“I want Master Norman to die for me, Valak.”, Valak said, looking down at me.

What does that mean?

Why is she trying to kill me?

I don’t know, but I do know that if I fall into the crater, I’m in trouble!

So I quickly grabbed Valak’s leg.

“What are you doing, grabbing Valak’s leg?”

“f I fall, I’ll die!”

“That’s why I came all the way here, to kill Master Norman!”

“Why do I have to be killed? I don’t get it.”

“I just want you to get off my feet!”

Valak said and kicked the hand I was holding on with her other foot.

It hurts. It hurts like hell, but I can’t let go.

And then it happened.

I heard a low moan from behind.

When I looked behind me, I saw a Crater Rock Dragon moving in the air.

The Crater Dragon’s skin was like a rock, and it was assimilating with the surrounding rocks.

That’s why I hadn’t noticed its presence until just now.

“Huh?”

Valak shouted.

I also noticed something strange immediately.

My body suddenly became heavier.

When I noticed, the platform Valak was standing on collapsed and she was dragged to the center of the crater.

“Aaahhhh!

Aaaaahhhh!”

Valak and I each let out a scream.

“Gooooooooooooooo!!!”

The Crater Dragon is spitting fire and staring at us.

“Oh no, I’ll die if that thing attacks me. You’re a demon, do something!”

I begged, stepping back to use Valak as a shield.

“No, Valak is a demon, but I’m not that strong! Master Norman will have to deal with it!”

This time, Valak steps back to use me as a shield.

What? Seriously, do I have to do something?

“Gooooooo!!”

The Crater Rock Dragon blew fire.

“- Earthen shield!”

I put the earthen wall in front of me as a shield. This is one of the magic techniques that Agereas taught me.

Thanks to that, we were not attacked by fire.

But the Crater Dragon was about to move on to the next attack.

“Hey, let’s get out of here!”

I quickly grabbed Valak’s hand and ran from the scene.

And then, right where I had been before, there was the Crater Dragon rushing towards me.

The dragon’s thrust shattered the rocks around it. The walls of earth were easily shattered. If I got caught in that, I would surely die.

“Hey, Valak! Can’t you just fly away?”

“If I could, I would have done it by now! My body is so heavy I can’t fly at all!”

If you ask me, I can’t run well either because I’m too heavy.

Maybe the Crater Rock Dragon has the ability to manipulate gravity.

But if I can’t escape from the crater, I’ll be stuck here for a long time.

“Hey, Mr. Norman! The monster’s coming over here again! I want you to do something about it!”

“You’re asking me to do something. I don’t know what else to do!”

I stopped and focused my magic on the onrushing Crater Dragon.

“Five water blades in a row”

Five water blades are fired at the Crater Dragon.

“Goooooooooooooooooo!

The Crater Dragon let out a yell and let fire shoot out from its body.

The water blade was immediately vaporized.

Oh no, it didn’t make any difference.

“Master Norman! Do you have any stronger magic?”

“I don’t know what you’re talking about.”

I thought that a dragon that controls fire would be weak against water, but apparently, that’s not the case.

Can the water controlled by Crocell defeat the Crater Rock Dragon? But there’s no sign of Crocell coming back at all.

Then –

“- Fist of the Earth Titan!”

My special move that I inherited from Master Agereas.

Take that!

The two giant fists that sprouted from the earth wrapped around the dragon as if to crush it.

“Goooooooooooooooo!”

The earth fists were easily crushed!

“I don’t have any magic stronger than that!”

“Really? Norman, you’re completely useless!”

I don’t care what you say.

You’re the one who created this situation! You should reflect a little.

And then, the next moment.

“Goooooooooo!”

The Crater Rock Dragon roared.

Immediately, fire spewed out from the entire body of the Crater Dragon.

Naturally, there was hot air everywhere.

I was crushed by the heat, and my body was blown backward.

“Gah!”

I hit her hard in the back.

“Are you okay, Valak?”

I call out to Valak, trying to make sure she’s okay.

“Well, I don’t think so……”

I looked over and saw that Valak had injured her leg.

She must have been hit by a rock that blew in with the heat.

“Can you stand?”

I asked her, reaching out my hand to Valak.

“No, I can stand by myself…….”

Valak tried to stand on her own without my help but ended up stumbling and sitting down again.

“Take it easy.”

I said, and tried to grab Valak’s hand.

“Gooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!”

But it seems that this is not the time to do that.

The Crater Rock Dragon was roaring again, trying to rush at us.

But we didn’t have enough time to escape with Valak’s injured leg.

We had no choice but to attack.

“- Earthen Shield”

I put up a wall of earth to block the dragon’s rush.

But one is not enough.

“Earthen Shield! Earthen Shield! Earthen Shield! Earthen Shield!”

I chanted over and over again, creating a total of five earthen walls in a vertical line.

However, the Crater Rock Dragon rushed at me, smashing the earth walls one by one.

It showed no signs of slowing down.

And then the last wall of earth was smashed.

-We’ll die.

Suddenly, such words came to my mind.

I stand in front of her, trying to protect Valak at least. But there’s no point in acting like this.

“Sorry, Valak.”

I muttered to myself.

“Why are you apologizing, Norman?……”

Valak asked with an indescribable expression on her face.

Damn, am I going to die here?

A swirling feeling of resignation and regret swirled around inside me.

And then, at the moment when the Crater Rock Dragon was just one step away…

I closed my eyes.

And then I thought.

If Orobas was here, he could have done something about it.

That was the moment when it happened.

“Maaaasteeeeer! I’m here to help you!”

Huh?

When I opened my eyes, I saw Orobas in front of me.

Huh? What do you mean?

I had no idea what was going on.

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