513 – The Saint’s Escape

“Despite being full of confidence, you’ve gotten off to a miserable start, haven’t you Saint-sama!”

Beelzebub flies while cradling the blood-soaked Lilixira in his arms. As far as I can see, it’s a fatal wound. Lilixira has healing magic, but without [Autoregeneration] she can’t regenerate her missing flesh.

Lilixira’s lips move slightly. It’s not clear what she said, but Beelzebub frowns before glancing at Eldia.

“Ah… So that’s how it is. It’s finally going to become an all-out fight to the death.”

Beelzebub licks his lips and kicks the air, flying away from me.

“You all, hear the words of Saint-sama! We’re going to fall back to recover briefly, so put your lives on the line with the diabolos over there to hold back the oneiros!”

As they hear Beelzebub’s shout, the dragon riding Holy Knights all move together to defend Lilixira from me.

“Saint-sama has been injured!”
“We’ll buy some time!”

…She’s going to run away with Beelzebub? His human form is fast. Even with my current abilities, tracking a small human form through the mist would be insanely hard while also being wary of counterattacks… With Eldia still around, it’d be even harder.

Although, I wasn’t expecting them to leave Eldia behind. For Lilixira, Eldia should be her best means of attacking. Even when it’s many-against-one, he can keep attacking me with as many [Lightning Strikes] as he wants.

If Eldia’s being left behind as a decoy here… I’m more-or-less certain that I can take him down. If I do that, my worries of having my HP and MP worn down in a direct fight will almost become zero. Since they’re on the run, I’ll defeat Eldia.

The dragon riders fly around the empty-eyed Eldia.

“GUAaaAAA!”

Eldia’s roar resounds. A bright red light gathers in his mouth. It’s the skill he didn’t use before because Lilixira was in his mouth, his specialty, [Dragoflare].

“Even if we can’t put up a proper fight, show him our reprisal! Here we come, evil dragon!”

The dragon riders raise their swords high and encourage each other, challenging me. It’s a valiant feat. Morale is quite high. Knowing they’ll be squashed like bugs, they’re still able to jump in.

Do any of you actually understand what’s going on? No matter how many of you attack, even with that dragon’s aid, it’ll still be over in an instant, you know? Are your own lives so worthless to you? Are my divine skills really worth that much?!

I raise both forelegs, and open my jaws wide.

“Something’s coming, be carefu-…”

“GUuOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!”

I [Roar]. The dragons fall into a panic, forgetting about the soldiers on their backs as they fly around haphazardly.

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I swing my forelegs wildly, producing a frenzy of [Wind Slashes]. I restrain the amount of MP put into each one, focusing on quantity. [Dimension Claw] isn’t needed here. There’s no need for speed or power. Even a graze will be enough to blow both rider and dragon away.

The countless blades of wind fly from me and scatter. The raised swords of the vanguard dragon riders snap as they fall from their mounts. Some just barely manage to cling to their dragons as they’re suddenly blown away. The blades of wind cut through the mist, leaving scars on the ground where they land.

From their perspective, this must be a nightmare. While their mounts were uncontrollable, they were assaulted by deadly weapons far faster than they could react which tore apart the ground.

『Anyone wishing to die a meaningless death, come on! Don’t think for one second that you could ever injure me. This is the last of my worthless compassion. Next, I’ll take the head of everyone here.』

I broadcast [Telepathy] around me. The dragon riders and their mounts freeze in their tracks.

“D-don’t yield to the evil dragon’s threats! Have we not sworn to the Holy Country to pledge our lives to Saint-sama?! Don’t falter, we have the Dragon King on our side! I won’t retreat! Charge!”

A single dragon rider dives between me and Eldia. I lightly send a [Dimension Claw] at him with a curl of my claw tip. One of the dragon’s wings severs at its base, and the torso of the man riding it splits in two.

“GyaAAAA….!”

The dragon frantically uses its single remaining wing to decelerate as it plunges towards the ground. The Holy Knight’s bisected corpse falls off it.

【410 experience points have been acquired.】
【Due to the title skill [Walking Egg: Lv-], an additional 410 experience points have been acquired.】

None seem eager to follow on from that. The Holy Knights simply look at me in shock. They probably understand that nothing would happen even if they put their lives on the line.

…Lilixira really is doing something cruel. The most that ten or twenty of them could do would be to distract me for a moment. It’s unthinkable that she doesn’t know this.

Eldia seems to have finished gathering his mana, and turns to face me. A thick pillar of flame shoots towards me… Previously, this skill was seriously terrifying. But with this much difference in speed, it’s not a skill that can land when used head-on in a one-on-one situation.

I arch my back and fly, evading Eldia’s [Dragoflare]. The pillar of flame chases me, but I’m able to avoid it with room to spare. I close in on Eldia as I dodge, and toss a [Dimension Claw] at his face as I do so. Flesh is carved out in a line from his forehead to his neck, and his jaws clamp shut. The [Dragoflare] is stopped.

I shorten the distance in one go. Eldia flies up and flicks his tail at me to try and reclaim some distance. I catch his tail and fling him downwards.

Eldia unfolds his wings to catch the air, coming to a stop midair and avoiding being slammed into the ground. I aim at his abdomen and drive my foreleg down into it. Eldia’s huge body crashes into the ground, and the entire area shakes.

The bloodied Eldia gets up. His shoulder is crookedly bent, and a large portion of his abdomen is shaved away. He seems to have raised his physical resistance using [Physical Barrier] and started recovering with [Autoregeneration] just before being hit… I had thought this would have ended it, but as expected of Eldia.

“OO, OOOO…”

Eldia groans with labored breaths. The image of Eldia delightedly welcoming me when I descended into the ruins at the westernmost Giant Tree Island flashes into my mind.

Eldia… I’m sorry. We’ve ended up fighting each other… I had wanted you to live peacefully on that island.
…I’ll end it all right away.

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