Cursed Sword Master

The decision to defeat the Fei Long is certainly my crap. The part by Pride is huge, but apart from that, it makes sense to keep the Fei Long down here. If the demons of the forest continue to flee outside like this, damage will be done to the surrounding villages. And Fei Long will also move out for food if there is no prey around. It would suck if the village could be found at that time.

Reporting to the Alliance will take some time to prepare for the crusade. If you can take it down here, you better take it down.

"And no, I don't think I have a low self-esteem, but" Kensei's Apprentice "is an A-rank party. Is there any mistake in this assessment? It's a small party, but it's somewhat faulty, but it has enough strength to kill dragons."

We used to set up an operation to defeat the Fei Long while crusading demons that sometimes came out of the woods. It's totally selfish of me to want to defeat Fei Long this time. The only way to fight alone is to take the hand of the opponents, Ari and the others. So I needed a solid operation to make sure that no harm was done to the party members even if I made a mistake.

"Mmm! Looks like Fei Long is hunting one prey right now and eating. If Yashichi's right, he'll fall asleep if he's bloated."

"It helped me hunt faster than I thought. He wants me to pick up the sound until he's asleep."

"There's no chores either. Let it go."

Frey stretches his chest as he moves flat ears. It was Frey's hearing that made us so famous. He seems like he used to be unhappy with a lot of things even though he's really awesome, but Frey seems happy since he met Souji. I know Ari occasionally looks at it with envy. I don't know if I can bury that loneliness. I don't know, but if I can't, it's time to set Ari free. Like I can find myself enough men to live with.

"Do you want to continue? We have the strength to kill dragons, but there's something overwhelmingly lacking in fighting. You know what I'm talking about?

"... firepower, right"

"That's right, Ar. You're right. We don't have attacking magic users at our party, and we don't have any big weapons users. Not enough firepower to break through dragon scales."

The scales of dragon species are highly physically resistant. That's the same for the subdragon, the flying dragon. But if you're a flying dragon.

"Probably the right thing to think about too much. Fei Long is exceptionally physically less resistant among dragon species. They say that's because they thinned the scales a little bit to make them lighter. But it still seems sad that the lack of firepower remains the same. From the standpoint of it, the hottest hoo, but we need to hit the same spot several times with all our strength."

Sure enough, our party, while I'm a lightweight swordsman and can't heavily equip myself, Ari is a Rapier kind of spike weapon, and Frey has two little swords and a melee fight with his armor, as well as a scoundrel, not to mention Yashichi. If it's an awesome slash-flavored knife like the Souzis use, I guess the story is different again, but Frey is more aggressive per blow than I am.

"But I can't handle this one. There's also a scratch on the wounded left wing side torso, and there's still no scales left."

I see, there is a fear of helplessness, but even though it is weak, it is weak. So we have a good chance of winning too.

"Based on that, I'm going to tell you about the operation I've been thinking about."

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"Okay, definitely asleep"

We all shared the operation, and while we were packing the details, we received a report from Frey that the Fei Long had fallen asleep, and we went into the forest, and we discovered the Fei Long sleeping in a shallower part of the forest than we thought. In this position, it is likely that he was out of the woods the next time he hunted. Villagers who are calling on their client's village to evacuate at the stage of finding the Fei Long but do not recognize it as a visible danger...... no matter how honestly they were starting evacuation, the departure will be after tomorrow.

"Then I'll do it. Hoo-hey, watch your ears."

"Oh, I know"

Frey pinches the damp cloth under his flat ear and holds it down with his hands further from the top. Having confirmed that, Yashichi approaches the sleeping Fei Long as he erases the signs. Although the appearance is tense, the movement itself is bold. They're more likely to make mistakes instead of shrinking weirdly and moving.

Yashichi hurried away from the Fei dragon at the feet of the Fei dragon without even showing a hesitant bare gesture or when he carried out work around the wing.

"Hide in the shade of a tree!

Earli and Frey, who were close to my words and movements, squeeze their ears tightly into the roots of the tree. Naturally, once I cut my gaze off from the dragon, I dive into the shadow of a tree. At the same time, blunt vibrations are transmitted over the trees on the back and the ground behind the feet.

"Oh no!

"Whoa! Frey! Ari! Let's go."

"Uhm!"

"Yes!"

When you set up your weapon and turn around behind you, the still unsatisfactory smoke blocks your sight. And from among them is the roar of a flying dragon trembling in anger.

"We're on our way."

I know its big body among the smoke and the position of the flying dragon with a growl. We move to our own quarters so we don't get too close. My vision finally clears up in those days.

"Oh no! Operation number one is a success. His right leg and left wing have been crushed!

"Well done!

Return any praise you may spare for the voice of Yashichi heard from somewhere. In sunny vision, a flying dragon losing its left wing and dyeing its right foot in blood is roaring. The first thing we did was seal Fei Long's means of travel. For this purpose he used the powder ball, which is the tiger son of Yashichi.

That strange ball of learning how to make it from Master Cherry Blossom is a tool that explodes after a certain amount of time when you light a line of fire.

It is difficult to create even though the ingredients are not quite aligned, and the difficulty is that if you store them for a long time, the quality seems to be degraded and mass production is not possible. But we can't use attack magic. Sometimes it's a trump card for our party. Preemptive attack with all that.

If it's true, I would never have done it if I'd stayed up all at once while I was asleep, but there's a good chance our offense wouldn't hold me back. Instead of letting the angry Fei Long get away with it without defeating him, use all the gunpowder balls to steal his mobility. That way, even if we screw up, the peril will drop.

Besides, if we succeed, we can even expect to die of debilitation after not being able to hunt. Well, usually, there would have been such a sure method of warfare, but only not today!

"Let's go!

Fellows who respond to my voice. Fei Long, who recovered from the panic of his injuries in the explosion, also apparently recognized us as enemies, turning an angry eye on us. My job is to get that guy's attention.

"Ooh! Over here!

I slash the face and neck of the dragon as I quickly move around in front of his face. My attack, which emphasizes speed, is slightly underpowered to cut and tear the skin of the Fei Long with one blow to the flesh, but it's not like I can't scratch it. And if you keep aiming for the same spot, you'll get some deep scratches. Until that opportunity comes, we can only continue to hit this one while sending even enemy attacks.

Fortunately, according to Yashichi, there is no brace attack on this kind of flying dragon. So all you have to do is watch out for bite attacks and tail tweezers, and then watch out for attacks that use physical differences such as hiccups and body hits.

"Heh, that's warm! He even had a nail sickle and a kick before he was quick."

Compared to the dragomantis I encountered in Raytalk, I'm not scared of this flying dragon that got hurt at all. Calm down and fight and I won't get hit... there's no guarantee for your life when you've been attacked even once.

"Oops."

He moves around quietly and slashes me near my face and neck. He seems to be yummy, and he frequents attacks and bites me with a shake of his head. Heh, but can it just be me?

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Fei Long, who tried to bite me, screamed in agony along the way. I guess Frey attacked a weakness with no scales in the wound. In that pain, Feilong tries to twist himself to change the target of attack...

"Let it be!

He releases a full weight thrust on the neck of an indefensibly exposed flying dragon with all his might. The blow pierced the scales of the flying dragon and sank about half of his sword body into his neck. But that's not enough for this giant opponent.

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Fei Long shook his head trying to jump me when he returned to attack me again. Draw your sword in haste to avoid it.

"Yabe! You can't get out!"

"Oh no!

"Ku! Gu!

Damn, I screwed up. He let go of his sword at the girdle and went into dodge, but he was hooked up with his left arm. Still pretty blown up, my left arm is stained bright red with bruised fangs or bleeding and I can't help it.

"Oh no! Are you all right?

"Thor, now for treatment."

"Don't come! I don't even need treatment!

If they move now, the equilibrium will fall apart. At last, all I have to do is go right back. Standing up, I stick my right hand in the item box and retrieve the spare weapon. What I took in my hand was the "Wind Sword" I used to get from the Souzis. When the adventurer system had just begun, it was a long sword that had helped me for a long time. Since I've been able to afford the funds, I've made a request to Mr. Lüstilla to renew his long sword several times... but this is the only guy I could let go of. The effect of this [lightweight] fits my lightweight swordsman well.

"Okay, I can move"

Now, if you hold this guy, you can fight hard enough without moving one arm.

"Hoo hey!

"Okay! I'm ready."

"Oh no! We'll decide next time! I told you I'd do it. You're gonna make a good decision!

"... Ku, I know."

He takes the front again and starts fighting, but as my exercise is decreasing, so is Fei Long's movement. In addition to the original wounds, they've weakened even better with the damage we've added. It's a little faster than planned, but it's a big deal.

While I persevere in attracting the attention of my head, Yashichi puts a little glimpse on Fei Long's injured leg and tail, pulling his tail. And Frey stands in nature with his eyes closed. That's Frey's fix to unleash [Beast Fighting Swordsmanship] moves. An unfinished move that Frey is learning after being handled by a user of [Beast Fighting Swordsmanship] whom he knows in the Adventurer's Guild, but also has a short duration on top of the need for a lot of accumulation time in Frey right now. But if you decide, it's powerful enough to defeat the handy Fei Long (...).

"Let's go!" Beast Qi Fist ""

Both of Frey's fists shine a pale light, beating his fists continuously to the torso of the flying dragon in front of him.

"- Huh!!

Fei Long, who received Frey's fist, falls overthrown with a roar of ground and anguish called Dunn. This move is a technique that wraps around the body by working out the powers characteristic of the beast man called magic and veterinary temperament around the body...... Apparently. It's a feeling that I don't really know about people, but power is quite as the situation in front of me shows, and its properties are internal sabotage moves that allow some disregard for defenses caused by physics.

"Fix it!

Soon, Yashichi, who ran up Fei Long's torso, jumped high and struck into the ground as he pinched the two kunais connected by a special string between Fei Long's neck.

Now Fei Long can't move his head right away.

"Do it! Thor!

Earli, I can hear Frey screaming as he is supported and away from the Fei Long. Is it nagging to think that my neighbor Ari looks at me and his eyes seem to complain about something?

"I'll decide!

With Fei Long's head in front of him, and enough distance to match Frey's attack, I lay my right-hand windsword on my back. This is the move I've been thinking about to take advantage of the lightness of a lightweight swordsman... even though it's just 'accelerating and poking'.

I increase my running speed while lowering my posture. And when I reached the highest speed in front of Fei Long's face, I put all that momentum on the windsword of my right hand and poked between Fei Long's eyebrows.

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"Early, I've always liked you. Stay with me... forever."

Holding my left hand lying on the ground, Ari turns a cold gaze as he magically heals his wounds. Ku... I knew I couldn't do it.

"Maybe you decided to exorcise Fei Long because you wanted to say that?

"... I'm sorry I got involved. But... I'm hurting him! Wait a minute, Ari! Because we haven't got a scratch blocked yet! And because my right hand is broken too!

Ari rubbed around my scratched left arm, sighing loudly with just a few tears.

"... you are a really stupid, cowardly, unwilling, early... you are an idiot"

Hey, Hido! I've said stupid twice. Oh, I don't know... after all, it didn't work. Do we also have to dissolve the "Apprentice of Kensei"?

"You don't have to be so unscrupulous to say it manly."

"Huh?... Ari, that's"

"Aren't you the one who took me out of that birdcage? Were you not going to take responsibility until the end?

To? No, because you...

"Because you baku..."

"Of course I liked it. As someone like my brother I can count on."

"Oh, really? No! 'Cause you depended on Baku more than I did."

"Isn't that obvious! When I come with you, it's just momentum, and I don't think about it later, even though I don't have any knowledge or experience. She was a lady, and I needed Baku to teach me a lot to help you."

"... bye. Why am I bothering you for years?"

What was with my grimace that bothered me for years... I would have looked pompous. Earli smiles dull as she looks at me.

"I think so."

"Huh?"

"For thou hast troubled me with all thy strength, and hast tried, I have thee now. You look great right now. Take proper responsibility for taking me out into such a slaughtered world! To the end! Take it."

"Ohh... Ohh. Whoa! Leave it to me."

"Finally, we can't."

"Um, I'm sure those around me weren't wondering why they weren't still stuck together."

I hear Frey and Yashichi were talking about that, but I didn't realize it came up.

And after that, we were granted this Feilong exorcism and became S-rank adventurers.