"Ho... doom!? Why is that? Explain....."

"Dragons in six months!

"The dragon that uses magic aspiration is the second from the end...."

According to the results of an analysis of the ancient documents in the absence of Mr. Kaede,

"Dragons! Dragons!"

As soon as I heard the quiet recoil, everyone started talking out loud at once.

Therefore, I don't know the exact contents, but apparently the dragon of the complete body will arrive in about six months.

None of what I read was there.

Did you analyze how I read it by comparing it with the old documents?

I'm surprised at the speed, but I don't know what I'm talking about if a lot of people like it.

"Don't talk about it at once, um... could you explain it?

In the meantime, talk to the person who seemed to be explaining the most calmly as far as I could hear.

The person who said what the ancient documents were.

"Yes, according to ancient documents, although we have crushed the dragon once, the situation of the dragon has not changed and is getting worse. Probably because of the crusade, not the seal of the Freeze."

"The Magic Freeze was the magic of the seal, not the magic of the crusade. So the reason for the deterioration is the Dragon's magic absorption attack?

"That's right. Almost all available ancient documents have been analyzed, but it is almost certain from multiple sources that the appearance of dragons and the increase in the appearance of dragons is due to an increase in the amount of magic in the air. Among the effects, a relatively mild magic increase is caused by a decrease in the maximum magic amount, an increase in the appearance rate of dragons, and a severe one....."

Certainly, it was a little strange that even though there were other powerful magic tools, it was written that it was deliberately "defeated with the magic freeze".

Is that the reason?

Magic absorption attack?

When I was told that, a while ago, a lot of wizards in Decibatole failed to manage their MPs, making them laugh.

Being in Decibatole should be a pretty high ranking wizard at the moment, so it's hard to think that you can mistake the management of magic so easily.

Maybe the magic decline started back then.

"So what's six months?

"Calculated in the time of the ancient document, it is the period between when the Dragon starts using Magic Absorption Attacks and when the Dragon naturally occurs. This time, perhaps because the dragon's braces and magic that was composed after the dragon's death spread into the air, the magic in the air increased at once and jumped above the threshold, so it's actually shorter than that."

"Really... so you're ready for the Magic Freeze?

I thought it would be impossible, but I asked.

In the first place, it would be like an artifact, and I don't even know any success stories such as creating an artifact for combat.

"Perhaps not within the time frame, but even if the hypothesis that the magic element has existed in the first place, it has never been found, and it was just one of a few minor hypotheses. No matter how much material you have, it is very impossible to treat it in six months. First of all, we have to assemble it from basic theory."

I knew it was impossible.

But it's as if I could do it if I had time.

"If so, how long will it take?

"Well, the magic freezing method that was written is currently impossible, and it will not be possible to make the same thing in other ways, that is, it will take a long time just to understand the theory to know what to make, and it can be handled in a size that can be carried and manufactured. I don't know if it's a good time, but six months is physically impossible."

"... I understand the situation."

I didn't want to know.

It's almost completely packed.

One creates enemies strong enough to destroy the world.

That's enough, we can handle it if we take it down.

If you knock it down, it will come out again, seal it to keep it from coming out, but you won't get the tools to seal it until the world is destroyed.

I don't want to talk about it.

The twittor of the operation would be burning and the associated community would be filled with lazy pigs.

Unfortunately, however, this is probably a reality.

If there is a salvation, there may be a solution that has not yet been found because the time since the story is still short.

Otherwise, I would have started collecting construction materials for the shelter in a hurry.

However, if we can prepare a way to prevent diffusion after defeating without magic freezing, it is unlikely.

A proper dragon may be extraordinarily strong, but we can choose when and where to fight.

"What are we going to do now?

"A conference on countermeasures is scheduled to be held at a later date. I was told to do it as soon as possible, even if I couldn't, but the date is still to be decided."

I decided to do what was likely to be necessary in the meantime.

Specifically, the establishment of a further mass production system for Zunana grass, and the preparation of weapons.

We need to increase production because it is likely that there will be more monster raids in the future.

There is also a limit to the power that can be turned from Decibatole and so on, and I can't keep you open.

For that reason, we can't always deal with it as well as we did with the last raid.

At that time, some medicine with that effect will help.

Naturally, consumption is expected to increase accordingly.

Well, we just burned the island and threw all the materials and money into Mercia, so we didn't have much trouble.

The problem is with weapons.

Magic swords are not easy to get.

It's only natural that ordinary people are a substitute for people whose lives are in danger.

A sword like Metal Lizard Metal could be prepared, but a Dragon opponent would be enough for now, and obviously not enough for a Dragon opponent.

I went around the weapons shop, but I don't think they sell ready-made items of that level of equipment.

It depends on the outcome of the meeting whether or not a spare is necessary.

Then, while I was hunting and gathering information at the place where the dragon came out, I decided on a schedule, and the meeting day came.

I haven't counted the days, but I think it was pretty quick.

Incidentally, I fought my last small dragon almost independently and was included as a participant because it is expected to become a spindle in the event of a fight again.

"After all, there's nothing we can do if we don't buy some time first."

The meeting began with a greeting explaining that the dragon would increase in strength even if the response was delayed by just one day, that it was necessary to start acting as quickly as possible because the change could never be said to be small, and that the meeting would therefore be empowered to move things forward arbitrarily.

Perhaps that privilege is quite unusual, as the venue stopped when the authority given to the meeting was announced.

The agenda then shifted to the progress of analysis of magic freezing, the necessary period (even if the laboratory is prepared to stop all other functions), the currently estimated amount of magic in the air and the longest period until the dragon naturally occurs, and the damage prediction (extinction) if the dragon that can be guided from the previous dragon extermination occurs naturally, etc., and eventually the direction was to think about a method that does not occur naturally.

The chairman arrived at this conclusion after that.

I don't have any objections, nor do any of the other participants.

But it seems that no one has come up with that method as well - in other words, none.

Heavy silence, such as when the dragon was announced to have used magic absorption attacks, dominated the scene.

Eventually, one participant opens his mouth as if he can no longer stand silence.

"... as long as we can defeat it, maybe we can do something with the means at hand to buy some time,"

It was a man who stopped speaking up.

He must have been a representative of some kind of laboratory.

"What do you mean?

The chairman asks.

One of the biggest problems in buying time is that when you call a dragon early and defeat it, the magic in the air doesn't go down.

Rather, if you hit the brace, the magic elements contained in the large number of trees that are burned by it may spread into the air at once.

In fact, the last hit of the brace burned extensively into the realm of monsters, and in terrible places, the burn marks reached the Broken side from the midpoint between the Broken and Dragon appearances.

The amount of magic in the air increased at once is also a large part of it.

If it is possible to buy time just by defeating it, it is not unlikely, for example, to prepare a magic sword and drop it in one shot.

That is a great advance.

"Freezing is too complex to produce in a short period of time, but there were magic tools to collect the magic elements in the air and regenerate depleted magic stones and whisper cores. I wonder if you can retrieve the diffusing magic after the dragon dies."

"So we can contain it? If you could do that, would you be doing it in the time of the ancient documents?

"Totally impossible. Probably not enough suction to absorb 20% of the Dragon's magic elements."

"Then the magic element will increase with a single blow to the bracelet... the last burn. If that's true."

The magic of the dragon is enormous.

That's why sealing gives us a lot of time.

However, it has been found that if the magic elements contained in a wide range of trees are released simultaneously, it will be about half of a small dragon per shot of brace.

If it is sealed by about 20%, it will result in an increase in magic elements.

However, there is already a burning place this time.

Given that point, this time it can be said to be a relatively loose condition.

Incidentally, if you call a dragon at sea, it seems to go to nearby land, so the plan does not exist from the beginning.

But suddenly water is poured into the atmosphere that was beginning to brighten up when the means to buy time were about to be grasped.

"It's like I can defeat you...."

It was a relatively young man who watered it.

This man is definitely some kind of researcher.

Everyone was aware of the problem from the beginning, but it is difficult to solve.

I thought everyone would lie down again, but it was different.

Everyone is looking in one direction.

I turned around thinking there was something in that direction, but there was only a wall behind me.

"Oh, it's me?

When I looked like someone else, I realized that I was behind for a moment and that I was the first person to look at it.

"Last time I heard, I dropped my neck and decided with a single blow. It would be the same if I dropped my neck on the whole thing. I don't think there's anything else I could possibly ask."

Almost everyone on the spot, including the chairman, is looking at us with anticipation.

Am I the countermeasure after all?

Speaking of trust, it sounds good, but I wonder if there's anything more like a plan.

Above all,

"I don't have any weapons at the time."

Last time, I didn't lose my neck with a single blow.

The strength of the dragon itself is expected to be resolved to the extent that we can freely use magic.

But if you want to drop a fat neck, you'll need a giant Magic Sword or a large number of Magic Swords.

According to the data, you need at least 10 of them if they are like the previous Magic Sword.

I've never seen anything other than what I've had before, and I don't think I'll get that kind of number.

"Hmm, I wonder if that weapon was a magic sword that went too far?

"Yes, it probably needs quite a few."

"Of course, I'll help you as much as I can, I'll give you magic equipment if you need it, I'll give you Whisper Core, but I'll get you as much as I can.... how many do I need?

"At least ten, depending on the situation, are blue ceilings. There's no such thing as a sword knockout in ancient documents."

I answered knowingly that I couldn't.

It's not that I don't like to fight, if others can't, it's not obvious to try.

But I was wondering if there was any other possibility.

But the answer came back unexpectedly.

"Well, that's not a problem. I've been looking into the location of an excessive magic sword because I received reports of a broken weapon, but apparently I can get about 200."

... it looks like one digit is wrong.