Level 1 Strongest Sage ~

Book 9: Chapter 18: Ryuushin’s Retainers

Huh?

The evil dragon fell to the ground, never moving again.

EhDid it d-die?

Se-seriously?

That flying fist attack was just a feint move, and yet it butchered a dragon thats a dragon, the most powerful among the monsters in this world, and hes also a superior one considering hes an attribute dragon.

Not only that, he a fallen one, turned into a evil dragon.

Those who turn into an evil dragon lose their capacity to think coherently, but their strength, stamina and flight ability would rise, and they wouldnt die easily.

The scales that would be soaked in evil wouldnt repel most physical attacks and any magic other than the light attribute ones.

Even if you managed to deal it a fatal blow, an evil dragon could still revive around a thousand times.

The only way to subjugate an evil dragon is either purification of its soul with an overwhelmingly strong light magic, or else just beat it up with a thousand lethal blows.

I didnt even infuse any sort of magic into that lump of mana and just sent it flying to smash him.

If he died because of that, then that means my flying fist attack was enough to kill the evil dragon a thousand times over.

Eh, then that means Im stronger than I think?

Well, Im a dragonoid-slash-colored dragon trained by Halt the Bakemono, so its not really surprising that I became stronger.

I killed the scum dragon with a single blow, so that means Im pretty powerful.

Yeah!!

Ive become super duper powerful, hear that!!

I feel pretty good.

But this girl doesnt seem to be that way.

W-What on earth did you do!!

Eh?

The girl scolded and threw a death glare at me.

If I become the sacrifice, everyone else will be safe! A-and yet

Large beads of tears dropped from the girls glaring eyes.

I already defeated the evil dragon now, didnt I? Whats wrong with that?

...That scum stationed his dragon underlings in our village to keep an eye on us. Theyre the reason why we couldnt even ask for help, much less escape.

Those dragon underlings would attack your village, is that it?

That dragon said so! If we attack the evil dragon, he would set his underlings at us and annihilate our village!

I see.

Thats quite a dilemma, huh

Gotcha. Ill also save your village.

...Eh?

I release my mana.

I infused it with dark attributes and summoned small dragons from my shadow.

Shadow Dragons theyre the Kokuryuus retainers made out of shadow and darkness.

20 Shadow Dragons gathered in the shadows around us.

Master, did you summon us?

Hiii!

One of the Shadow Dragons showed his face from my shadow.

The girl was shocked by his sudden appearance, so she shrieked.

The Evil Dragons underlings are controlling the villages around here. Kill them all.

As Master commands.

The one who appeared was the leader of the Shadow Dragons.

He concealed himself back into the shadows after receiving my command.

The rest of the Shadow Dragons also dispersed after receiving the order.

Those guys werent attribute dragons, but theyre pretty strong.

They could move quickly inside the shadows, and they would kill their opponents without a sound.

Thats why the attribute dragons retainers wouldnt stand a chance against them.

Even if the evil dragons underlings noticed that he died and went on a rampage, my Shadow Dragons would definitely defeat them all before things get out of hand.

Even if there was damage, Ill borrow Ryukas power.

This should be enough in the meantime

Those guys would defeat the evil dragons underlings. Is there any other problem?

W-What on earth are you?

Oh, right, I havent introduced myself yet! Im Ryuushin of the Dragonoid Tribe.

D-Dragonoid!?

She backed away from me as if trying to put some distance between us.

Her foot got caught in the rock, so she fell on her butt.

She was really afraid of me

Well, theres no helping it. Their lives had been controlled all this time by that scum dragon, so its no wonder that shes terrified of anything related to dragons.

Besides, dragons and dragonoids are probably similar in her mind.

The population of dragonoids is quite small, so our existence isnt really widely known.

I held a hand out to the girl sitting on the ground.

Ill also protect your village.

The girl hesitated for a bit before timidly grasping my outstretched hand.

Alright, once again, Im Ryuushin. And you?

I-Im Hinata.

Hinata, such a cute name. Nice to meet yah.

N-Nice to meet you.

Hinata is quite cute being shy.

But I didnt have the time to relax with her.

I had to check whether the trash dragons underlings had been properly defeated.

Hinata, lets go to your village. Im counting on you to guide me there.

Y-Yes! I got it!

Hinata tried to dash off, but she tripped on her own feet and fell.

That scum dragon had toyed with her, so her entire body was covered in wounds and she didnt have enough strength.

Unfortunately, I didnt have the magic to heal other people.

But if its carrying her, then I can do that much.

Im the Kokuryuu.

The scum dragons cave was large enough for me to fly from the innermost part to the entrance with no difficulty.

The fastest way for us is to carry Hinata on my back and fly.

The only problem is that Hinata might be scared if I turned into a dragon, but

S-So beautiful

Hinata touched the scales on my face as Kokuryuu.

Not sure if shes comparing my scales to that of that scum dragon that had turned dull because of the evil mana?

Dont lump me with that guy, please.

Dragon scales are naturally beautiful enough to captivate people.

These flawless scales are actually my pride.

Well, Im glad that Hinata praised them.

Hinata, lets go to your village. Ride on my back.

She didnt seem to fear me, so I decided to fly while carrying her on my back.

Hinata crouched, preparing to climb on my back.

I-is really alright for me to ride you?

It was said that dragons wouldnt carry just anyone else on their back except for those they recognized.

I didnt care a single bit about that, though.

Yup. Its fine, so hop on.

I understandthen please excuse me.

Hinata climbed on my back and sat on it.

A girls butt, on my back

Well, its touching, but since the scales dont have sense of touch, I couldnt even enjoy the softness and stuff one bit.

$@%#...

Well, its fine.

One thing happened after another, and here I am now carrying a girl on my back for the first time since I was born.

Im a bit happy.

All thats left now is to protect Hinatas village, and ask for a date as a reward.

Im looking forward to it.

Hinata, do you still remember our promise?