Chapter 37

Stabbing at the dragon’s throat with ‘Yatonokami’, I had a bit of an uncomfortable feeling .

「!!! Akira! Get away from there!!!」

『Guruaaaaaaa!!!』

「…tsk!」

Amelia’s warning was too late, I received a direct hit from the dragon at point-blank range .

And with terrifying power, I was blown away, as if I was dust .

「Akiraaa!」

Screaming, Amelia’s voice could be heard from far away .

And, my back hurt so much .

Most likely, I crashed into the wall of the boss room due to the impact of the dragon’s fall and the attack .

The good thing was, ‘Yatonokami’, which was grasped in my right hand, was without a single scratch, shining darkly as if I had just drawn it out .

There was something on the sword blade that looked like it was dragon blood .

Just as I got up, Amelia rushed over .

「Akira, are you ok?」

「Aah, somehow . …even though I slit its throats, isn’t it just fine . 」

「Even among monsters, dragons are superior . To the point where the Minotaur and Chimera that Akira fought could not be compared to it . 」

As Amelia said that, she touched me all over, checking to see if there were any places that were severely injured .

I looked at the dragon who had come down and was glaring at us .

The golden pair of eyes were glittering within the darkness .

「I used all my strength in the attack though . 」

「It not flying even when I unleashed the gravitational magic, doesn’t mean that Akira’s attack was ineffective as well . …or rather, I’m surprised at the sharpness of that katana . 」

Amelia looked at my right hand .

I lifted ‘Yatonokami’ up a little .

Because I have never fought another dragon before, I can’t make a comparison, but unexpectedly, the blade seemed to easily penetrate the scales .

「Maa, that’s because this guy’s custom-made . 」

Commander Saran’s smile when he gave me this came to mind .

I don’t know since I’ve never fought a dragon before, but if it’s the katana that the first hero forged, it would not be strange .

「Amelia is not injured?」

「I’m fine . Akira protected me . 」

「Ah–… . I don’t remember . 」

The fact that I didn’t remember, was I unconscious .

In any case, it was good that Amelia wasn’t injured .

The me just now, nice one .

「For now, what should we do about that guy . 」

「…that dragon, is a bit strange . 」

「How?」

「For a dragon, it’s too weak . No matter how much Akira trained, a few days of training wouldn’t make a difference . Even so, the attacks easily went through . 」

Certainly, it felt a bit disappointing for a dragon .

I was struck with admiration at its toughness when it didn’t die even when I slit its throat, but for a monster of high order, it was unsatisfying .

Even on the status that was being displayed in my line of vision, it could clearly be seen that it was a dragon, but I was not able to get rid of the uncomfortable feeling .

「…should I try to go and do something . 」

「What are you going to do?」

「No, I’m going to try and trick it into revealing something . 」

「…trick?」

I nodded at Amelia who tilted her head in confusion, and broke into a run .

『Gurururuaaaaaaaaaaa!!』

As if trying to prevent me from getting closer, the long distance attacks that had stopped just now, had resumed .

Not minding the injuries on my right leg and back, I continued dodging those attacks, and finally arrived at the enormous dragon’s feet .

Even a dragon, wouldn’t use attacks that may injure itself .

The dragon raised its foot, and brought it down as if to crush me .

Just barely dodging that, I ran up its body, going up from the leg that it swung down .

『Guruaaaaaaa!!!?』

Because I stabbed the katana into the slippery black scales in order to climb up, the dragon acted violently due to the pain .

「Guu!!」

「『Gravitational Magic』!!!」

When I was about to be thrown off, Amelia uses gravitational magic to stop the dragon’s movements .

The enormous dragon sunk into the ground a little .

The dragon had fallen, but was it out of stubbornness, it endured it and immediately tried to throw me off .

Even though it should’ve been put under unimaginable G, the fact that it could move despite that, as expected, was it a dragon?

TN: the ‘G’ here could stand for gravity or the gravitational constant in Newton’s law . It’s most likely the latter

However, I could not believe that this dragon was a dragon .

「Well then, it’s checkmate . 」

Climbing up into its head, I used the katana that I gripped in my right hand to deeply pierce its golden eye .

『Gugaaaaaaa!!!』

The dragon raised its voice as if to scream, and shook its body with such force that it couldn’t be compared to just now .

I put my entire body weight onto my katana, and pushed it in deeper and deeper .

「…!!! …shadow magic . 」

The shadow, spilled out from the sword blade .

It enveloped the boss room that was bigger than usual, and swallowed up the dragon .