I Became a Retired Warrior Who Suffered NTR in the Novel

41 – Dragons

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Dragons, which have the longest lifespan on earth, have a very high intelligence that is incomparable to humans.

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No matter how clever a sage is, if you talk to them, you will see through everything.

“The princess is here.”

“Yes? Why?”

“Stay safe here in case the dragon might attack you.”

“No. Aren’t you going to talk to the dragon anyway? Let me join the conversation from the side.”

I don’t know Clara’s ulterior motive, but she dares to follow her into the mine…

[Yes. Let’s hear what you’re talking about.]

As if he had overheard the conversation between Clara and I, the dragon’s voice echoed from inside the mine, even reaching the aisle where we were standing.

We had no choice but to enter the mine together, including Clara. It was not a normal mine as we thought it would be, but a place reminiscent of a huge cave.

In the middle sat a red dragon with huge red scales all over its body.

[For humans to come to a place like this… Of course they came to see me, right?]

I thought the huge body was moving, and then a big face came up to me and started talking to me.

“My name is Carlos, the hero.”

[Huh… A warrior…]

The dragon pushed his face closer to me and stared at me with blinking yellow eyes.

[This is what a hero looks like…]

The fact that the dragon stared at me with its large body made me scared.

“I came here because I had a request.”

[Ask for a favor…?]

“Please allow the dwarves to work here again as before.”

[Why should I?]

“Currently, the continent is in great trouble due to the invasion of the Demon King. Furthermore, this Dwarf Mine is one of the most important iron ore producing areas for weapon making. So please help the dwarves do their job.”

Before entering the mine, the confident Dwarf Barin and the lively Clara didn’t say anything like a mute who had eaten honey, perhaps because they were frightened by the dragon’s appearance.

Only I, who acted as the representative, delivered our business to the dragon as it was and waited for his reply.

[Rejected.]

“Yes?”

[Dragon maintains neutrality in the war between humans and demon lords. Therefore, if you help you humans, that neutrality will be broken. Therefore, it is rejected.]

That was true.

The actual dragons declared neutrality in the war between humans and the demon army,

Humans couldn’t even dare to touch it, but the Demon King’s army also didn’t touch the dragon lair in the area they occupied.

[And this is a rare place I won in a fair duel. This is not a problem for people like you to get involved.]

“But from what I’ve heard, the dragon didn’t take this place in a duel, but did you know that it was taken by force?”

[Did our great dragon rob those dwarves!?]

Rest.

As if it were a red dragon, he got angry at my words, and at the same time, he felt the heat in his mouth, making it look like he was about to fire his breath at any moment.

“Am I wrong? If you don’t think so, can you swear by the dragon’s name?”

[This… This… This… You dare insult me? They are like humans who are worse than cockroaches…]

“I am not insulting, I am confirming.”

The dragons I know are extremely lazy and proud, as if they had a long lifespan, but they value their names above all else.

There was a reason he didn’t tell anyone his real name except for the same dragon and used his pseudonym…

Their names are dragons,

In other words, a name made in the language of dragons has a special power hidden.

If they swear by their real names, as they did just now, they will fall into the bondage of the contract and will not be able to tell lies.

[You said I was a warrior, so I stayed quiet, so you must be very funny?]

“I hope you don’t misunderstand. I just want to check…”

Whoops!! Bang!!

I still tried to placate the dragon to avoid the worst,

He swung his tail at me and tried to attack me.

Fortunately, there was some distance from Clara and the other party members, so there was no damage to them.

I jumped into the sky even before the tail approached and didn’t get hurt.

“Once again, I don’t want to fight. If you can solve it by talking…”

Whoa!!!

A dragon waving its tail at me, who is still floating in the air.

Because the dragon’s body was so large, its agility was poor, so it was easily avoided this time, but

I could feel the dragon’s wrath accumulating more and more, even though I was far away, I could feel the heat coming from its mouth.

[You’re like a cockroach… You’re avoiding it very well. Is being a hero all about avoiding?]

“I will say it again. I’m not here to fight, I’m here to ask a favor. So my words…”

Whoa!!! Bang!!!

A dragon that starts attacking before I can even finish my words.

However, it seemed like he was going to use magic right away to gather mana in his short hand next time…

“[Ascalon]”

Roaring!

I reached a situation where I could neither stop nor end the fight just by avoiding it, and I summoned the holy sword.

Looking at the holy sword that appeared along with the flames, the dragon caused an unknown change in expression.

[It’s called Ascalon… Is that sword made with the blood and hearts of our people?]

“Yes. I know that too, but…”

[It’s like an arrogant person… To dare to point that sword at me…]

Perhaps this dragon knew the old name of Ascalon, the holy sword I was holding, and it seemed to get particularly angry.

The old name of this sword was not the holy sword Ascalon, but the sword of Akas, the dragon slayer who killed the rampaging dragon at the time.

People often called this sword the dragon slayer’s sword, and later he was enshrined as a saint and named the holy sword Ascalon after the dragon he killed.

“Once again, I don’t want to fight. So at this point…”

[It’s noisy! Human! Know that today this will be your grave!]

As if the dragon was about to fight in earnest, it spread all its wings and took a fighting stance.

I also had to hold the holy sword Ascalon again and prepare for a battle that seemed like it would explode any moment.

[Width]

“[Width]”

Boom!! Bang!!!!!

The two magics used almost at the same time…

As if to match each other’s strength, the magic disappeared with a huge explosion in the air.

The dragon looked at me with surprised eyes for a while as I was using the same dragon magic as himself, and was preparing the next magic.

[Fireball]

“[Fireball]”

Boom!!!! Bang!!!!!

A dragon that compressed its flame into a ball and threw it at me.

And I also used the holy sword to use the same magic on the dragon, and just like before, the magic they used met in the middle and exploded with each other and disappeared.

[It’s pretty good.. Then how are you going to stop it this time?]

I wonder if it hurt my pride to keep blocking my attacks?

This time, it seemed like he was preparing for the next attack…

[Deterioration]

Furr rrr rrr!

The flames that started from around the dragon spread gradually and were heading to the place where not only me but also the party who watched the battle of the dragon came out of the mine entrance.

As I continued to block single spells, it seems that I used wide-area magic…

If I stop the flames coming towards me, the party members and Clara will be in danger, and if I go to rescue them, I could be in danger…

“[Elaim]”

“[Ice Wall]”

“[Water Barrier]”

Spelling Clara and Barin to the back, Irene and Lucia summoned Elaim to block them, using magic.

The flames heading towards them were blocked by Elim’s water barrier before they even reached the ice barrier Irene had created, and the surrounding area was filled with misty steam.

[Water Spirit King…?]

Dragon was also surprised by the presence of the Spirit King who appeared out of nowhere, so he didn’t know that the magic had been canceled because his concentration was disturbed.

Using that gap, I set fire to Ascalon and attempted a surprise attack.

Unexpectedly, the dragon hurriedly swung his tail at me, hitting me at the same speed as teleportation.

My sword was already heading towards the belly of the dragon.

But…

KANG!!!!!!

The flames surrounding Ascalon had no effect, perhaps because they were dragons of the same attribute.

Even the sharp sword was blocked by the dragon’s thick scales and could not inflict deep wounds.

[That’s funny… That’s an attack…]

“Huh…”

[Huh…!?]

Although I couldn’t hurt the dragon deeply, anyway, if my sword was even a little bit stuck, I’d be half-successful with that alone…

“[Underground Explosion]”

I used the same magic I used to catch sandworms in the desert of the Fjord Empire,

This time, when I used it on the belly of the dragon instead of the ground, it started to activate just like that time.

[I… sh*t!!!!]

Ascalon’s blade turned red and the heat was transferred to the belly of the dragon…

After a while…

Thump!!!! Thud!! Thump thump!!!!!

A fierce explosion sound coming from inside the dragon’s body covered the entire mine.