Chapter 220
I had a good idea of the mountain’s general shape after circling it .
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It was very distinct . The top of the mountain had been carved away by wind and rain, and there was a lot of dirt and rock visible . Everything below it was covered in forest trees . A kind of jungle, really . There was even a river and a waterfall .
“So, this mountain is bald . ”
“Asagi . You must stop making so many enemies . ”
Daniela scolded me as if I were a troublesome child . But that was my honest reaction . But what was most odd was that the jungle was on the west side alone . In other words, the side we had come from was also bald . So that’s why the bandits had been visible…
“Could it be the result of some battle . . ?”
“A battle big enough to take out a forest? It would have to be on an incredible scale for that . ”
It wasn’t just a small change in terrain . They would have to redraw the map . So, what if it was the dragon…?
I was reminded of the wind dragon’s breath . It let out a stream of pressurized wind . It was an attack that cuts through everything and blew it away . What if it had been a wind dragon’s breath that destroyed the terrain…
A horrifying thought . No, I couldn’t be bothered by that . We needed to think of a way to stop it .
“…Daniela . If it really is a dragon’s breath, do you think you could stop it?”
“Unlikely . Not even with the magic I have created . ”
“I see… Uh, so I guess stopping the attack is just not possible?”
“There must be a way… I just cannot think of one now . ”
Well, if it was an easy idea to come across, then someone would have done it already .
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And thinking about something and doing it were quite different . We had to think of something we could actually do .
So, we were near the mountaintop now . But the dragon was nowhere in sight . The rumors said it was a wind dragon, but something of that green color should be visible up here where it was mostly soil…
“Perhaps we should go down then . It is clearly not here . It could be in the forest . ”
“Hmm . That would be bad . It might see us before we saw it . I do not want to be sniped at . ”
And so I agreed with Daniela and we descended . As it could be dangerous if we were visible from the forest, I landed somewhere near the halfway point up the mountain .
“There really is nothing here…”
“I was hoping for some boulders to hide behind…but it is all barren land . ”
The brown-colored peek looked like some kind of field . The rain and wind had taken away any trees and plants that might have once grown there . It made me think of the long history of this word, but in the end, it was very inconvenient for us .
First, we would set up a base for our investigation . If there was nowhere to hide, then we could make something . And so Daniela used earth magic to make walls of dirt . We could break them down when we leave . Eco-friendly etcetera .
After setting up the tent, I took out our cups from the bag and we drank some fruit water to raise our spirits . There wasn’t much to look at, but drinking fruit water outside was always nice .
“It would be about…three o’clock now…”
“Are we going to go look for it?”
“No . It will be dark very soon . We will go tomorrow . And no bonfire tonight . The last thing we need is to be ambushed at night . ”
“Right . They always seem to attack when we have a fire…”
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…It was incredibly bad for the heart . There was no reason to mark our spot if we knew there was an enemy lurking around .
And so Daniela used more earth magic to cover the tent . She looked quite smug and proclaimed that no one would be able to tell that it was a tent . Which meant that she hadn’t yet realized that there was no longer any need for a tent to begin with . Well, she looked cute, so I wouldn’t say anything .
Night .
I was on the first watch again . After all, Daniela did not have Nighteyes . So I was the only one who could see in the dark . But there were three full moons in the sky now . Just like on the first night I had come to this world . And so you could actually see just fine without any skill . I even deactivated the skill just to confirm, and I was able to see just fine . So, the real reason I took the first watch was because I had experience fighting a wind dragon . I had killed it quite quickly, but I still knew a thing or two about how it moved . Even if I didn’t have any time to wake Daniela up, I could use my mobility to lure it away .
In any case, I was confident that I would somehow be able to deal with it . Daniela looked a little grim, but nodded in assent .
And so I was sitting up, quite bored . Usually, I would spread out Presence Detection and stare dumbly into the fire, but as I was unable to do that, I lay down and looked up at the stars .
“What a great night…”
We had been using Presence Detection while setting up camp as well . But there was nothing in the forest and the top of the mountain that we could detect . And so we assumed that it had ‘gone off hunting . ’ It was hard to believe that something that big could get passed our surveillance . Besides, there had to be something here . Since there were rumors . So the only explanation was that it was away for now .
Perhaps if I continued to stare at the night sky, I would see it returning from its hunt . But would I really be able to see it… Hmm…
“I would have to use Presence Detection and Nighteyes at the same time…Haahhhhh…”
However, I was assaulted by a wave of drowsiness . This was no good . I better get up .
It happened just as I sat up .
—oooooooo…
I heard a voice . It sounded like the distant howl of a wolf . And it was from the sky .
“!?”
I frantically looked up . There was a small shadow in front of the red moon . Yes . It had wings and a long tail .
How could I forget!
“It’s the wind dragon…! DDaniela!”
I rushed into the tent and woke her up . She was wide awake in an instant and immediately grabbed her bow and came out of the tent .
“Where!?”
“In the sky!”
I pointed and Daniela looked up as she raised her bow . The shadow was much larger now . It was descending .
“What should we do? What would be the most effective?!”
I asked her frantically .
“I will shoot it with my most deadly shot . And when I have done that, you deal the final blow while using Legs of the God Wolf . How about that?”
“Short and sweet . Like always . Not bad . ”
“We should always go by what is familiar to us . ”
We had not perfected our new magic . It would be better to use something we were certain about . Even a child would know that .
“Aright . Then…”
I looked back up at the sky . But my words froze in my mouth as I saw the wind dragon .
“…Uh…Daniela . That thing…isn’t it a bit odd?”
The way it was flying was clearly strange . Its wing was spread out and its head was directed towards us . Unless I was imagining things, there was magical wind energy in the air .
“…This is bad . It knows where we are . ”
“Shit-shit-shit-shitshit!! It’s going to attack!!”
“Asagi!!”
I quickly sheathed my sword and grabbed Daniela before dashing away with Legs of the God Wolf . Those were the only two things I could save . Goodbye tent… We may meet again if you survive…
In the next instant, our campsite was blasted away by the pressurized wind .