Chapter 1-49 : The Girl And The Dark Elf Are Fighting The Black Wyvern (part 1)
「It can’t be happening! That’s the black wyvern!」(Ingrid)
Ingrid had just told Elle about the troublesome wyvern that had been causing chaos in the kingdom for more than two years.
She never thought the wyvern that would eat her bait was that exact wyvern.
「There are thousands of other wyverns in the sky, but I caught this one!? What a rotten luck!」(Ingrid)
Ingrid immediately stopped reeling in and quickly cut the fishing line with the dagger on her waist. The fishing line made from her mana then disappeared into thin air.
By cutting the line, she hoped that the dangerous black creature in the sky wouldn’t come any closer toward the ground.
However, it was too late.
「Ingrid… I think it’s descending…!」(Elle)
「Tsk! It noticed us!」(Ingrid)
Even though the black wyvern was flying about a thousand meters above the ground, it could notice Ingrid and Elle with its sharp eyes.
It glared angrily at the two as if saying, “You’re the one trying to catch me!?”, and then it started descending, approaching them from the sky.
「It’s coming at us! Ingrid, what should we do!?」(Elle)
「Khh! We have no choice but to fight it!」(Ingrid)
「What!?」(Elle)
There were no obstacles or buildings in this barren open area, and they had no horse either. They had no place to hide and no way to run.
Even if they tried to run away, the hungry, ferocious wyvern would never let them go.
Ingrid swiftly put away her magic fishing rod and took out her magic bow.
She drew a fire arrow and aimed her bow toward the sky.
「Eat this!」(Ingrid)
As soon as she released the arrow, flame appeared and burned the arrow, turning it into a rocket ascending into the sky at high speed and flying toward the wyvern.
「Wow!」(Elle)
Elle was amazed by how fast the arrow flew. It almost reached the wyvern in just a couple of seconds.
However, before it hit the wyvern, the wyvern opened its mouth and exhaled a black-purplish smoke, repelling Ingrid’s burning arrow.
「Dammit!」(Ingrid)
「What!? Is that dark breath!? I thought wyverns couldn’t do that!」(Elle)
「It’s because that’s not a normal wyvern. That wyvern is cursed because it has eaten too many people. That black smoke is miasma!」(Ingrid)
「Miasma!? That meansー」(Elle)
「Yeah, it’s dangerous. We can’t be exposed to it. Gaah! I wish we had a horse now! I’m sorry, Elle… We should have rented a horse carriage. Catching a wyvern was a bad idea…」(Ingrid)
「It’s not your fault. We’re just having bad luck today. More importantly, can we defeat it?」(Elle)
「I’m not sure, but it’s not impossible to defeat it.」(Ingrid)
Wyverns were not mythical beasts like dragons. They were normal monsters that were relatively easy to defeat, especially by experienced adventurers.
The black wyvern was stronger than normal wyverns because it could exhale miasma, but still, it was possible for a group of experienced adventurers to defeat it.
It hadn’t been defeated simply because this cunning creature had been avoiding adventurers and the army of the knights these past two years. It decided to confront Ingrid and Elle because it thought they were weak.
「How can we beat it?」(Elle)
「The only thing that can pass through miasma is holy magic, but unfortunately, a dark elf like me can’t use holy magic nor can I create holy arrows. That means I won’t be able to hurt it if it keeps repelling my arrows with its dark breath. We have to make it unable to release dark breath anymore somehow.」(Ingrid)
「Do you have a plan?」(Elle)
「Hmm…」(Ingrid)
Ingrid folded her arms and started to think.
Meanwhile, the black wyvern continued ascending, approaching closer and closer to the ground.
「Ingrid, hurry up! It’s coming!」(Elle)
「Kaahh! Think, Ingrid! Think! What can we do to stop it!? Think!」(Ingrid)
Ingrid held her head, trying her hardest to come up with a strategy, but the wyvern had reached the point where its dark breath could hit the two.
It opened its mouth and inhaled.
「Ingrid, the breath is coming!」(Elle)
「Dammit! Run, Elle! Run!」(Ingrid)
「ー!!」(Elle)
They knew they had nowhere to run, but feeling the incoming danger, they couldn’t help but turn around and dash away with all their might.
However, the black wyvern was not worried because it was confident its dark breath would reach them anyway. After inhaling deeply, it then exhaled the thick miasma breath out of its lungs.
ーBWOOOOOSH！！！
「This is bad! This is bad! This is baaad!」(Ingrid)
「Kya!」(Elle)
As the black smoke approached, Elle tripped on a rock and fell.
「Elle!」(Ingrid)
Without thinking, Ingrid turned around and quickly hugged Elle on the ground, trying to cover her with her body as much as possible so she wouldn’t get exposed to the incoming miasma.
「Ingrid!」(Elle)
「Keep your head down!」(Ingrid)
「But you willー」(Elle)
「Don’t worry about me!」(Ingrid)
Ingrid gently pushed Elle’s head down and braced herself.
Soon after, the black smoke passed her body along with a strong gale.
Fwoooshhhー!
「ーKhhhh!!」(Ingrid)
「Ingriiiiiid!」(Elle)
Elle felt so helpless. All she could do while being protected by Ingrid was shout her name.
「Ingrid! Ingriiiiid!」(Elle)
「ーGAAAAAAaaaaaa……….. aahh?」(Ingrid)
Ingrid had prepared for the intense pain she would feel as her body got exposed to the miasma, but instead of feeling pain, she felt somewhat warm instead. It felt rather good.
「Wha… Huh…?」(Ingrid)
「I… Ingrid…? You okay?」(Elle)
「Y, yeah, I think so… What in the world is happening?」(Ingrid)
Realizing she was completely fine, Ingrid released her arms from Elle and sat down.
Wondering what exactly had happened, she noticed that they both were surrounded by a small barrier made of light.
「What is this? A barrier?」(Ingrid)
「Ah! It’s you guys!」(Elle)
Elle immediately knew exactly what was protecting them when she saw the barrier.
「You know what this barrier is?」(Ingrid)
「Yes. These are the light fairies I made a contract with when I left my island.」(Elle)
As Elle said so, a number of small light particles appeared out of thin air and gathered around her.
「Light fairies? I see. You’re really full of surprise!」(Ingrid)
「Uhh, but I had no idea they had this kind of power.」(Elle)
The fairies indeed didn’t have that power at first, but they developed it thanks to Elle’s strong will to protect Ingrid. Of course, Elle didn’t realize it.
「Anyway, we’re safe thanks to these little fellas.」(Ingrid)
「Un! I thought we were done for.」(Elle)
「Yeah, me too, but it’s too soon to celebrate our safety. We have to beat that black lizard first.」(Ingrid)
「You’re right.」(Elle)
Ingrid and Elle stood up and faced the black wyvern, which had finally landed on the ground. It was glaring intimidatingly at them.
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