The 5000-year-old Herbivorous Dragon

"This is..."

In the basement of the cathedral, guided by the Cardinal, I clogged my words.

The dungeon where Mr. Yolo was imprisoned had been destroyed by the time the fence was blown up and his skin was completely empty.

The Cardinal glanced at the burning marks left on the wall as he glowed his monocular glasses.

"Exactly. Prison protection was tough on top of this, but it didn't help, apparently. I can't just let this powerful demon go wild - can you call it back here as soon as possible?

"Hey, give me a minute. I acted with Mr. Yolo, but I'm not taking him with me."

"What? Is that true?"

"Yeah, I just happened to know him. He said he wanted to fight the gods here, so he forgave me to try not to be as noisy as possible."

This is a fact that is not false.

However, lay low that we are responsible for passing such a dangerous person to the capital's examiner. I think I've followed you for the right amount, and you should be fine with Chara by now.

"- Well, isn't it okay? Mr. Yolo doesn't seem to be a fierce demon. God said so, too. Mr. Yolo said leave him alone. Yeah."

"God? That you knew that demon?

"Yeah. So Mr. Yolo is the old Demon King - did your lord call you Thunder Gang Armor (Ragan)? That's the resurrected demon. Your lord didn't believe in you at all."

Heard of the undisputed old demon king, the Cardinal is much more breathtaking.

"I didn't know it was true... There are many demons who call themselves the rebirth of the Demon King, so I thought it might be something like that."

and Leiko, who was looking at the ruins of the cell here, made his eyes glow blue.

"I've been following the signs, but it's strange. The magic of that armor is all over this country, and I can't get the exact location."

"Covering the country...?

The Cardinal has added, like a follow-up, to what I have missed to imagine.

"Reports from the observatory indicate that strong magical thunderclouds are occurring throughout this country. Especially at sea. Thunderclouds drift as if to besiege our country, which is an island nation. Not only is the ship unable to get out, but communication with the outside world has been cut off."

"That's what Yolo did...?

"The work of Thunder Gang Armor (Ragan), the incarnation of lightning strikes, makes sense. I don't want to doubt the word of God 'leave me alone', even as I am. But I don't think this situation is a good one"

No way, Mr. Yolo, did you go out on hard means to see that the battle against God is unlikely to come true?

With a thought face, the Cardinal continues his words.

"Of course there can be no more harm in this country than there is in our God. He is the opponent of the old demon kings. Don't worry about it."

"You shouldn't be optimistic."

So it was Leiko who blocked the words.

He's held his fist back several times, as if to evoke a memory of battle.

"I only had one meeting with that armor, but that was pretty strong. To such an extent that it is not strange that I, the family of the evil dragon, should lose. In exchange for that, your God, whom I have just seen, clearly did not reach the realm."

"What? When I left you possessed by Leah earlier?

"Yes. Maybe I didn't expose all of my power because I lived in a witch, but based on that, I'm underpowered. Even if it's true that I once tore that armor, I was wondering if it's pretty weakened now because it's a dormant phase in the volcano."

"Oh, that's"

On the matter of dormancy, God said he wanted to lay low on the church people because it would be noisy.

But there was no surprise in the face of the Cardinal. It's almost as if I was ready for it.

"Our God - you think he'll sleep?

"Oh. And I told him I would make my successor this great evil dragon. Now switch this Church's subject of faith to Evil Dragon, and turn the national symbol into Holy Evil Dragon Empire."

"Laeko, you're supposed to be on hold about that, right? Look, we have to keep traveling."

"Speaking of which, I did."

Hearing this story, the Cardinal also slammed against the wall, breathing shallow as he pinched between his eyebrows. It looks a little troubled, but it's not the wind that doubts what we're saying.

If you knew what was going on, I'd have to talk to you honestly already.

"That's why. Why don't you even try to convince God from your Lord? You might not be able to stop the volcano from dormanting, but that would be a better alternative, wouldn't it?

"Our God cannot succeed us."

The feeling of the Cardinal who answered immediately is also best.

Ordinary mentors would also take turns. But the subject of faith is not so easy to insert and replace.

"But of. I can't help but fall asleep with every volcano... just surrogate until I wake up next, can I?

"The volcanic island, which is God and this country itself, is one. That is, volcanic activity also depends on God's will. It's impossible for a god to take dormancy in a volcano."

I blinked my eyes as to what it meant. The Cardinal nods shallow to respond.

"Our God is trying to sleep of his own free will. I haven't slept completely yet, and I believe I will."

"But that God wasn't like that, was he? Sure, the word and deed were a bit of a godless breeze."

At least he didn't seem to be trying to decide to sleep with a waiver of responsibility.

I don't think there was any lie in the reasoning that the volcano would be dormant, so I had no choice.

"Oh. There would not have been a lie in the words of 'God' I spoke to you. But there were others who spoke their hearts more eloquently than their words."

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I'm not sure what you're talking about.

"I'm sorry for the roundabout rhetoric," the Cardinal apologized, continuing:

"There is no such thing as a girl as a witch's 'rear'. It's another personality of God who refuses to fight and tries to sleep - impersonating a helpless girl."