Manowa Chapter 181

『Princess? Hm, if she's our princess, shouldn't we properly see her off?』

A voice that seemed like it resounded from the bottom of the earth. Shining eyes were lined up around it.

『But it must be remembered that she's traveling incognito. Us calling out to her will cause trouble for the princess.』

Another voice reverberated.

『Wait, everybody. If you think carefully, we once made a mess when our princess arrived.』

After coming up with an ingenious idea, another voice echoed.

『That's exactly why we have to be prudent.』

『Idiot, it's different. We've already done it once and it wasn't a problem, so doing it again under the same pretense won't be a problem.』

The surroundings were encouraged by the ingenious idea.

『Oh, that's right. Let's do it, siblings.』

『Agreed.』

『Chief, how about it? We can do it, right?』

『If I remember correctly, the story was that we gave them a warm welcome as an apology for Jiraid's failure?』

It should go without saying by now that the conversation was between Deer South's dragon mounts. They had heard from G.o.do that Kazane was G.o.d Dragon Emperor Naga's daughter.

And the public was told the lie that the uproar that had occurred when all the dragon mounts behaved wildly 10 days ago was a warm welcome for the party due to their achievements. It was an unavoidable measure, since there was no way they could tell the public that they had been flying around to threaten and pick a fight with them.

But at the same time, that pretext was nothing less than recognizing that their actions were fine. That bad precedent could thus be used.

『Then it should be fine. Let's give her a grand farewell, everyone!!』

『『『『GUOOOOOOOO!!!!』』』』

Then a thunderous roar resounded from Hyvern's most gigantic dragon mount stable, and another big dragon mount riot occurred that day.

Unlike the previous time, the dragons were emitting affectionate instead of angry Dragon Spirit, so the citizens weren't frightened to the same degree. But that was just a question of degree, and when the dragon mounts returned to the stable, a furious head Dragon Miko was waiting.

Last time she shared part of the blame, so she couldn't strongly scold them, but this time was different. As the head Dragon Miko entrusted with the dragon mounts, Cindy hardened her heart to sanction them. The punishment for interrupting her bawling over the separation from her husband was the fists of wrath.

Yes, she was in a fit of rage.

It was the first time in a long time for the older dragons and the first time for the newcomer dragons to become aware that the woman they adored and called dragon mother, Cindy Barnes, wasn't only a compa.s.sionate woman.

But then, that was a digression, and Kazane and the others drove their carriage without knowing about that situation. For Kazane and the others, the dragon mounts came to say farewell... but that was it.

At that time, the dragons were yelling「Princess!」「Princess!」and Kazane thought it was a little embarra.s.sing, but she properly accepted their greetings. Kazane was a girl who knew her manners.

And that Kazane was now looking out the window from inside the carriage. She was gazing at the dragon mount Raiel flying while being ridden by Benzel.

「Oh, I'm envious.」

Dragon Knight. Kazane liked cool things, so yearning for that was natural.

「You can be given a ride, but it's not the same, right?」

Yumika said next to Kazane. By the way, Yumika was an experienced person, since she had ridden the Dragonized Kazane and the dragon mount Mordo.

「Hmm. Maybe I could use the Rainbow Heart for a reincarnation dragon.」

She had heard from Ao that a Dragon Heart was used to make a reincarnation dragon. But the words that smashed her dream came next.

「Kazane, it would probably take 20 years after being born for the dragon to grow enough for us to ride it.」

「Seriously?」

Kazane stared in wonder after Louise's words.

「So I can't job change to Dragon Knight?」

「You could be the dragon mount, though.」

Kazane's eyes opened wide after those words.

「Hmm, maybe it would be good to try it out.」

Yumika intended her words to be a joke, but Kazane was surprisingly enthusiastic.

「Once we deliver the package I can use Dragonization as much as I like. If things go smoothly when we try it out, we might be able to extend the duration of your Dragonoidization.」

「Ah, that might be possible?」

Yumika's Dragonoidization had a maximum time limit of 20 minutes. But Dragon Knights originally used the Dragon Spirit from their mounts for Dragonoidization, so they could continue using it as long as their mount didn't become incapacitated. If Kazane and Yumika could do something like a Dragon Knight contract, Yumika might also be able to use Dragonoidization as long as the Dragon Spirit from Kazane continued.

「Uu, I also want to bask in Kazane's Dragon Spirit and transform.」

Tiara said enviously.

「It might be possible for Yumika because she can use Dragonoidization, but doesn't that make it difficult for Tiara?」

Tiara was dejected after Emily's words.

「Besides, Kazane's Dragon Spirit is based on the Ice element, so it might be a little tough with Tiara's strong Fire element.」

Tiara became even more despondent after Louise's words.

「But I think Tiara is already sufficiently useful as she is now. Tiara's Flame Knights have been extremely helpful in the battles so far.」

「Is that true, Kazane?」

The downcast Tiara suddenly raised her face. Kazane was a little overawed by that vigor, but she nodded to Tiara's question.

In fact, in most of their battles against powerful opponents, the dispersing of the enemies' attacks by Tiara's Flame Knight had been effective. They were good at attacking and defending, and Tiara could summon up to 10 Flame Knights. She could already be considered a prodigy.

「I think the only thing I can say is that it would be best to raise the attack power of the Flame Knights themselves, right?」

「Uu, I'm still inexperienced, so I can't improve the weapons.」

Tiara apologetically lowered her head, and Kazane said「Ah, no, not at all.」

「I thought it would be faster to prepare them ahead of time rather than expressly creating summoned weapons.」

「What do you mean?」

「I'll explain later. Well, look forward to it.」

So saying, Kazane smiled at Tiara, but only for a moment. Kazane's face suddenly became tense.

「Kazane?」

Tiara raised her face in surprise, and Kazane immediately called out to Jinrai.

「Jinrai-san, it looks bad.」

Jinrai replied to Kazane's sudden words from the coachman's seat.

「What happened?」

「Right side, Aneki. A carriage is being hunted down by something.」

Naoki immediately used his Sense Skill after his sister's words and confirmed what Kazane had noticed. A cloud of dust could be seen in that direction.

「First of all, let's fly!」

Jinrai said while increasing the speed of Hippomaru-kun. They were leaving the road, so there were b.u.mps and jolts, but now was a state of emergency. Then Kazane checked the situation with her Circlet of Wisdom's remote viewing.

「It's a group of Kobolds riding Earth Dragon Modokis. Around 50 pairs?」

「That isn't a normal number.」

Emily said with a tense face. The long named Kobold Earth Dragon Modoki Riders had existed since olden days, but it was almost unheard of for so many to gather together.

「They were probably chased off the road, but they'll soon fall over and be caught up with.」

While Kazane's Hippomaru-kun carriage could manage, an ordinary carriage continuing to run at full speed on gra.s.slands was unreasonable.

「Jinrai-san, use『Crawling Lightning』to break apart the crowd. Everyone counter attack afterwards.」

Everyone nodded after Kazane's words.

「And you?」

「I'll use Fly to catch up with the carriage!」

Kazane so answered Yumika's question. Kazane had a method to move independently. It was the spell『Fly』she obtained when she first came to this world. It rapidly consumed Magic Power and required too much concentration to use in battle, but it was an effective movement method in emergencies like this.

「If so, take Tiara as well. If I'm not mistaken the speed shouldn't change with more people, right?」

「That's fine. Tiara, take my hand.」

「Ah, yes.」

「Please prepare your Flame Knights. Everyone else get away from the door.」

The other members did as Kazane said as she approached to open the door.

「Skill・Fly. Designation: Me, Tiara.」

Kazane and Tiara's bodies started floating.

「Uwaa」

Tiara raised a surprised voice.

「Then, 3, 2, 1, go!!」

The door banged open, but the Thunder Chariot's purple lightning barrier protected against the force of the wind. Then Kazane and Tiara immediately went out.

At the same time, Jinrai further sped up Hippomaru-kun. The heading was toward the Kobold Earth Dragon Modoki Riders.

「U, I'm floating.」

「Aah, it fell overrrr!」

While Tiara was deeply moved, Kazane screamed. She saw the carriage topple sideways with remote viewing.

She saw the Kobold Earth Dragon Modoki Riders split into two and head toward the carriage. It seemed they were planning to surround it. As it was, the people in the carriage would be in danger.

「I don't think I could oppose that number? Yumika has good intuition. Tiara, can you shortly take out the Flame Knights?」

「That's fine.」

Her left hand was connected with Kazane's hand, while her right hand was holding her Summoning Rapier.

「Summon them the moment we're in range! Protect the carriage's people!」

Tiara nodded after Kazane's words. Tiara held up her rapier and waited for that time.

Name: Yuihama Kazane

Occupation: Magic Swordswoman

t.i.tle: Ogre Killer, Dragon Slayer, High Beast Summoner

Equipment: Staff 『White Blaze』, Two Handed Sword『Black Fang』, Adhesion Sword『Gum』, Spell Dagger, Dragonscale Breastplate, Drake Gauntlets, Silver Sheep Clothes, Sylphyn Skirt, Plasma Pants, Dragon Ogre Greaves, Indestructible Cloak, Mysterious Pouch, Crimson Saint Coffin, Heroic Spirit Summoning Ring, Circlet of Wisdom, Aim Bracelet, Magic Acc.u.mulator, White Magic Acc.u.mulator

Level : 31

Health: 114

Magic Power: 205+420

Strength: 55+10

Agility: 48+4

Endurance: 31

Wisdom : 62

Dexterity : 39

Spell : 『Fly』『Torch』『Fire』『Heal』『Firestorm』『Healer Ray』『High Heal』

Skill : 『Warrior's Memory』『Night Vision』『Crushing Blow』『Dog's Sense of Smell』『Golem Maker: Lv3』『Rush』『Fire Principle: Third Chapter』『Healing Principle: Fourth Chapter』『Air Jump: Lv2』『Killing Leg: Lv3』『Fear Voice』『Invisible』『Tiger Eye』『Wall Walking』『Intuition』『Cheat Death』『Nimble』『Charge』『Material Shield』『Information Link』『Optical Camouflage』『Dash』『Bloodsucking Blade』『Dragonization「Dragon」』『Regenerate』『Soul Breaking Blade』『Stealthy Placement』『Thunder Chariot』『St.u.r.dier Teeth「Dragon」』『Crystallization「Dragon」』『Fabricated Coercion』『Stone Minotaur』『Mega Beam』『s.p.a.ce Expansion』

Kazane:「The rule that a carriage must be attacked when the protagonist goes down the road.」

Yumika:「What is the actual probability of being attacked?」

Kazane:「It's case-by-case. Normally it doesn't happen, but when the monsters are stimulated, being attacked is common. Like the time before when the slavers were attacked by the Ogres.」