Chapter 98 – When the Flower of the Sun Blooms (02)
There was no instantaneous information about what kind of monster it was.
It’s not big enough to eat a person in one bite, but when it opens its mouth is huge enough to bite off a person’s side in one go.
And even the wyvern, which has been significantly reduced in weight for flight, has a much thicker and stronger body and is covered in hard-looking scales reminiscent of a tank.
Just looking at the degenerated and almost meaningless front feet, sturdy hind feet, and membrane-covered wings takes your breath away.
Is it a dragon for a moment? It was so overwhelmingly majestic that I thought,
‘No, it can’t be a dragon!’
In Celestial Academy, dragons do not appear as monsters, except for the dragon that leads the ‘Valley of the Dragon’.
Since it only appeared as a leader who could not fight, and because its size was not at most this much in the setting, its identity could be roughly guessed.
Drake.
It is very similar to a dragon, but it is not born with intelligence or mysterious magical knowledge, but is simply a beast-like creature.
However, with scales hard enough to deflect arrows, flames spouting from its neck, and enormous majesty, it lacks intelligence, but by human standards, it is probably closer to a dragon.
There are degrees of bugs, and if you don’t intentionally raise the difficulty level to the limit and find it, a monster that is difficult to encounter appears in front of us.
“…”
Alice’s body was so large that it covered the entire basin we were standing in, and Alice lost all strength in her legs and sat down.
“Ah… Ah…”
The sunlight is obscured. The [Solar Flower], Which had begun to bloom under the noon sun, rapidly loses its light and begins to wither.
When the huge maw opened and flames burning like a furnace were seen inside, Alice sat down.
“Run… Run… Hey…”
In just a few seconds, Alice was unable to run away as the strain on her her body her her her, let alone her her magic her her her, was increased due to mana depletion due to excessive use of star magic.
“Run… Go…”
She had nowhere to run anyway, and even though she knew that running away would be meaningless, Alice was screaming at me to run in a cracked voice.
“…After.”
I approached her in front of her, leaving her her her her body her her her to her her own wishes her her her, and pulled her behind her.
I sent him to a safe place to avoid being sucked into Drake’s air intake and stood in front of the huge burning maw in a shadowed space.
In the shadow that Drake created, I wore the [Shadow Mask].
Then, I changed the position of my shadow and moved it to the front.
Boom!
As he took a step forward and stepped on the shadow, the [Shadow Pouch] In the center of his body his split open and vomited out its contents.
‘I tried not to reveal it to others if possible’
Hwaaaaah-!
Drake inhaled to his limit before shooting out a burning flame from his throat.
There was no need for wondrous magic shields or mysterious items to escape from this place.
Hold a wooden sword in your hand that feels like it’s sticking to your palm, and twist your body to apply elasticity.
One person jumped forward, relying on the light suction power, and I was able to get right near Drake’s mouth without much effort.
It helps to make it easier to reach your body while it is flying in the air like this.
Then all I have to do is swing it.
Huwaaaaak-!!
The spouting flames split apart and Drake’s head disappears without a trace.
Tiring-
– Number of monsters killed: 100/100 –
As the flames disperse, the sky regains sunlight.
– [Flower of the Sun] Succeeded in fully blooming –
As the sun appears with the image of Drake breaking, the [Shadow Mask], Which can only be maintained under the shadow, breaks and disappears.
When the black mask blocking her vision she disappeared and she landed again, Alice was shedding tears as she saw me standing in front of Drake’s collapsing body her.
I appeared in front of Alice, who could not even think of wiping away her tears, and while trying to endure the pain of my burning skin, I raised my finger in front of Alice and put it to my lips of hers. .
“This has to be kept a secret?”
*
– Flower of the Sun –
– A flower that can bloom only when special conditions are met –
– Absorbed a large amount of vitality and sunlight –
– No effect when used –
– It seems that it can be used to manufacture a medicine specialized for cold constitutions –
Currently, Alice was holding the flower of the sun carefully in both her hands.
It was something I could do because I’m not a picky guy who loses the effectiveness of the medicine if I touch it or if it touches metal.
“Ha. Originally, I prepared a glass bottle and a few tools to collect this, but…”
All the luggage and tent were blown away in the chaos that occurred in the middle.
It’s probably piled up like dust somewhere in the bottom of the basin.
I thought about keeping it safe by putting it inside the [Shadow Pocket], But since the [Sun Flower] Contains light, there was no way to put it inside the [Shadow Pocket], So Alice had no choice but to hold it in both her hands and move it around.
All you get from catching a drake or wyvern is experience points, but in Celestial Academy’s system, in a defensive event like this where monsters pour out indefinitely, only a certain amount of rewards are given, and the monsters are beggar.
‘That’s why there was no one who wanted to catch 100 fish.’
In the end, even after going through all this hardship, what I got was one [Flower of the Sun].
Piyuung-
When Alice used magic to signal the failure of the mission, the guards and coachman who were waiting nearby came to pick us up. They were shocked to see us in a mess after firing [Star Magic] Twice and fighting with Drake. It seemed like he was doing it.
“Fail a mission of this difficulty?”
“Because it has its own problems…”
The bag I had kept in the tent flew away, and I couldn’t jump down the collapsed cliff and dig into the ground to find it.
If I were to use a ‘wooden sword’, the pile of dirt would be pulverized quickly, but then the tent and other items inside would also be pulverized, so it was a risky situation, so after consulting with Alice, I decided to give up.
“Since you failed the mission that was entrusted to you, you have to pay a fine of 300 points each. You have no complaints, right?”
“Yes.”
Is there anything I can do?
Even if I tried to collect herbs again, I didn’t have any more stamina, and since it was an exercise with very cheap rewards anyway, all I wanted to do now was go in and rest.
“…Understood. We will take care of the cleanup, so get in the carriage and return.”
After lightly washing her body covered in dust and sweat nearby, Alice came in and was holding the [Sunflower] In a clean glass bottle, which she did not know where she got it from, in her arms.
“Here…”
In the case of [Flower of the Sun], Since I received the mission, it was designated as my property, so Alice wrapped it carefully and handed it over to me.
“Gwae, are you okay? At the end…”
“It’s okay. “I sprinkled cold water on it.”
I got a slight burn on my skin as I got right in front of Drake’s face, but I gave him first aid with cold water while I was taking a shower, and it didn’t matter as the wound would heal quickly when I went back and stopped by the temple.
“…”
Rather, the problem was that I was bothered by Alice sitting across from me and fiddling with her arm.
“You have a wound on your forearm?”
“Ah, this… This is…”
“I’m really tired, so don’t bother me… “
When she held out her own arm, still wet, looking slightly embarrassed, I noticed a red, swollen bug bite on the inside of her forearm.
‘I, who slept next to you, am fine… But do I have a constitution that bugs like?’
It is said that mosquitoes also prefer people who sweat a lot, so Alice may be more susceptible to mosquito bites than me.
I took out the last Lesser Potion that I had kept in her arms, put it in her mouth, gently bit Alice’s insides to apply the potion, and finally, just in case, I kissed her on the mouth and fed her the potion, then returned to my seat. .
Why does the carriage, which was normally so narrow, feel so comfortable now?
I felt like I could get a good night’s sleep just by putting my legs over the wall of the carriage, lying down on the hard chair, and pressing my body against the wall to avoid falling.
Of course, I didn’t actually do that. I was tired, so I leaned my head against the wall and closed my eyes.
‘After all, calculating mathematical formulas all night long… Is difficult for me.’
Although [Star Magic] Was actually used, it seemed difficult to use it in practice even later.
Like now, we can’t know exactly where and when monsters will appear and lay out the game plan in advance, and we were only able to solve this because Alice calculated the difficult part in advance.
Still, if you use [Shadow Mask], It would be better to use it to temporarily increase mana and speed up recovery… Or find another application method…
Square… Square…
The unique noise of a pen scratching paper resonates inside the carriage.
‘Somehow… It seems like Alice is writing about me again’
I was so tired that I couldn’t open my eyes, and I was so exhausted that I couldn’t even use my ‘voice’, so I couldn’t stop what was happening right before my eyes, and I didn’t want to.
‘Okay… This time, I brought him in and put him through a hard time, so you can just let him go at least once… It’ll be fine…’
…
At that moment, a huge dragon descended with a roar that tore through the sky.
Flames hotter than hell, scales that cannot be broken by any weapon.
Nevertheless, the white wolf stubbornly stood its ground, baring its teeth.
Even in the face of fire that would burn the world, the wolf did not back down.
Even if the erupting flames burn the fur, even if the marks turn the white face like a scar black as if wearing a mask.
The wolf ran through the sky towards a dragon much larger than himself to protect the star girl.
The wolf’s fangs, already broken and blunt, finally break the dragon’s hard scales and bite off its neck.
[I told you I would protect you]
“… Seeing the white wolf that stumbled back in front of her in complete disrepair, the star girl cried and hugged his proud body her her her …”
Alice’s voice reached my ears.
Alice thought I was completely asleep, but as she began to gasp for breath, she began to get excited about what she had written, and before she knew it, she was reading and writing the content in her voice with emotion.
I wanted to say something, but I was already passed out from mental fatigue, so I couldn’t stop Alice’s rampaging [Delusional] Tendencies.
‘…Don’t write strange novels in front of people. At least if you’re going to write it, don’t read it!’