Oukoku e Tsuzuku Michi

Episode 232: Dragon Hunter ② Cave Death Fight

Again the dragon growls.

If you're not putting some effort into your belly, you're going to be skipped to consciousness.

You figured out this one wouldn't faint like Christoph, the dragon stops barking and comes close.

I guess I'm finally going to go out to direct means.

"Ri, Lintblum...... chief...... this dragon is not a fightable opponent!

Gido came to me with a crying face as he laid his sword with his trembling hands.

I can't help it, I can't talk to him about flattening out a giant dragon of dozens of meters.

Speaking of which, I remember hearing the legendary dragon nagging before.

I don't know if this guy is, but he might be intelligent.

Let's talk about it for once.

"I'm sorry to disturb you where you sleep. We're going home like this, so we're going to take a nap..."

Dragon's forefoot swings sideways in the middle of the conversation.

I flew backwards with one hair in between, but the wind pressure alone made me rotate three times backwards.

"... it doesn't seem to make sense. Everybody spread to the side."

It's too different in size, so even if we get five people together, they'll just crush us all together.

The only way for one person to avoid an attack is for the others to slap him in the gap.

Luckily, as far as the blow goes now, he's not that handsome.

It's the speed at which everyone can avoid it except Christoph.

That said, I don't think a hard looking scale covering a giant, a normal sword, would pass.

It's probably about my hammer and my Barbano axe that seems to work.

"You guys don't have to attack, so avoid it anyway. Me and Barbano are gonna be slaughtered, so if we get a gap, we're gonna run up there."

Say it in a tone that doesn't make you say yes or no, then shake the hammer up with both hands.

This attack arrives on the forefoot at best.

I don't want a fatal wound, but if I slap him on the fingertips, he might get bored.

Even if I hit my toes on my desk, I'd be around.

"I don't know about Lindtblum or anything, but I got hammered to sleep..."

That's all I say and it stops.

You're going to kill me with fury, too.

"Coming!!

Did you convey your thoughts? The dragon growls in anger and shouts off his forelegs.

Celia and Chloe are the ones in the nail orbit, or avoid them well.

"Come on! I won't hit it!

Celia jumps to the side and dodges the rolling nail as it is.

Chlor, on the other hand, kept his eyes closed and stood.

"Idiot, avoid it!

I scream unexpectedly.

Claws bigger than the back length were trying to rip the chlor decently.

"I see it!

At that moment, Chloe's eyes opened, clawing with a piece of paper, what a jump forward.

Blink the sword that has been pulled out into the arms of a giant tree-like dragon, with a sharp sound stuck in the cave.

"Nothing in my sword that can't be cut off."

A glowing sword tip stabs the ground at the same time as Chloe's words.

It's broken, isn't it?

"Is that...?

Kroll's sword broke in two from the middle.

"Mindless......"

"That's why I said we didn't have to attack. Listen to me or I'll dig your ass!

"My friend, is that still the case"

Yeah, Barbano's not that close now either.

Here comes the next one.

The dragon didn't even bother to go through Chloe's counterattack or anything, but did it distract him from emptying, shaking his forefoot high in the future.

"Coming to crush! Jump back."

It was Gido who was targeted.

The arm to be swung down was duller than earlier.

"Hey, somehow... Around!

But with tremendous force, he slammed the ground. His arms splash rock fragments in all directions.

Gido hastily prevented it with a shield, but could not protect his whole body, and fell under countless stone crushes on his hands and feet.

"Let's go, my friend."

"Ooh."

But the knocking motion made a big gap.

Barbano and I run for the dragon at the same time.

His aim has not deviated from the guido.

Giddo would definitely be crushed if there was a next attack.

If you hit your foot before that, you should retreat.

But the dragons don't blur either.

Immediately, I move my gaze over here and scowl with my right leg.

"Wu!

The targeted Barbano rolls cleverly and sends an attack.

They are dull looking dwarves, but they are never dull.

"I got it!

Having approached the dragon before me, Barbano slaps his thoughtfully shaken axe on his leg.

Even if it were a giant tree of the same thickness, the Dwarf stamp axe would have been easily broken.

A tall metal noise sounds.

"... oh my God"

"No."

The Barbano axe broke from the patterned area.

The blades that have fallen to the ground since the advent of the universe are also recessed into the form of scales.

An axe made of Dwarf metal doesn't have teeth on his scales either.

Now I'm the only one with a decent weapon.

Approaching the dragon one beat late, I swing the hammer and the power to run in also swing it down.

I dare you to aim at the tip of my leg.

The axe broken with my hammer is the same material, even if I hit it properly, it probably ends up the same way.

"I'll punch you in the tip of your finger!

The aim was not the same, and the hammer hit the base of a giant nail.

A blunt sound sounds and the bouncing shock paralyzes my hand.

If you look at it, the hammer is shaved and the pattern is all over.

But it worked.

He wasn't bleeding, and his nails didn't fly, but at the moment of the hit, he did tremble.

The look on my face, ignoring the escaping Barbano or the falling down giddo, is distorted by pain and anger.

The dragon also seems to hurt if you hit your fingertips.

We have to get everyone out of this gap.

"Run, Barbano, I'll take care of it later."

Replace the curved hammer with your left hand as you say, and hold the dual crater in your right hand.

"I'm sorry. I'm just being impotent."

Barbano also listened honestly and went backwards with his giddo on his back.

Never mind, it's harder to fight worrying about Celia or Chlor poorly.

It's easier to come after me alone.

Awesome roar again, but for the third time, I'm used to it.

"Let's go."

Run over in a straight line with your hands wide open with a hammer and sword.

First, the lateral giraffe on your right hand.

Lower yourself to the ground and dodge.

Next, swing down your left hand.

Change the path diagonally to avoid.

Splashing stones are only shot down with a hammer for the big ones, and the little stones are taken as-is.

It hurts intensely, but if you don't eat it on your head, you won't get hurt badly.

How do you intercept me when I'm at my feet avoiding a two-handed attack?

It's easy if you back off, but this guy who gets his fingertips slapped and burns in anger won't.

He opens his mouth wide and sticks his face out if he doesn't bite me to death.

"There!

Throw a hammer at the open mouth.

The heavyweight sole that flew while spinning hit one of the fangs.

What do you say, there's no scales in your mouth.

An indescribable blunt sound sounds and one of his teeth breaks from the root.

"Huh..."

I can hear Celia's little voice from behind.

Speaking of which, Celia was curing tooth decay during this time.

"It's not over yet!

Swing the dual crater down the nose tip of the pain-stopped dragon.

He shut his mouth reflexively, so he'll slap it from the top of the scale, but don't break it.

If I broke the dual crater, Nonna would poke me in the head a hundred times crying.

A gaggin and a dull noise, put it down for a few moments and something falls to the ground.

That was a dragon scale.

"Yay!" "You're bleeding!!

Celia and Barbano cheer.

The Dual Crater tore his nose open and bled bright red.

……

But I didn't feel happy.

The dual crater did catch him.

But the truth is, it was a slaughter with a blade deep enough to reach from the tip of the nose to the jaw.

"Big scales."

I did peel off one of the scales.

But in exchange, the dual crater was also played, and he could not be slashed deep in the face.

"This is gonna be a tough fight."

Think calmly and calmly.

If you can't tear your body apart, you have to aim for the steeple.

I don't know the dragon steeple, but if I think of it as a creature, it would be my head or my heart.

It's impossible to chop off your neck, so you just have to pierce your brain or chest.

Dual craters are never small swords but they are not long enough because their opponents are too big.

From above the scale, it is difficult for me to feed you deeply.

"What's going on?"

And this one will be crushed like a bug if it is properly attacked by the enemy.

It's just a little unfair.

"Dear Agil... I'm laughing"

He accidentally laughed.

Maybe the soul burns more than the battle that crushes the bump goblin.

The dragon went mad when he broke his teeth and bled from the tip of his nose, but he stopped seeing me as just a little bug.

Open the wings that were folded, one winged and lowered wide behind.

On the other hand, this one gets its feet taken by the wind that rolls.

"Wow, that's a great breeze."

"Dear Chieftain... Lindtblum can..."

Gido, who is in charge of Barbano, speaks up desperately.

You don't have to, and it's too late.

He jumps in towards me once he's up in the air.

It's a different velocity in dimension than before.

"If you were using your head, you wouldn't make it."

I don't have time to think about how to avoid it.

I open my eyes and stare at him, twisting myself as if I were instinct.

Claws were clawed, fangs were clawed, and the underside of the torso was thrust against the tail.

The moment I thought I hit it, I was rolling on the ground at high speed.

"Ahhh! I'm going back!

"Even if you go, it's only a trap! Go up there."

The sight of Barbano returning to the line with the screaming Celia in charge spins in his sight.

Looks like he rolled down the ground dozens of times before crashing into the wall.

Confirm your body while withstanding severe pain.

The bones aren't broken, the guts aren't popping out either.

Apparently, he wasn't hit with his tail, he just caught it.

I was fortunate to have lost speed because I rolled enough.

"Me! Boom!"

In the meantime, the damage only hurts unscrupulously and my eyes turn and all the contents of my stomach have come out.

Thanks to this, the drunkenness will also cool off.

The dragon will throw up back to the ground. You don't seem willing to wait for me.

Walk toward this one with a ground sound and give it a slow leg up.

Apparently, he's going to step on it with his forefoot.

I pretend to keep throwing up on the ground as I capture his movements.

And the moment your foot is stepped down, roll over to the side to avoid it dramatically.

"This guy is a dirty attack... but it hurts!

When you get up, wave your sword toward your stepped forefoot.

The sharp blade of the dual crater just swallowed between his nails and fingers.

Unlike the roar of intimidation, it sounds like a scream.

Hehe, let's hurt.

I've done the same thing with a knife by mistake when I cut my nails.

I really nearly cried then.

The dragon spreads its wings again and dances to the universe, taking distance.

I quickly retreated to the wall.

If we stay here, we won't be able to make the breakthrough from the steep descent, as we did earlier.

He'll stick himself in the wall.

He can't come near us while flying.

I thought you were afraid of the wall, but things are not right.

Looks like he's breathing heavily with his face to this side.

"Dear Chieftain... Lindtblum is... ghoul..."

Gido screams once in a while with a full and creative body.

"Lintblum... sprays fire..."

"It's late!!

At the same time, an awesome fire erupted from the mouth of the dragon.

Even Alice's magic is so powerful that it looks like a child's game of fire, it's unlikely she can avoid it.

"Well still..."

I wield a dual crater.

"Better than that."

This is also a fire game compared to the tragedy of Mount Dard.

Towards the flames that push me, I wave the dual crater down from the top all at once.

The flames are avoided in two straight in front of me, and the firewalls flow up and left and right.

I spared the direct hit, but it's still hot.

"Dear Agil, ooh!! No, no, no!"

"Oh, don't go wild, I'll fall! Whoa!"

Celia must have shaken off Barbano's hand.

My voice approaches me screaming.

He thought the flame he cut was spreading and he couldn't see me and burned me.

You don't have to worry. There's nothing to burn in the cave.

Soon the flames around me will go out, so I'm not going to have to burn to death.

I hear him roar in the short time before the flames go out.

This was followed by a series of pitfall-like roars and shocks, which eventually quieted down.

The flames subsided and I hugged Celia, who jumped in crying and looked around, but there was no sign of him.

"Is that it? Where?

Barbano fingers the ceiling with a stunned face.

"Stick it up like a bat...... what the hell!?

There is a huge vertical hole in the cave ceiling, and the light muscles are shooting as if even God had descended.

Is that sunlight?

"Are you out to the ground..."

"One head poke made a hole. The original entrance and exit may have just been blocked by a downfall."

"It looks like he left because he thought Agil was burned to death, too."

If the Dual Crater hadn't cut his flame, it would have turned out to be a steak as expected.

Wow, the stone is turning bright red and it's melting.

How much flame was it?

"Because you pissed him off, you didn't know about us."

All I could do was harass you.

Me and Barbano had their lives saved. There's some relief, tapping lightly and laughing at each other.

Celia is also hugging her hips with a full smile.

Oh, good. Good.

"Didn't you just fly off to the dragon ground?

What's the matter, Chloe, shall I give you a hug too?

"... I think it's the town of Lindtblum where he gets out on the ground and first thing he sees"

Me and Chloe stare at each other.

Celia also got three glances tangled with her holding onto my hips.

"Hurry! We're going to town!!

I'm sorry to say that if something like that goes into town, there will be no damage.

Most importantly, there are Rae and Claire and the others in town.

They shouldn't even be able to escape, rather than resist.

"Barbano, lend me the weapon with the best material and the heaviest!

"Whoa! We're all going to town. Don't worry, you won't even be able to drink when you have something like that nearby."

Jump out of the cave and run down the pit.

Barbano screams out loud as he kicks a drunk dwarf and gathers his mates.

"This is the best, not the weight that humans can carry."

Don't listen to everything, grab the gigantic hammer offered with your left hand and hurry to the exit.

"One hand, my friend, you are still..."

Yeah, now it's a waste of time talking.

"But Dear Agil, that dragon flies through the sky. No sword, no hammer on the ground without a ceiling."

"I guess. And it's that scale. Shooting an arrow won't do anything."

Honestly, I don't know how to fight.

The town could be burned down.

Still, the women must be allowed to flee, and then the people too.

"Mr. Claire, you're going to be ruined."

I want to do something about it, but unfortunately I can't fly.

Then Barbano, who was silent while messing with his mustache, opened his mouth.

"If you take the wings, do you have a chance?

"If we fall to the ground, we'll do something about it"

"Then I have an idea!!

Barbano shouts happily somewhere.

"Hehe, the time has come for our work all over us to come in handy!!

Funny, if it's true, say sturdy scales. You can beat them all.

Why don't we drag him down to earth?

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White Town Attack Defense reinforcements arriving at the White Town Royal Palace

"Ivan-Garchenko, Supreme Commander of Defense"

"Ha!"

Senior officials dressed in luxurious clothing were gathered at the Royal Palace in the White Capital following the offensive.

In the center of it was the figure of Utrant II sitting deep on the throne with his eyes closed.

Everyone's gaze is poured on Garchenko.

In the turmoil of the fall of Albens, he was leading every possible soldier into the White Capital.

"Our country is unfortunately forced to struggle in the war against a savage empire"

"Ha..."

The gunfire also sounds intermittently between words.

Day and night, there was a skirmish going on somewhere on the walls.

"The West has all fallen into their hands, and even the Eternal City of Utrantgrad has suffered the scourge of war."

Garchenko shuts up and just drips his head off.

"Then the responsibility lies with the High Commander. Any objections?

"No. His Excellency the Minister of Military Affairs."

The Minister of Military Affairs snorted one big nod before breathing in to lower the shanty.

But that is blocked by Utrant II's slight lifting of his hand.

"Garchenko, I don't think the rest of you are incompetent or unfaithful. Everything rolled bad, that's all."

"No body… no body words"

Garchenko kneels and weeps with disappointment.

Failure to protect the motherland, harm the people and make the King's capital a battlefield as well.

I had no more shame as a samurai.

The supreme one who binds the Olga Federation drops one sigh.

This time too is a painful one for him.

But the prize must not be blamed for the fate of the martial arts officers.

That being said, the king signals the Minister of Military Affairs to continue.

"Ivan-Garchenko, change your officers from the Supreme Commander of Defense. Further trials to hold people responsible for the defeat… shall begin tomorrow morning"

Garchenko woke herself up without saying anything and bowed her head deeply.

"I don't think of it as fleeing because of your previous achievements. I'll pick him up at home tomorrow morning, so let him be free until then. Return the Commander's chapter you have been given."

The last time he reaches the ground, Garchenko, bowed his head, leaves the throne room.

The king stood up unexpectedly and raised his voice against the door.

"Garchenko!... Goodbye"

"Your Majesty is the most magnificent man to ever win the Olga Federation!

After fifty the general leaves with a perfect salute.

The king burned in his eyes the last appearance of a heavy town for twenty years.

Everyone here knows that tomorrow's trial will not be held.

It was to protect his honour that I dared to grant him a day's respite from the change to the trial.

The defeat began where Garchenko's power did not extend, such as the total destruction of the marine fleet in the first war.

It was also Utrant II's immediate consideration that he should not be discredited any more.

"Your Majesty, please proceed with the appointment of the new Supreme Commander of Defense."

"Staceli's been breaking through the blockade from the north... Okay, good morning."

The king held his reddened eyes before returning his expression.

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White Town Command after appointment

"It's Martin-Staceli. I was entrusted today by the Supreme Commander of the Defense Forces."

Everyone in command salutes upright.

On the other hand, they also saw a slight color of anxiety in their eyes.

That may be because the Supreme Commander who took office after turning to Garchenko was a young man in the middle of thirty.

The man was so riddled and manly that it was not strange to star on stage if it was normal time, but on the battlefield the thinness of the line incites anxiety on the contrary.

Without worrying about the anxious gaze of his new men, the man tells everyone in command to run short pruned blonde hair and blue beautiful eyes.

"Everybody, your eyes are running bloody. How many days you haven't slept?

Everyone looks at each other.

"Anyway, the Empire guys are going to launch a hiatus..."

"Only to the extent of taking a nap in a quiet time..."

"How many days have you not slept? Answer the question."

"It's three days!" "I'm five days old!

Looking around at his men who replied hastily, Martin loosens his expression and makes a smile.

"All right, then it's an order. Sleep tight from now on until tomorrow morning. You don't have to wake up no matter what happens unless you go and get it from here. Eat plenty of rice."

The men were confused by the sudden order, but Martin laughed and continued.

"What, the enemy is lowering his force because there is no offensive station. The last total attack was three days ago, and the restructuring will take four days."

"But to sleep comfortably with your enemies..."

Martin continues by blocking the words of his men who speak of anxiety.

"You are the commander of the enemy."

A slow, grand voice echoes the command that was murderous.

"The sleepless belly dude whose eyes turned red."

That's what I say and gently poke my men in the forehead.

"Sleep tight, hungry, energetic man, who doesn't like you as an enemy?

I told him to tear it up.

The atmosphere I was straining loosens a little.

"Determine where to tighten and pull out. If you just pull it, you're gonna cut it."

That's what Martin says. He slaps his shoulders one at a time.

"You're too skinny. Carnivorous meat."

"Ha, it's not nice"

"You stink. Go to sleep in the water, but not in the water. Don't drown before the war."

"I understand."

"You're the face a woman might want. If there's a whorehouse that's open, come on."

"Because I'm a virgin."

"Aren't you black under your eyes? The colored man ruined it, go to sleep."

"Yes! I'll sleep all day!

Martin caught everyone's attention again when he finished speaking out the whole way.

"Don't worry, we'll win. I brought in reinforcements for you!

Open the window with words.

Reinforcements, that's the word we're all waiting for.

Run over to the window so that everyone can flock.

"Where are the reinforcements...?

But there was no sign of reinforcements waiting there.

Only 20,000 soldiers from the north have broken through the blockade with Martin and entered the White Capital.

Everyone in command already knew about that, and I couldn't expect the battlefield to move with about 20,000 reinforcements.

Martin opens his mouth and laughs when he sees everyone's puzzled face.

"Ha ha! You're still sleepless and retarded! Look, it's not the ground, look at the sky!

Men looking up at cloudy weather as they say, their expression turns from surprise to joy.

A white thing that flickers down from the gray sky.

It melts quietly and becomes water when it touches the faces of windows and peeping men.

Needless to say, snow, winter has finally arrived.

"Gentlemen, it's snow, winter is coming! Confederate winter is coming!

The intent turns to cheer.

This is the first time the Imperial Army has entered the depths of the Federation, and they do not know the true Confederate winter, the cold of hell.

Even with all the steel armor, it doesn't hold fur or anything.

You can say you're half-naked when it comes to war soldiers.

"Gentlemen, eat! Go to sleep, and be ready for the coming counterattack."

The commanding generals rushed as if they were going to storm, packing rice in a full stomach and going into bed.

The snow poured separately between the two armies, and a harsh winter arrived.

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Federal VS Imperial War Forces Comparison (Current + Damage = Mobilization Limit. There's still room if it's not enough)

Olga Federation

Soldiers now have a mobilisation limit of 600,000, 250,000.

Garland Empire

Soldiers now have a mobilisation limit of 2.11 million. 3.1 million. Existing damage of 990,000 (not including war slaves)