Chapter 251

Level: 96

Skills: [Super Self-Regeneration] [Super Scale Generation] [Dragon Power Conversion - Water]

[Dragon Water Walk Lv. 5] [Dragon Flight Lv. 0] [Bite Lv. 1]

[Scratch Lv. 0] [Dragon Power Super Convergence Cannon Lv. 0]

[Dragon Scale Whirlwind Lv. 0] [Heavy Scale Armor Lv. 0] [Flame Heat Claw Lv. 0]

[Flame Heat Dragon Claw Attack Lv. 0] [Dragon Bone Spikes Lv. 0]

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(Just Dragon Water Walk left!)

Before coming to challenge this place.

Tatsuro had told Leah about the previous battle with the magic dragon, so she knew that dragons could quickly learn skills and that it wasn't just their group's children who had exceptional talent.

She had vaguely suspected as much, but now that it was clear, she wanted to prevent the dragon from relearning skills as much as possible.

For that reason, if there was a usable skill, Leah figured it would focus on using that one, so he left [Bite] at just one level as a decoy.

And since taking Dragon Water Walk would cause the dragon to sink, he had left it until the very end.

(Alright. It's done! Now—)

Tatsuro swallowed the black orb that had formed in his mouth, instinctively understanding that he had turned it into his own nourishment and temporarily separated from the dragon.

Then, with a small explosion magic, he made a sound to signal to everyone that the absorption was complete.

At that moment, confirming that everyone had started moving toward the sinking dragon, Tatsuro activated the system.

"What's up?"

"I just got a ton of SP. So, I'm going to take Gravity Magic right away."

"Gravity Magic! Just the name sounds super strong! Show me, show me!"

While kissing Ai's head as she pressed it against his chest, Tatsuro selected [Gravity Magic] and paid 500 SP.

With 484 SP remaining, he acquired a new magic: Gravity Magic.

|Class changed from Elemental Master to Great Sage.|

|Acquired the skill: [Magic Domain Transcendence]|

|Acquired the title [Creator – Destruction.]|

He had anticipated that a class change might happen at this point.

So, he wasn't too surprised, but the acquired skill piqued his interest.

However, if he left the struggling dragon sinking in the water, it would quickly relearn Dragon Water Walk.

So, he prioritized dealing with it.

"I got a new class, but we'll talk about that later."

"Okay. Then we need to get that thing onto the shore first, right?"

"Yeah. So, it's time to unveil Gravity Magic."

"Here we go!"

Smiling at Ai, who interjected like a rakugo performer's call, Tatsuro took a magazine from his Item Box and swapped it with the one in his Rifle Staff.

Since the lever was still set to 12, he pulled the trigger once.

The blue light, which had been weakening, regained its vigor, able to operate at full power for another thirty minutes.

After preparing, he focused on using the Gravity Magic skill.

Thanks to simulations based on information from the help function, it seemed he could use it relatively quickly.

"—Hmph."

Tatsuro concentrated, bathing the entire giant monster in a mixed magic of curse and gravity.

As expected of a dragon, it had considerably high magic resistance.

Even with the 100% effectiveness from his title with Ai, something that would normally take effect instantly was resisted for a few seconds.

"KIIIIIRUOOO—"

"Amazing! That huge thing—it's floating like a balloon!"

"—But the amount of magic power required is ridiculous. Without the title effect, consecutive uses would be tough—ugh!"

By casting a weight-reduction spell to eliminate its weight and lightly lifting it with Wind Magic, a freely flying dragon was created.

But maintaining the magic like this was taxing, so he quickly blew it toward the shore with a gust.

"KIIII—"

"—Ha!"

"Gyu—"

Once it was blown onto the sandy beach, Tatsuro drastically increased its weight, slamming it into the ground.

"Now, it's time for the fun material harvest!"

"Wooh!"

Instead of a bell, he signaled the start of material collection with a burst of explosion magic, and everyone, understanding his intent, rushed toward the dragon embedded in the sand.

Tatsuro tightly hugged Ai, who was standing in front of him, and used a mixed magic of curse and gravity to lighten himself, Ai, and the board, then flew forward.

"Hahaha! So fast!"

"Don't bite your tongue."

"I won't!"

Despite being the farthest away, Tatsuro and his group arrived second after Cardina, with Jeanne and the others following shortly after.

"To prevent it from learning skills, focus on cutting off its legs!"

While saying this, Tatsuro lowered Ai and, as the dragon finally freed itself from the sand, shot a super-fine laser cutter toward one of its legs, slicing it off.

"Legs, got it! I'll take the right side, opposite from Tatsuro."

"Please. Jeanne, ask Leah where the Magic Stone is and chop up the body with your Halberd without destroying it."

"HIHIIN!"

"Athena, head toward the head, and while being careful not to destroy the brain, cut off the jaw. If it shows any sign of using the convergence cannon, stop it immediately!"

"Got it~"

"Cardina, keep cutting off the wings to prevent it from relearning Dragon Flight!"

"PIYUII!"

"Nana and Leah, support me and Ai!"

"Understood!"

"Yes!"

Having given instructions to everyone, Tatsuro used Gravity Magic again to lighten his weight and flew with Wind Magic toward the front, where Athena and Ai were heading.

Reaching the head in an instant, he created a giant sword of ultra-high-temperature light and Fire Magic from his Rifle Staff, extending it to cut off the left legs one by one.

From the opposite side, Nana meticulously cut off the legs one by one.

The legs kept regenerating like bamboo shoots, making it quite a task. (T/N: An infinite glitch of materials)

But Tatsuro's [Infinite Item Field] steadily accumulated dragon materials.

Ai was diligently cutting legs with her gem sword, but felt it wasn't cutting as smoothly as she'd hoped.

The gem sword, made by bundling the claws of a lion spirit beast into a powerful blade, still didn't seem to match the sharpness of Tatsuro's magic.

This was true, but not because Tatsuro's magic was superior.

It was simply that this monster's durability was higher than its magic resistance.

Unaware of this, Ai thought this wouldn't do and began brainstorming.

(Hmm. Should I put in more Spirit Energy? …But just increasing the amount of Spirit Energy won't make it cut better.)

She had gotten used to manipulating Beast Spirit Techniques, but shaping it to increase sharpness by adding more Spirit Energy required technical skill.

Ai wasn't exactly rough, but she was somewhat careless.

She had always avoided delicate tasks.

When asked if she could handle precise operations, she herself wasn't sure.

So she scrapped that idea and considered another approach.

(One Shot Multiple Penetration to increase the number of attacks? …But that would just increase the cutting points to two… huh?)

One Shot Multiple Penetration was a skill to increase attacks. She knew that, but was that really all it could do? That question gripped her.

(One Shot Multiple Penetration. It says 'one shot,' so can't I stack multiple attacks into that one shot?)

Eager to try, Ai activated the One Shot Multiple Penetration skill.

Her sword blurred, and another sword appeared beside the real one.

She then focused on making the second sword overlap with the real one.

Gradually, they drew closer until they merged into one sword.

But it wasn't just a return to normal.

Ai could feel that the blade now held twice the power.

"This'll do it! —Take that!"

With a smooth sensation, like cutting tofu, she sliced off a leg.

"This is awesome!"

Using her speed, Ai cut off the regenerating legs one after another.

Cardina danced around the dragon's back, turning her wings into blades and using True Dragon Wing Blade to cut off the dragon's eight wings.

True Dragon Wing Blade was an advanced skill that applied Dragon Wing Blade to every feather in the wings.

But turning the wings into blades eliminated the feathers, making them a single blade.

So Cardina had thought she couldn't use True Dragon Wing Blade in this state.

However, upon closer inspection, her blade wings were made of tiny plates densely connected like a mesh.

She tried applying Dragon Wing Blade to each plate and succeeded without issue.

In other words, the plates were the feathers, and the wings had simply become blades.

This transformation increased sharpness, and Cardina cut through the wings with ferocious speed, like mowing grass.

Jeanne, informed by Leah of the Magic Stone's location, used a Halberd with Waves to avoid damaging it, peeling off layers of scales and significantly thinning the dragon's body by slicing it into large chunks.

The body parts without the Magic Stone could be stored in the [Item Box], so she sent them to Tatsuro immediately.

Nana alternated between magic and Beast Arts, precisely cutting off legs, though not as quickly as Ai and the others, while Leah used grenades and a hammer to tear through.

Finally, Athena, tasked with the head, used a Great Scythe with Beast Spirit Technique to cut off the lower and upper jaws before [Bite] could be used. If the dragon showed signs of using the convergence cannon, she struck its head with lightning to stop it.

Thinking that the rare eye materials might please Tatsuro and Ai, she also gouged them out with her scythe when she had the chance.

Treated so brutally, the dragon was no longer a boss.

Reduced to something that merely produced materials, it was carved up without even being allowed to cry out.

It wondered why it couldn't use its skills, but escaping this situation was now the priority.

—Or so it thought, but with its legs and wings regenerating only to be cut off, it couldn't move.

Desperate to at least attack the enemies in front of it, it used the only skill it could, [Bite], to fight back…

But the moment it opened its mouth, its jaw was sliced off, preventing the attack.

All it could do was use [Super Self-Regeneration] to keep healing and avoid death.

But where did that healing power come from?

It couldn't create a body from nothing. Healing required Dragon Power proportional to the wounds.

In water, it could recover endlessly, so it wasn't an issue, but this was a sandy beach.

What would happen then?

Eventually, its Dragon Power would run dry, [Super Self-Regeneration] would fail, and it would die.

Terrified of such a death, the monster instinctively tried to reach the sea.

If its legs were useless, it would crawl like a caterpillar.

But even forcing its body to move, it was torn apart and dragged back to the beach, unable to reach the water.

Tatsuro felt a twinge of guilt watching this struggle, but knew that a chance to gather materials from a high-tier dragon was rare.

It was unfortunate, but letting it die was convenient for him and his group.

"It's about time."

Peering at the Dragon Power's color with his Spirit Eye, it was nearly gone.

As he watched to see if it would end, the remaining Dragon Power gathered into dots on the body's surface.

"—Everyone! Get back! It's Dragon Bone Spikes!"

""""""—!""""""

Tatsuro shouted as he retreated, and everyone who heard him backed off immediately–

Then, bone spikes shot out from the dragon's body with far less force than the [Dragon Bone Spikes Lv. 7] they had seen before.

But they hit no one, merely wasting the last of its Dragon Power.

The dragon no longer had enough Dragon Power to heal its wounds.

But if left alone, its Dragon Power would naturally recover.

"We've gathered enough materials."

He could wait for it to recover and prolong its suffering.

But with plenty of materials already in the [Infinite Item Field], any more would be excessive, so Tatsuro gathered everyone at the dragon's neck.

The dragon, waiting for its Dragon Power to recover naturally, was breathing weakly.

"Alright, Cardina and I will use mixed magic with Magic Bullets. Ai and Leah, attack the neck in sync with us. That way, the experience points and titles should go to everyone."

Following his words, everyone acted. Tatsuro, Cardina, Jeanne, Nana, and Athena prepared Magic Bullets with their respective signature attributes.

Ai readied her sword, and Leah aimed her rocket launcher.

"Here we go.

Five seconds. 4, 3, 2—1. Fire!"

""""""—!""""""

Ai, guided by instinct, and Leah, using her [All-Seeing Eye], perfectly timed their attacks, hitting the dragon's neck simultaneously.

The attack blew off the neck's skin, shattered the cervical vertebrae, pierced through, and severed the head. Immediately after, a level-up announcement rang out for everyone.