"What the hell?"

"I don't think that's what the dragon really looks like."

"I don't know!

Of all the surprised mercenaries, only one, “Sword Ghost” Lux-Vain, jumped on the dragon. In wandering as a mercenary, I've heard a lot about his rumors, but now he's in a position as Setuna's master.

(Setuna's Master...?)

When Quon first heard that information, he was honestly surprised. It was also surprising that Setsuna would have a division, but I couldn't hide my surprise that his opponent was a mercenary. Of course, I'm not an anonymous mercenary. A famous swordsman. That is the kind of delicacy not only Gandhia but also so many countries want that they can get their hands out of their throats. Gandhia's thoughts must be there too. Is there any prospect that by binding Lux to Gandhia as Setuna's master, the "Pale Wind" will also be reserved for Gandhia?

Most of all, for a group of mercenaries like "The Pale Wind," a well-paid gandia must be a thankful existence, and I guess it's not a bad story from them either. That's why I can say I accepted.

Lux was just said to be the ghost of the sword. There was no shortage when it came to precisely the offer of battle, the first battle that did not make you feel the aftermath at all, while seriously injuring your full-blown creation in the battle against Ginarvi. Nevertheless, the opponent is the neck of a dragon who can't get out of the ground. Anyone could have just attacked. I couldn't forbid that it wasn't enough to show his true worth. That's not why a deadly blow was made to the dragon.

It still is. It was Lux, who had arrived at the thorny dragon, but he could not even slap the slaughter into the dragon's neck. The dragon's neck trembled, and a surprising thorn popped up all over his body. Instead of avoiding the spines that flew in, Lux tried to knock them off with his sword. But surprisingly, the moment Gravestone's body touched the prick, there was an explosion. Most importantly, the explosion was small and Lux was under shield. It was just a surprise to him and the Quons.

However, there was no such thing as a thorn called a thorn fired from the entire body of the dragon being rolled up as it continuously exploded everywhere. The chain of explosions is a swirl of acoustics, a raging of light as if to crush vision. The Shield of Messiah guardianship is perfect and you will not be caught in an explosion as one of the scouts. But in the midst of the explosion and flash, it was also true that my hands could not reach out.

That's not all.

"Are you imitating Stardust? Ah!?

Waldo's barbaric voice had also reached Kuon's ear in the rear. In the light of the blooming explosion, both Waldo and Illis stand idly by. I can't help but get close to the dragon, and if I do, there's nothing I can do. Plus, I was wondering about Waldo.

The thorn bomb fired from the dragon's giant body seemed, as he pointed out, homogeneous to the thorns of Stardust.

(No way, the dragon mimicked it?

Quon glanced at a giant that could be transcended in the middle of the raging of light. The thorns, it seems, do not end with that once fired. New thorns were growing, and the detonation of thorn bombs was unlikely to fit so easily. Same as Stardust there.

Thorns pouring like rain make small explosions just touching something. The Quons are not the only people in the reconnaissance unit. All you have to do is touch the wound dust and it explodes, and the aftermath of that explosion will drink it and detonate it. Uninterrupted flashes and roars were attacking the Quons. None of the damage caused by the explosion, but nothing can be done until the secondary disaster of light and sound.

"Then it's not clear... retreat! Fall back!"

Sigurd-Foliar's decree was also hardly heard in the storm of explosions. Some have finally understood by his gesture, and few have grasped the situation by the fact that some have begun to retreat. Kukuon also decided to retreat when he saw the sigurds pull up.

"The White Shield also retreats!

Where Quon shouted, the members were returning, starting with Waldo, Iris, who were sending them to the front line. The reconnaissance unit is a mix of White Shield and Pale Wind. It was natural to keep pace with the "Pale Wind". Besides, I even left the command of the front-line unit to Waldo. I guess he was in tune with Sigurd's decision.

"Is the investigation closed, or something like that?

"At least it doesn't make any more sense to be dealing with them."

Quon was watching the dragon as he answered Waldo.

The giant explosives that produced thorn bombs all over his body were either satisfied with this retreat or he was no longer skipping thorns. Hundreds of meters above ground with highly dragon eyes shining. I'm sure you see movement on the ground. Maybe it's just ants for humans, like the Quons for dragons.

No, that's probably why I torched the thorns like mad. I couldn't think of a dragon that would defeat a human attack. Even if that's the power of the Summoning Army, the Dragon doesn't understand whether it belongs to another world or not.

When the chain explosion was gone, the overwhelming silence filled the place. The light and sound went out. Darkness is descending with serenity. The tragedy around Fort Vridia, which became a battlefield, is hard to exhaust on the brush tongue. The forest trees had not only been swept down by the fall of the dragon, but had also been thoroughly destroyed by repeated explosions. The trees were not the only ones destroyed. Numerous explosion marks, large and small, also remain on the ground, dust falls and the scorching smell fills the nasal cavity.

In such a tragedy, the Quons were utterly intact. That's the only reason I haven't suffered one scratch enough to be ridiculous. The storm of explosions hadn't even succeeded in terrorizing them if they couldn't hurt them. Some may have been caught in the eye by flashes and ears struck by the roar, but that too is just a sensory one. Neither the tympanic membrane nor the retina should have been damaged.

The guardianship of the Shield of Messiah was functioning well enough.

"How do I defeat that one?

Now, Quon asked.

"Right. First of all, you'll need overwhelming firepower. At a minimum, destructive power above and beyond the full power of Stardust will be a must. There's nothing like that in my subpoena, and it won't be in Mana."

"Naturally, I don't either."

"You won't be able to use one of your armed subpoenas."

"Mm..."

Stuck into Waldo, Iris tied his mouth to the letter to. Maybe Illis just wanted to get into the conversation. Although Quon smiled, it wasn't even the kind of situation where he could be laughing. Overhead, there is still the face of the dragon. Are you not attacking me because this one is waiting for me to retreat like this? Or maybe it's because I understand that thorn bombs don't work.

Either way, you should be considered to have some intelligence. So I'm talking about it.

"There's nothing in my subpoena."

When Quon told him, Waldo looked like he was in trouble.

"When Master Quon is used as a non-Shield of Messiah Summoning Armor, we will suffer."

"I know, I know."

What Waldo is saying is that without shield protection, the crew will be exposed to Dragon attacks. Naturally, Quon is included in it. It's ridiculous to just think about it, such as standing up to that dragon without shield protection.

"So, yeah. Even with overwhelming power, I won't deal with it."

Protecting is how Quon fights.

Protect yourself, protect your people, protect your allies, and, victory.

It's harder than overwhelming your enemies with tremendous force, and at the same time, it's very effective. The less damage an ally does, the greater the meaning and value of victory. Even if you win, if your own army is devastated, it makes no sense. That can't even be called a victory. But if you can win unharmed, what do you think? The value of victory becomes something else altogether.

It's a shield for that.

Shield of Messiah.

I always think it's a big name.

Still, he believed it was all worth the summoning armed, and even performed to back it up. In fact, it was the ability of the Shield of Messiah to protect the reconnaissance unit during the blast storm.

Sometimes I just put up a shield and didn't like my presence, which doesn't contribute anything to the fight. I even called another subpoena armed to change myself like that. None of these subpoenaed armies had the ability to flatter, not even to help Quon.

Only Shield of Messiah helped him.