Blessing Of Yuri Goddess-Chapter 377 - 85 - Side Story Of Undead Dragon Invasion
It was midday, in the town center of Marquess Arisawa Von Bloomgard’s domain.
It had previously been bustling with laughter and people taking a break during the day. But, suddenly, the brightly shining sky was now obscured by small, flying dots, slowly approaching.
The dots grew larger until they could be seen with the naked eye.
A flock of adult dragons was flying toward the town center of Marquess Arisawa Von Bloomgard’s domain, which was becoming a hot gossip on the Aurora Kingdom’s capital.
This was all thanks to the genius of his twin child, who had created a new, far more efficient town structure for running a centralized economy. That was a major change from a territory that relied on a market economy and controlled currency prices.
With all the financial advantage, Marquess Arisawa Von Bloomgard felt that no one would hinder the success of his twins’ genius and formed an alliance of opposition noble families to challenge the royal family politically.
With his current abilities, Marquess Arisawa Von Bloomgard could be considered worthy of ascending to the position of Duke in the Aurora Kingdom.
However, several issues stand in Marquess Arisawa Von Bloomgard’s way to becoming a Duke.
One of these issues is his territory that borders the territories of noble families who support the royal family. Marquess Arisawa Von Bloomgard’s current plan is to incite several noble families of the Aurora Kingdom to join an alliance of opposing nobles.
In the process, Marquess Arisawa Von Bloomgard has received assistance from a group that has been deemed a heretical sect by the Aurora Goddess Shrine and the Aurora Kingdom.
Despite this, they maintain the cordial relationship to a worrying extent.
One such initiative involves using tame magic to conduct experiments on a herd of dragons raised after hatching from their eggs. This massive, long-term project is progressing to the testing stage and is currently undergoing combat-worthy trials as Marquess Arisawa Von Bloomgard’s secret weapon during the inter-noble war.
Their reason for doing this was their greatest fear of Marquess Rommel, whose main Knight’s strength was unknown.
Marquess Arisawa Von Bloomgard had received various reports regarding the strength of Marquess Rommel main Knight.
However, all of these reports remained ambiguous.
The emergence of a unique monster called the Golden King Bear had been successfully defeated by Marquess Rommel’s main Knight, along with adventurers from various corners. But Marquess Arisawa Von Bloomgard considered such information to be rubbish because it did not describe the abilities of Marquess Rommel’s main Knight.
With no other option and having already collaborated with the heretical sect, Marquess Arisawa Von Bloomgard utilized the magical knowledge he had acquired from the heretical sect to develop a new combat unit consisting of a herd of dragons controlled using tamer magic.
With tamer magic, the herd of dragons, notoriously wild and brutal, could be controlled. The downside of tamer magic is that the caster shares the pain of the dragon they control.
Kllaanngg!!
Klaanngg!!
The town center of Marquess Arisawa Von Bloomgard’s domain suddenly went into a state of military alert after hearing the sound of a giant bell emanating from the town hall.
The echo of the bell caused everyone to frown and stare at the herd of dragons in the distance, drawing ever closer.
The bustling town center was now plunged into panic after the loud ringing of the giant bell. Several people immediately abandoned their activities upon hearing the sound of the giant bell and run for save their lives.
For the people who lived in the town center of Marquess Arisawa Von Bloomgard’s domain, the sound of the giant bell was a bad omen they didn’t want to hear.
Only three things could happen if the giant bell rang like a deadly natural disaster, a monster invasion, or a war of attrition.
Of those three, one of them was happening right now.
"F-Fuuccckk!!"
"We’re screwed!!"
"What the hell is going on right now?!"
"I’m still busy processing the resignation letters from the entire tamer squad who suddenly became terrified after their tamer magic broke."
"Now there’s this other problem!"
"Isn’t there a simpler, less serious problem?!"
Klllaanngg!!
Kllaanngg!!
The echoing sound of the giant bell seemed inaudible to the middle-aged man serving as the Central Town Defense General in the domain of Marquess Arisawa Von Bloomgard.
Braakk!!
The door to his private room was suddenly opened by a young-looking figure carrying a spear at the ready use for battle.
"General... Emergency!! There’s a dragon monster invasion approaching the town center!" the young man shouted, his voice drowning out the echo of the giant bell.
"I hear that! Don’t shout in my room!" the General replied, sticking his fingers in his ears while using a thin cloth to cover his ears.
"This isn’t the time to cover your ears and pretend it’s not an emergency, General!"
"I know! I know! Don’t make any noise!" the General snapped, seemingly unconcerned.
"All the Knights on the defense wall have gathered and await your instructions, General!"
"Tch! Too fast! I still need another five minutes of rest after processing those dishonorable discharge papers!"
Boonnkk!!
"This isn’t the time to rest!" With great courage, the young man struck the General’s head with the blunt handle of his spear.
"How dare you hit a General? You want twelve months in prison?!"
"You can think about that later!"
The young man immediately grabbed the General’s collar and dragged him out of his private room.
Srroookkk...
Srroookkk...
"H-Hey, slow down!" the General screamed after being forcibly dragged away.
In such an emergency, the General acted relaxed, as if he already knew that the dragon monster invasion that was currently taking place was an invasion by ordinary dragon monsters.
Unbeknownst to the General, it was a surprise monster invasion prepared by someone they shouldn’t have touched before the war season between the nobles began.
From the clear sky, the shadows of the dragons grew larger and revealed their true form.
The dragons’ charred heads, the bones revealing their burnt muscle fibers, and their stiff movements, reminiscent of the undead, made the General burst out laughing.
"HAHAHA!!"
"WHY ARE YOU ALL PANICKING OVER THIS UNDEAD HORDE?"
"Gosh, what kind of joke are you guys up to?"
"Haven’t you fought the undead in the underground caves many times before?"
"Hahaha... so funny!"
Laughing and belittling the approaching Undead Dragons, the General immediately snatched the spear from the young man’s hand.
"Watch and learn, noob!" With arrogant words, the General injected magic energy into the spear and threw it at the Undead Dragons.
Boom!!
As the General launched the spear into the air, the magic energy he had infused into the spear exploded with a powerful explosion. Explosive dust began to appear in the sky above the town center of Marquess Arisawa Von Bloomgard’s domain.
As one of the Defense Generals stationed in the town center, his physical and magical prowess was undoubtedly formidable.
Just a small injection of his magical energy created a massive explosion visible to everyone in the town center.
"HAHAHA!!"
"Undead Dragons like this are easy to deal! Just pelt them with spears coated with magical energy."
"Do your best here, okay?"
"I’ll go back to my private room to rest."
However, before the General could return to his private room, the dust scattered in the air dispersed, revealing a horde of Undead Dragons flying ever closer.
"N-No way!"
The General broke out in a cold sweat upon seeing the Undead Dragons appear in the sky.
"R-RRRUUUNNN!!" With a panicked cry, the General issued a taboo command to all the knights stationed on the town center’s defense walls.
That command, which should have never been issued, caused someone to chuckle from beneath the white robe he was wearing.
Snap!!
Just as all the defending knights were panicking, a finger snap was heard, and a white magic circle spread across the sky.
At the same time, a flock of Undead Dragons that had been flying near suddenly fell heavily and smashed into several buildings in the town center of Marquess Arisawa Von Bloomgard’s domain.
BAAAMMM!!
BBLLLAARR!!
DRRAAASSSHH!!
The falling flock of Undead Dragons caused all the defending knights, who had been panicking, to cheer, as if they had won the Undead Dragon invasion.
The General, who had broken out in a cold sweat and ordered the order to flee, suddenly fell silent.
"It’s over..." the General muttered, as if realizing something was wrong with the Undead Dragon horde.
"G-General? Is something wrong?" the young man, who knew nothing, asked the General what had happened.
"Yes, we’re in trouble. The Undead Dragon horde has hit the ground, and do you know what that means?" the General said, returning the question to the young man.
"Huh?" The young man, completely unaware of the General’s thoughts, tilted his head.
"D-Don’t be so surprised after hearing this. The attack I launched earlier was a focused holy magic attack aimed at annihilating the Undead in one massive attack. If they survived that attack... You already know what that means..." the General said, looking down and rushing into the room as all the defending knights cheered in apparent victory.
The young man’s face also drooped as he walked behind the General, whispering, "Want to try and calm yourself with a bottle of old wine from the vault, General?"
"Yeah, sure. They’ll die anyway once they learn this," the General replied, walking into his private room.
"If I remember correctly... the General just processed the honorable discharge papers from the tamer unit, right?"
"Yes."
"Want me to help you write death certificates for those who are still alive... while you drink a bottle of old wine?"
"Oh, that’s a good idea. I like that idea."
Amidst the cheers of the defending knights celebrating their apparent victory, the General and the young man quickly entered the General’s private room.
Inside the sealed room, they both realized that there was no victory possible against a horde of Undead Dragons.
Fully aware of the fact that they couldn’t win, the two of them immediately took care of the most troublesome task in the military, which is recording a knight’s death while on duty and sending the death certificate to their family members.
These two tasks were arduous, and the General anticipated this by writing them in advance.
The young man hurried to the vault and retrieved a bottle of aged wine.
While the defending knights were still not see—what is coming to them, the two of them worked diligently to write the knight’s death certificate with sincerity.
