A shiver ran down my spine, but the feeling of fright didn’t last that long. Because whether the creature didn’t notice us or ignored us on purpose, it flew past us.
However, since even such a thing made it inside the walls, if things go bad the town might suffer significant damage. Laura-san, who is knowledgeable about monsters, says.
「That’s a wyvern. They are on the smaller side among other species of flying dragons, but they are extremely violent and dangerous opponents.」
Apparently, even parties of high ranked adventurers might struggle with a strong specimen. I have fought against the Earth Dragon before, and this one definitely seems smaller than that.
Being unexpected, I missed the chance to identify it. I hesitated if we should chase after it, but decided to prioritize supporting the soldiers.
In preparation for today, there are several treatment centers in town, where doctors and soldiers with recovery skills are waiting.
ing inside, the doctors are in a state of great chaos. With a lot of beds arranged, dozens of people were being treated.
There are already so many injured… I wonder if other treatment centers are also like this. Asking them to treat the soldiers we brought, we once again rush outside.
I wonder if we should chase after Emma, look for the escaped ghouls, or maybe do something about the wyvern?
「Ghouls seems to be strong, so we better not leave them to chance. Laura and I will look for them, you, Noir, should join Emma and others.」Layla-san advised.
「I agree. Regrouping, we will take down the wyvern with three people.」
Deciding on the course of actions, I part with the two and go on a separate way. However, it does not go that smoothly. That was because the number of monsters in the city kept increasing.
Not even the flying types or ghouls that move through shadows, but mere goblins were wrecking the surroundings. Just now, from the ruined house appeared a blue-skinned goblin, dragging a young woman by the hair.
A nearby middle-aged man tries to slash at him with a sword, but another goblin rams into the man, throwing him to the ground. Though small in stature they had a lot of strength.
「Haaaa!」
With a loud battlecry, I enthusiastically swing my sword. The blade cut through the eerie blue skin and dyed the ground red with blood and flesh.
「You are a strong lad. Thank you for helping. .」
「Thank you for saving me.」
After being thanked by those two, my mood somewhat improved. As they didn’t seem to have any serious injuries, I remend they move to another location.
And once again I hurry while exterminating monsters in the town. The strength of monsters varied greatly, as well as the species.
Even types with low intelligence were present, so why are they uniformly drawn to the Hornest.
……Ah, the previous Wyvern is attacking the lookout tower. The direction was different from where Emma was, but I can’t just ignore it. Let’s hurry there.
Soldiers stood on the platform at the top and retaliated with bows and magic. However, with wyvern’s hard skin arrowheads can’t harm it. The wyvern doesn’t pay any attention to them and just rams the tower.
Just as I heard, it’s astonishingly ferocious. The building already had cracks in it, from the outside it was clear that it won’t last much longer.
「You should go down, it’s dangerous there! The building is about to crumble.」
As I shout at them from the ground, they stopped fighting at once and came down using the stairs inside. At about the same time, the building collapsed with another attack from the wyvern.
To be honest, it scared me quite a bit. But, I missed my chance earlier, so I will measure its strength right now.
Name: Breath Wyvern
Level: 105
Skills: Flame Breath, Body Slam, Tough Body
So its level was a little higher than that of the monsters around Hornest, after all. I don’t think that it’s impossible to defeat, but since it dropped in altitude and now was closer to us it gave quite the impression.
The length is about five meters. Two horns growing from its head, the eyes were black. With dark blue skin covered in slight bumps, it was of the same type as harpies, with its arms and wings bined as one.
The breath wyvern looked down at me and opened its mouth wide. Breath is ing?
「Close your ears!」
Several soldiers immediately cover their ears, but I brought out the Champion’s shield and braced for impact. One of the reasons was that getting hit by 【Flame Breath】 would quite possibly mean death. And another one…
「OGAAAAAAAAAAAhhh!」
A numbing sensation dominated my body. I was the only one who didn’t cover my ears versus that tremendous roar.
The wyvern flapped its wings a couple of times, and surprisingly, flew towards the central part of the city without attacking us.
「Hey lad, are your ears okay?」
Soldiers rush to me with pale faces.
「No problem. I have defense skills.」
I judged that I don’t have to guard against the roar because I have 【Hearing Protection】. I created it in the past when we fought the earth dragon.
「Okay then. But if it weren’t for you, we might have been crushed by the building. You have my thanks.」
「No problem, more importantly, why did you think that it was a roar? There also was a possibility that it would spit fire, right?」
Earlier, they appeared to be convinced that it would be a roar. The soldiers tell me with a light laugh.
「When wyvern breathes, there is almost always a wind-up. Often, it would shake its body.」
「That is nice information. I will follow after it.」
「Hey, are you in the right mind? Can you win against it?」
「I have strong weapons, so I think I might manage somehow.」
「Ah, I see. Could it be that you are that lad that had a good bout with General Stay?」
I can’t nod confidently. I was overwhelmed from the beginning to the end. Giving a vague answer I run in the direction of the wyvern once again. Good grief, playing tag with a monster? Give me a break.
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As I approach the heart of the city the number of monsters keeps increasing. Most of them were small fry around 10-20 levels, but among them were also strong enemies like ghouls and wyvern, so I couldn’t afford to let my guard down.
Before the fight, I confirm abilities with appraisal and then defeat them. It’s a real lifesaver that there isn’t that much of the general public around. Nonetheless, I can’t turn a blind eye to orcs, goblins and the like, who are actively destroying the city.
「Kekeke, kekekeke.」
I switch to the penetrating spear and sneak up to the goblin who was working hard on destroying the wall. Then, I repeatedly stab it from behind.
Please don’t look at me like I’m doing something cowardly. I have decided that there is no need for manners with monsters.
「NOOOO!」
This time it is a scream from the house behind. Looks like this time, it’s a harpy, who broke in through the window of the second floor. But this scream… Is it a woman? It was not time to care about that, so I went to that house. But it was locked.
「Excuse me, I will break it.」
Dash to the second floor after destroying the door by hitting it with the large stone bullet.
「No, stop, I’m not tasty at all!」
Harpy was trying to drag a muscular man from the corner of the room.
「Close your eyes.」
After confirming that he shut his eyes I use【Flash】and emit a strong light from my fingertip.
It seems to be dazzled just fine, thus the harpy’s movements lose sharpness. Clearly confused it’s bumping into walls here and there. That sight reminds me of a beetle trapped in a cage.
And as it fell to the floor after hitting the head on the ceiling, I stab it with a sword.
「Did it forget that it’s indoors?」
Confirming that Flash is effective on them at a short distance can be called a great find. Well, looks like the saved person had something to him.
「Tha~ank you~! If you weren’t there…… It would’ve pletely messed me up.
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