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Seikoku no Ryuu Kishi (Light Novel) - Volume 1, Chapter 3 - Necromancia's Attack Part 15-18
Volume 1, Chapter 3 - Necromancia's Attack Part 15-18
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Part 15
The group went chasing after Eco in the alleys and had finally arrived at St Durham Square.
The Square was in a mess.
The locals and the tourists were standing still like statues.
Even when they should be running away for their own sake, everyone just remain still and stare at the monster.
“W-What is that thing!?”
Ash was shocked when he entered the Square.
There, a huge beast landed in the Square.
“Is that… A Dragon?”
Its entire body is covered with fur that made it look similar to a Maestro.
However, though it looked like a Maestro, its body fur was deep grey in colour and it smelled bad.
“Its body is rotting…”
Ash gasped.
Apart from that, its body size was surprisingly huge.
The Square that can hold thousands of people and right now had a quarter of it being occupied by a sole dragon. If it lifted its head up, it height should be around the same height as the towers around.
A roar that made people shivers was heard under the dark sky.
It sounds like hundreds of flutes not being blown uniformly. The sound was so terrible that it could even wake up the dead.
The loud roar that followed with a strong gust that managed to topple the St Durham’s Statue in the Square.
In a little while, the entire square was filled by a rotten smell.
Only right now the people started running for their lives. While confronting with such a supernatural situation, the situation was no longer under control. Although the Ansarivan’s security tried their best, it was obvious that they are lacking man power.
Followed by sounds of agonizing cries for help, many helpless people were continuously being pushed down. Even the customers in the shops facing the Square were running out one by one.
“Eco!”
The base for the St Durham Statue was in rubbles and the stone statue itself was lying on the ground. Eco was standing beside the statue.
Right in front of Eco was the dragon that brought all the troubles.
“What is she even thinking!”
Ash was panicking and was trying to drag her back. However, he was blocked by the rest of the tourist who were running for their lives.
Eco suddenly removed her Beret and showed her horns.
It seems that she was trying to show that she is a dragon.
“Refrain yourself, you lowly beast! Don’t you know who I am! Don’t you know that there are many excellent shops in this street?”
For just a moment, the entire square turned still because of her loud voice.
Her imposing attitude touched Ash.
Even if it is just a little, after all, that weird thing is still a dragon and just maybe it understood Eco.
The dragon’s gaze slowly turned towards Eco.
For just a moment, they made eye contact with each other. But suddenly there appeared tentacles from its body and started attacking Eco.
“Kyaaaaa!”
“Eco!”
Ash shouted but the tentacles continued to wrap around Eco’s body and her four limbs and she was now hanging in mid air. Her uniform were torn by the tentacles and her undergarments and skin were exposed.
“You! Knock it off!”
It was useless no matter how she struggled. Also, the more she struggled the tighter the grip of the tentacles became.
Once again the dragon roared and showed its pink mouth. A few teeth in its mouth that was arranged nicely dropped off. Only now Ash noticed that even its teeth were rotting.
“Damn… What should I do?”
At that instant, a light ball of purple electric appeared in its mouth.
The purple electric light ball was then released followed by another roar.
-Don!
A building facing the square was swallowed by the ball of light and was covered with dust.
“Attack magic…!”
Ash was dumbstrucked.
It was a high level magic that could only be performed by Maestros.
The building that was destroyed was a four story building. The first floor was Café Essarois while it was an apartment from the second floor onwards.
“That…”
Ash was dumbfounded. Just how many innocent people were involved right now.
A few moments later, the smoke cleared out.
“That’s…!”
Not only the building remains, but also there isn’t even a single causality.
“Rebecca-san!”
Ash shouted in joy. Rebecca who was riding on Cú Chulainn in her Ark had cast defence magic and neutralised the attack.
“Essarois is a place filled with the dreams of the girls. I as the student council of Ansarivan, I will have it protected until my death.”
Rebecca’s declaration received cheers from the residents.
Of course, Rebecca wouldn’t let such cheers get over her head and she started reciting the spells.
"Appear! The certain hit magic spear!"
The summoned weapon appeared above Rebecca’s head.
“Gáe Bolg!”
The magic spear turned into light particles and was shot towards the loathsome dragon.
“Huh…!?”
Ash’s eyes widened.
A new ball of light appeared in front of the dragon and it turned into seven layers of shield.
“It even knew defence magic!”
“Gáe Bolg!” pierced through the first layer of shield.
Then it continue was also broke apart easily.
However it was obvious that it had slowed down.
Every time it broke through a layer, a large amount of magic was used up.
The fourth, the fifth… the sixth was penetrated.
Ash was praying while looking at Gáe Bolg’s path.
And then, there was a crack in the seventh shield and it was pierced through.
“Yes!”
At the same time when Ash was cheering, Gáe Bolg exploded at the dragon’s head.
The flash caused their eyes to be blinded and it was followed by a loud bang.
The thick smoke had the dragon covered.
Everyone was thinking that Rebecca had won.
Even the securities that should have led the people to safety were cheering happily.
Then, the smoke started to clear up.
Everyone turned silent.
The cheers were silent up by a hole in a head caused by the explosion. Even so, the dragon shouldn’t be able to live on after its brain was destroyed.
“What in the world is that thing…?”
Ash was shivering.
The dragon has not yet fallen and Eco was still hanging in mid air.
The next moment, the wound on the head started regenerating.
It felt as if the wound itself is another living being.
After the wound was healed, the dragon returned to its original looks but its eyes looked even more menacing.
Suddenly, it swung its tail.
After seeing it using high class magic, Ash was surprised to see it change its style to physical attacks. It seems that Rebecca too, was also caught off guard by it which led her to being slow in her reactions.
“Damn…”
Rebecca shouted in surprise.
Although it was just a simple physical attack, the buildings behind the dragon were demolished like toy bricks.
Right now, they could only pray that the people inside the buildings had escaped safely.
“Curses…!’
Ash clenched his teeth.
He could only watch the dragon turn the city in ruins as a bystander.
At that moment, Ash thought of a single person.
-Milgauss, the masked man.
Since the day he met him in the forest, the still cog had been connected and started spinning. However, it was his instinct that told him that. There was never a single proof.
“W-What in the world is that dragon?”
Once he heard the familiar voice, Ash was brought back to his sense.
Turning around, he saw that Silvia had arrived at the Square.
When Silvia saw the weird dragon, she fell on her backside and was shivering in fear.
Ash immediately came to her side.
“Get a hold of yourself! Princess-sama!”
Though Ash was shouting loudly, Silvia never answered. Seeing such a supernatural sight had caused her to lose all her sense.
Right at that instant, a flying dragon appeared on top of St Durham Square. It was obviously a Maestro since it had silvery white fur.
“Ash! Bring the Princess as far away as you can!”
It was a familiar voice.
He was the accountkeeper in the student council and also one of Ash’s few friends.
“Max!”
“Leave this to me!... Uwaa!”
Max wasn’t able to finish his sentence.
The grey dragon seeing that a new opponent had appeared immediately gave out a loud roar.
At the same time, it released its ball of light with purple electric.
“Arian!”
Under Max’s command, Arianrhod immediately cast its defence magic. Though it managed to reduced the strength of the light ball, still it had hit and fell towards the ground.
Originally, a dragon shouldn’t be able to fly with such a build. It’s wings are only for decoration purposes. It was magic itself that enables it to fly.
Ash was shocked when he saw Arianrhod fell towards the ground.
“For it to even bring down Arianrhod with just a single hit…”
Arianrhod had no longer any magic to defend against the second attack.
Rebecca who foresaw that ordered Cú Chulainn to glide down in the area in front of Max and Arianrhod. Without delaying a single moment, she cast her defence magic.
“Rebecca-san!”
For the defending party, Rebecca had totally lost her mobility.
This is the worst situation.
The only choice left is to wait for the Holy Dragners of Lautreamont to arrive. But could the town people really hold on until then?
After all the entire town was already used to the peaceful life.
For example, the entire strength of the security office was just hunting rifles and wooden batons. For offices where they have dragner working there could only be found in the big cities.
The dragon was approaching Rebecca slowly. It probably thought of Rebecca as first to be removed as a target.
Every time the weird dragon took a step, the earth shook and the beautiful tiles turned into rubbles.
It felt as if it was a moving hill. Numerous tentacles had appeared right now and were gripping on Eco.
“Aahhh! What the hell is this thing trying to do!”
Eco continued to struggle. Even though she lost all her mobility, she still had decided that she is not going to ever give up.
“Eco…!”
That’s it. I must save Eco.
After all, Eco is Ash’s Pal.
She is none other than Ash’s Pal.
“If it is me… Am I able to do it?”
Ash questioned himself.
An answer flashed through his mind. It gave Ash shivers. But still, it is a gamble.
Right at the instant, Ash remembered Eco enjoying her crepe happily.
“Hold on, it still hasn’t reached that stage yet… Eco!”
There were still many nice things in this word that Eco knew nothing of.
He was not going to let her die like this before teaching her everything.
Ash finally made up his mind.
“I will protect this city. Everybody. And also Eco!”
Yet, there was still one more problem.
Ash needs Silvia’s cooperation to make his plan success.
“Princess-sama! Please get a hold of yourself!”
He shouted towards Silvia who was still sitting on the ground in shock.
However, Silvia’s expression was still blank and continued to shiver. It was as if she is a totally different person from her usual majestic self.
Ash was getting mad.
“Don’t joke with me…. What kind of a Princess are you! Where is the usual family motto! In such times shouldn’t you prove to us what exactly is a royalty made of!”
Ash lifted his right hand.
“I will apologize first! Sorry!”
And he gave Silvia a slap on the face.
The sound was clear.
“…Ash?”
Silvia was staring at Ash dumbstrucked. At least her thoughts were now focused. Although her red cheek was hurting, she had finally calmed down.
“Princess-sama, I had a request. Please summon Lancelot immediately and bring me with you!”
“Bring you? Where to?”
“There!”
Ash was pointing at the moving dragon.
To be more specific, it was above the dragon’s head.
Immediately Silvia knew what he was thinking right now.
“Definitely not! Are you even thinking properly!”
Silvia’s anger raises and stood up suddenly.
Good, this is great. This is the Silvia that I knew of.
Ash stood in front of Silvia. He took a step forward, took a deep breath and shouted to the dragon:
“Your opponent is me!”
Strictly speaking, Ash didn’t even know if the dragon could even notice his voice. Basically the reason for him to shout was to keep his thoughts from wavering. Still, the dragon did stop its footsteps.
It turned its head slowly and glared at both Ash and Silvia.
Silvia facial expression changed immediately.
“Are you an idiot!”
“I'm alright. Princess-sama please summon Lancelot immedi…!”
Before Ash could finish his sentence, the dragon shot a ray of light at them. It was definitely a different type of magic.
Ash only understood that a strong energy shot pass the area above his head.
He raised his head in terror only to find out that the building behind him was crumbling. The three storey building behind him experienced a direct hit from the attacking magic.
How high exactly is the temperature need to melt debris of the building? Before Ash could even think about it, the building had crumbled.
The pile of wreckage was falling towards Ash and Silvia like a waterfall.
“Urgh!”
On the spur of the moment, Ash tried to protect Silvia. He could only shut his eyes and pray.
Part 16
“Hey…! Until when are you going to stop acting in such manner?”
“Huh?”
Silvia’s cold voice had given him the push to open his eyes.
Ash though that he was buried under the pile of wreckage, but-.
He felt the wind blowing.
“I am flying…?”
Both Ash and Silvia were in mid air.
Only then Ash realized that he was riding on Lancelot’s back.
Seems like Silvia had summoned Lancelot in the nick of time.
The streets down below looked far away.
Even St Durham Square looked miniature.
The huge body that occupied a quarter of its space still exists.
The problem is Ash was grabbing on to Silvia who was holding the reins from behind and his right hand was even grabbing on to her breast.
The soft feeling made him lost his calm. Since just now where the building started to crumble, his thought had always been blank.
“Uwaaaaaa!”
“Don’t loosen your grip! You may fall!”
Silvia’s warning made him calm down his thoughts and he started apologizing to Silvia. However, he continued grabbing on her.
“…Sorry.”
Obviously Ash had also shifted the position of his right hand. It was probably that he was thinking too much but somehow Silvia’s face had turned red.
At that moment, the dragon released its second attack.
Lancelot in return roared loudly and cast its defence magic. A huge amount of pressure could be felt. Yet, Lancelot remained unharmed.
“Just as expected.”
Ash praised.
“This kind of level is child’s play for Lancelot. Back to the main point… Are you sure you want to do this?”
“Ahh, please bring me to the appointed location. It must be none other than me to execute it.
“… Then I can only have faith in you. Lancelot!”
“Ooooon.” Under Silvia’s order, Lancelot roared.
They were gliding downwards towards the dragon.
The third and the fourth wave of attack were released but Lancelot avoided all of them with an amazing speed without even activating its defence magic.
The distances between both parties were getting shorter until their entire fields of vision were covered by the dragon’s body.
Ash was looking for Eco.
Ash had prepared himself for the worst possible situation, where Eco was swallowed whole by the dragon.
Until now, this is the only chance where he can save Eco.
He made up his mind and stood on Lancelot. To keep his balance, he held on to Silvia’s shoulder. Silvia remained silent while allowing him to do so.
The countdown begins.
-Ten, nine, eight, seven…
They were getting closer to the ground.
-Three, two, one…
Lancelot flew pass the weird body in a very close distance.
“Now!”
Ash jumped towards the wall of grey furs.
With a ‘Bump’ Ash landed safely. However, he slipped and nearly fell off but managed to cling to the furs.
The dragon felt something on its head and was pissed. It shook its head vigorously. For that short moment, Ash felt like he was going to fall off anytime.
He crawled with all his might until he finally reached the space in between the two horns.
Thought there are still many places that could be considered, it was his instinct that told Ash that this was the best place.
With both of his foot on stable ground, Ash immediately stood up.
At the same time, he thought about the feeling of his first ride on a dragon. Basically the situation was the same as yesterday where a young dragon lost control.
A newborn Starda had gone rampage because its master had mistakenly fed it with Ansal Tea.
Just when the Grooms were in a fix trying to keep the situation under control, Ash who had just passed by, by a chance jumped onto the rampaging dragon.
He just had a hunch that he was able to do it.
In the end, he received a good amount of scolding from the school’s director even though he managed to calm the dragon down.
That’s right, that young dragon was called- Lancelot.
“…That’s right. I totally forgot about it.”
Ash smiled wryly. The Maestro that Silvia was riding on and the drunken Strada fitted perfectly in his memories.
He finally realized why Silvia was obsessed comparing herself to him.
At the same time, Ash gained his confidence. Since he was able to calm Lancelot down, this weird dragon should not be a problem.
“Let’s begin…”
Through his feet, he forced his conscious into the dragon like growing tree roots and spoke to the dragon gently.
“From now onwards, I am your master.”
The dragon stopped its footsteps in reply to Ash’s words. Although it still continued growling, at the least it had stopped moving.
“That’s it. This is how it should be.”
Ash was smiling from the bottom of his heart.
Just when Ash was thinking of giving it one more push, the dragon swung its head upwards like a trebuchet.
“Uwaa!”
Ash who was not prepared for this was thrown out.
Just moments before knocking into a building, Lancelot flew to his rescue.
“Phew… Saved.”
Ash sat on Lancelot and was just behind Silvia.
“I have never seen an idiot like you!”
Silvia scolded while she was holding Lancelot’s reins.
“Just a little more I could have...”
Ash was speaking with a serious tone. There was not even a hint of him joking. Silvia who had turned speechless looked just like a graceful woman from the back.
What Ash said made sense. He was going to ride it.
Part 17
“Haaa… Haaa…”
Eco looked pale. She was hurt by her inability to break free due to her lack of strength.
“Tsk… For a descendant of a mighty dragon…. To lose to a low born dragon…”
Just when she was provoking the dragon…
“Uwaa!”
Ash was thrown out and had made a nice curve with it but was saved by Lancelot.
“What in the world is he trying to do?
Eco was horrified.
What Ash was doing was reckless.
That’s right. Ash was trying to tame this weird dragon by riding it.
If there is to be a single error, Ash will be squashed like a bug.
“Hold on! What are you doing? Why don’t you run away!”
Eco who could endure it no longer shouted.
“Eco! I will save you!”
Ash replied while sitting on Lancelot’s back. He seemed confident judging from his tone.
That sentence had made her realized that Ash tried to save her instead of running away.
“Urgh…!”
Eco was struggling to escape the tentacles.
But the more she struggled, the tighter their grips became.
Right at that moment…
“…Huh?”
Right in front of Eco, the dragon’s belly split open.
On both of the sides of the belly were aligned with row of sharp fine teeth.
It looked like an insect eating plant.
“I-It must have been a bad joke.”
Eco’s face turned pale.
Numerous tentacles appeared and Eco was swallowed into the mouth that looked like the gates of hell.
“Eco-!”
Just when she almost lost conscious, she could barely hear Ash’s cry
Part 18
“It seems that you have woken up, my sleeping beauty.”
The bewitching voice had woken Eco up and she hurriedly looked around.
“This is…”
A mysterious room.
The floor was laid by square tile of black and white alternating.
Beside the four walls were statues that had not been completed. An incomplete human body. Incomplete beasts. Models of castle and shrines. And also transports that Eco had never seen before.
Right in front of Eco who was sitting on the bed was a suspicious lady. The lady was sitting on an antique chair lazily. Her brilliant red dress looked extra conspicuous in the monochrome room.
On the lady’s head were horns of an adult dragon.
“This is the Dragon Workshop. Also, I am called Navi.”
“Navi…?”
“You just have to take me as another personality that is responsible to teach the immature you… Don’t you think that this is great?”
“I don’t really understand. Also, what’s with your appearance?
Eco was getting uneasy since the first time she saw Navi.
Her looks, hair style and skin colour were exactly like Eco’s. The only difference is that Navi was a few years older.
“Hee hee. Are you worrying about my body? This design is based on a five years older version of you.”
“Wh-What!”
”Still, this is just an assumption. You just may not grow up this well. Especially your breast.”
Navi purposely put emphasis on the breast and deliberately shook them.
Eco was getting mad for being made fun of..
“Hmph! It is not like bigger is better!”
“Of course, even the shape is important. But for you… Worrying about the size should be your main concern.”
“What a detestable woman! I will squash you!”
“…Now lets us stop this useless talk as he is going to die if we let him continue what he is doing.”
With a single wave from her right arm, a crystal ball appeared. A high concentration of lights was released by it and a projection of Ash struggling with the weird looking opponent could be seen.
“He is still reckless!”
Eco was looking up towards the screen which was the ceiling.
“In a first look, this is not a bad idea. After all he was born with that gift to ride any kind of dragons. However, this opponent is too much for him to handle. He had no chance of winning against that Necromancia.”
“Necromancia?”
“That’s right. It is a dragon that died once but was resurrected by human technology.”
“Tsk! What should we do…? There is nothing in my ability to help him.”
Eco was saddened.
“Hey, do you know why a holy dragon is called a Maestro.”
Eco was puzzled by the sudden question.
Before the existence of the secret agreement of Albion, the holy dragons were craft workers. This dragon workshop was built by a group of great Maestros. The Ark is only one of the many things created by the Maestros.
Eco finally understood what Navi was trying to say.
“You are telling me that he is lacking an Ark?”
“Good answer. And of course the only person who can present him with the Ark is only you as his Pal.”
“But… How can I…? That’s it!”
Eco remembered her conversation with Ash in St Druham Square.
“-Hmm, if it is the blueprint for the Ark, I have the access to it.”
“-If that’s the case, can you use the blueprint… To create an Ark?”
“-Are you crazy! That’s is nothing but an imitation.”
Even though it is an imitation, it is still an Ark. Certainly, Eco's pride does not allow her to make a copy from her ancestor, but this was an emergency.
Eco accessed the Dragweiss immediately and focused her thoughts. Without delay, the projection on the ceiling started changing.
“It is not like I have a choice either.”
Since year 10 of A.S.B where the secret agreement of Albion was made, there were many blueprints left by the dragons. Apart from the Arks that were worn by humans, there were also those that were made as a trial.
The total amount of blueprints easily exceeds a thousand.
“This…”
Eco was disappointed after read the blueprints.
Every single blueprint was full of details and even copying may become a difficult task.
“Come on! How am I to copy this!”
Just when she was feeling troubled, the thought of St Durham’s Statue flash pass.
She instantly summoned St Durham’s Ark’s blueprint.
Time of productionYear 846 A.S.B/ Month of Libra/ 2nd day.
Name of knightDurham Lautreamont
Ark WeaponMagic sword Caliber
Compare to the present, the design and structure five hundred years ago was simpler.
“If it is this Ark, I should be able to do it!”
“You’re naïve.”
Navi smiled coldly.
“Why? Supposing I had no experience in making an Ark, I still inherit the basic knowledge. So what are you even-”
“It just doesn’t work that way. An Ark is an armour that was custom made for its knight. If you just make a copy of a previous work, he won’t be able to wear it. If you force it on him, it may even endanger his life.”
“What! Then this isn’t even an option to begin with!”
“Hehe. When did I mention that? The Dragweiss had collected a huge amount of blueprints since the old times. It is possible to select parts of the armour that fits him from this amount of blueprints.”
By shaking a crystal, an infinite amount of blueprints appeared on the ceiling.
“…Could it be that!”
Eco finally understood what Navi means.
“That’s right. We will select parts of the armour that fits him and reorganized them.”
“But, can I do it? For starters, how am I going to know if the parts suit him?”
Eco was worrying about the most important part.
Before an Ark was made, it requires that data of the person wearing it. First is the height and then follow by a mountain full of information.
“That’s impossible!”
“Ara. If you are talking about his data, I already have it here with me.”
Navi smiled cheekily touched Eco’s forehead with the crystal ball. In an instant, all the information in the crystal ball flowed into Eco’s head.
“This… Is his data?”
Eco was able to construct a three dimensional structure using the huge amount of information.
“-!”
Eco blushed. Ash image in her mind was stark naked. Every single detail on his body was clearly recorded.
“A-A perfect data…. But how did this data get into your hands?”
“I was expecting something similar to this to happen. Just before you were born, I sneaked into his dream. Actually I finished collecting my data in just a night but since he is too cute, I had been doing that for a whole week.”
“H-How dare you toy with my pet dog!”
Navi was laughing in front of the angry Eco.
“I can see that someone is jealous.”
“T-There is no way that I-I….”
“Is that so? But why are you blushing?”
“I am gonna squash you!... Erm, this is not the right time and place to argue!”
“That’s the spirit. So let’s begin.”
Navi slowly stood up.
“I don’t know whether I am capable of doing it but… this is the only choice left!”
Eco finally made up her mind.
