Chapter 186 : Chapter 186
Chapter 186 : Bone Dragon (3)
The Bone Dragon charged toward the Twilight Troupe member with its maw wide open.
The appearance was no different from a hunting dog charging exactly as its master ordered.
“How dare a mere dead person!”
The Twilight Troupe member burst out a roar while looking at the Bone Dragon charging at him.
“I don't know what kind of trick you pulled, but I just have to kill you and take that back again.”
A single magic was being completed above the unknown Twilight Troupe member's hand.
Seeing that the sensation of the magic felt unusually quiet, it was definitely the Magic of the Celestial Sound.
Swish!!
Along with the magic completed in an instant, invisible blades rushed toward the Bone Dragon.
‘Hmm.’
Clearly, the Bone Dragon's current condition was not very good.
On top of having exhausted almost all its power due to the fight with me, the bones of its whole body, having been hit by all sorts of bombardment and gunfire, were on the verge of shattering to pieces.
Added to that, since its root was weakened by the power of the Postponer of Ruin, the current Bone Dragon dared not compare to its intact state.
However…….
Crunch!
“Urgh!”
No matter how bad its condition was, it wasn't an opponent a mere Twilight Troupe member could match.
[Kieeeeeee!!!]
The Bone Dragon's forepaw trampled the Twilight Troupe member's body indiscriminately.
The Twilight Troupe member struggled and tried to escape the Bone Dragon's kicking, but there was no way a mere human could withstand a dragon's weight.
“Gurgle…….”
Not long after, the Twilight Troupe member frothed blood at the mouth and fainted as if having a seizure.
If the Bone Dragon's condition had been even slightly more intact, he would have died long ago, but since the Bone Dragon's condition was also very bad, the power was weaker than expected.
“Don't kill him, because I have a few things to ask.”
[Ki-it.]
The Bone Dragon removed the forepaw that was pinning the Twilight Troupe member down according to my order.
“Lion, can you tie him up appropriately?”
[It is still too much for me. It might be possible if my power recovers a little more…….]
“Is that so? It can't be helped.”
Lion already needed time to recover due to the Spirit Magic he had squeezed out to the limit.
Just in case, I cut all of the fainted Twilight Troupe member's tendons, cut off all his hands and legs, and cauterized those spots with a fire started with a flint.
With this level of measure, I could sufficiently cope with whatever trick the Twilight Troupe member might pull.
“Hey, wake up.”
Slap!
No matter how much I slapped the Twilight Troupe member's cheeks, he showed no signs of waking up.
Indeed, if he were going to wake up from being slapped on the cheek, he would have woken up long ago when his limbs were being cut off, so it wasn't strange.
“Hmm.”
I raised the output of Haima's Pendant, which I was wearing, to the maximum, then immediately took it off and put it on the Twilight Troupe member.
Along with that, blood vessels rose on the Twilight Troupe member's whole body and his eyes snapped open.
It wasn't originally an item used for this purpose, but sometimes it was possible to utilize it in this way too.
“Argh……!”
The Twilight Troupe member screamed due to the suddenly surged blood flow volume.
It was clear he wouldn't live long in that state, but since it was just a matter of asking a few things for me anyway, it didn't matter.
“Look here, I have something to ask.”
“Kkeuk, kkeuk…… How dare, how dare…….”
The Twilight Troupe member glared at me while shedding tears of blood with eyes dyed red.
“For what purpose did the Twilight Troupe intend to create a Bone Dragon?”
“Argh…… Kill me, you cursed seed!”
“Right, I didn't think it could be easily solved with words.”
Although my body condition was still close to the worst, a handful of Demonic energy had recovered during the slight rest.
I moved the Demonic energy just like that and started injecting it into the Twilight Troupe member's body.
Sssss…….
As the Demonic energy began to corrode the Twilight Troupe member, his whole body started dying black.
This wasn't just Demonic energy.
Some of the Demonic energy I harbored right now was what I had absorbed from the Destruction Dragon's Demonic energy, and it possessed that nature intact.
In other words, it meant that if I intentionally exerted the characteristics possessed by the Destruction Dragon's Demonic energy strongly, I could present the most terrible pain in the world.
“Guaaaaak!!!”
Not long after, the Twilight Troupe member screamed.
Indeed, the effect was certain.
“Kill, kill me! Please!”
“What to do if you are already like that when it's just the start. What is the Twilight Troupe's purpose?”
“I don't know! I said I don't know!”
“Really? It can't be helped. Then stay like that there until you die.”
I retrieved Haima's Pendant that I had put on the Twilight Troupe member and stood up from the spot.
As I showed an appearance that seemed like I would go back like that, the Twilight Troupe member screamed while shedding tears of blood.
“Don't go! Kill me! Kill me, I said! I'll tell you! I'll tell you everything!”
It was a faster surrender than I had thought.
“For what purpose did the Twilight Troupe intend to make a Bone Dragon?”
“Chaos, it was to cause chaos! Because if it's a Bone Dragon, it's a suitable weapon to cause chaos!”
“Chaos? Tell me in detail.”
The Twilight Troupe member had a seizure with bloody froth in his mouth, but it would be troublesome if he died yet.
“We intended to cause internal strife between the adventurers and the Empire, making a war occur!”
“That's quite a grandiose plan.”
The problem was that if it was the Twilight Troupe, they possessed the power to realize that grandiose plan even partially.
Also, I could notice the plan the Twilight Troupe member was hiding until the end.
“You intended to cause a large-scale war and unfold the Magic of human sacrifice in the meantime. Isn't that right?”
“How did you……?”
“It's an obvious story.”
The Supreme King opened the sky through a massive Magic of human sacrifice.
If so, what would the Twilight Troupe try to gain with magic of that scale?
“What did you intend to do with the Magic of human sacrifice?”
“That is─”
Pop!
The head of the Twilight Troupe member who was about to open his mouth exploded.
Even if the overloaded blood flow due to Haima's Pendant and the Destruction Dragon's Demonic energy were added, the head exploding in that way was clearly a disparate matter.
‘It seems a restraint-type magic was placed on him.’
Seeing that he was about to open his mouth easier than expected, the possibility was high that it was a restraint even the Twilight Troupe member himself didn't know about.
Since restraint magic was a magic used quite often in the Hall of Subjugation including the Twilight Troupe, there was nothing really strange about it.
“Tsk.”
I didn't think I would be able to easily find out the Twilight Troupe's scheme, but seeing a person's head explode right in front of my eyes didn't make me feel very good.
‘I need to look into it once.’
In fact, regarding this matter, the thing about the Twilight Troupe was merely additional to the last.
However, after resolving the work, the player guild Bikers was just used, and the Twilight Troupe was behind it.
It was truly a deplorable thing that they were being manipulated by the likes of the Twilight Troupe despite being players, but greed was originally bound to cover people's eyes.
I didn't know what the Twilight Troupe's scheme was, but since I found out about it for now, I couldn't just pass it over.
‘Anyhow, seeing them active again after being quiet for a while, it seems their power has recovered quite a bit.’
A long time ago, due to the war with Cain, the Twilight Troupe's forces reached a state of near destruction.
Nevertheless, if they recovered their forces to this extent, that scheme wouldn't be ordinary either.
‘It seems the Supreme King unintentionally helped in expanding their forces…….’
The situation where the sky opened was sufficient to make the original inhabitants of this world think of the end, and the Twilight Troupe was a group that utilized such an eschatological worldview very well.
Perhaps if the Supreme King in hell saw this sight, he wouldn't be able to hide his lamentation.
‘Well, I'll look into that gradually…….’
I shifted my gaze to the Bone Dragon.
“Hmm…… What to do with this.”
The Bone Dragon is a conspicuous existence in many ways, such as the evil essence it harbors, its massive size, and its body made of bones.
Naturally, if I carried something like this around openly, I would draw large-scale aggro to the point where the Mage of Blazing Fire would look ridiculous, and receive attacks immediately.
In other words, I needed a way to hide the Bone Dragon in some way.
“Lion, I think it will be troublesome if the Bone Dragon continues to be exposed. Can you unfold a magic that can store it separately?”
The best method is to put the Bone Dragon into a separate space with magic and take it out whenever needed.
No matter how well-made the subspace is, a living creature wouldn't be safe if put in, but since the Bone Dragon was literally an Undead, there was no such worry.
[……It seems difficult for me. I am sorry.]
“As expected.”
[……I am sorry.]
“No, I just asked just in case. You don't have to be sorry.”
Magic related to space is practically close to the exclusive property of Magic of Space.
It means there is a reason why Mages of Space are masters of slaughtering civilians who get hit if they don't know.
In short, no matter how much of a Demonic Spirit he is, he couldn't conveniently store the Bone Dragon in a subspace without the help of Magic of Space.
‘Should I make at least one contract with a Demon of Space…….’
A contract with a demon is always a reluctant thing for me, but if necessary, there was no reason I couldn't make one.
Above all, the price for making a contract to store about one inanimate object in a subspace wouldn't be that big.
‘Of course, if it's an existence and size like the Bone Dragon, the price might increase, but since I have quite a few things to pay as a price now.’
I should look for a Demon of Space when I have time.
‘If I run into Luna before that, I could make a contract quite easily but…… since I can't be sure if I can meet Luna, jeez.’
Luna was a Mage of Space, and naturally, if I was by Luna's side, proceeding with a contract with a Demon of Space was also possible.
‘Well…… Is everything I have to do here finished for now.’
Bikers was destroyed, and I also revealed the fact that the Twilight Troupe was behind it.
Bellerophon's request was already completed not just sufficiently but perfectly.
Added to that, since I even came to secure a powerful tactical weapon called the Bone Dragon, it was a sufficiently satisfactory request for me.
‘I could go back like this, but…….’
In fact, there was nothing more to regret regarding this request, but I looked at the mountain of corpses spread out before my eyes.
Among those corpses, there were corpses of Bikers guild members, but there were also corpses of offerings they had brought.
‘Shall I unseal the gauntlets at this opportunity.’
The gauntlets I am wearing are the Forgotten Slaughterer's Sealed Gauntlets.
As the name suggests, they are in a sealed state.
The condition to release the seal on the Forgotten Slaughterer's Sealed Gauntlets is to feed countless blood to the gauntlets.
Until now, since I mainly engaged in long-range combat using firearms rather than close-range combat, I have been putting off unsealing the gauntlets.
However, if it's here where corpses are piled up like a mountain?
‘It will be sufficient.’
I moved my steps toward the corpses to release the seal of the gauntlets that I had been putting off for a long time.