’ve always supported you, but honestly, I thought it would be a difficult task. But I can’t help but feel proud and amazed to see you here like this.”

Indeed, Elizabeth was the type of person to do extreme and shameless things with Eugene Schneider.

Frankly, Eugene Schneider is holding back his words right now.

He goes crazy when he has sex, but when he doesn’t, he returns to 50 percent normalcy.

So, he is being careful because he is conscious of the fact that he slept with the sisters, in case he makes a mistake while having a long conversation.

However, the crazy Elizabeth is performing the act of reuniting after months with her usual expression, without even a twitch of her face.

“Hya! It really hits me when my sister says this. My Elizabeth. I’m so happy.”

Squeeze…!

Again, two of these three are people who had sex next to Jeanne, who was sleeping about three days ago.

Without knowing it in her wildest dreams, Jeanne happily hugged her beloved youngest sister even more dearly.

She is keeping her words to herself,

Perhaps she wanted to say that she was such an excellent sister.

Jeanne wanted to be the proud second child of the Obléanga family to her excellent sister and excellent older sister.

In a way, the current scene could be said to be the first time that what she had dreamed of so much had come true.

“From the updated information I received on the way here, my judgment matches that of Ms. Priscilla.”

As the follow-up unit of the Imperial Knights joined, the Drake Special Quest Party officially came into being.

The camp was also built stronger and the defense force was also strengthened.

After working hard on that, a formal meeting of the Drake Special Quest Party, including the magician Elizabeth, was held in the evening.

First, Parneze, the deputy commander of the Imperial Knights Special Quest Team, summarized and listed the situation so far as if he were briefing.

Then, Elizabeth mentioned Priscilla’s words and agreed.

“It’s quite an intelligent guy. So, it hasn’t been seen for several months. It is highly likely that it was deliberately caught by the scan totem. It is either trying to assess us through our reaction after probing us, or it is curious.”

Elizabeth had considered the possibility of an intelligent drake in the first place.

However, there was little circumstantial evidence, so she, as a perfectionist, did not mention it.

However, she was able to confirm it through her response to the scan totem.

“If the drake is intelligent, what specific disadvantages will it cause us, magician?”

At that moment, Eugene asked what variables a smart drake would have.

“Looking at melee combat alone, there won’t be that much of a difference. Just that it will try to fight strategically? However, the area where there is a clear difference is magic. The difficulty of the magic formulas used on our side increases.”

Elizabeth answers that,

Drakes cannot use high-level magic like dragons.

However, using magic and defending against magic are different areas.

There are various mechanisms for defending against magic, but one of the elements is intelligence.

The lower the intelligence of a monster, the simpler the magic formulas and the magic materials that go into it.

“Then, does that mean we have to completely re-examine the subjugation method that we had originally planned?”

Victoria, who heard Elizabeth’s words, opened her mouth in a serious tone.

Combat against top-level monsters or higher,

Especially in battles fought in parties, the most important thing is magic.

This is because melee combat takes place after setting up buffs or debuffs with magic in advance.

Since magic is so essential, Elizabeth’s words mean a complete revision of tactics.

“We’ll have to assess the situation. While probing the drake.”

Elizabeth, who is cautious about this, mentioned the need for a reconnaissance mission.

ㅡBooaaaaaaak!ㅡBooaaaaaaak!

After the meeting, Eugene is busy with nighttime greatsword training.

“……”

And Priscilla was watching that scene.

As always, she seems to be checking his Sword Expert mana status.

“Hey, Priscilla. Can I ask you something?”

Eugene suddenly stopped swinging his greatsword and looked towards Priscilla.

“What.”

Priscilla reacted with an indifferent expression.

“I can interpret Priscilla’s other words to some extent, but I’m puzzled by the statement that there seems to be a being the drake is curious about.”

As the assault captain of the mercenary corps, who has to be at the forefront, Eugene is quite immersed in it.

Therefore, he asked a question because Priscilla’s words that he could not interpret came up.

“……”

Priscilla, who heard the question, looked at Eugene again for a moment.

After that, she

“I was wondering if it was curious about a human with demon blood mixed in.”

She gave a very meaningful answer.