Hakai Me no Yuuri - Chapter 108
Author: Kaburagi Haruka
Translator: s.h.i.+roiKaze/Soyokaze Translations
5th Act, Chapter 108: Dragon King
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Translators Note: All in Alecs perspective~
Seeing Marle and the rest climb the stairs, I let out a breath.
But, not giving me that kind of time, Tiamats tail came to mow me down.
“s.h.i.+t, you could at least give me a moment to see them off!”
I held Gram up to receive the a.s.saulting tail.
The thing was as thick as I am tall, and its armor-like scales stood up almost like a saw.
If I was stroked by this tail, that alone would probably gouge out my flesh, and shave off my skin.
With a clang, I took the tails attack, and every bone in my body screamed.
Even Gram gave off an unpleasant creaking noise when it took the blow.
“This Would have been some heavy baggage for Master or Levy to handle. Glad Im the one that was left.”
Master, who mainly uses body work for counters, wouldnt be able to ward off this tail.
And even Levy would probably have a hard time dodging this much ma.s.s continuously.
“Well, not that I can take it easy Either!”
I swung upward with Gram, which was still taking the attack, and turned it aside overhead.
When the tail pa.s.sed, I dove into the opened s.p.a.ce directly in front of the main body Or what appeared to be a human-like body anyway, and slashed.
But that sword strike was blocked by its sharp claws.
“So even if I get past the tail, theres the claws to deal with? Thats so unfair.”
Upon drawing out, dodging, and blocking a counterattack with the claws, next I felt something coming from behind.
I immediately turned toward the back, and thrust Gram.
Making a sound like sc.r.a.ping bone, Grams blade was stabbed into the tail coming in from behind me.
Tiamat groaned unpleasantly, and swung its tail around.
The tail still had Gram thrust in it while it swung around, and I couldnt exactly let go of my weapon, so we were all spun around in one big mixture.
“Uwa, wawawawah?!”
Into the ground, into the ceiling, into the wall The whole tail struck against them, and I finally managed to get Gram out.
I dropped to the ground and, after I took some distance by rolling, the tail slammed into where I had fallen.
When I observed what kind of damage I managed to give it, it seemed like it didnt think of it as anything more than being stabbed by a needle.
“Not good Gram isnt the best weapon for this.”
Gram is a fine sword, but its not a good match-up against this enemy.
This thing is great at cutting thick or large enemies, but against enemies like this, where the blade is just gonna be taken in and stopped by its scales, it cant make use of its sharp edge.
For enemies like Tiamat, I would need something like Sentinel or Cleaver to smash the scales altogether.
“But Agni was handed over to Master, so Im just gonna have to work with what Ive got!”
If the scales are gonna stop the blade, then I just have to aim for places without scales.
After dodging the tail surrounding me, if I can just get a direct attack on the main body I might just be able to deliver some damage.
Luckily this thing isnt the type thats good with finer movements. Getting in close shouldnt be all that difficult!
“Daaaahraaaaa!”
I used Gram to smack away the tail when it hindered me from getting in close, and jumped out of the way to dodge the tail when it was attacking from above.
After repeating that several times, I eventually succeeded in getting up next to it.
“Eat Eh?!”
I knocked down the claws attacking me, and then just as I was taking a big swing of my sword, I felt a sense of discomfort.
The tail isnt coming, I cleared away the claws But why arent they coming back?
Plenty enough time had pa.s.sed for it to bring both its tail and claws back in, and recover its posture.
The moment I reached that conclusion, the sense of discomfort turned into one of danger.
Following only that bad feeling, I reflexively leaped far to the left.
“GOAAAAA!!”
Tiamat roared like an earthquake. It opened its mouth wide And Tiamats breath attack blew through the s.p.a.ce where I just was.
“Close one”
The floor where I just was got gouged out, and scorched.
That floor, made of the wood of the World Tree itself, was.
“This is comparable to Sis “Just die already” level spells.”
But thats one more card from its hand.
Tiamats methods of attack are tail, claws, and breath. All of them are high power, but its easy to see the “tell” before the attacks.
Dodging them is definitely possible.
“Give me A turn already!”
After circling around from where I jumped away, I was next to the main body.
By moving opposite where the bodys connection to the tail was twisting, I rendered the tails moves useless.
All thats left this way is the claws and breath!
“Lets try this again Eat this!
To triumph in a single attack, cutting off the head would be simplest.
Following that bit of common sense, I brought Grams blade to Tiamats neck.
Even if it doesnt result in victory, I was certain it would inflict huge damage. But the response I got once again felt like hitting iron.
“Wha?!”
The cause was Its hair.
Every single strand had become tiny snakes, and of course, steel-like scales could be seen covering their surface.
Those covered Tiamat from the top of its head down its neck.
“Tsk, s.h.i.+t!”
Just how many hidden tricks does this thing have? I cant quite find an opening to attack.
In my moment of surprise, Tiamat turned its body back. Im still near it, but were just right back where we started.
I handled the downpour of claws from up, down, left, and right, and parried away the tail attacking from behind.
From the heavy attacks, my stamina gradually wore away. The very first attack would have been enough to bring death on most fighters.
“Youre Seriously Annoying!”
I repelled the claws, and cut at the body. That attack was stopped by the snakes wrapped around its head too.
This time the claw opposite where I was repelled came down. I stopped that with Gram
“GuaAaa?!”
A sharp pain in my ankle. When I looked, a snake, fallen from its hair, had bit my ankle.
My body started going numb. So it was even venomous?
“Even if I cut them off They still live?”
My radically dulled movements werent enough to dodge the next tail attack.
It wasnt just an impact; the needle-like scales also scooped out the flesh of my right arm.
“AgaaaaAAaaaah!!”
I guess it could be called luck though My body was protected by the Fafnir scale mail, so I was fine, but I was back to one arm again. On top of that, this time my good arm wont move.
My legs being uninjured is also a windfall. Though my right leg is a little numb.
“Kgh But, I can still I can still move!”
But no matter how tough I act, the situation is just getting worse.
I guess I should pull out my “trump card” while my body is still moving, huh
But Tiamat must not have intended on giving me a moment to think; its claws swung wide to mow me down.
With my left hand I used Gram to take it And, unable to block it, I was knocked away.
If not for how tough Gram and the scale mail were, I would have taken a fatal wound there.
“Gohoh But, that attack Failed”
Though shredded ragged in an instant, I managed to take some distance. Now Ive got time to use it.
I pulled out the cloth given to me by Sis, and spread it out.
Drawn on it was a [Teleport] magic circle.
With the same construction as the extra magic mantle, the magic power for the [Teleport] was already held in it. As a result its durability was significantly less than what it was designed after though.
“I can only use it once So please Be there!”
With practically the feeling of a prayer, I activated the spell.
What followed was the distinct light of [Teleport].
After the light had died down On the ground was the figure of a young boy, lying down and relaxed.
“Hmm? Hey, Alec. Work to do?”
“Yeah, sorry, but Im leaving it to you This is just a liiittle too much for me”
Talking with an att.i.tude like wed just met by chance on a street corner, there was Bahamut.
“Wow, thats a pretty showy way to get taken down Looks painful.”
“It hurts. Like h.e.l.l.”
Normally he wouldnt be able to enter the labyrinth.
Because the World Tree recognizes him as a foreign contamination, and would knock him away if he went in the entrance or anywhere around it.
So what if he was [Teleported] directly inside of it?
Sis thought that, and made this magic circle.
Bahamut was in our houses bas.e.m.e.nt, managing the water and food [Teleport] circles for us.
If we [Teleported] food out, he would replenish it for us. If we sent back empty water jugs, he would refill them for us.
Put another way, he wasnt doing anything else. He didnt have anything to do.
His Dragon King self could, if he felt like it, not have need of water or food for years.
Dragons as a whole, guardians of their own nests, could indulge in indolence alone continuously.
But that didnt mean there was a 100% chance hed be there.
Food spoils, and he would have to go away to pump water. What we were using was the “World Trees water”.
Its completely different from the water we could get from [Water Wall] or [Water Current]. He would have to go fill every single place where our water supply was.
Plus there was visitors.
Miss Remy would frequently visit and clean up the place for us.
There were food deliveries too.
Reports about the results of things we were showing at auctions, and carrying in the gold coin payments also had to be handled.
And there were no small number of robbers who were aiming for those a.s.sets and looking to sneak in.
Bahamut was taking on handling all of that.
Apparently the food that Sis makes is just that valuable to him.
He also seems to enjoy messing with Master and I quite a bit.
So hes helping us with what he can.
Put another way, he would step away from the [Teleport] circle when he was helping us with something, so It really was a roll of the dice whether he would be there or not.
“Hum, Tiamat, huh Youre still acting as the guardian of floor 999? Oh, this is floor 999, isnt it?”
“Yeah, it is.”
“If youre still tied up with the world tree, I guess theres no subst.i.tute for you either.”
With the appearance of a knew threat Way too big of a new threat, Tiamat unleashed its breath.
Bahamut easily brought up a [Barrier] to block the extreme heat.
“Come to think of it, no Yuuri and the rest, huh? Whered they go?”
“Were acting separately right now. Yuuri is above, Master is below.”
“Above Finally reached floor 1000, huh. How deeply moving.”
The unbelievably strong breath was blocked by Bahamut while he was exchanging small talk. This guy really is ridiculous.
When Tiamat realized its breath attack didnt work, it switched to a tail attack.
It bent the tip of it like a whip, and a.s.saulted Bahamut while making explosive rupturing sounds.
According to Yuuri, that explosive sound is proof that the tip went beyond the speed of sound or something?
This b.a.s.t.a.r.d still had another card up its sleeve
But even that was blocked one-handed by Bahamut.
The offending tail was grabbed hold of with one hand.
“Sorry, I dont have a whole lot of time. Could you leave?”
Saying that, tail in hand, he threw Tiamat like it was a bug being shooed away.
Leaving a horrific sound, the tail was torn off.
“GAAAAAAAA!”
This time Tiamat screamed in pain.
Hearing that, Bahamut nodded once, and his form suddenly expanded.
After his mutation was over, there was a “monster” in his place.
Scales with a black l.u.s.ter. Smoke spilling from the sides of his mouth. A piercing glint in his eyes. And a t.i.tanic body easily surpa.s.sing Tiamats.
What was there transcended being summarized as “holy” or “evil” A “symbol of power” stood there.
Responding to that majestic figure, while being crushed by terror, Tiamat attacked.
Its breath was repelled by the scales.
Its claws were blocked, and broken off.
Even if it wanted to swing its tail, it was torn; it wasnt there.
The snake G.o.ds expression showed despair.
And right now I know how it feels.
Winning against this guyIs impossible.
“Good grief, you do not change. Neither your being tied to this tree, nor your attack methods, nor your lack of any questions about my current self”
From Bahamuts belly resounded a low voiced mutter.
The moment his form changed, his voice was also filled with dignity.
“I have no business with a puppet. Hurry and begone.”
Together with his p.r.o.nouncement, Bahamut unleashed his breath.
The flash burned my eyes and blocked my sight When I opened my eyes again, not a trace of Tiamat remained.
Nor did the firm wall of the World Tree.
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“So anyway, all good now?”
“Y-Yeah”
Once he went back to human form, he also went back to his lighter tone.
Even so, after seeing something like that, theres no way this could go back to normal.
“What? Were you scared?”
“Yeah, of course I was!”
There was no point in lying. I was terrified down to my very core.
When I think of what making an enemy of that would mean, all I feel is despair. Id almost consider it weird that I didnt p.i.s.s myself.
“Well, you were always enthusiastically saying youll surpa.s.s me, after all. You being docile feels a little off I actually kind of liked that, you know?”
“Dont ask the impossible”
“And plus Its the time limit, huh?”
Immediately after Bahamut said that, vines grew from the World Tree, and went to restrain him.
“I can easily break these vines, but Theyre so persistent. No matter how many times I pluck them, they still come to wrap around me. Theyre a real pain, so when youre all done here, just come get me, yeah?”
“Hey, the Demon Lord is up above here! Sis and the others are holding him back, could you at least”
“Im sure thatll go fine. You should really believe in your sister more.”
“Like I said, dont ask the impossible!”
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With those as the last words, he was trapped inside the World Tree.
Authors Note: Two more chapters in the 5th act.
Three chapters until Yuuri is complete.
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