Chapter 327: The Party of Eight, and the People Being Attacked (2)

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While receiving the send-off of Freit and them leaving the city and advancing east.

At the branching road midway advancing north, and immediately becoming a mountain road.

Though a mountain road a sufficiently wide road so originally fine being wary only of beasts like wolves or bandits, but many trees around, and the client a heavyweight of the Holy Kingdom so considering the possibility targeted by assassins etc. too.

For that placing Regina and Giacomo excellent at close combat front and back, and further beside the client surrounded in the center me the strongest in this.

Also Floche occasionally overlooking the front from the sky and confirming no danger, and placing Niagara able to use magic in the center, and able to shoot sufficient firepower from a safe place.

Each displaying the specialty field, and the result considering that this formation.

Floche and Niagara, also Christina one of the clients seeming holding hidden balls still, but for now fine with this.

Me not telling anyone yet able to "see" around either.

Meaning as is going the mountain road, and without anything the first day, second day passing.

Repeating up and down, but even two days passed overall more going up, probably.

For that the physical consumption intense, and especially Kacha not accustomed to such journeys many rests due to fatigue.

Kacha herself trying not to show fatigue, but Christina who felt that urging rest.

Of course because overdoing prohibited in that case taking rest.

Camping taking a camping ground before dark, and lighting a fire and preparing.

Except the clients us in pairs of two alternating watch, and the remaining doing dinner, sleeping, breakfast.

Though one of the clients Christina cooperating.

Morning the breakfast preparation after the sun rising so after taking breakfast cleaning up, and if moving quite time taken.

For that the moving distance not that long, but well within expectation.

Really better preparing one carriage for Kacha, but because roads on the mountain road unable to pass not to the degree carriages even horses, apparently, so abandoned.

Further advancing three days, four days, and Kacha finally beginning to accustom to the journey, and occasionally chasing away wolves and boars encountered.

Sometimes encountering gray bears too, but Regina and Giacomo alone easily defeating.

Making that meat a side dish for that night’s dinner.

Smoothly digesting the journey but.

When one week passed Floche who went scouting hurriedly returned.

"A dragon! Still quite off this road so thinking fine, but better advancing carefully!"

To Floche’s report everyone nodding, and advancing the steps quickly.

Midway a large roar heard.

Kacha shrugging the neck, and we all glaring in that direction, but whether distance to the dragon the trees obstructing the gaze nothing seen.

But... something strange.

"Floche really a dragon?"

"Rude. Doubting me?"

Floche applied both hands to the waist and puffed the cheeks.

"No such intention but... thinking different from the dragon’s cry at the war time."

"That... indeed right. At that time everyone cowering."

Floche applied a hand to the chin.

Most who heard the dragon’s roar falling into a panic state.

But even Kacha and Marika fearing but not to the degree of that time.

I closed the eyes and concentrated, and flew the gaze.

Confirmed the place myself from above, and directed the gaze north from there Floche saw the dragon.

Indeed something flying.

That... small for a dragon.

Both hands wings like a bat’s hands.

Those wings the same skin stretched like a bat.

Appearance as if a bat enlarged, but scales on the torso, and the head indeed resembling a dragon.

A subspecies of dragon or something, maybe?

Even so that dragon mock targeting prey as if circling above.

Then suddenly diving and that prey...!!

"Someone there!"

"Eh? What? What meaning?"

Whether because I suddenly said Floche asked me with a confused appearance.

"Everyone be wary here. Floche come!"

"W-wait!"

I said to everyone except Floche to be here then placed the luggage carried on the back there, and grabbed Floche’s arm and began running toward the destination.

"Wa! Wait! Wa! Wait! Wawa!"

"No time! If going over there return and tell the situation to everyone!"

To Floche controlling the posture so as not to hit the trees while desperately flapping the wings grabbed the arm by me running through between the trees I simply explained what wanting to do.

Then came out to an open place, and at the place the obstructing trees gone three humans looking up at the sky seen.

"Uu! Already no magic!"

"Damn! Such arrows not reaching!"

"This the last."

Two cursing, and the remaining one shading a hand to the sky and muttering something.

"This meaning!"

When Floche saw the three said as if convinced.

"Me helping these people!"

"Able alone!?"

Floche asked floating a fearless smile to my words.

"Well able, probably. Not seeming a dragon."

"Seeming right... understood. But your job separate. Do not overdo."

Floche who frankly admitted her own non turned her back to me and flew back the way came.

Now then...

"Kyaa!"

The dragon mock began diving targeting the magician who caused magic exhaustion.

Targeting that the human holding a bow and the human chanting a spell each releasing arrows and magic, but whether because the dragon mock’s speed fast not hitting.

I drew the magic sword Destroyer carried on the back with the left hand then ran close to the magician, largely leaped and aimed at the long stretched neck of the dragon mock, and flashed.

The dragon mock without noticing me the torso and head separated.

The torso directed to a wrong place because of those wings that lost power, but the head falling at high speed aiming straight at the magician.

So as not to hit the magician squatting hugging the head I crushed the head with the belly of the returning sword.

Immediately after the torso of the dragon mock crashed with a large sound.

Though not larger than a dragon still about several meters, maybe?

"No injury?"

Called out to the squatting magician.

The magician startled raised the head, and looked around, and noticed me right beside.

Raised the gaze from the feet up.

"Eh? Eh? Hiiro? Lie?"

That magician raised a surprised voice looking at my face.

"Nn? ..."

Hiiro... ah me?

Meaning... um who?

Ah right.

"Fine?"

The one searching for me...

Eh when first met?

"Why here!"

"Why?"

Rita who released the arrow and Il who shot the magic came running this way while widening their eyes.

"No when passing Fine and them attacked..."

While scratching the head poly poly I said to the three.

No way thinking acquaintances.

"Timing good."

"Right. Not looking from the shadow of the tree?"

"Well cool though."

Il, Fine, Rita began talking, and at once becoming noisy.

"Only three but the others?"

"!"

I looked around Fine, Rita, Il and said the other three who should always be together not there, and the three looked at each other’s faces as if recalling something.

"Right! Not a case doing such things!"

Then suddenly Fine raised her voice.

"Hiiro! Hand this to the big shot of the Holy Kingdom! Please! Il, Rita going!"

Fine rolled up the waist skirt to the degree underwear visible, untied the rope tied to the thigh and handed the thin wooden cylindrical thing bound there to me, then took Il and Rita and ran the opposite side from the direction I came.

"What is it?"

I re-carried the greatsword Destroyer on the back and followed the three putting out an unusual atmosphere and asked.

"Do not come! Even Hiiro the opponent bad!"

"A dragon there."

"Please! Take that!"

Rita, Il, Fine each trying to stop me but.

Dragon...

"Fighting a dragon with three!?"

Were they that strong?

"Right! Even going from now maybe late..."

"But cannot leave to die!"

"Because companions."

Rita, Fine, Il in unison saying going to help.