Chapter 74

My field of view was quickly distorted .

A few moments later, I was standing in a different place .

As usual, there wasn’t any light . I couldn’t even see my own hands in this total darkness .

「I should have cast magic light on Rosetta’s short sword before the transportation」

Magic light has already been cast on Tina’s cane and Arti’s sword .

However, Rosetta stepped on to the transportation magic circle without any light .

If Rosetta was transported to a similar place as me, then she is currently stuck in pitch black darkness .

Within the pitch black darkness, even lighting a torch with fire would be a difficult task .

「Rosetta, do your best」

While muttering so, I cast magic light on my short sword .

The bright light illuminates the room . The walls, floor, and ceiling were made from smooth white stone .

「It’s surprisingly cramped」

The room I am in has a length and width of about 5 meters . And has a height of approximately 3 meters

And, properly has a door made out of stone .

「The transportation magic circle… seems to be one way」

Returning doesn’t seem to be possible .

After investigating for traps, I opened the door .

As I did, I came out to an incredibly vast room . So vast, that the light from magic light does not reach the walls .

I searched the surroundings with magic, and found out the room has a length and width of 100 meters, and a height of 10 meters .

Why in the world did someone build such a vast room?

And it was extremely difficult to keep searching with magic .

I emit out magic from my body to the surrounding to sense the magic that gets reflected, but most of it does not reflect back .

There seems to be something which obstructs searching with magic .

「…What could it be?」

At the back of the room, at the exact opposite side of the door I came from, there was a magic reaction .

I know it is some kind of creature, but that is all I could find out due to the obstruction .

The illumination from magic light also gets absorbed, and the light doesn’t travel far even if I increase the intensity .

「This is also Regina’s handiwork I suppose . She sure is elaborate」

If I can’t investigate with magic, then there is no other way but to approach closer .

I prepared myself, and carefully approached the mysterious creature .

Thereupon, I heard a voice from the darkness .

「Why-did-you-come-here-?」

I stopped .

The mysterious voice said prattling words with a unique intonation .

However, the line was said word for word with clarity, so it was easy to understand .

「I came here to accept Hero Regina’s test」

「…name-your-self」

「Will Wolms」

「…vill …bolms」

For some reason, the mysterious voice seems to be reacting to my name .

However, it did not pronounce my name correctly .

「What’s your name?」

「…don’t-have」

「I see」

And then, I sensed something move within the darkness .

I do not know what it is doing . It has considerable concealment ability .

「…I, will-fight-with-vill」

Perhaps Regina told the owner of the mysterious voice, to fight the guy who comes here .

「So you will be my opponent, thank you」

「Good- start」

At that moment, the darkness that was concealing the owner of the mysterious voice suddenly shook as if it were a giant slime .

And then, the lump of darkness projected out as a lance aimed at me .

Due to magic detection being obstructed, I don’t have a clear idea on the type of attack .

However, it is clear that I must not receive it head on .

I leapt back, while hurriedly lighting up a torch with fire .

Either due to the owner of the voice absorbing magic, or due to the interference, the light from magic light seems to be dying out .

And it was also producing darkness which was throbbing .

To fight against it, the best way would be to use a non-magic physically produced light .

I throw the torch into the center of the darkness .

Due to the illumination from the torch, I was able to see the form of the owner of the voice .

「Hou」

It was a magnificent dragon covered in deep crimson scales .

The dragon had two large wings, a beautiful horn, and a long thick tail, all of which catches the eye .

It has sharp imposing claws on both arms and legs .

The dragon was approximately 10 meters from head to tail . Its height was about 3 meters .

The size wasn’t exactly conspicuous considering that it’s a dragon . In fact, it was smaller than the average dragon .

However, judging by the density of magic from the impending attack, it isn’t an ordinary dragon .

I was only able to see its form for an instant .

Because, the dragon immediately stamped out the torch I tossed .

「Gurururururu… . 」

Perhaps it was embarrassed that I was able to see its appearance, the dragon groaned .

Suddenly, the dragon shot out flame breath unforgivingly . The entire room became bright .

A fair portion of the room was enveloped in flames . There was nowhere to dodge .

This is the frightening part about dragons; an attack that eliminates the advantage of numbers .

I erected a magic barrier and protected myself .

The flame breath doesn’t just cover a great range, but it also has considerable power .

I endured until the dragon’s flame breath stopped .

Displaying that I could endure the dragon’s breath, felt like a better action than slipping through the breath and counter attacking .

As there were a number of dragons which became obedient once I displayed my might .

「Next is my turn」

「GURURU!」

Although magic detection was being obstructed, I know the general location of the dragon .

Besides, the dragon just revealed its location no more than moments ago when it lit up the room with flame breath .

I plunged right into the center of the darkness .

Within the darkness, the tail came swinging at me . As I slipped through that, the claws were waiting for me .

I evaded that, and then strike the dragon’s head with my fist .

With the fist of an eight year old, no matter how hard I try, the power will always be insufficient as my body weight is too light .

Therefore, I used magic .

I strengthened my entire body with magic, clad my fist with magic until it was rock solid, and then strike hard .