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Volume 8 Chapter 199

Hakua’s Mischief

「Haruto-sama, a strong presence is rapidly approaching」
Tina noticed the approaching entity and sat up.
「How strong is it?」
「Probably…… stronger than me」
「Huh!?」
Stronger than the world’s strongest magic swordswoman. This could be a bit dangerous.
Hoping that the destination wasn’t here, Haruto awaited further information—-
「Uh, this is」
「What’s wrong?」
「Ryuka-san and Hakua-san’s magical power is moving together with that entity」
「For real?」
That likely meant the destination was probably here.
What on earth could it be?
If they were together, could it be someone related to dragons?
Hopefully, it’s not an enemy……
「I’ll go take a look. If there’s a battle here, the academy will be in danger」
「That’s true. I’ll—」
「Tina, rest. You’re tired, right?」
Saying that, Haruto gently pushed Tina, who was sitting up in a negligee, back onto the bed. She lay down with a soft puff of sound, offering little resistance.
「But, I—」
「It’s okay. I’ll handle it somehow」
While patting her head and giving her a light kiss, Haruto aimed for the bracelet that Ryuka was wearing and teleported.
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「Eh, Haruto—」
「Ryuka!」
Although Haruto teleported next to Ryuka, the dragon’s flight speed was so fast that he was left behind in an instant.
Haruto could use wind magic to compress air and create footholds, allowing him to hover.
However, he still couldn’t fly freely like Tina.
Ryuka and Hakua were being held by a giant red dragon.
While both seemed unharmed, not understanding the situation, Haruto decided to chase after the dragon.
Enhancing his physical abilities with a magic cloak and creating footholds with wind magic, Haruto soared through the sky.
However, the dragon’s flight speed was too fast. No matter how fast Haruto raced, the gap continued to widen.
Just as the distance seemed about to become unreachable—
「Harutoo! Help us!!」
Hakua’s voice seeking help reached Haruto’s ears.
It reached him.
　──＊＊＊──
「White Dragon, did you say something?」
The Dragon God, flying rapidly towards the direction where Haruto’s soul scent was, heard the shout of the girl it had grabbed—Hakua.
Forgetting to deploy wind magic to reduce the sound of cutting through the air, the Dragon God had failed to hear Hakua’s cry.
—-However, that was not the Dragon God’s biggest mistake. Its greatest error was trying to carry Ryuka and Hakua with its claws.
「Hm?」
Something appeared before the Dragon God, then vanished in an instant from its sight. Simultaneously, intense pain shot through both of the Dragon God’s arms.
「Guaaah!?」
Both of the Dragon God’s arms were severed.
Caught off guard by the sudden pain, the Dragon God thrashed about in the air.
Meanwhile, after severing the Dragon God’s talons with the Imperial Sword and rescuing Ryuka and Hakua, Haruto had gently placed them on the ground.
「It’s okay now. I’ll take care of that. Just leave it to me」
Saying this, Haruto once again soared into the sky.
「H-Haruto-san! That person—」
As Ryuka tried to speak to Haruto, thousands of flaming spears surrounded the Dragon God.
「Fire Lance!!」
With Haruto’s incantation, the spears of flame flew at high speed toward the Dragon God, piercing its body.
However, the Dragon God was a deity. Originally a red dragon with high magic resistance, it had ascended to godhood. Even if it endured several thousand hits of magic spears with a consumption level of only 2, it wouldn’t suffer much damage.
Nevertheless, constantly being pierced by the Fire Lances immobilized it.
So, the Dragon God waited.
The chance for counterattack would come when the assault from the surrounding fiery spears ceased.
(After enduring a few seconds, the attacks will decrease. At that moment, the caster of this magic will meet their end)
Although he could not open his eyes due to the spears piercing his face, he sensed that the magician who was attacking him was right there.
(I don’t know who it is, but he has attacked a god. This calls for a retaliation. Now what shall I do?)
I’ll make you regret having picked a fight with a deity.
He began to think about what pain he would inflict on him to achieve this.
Several seconds passed, but the attacks didn’t stop.
(Damn, this is annoying. It seems the magic consumption is quite substantial.)
Enduring for tens of seconds, the attacks still didn’t cease. Moreover, it felt like the number of flying spears increased.
(Huh? Why isn’t the attack stopping?)
Unable to raise his voice because of the spears constantly piercing his mouth and throat, the dragon god just endured.
Several minutes passed.
Gradually, his physical regeneration could no longer keep up.
(Damn damnit! What the heck is going on!?)
The Dragon God began to show signs of impatience after enduring for a few minutes. Gods fundamentally don’t have physical bodies. When gods manifest in the human realm, a specialized godly body is prepared, boasting the highest specifications in this world. And that god-specific body had begun to show signs of reaching its limit.
(No no no no no non no)
The Dragon God, trying to escape using god-tier teleportation, found it inexplicably impossible. The godly characters for teleportation were being interfered with and hindering its ability to teleport.
(Wait, this can’t be! Is the one attacking me a god!?)
Of course, it was attempting magical retaliation—
But all its magical attempts were canceled before they could activate.
It was as if the Dragon God understood everything the Dragon God was attempting.
Haruto’s attacks had been ongoing for about ten minutes. The Dragon God’s wings and arms, which had been guarding, sagged, and the giant dragon began to fall.
The enormous dragon crashed to the ground.
Haruto ceased his magical activation and descended to the ground.
「Die!!!」
Suddenly, the dragon rose, launching an attack at Haruto.
Of the severed talons of the Dragon God that Haruto had cut off, the right hand had somehow regenerated.
The sharp claws of that right hand were aimed at Haruto’s abdomen—
But they didn’t pierce.
「 —-Huh?」
Haruto paid no attention to the Dragon God attempting to thrust its claws into his abdomen. Instead, he raised its right hand toward the sky.
As the Dragon God, too, looked up—
「W-what the, what’s that……」
A massive pillar of flames, so huge that the end in the upward direction couldn’t be seen, had been prepared right above the Dragon God.
「It was a mistake to harm my wives. Goodbye」
「Wait, just—」
「Fire Lance!!!」
The red dragon, boasting high resistance to fire, was completely burnt black by Haruto’s superheated magic.