Chapter 9: King of Explosive Dragons, Gouou.
My bad.
I was underestimating fantasy.
There was the Dragon King Gouou.
We woke him up.
Hehe.
He's huge.
The cave was also huge, but he's over thirty meters in size.
No kidding.
"Those who awaken my slumber! Who are you!" His voice alone is shaking the mountain.
My friends are all crying.
Crying in fear.
Even Murasaki is crying.
This is troublesome.
But we got lucky.
We had just taken the disguise of a knight from the Alekcia army, whom we had stolen from the enemy while considering the worst-case scenario. This way, if the Alekcia soldiers came to search the cave, we could pretend to be searching too and escape.
"What are we going to do? What are we going to do?" Princess Miyabi grabbed my collar and shook me, tears streaming down her face.
"Well, leave it to me," I said to everyone in a low voice and took a step forward in front of Dragon King Gouou.
"My name is Alekcia's Knight Altmann. I have come by royal decree to defeat Dragon King Gouou. Let's fight fairly."
My friends have really surprised faces.
They are looking at me as if I'm a monster.
"Hahaha, interesting! Alright, I'll give you a good fight!"
With a bang, Dragon King Gouou spread his wings, and the part of the cave that was the upper roof literally blew away.
What tremendous power.
This is bad.
The cave was destroyed, and the mountaintop turned into a plain, with Dragon King Gouou standing there.
And Dragon King Gouou looked around.
It seemed that he had seen a large number of Alekcia army soldiers climbing up to the mountaintop where he was.
"Hahaha, I see! If you thought I was just a small fry, it seems you've brought so many companions! Good! Witness my power!"
Beams of light came out of Dragon King Gouou's mouth one after another, hitting the Alekcia army, and explosions of mushroom clouds kept occurring.
Wow.
Thousands must have died just from that.
Amazing.
"In front of us is the Explosive Dragon King, and behind us is the Alexa army! What are we going to do?"
Amidst the intense sound of explosions, Captain Yoshiaki shouted.
"Don't worry. The answer lies in the history of my country of birth."
"What is it?"
"It's something that a daimyo named Shimazu, who was left behind during the great battle of Sekigahara, did. We will break through the enemy lines and escape from here. Our target is the main camp where the king of Alexa is."
"That's just a reckless charge!" Lieutenant Kunihito cried out, half-crazed.
Ignoring him, I shouted, "Skill Great Escape!" and we all hurriedly ran down the mountain at full speed.
Explosive Dragon King Gouou, who saw us trying to escape, became furious.
"You! Do you intend to run away?"
As Explosive Dragon King Gouou tried to burn us to ashes, the power of Skill Great Escape caused a large amount of ivy and plants to grow and obstruct the Explosive Dragon King Gouou.
"Tch, the power of the holy tree! Such a thing!"
Many beams of light shot out from the mouth of Explosive Dragon King Gouou, burning away the plants that were obstructing it.
"I won't forgive you! I'll kill you all!"
Explosive Dragon King Gouou continued to turn the Alexa army into ashes one by one.
Mushroom clouds rose one after another.
In the midst of this, my companions ran to the main camp of Alexa, almost in tears.
Even the passing soldiers of Alexa were crying out in fear.
It was truly a scene from hell.
A person who appeared to be the general of Alexa stood with his arms outstretched, facing us as we ran towards the main camp.
I later learned that it was General Konrad.
General Konrad was shouting desperately at us.
"Don't come! Don't come!"
Thanks to the power of the skill, we were able to run without dying, despite being covered in soot, but General Konrad evaporated right before our eyes.
"Damn, Explosive Dragon King is not to be underestimated."
And the main camp of the Alexa army approached.
A person dressed in luxurious clothing could be seen at the main camp.
Is that King Bartholomew? He seems to be half-crazed.
"Listen, everyone! When we fire one shot, pretend to be dead!!"
I shouted while holding my Thunderous Roar sword, amidst explosions everywhere.
"Get readyyyyy! Goooooo!"
Shouting, we launched the GouTen cannon towards the headquarters where King Bartholomew was located.
An explosion occurred right in front of us.
Blown away by the blast, we pretended to be dead on the spot.
The explosion looked similar to a mushroom cloud, so it seemed that the Explosive Dragon King Gouou didn't realize that the GouTen cannon had been used.
Well, he was so angry and rampaging that he probably didn't care about the details.
The Explosive Dragon King Gouou wreaked havoc everywhere, and now, there was no one left in the Alexa army who could move.
"Is it over already? But, I won't forgive you all!"
When the Explosive Dragon King Gouou spread his wings, he flew towards Alexa's capital city.
We continued to pretend to be dead because we were afraid that the Explosive Dragon King Gouou would come back.
At night, while the direction of Alexa's capital city shone brightly like fireworks several times, our fellow soldiers continued to sob as they pretended to be dead.
And so, the great nation of Alexa disappeared.
It disappeared from the earth.
It was just like the Maya civilization.
One day, a huge civilization disappeared suddenly.
This world is scary.
Early the next morning, while it was still dark, we quickly changed into Yamato armor and snuck back to Yamato.
Soon after that, the Edelheit army, which had been heading south, decided to withdraw and made peace with Yamato by offering a large amount of compensation as an apology for this incident.
They acknowledged their complete defeat.
"Please, don't send that man to our nation."
The arrogant generals of Edelheit, known for their arrogance, bowed their heads repeatedly like rabbits and said so.
Was it Duke Sugimoto or Duke Miyata, or was there a terrifying man among the dukes' subordinates?
The world is vast.
And peace returned to the country of Yamato.