episode_0207

[Hmm… how bizarre…]

Drake tilted his head slightly.

[At this point, I should have certainly arrived at the oasis, but there’s no way that massive place could have been completely covered by a sandstorm and vanished in a single day. This is truly a strange thing.]

Drake came out to drink water as always.

However, he is trapped within Priscilla’s giant barrier and is constantly circling the same area.

In other words, in Drake’s mind, an enormous oasis has disappeared overnight.

Logically, one should suspect someone’s evil scheme,

but high-dimensional beings, especially those whose environment is not sufficiently prepared to unleash their original abilities, have unnecessarily high egos.

Therefore, unless he feels a particular sense of incongruity, his thoughts flow toward the idea that the surrounding situation has changed strangely rather than him being wrong.

[Huh?]

Drake, who had been traversing the Enklema Cliff Desert with a tilted-head feeling like that,

turned his head to the opposite side.

“Hohohoho…! Have you finally noticed, Mr. Drake?”

Psss…!!

There was a cliff there,

and on top of the cliff, the magician Elizabeth, with her magician’s staff extended forward, was emitting a brutal amount of magical energy.

—Paaaaaaaat!!!

Soon, a blue magic flash erupted from Elizabeth’s magician’s staff.

—Grooooooo…!!!!!

Elizabeth’s magical power worked, and a giant magic barrier formed in the space surrounding Drake, with a diameter of approximately 300m.

“Ooooh! Awesome!”

Eugene Schneider, who was waiting below Elizabeth on a lower cliff, couldn’t help but exclaim in admiration as he watched the scene.

It was that tremendous of a magic barrier.

However, it not only takes a long time to prepare, but it’s also a magic that the opponent will notice if you try to prepare it.

In reality, it is impossible to use in such an open space,

but Drake’s attention was greatly reduced by the large barrier that had been set up in advance,

and thanks to that, Elizabeth was able to cast this difficult magic on him.

[I’ve been had…]

Drake finally realized that he had fallen into the enemy’s trap.

[Now, all of his debuff magic poisons, or similar types of magic attacks, are neutralized.]

As soon as the anti-Drake debuff magic barrier was successful, Elizabeth sent a telepathic message to the Drake subjugation close combat unit.

“Let’s go in, everyone! Into the barrier where Drake is!”

—Da da da da da da dat!!!

Then, Victoria started heading into the barrier first.

“Please take good care of Priscilla’s support!!!”

—Paaaaaaat!!!

Following behind her were Farnese and Vincent of the Imperial Knights,

and Eugene also jumped out with dopamine-filled eyes.

[They’ve prepared quite a lot of things.]

Thud! Thud!

The Drake subjugation close combat unit rushing in was also visible in Drake’s sight.

Drake, changing the position of his body towards them,

[Good. Let’s share murderous intent with terrestrial life forms for the first time in a while.]

Flash—!!!

He flashed a murderous, blood-red glint in his eyes.

Drake was beginning to draw up magical power for battle.

—Paaaaaaat!!!

After that, Drake flew towards the subjugation force instead.

“Scatter!!!”

Victoria, witnessing the scene, gave tactical instructions to her comrades in a loud voice.

—Kwaaaaaang!!!

As Victoria said, the subjugation force quickly scattered and adjusted their positions,

and Drake landed with a roar in the space they had vacated.

Whoosh…!!

As a result, a hazy cloud of sand dust swirled in the space,

Psss…!!!

Emerald-colored energy was created within the sand dust.

“This is repayment for what happened three days ago!!!”

—Fyuuuuuuuuuuu!!!

Mana was being charged into the World Tree Bow of the elf Priscilla.

The attack of the elf Priscilla flying like a laser,

with the awakened arrow of the Archer Seeker showing an amazing display, headed towards Drake.

It felt almost like a cannon rather than an arrow.

—Puh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh!!

Drake used his tail to block Priscilla’s tremendous attack.

[It’s become even more powerful, elf.]

Smirk…!

Drake raised the corner of his lip.

In the previous battle, when he defended against Priscilla’s awakened arrow with his tail, he didn’t get any scratches at all.

But now, emerald mana flashed at the point on the tail where he blocked Priscilla’s awakened arrow.

Awakened arrows are not only strong in destructive power, but can also inflict internal injuries.

That inherent destructive power became possible even on a continent with scarce spirit energy due to the storm sex with Eugene Schneider.

“Lady Priscilla has succeeded in drawing attention. We’ll take advantage of that gap to strike.”

That’s how much Drake had become wary of Priscilla’s follow-up attacks.

Therefore, Victoria, recognizing that a gap had been created, instructed Farnese and Vincent to carry out the promised attack.

—Pabababababat!!!

The three people quickly stepped in, using Sword Expert Mana Footwork,

approaching very close.

Normally, in this situation, Drake would have backed away or used magic poison.

However, since he is debuffed due to Elizabeth’s magic barrier, that option of his is ruled out, and Victoria’s group is carrying out their plan.

[I thought there was some ominous magic spreading around… was it a barrier to control my magic?]

Drake belatedly realized the situation.

He was aware that he had been debuffed, but in Drake’s current state, it’s difficult to know exactly what kind of debuff it is.

It was after directly experiencing it that Drake realized the specific nature of the debuff magic that Elizabeth had cast.

—Tada da da da da dat!!!

Victoria’s group climbed up Drake’s body.

There’s no point in stabbing his legs with a sword anyway.

Their target is the eyes,

[Do you think I’ll allow that easily, you little brats.]

—Whoosh—!!

Drake made a dynamic movement to shake off Victoria’s group.

“Stop right there, you lizard!”

—Fyuuuuuuu! Fyuuuu! Fyuuuuuuu!!

What put a stop to Drake’s movements was Priscilla.

Priscilla, whose body was overflowing with spirit energy unlike before,

began providing covering fire for Victoria’s group through continuous awakened arrows with almost no cooldown.

[Annoying…]

In the case of Priscilla’s Archer Seeker awakened arrow, there is a possibility of inflicting cumulative damage to the internal organs even if it hits not only the eyes but also the body.

Therefore, Drake had to use his tail again to block the pouring awakened arrow attacks from Priscilla.

The key is that the tail is tied up, meaning that Drake must have his tail accompany him in order to make dynamic movements.

Drake was slightly annoyed by Priscilla’s appearance, accurately piercing that and firing awakened arrows.

“So this is the look you have, Drake.”

As a result, Victoria was able to climb to the top of Drake’s head.

“Shall we gouge out those eyeballs?”

Psss…!!!

Soon, blue Sword Expert sword energy was emitted from Victoria’s sword.

—Buaaaaaaaak!!!

Victoria’s brutal sword, wielding a considerable amount of sword energy,

—Kaaaaaaaaaang!!!

was struck directly into Drake’s eye.

“Wow!”

Eugene, who was watching the scene, exclaimed with a subtle admiration.

Gggghh…!

Drake’s eye, where Victoria’s sword struck, had a diamond-like protective shell created there.

“Damn it.”

Victoria frowned.

It was Drake’s ability that made her utter a raw curse.

There are usually monsters that create shields or protective shells, but there are hardly any cases where they create them this quickly.

And even though such a hastily created shell is usually somewhat weak in durability,

it blocked an attack that even a Sword Expert had swung with determination.

[Don’t panic. In the end, it’s magic that’s being used, and it’s consumable. If your attacks continue, Drake’s mana consumption will be further accelerated while he’s trapped in the barrier.]

Since it’s happening inside the barrier, Elizabeth, who is updating the situation in real time, approached the scene and updated the party members with information.

—Kroo-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh!!!

—Hweeeeeeeeeeeeeeek!!

A gap came for Drake, who had defended against the opponent’s attack, and he shook his head violently to shake off Victoria.

“Farnese!!!”

Tilt!!

Victoria lost her balance as a result, but she called Farnese, who was on Drake’s shoulder, with unwavering eyes.

“Understood, Lady Victoria!”

Whoosh!

Then, Farnese lowered her posture, met Victoria’s eyes, and answered.

It seemed like there was something promised.

“To the left!!”

—Chwaaaaaat!!

Victoria, who had begun to be bounced off Drake’s head, took out something from her waist and activated it.

That thing, holding the light of mana,

was fired straight out as if a rope was being fired.

“Vincent!! That rope to me too!!”

Thud!

It was an actual rope.

It was an alchemically enhanced binding rope.

—Chwaaat!—Chwaat!—Chwaaaaaat!

The alchemically enhanced rope quickly went back and forth in various places and began to bind Drake.

The first plan was to create super close range to target the eyes through Priscilla’s ranged suppression,

and the second plan, which will be carried out immediately if that fails, is unfolding.

The plan is to bind him with alchemically enhanced ropes for a certain period of time and concentrate attacks to promote Drake’s mana consumption.

“Okay. Binding complete!”

The last binding stake was also hammered into the ground.

Vincent sent a hand signal to his comrades, signaling the completion of the binding.

Ddddddddddddd…!!!

[Magician… she was quite a skilled friend… to have created such a highly complete counter magic against my debuff magic poison.]

The binding was so taut that it created tremendous vibrations, constricting Drake.

Even if it’s an alchemical magic binding technique, it would have been pulled out immediately if it were in its original state.

The reason why the calculation came out that it would withstand a certain level is because the Drake counter magic used in the barrier magic was also used in the binding rope.

Drake was also able to notice the background after experiencing Elizabeth’s magic directly with his body.

“Now it’s my turn!”

Swooooosh…!

Eugene took a rapid charge stance towards the bound Drake.

And his greatsword had a peculiar pattern engraved on it.

—Paaaaaaat!!!!

Eugene Schneider, jumping in like a black panther,

—Swooooosh!!!

raised his greatsword with the pattern engraved on the striking distance and

—Kwaaaaaang!!!!

struck down on Drake’s instep.

—Pssssssssst!!!

Then, an unusually flashy mana effect burst out at the point where it was struck down.

And that mana effect was not Eugene’s blue mana, but a blood-red mana.

‘Oh! The effect is good after all. Elizabeth’s Mana Breaker!’

That was Drake’s magic-based mana.

The core of the second operation is to consume Drake’s mana,

so Elizabeth also created something related to that.

A spell called Mana Breaker,

a spell that is mixed with some black magic and is activated only for Eugene, who has mixed demon blood, so she engraved the spell pattern only on Eugene’s greatsword.

—Swooooosh!!

“I’ll happily eat away at your mana until all the patterns disappear!!!!”

Eugene, having confirmed the effect, raised his greatsword again with a confident expression.

At that moment,

[Could it be… you, with demon blood mixed in, were Sabrina’s son…?]

Drake telepathically contacted Eugene again.

Mentioning the name Sabrina.