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 drone 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.
This assault vehicle included Salazar, Arthur, Arni, 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 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.
(This Gloves is a kind of magic item that increases the strength of the wearer's hand)
They all got out of the vehicles.
"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.
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
"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 them
"Who are you and what are you doing here?"
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 50 and has no MP."
"What?"
"You're kidding"
"I thought this dragon might be a strong opponent," Arni said
"Huh. I guessed in advance that this dragon wouldn't be so strong." Oso said
"No need to be so upset" Robin comforted Arni.
"Commander Thomas, what shall we do now?" Charlie said
Meanwhile, the flame dragon ignored everyone and just looked at Elves. The flame dragon began to move towards dark Elves.
Thomas tells Arni to stop the flame dragon
"I understand"
"[Limit Breaker]! [Greater Ability Boost]!"
Arni ran towards the dragon. She 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.
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 is harm by the dragon's attack.
Dark elves 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, everyone in the special region 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 bow at the flame dragon's wings. She use her most powerful attack 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 fly up. It is groaning in pain.
Everyone except the task team is 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 damaged one of its wings.
A few dark elves came to Riza "Did any god lend you this weapon to kill the flame dragon?"
"No"
"Are you kidding? It broke a wing of the legendary ancient flame dragon in one attack! And you say it didn't give you any gods!"
"Hey don't be so angry. We have a lot of weapons like this in our arsenal." Oso said
"What?"
"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?"
"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."
They were somewhat stunned
The dragon tries to rise.
The Dark Elves were frightened by this.
Then Charlie uses a spell
"Maximize magic Pain increase!"
The dragon screamed in pain and fell to the ground again
"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," Oso 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?"
"Let me tell you first, it was not given to me by any god. It was given to me by a high-ranking officer as an award."
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!"