Translator: AkazaTL
Pr/Ed: Sol IX
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Chapter 66 : Dragon Tooth Soldier (2)
“They are small in size, but their grip strength and defense power exceed normal Sub-Dragons?”
“Yeah. Anyway, Sub-Dragons are beings made of scales and flesh, but those guys are hard bones all over. Even attacks that can inflict wounds on a Sub-Dragon’s skin probably won’t work on Dragon Tooth Soldiers.”
Listening to Sherazade’s explanation about the Dragon Tooth Soldiers’ specs, my furrowed brow showed no sign of unknitting.
Although I had expected it, the Dragon Tooth Soldiers’ abilities were beyond what I had thought.
“Bone fragnts regenerate endlessly unless completely ground to dust, and due to magic immunity, magic below a certain level doesn’t work at all.”
“Yeah.”
The most tricky point in dealing with Dragon Tooth Soldiers was the overwhelming regenerative power they possessed.
Truly an immortal army that doesn’t stop moving unless completely shattered.
‘It’s hard to expect damage unless they are directly hit by magic of the 6th Circle or higher. Then burning, freezing, and lting are all impossible.’
In other words, the only mage within the Reichart territory who can land effective hits against them is .
Considering that I cannot use magic yet for a certain reason, magic is a card that cannot be used.
‘Should I call it fortunate that at least they can’t use magic?’
I smiled bitterly.
However, considering that there are many archers capable of ranged attacks among them, this cannot be called a distinct weakness either.
The fact that Sherazade knows quite a lot of information about Dragon Tooth Soldiers is at least a consoling point.
‘Anyway, if I have to clean up trash, it’s much better to clean it up knowing about it than cleaning it up without knowing.’
I ruminated once again in my mind on the information I gathered and the information Sherazade told .
Dragon Tooth Soldiers are beings created by reviving the Dragon’s energy dwelling in Dragon corpses or traces left by them.
In the sense that they move using the dead’s death energy, they could be seen as a type of undead.
If one had to be precise, they are creatures situated sowhere between golems and undead.
“Anyway, they are a type of undead, right? Is there no ans to purify them all at once?”
“There is. But…….”
“But?”
“It requires a tricky condition.”
Sherazade shook her head from side to side.
“If those Dragon Tooth Soldiers were autonomous beings without a master, purifying the dead energy dwelling in their bodies wouldn’t be difficult. But according to the Master's words, there is soone giving orders, right? Then the master of the Dragon Tooth Soldiers must possess a sealing tool containing their essence.”
Hearing Sherazade’s explanation, what ca to my mind first was the ring Rishu was wearing, emitting wicked light.
“As long as the essence of the Dragon Tooth Soldiers is preserved in the sealing tool, purification spells cannot be used. No, even if used, they won’t be effective.”
“Then if I damage that sealing tool, is it possible?”
“Yeah. If you can damage the sealing tool, it’s possible.”
I was lost in thought for a mont and then threw a question again.
“What if I infiltrate the enemy camp and damage the sealing tool, and you, who are on standby, use the purification spell timing it right?”
“Um, I don’t recomnd that thod.”
“For what reason?”
“Dragon Tooth Soldiers have blind loyalty toward their master, and their senses are extrely developed. If they detect the Master approaching their master, all Dragon Tooth Soldiers will rush in.”
“…….”
“The Dragon Tooth Soldiers’ sense of detecting threats to their master is truly sensitive. I don’t know exactly how well Master fights, but approaching the master breaking through the guard of about 600 Dragon Tooth Soldiers won’t be an easy task.”
“Is that so?”
“Yeah, if the Master is truly confident in your own skills, I would rather recomnd breaking through head-on. Since the success rate would be higher that way.”
“Eventually, it ans a surprise attack is also impossible unless the owner of the sealing tool lets their guard down.”
Rishu is not an idiot like Beverick.
The mont she steps onto the battlefield, the place she stays will be protected by at least dozens of Dragon Tooth Soldiers.
Then the thod of throwing a bait and raiding the enemy’s main camp like when dealing with Beverick was impossible.
‘Rather, I could be isolated in the middle of the enemy camp.’
I nodded once and got up from my seat.
“Eventually, the best way to deal with them is a purification spell, but it ans there is a need to approach the caster’s vicinity. Got it,”
“Sorry, for not being sufficient help.”
“Ah, can’t we use sothing like a barrier weakening their power like with the Apostles of Kelbes?”
Actually, it was a question asked without great expectation.
Anyway, unlike Sub-Dragons which were Sherazade’s kin, Dragon Tooth Soldiers were beings born from the authority of the Dragon Race, a higher species than Sherazade.
“Um, actually there is sothing I haven’t told the Master all this ti…….”
Sherazade hesitated and gauged my reaction.
“If there is sothing you haven’t told , you can say it now, right?”
“Ugh…… Maybe, maybe there might be such a barrier. Because there was also sothing about the authority of higher Dragon species in the lessons I heard before.”
Lessons.
Probably she is talking about things that happened during her ti as the Sub-Dragon Princess.
“But…….”
“But?”
“I don’t rember. Actually, it’s not just this that I don’t rember. There are too many things that I knew before but the mories are not clear.”
“……Is that so?”
“It seems…… maybe because I slept for too long.”
Sherazade confessed the fact about the mory gap with a trembling voice.
“Um…… are you disappointed because I’m stupid?”
Sherazade looked up at with hesitant body movents.
“No, I’m not disappointed, and there is no reason to be.”
“Really?”
However, I shook my head with my usual expression.
“Because I obtained the information I expected from you in the first place.”
Since I knew what I had to do, there was no more ti to waste, so I moved my steps without hesitation.
“Master, if I rember later, I’ll definitely tell you. Okay! Promise!”
Sherazade saw off waving her hand with a lively voice again.
“Thanks, but I don’t think there will be a need for that.”
I said while grabbing the doorknob.
“Because it won’t take long until the finish.”
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Early morning the next day.
“Young Master, this ssage arrived at the Magic Tower early this morning.”
The video ssage from the capital arrived early the next morning.
And the sender of the video ssage that arrived from the capital was none other than-
“Ri, hum, it seems the Grand Madam sent a ssage.”
Bolpar appeared holding a crystal ball with an uncomfortable expression in front of , who couldn’t sleep all night.
“The sender is the Grand Madam.”
As if Rishu’s na, a traitor yet still Redin’s wife, was unwelco, Bolpar handed over the crystal ball reluctantly.
“Then this person will take his leave, so please check it when the Young Master is ready.”
“Isn’t the Tower Master curious?”
“It is a letter the Grand Madam sent to the Young Master, so is there a need for to be in this place? I will go and be at the tower, so if you have anything to say, please send soone anyti.”
Bolpar shook his head once and withdrew from the office.
‘……Then shall I check what precious words our Mother sent?’
I activated the crystal ball where the ssage was stored.
Soon, the first thing reflected in the image ford in the air was.
Boom-! Crash.
A city burning down completely spewing flas.
And Rishu making a satisfied expression with that city as the background.
-Long ti no see. Hein. Your Father is doing well, right?
Rishu wearing a red dress as vivid as the flas emitted by the perishing city.
Was it because of that background? Rishu’s smile looked exceptionally vicious today.
‘Asolpa?’
The city of the collapsing view in the video was a place I also knew well.
The city’s na was Asolpa.
The lord ruling that place, Atom, had declared neutrality in the early stages when the civil war broke out.
‘She struck Asolpa imdiately after declaring war? Without even an attempt at conciliation?’
No matter how much I retraced my mory, there was no mory of Abysin declaring war on Asolpa.
-There are many things I want to tell you, but I don’t have much ti, and you probably have many things to do as well. So I will speak briefly.
Although I was listening to Rishu’s ssage with my ears, my brain rotated quickly.
‘It’s an ard protest.’
I could grasp Rishu’s intention imdiately.
Rishu had declared to the lords of the territories who declared neutrality.
That she would turn the guys who dared to disobey Abysin’s order and walk a tightrope between them and Reichart all into a handful of ashes.
Smirk.
At Rishu’s thod, which was more radical than expected, a cold smile ford on my lips.
‘Was she such a radical and easy-to-understand person?’
My smile beca even thicker the mont I heard Rishu’s remark that flowed out a short while later.
-Hein Reichart, there hasn’t been a single mont I didn’t hate you. You wouldn’t know, right? How great an anger and sadness I felt on the day you were born.
As if worrying that perhaps her ‘sincerity’ might not be conveyed.
Rishu conveyed the sincerity she had pressed down tightly all this ti to very, very slowly.
-Sophia, that damned wench and you. You two mother and son will never know even in your dreams how devastated you made my life. Ahaha!
To the extent that it was unknown how she hid this emotion all this while, the depth of anger Rishu sent loaded in the madness-filled laughter was deep and deep.
Rishu, who vomited laughter for a long while like that, said with a voice cold like ice.
-Do not think of asking for forgiveness. Because no matter what happens, there won’t be an incident where I forgive you.
Rishu’s appearance vomiting old hatred with the scenery of countless people dying and falling as the background was just like a witch.
-Before long, I will completely erase every trace you and your mother left in this world. Please take good care of your Father until that day cos.
With the request regarding Redin as the last, the ssage sent by Rishu ended.
And I, who was listening to Rishu’s ssage with my arms crossed.
‘Regrettable. I have never hated you even once.’
I didn’t know the reason why Rishu hated this much, and I didn’t want to know what that reason was.
However, the certain fact was that I had to break Rishu regardless of that reason.
‘I am too busy to play along with your hatred ga, you see.’
And that too, not by obvious emotions, but thoroughly by my ‘necessity’.
Crack.
Soon, the crystal ball that fulfilled its role broke apart, and I was lost in thought.
Before long, the destruction of Asolpa will be conveyed throughout Zodiac.
And the agitation this rciless attack will bring about will also spread.
If that happens…….
‘Even the regions that have already declared neutrality will be shaken rapidly.’
If the enemy cos out this boldly, I must also give a response to that.
It didn’t take that long for to make a decision.
“……Tell the Tower Master and Sir Bohvelt to co to the office right now, and convey the order to the scattered knight orders.”
I imdiately gave the order to the warriors of Reichart scattered in various places.
“All forces sortie!”
At noon the next day, the entire Reichart army started the advance toward Abysin.
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