Two vehicles were traveling on a road a few kilometers away from the Schwartz forest. These two vehicles belonged to the Struck team. These vehicles were moving very fast. Sorcerous Empire scout teams have already scouted the roads to Schwartz forest. There were also a few drone cameras flying in the sky some distance from their vehicles so that they could be alerted in advance if there was any danger ahead. Of course, the drones cameras were invisible with a high level of magic, so that no one could see them easily.
The first vehicle was armored. The armored vehicle was driven by Rombauer. Thomas is sitting next to Rombauer. Yao is sitting in the back seat of Thomas and Riza is sitting next to Yao. Charlie is sitting in front of Yao and Rick is sitting next to Charlie.
The second vehicle was an Assault vehicle. (Looks like Providence assault vehicles.) This assault vehicle included Salazar, Arthur, Arnux, Robin, and Oso.
(These vehicles use water, electricity, and magic as fuel. However, in the New World, vehicles powered by Soul Eaters and Skeleton Horses are popular because they do not cost much.)
"Sir, there's an HMV in front. Looks like it's a JSDF vehicle." Rombauer said
"What is JSDF doing here? Go to HMV and stop." Thomas said.
"Ok sir"
They went to HMV and stopped, and HMV also stopped. A slender man came out of the HMV, wearing a JSDF uniform.
"I'm Colonel Thomas of the S.E.A.F."
"I am Youji Itami, a first lieutenant of the JSDF. What are you doing here?"
"I have the same question. But since you asked the question first, I should answer the question first."
He pointed to Yao and said, "Her name is Yao ho dusi. She wanted our help to kill the flame dragon. Because the flame dragon attacked their forest and hunted their people. So we decided to help them and now we are going to kill the flame dragon. Now the answer to my question?"
"Ah, We also came to hunt down that dragon…" Itami said simply.
"How so? Aren't your superiors discarded the idea? Aren't your superiors forbid you to do such reckless actions alone?" Thomas said.
Itami nodded with a stern expression. "Yes, however, we got a call from Colonel Kengun, he dropped the HQ a call about a lone Dark Elf lady looking for our help with Flame Dragon. First Lieutenant Yanagida was nice enough to share this information with me. Also, Lieutenant General Hazama requested me to investigate the situation."
Thomas squinted his eyes. "Is that so? As you see we already heading to take care of the situation. So you can go back."
"Ah, there's actually one more reason." He pointed to Tuka lying in the car and said, "We rescued her from a well several months ago. Their village was also attacked by the flame dragon, and all the villagers were killed. Only she survived. But her family's death gradually deteriorated her mental health and Now she calls of me as a father. So if we can kill the flame dragon in front of her eyes, maybe she'll come back to her senses. "
"... OK then you can come with us. But don't create any problems in our work."
"Rombauer, connect their HMV to our vehicle via towing ropes."
Itami said confusedly, "We have enough diesel in our HMV."
"That's not the point. The point is that your vehicles are slower than ours. So to keep up with us, your vehicle has to be attached to our vehicle."
"Oh, Ok"
A few minutes later
"Sir, there is no road to drive in front."
Thomas looked at the monitor.
"I see. Also, there is no way to walk easily."
"Commander, what do we need to do now?"
"Everyone get ready. We'll walk the rest of the way," Thomas ordered
Thomas pulled out two black gloves from his storage and put them on.
(Gloves were a kind of magic item that increased the strength of the wearer's hand)
They all got out of the vehicles.
Riza has a CG-15 gun.
Robin has a magic sword around his waist.
Arnux has two huge axes in the back.
Oso has an Evo blaster in his hand.
"Rombauer, Salazar, and Arthur. The three of you will stay here and take care of the vehicles. Also, use drone cameras to monitor the jungle closely. If you see anything suspicious, let me know," Thomas said.
"Yes sir"
Then they all started moving forward.
The Schwarz Forest was a vast domain that was often called "a sea of trees."
It was far deeper than anyone could have imagined. In its furthest reaches, fallen tree trunks were covered in piles of rotting leaves, and over them grew the branches of gigantic trees. The roots on the ground overlapped each other, so thickly one could not see the ground, while above them the sky was blocked out by the spreading tree canopies. It was like stepping into a different world.
Of course, walking through here on foot was a difficult task, to say nothing of actually driving vehicles in.
After making some progress toward the South, they decided to rest for the night. The next day, they followed the edge of the forest westward, before finally reaching Lordom Valley.
The Dark Elves were hiding in the caves here.
At a glance, this looked like pretty good terrain for a fight.
The bottom of the ravine was quite narrow. The river had scattered large and small rocks all around, and it looked like a good spot for fishing. However, there was no way for the Dark Elves to gather enough food from this place. They would need to leave the Valley eventually, and the Flame Dragon was counting on that.
In addition, the sudden, torrential rain would raise the level of the river until it seeped into their caves. They had to struggle every day so their possessions and food would not get washed away. It was a hard life.
"Please, stop here."
Yao was waiting for Thomas and the rest on top of a cliff. Hardly affected by the muddy ground after the rain, she nimbly descended to the bottom of the valley. After passing through a narrow passage that could only fit one person, she descended another slope and reached the bottom.
Tuka nervously looked down into the ravine from time to time, at the river flowing far, far below her.
Elves loved the green of the forest, but there was none of that to be seen here.
"Aren't you nervous?" she asked Thomas and Itami who just discussed how to proceed.
Itami turned to her. "A little, such narrow ravine can be easily used for guerilla attack."
Why did they choose to live here?" looking around nervously she asked once again. She did not like the place. Not at all.
It would seem she had let herself forget about how Yao and her people had been attacked by the Dragons. She had completely excised everything related to the Flame Dragon from her mind. Therefore, all Itami could say was, "Who knows? There should be a reason for it."
A message came to Thomas [Commander, a dragon is flying towards you and there are some Dark-Elfs around you]
Then Thomas looked up at the sky and around
Itami approached him and asked, "Sir Thomas, what happened?"
Then suddenly, seven to eight dark elf men and women appeared out of the landscape. They were holding bows, and they surrounded Itami and the others.
"Who are you and what are you doing here?"
Itami was shocked to see them and raised both his hands.
Thomas looked at them. His people wanted to take action but he forbade them.
Then Yao came there. She was relieved to see her people.
Then they all saw huge shadows under them. They immediately looked up at the sky. It's a flame dragon.
Thomas pulled out a pair of glasses from his storage. The glasses were red.
(The glasses were a magic item. Wearing it, the wearer will be able to see the race and status of what he is looking at.)
Thomas was surprised to see the status of the dragon
"Commander, what happened?" Riza said a little panicked
"Ah, not a bad thing. Actually, this flame dragon is level 60 and has no MP."
"What?"
"You're kidding"
"Huh, no wonder. Prince Ragnarok always attacks the enemy with more power than necessary." Thomas said.
"Yes, that's right," Riza said.
"I thought this dragon might be as strong as any dragon lord," Arnux said in frustration
"Huh. I guessed in advance that this dragon wouldn't be so strong." Oso said
"No need to be so upset" Robin comforted Arnux.
"Commander Thomas, what shall we do now?" Charlie said
Meanwhile, the flame dragon ignored everyone and just looked at Tuka. The flame dragon began to move towards Tuka.
Itami fires at the flame dragon and tells Tuka to flee. However, Tuka's eyes were wide and her body froze in fear.
Thomas tells Arnux to stop the flame dragon
"I understand"
"[Limit Breaker]! [Greater Ability Boost]!"
Arnux ran towards the dragon. He grabbed the dragon's tail and threw the dragon towards the valley.
The dragon collided with the valley. It broke some part of the valley and fell on top of the dragon, as a result of which the dragon was slightly injured.
Rory watched the scene with curious eyes. She had no idea what happened, but somehow, Arnux's spiritual energy and power leaped bounds. Momentarily, in this enchanted physical and mental state Rory Mercury was sure, Arnux would be able to clash or defeat with an apostle if he would have met one.
The dragon stood up again. The dragon became very angry. It let out her fiery breath on them.
When Rick used the magic barrier so no one was harmed by the dragon's attack.
Rory and Lelei were shocked to see it. Because Rick resisted the attack of the flame dragon.
Thomas then clenched his fist and ran towards the flame dragon. Reaching the flame dragon, he jumped and said [Iron Fist]. He punched the flame dragon in the face, causing the flame dragon to fall to the ground and break three of its teeth.
Seeing this, the eyes of Itami and everyone in the special area became wide open.
The flame dragon somehow got up again. It was understood that he would not be able to cope with them so It tried to fly away.
"Riza, fire on its wings."
"Yes sir"
Riza aimed her gun at the flame dragon's wings. She fully charged her gun and fired a wing of the flame dragon. As a result, one of the flame dragon's wings broke. The flame dragon roared in pain. It fell to the ground. It was bleeding from the wound. The dragon no longer had the strength to stand up. It is groaning in pain.
Everyone except the Struck team was shocked to see this. They lost their language. Because the legendary ancient flame dragon they could not do any special harm is now lying in front of them with serious injuries. One of the soldiers of the Sorcerous Empire destroyed one of its wings.
Rory came to Riza "Did any god in your world lend you this weapon to kill the flame dragon?"
"No"
"Are you kidding? It destroys a wing of the legendary ancient flame dragon in one attack! I couldn't even do it myself with the halberd given by Emroy-sama! And you say it didn't give you any gods!"
"Miss, don't be so angry. We have a lot of weapons like this in our arsenal." Oso said
"What?"
Rory and Itami were horrified to hear it. Because the skin of the dragon's body was so strong that the shots fired by JSDF and the blows of Panzerfaust 3 did nothing special to the flame dragon. However, one of the flame dragon's wings was destroyed by a gunshot in the Sorcerous Empire soldier.
"Even though this dragon is the most powerful creature you have, it's nothing special to us. Also, it can't use magic and it's not intelligent." Robin said
"Are you saying dragons can use magic?" Rory said
"Yes, the dragons of our world can use magic. If you go to our world or the city we built next to the Romalia mountains, you will see the dragons of our world. Also, the high-ranking dragons of our world can take human form."
Rory was somewhat stunned by this and her interest in going into the Sorcerous Empire on the other side of the gate also increased.
Thomas went to Itami
"Mr. Itami, you need to take care of Tuka now."
"Ah, Hm...Of course"
Itami put his gun in Tuka's hand "I'm not your father. Your father and family were killed by this flame dragon. Try to remember! Try to remember how it destroyed all your villages! How it killed all your relatives!" Remember! "
She began to remember how the flame dragon had invaded their forest. Their beautiful village was turned into a crematorium in an instant. They tried to resist the flame dragon but nothing happened to the flame dragon in their attack. How her father threw her into a well to save her and how Itami and his team rescued her from there. She shouted.
"Very good. Look at that flame dragon lying half-dead in front of you now. You don't have to fear it anymore. Attack it and avenge the death of your family."
Tuka shouted angrily. She pressed the trigger and fire continued at the flame dragon. She fired until all the shots in the magazine were gone. Then she started crying hugged Itami. Itami began to comfort her.
"Sir, what are we going to do with this dragon now?" Rick said.
"... there's no benefit in keeping this dragon alive. But its body can be studied," Thomas said
"Then I'll kill it," Robin said, pulling out his sword and inserting it into the dragon's head. The flame dragon died there.
"How can you put your sword into the flame dragon's head so easily?" Rory said
"Let me tell you first, it was not given to me by any god. It was given to me by Chief General Cocytus as an award."
Thomas contacted Salazar via message to send some drones to take away the dragon's body. Then some drones came and flew away with the corpse of the dragon.
(If they wanted, they could have taken the dragon's body through the gate quickly. But they wanted to show people their strength in special areas.)
"Mister Itami, you need to go back now. You have no more work here." Thomas said
"Ah, Yes"
Itami extended his hand towards Thomas. Thomas shook hands with Itami
"Thank you so much," Itami said
"Welcome"
Itami, Rory, Tuka, and Lelei started moving towards their HMV.
Thomas went to Yao.
"Lady Yao"
Yao bowed her head in front of Thomas. There were tears in her eyes. "Thank you so much for helping us!" All the other also Dark-Elfs bowed before Thomas.
Thomas was a little embarrassed. "Ah, it was my duty. Anyway, we need to go to your clan now."
"Ah, Of course!"
Scene Change: Imperial Castle Sadera.
Emperor Molt was sitting on his throne and Marcus was standing beside him. Then came here Piña and Hamilton.
"Your Majesty!"
"Your Highness, what urgent matters do you have to barge into the chambers of His Majesty?" asked her Marcus.
Pina, however, completely ignored Marcus and asked Emperor Molt, "Your Majesty, I heard that an envoy from the Sorcerous Empire came to you with the claim of the Sorcerous Emperor."
"Then you've heard about it," Molt said
"May I ask what you think of the Sorcerous Emperor's claim?"
"Piña, do not forget that we are Empire the greatest nation in the world. The question does not arise that I will accept the demands of that barbaric emperor."
"Then you won't accept their demands!"
"Of course!"
"But Dad, if you don't accept their demands, they will definitely attack us. And if they attack us, we will be destroyed!"
"Princes Piña, if you don't mind, are you conspiring against the empire? Otherwise, why are you speaking on behalf of our enemy."
"I'm not speaking for anyone I'm just speaking the truth and you also know that if the empire wars them we will easily lose."
"Piña!" Shouted the emperor Molt
"Remember we are invincible. We have not lost a battle to date and will not lose in the future. I assume we have some problems now. But we will overcome this problem soon. Then we will attack the enemies of Alnus and Romalia again and destroy them."
Piña was angry at this. Because her father was still engrossed in imagination. She realized that there was no benefit in talking to her father and that she had to do it alone.
"I am sorry," said that Piña and Hamilton left the place.
"We need to keep an eye on the princess," Marcus said
The emperor agreed.
Meanwhile in the hallway
"Princess, what do you do now?"
"Send a letter to Prince Ragnarok that I request to meet the Sorcerous Emperor."
"But Prince Beelzebub and Ragnarok didn't say their father was a skeleton!"
"Yes, but if I do nothing, the empire will be destroyed. I have to explain to the Sorcerous emperor everything. If I have to give my soul to the Sorcerous emperor for the good of the empire, I will do it."
Scene change: Fortress-35
Ragnarok was sitting in his office working on a computer when someone knocked on his office door.
"Come in"
"Sir Ragnarok, Princess Piña has sent you a letter," Six said. He gave the letter to Ragnarok. Ragnarok took the letter and read it.
"She wants to meet Dad"
"..."
"... the mayor of Romalia city also said that an Elf woman who claims to be the messenger of the gods of the special region also wants to meet father, doesn't she?"
"Yes Sir. Also, we received a lot of requests from the Earth. They also want to visit our world."
"... All right. Our world has become a mystery to them. It's okay to make them wait. They can be allowed.Because, this is the right time."
"I understand"
"So far, how far has the DNA collection been?"
"We'll need some more time"
"OK"
Six left Ragnarok's office.