Deflecting the demon dragon’s attack with [Dragon-Slay Fist · Kai], I sighed seeing the three safe.
A hair’s breadth.
If they hadn’t unleashed their last big spell, I shudder.
“Ouga! Your arm……!”
“Yeah. Successfully attached.”
I closed my fingers from pinky onward.
[Dragon-Slay Fist · Kai] already felt like my body.
[Mana circuits] formed; combat-ready.
“Fufu, Ouga-kun, you’ve joined me.”
“Yeah. Matching parts with Reina, I’m happy.”
She smiled and tapped my right arm.
“Lord Ouga……”
”…… Alice. Watch. The stronger me.”
”…… Yes!”
I patted her disheveled hair and faced the demon dragon.
They surely want to say more, but they swallow it now — I’m grateful.
“Demon dragon…… you tormented my precious people.”
Reina and others had wounds on their faces — clear evidence of suffering.
That sin…… worth ten thousand deaths.
“First, I’ll drag you down from that high spot……”
Mana flowed into the right arm; gimmick motors hummed.
The four yellow lines glowed — mana charged.
This is the new power [Dragon-Slay Fist · Kai] grants.
I steadied aim with my left, fired one.
“[Dragon-Slay Fist · Empty]!”
“GYAAAA!?”
My right-hand-tip rocketed at high speed, gripped the dragon’s lower jaw.
“Hmph!”
That fist and my arm are connected by invisible mana threads.
Concentrating mana on the arm, the fist retracts — dragging the dragon’s body down.
Dust rose; not understanding what happened, the dragon tried to take off — no way.
If a fist returns to the arm, the reverse works.
Concentrating mana on the fist instead, my arm dragged my body to the dragon at high speed.
“Next — those obstructive wings.”
Using the second line’s mana, the wrist opened.
Yes — same principle as the folding sword Yueli first showed me, a blade emerges.
“[Dragon-Slay Fist · Blade].”
“GOOOOOO!? GRUAAAAAA!!”
I caught the hidden katana in my left hand, kept momentum, drove the blade into the wings, sliced.
Yueli’s sword cut excellently.
The dragon now can’t fly.
Crawling, no longer a dragon — a lizard.
I reattached the hand and stood before it.
”…… Prepare yourself, demon dragon. The next is my final strike.”
”……! GAA…… GYAAAAUUU!!”
Sensing it, the dragon began final-power magic-cannon charge.
Creatures show survival force when at death.
The dragon too — mana volume higher than before.
…… Then I must use it too.
”…… [Gear Change · Hard]!”
Dragon Vanisher couldn’t bear this technique.
Yueli identified the cause: mana-stone-to-metal ratio.
Mana-stones inherently have mana; with too much stone vs metal, [Gear Change · Hard]‘s concentrated mana plus stone mana exceeded the prosthetic’s capacity.
Fix the ratio — [Dragon-Slay Fist · Kai] can handle full [Gear Change · Hard].
“Your life-staking magic-cannon vs my fist…… let’s see.”
In an instant, blinding mana torrent unleashed.
“Ugh…… aaaaaa!”
The will of a monster trying to kill me rained on my right arm.
Killing intent pressing to devour me.
The pride of an apex species.
Feeling all of it — I no longer feared losing.
“AaaaaaaaA!”
I pushed back gradually, closing the distance.
Step by step, the dragon poured more power, but futile.
Unconstrained desperate attacks ran out of fuel; the cannon vanished.
”…… Match over.”
I drew my right hand to my chest, twisted my hips.
Sensing inescapable death, the dragon stopped resisting and offered its neck.
…… Then let me ease your passing.
The thrust pierced its forehead——
”…… GA…… A……”
—— Crimson eyes rolled, turning white.
The fight against the dragon that dragged Enkalton into hell ended quietly.
Enkalton’s worst night was over.