223. Winter Palace (5)

“You all have the strategy in mind, right?”

When Jin Yuha asked, the party members nodded firmly.

“And the instructor…”

“Yes, I understand.”

Baek Seol-hee nodded with a calm expression.

“Then I will pick you.”

Baek Seol-hee grabbed the sword stuck on the floor and pulled it out.

We prepared to deal with the fire dragon from a distance.

And after a while.

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The ground shakes and the floor begins to crack apart.

The huge underground space causes strong vibrations.

Grrrr!

A fierce flame began to flash through the cracks in the floor.

Kwaaang—!

Eventually, the fire dragon completely broke the floor and revealed itself.

*

A hot flame rises from the mouth with every breath.

Destructive desire shines in bright yellow eyes.

The air sizzled over the film-like wings and dark red scales. It had the shape of a huge winged lizard.

─Krrrraaa!!!

As soon as he saw the Utopia party members, he opened his mouth and let out a scream.

A sound that evokes instinctive repulsion.

‘This is Dragon Fear…’

Yu-ri Lee gritted her teeth and tightly held the shield that Jin Yu-ha had made.

‘I didn’t know I would be fighting a dragon here…’

Dragon species were considered the highest level among known monsters.

After forming a united front with the party members, he came to rest with Jin Yu-ha and ended up fighting a dragon.

I thought everything would go back without incident this time, but really… It seems like Jin Yuha has something going on.

‘The instructions haven’t been given yet.’

Undaunted by its huge and overwhelming majesty of her, Lee Yuri kept her eyes on Hwaryong until the end.

As I looked at the dragon like that, I had a question.

‘However······. Why did Chairman Rina keep this guy alive?’

It would have been right to freeze an entire dungeon and kill you if you came this far.

Why on earth?

‘Could it be that they sealed it because they couldn’t kill it?’

······If that’s the case, it doesn’t make sense that Jin Yu-ha set up a plan to catch this guy.

How can we catch something that Chairman Lina couldn’t catch?

Jin Yuha was very thorough in that regard.

But Yu-ri Lee’s worries could not last until the end.

Noodling─

Movement explained in advance by Jin Yu-ha.

Because I saw the dragon bending its neck upward.

At the same time, Jin Yuha’s voice pierced her ears.

─ Yuri, it’s breath! Provocation!

* * *

At my signal, Yuri tapped her shield.

Quaaa!

Then the dragon’s breath was directed at only one person.

“Huh!”

Yuri Lee boldly thrust her shield forward in response to the fire dragon’s breath.

The flames that seemed to burn everything in their path gathered into one point and were blocked by Yuri Lee’s small shield

‘It won’t last long.’

I opened my mouth right away.

“Now is the time, Kang Do-hee.”

Ta-da-da-da-

Baaagh—!!!

Then, Kang Do-hee, who received her signal her her, ran up and hit Hwa-ryong’s chin with her foot her her her her her.

─ Wow!!

The mouth that was firing the breath closes, causing a wound to my neck.

─ Fall in right away, Ichika!!

Shuung

Before I could give instructions, ice steps flew in front of the party members and me.

Then, all party members stand on the ice steps. Hot lava spread like waves to the floor.

‘As expected, as expected.’

I smiled

In fact, I have never seen a fire dragon.

So then, how could I know about the fire dragon and prepare like this and plan a strategy?

‘Um, well… It’s Velvets, so in three years, you can come up with a tactic just by looking at the name.’

Certain types of monsters in the game have the same mechanism.

Isn’t there such a thing?

A game where the same monster is colored differently to make it stronger or have different attributes.

In Velvetsra, this was the case for dragons.

The ones I caught were a water dragon and an earth dragon.

Since these two animals almost definitely appear as you progress through the game, the data was accumulated to the point where you could confidently say that you knew almost nothing about them.

‘In other words, based on that, you just need to change the attribute to fire.’

Suddenly─

I dodged the pattern again and slashed the guy’s wings.

─ Crarralalak!!

However, it takes a year to catch a dragon in a battle like now.

They have very high physical strength.

‘Well, honestly…’

To my teacher.

Please do it.

If you do it, you can at least catch it.

Didn’t you see Master’s true skills while conquering the dungeon together this time?

It took two days due to melee characters and limited means of transportation.

If it weren’t for that, the dungeon raid might have been completed in just a few hours.

‘Because it was all a one-shot cut.’

Fire dragon?

Perhaps, if Master were to attack with sincerity, the dragon’s limbs would be cut off beautifully.

However, now is an opportunity for Utopia to gain experience.

Also against a dragon.

So, at first, I separately told the teacher to intervene and help only when there is a party member who seems truly dangerous.

To be able to kill a dragon with such safety guaranteed!

Experience farming like this has rarely been done in games.

Therefore, what is important now is Shin Se-hee.

I haven’t made any attacks since the battle started,

I just glanced at Shin Se-hee, who was slowly approaching the guy while holding his breath.

* * *

Shin Se-hee wearing ice armor made by Jin Yu-ha.

‘That’s a fire dragon…’

It’s just huge.

It’s overwhelming.

Gulp─

She swallowed her saliva out of nervousness as the fire dragon spewed fire in front of her.

It had been so long since I had been in an actual battle that I felt awkward holding the spear in my hand.

‘But I never neglected my training.’

She has even participated in Baek Seol-hee style training that Jin Yu-ha gives to the party members without saying anything.

Even if you are an operator who does not participate in combat,

If Jin Yuha was really in a situation where her life she was in danger, she had to step up.

It was a person named Shin Se-hee who was preparing for an unexpected day.

But I can’t help but feel nervous, my hands get sweaty and my heart tightens.

‘But this is a task Jin Yu-ha entrusted to me. You have to do it perfectly.’

Shin Se-hee carefully approached Hwaryong and repeated to herself the strategy that Jin Yu-ha had told her in advance.

─ Yes? So, I am the core of the operation…?

─ Yes, Shin Se-hee. Hwaryong. When you hear your name, what do you think your weakness is?

─ Well, since it is a fire dragon, it must be water, right?

─ Well, that’s true, but… It’s wrong again. The fire dragon’s weakness is water and fire at the same time.

Shin Se-hee looked at him with bewildered eyes.

What does that mean that you drank and drove, but did not drink and drive?

Then Jin Yuha smiled and continued his explanation.

─ Balaurs basically have one weakness in common.

─ Weakness?

─ Yes, disgusting. Scales growing upside down.

Disgusting.

According to Jin Yu-ha’s explanation, Yeoklin is a weak point even if you just hit it.

It is said that Yeokrin has one more peculiarity.

Fire dragons, who are born with the energy of fire, are basically weak to water.

Ironically, the scales that are upside down have the same attribute as a weakness.

Her mission given to her accordingly.

─Because you have strong fire resistance. We need to get as close to the fire dragon as possible and find that villain. The location is determined randomly every time… No, anyway. You can’t find it from far away.

─ Ah… So, what happens after you find it?

─ You must plunge your fiery mana into that evil spirit.

Kwasik!

Suddenly!

The Utopia party members are still attacking the fire dragon in unison.

─ Crara la la la!!

In response, Hwaryong continued to vent his anger.

Every time he twists his body, the earth shakes as if there was an earthquake,

Dust falls from the ceiling.

“Ugh!”

Cradangtangtang!

Kang Do-hee went in a little deeper, but was hit by the fire dragon’s tail and rolled onto his side her.

“······.”

But he doesn’t come forward.

If you attack sloppily, you may end up receiving aggro.

It’s just that when the party members are attracting attention like this,

All you have to worry about is holding your breath and turning around to approach the fire dragon.

*

The closer you get to the fire dragon, the fiercer the fire becomes.

Even if she was born with an intolerance, the heat made it difficult for her to even open her eyes properly.

Shin Se-hee’s whole body was wet with sweat.

Phew─

As he got closer, Shin Se-hee opened his eyes and looked at the guy’s dark red skin.

‘It’s disgusting, it’s disgusting, it’s disgusting…’

However, soon Shin Se-hee had no choice but to bite her lip.

That’s right, because there were too many scales.

In a situation like this where it’s hard to even open your eyes properly, you can’t believe you’re looking for a single upside-down scale among countless raised scales.

It would have been easier to find a needle in the sand.

That’s because you can use a magnet.

‘Aren’t you placing too high expectations on me…’

However, once it is your job, isn’t it right to do your best?

Shin Se-hee turned her head without closing her eyes even as sweat got into her eyes.

‘First of all, if it’s a weakness… It will definitely not be a position where you can be easily attacked.’

Then it is not the front part.

And the hands, feet, and tail are also positions that are often used for attacks, so it probably isn’t.

Since it spreads its wings when using fire, it also became an easy target.

‘The front part, hands, feet, tail, and wings are excluded from candidates…’

It was then.

Paang—! Paang—! Paang─!

The ice arrow fired by Sophia from afar pierced the fire dragon’s body.

─ Crara la la la!!!!

The fire dragon was hit by an arrow and cried out in pain.

And that moment.

Shin Se-hee’s eyes narrowed sharply.

‘Didn’t you just slightly turn your body…?’

Sigh─

She raised the corners of her mouth.