Chapter 27: Leader of the Heroes of Salvation
Author: Kurohitsuji
Raw: https://ncode.syosetu.com/n2086fk/28/
Translator: Lilia v4
Editor: Yuriko AYA
◆ Viewpoint: Katsuragi Arei ◆
The air shakes with a dragon’s roaring.
One cry, and the mana in the atmosphere runs wild.
I throw an arm up to shield my face, but the wind pressure pushes my body back a little.
He takes that opening and spreads his wings. Bad. He’ll escape into the sky.
“Renju!”
“Here we gooo!!”
Renju bursts from cover, long, soft black hair streaming, and in an instant shears off the dragon’s right wing.
It loses its balance and goes down where it is.
A terrific sand cloud rises with the rumble of the earth.
An opening.
“Wake up, God-Forged Iron Stake!”
My partner manifests on my right arm, wrapped in blue mana-light.
A silver gauntlet. A giant iron stake linked to a revolver jutting from elbow to the back of the hand.
Thrust ports lined from the shoulder across the back.
God-Forged Iron Stake.
The most inconvenient blessing the goddess ever sent.
“Let’s go…!”
I blast the verniers on my back and leap into the air.
Full speed, wide open, nothing held back.
The scenery blows away behind me at a terrible force, hard to even see.
The dragon, building-huge, closes at a rush.
——”Load”
The dragon opens its mouth and starts sucking in air. A precursor to breath. Bad.
I kick the boosters and bounce straight up at a right angle.
Immediately after, flame fills everything below.
If that hit, there wouldn’t be a scrap left.
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