Do you believe me when I say I’m not a dragon?

"Don't call me by that name!"

Before Kiryu could finish speaking, Chiyo interrupted him sharply.

"My name is only Chiyo."

Facing her indifferent eyes, Kiryu sighed and waved his hand to let the guard leave.

Then he walked forward, looked at her up and down, and said slowly:

"...how is your mental illness going?"

"Thanks to you, there is still no change." Chiyo sneered, looking at the busy crew members behind him.

"These are the ores mined by the blacksmiths, right? Are you just taking them at will?"

"They left here long ago. I just recycle items they don't need."

Kiryu paused and then said:

"... Regarding your mother, I hope you don't take it too seriously. I have talked with the best doctor on the floating island. You are like this because you have never let go of her death... ..."

"You still have the nerve to mention her to me?!"

Before he finished speaking, Chiyo interrupted him, and suppressed anger appeared in her eyes:

"Where were you when she was lying on the hospital bed? Did you ever think about my feelings when you came back smelling of alcohol?! Did you regret your actions when you were facing her body?"

"I......"

"Of course you didn't. The disposal and dressing of the body...you were still not present. Except for pretending to appear at the funeral for a while, you went back to work to please your boss - for the sake of power. , you don’t even care about your family!”

"That's enough -" As soon as she finished speaking, Kiryu's eyes turned red and interrupted her, "Why do you think I'm doing this? I spent half my life getting rid of my status as a low-class person, and I also took you with me. She has reached that status! Her end would have been even more miserable without me!"

"But you left her when she needed you most—"

Chiyo's pupils narrowed and he gritted his teeth and roared.

At the same time, as she became agitated, black blood vessel lines also extended from her neck, and severe pain spread throughout her body.

"Well......"

Chiyo couldn't help but groan in pain, and half-knelt on the ground, covering his neck.

At the same time, Kiryu was also gradually calmed down by the accident that happened to her.

"...That was an infection caused by the black dragon's scale powder." He took a few breaths and looked deeply at Chiyo without helping her. "What did you do to your body?"

"Hoo, ho... An ancient person lied to me that the black dragon could end my nightmares, so I tried to drink its blood, and I became like this." Chiyo shook his head. Shaking, he reluctantly stood up and stared at him, "But I found that I was wrong. There is no so-called solution to this nightmare. After all, it is the shadow caused by you."

"...You don't care about your own life!"

"It doesn't matter. Now I understand. It doesn't matter if I live with this body. It doesn't matter if I die. At least, I don't have to be locked up in that dark house with my dead mother."

She took a deep breath and her eyes became indifferent.

"If I'm not wrong, you applied for the task of conquering the black dragon. Cancel this task now before it's too late. Even if it is seriously injured, it is no match for those hunters."

"Impossible. The existence of the black dragon and other creatures will interfere with the development of volcanic materials. What's more, now is the best time to attack the black dragon."

Hearing these words, Chiyo showed a sarcastic smile: "Is it for the so-called resources again? Your profession has not changed after so many years. You always use righteous slogans to do the most greedy things."

"At least I'm doing this for the residents of the floating island..."

"——Don't say this reason again. I won't be stupid enough to change my opinion just because of your words."

Chiyo replied calmly, as if he were a stranger to Kiryu.

After saying this, she turned around and left the place without looking back.

Watching the conversation between the two from a distance, after Chiyo left, a subordinate walked up cautiously and said:

"...Mr. Kiryu, all the supplies in the warehouse have been moved."

"I see."

Seeing Chiyo's back disappear before his eyes, Kiryu loosened his clenched fists and responded calmly, "Leave here."

"clear."

......

Chiyo walked in the tunnel with a sullen face, heading towards the passage out of the volcano.

For her now, it doesn't matter whether she faces the black dragon again. The source of this nightmare comes from herself, her family, and the past that she is unwilling to face.

How could the black dragon dispel such a shadow?

Chiyo clenched her fists and walked quickly.

At this moment, a loud noise suddenly came from the surroundings, followed by that familiar roar.

"Black Dragon..." Chiyo's tone was slightly solemn, but he shook his head indifferently: "Have they already fought the Black Dragon?"

As she continued walking, the sounds of battle accumulated more and more - explosions, vibrations, and the screams of a few people...

——The moment I heard the scream, the sound got closer and closer, and even began to come from around the corner.

"Ahhh...help, help-"

Chiyo stared forward. In that direction, a hunter with his whole body on fire ran towards him. After seeing Chiyo, he stumbled and fell to the ground, rolling over.

Seeing this scene, Chiyo couldn't help but open her eyes wide and walked forward quickly.

"Hey! Are you alright!"

"do not come!"

After just a few steps, she was stopped by the hunter who raised his hand. His body gradually became black in the flames. He shouted in horror: "The flames of the black dragon cannot be extinguished. No one can defeat it. It is also The unkillable...why...there is such an existence..."

His eyes were full of despair, and he stretched out his hand to try to grab something, but it dropped sadly and died on the spot.

The flames burned bit by bit until all the combustible materials on his body were burned out, turning the body in front of him into a pile of black coals, and then it was quietly extinguished.

Watching everything in front of her, Chiyo was silent. She glanced at the direction where the sound of fighting was coming from in the distance, and finally gritted her teeth and ran quickly towards there.

Chapter 112: The inevitable battle

"Why! It's obviously been seriously injured! Why does it still have such fighting ability!"

"Go away! Don't block me!"

"I can't take it anymore, I want to get out of here!"

As the sounds of fighting rang out one after another, more than a dozen hunters stood in the cave and tried to use weapons to leave scars on the black dragon, but everything was ineffective. The black dragon's rapidly growing new scales resisted their attacks, and the unquenchable flames They lead to hell.

Some people had already begun to run away. They turned and ran towards the corner of the cave. However, Mercer, who was staring at them, would not give them this opportunity.

"Roar--"

He opened his mouth, and the fireball shot towards the ceiling at the corner, shaking out large rocks from above, blocking the retreat of those who tried to escape.

Just when a look of despair appeared in their eyes, a figure ran over quickly, avoiding the falling rocks around with flexible movement, and stood in front of everyone.

"You are......"

Someone recognized the identity of the person who came and made a surprised voice: "That swordsman Chiyo!"

"——Why are you still standing there, run in that direction! Don't look back!"

Chiyo pointed to the other side and drew out the long knife behind him while shouting.

Hearing these words, people suddenly woke up, and while grateful, they quickly ran in the direction that Chiyo knew.

"Be careful of its flames! Chiyo-sama!"

The words of reminder from others rang out, Qianyo nodded silently and confronted Mercer.

"Chiyo-sama! I want to fight side by side with you..."

"No need! I don't need others to interrupt my rhythm!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Mercer rushed to bite him, but Chiyo dodged and jumped away, and the sharp blade also cut open his body at the same time.

The thick tail fanned behind him, and Chiyo dodged sideways, cutting the black dragon's scales open again at the same time.

When the hunter who wanted to stay saw Chiyo's actions, he gritted his teeth, turned around and ran towards the exit.

Mercer stared at them, with flames building up in his mouth again. However, a sword swiped across his face, forcing him to tilt his head back and spit out his breath towards the woman in front of him.

And this blow was dodged by Chiyo's body skill, and his momentum increased again.

The flames grazed her close-fitting leather armor by a hair's breadth, leaving her with nothing but a hint of heat.

The tachi with a strange force field sliced ​​open Mercer's tail, and it came away immediately after the blow.

She glanced behind her and found that the group of hunters had already left. She breathed a sigh of relief and looked at the black dragon.

"I said...can we reconcile?"

Looking at the menacing Mercer, Chiyo opened her mouth, dodged his sharp claws, rolled and hid aside.

She looked at the injuries all over the black dragon's body, which were covered with uneven scales and had obvious scars.

The most profound thing among them is the huge crack in the black dragon's chest, and bright red flesh can be seen in the cracks.

She was no stranger to this mark, but after seeing the scar, she couldn't help but feel stunned.

"Dragon hunting stake... can you even resist such a powerful weapon..."

Chiyo discovered that he was in a very dangerous situation at this time - his injuries had not healed, and he would feel pain once he performed strenuous activities for a long time; while Black Dragon, although he had been seriously injured, had super recovery ability and was not in good physical condition. Humans can match it.

In another battle like this, he would most likely be killed on the spot.

But at this time, Chiyo slowly let out a breath due to the exchange with Kiryu and the memories of the shadows of the past.

"...Death? It doesn't matter."

The most important thing now is to delay the departure of those hunters. At least before that, she cannot die.

Thinking of this, Chiyo's eyes narrowed, and he dodged the black dragon's strong acid sideways. He watched it turn red and hot as it felt the high temperature of the volcano. He stepped forward, slashing with a knife while dodging the acid explosion.

At this moment, after seeing each other for three times, her momentum reached its highest point.

Mercer turned to look at Chiyo beside him and let out an angry growl. At the same time, he inserted his other hand into the ground. Then he turned around suddenly, inserted his sharp claw into the ground and suddenly lifted it up, splashing out large and small stones.

Chiyo was caught off guard and felt the ground shake. Before he could dodge, he was thrown into the air and fell on the mountain wall. His throat felt sweet and he couldn't help coughing.

She fell to the ground, clutching her chest with difficulty.

Seeing the black dragon attacking again, she did not get up at this time, but lay on the ground and rolled sideways, and then half-knelt up with difficulty.

Mercer's huge claw was embedded in the mountain wall. While it was pulling out, Chiyo took a bottle of healing medicine. The cooling effect of the medicine took effect quickly, slightly alleviating the pain in her body.

After doing this, she drew her sword and struck at Mercer.

——Mercer allowed her to leave scars on his body. He opened his mouth and spat out blazing flames towards the female hunter.

And she quickly retreated with the sword in hand, but although she used the skill of seeing the sword, she did not cooperate with the attack of the sword in her hand. Instead, she quickly distanced herself from the flames and sheathed the sword.

She bent down slightly, holding the scabbard with one hand and placing the other hand on the handle, her eyes sharp.

Just when Mercer's breath was about to hit her, she stepped suddenly and rushed forward. At the same time, she quickly drew out her sword, leaving a blood mark on each of Mercer's forelimbs. At the same time, because of this Ghostly explosive power appeared on the other side of Mercer's body.

"This technique..."

Mercer's pupils shrank, he clenched his upper and lower jaws to stop the breath of fire, and then turned 180 degrees in the direction of Chiyo, spitting out deadly fireballs.

After noticing Mercer's movement, Chiyo instantly stopped the thrust that was about to raise her hand and rolled sideways, narrowly avoiding the black dragon's fireball. However, she was also hit by the debris that flew when the fireball exploded. Several scars were left on the legs.

"Zizzi-"

Mercer did not take advantage of the victory to pursue the attack, because Mercer's mouth was burned by the hot dragon flames due to the forceful termination of his breath, and bursts of green smoke came out of his mouth.

And Chiyo knelt on the ground helplessly, coughing non-stop.

The blood fell to the ground and beautiful flowers bloomed, while Chiyo's face became weaker and weaker.

She looked at Mercer. His wounds were healing quickly, and it wouldn't take long for him to be back to his original state.

Seeing this, she couldn't help but feel helpless. Perhaps just like the hunter, this was an unkillable dragon.

Chiyo gritted his teeth, gasped and stood up, holding the knife again and looking at Mercer.

——Death is not terrible, but she is not willing to wait for death. If she wants to die, she must die in battle with dignity.

She faced the huge black dragon and rushed towards him.