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- #1 Bird
- Edited by: MythosIX
- Chapter 44
- Naofumi: "UWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"
- I unleashed a roar which rivalled the dragon's and caught the arm of the shadow with the shield.
- I don't feel pain or anything else.
- Zombie Dragon: "GYA!?"
- The black shadow mouth distorts in astonishment and sneered at me.
- Ridiculous.
- Naofumi: "DIE!"
- I caught the black shadow and throw it.
- The black shadow flew while roaring in surprise.
- Zombie Dragon: "GYAOOOOO!"
- However, the shadow gets up immediately and rushed to attack.
- …… Can this shield attack an enemy?
- Not available.
- The black shadow attacks me with its tail and arms, knocking me to my knees.
- Naofumi: "It's not working!"
- The attack of the black shadow is not effective on me.
- Naofumi: "Haha…… Are you stupid?"
- Though, I don't have any means to defeat it.
- After that thought, a black flame immediately appeared around my arm and it burned the tail and arms of the black shadow.
- Zombie Dragon: "GYAOO!?"
- The shadow was surprised at that fact and fell down.
- Naofumi: "Hm…… Is there a counter-attack offensive ability in here?"
- The shadow is keeping its distance, seemingly afraid.
- Naofumi: "Are you begging for your life now? It's too late for forgiveness!"
- I slowly recite a skill.
- Naofumi: "Iron Maiden!"
- However, the skill is not activated and a skill tree appeared in my view.
- Shield Prison -> Change Shield (Attack) -> Iron Maiden
- Is this the activation conditions?
- That’s troublesome, I suppose to trigger the counter-attack, I have to trick the shadow into hitting me.
- Naofumi: "Wait for me……I'll kill you by any means possible……"
- The shadow swings its arm at me, frightened by my murderous intent and anger.
- My shield was raised to intercept the arm and a black flame engulfed it.
- It roasted the meat and melted the bone.
- This amount of heat is insufficient…… I want to erase the existence itself.
- Zombie Dragon: "-----------OT!"
- I see… The angrier I get, the more powerful the Shield of Fury get.
- That's simple.
- All I have to do is remember my feelings for those bastards.
- Mein = Sofia…… Or was her name Malty?
- I feel angry just remembering that name.
- Next is Trash king, Motoyasu, Ren, and Itsuki.
- I remember the things they did to me one by one.
- Hate…… I want to kill them……
- My anger begins to dissolve into the crimson shield, staining it black.
- Naofumi: "This time I'll kill…… Everyone……"
- I catch the arm of the shadow and everything is erased, exterminated by the flames of indignation.
- The flame wrapped around the entire shadow and consumes it all.
- Somebody touches my hand.
- Dokun……
- This is…… The same gentle feeling as that time?
- Raphtalia: "I am different from the whole world which tortures and shuns Naofumi-sama…… I'll say it as many times as it takes, Naofumi-sama won't do something like that."
- ……Eh?
- My visibility warped by darkness slightly shakes.
- Somewhere inside of me, a voice is warning me that if I give in to the anger, I will lose what’s most precious to me.
- I want to deny it. But……
- Raphtalia: "Please believe me. I am convinced that Naofumi-sama didn't commit any crime. You are a great Hero of the Shield-sama who gave me medicine to save my life and taught me how to live…… I am your sword and I will follow you no matter what road you take."
- A voice whispered to me.
- Don't be consumed by the urge to kill.
- There is something you must protect.
- Did you forget your anger?
- I did not forget, but I want to repay the person who so sincerely believes in me.
- Do you defy me?
- Do not order me. I will decide for myself!
- …… I am always here, waiting for an opening……
- The black voice disappears and my view becomes bright.
- Raphtalia: "Cough! Cough!"
- When I noticed, Raphtalia was holding my hand while trying to hold down her coughing.
- Naofumi: "Ar-Are you okay?"
- She had suffered terrible burns.
- There is no enemy here that can use fire.
- Just… What…
- Ah……
- Special effect of the Shield of Fury, Self-Burning Curse.
- Naofumi: "Raphtalia!"
- Raphtalia: "Coug-"
- Raphtalia smiles and collapses.
- Because of me… Raphtalia suffered serious wounds.
- Naofumi: "I am the Hero of the Shield who commands the origin of power. I have read and deciphered a law of nature. I call forth the power of nature to heal!"
- Naofumi: "Fast Heal!"
- Naofumi: "I am the Hero of the Shield who commands the origin of power. I have read and deciphered a law of nature. I call forth the power of nature to heal!"
- Naofumi: "Fast Heal!"
- Naofumi: "I am the Hero of the Shield who commands the origin of power. I have read and deciphered a law of nature. I call forth the power of nature to heal!"
- Naofumi: "Fast Heal!"
- Until my magic power run out, I did not stop healing.
- Raphtalia… Raphtalia is the only person who believed in me!
- There are severe burns. Using beginner class recovery magic is insufficient for treatment.
- I must hurry to the wagon and use the healing ointments.
- Zombie Dragon: "GYAOOOOO!"
- I turned around and saw the zombie dragon roar. It faces us and uses its breathe while attacking with its un-burnt arm.
- Naofumi: "Get out of my way!"
- I intercept the zombie dragon's attack by raising my arm.
- The shield shines with a black light and activates Self-Curse Burning.
- Naofumi: "Stop it!"
- The shield stopped as if responding to my voice.
- If the shield activates again here, it will also burn Raphtalia.
- I cannot do such a thing. However, the poison breath is very bad for Raphtalia's vitality.
- As if in response to my intentions, the shield burns only the poison breath. But this output is not enough to earnestly slaughter the enemy.
- What should I do?
- The urge to kill and anger is always supplied to me from the shield, I try to hold it down somehow as to not be swallowed by rage again.
- My highest priority now is to return to the wagon quickly and treat Raphtalia.
- Protecting Raphtalia is all that's left of my reasoning.
- Zombie Dragon: "GYA!?"
- While in the midst of attacking and defending, the zombie dragon begins scratching at its chest painfully.
- Naofumi: "Wh-what is going on……"
- What on earth is happening? Is the Self-Curse Burning burning it from the inside?
- Zombie Dragon: "GYAOOOOOOOO!!!"
- Eventually, the dragon stops moving and returned to its original corpse form.
- Now is not the time to observe the situation.
- There seem to be no more poison flies buzzing around.
- They probably escaped as a result of the zombie dragon's rampage.
- I returned to the wagon with Raphtalia and rub the burn cure made from healing ointments and medical herbs on Raphtalia's burns.
- And an antidote was given to Raphtalia.
- Raphtalia: "Ah…… Naofumi-sama"
- Raphtalia's breathing becomes quiet and opens her eyes to smile at me.
- Naofumi: "Are you okay!?"
- Raphtalia: "Yeah…… Thank you for the medicine Naofumi-sama……"
- Still, her burns are quite severe. Though the simple burns were cured with the medicine…… Because the effect was from black magic, a black trace is left. Though it's a little better, a complete recovery seems unlikely.
- Raphtalia: "I-I'm fine…Hurry…the dragon"
- Naofumi: "The zombie dragon isn't moving anymore"
- Raphtalia: "That's not it…… dispose of the corpse quickly."
- Naofumi: "…… Okay."
- Raphtalia's strong gaze was directed at the corpse of the dragon.
- Naofumi:"Is it safe to leave it here?"
- Raphtalia:"If it gets up again, we have no way to fight it."
- Naofumi:"I see…… Okay."
- I got off the wagon and walked towards to corpse of the dragon.
- It is necessary to dismantle the dragon and then let my shield absorb it.
- And Firo…… even if it's only a corpse, I have to at least make a grave.
- When approaching the corpse, I noticed its internal organs were wriggling.
- What on earth is going to happen?
- I can barely fight in this state.
- Shield of fury……
- It's a dangerous shield that erodes the mind, but it provides strong physical defence and a strong counter attack.
- I still haven't recovered from when I used it earlier, so I changed to the Chimeric Viper Shield.
- But I get ready to respond to anything while taking a stance.
- And I approach the corpse.
- The wriggling stops in one place, it’s getting eaten? The chest is broken and something appeared!
- Firo: "Puhaa~!"
- A familiar bird that was dripping with rotten liquid walked out of the corpse of the dragon.
- Firo: "Fu.....Finally Firo is out"
- Naofumi: "Firo? Are you safe? Are you not injured?"
- Firo: "Yup. Firo doesn't feel hurt."
- Naofumi: "Then…… What about the blood that came out when you were eaten?
- Firo: "Blood? Firo threw up all the food inside the dragon."
- Did Firo eat the red fruit that resembles tomatoes……? Is that why It looked like blood was dripping?
- She certainly was eating before the battle.
- Naofumi: "Don't scare me like that! I thought you died!"
- Firo: "An attack of that level is not even painful,Firo isn't even itchy."
- Is this a bird or a monster?
- No, it is in fact a demon.
- Honestly…… I am surprised.
- Firo: "Master, were you worried about Firo?"
- Naofumi: "I don't know."
- Firo: "Master is embarrassed~"
- Naofumi: "Do I have to kill you myself this time?"
- Firo: "Noo~"
- Sigh…… She's safe, that's great.
- I'm angry at the smirking Firo though. I'll remember this.
- Naofumi: "So what did you do?"
- Firo: "Oh right. There was a big crystal that shined purple inside the stomach of the dragon. So Firo tore it up and it stopped."
- Naofumi: "Hmm......"
- What does that mean?
- Was the foundation of that zombie dragon the big crystal?
- The place where Firo came out……the heart?
- But, such a thing……
- Because it's a dragon…? Did the magic that stay in the body all gather in the heart and crystallize?
- That might be possible.
- Naofumi: "So… The crystal?
- Firo: "Geffuuuuu!"
- Yup. She ate it…… I want to smack this fellow……
- Firo: "Firo left a little. A souvenir for Master"
- After saying so, Firo passes me a small purple fragment.
- …… What can I do with this?
- First, I'll let the shield absorb half.
- As I thought, the amount of skill trees unlocked and level is insufficient.
- Naofumi: "Because Raphtalia is hurt, Firo dispose of the corpse with me.
- Firo: "Okay~!"
- Honestly…… This bird really surprises me.
- I watch Firo and think.
- At that time, if I didn't give in to the anger.
- After I changed the shield to defeat an enemy for Firo, I completely lost to the anger after that.
- If Raphtalia did not stop me, I might have even burned Firo.
- Anger...... The shield which was cursed.
- Were you trying to take over the consciousness of the hero?
- All that I can say is, it gave me an uncontrollable urge to kill.
- ……At that time, that was all I could think about.
- Firo: "Itadakimasu!"
- Naofumi: "Hey Firo, don't eat that meat! It’s Rotten!"
- Firo: "Meat that's about to go bad is the most delicious, Master~!"
- Naofumi: "This one isn't going bad, it's completely rotten!"
- And without any tension, the zombie dragon was disposed of.
- Though, I couldn't level any skill trees with the bone and meat of the dragon.
- Still, the dragon zombie's skin and dragon's bone seem to be useful so I'll put in the wagon.
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