I don't want to be a heroic spirit

But the golden dragon seemed to be prepared, and wrapped the red shadow with a hot dragon breath.

The hot wind spread out for hundreds of meters, turning the nearby land into a scorched earth that seemed like a forbidden zone for life.

Then, a large, red-hot sword spun a few times before piercing into the scorched earth.

When the Golden Dragon saw the sword, he was stunned for a moment. The next moment, a voice sounded very close to him.

"Look here!"

Nero, with some burn marks on her bright red dress, suddenly appeared in front of the golden dragon.

"This attack can only singe clothes, it can't even kill a baby!"

The whole person was like a fully drawn longbow, but Nero's delicate fist burst out with amazing power and hit the golden dragon's forehead hard.

"boom!"

The roaring sound almost breaks the eardrums, and the extreme violence brings the ultimate visual effect.

The dragon's body, as majestic as a hill, was smashed to the ground by Nero's punch, and its head was embedded in the ground.

Suddenly, the earth broke into pieces and collapsed downwards.

Nero put away his bleeding fist and immediately withdrew.

It was because, above the golden dragon's head, five magic circles that were as red as blood and contained terrifying magical power suddenly appeared. There were obscure patterns painted on them and they were slowly rotating.

"Damn it! They actually let Nero and Youyou run ahead and show off! How can we tolerate this?!"

Holding down her hat that was nearly blown away by the wind, Huihui managed to avoid sitting down on the ground in embarrassment.

Huihui felt ashamed when she thought about how she was frightened and unable to move by the giant dragon in front of her...especially after seeing Youyou bravely cast magic on the golden dragon.

She would never admit that Youyou was so super handsome at that time!

"Very good, since you've embarrassed me so much, let me repay you with this magnificent blow!"

In an instant, the sun seemed to be obscured by dark clouds, darkness occupied the sky, and only the magic circles containing terrifying demonic power were emitting a breathtaking red light.

"The flames of the black dragon, the elegy of heavenly music, the iron hammer of glory, I use the principle of auspicious clouds of all things, another name for collapse and destruction, to entangle the night with crimson flames."

When Huihui chanted the explosion magic spell, which was still unknown whether it was true or false, Nero came to Yunyun's side.

"Sister Nero..."

"Hmm! It's Yu-oh, your performance just now was superb! As expected of You-you."

Seeing that Youyou's legs were still a little weak, Nero put his arm around Youyou's waist, making Youyou's face slightly red.

"By the way, Yunyun, have you seen where that idiot Aqua is?"

"Eh? Sorry, Nero-san, I didn't see where Miss Aqua went..."

It’s strange, where can that jinx run to?

I looked around, trying to find Aqua.

then……

"...Is there something on the golden dragon's neck?"

Youyou naturally couldn't see from such a long distance, so Nero squinted his eyes and used the [Clairvoyance] skill.

Nero still held on to some hope in her heart, however, when she saw clearly that Aqua, who was hanging on the dragon's neck, was crying loudly, Nero could no longer remain calm.

“…Holy shit! It really is Aqua! How did she get there? No, no… When did she get there?!”

Just when Nero discovered Aqua, Huihui's magic chant was coming to an end.

"In the name of the Crimson Devil, reveal yourself! The primordial collapse! Reincarnation! The kingdom of the end! The source of power is hidden, and the destroyer of eternal destruction is my explosive magic!"

The next moment, the five-layer magic circle above the golden dragon's head suddenly became larger.

Spinning the staff in her hand and raising it high, Megumin chanted the final spell loudly.

“Explosion——!!”

In an instant, the world was vast and desolate.

The incandescent light engulfed everything around it.

The roar of the explosion swallowed up all other sounds around it.

The black and red flames took on a hemispherical shape and continued to spread in all directions, devouring and annihilating everything within its reach into nothingness.

After the explosion, only an extremely huge deep pit was left, as if a god had used his omnipotent hands to dig out a part of the earth from here.

However... the dragon still didn't die.

Even though it was seriously injured, the golden dragon was able to withstand one of Huihui's explosive magic.

"Help me up, I can still go on..."

"Don't be so stubborn. You've obviously been completely drained. There's nothing left, okay?"

Nero took a branch he had picked up from somewhere and poked Huihui, who was lying motionless on the ground.

If Kazuma was here, he could absorb some magic power from others and share it with Megumin, but unfortunately, Kazuma is not here now.

Huihui was unwilling to accept this.

The honor of being a dragon slayer was right before her eyes, but her magic had been used up. Just as Nero had said, she really had none left.

"Dragon Slayer! My Dragon Slayer! Do you know how much I look forward to this title?!"

"Even if you say so, there's nothing I can do. The worst that can happen is that I'll give you the chance next time I meet a dragon."

After Nero's persuasion, Huihui felt a little better and stopped being upset.

"Sister Nero..." Youyou looked at the weakened Golden Dragon nervously and asked, "So, the battle isn't over yet, right?"

Throwing away the branch, Nero dusted off his knees and stood up. He turned to look at Youyou, smiled confidently and dazzlingly, and spoke.

"No, the battle is over."

The next moment, everyone felt a holy breath.

The golden light is converging.

Hope, victory, life, love...

It seems that you can see all the beautiful things from the golden light.

That is the light that guides to victory, that is the light that gathers hope.

Alice, enveloped in golden light, gradually merged with the figure of the Knight King, who held the holy sword.

The holy sword, which shared the same name as the Star Sword bestowed by the fairy in the lake, now shone with a dazzling star-like brilliance.

"[Sacred Explode]——!!"

At this moment, Nero tilted his head as if he remembered something.

"Hiss—did I forget something?"

Chapter 343 The world is finally quiet

“Why?! Why didn’t you save me?! Why was I the only one forgotten?! This is too much!!”

Aqua, covered in mud and looking like a beggar on the street, cried and grabbed Nero's collar tightly, shaking him hard.

Even Nero found it outrageous... She clearly remembered that Megumin's explosion magic was right above Aqua's head, but not only was Aqua fine, she was even jumping around and pulling at her collar. At first glance, it seemed that nothing was wrong except that her body was a little dirty and her hair was a little messy?

Isn't this scientific?

Nero recalled the setting of Explosion Magic...

The Explosion Magic is said to be the most powerful magic that humans can possess. If it is simply powerful and has a large damage range, then it is certainly not worthy of the title of "the most powerful magic".

For example, when destroying the barrier of the Demon King's Castle, Huihui once said that if she could use the Sword of Light, she could easily break it, but if she wanted to use explosion magic, it would take at least a dozen shots.

The reason why it is called the "strongest" is because Explosion Magic has the characteristic of "causing a certain amount of damage no matter how high the enemy's defense is." In other words, even gods and demons will be injured once they are hit by Explosion Magic. This is a feature that no other magic has.

So...what the hell is going on with Aqua?

If it was Kazuma, Nero wouldn't be surprised. After all, Kazuma's luck was there, and Nero could accept any outrageous luck... But Aqua was wrong! She was the unlucky one who could wipe out Kazuma's good luck.

Could it be smoke coming out of the ancestral tomb... No, where could Aqua have ancestors? So... should it be smoke coming out of Eris? No, smoke alone isn't enough, it's actually on fire! Eris is on fire! A fire that won't go out for seven days and seven nights!

Originally, Nero was planning to settle the score with Aqua, but Aqua suddenly ran behind her and pushed her, causing her to fail to dodge the golden dragon's initial attack.

But... she's already been hit by an explosion magic, so it seems there's no need to bother her?

On the contrary, she had forgotten that the other party was in the wrong, and it was difficult for her to make any excuses even if the other party grabbed her collar.

"Mmmmm... Sorry, this is indeed my fault. I apologize to you..."

"Apologize? Do you think an apology will solve all the problems? If apologies were useful, why would we need police officers? Don't you know that if you want to apologize, you should at least kneel down and expose your breasts?!"

Aqua's words made Nero's eyes widen in shock.

MD Aqua! Are you that LSP Kazuma in disguise?

"However, this goddess is magnanimous and doesn't require you to expose your breasts. All you need to do is buy me one hundred... no, two hundred bottles of sparkling wine, then join the Axis Cult, pay me ten thousand Eris every day, and then go with me to Eris's church and shout 'Eris's breasts are padded' a hundred times a day, and I'll reluctantly... no, it's too easy. Why do I have to..."

Yes, this is the Aqua I am familiar with.

Nero stared at Aqua who was chattering non-stop with his dead eyes.

Until the other party stated ten conditions and still seemed to have no signs of stopping, Nero could no longer help it and took off his golden boots.

"Why? Are you going to offer these shoes of yours to this goddess? By the way, I've been curious about your shoes for a long time. They are so dazzling, are they really made of gold? Then how rich are you? If I can sell these shoes, they should fetch a lot of money, right?"

"No, think about it. These are the shoes of a beautiful girl. And the shoes of a heroic beautiful girl who defeated several Demon King army cadres and a giant dragon. With such a gimmick, there will definitely be a lot of idiots who spend a lot of money to buy them, right? Especially deadbeat otakus like Kazuma. After all, good-for-nothing 2D characters like Kazuma are the easiest to make money from... Pfft! You are worthy of being this goddess. You are so smart! I even think my intelligence is a little too scary!"

In fact, Nero didn't know if his boots were made of gold. Judging from the material, he could only tell that they were made of some kind of metal, possibly copper or something like that...

I weighed the combat boots in my hand, hmm... they were quite heavy, just right.

Then, while Aqua was still chattering, Nero picked up his boot and hit Aqua on the back of the head.

"Oh!"

Ah, the world is finally quiet.

…………

"What! You guys went to slay the dragon——?!" X2

After returning to the temporary residence, Nero and the others met up with Kazuma and Darkness, and the two learned about Nero and the others' dragon-slaying feat today.

Tilting his head, Nero asked in confusion, "Didn't I tell you?"

“Not at all!”

"Oh, it seems I forgot. So, Kazuma, when is dinner? We didn't even have lunch because we were slaying the dragon."

"It'll be ready soon. I won a lot of money at the casino today, so I bought a lot of super expensive ingredients. You can look forward to it... No! You're changing the subject! Are you thinking of skipping over such an important matter with just a simple 'I forgot'? Huh?!"

“…Hey?”

"Hey, what does that mean?"

Nero frowned and said with a hint of dissatisfaction, "Hmm! What's there to be dissatisfied about a beautiful girl like Yu acting cute in front of you? Being too nagging is a point-loss for boys."

"Ah, you do make sense. Well...thank you for the treat?"

"Besides, even if I told you in advance that I was going to slay the dragon... would you go with me?"

"That's totally unnecessary," Kazuma said with a hint of disdain. "Even you, Nero, have become so miserable. I can probably imagine how dangerous a so-called dragon is. If a lowly adventurer like me were to go there, I'd probably just cause more trouble... As the saying goes, every profession has its specialties. I think the casino is my battlefield. If the situation allowed it, I'd live here!"

Kazuma made a lot of money in the whole day.

It roughly reached 40% of the aid money that the Kingdom of Elrod gave to the Kingdom of Belzer.

This is because He Zhen’s initial capital was too small, otherwise he would have gained even more that day.

"I, I, I! I will go!"

Darkness raised her hands high and yelled to attract attention. Then, blushing, she hugged herself and said shyly, "That's a giant dragon! The most terrifying monster in the world! I wish I could be pinned down by it. What would happen to me then? Would it stare at me with disdain, as if I were an ant? Or would its huge, hard, long tail ravage me and leave me covered in wounds? I would definitely be hit by its scorching breath and end up tainted with its fishy odor, right? Hmm~~~~!"

While rubbing her thighs, Darkness's body trembled, making a suggestive sound.

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