—Hero Abel and the Holy Dragon Helemerck.
I have seen it here and there in the bronze statues of settlements, picture books, and murals of churches about the Dark Era.
It is drawn in many places as the most symbolic figure of the Legendary Heroes defeating the Great Demon Lords.
And so, there’s a dragon with pure white scales lying down right in front of me.
Ooh…so that’s the legendary Holy Dragon…
I forgot about my Clear Mind Skill and was moved for a while.
“M-Master…” (Momo)
Momo grabbed my arm tightly.
“What’s the matter, Momo?” (Makoto)
“No, ‘what’s the matter’ you ask…?” (Momo)
Momo was trembling.
“Makoto-san…that’s the lord of Laberintos.” (Abel)
“The lord of Laberintos?” (Makoto)
Abel said this as he looked at the white dragon.
“The legendary Ancient Dragon that’s rumored to be in the Deepest Floor of Laberintos and is said to have lived for more than 10,000 years… To think it actually existed…” (Abel)
Hero Abel’s voice was trembling.
10,000 years?!
That’s impressive!
As expected of the Ancient Dragon of Savior Abel-sama.
“Well, for now, let’s go talk to it.” (Makoto)
““?!””
Hero Abel and Momo were looking at me with a strange gaze.
As if they were looking at a weirdo.
Did I say something that weird?
I glanced at the Great Water Spirit.
“What’s the matter, Our King?” (Dia)
“No, it is nothing.” (Makoto)
This one is the same as always.
She is stretching.
I walk towards the white dragon, and Hero Abel and Momo follow behind slowly.
The giant white dragon had its eyes closed, but it is not like it was sleeping huh.
As proof of that, when we got around 10 meters close to it, it opened its eyes slightly and looked down at us.
Looking at it closely really gives a whole different level of pressure.
“Nice to meet you, my name is Makoto.” (Makoto)
I introduced myself.
But there was no response.
Did it not hear me?
“Uhm~, can you hear me…Holy Dragon-sama?” (Makoto)
“……”
Eh?
Could it be that the human language doesn’t work?
This is troubling…
“Could it be that you don’t understand what I—” (Makoto)
(What’s your business here, human?)
A voice resonated inside my head.
C-Could this possibly be…?! The type that speaks directly to your mind?!
“Uhm…we are travelling in order to defeat the Great Demon Lord. Can you please lend us your help?” (Makoto)
I noticed after saying this, but isn’t this something that would be better for Hero Abel to say?
(Why should I have to lend my help to humans?)
The response I got wasn’t favorable.
Or more like, it was really cold.
“M-Makoto-san…” (Abel)
“Master…” (Momo)
Hero Abel and the Great Sage-sama are pulling my clothes from the back.
“What’s the matter?” (Makoto)
When I turned around, the two had stiff faces.
“L-Let’s leave…” (Abel)
“I think that Dragon-sama is angry…” (Momo)
Really?
It is a legendary Holy Dragon, so I don’t think it is that short tempered though.
I once again look at the white dragon, but it seems like it has already lost interest in us, it had its eyes closed.
It doesn’t seem to react to Hero Abel either.
Eeh? It isn’t lending us its help?
Did we come here too soon…?
According to the picture book of the Legend of Hero Abel, the White Holy Dragon becomes their comrade after defeating Bifrons.
‘The legendary dragon acknowledges them after defeating a Demon Lord’, that might be the thing here.
Looks like it won’t be helping us at present.
Can’t be helped. Let’s go back.
Let’s just consider the fact that we managed to reach the Deepest Floor of Laberintos as progress.
It was at that moment…
A violent gale happened and the ground shook.
A giant red shadow appeared in front of us.
An Ancient Dragon that had red scales like they were burning.
That dragon licked its lips and spoke in human tongue.
“Hey, Mother Dragon, ain’t gonna care if I eat them, right?”
O-Oi oi.
An Ancient Dragon is like a grandpa or a grandma of more than a millennia old, right?
There’s a yankee-like Ancient Dragon like this?!
“Makoto-san! This dragon is the legendary town eater red dragon! A violent Ancient Dragon that takes a liking in attacking humans! The amount of villages this one has destroyed are uncountable!” (Abel)
“Hiih!” (Momo)
Momo screamed at the words of Hero Abel.
I see…
An Ancient Dragon that has a liking for eating humans…
So a dragon like that has its eyes on us.
This is troubling.
“White
Dragon-sama, we didn’t come here to fight. We will obediently leave, so can you please spare us?” (Makoto)
I spoke not to the red dragon but the white holy dragon that must have a higher standing.
But…
(Do as you please.)
I could tell those words were not directed at us but the Red Dragon.
The next instant, the mouth of the Red Dragon warped into a smile, and it attacked us.
This…what should we do?
I grabbed the hand of Dia.
“Time Magic: [Mind Accel].” (Makoto)
I activate Destiny Magic.
It is elementary magic that I have been training at lately.
This spell is originally a spell that allows you to extend 1 second to several tens of times more inside your head.
That effect also goes to Dia who I am holding hands with.
I synchronize with Dia, and speak to her.
(Dia, can you hear me?) (Makoto)
(Yes, Our King. What’s the matter?) (Dia)
(I don’t want to fight the comrade of the Holy Dragon…) (Makoto)
(But that red lizard is insolently saying it wants to eat Our King though?) (Dia)
The eyes of Dia were cold.
I can see that she is slightly infuriated.
(Dia, please incapacitate it without killing it.) (Makoto)
(Yes, Our King.) (Dia)
The effect of the Mind Accel ran out.
“[Freezing Breath].” (Dia)
I heard the voice of Dia.
Dia blew with a ‘fuuuh’.
And then, the Red Dragon in front of us turned into an ice sculpture in the blink of an eye.
…Is this…not dead?
“Dia?” (Makoto)
“It is okay~. I held back.” (Dia)
Dia giggled at my call.
Looks like she is feeling better now.
“Eh?” (Abel)
“W-What?” (Momo)
Hero Abel and Momo were the ones who let out dumbfounded voices.
And the Ancient Dragons around as well.
After one brief silence, the Ancient Dragons stood up and directed killing intent at us.
So it did turn out like this…
“Holy Dragon-sama, we don’t want to fight your people. Please let us g—” (Makoto)
“Guoooooooh!”
“You bastard! You lowly human!”
“Don’t think you can go back alive!”
My voice was erased by the angry shouts of the other Ancient Dragons.
Nope, this won’t work.
Ancient Dragons are more short-tempered than I thought.
“Makoto-san! Let’s run away!” (Abel)
“Master! The other Ancient Dragons are attacking too!” (Momo)
Hero Abel unsheathed his sword, and Momo was chanting.
But I just came here to meet the Holy Dragon, not to fight.
And most of all, if I were to defeat them, will the Holy Dragon become our comrade?
I look at the white dragon.
But the white dragon had its eyes closed.
Looks like it has no intention of stopping the other Ancient Dragons.
“Seems like it is going to be difficult to run away, Our King.” (Dia)
Dia whispered to me as if having fun.
It is true that we are surrounded by Ancient Dragons and can’t run away.
Looks like we are in an inescapable battle.
One dragon opened its mouth intending to shoot a dragon breath.
Haah…
I once again activate Destiny Magic.
“Time Magic: [Mind Accel].” (Makoto)
(Dia, can you incapacitate all the Ancient Dragons here?) (Makoto)
(Let’s see~. It might be difficult with me alone.) (Dia)
(…How many would make it possible?) (Makoto)
(I would say 4-5 would be plenty enough. Should I call them?) (Dia)
(No other choice.) (Makoto)
Can’t be helped.
(I will be taking a bit of your mana for the summoning, Our King. Is that okay?) (Dia)
(Mine…? That’s fine.) (Makoto)
My mana is close to nothing though…
Is something like that necessary?
(Fufu! Thank you very much. Then…come, my little sisters.) (Dia)
Dia waved a hand and blue light gathered in the air, and the next instant, it changed to the shape of people.
5 Undines showed up.
Their appearances are the spitting image of Dia.
(E-Eh…?) (Makoto)
My vision darkened for a second.
It felt as if strength was sapped away from my body.
And then, I felt as if lead weights were placed on both of my shoulders.
This feeling…could it be…
“Hey, Dia, how much of my lifespan did you use for the summoning of your little sisters?” (Makoto)
“Eh?” (Dia)
Dia made a shocked expression.
This girl didn’t take my mana but my lifespan.
Or more like, the mana and lifespan of Spirits is infinite.
I am sure Dia sees both of them as the same.
“Uhm…let’s see…around 10 years worth of mana?” (Dia)
“I see.” (Makoto)
10 years worth of lifespan, huh…
5 Great Water Spirits for 10 years.
So I can’t use it as I please.
Or more like, when I borrow the help of Dia, it tires me heavily. Could it be that this is also sucking my lifespan?
Looks like I will have to recharge it somewhere.
“U-Uhm…was that not good…?” (Dia)
Dia asked uneasily with sad eyes.
“No, it is okay.” (Makoto)
We are in trouble here anyways.
“I will have you work, Dia.” (Makoto)
When I say this, Dia made a big smile.
“Yes, Our King. Please order me as you please. Let’s teach these lizards that have only been living a few thousands of years their place.” (Dia)
Dia smiled cruelly.
Great Spirits really move on their emotions.
I sighed lightly and ordered the Undines.
“It may not have been explained the best, but it is as I told you…
“Uguo… That felt terrible…” What I saw within my vision was an endless white space.…
It is not like I was certain, but I did think that we might end…
“Eh? It wasn’t that you came to visit me?” (Furiae) “Aah, yeah…you could say that.”…
There may have been cases when I would begrudge my own lack of strength, but…
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Makoto is just setting the story align... if he wanted. He could defeat the great demon lord by himself for sure.
Thanks for the chapter rei-san!!
Thanks for the chapter as always
Hmmmm if a demon lord confidant near death is worth 10 years i wonder how much an ancient dragon known for being a man-eating menace is worth?
Probably somewhere along that amount too? Near death or no, Shuri was an undead and I doubt her soul is even damaged regardless of the beating she took from Rosalie. It's unclear about how it's calculated, but the quality of the soul should matter more regardless.
Also, that dragon might very well be Makoto's stepson later, so let's not be too hasty. Killing a sibling is no way for a stepdad to make a first impression.
Eir explained it that the technique converts the target's lifespan and returns 1% of it to the person who invoked it. I seem to recall Shuri gave 10-15 years but I can't recall exactly.
Something around 15 years IIRC. And hmm..., if it really is based off their lifepan and gives 1%, then consider some things :
- the Holy Dragon is said to have lived for 10k years.
- the Red Dragon called her Mother Dragon, so younger, assume 1000 years younger for now
So even if the only. part getting counted is the 1000 years, it's already worth 10 years of lifespan. Breaking even already. Then consider the other dragons....
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Thanks for the new chapter!
Makoto now has infinite field of view and near infinite time to construct spells in. That makes him almost unbeatable. He can use water current to move himself around and can cut anything with his dagger. He could spend a week of subjective time building tiny model Eiffel towers inside his enemies' eyeballs.
So spirits have infinite lifespans, and therefore infinite mana but they don't regenerate sta/mana instantly. So spirits grow stronger over time and diminish themselves to use magic. Is that right? Maybe you could use time magic to accelerate the mana regeneration of a spirit? I guess that depends on how cost effective hyperbolic time chamber magic is.
If they have Infinite Lifespan and Infinite Mana doesn't that simply mean that they're strong, period? It's not like their lifespan increases with time, it's infinite. And they don't diminish either, infinite minus anything is still infinite. It's probably why Dia was so brazen in taking Makoto's lifespan, she has no concept of mortality so she's unaware that the eminently mortal Makoto might have problem with it.
And Makoto still has limits for his Destiny Magic. Don't forget his shit stats, it includes shit mana capacity. And I'm pretty sure he can't use Undine's mana for that, so there's the limit. Still, stretching one second to ten second gives a lot of time to think.
I think infinite in this context must mean something different than "completely bottomless" or a great spirit would have no more mana than a spirit, and Dia wouldn't need to call reinforcements. It's like, you might say someone has "infinite strength" if they can bench press 500 pounds forever. That doesn't mean they're infinitely strong and can lift infinite pounds, it just means that the strength they have won't give out. Infinite lifespan in this context is more the upper limit on lifespan. Makoto can't live as a human for more than 100 years even if he can gain more "lifespan" infinitely, his life's span is finite. If Dia's life and mana are interchangeable then it's possible that she would die if she expended all of her mana. To extend the metaphor; she can bench 500 pounds forever but lifting 1000 pounds would exhaust her to death eventually.
But yeah, if he doesn't have the power then all the extra time lets him do is consider how he is about to get destroyed. He can spirit-ify his arm though so he's not entirely without resources.
Yeah I bet Mama dragon is gonna take an interest in him. After all her kids obviously need a strong father figure to keep them in line.
So it'd be....
Makoto-san's Dragon MILF!
spirit can be said immortal. in that case they can use their life span as magic like sacrifical tehcniq? spirit is scary wa~
I think it's more like - a spirit doesn't have separate hp/mp/stamina/life bars. They have one bar that is all of those, and which regenerates over time. So all spirit magic is by definition sacrificial magic, and their magic power is infinite but not inexhaustible. They don't die because they have no life span upper limit and their life/mana bar regenerates over time. I wonder if Makoto's lifespan regenerates in his partial spirit form?
For partial probably not, but full spirit king form makes him immortal
Thanks for the chapter!!
Thanks!
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Everything has a price it seems.
Destiny Magic coming along nicely, I wonder if he could cast millions of spells when his Proficiency gets high enough.
Thanks for the chapter!