Chapter 68…
The Greed Arc
Victory!
——From this point on, even though I held the title of Knight Representative of the Greed Kingdom, the battle before me was so far beyond my comprehension that all I could do was watch.
Yes… it was on a level where even joining in would have just been an obstruction—
“Miya! Stop it from flying while you can!”
“Got it— [Wind Slash]!”
The girl called Miya obeyed the order, spreading a massive magic circle beneath her feet. From it, she unleashed a compressed blade of wind.
“———!!!???”
That slash severed the Crystal Dragon’s wings at their roots.
Yes… severed them.
Even through those impossibly tough scales we had all believed no earthly weapon could pierce—
[Wind Slash] itself was an advanced Greed magic spell, but its power was clearly modified far beyond standard limits.
“With this, it can’t fly anymore. My rapier should be— ah, there it is.”
The hero pulled his rapier out of the ground and took his stance again.
That blow that brought down the Crystal Dragon… came from that rapier?
It looks like a perfectly ordinary blade—what kind of secret could it be hiding!?
“Miya, the weak point?”
“Gimme a sec~”
A strange crest appeared in Miya’s eyes, glowing ominously red.
“All done♪ The core’s in its forehead, between the eyes. It’s pretty big though—want help?”
“I don’t need help. I’ll finish this with a [Weapon Summon]!”
[Weapon Summon]!?
N–no way.
Did that hero actually master that spell in such a short time!?
Beside me, I heard a cracking sound like teeth grinding.
When I turned, I saw Chloe—blood dripping from her mouth, glaring at the hero with a look like a demon’s.
It’s no wonder…
Weapon Summon is the pinnacle of the magic Chloe aspires to reach.
Just seeing someone else use it must be agony for her.
“[Weapon Summon]!!”
The boy raised his hand to the sky and shouted the incantation.
A golden magic circle burst to life at his feet, shining brilliantly as shockwaves rippled outward with a thunderous roar, wrapping him in divine light.
Then, from that brilliance—
—appeared a magnificent golden lance, over two meters tall.
Its elaborate, symmetrical patterns and overwhelming presence made it look like a sacred weapon straight out of legend.
The boy grasped the lance, and as its radiant glow surrounded him, he soared high into the night sky.
In the pitch-black heavens, that golden light shone like a second moon, illuminating the darkness—
as though a new star had joined the constellations.
“This ends nowwww!!!”
From the heavens, he hurled the massive golden lance straight toward the Crystal Dragon!
The weapon, released from Ryuto’s hand, streaked through the air like a blazing shooting star.
Behind it, a colossal tornado formed, tearing through the sky itself.
As the lance neared the dragon, its radiance intensified, blazing as if the sun itself were descending upon the earth.
“——————！！！！！！”
The lance pierced the Crystal Dragon’s forehead—
and in that instant, a tremendous explosion erupted.
The impact rippled across the vast region like the wrath of the gods, uprooting trees, shattering boulders, and shaking the very earth.
When the dust finally cleared, there stood the hero with his rapier once more in hand—
and the three of us who had survived only thanks to our protective barriers.
“So this… is the power of a Hero…”
And before us, the mangled corpse of the Crystal Dragon lay sprawled across the ground—
its upper body completely obliterated.
