Chapter 185 : Chapter 185
Chapter 185 : Bone Dragon (2)
Although the Bone Dragon fell, having exhausted its strength, it was not dead yet.
It was questionable whether the expression death suited an Undead in the first place.
“Phew…… persistent bastard.”
If I had used Divine Sword Levatein instead of the Dragon Slayer's Great Spear, I could have ended this fight a bit more easily.
However, the reason I reproduced the Dragon Slayer's Great Spear instead of Divine Sword Levatein was that due to the nature of the Divine Sword, I might have inadvertently dealt a fatal blow to the root of the Undead.
I do not wish for the Bone Dragon to perish.
Because if I could utilize that, it would be very useful to me.
“Is it possible?”
At my question, Lion, who appeared in front of me before I knew it, nodded slightly.
[Umm…… it won't be easy, but with this much, I think I can sufficiently try.]
“Good. That much is enough.”
Anyway, the matter regarding the Bone Dragon is something that if it works, it's good, and if it doesn't, it's just a bit regrettable for me.
There is nothing bad about trying, so I will try, but it means it can't be helped even if it fails.
Lion reached out his hand toward the fallen Bone Dragon.
And as the little remaining Demonic energy I had escaped all at once, a momentary sense of exhaustion came over me.
My body condition was already at its worst, but since even the Demonic energy supporting it escaped entirely, my body had no means to endure.
“Kk…….”
Standing there pointlessly acting tough would only drain my strength, so I just lay down on the spot.
All that remains is to leave it to Lion.
Rumble!!!
Demonic energy that began to gather in Lion's palm soon began to create a giant flow.
And the Spirit Magic being created.
‘Hoh…….’
It might be unknown to others, but as the master who subordinated Lion, I could feel it.
The countless constraints and conditions dwelling in the Spirit Magic Lion was creating right now.
Constraints to make the impossible possible.
Conditions to fill the lacking power.
Absolute loyalty and contract of subordination obtained in exchange for that.
Spirit Magic.
Forced Subordination Contract.
Crackle──!
Soon, Lion's completed Spirit Magic began to cover the fallen Bone Dragon.
Originally, one cannot force such a nonsensical contract on an existence of the Bone Dragon's level.
However, this Bone Dragon is an existence created to be subordinated to someone from birth.
In other words, it means a detour for the subordination contract, which shouldn't exist originally, is bound to exist.
It was worth trying.
Crackle!!!
As Lion's Spirit Magic began to cover the Bone Dragon, light returned to the eyes of the Bone Dragon that had been limp.
[SCREEEEEECH!!!]
The Bone Dragon also felt the magic suppressing its existence.
If that thing started to rampage in this state, I would be no different from dead meat, but fortunately, the Bone Dragon was only struggling little by little and couldn't rampage in earnest.
It seemed the bastard also reached its limit.
“……It's alive.”
As the Spirit Magic continued, the Bone Dragon trembled.
The one trying to subordinate and the one trying not to be subordinated.
As the invisible power struggle between them continued fiercely, the Demonic energy forming the Bone Dragon shook roughly.
Rumble!!!
The one pushed back in that invisible power struggle was Lion.
[Power, I lack power……!]
Lion tried to forcefully activate the magic subordinating the Bone Dragon somehow while screaming, but the Bone Dragon's resistance was formidable.
No matter if only rotten remaining bones exist, a Dragon is a Dragon.
An existence called a Dragon was originally a lifeform that reigned, and that essence does not disappear even after death.
“Does it seem impossible?”
[With only the power I have, it's lacking. I think it would have been possible if I had just a little more power…….]
“Is that so.”
As expected, did it turn out like that?
Although it was a bit regrettable, I didn't think I would subordinate an existence of the Bone Dragon's level with lacking Demonic energy anyway.
Literally, I only tried because it was worth trying just once, and since it failed, there was no need to have lingering feelings anymore.
‘I should finish it.’
If subordinating the Bone Dragon failed, there was no reason to keep such a dangerous thing alive anymore.
Of course, there might be a method to try again after recovering Demonic energy by taking more time, but there was no way the Bone Dragon would wait quietly in the meantime.
‘In the worst case, the subordination authority of the Bone Dragon might pass over to others.’
Since the current Bone Dragon is an existence born from improvised magic, it is an immature existence in many ways.
Although the Bone Dragon wasn't an easy existence so it would cause a huge mess once, it would eventually be suppressed.
Players, if not the Empire, possessed power capable of suppressing the Bone Dragon in front of my eyes.
‘Well anyway…….’
Since what I had to do was decided, I forced my creaking body up.
Although the Orb of Water was still in a deactivated state, it had recovered enough to move my body a little.
‘Was the location of the root inside the eye……. If I stab with the Divine Sword, I can end it without difficulty.’
Having finished preparations to reproduce Divine Sword Levatein, I dragged my feet and approached the Bone Dragon.
Every time I forced my body to move, my joints screamed, but anyway, once I finish this, I will be able to rest fully.
[……Huh?]
At that moment.
Tzzt, tzzt!
Sparks that occurred suddenly began to fly from Lion and the Bone Dragon.
“What's the matter?”
[No, that…… I don't know well.]
Only then could I properly face what was happening from Lion and the Bone Dragon.
‘That is…….’
Tzzt, tzzt!!!
Sparks rising intensely in succession.
The power felt from Lion's Demonic energy was clearly the Postponer of Ruin's power.
The Postponer of Ruin's power dwelling in Spirit Magic was pressing down on the existence of the Bone Dragon right now.
Lion is an existence subordinated to me.
Also, the sacrifice for the Spirit Magic Lion uses is also made of the Demonic energy I offered as a price.
Therefore, it wasn't that strange for the Postponer of Ruin's power to dwell in the Spirit Magic Lion used, but I didn't know the Postponer of Ruin's power would dwell even in this kind of forced contract magic, not attack-type magic.
[SCREEEEEE───!!!]
The Bone Dragon struggled and tried to resist the forced subordination contract somehow, but the Spirit Magic with the Postponer of Ruin's power added was not pushed back anymore.
Crackle!!!
When the Postponer of Ruin's power completely wrapped around the Bone Dragon, the Bone Dragon's resistance was no longer meaningful.
[It's almost done!]
Now there is only one thing I have to do.
“Contract declaration.”
The subjects of this contract are me and the Bone Dragon.
Of course, the content or process of that contract would be absurd beyond measure, but the Bone Dragon had no means to oppose it.
In the World of Justice, the Contract of the Golden Rule is always fair, but some contracts were bound to be particularly fairer to someone.
[The Contract of the Golden Rule is executed.]
As the Spirit Magic was completed, chains made of Demonic energy bound the Bone Dragon's leash.
Clang-clang-clang!
The Bone Dragon tried to move a few times in resistance to that, but the leash had already been in my hand for a long time.
It is not one.
Dozens of chains that began to appear soon after continued to bind the Bone Dragon.
[SCREEEEEE!!!]
Soon, when dozens of chains of Demonic energy completely bound the Bone Dragon, the Bone Dragon could not move anymore.
[Forced Subordination Contract has been concluded.]
[Subordinates ‘Bone Dragon’.]
The contract was finally completed.
With this, the Bone Dragon became an existence subordinated to me.
Originally, it would have been nearly impossible, but it was possible because various situations and conditions overlapped miraculously.
[Kiiii……!]
As the chains that appeared as the contract was completed disappeared, the Bone Dragon revealed anger toward me.
However, only exactly up to there.
“Stay still.”
As the absolute order of the subordinator was activated, the Bone Dragon's movement stopped as if nothing happened.
“Excellent.”
Although I succeeded in reality, subordinating the Bone Dragon was something close to a gamble even for me.
That too, a gamble with very low probability.
Since I succeeded in such a gamble, naturally the stakes I obtained were also enormous.
‘Value as a flying means of transportation aside, I can use it usefully in many ways.’
In this world, an existence like the Bone Dragon was an existence at a level that could almost be used as a strategic weapon beyond a tactical weapon.
Of course, if used clumsily, it wouldn't be able to handle player forces that formed groups, but if used in the right place at the right time, it would become a very useful tool for me.
[Ugh…… I need to rest a bit.]
“Good work.”
Lion's body scattered.
Since this subordination contract must have been a contract with considerable burden even for Lion, a Demonic Spirit, it was natural in a way.
‘I should move after resting a bit.’
While taking a rest, I organized the Ascension Stone Fragments acquired from the Bikers guild members.
Fragments of a level that is absolutely not weak.
If it was this much, it was a level where I could aim for another authority level increase beyond the authority I achieved now.
‘Furthermore, if I rip off additional money from Bellerophon as a reward for this matter…… I can almost certainly aim for Level 7 authority.’
The bulletin board authority obtained from Level 6 authority was viewing notices.
Then, what exactly will I obtain at Level 7 authority?
At least it will be clear that I will be able to approach the truth of this world.
While I was organizing the Ascension Stone Fragments and scattered equipment amidst various thoughts, someone revealed their presence.
“The magic was activated incompletely. Even though I warned so much.”
The one who revealed himself was a man wearing a mask hiding his face.
If one knew about the magic being executed in the Dragon's Grave, guessing that identity wasn't that difficult.
“Is it the Twilight Troupe?”
“Did you know us? Then the one who forced the incomplete magic activation on Yogron must be you too.”
“I don't recall particularly forcing anything though.”
“Creating this situation itself is coercion.”
The Twilight Troupe member's gaze headed toward the Bone Dragon standing still in the distance.
“I have much to ask, but that can be done later. First I will take that.”
The Twilight Troupe member reached out his hand toward the Bone Dragon.
And the magic being activated.
As expected, the Bone Dragon was a target that had a separate detour for subordination.
‘Was this the plan from the start……. Then it can be seen that Bikers were used by the Twilight Troupe.’
The moment the magic the Twilight Troupe member unfolded covered the Bone Dragon.
Zap!
Along with a violent rejection reaction, the magic the Twilight Troupe member unfolded was bounced off spectacularly.
At that, a look of shock flowed out clearly from the Twilight Troupe member.
“What……! Wait, don't tell me!”
The Twilight Troupe member's gaze headed toward me.
“What did you do!”
“You can tell by looking, can't you?”
The magic the Twilight Troupe member unfolded on the Bone Dragon must be the pre-existing subordination contract magic.
However, at the point I completed a new subordination contract with the Bone Dragon, the existing contract was bound to be destroyed.
In the first place, the subordination contract Lion performed itself was done by squeezing into the place where the existing contract was.
“……Are you prepared to pay the price for fearlessly interfering with the Troupe's grand plan?”
“Grand plan my ass, maybe a wicked plot. Well, it turned out well just in time.”
I added looking at the Twilight Troupe member.
“I wanted to test it anyway.”
“……What?”
The Bone Dragon sees me.
I also saw the Bone Dragon.
If it was like before, that gaze would have been full of hostility, but what was there now was only a gaze like a puppy looking at its master.
I pointed at the Twilight Troupe bastard in front of my eyes and said.
“Bite him.”
[SCREEEEEEECH!!!]
As if responding to that, the pet Bone Dragon rushed toward the Twilight Troupe member.