Chapter 92
Chapter 92
'What is that?.'
Zeke also looked at the being appearing from beyond the forest from atop the tree.
GOOOOOOO!
A massive monster appeared, looking as if it was molded from dirty mud and sewage.
HISSSSS!
The trees touched by the body fluid dripping from the monster's body melted away while emitting smoke.
The area around the monster transformed into a bubbling swamp.
The swamp sucked in all moving living beings below.
Zeke observed the monster with his dragon eye.
[A Great dragon species completely corrupted by tainted energy.]
'A corrupted Great dragon species?'
Like the hydra found in Kaisir's resting place, it seemed the swamp master was also one of the dragon species corrupted by tainted energy.
At that moment, the swamp master raised its head and opened its mouth wide toward those on the trees.
KAAAAAAAH!
Suddenly, a sticky liquid shot out from the monster's mouth.
SPLASH!
The tense special forces agents jumped to different trees to avoid the liquid that shot out from the monster's mouth.
However, the knights who felt safe after climbing the trees and failed to dodge the liquid ended up being drenched by it.
HISSSSS!
"AAAAAGH!"
The knights covered in acidic liquid screamed as their entire bodies melted away.
Even the Draker knights' uniforms, which effectively blocked physical and magical attacks, were useless against the monster's acidic liquid.
Row, who luckily avoided the acidic liquid, moved to another tree while breaking out in cold sweat.
"HUFF. HUFF."
But the monster was persistent.
Suddenly, its back began moving in waves, and tentacles covered in sticky body fluid shot out.
Splash!
Dozens of tentacles shot out and wrapped around the special forces agents and knights on the trees.
"AAAAAGH!"
The bodies wrapped in tentacles began melting, as the fluid covering the tentacles was also acidic.
Then the monster's back split open and swallowed the knights and agents wrapped in its tentacles.
Row swung his sword from the tree to cut down the tentacles shooting out from the monster.
"HAAH!"
The tentacles were cut by Low's Aura Blade as a Blue Knight.
However, he couldn't maintain the Aura Blade forever.
A tentacle that had snuck into his blind spot suddenly grabbed Row's arm.
"Ugh!"
Row succeeded in cutting off the tentacle with his sword again.
But the acidic solution on the tentacle had melted half of his arm.
He cut off his increasingly melting arm with his sword.
"Huff. Huff."
Row's face turned pale after cutting off his own left arm.
'I need to escape from here somehow.'
There was no time to think about knightly honor or such things.
Like facing an unstoppable force of nature, Low felt an immense sense of despair before the swamp master.
"Haaaaah!"
Low concentrated Aura in his legs and moved between the trees.
The tentacles chased after Low as he fled quickly.
Just as he was about to completely escape the monster's territory while cutting down tentacles with his sword.
Splash!
Acidic solution was sprayed like black rain falling from the sky.
"Ah! No!"
Hit by the solution, Row couldn't dodge and his entire body began melting.
The tentacles grabbed and dragged the half-melted Low.
Low disappeared into the monster's body.
Gooooooo!
The monster roared even louder, shaking the entire forest.
Using his stealth skill, Zeke analyzed the attack range while observing the movements of the monster's extending tentacles.
'Impressive.'
Dozens of tentacles stretched in all directions. Not only were they freely mobile, but they also secreted acidic solution that was fatal even from a slight touch.
Seeing that the acidic solution penetrated the dragon scale armor and even the healing factor recovered slowly, he wore a serious expression.
'Now I understand why it's called the swamp master.'
It was hard to believe that in the age of Terakan Draker, they fought dragons more powerful than this kind of dragon species.
But if he ran away now and the monster chasing him caught Carus, all his efforts so far would have been for nothing.
He discarded his sword corroded by the monster's acidic solution and took out Bahamut from his inventory.
Then he activated Hersion.
WHOOSH!
Hersion covered his entire body.
With both the special forces and Red Lion knights completely annihilated, there was no reason to hide anymore.
Bahamut with its indestructible property and Orichalcon, the divine metal, could withstand the acidic solution.
Woong!
After gripping Bahamut and equipping Hersion, Zeke summoned Bucephalus.
"Bucephalus! Let's go!"
When he mounted its back, Bucephalus leaped into the air.
Splash!
The monster's tentacles persistently chased after Zeke and Bucephalus moving through the air.
'Those tentacles make it difficult to find an opening to attack.'
That's when it happened.
Neigh!
As if reading Zeke's mind, Bucephalus suddenly changed direction and charged toward the tentacles.
Then lightning began to surge from the horn on its head.
Crackle!
Suddenly, powerful lightning poured from Bucephalus's horn.
BOOM!
White lightning strands struck the tentacles.
SIZZLE
The tentacles hit by lightning burned black and turned to ash.
KAAAAAAAK!
The monster twisted its entire body as if in pain.
Zeke was startled by the powerful lightning Bucephalus created.
"Wow, Bucephalus, they said you were the King of War Horses and they weren't kidding!"
Bucephalus freely jumped through the air, pouring lightning toward the approaching tentacles.
BOOM!
The lightning-struck tentacles dropped to the ground.
Zeke grinned.
"Good! Bucephalus, keep blocking those tentacles! I'll launch one big attack!"
Zeke stood on Bucephalus's back holding his sword.
"HAAAAAH!"
As Zeke gathered energy in his sword, an Aura Blade over 3 meters long formed.
He leaped from Bucephalus's back and swung his sword toward the monster.
Dragon-Slaying Sword Technique Secret Art
Third Form
Giant Dragon Slash
One of the secret arts of the Dragon-Slaying Sword Technique that splits a giant dragon's body.
Zeke's Aura Blade sliced the monster's back.
SPLASH!
The monster hit by Zeke's attack twisted its body and opened its mouth wide.
KAAAAAAAK!
At the same time, black acidic liquid shot toward Zeke in the air.
Zeke used wind force field to change direction in mid-air.
"Here comes another big one!"
Then he gathered fire power in his sword.
Woong!
Fire power gathered in Zeke's sword.
The gathered flames turned blue.
Zeke swung his flaming sword at the monster.
Elemental Sword
Fire Force Field
Blue Flame Dance
Dozens of blue flame swords poured from Zeke's sword and pierced the monster's body.
KAAAAAAAK!
As the fire swords burned its body, black smoke rose and the monster screamed in agony.
Then immediately tentacles poured out from its entire body.
Splash!
Hundreds of tentacles covered in powerful acidic solution flew toward Zeke.
Splash!
The tentacles wrapped around Zeke's body equipped with Hersion.
Several messages appeared.
[External corrosion and attack attempt detected]
[Automatically executing available defense magic from activatable magic circles]
[Mana supplied from Dragon Heart connected to system]
[6th Circle Magic 'Plasma Field' executed]
Woong!
Purple and blue plasma burst out from Hersion.
Sizzle!
All tentacles touched by the plasma lost their form and disappeared into ashes.
Hundreds of tentacles scattered in an instant.
Zeke was startled by the plasma bursting from Hersion.
'They said it had grand magic circles engraved, but automatic execution of 6th Circle magic?'
A battle mage who could operate 6th Circle magic without chanting during combat would need to be at least 7th Circle.
Considering the current Magic Tower Lord was 8th Circle, this Hersion's power was truly tremendous.
The monster hit by the Plasma Field howled in pain.
Soon the magic's effect ended and Zeke, floating in the air, began falling.
"Bucephalus!"
Bucephalus circled through the air and caught the falling Zeke.
Gooooooo!
The swamp master stretched its long neck up and roared even louder.
The entire forest shook.
The forest quietly stirred as hiding monsters concealed themselves deeper in fear.
That's when it happened.
A strange sound emerged from the monster.
[......Cursed...... Dragon Slayer...... Hatred......!]
It was like speaking through vibrations.
Zeke realized this sound was the language of the Chronos era that Kaisir had spoken of before.
The system automatically translated the monster's language.
'It knows about Dragon Slayers? Could it be a dragon species that survived from the Dragon Slayer era?'
Seeing it could speak, it seemed this was no ordinary dragon species.
It might even be a real dragon corrupted by evil magic.
'I didn't expect there would be dragons still surviving until now. It would be good if we could talk, but it doesn't seem like a situation for dialogue.'
That's when it happened.
KAAAAAAAK!
The monster raised its upper body while howling.
Then suddenly something grew from its back.
Splash!
A pair of wings shot out from its back.
The wings also had slimy organisms writhing like mud.
The monster flapped its wings.
Whoosh!
Then sticky organic matter began spraying in all directions.
Hisssss!
The decaying organic matter contaminated not just trees and grass, but even the ground.
Bucephalus ran through the air avoiding all the decay matter the monster sprayed. While doing so, it struck lightning down at the monster.
BOOM!
White lightning strands struck the monster's body directly.
The monster opened its mouth wide and breathed black poisonous smoke toward Bucephalus.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
The poisonous smoke, far more threatening than poison liquid, filled everywhere.
Bucephalus flew higher to avoid the poisonous smoke.
[Detected lethal poison breathed by ancient dragon species.]
[???'s armor automatically purifies lethal poison.]
Surprisingly, Hersion also had a function to automatically purify poison.
'The more I see, the more amazing it is.'
He thought that without this Hersion, dealing with the swamp master would have been much more difficult.
Zeke stroked Bucephalus's mane and said.
"Bucephalus! Fry that thing with lightning!"
Neigh!
As if responding to Zeke's words, lightning surged from Bucephalus's horn again.
BOOM!
Dozens of lightning strands pierced through the rampaging monster's body.
At the same time, Zeke held his sword and took the stance of the Dragon Slaying Technique.
A huge Aura Blade rose displaying its majesty.
"HAAAAAAH!"
Zeke leaped from Bucephalus' back and charged at the magical beast paralyzed by lightning.
Then he swung Bahamut imbued with Aura Blade.
Dragon Slaying Technique True Dragon Sword Form
Chapter 7 Verse 1
Dragon Head Cutting
KWAKWAKWAKWAKWA!
Zeke's sword cleanly cut through the beast's neck.
Splash!
The beast's head fell onto the swampy ground.
The head slowly sank into the swamp.
Simultaneously, the cut area writhed and tried to regrow a head like a hydra.
The swamp and the beast seemed to be connected.
Zeke realized cutting off its head was useless.
'Since it's a dragon species, I need to destroy its core - the Dragon Heart.'
Zeke deployed a wind field, jumped into the air, mounted Bucephalus, and circled in the air again.
Now was his chance, while it hadn't fully regenerated its head and regained consciousness.
'Aim precisely and take it down in one strike.'
Zeke raised his sword and aimed at where the beast's heart would be.
Woooong!
As power concentrated, Bahamut roared fiercely.
When Bahamut's heart in Zeke's diantan moved, light rose from the marking on his chest.
Zeke gripped his sword and took the Dragon Slaying stance.
Aura gathered around Bahamut like a whirlwind.
Kwakwakwakwa!
Zeke's Dragon Slaying Technique contained the essential principles of the True Dragon Sword passed down by Sword Saint Sethon’s Draker.
As heir to the Sword Saint, Zeke revived the true form of the Dragon Slaying Technique in this era.
Kugugugugu!
A storm of Aura swirled around Zeke's sword.
"Haaaaaah!"
Zeke swung his sword forcefully from atop Bucephalus.
Dragon Slaying Technique True Dragon Sword Form
Chapter 6 Verse 2
Dragon Heart Pierce
PIIIIING!
Like a massive lance piercing a dragon's heart, Zeke's sword strike accurately struck the beast's heart.