Pawahara Seijo no Osananajimi to Zetsuen Shitara, Nanimokamo ga Umaku Iku Yō ni Natte Saikyō no Bōken-sha ni Natta ~ Tsuideni Yasashikute Kawaii Yome mo Takusan Dekita ~ (WN)

[The Dragonfolk Village]

Well, let’s set Porco-san’s peculiar taste aside for now.

We were continuing to fly at high speed towards the dragonfolk village in pursuit of the blackdollified ‘Spear’ Saint Agartha.

According to Shiva-san, Agartha had already arrived at the village and was in the middle of fierce battle with his fellow dragonfolks.

Hearing that, I bit my lips, hoping that I’d left a little earlier.
But Shiva-san looked completely relaxed.

That was because,

“My, I suppose I should say as expected of the dragonfolks.
They’re surprisingly putting up a good fight… no, they’re pushing him back, even.”

The dragonfolks were apparently stronger than I’d expected, and Agartha seemed to be one in disadvantageous position.

I didn’t know their numbers, but to be able to fight against a blackdollified saint who had a Sacred Treasure and even had the upper hand was by no means a small feat.

They must be really strong.

“Fumu.
Speaking of which, some demi-humans were created by using the monsters Phinis-sama made as reference, apparently,” Arca remarked.

“Yup, that’s right.
Dragonfolks are the best example.
They were created by combining the characteristics of dragons and humans.
Among demi-humans, the members of their race have the highest evolution success rate to Fantasy Form, and they can even communicate with monsters.
You may go as far to say that they are superior variety of humans,” Shiva-san explained.

“I see.
That explains why they could suppress Agartha.
Well, the problem is, Agartha himself may be able to evolve into Fantasy Form too,” I said.

“Indeed.
Not only Shangarula, but also Canaan could evolve into Fantasy Form.
At this point, it would be no surprise if Agartha could as well.
That said, no matter what comes, none will stand a chance before my《Superior Arms》,” Arca smiled, full of confidence.

Seeing that, Shiva-san exclaimed, “Oh, someone’s confident.”

“But of course.
Compared to the others, my bond with Exa is vastly stronger, so it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that the 《Superior Arms》we’re going to be forming would be the strongest of them all—the ‘ultimate’, you may say.
Don’t you underestimate the legal wife.”

“My my, but you’re quite down the line in order of priority, though?”

“Gh, I see you’re still as annoying as ever…”

Grr, Arca gritted her teeth with a vexed look on her face.
Smiling at her, I said in encouraging tone, “But considering that the opponent is a dragonfolk—one who’s highly likely to be capable of evolving into Fantasy Form at that, it’s true that we’re going to be needing a stronger power than ever before.
So, let’s show him how strong our bond is.”

“Ahh, of course.
I’ll pluck his scales to make a wedding dress.” Arca said with a bold smile.

But,

“E-err, let’s just make a normal dress, okay…?”

“Hm?”

I personally didn’t quite like the idea.

◇ ◇

And so, we arrived at a place best decribed as rocky area.

It was a mountain range surrounded by barren ground and rugged rocks with no vegetation as far as the eye could see.

The desert where Turbo-sama lived was greener than this place.

I wondered if anyone could really live in such a place, but perhaps growing up in this harsh enviroment was exactly what made them strong.

At that time.

“—Gishaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!”

BANG! A violent impact sound echoed in the surroundings.

When we looked over, a black figure, who presumably was Agartha, was struck against rock wall by a silver flying dragon.

There were figures of dragonfolks surrounding the flying dragon, and they were all glaring at Agartha while holding up their weapons.

“Oh, I think we may not even get a turn,” Shiva-san said while giving a side-glance at Arca.

Arca then said with a slight panic on her face, “N-no, you can’t be defeated just like that.
You’re someone who’ve received the power of the Goddess of the End—you shouldn’t give up.
I mean, get up already, ‘Spear’ Saint! You haven’t used all of your power, have you!?”

“No, which side are you even on…”

Looking at Arca, who was starting to cheer on Agartha, I slumped my shoulders.