Re:Zero - Jobless Reincarnation: Succubus Sword God? I don't recognize it!

Chapter 578 The Dragon Slayer
Pfft!
The bear carcass fell to the ground, splashing up a handful of snowy rain.

In the blink of an eye, they were left behind by the wheels of the speeding carriage.

The three-hundred-kilogram bear that Susanna killed, its body severed at the waist, slammed into the ground with the force of its death, creating two deep craters and leaving a long trail of blood. It also stunned a bear that was chasing after it.

However.
"Patrice! Speed ​​up!!!"

Sarah screamed desperately! Her voice was filled with panic and anger.

The bear she shot was already using the rocks on the cliff face of the valley as leverage to move around. Now the bear was dead, but it was suddenly rammed by another bear that rushed out from the wind and snow.
In the pupils, the corpse, wrapped in blood and wind, hovered in the air, tumbling and twisting, its momentum undiminished, new force emerging!
It quickly crashed towards the carriage where the group was!
Patrice is a magic swordsman who can use wind magic, but he's not proficient enough to be of any help!

"Blowing technique!"

But it was Dilik, who had been observing the situation all along, who came to the rescue! The carriage accelerated suddenly under the influence of the air-blowing spell, shaking off the area where the bear corpse was falling.

boom!
The bear carcass narrowly missed the carriage, almost grazing the wheels as it fell to the ground!

The magician captain raised his hand and cast a powerful fireball, blowing the culprit's head off. In the instant the fireball erupted, he seemed to see something clearly, his eyes lit up, and he hurriedly shouted, "There's a rift on the right! Go in!"

Susanna yelled, "No! If this is a dead end, we'll be trapped here and die!"

The magician, seeing the approaching bear pack behind him, roared, "There are too many bears! We can only shake them off by using the terrain! Even a dead end can be used as cover! Otherwise, once they surround us, we'll be attacked from all sides!"
Although the Snowfield Horse is a C-rank monster, it only has excellent endurance and can travel in wind and snow. It is no match for the Rasta Bear and would be torn to pieces in just a few moves!
"If we go in, we might get trapped and die, but if we don't go in, we'll die immediately!"

Susanna swung her knife and felled a bear, then looked around, speechless with astonishment.

Is this really the best solution right now?

The instant she turned her head, Patrice had already made her choice. With a flick of the reins, she restrained the frightened snow horse and steered it sideways toward the ravine. The car body spun sharply, and in just a few breaths, it swung its tail and plunged into the ravine twenty meters away.

The ground in the rift valley was crystal clear. In summer, there should have been a shallow stream flowing through it, but now, in winter, it was all frozen over.

Crack! Crack! Crack! The ice was crushed by the wheels, exposing the pebbles in the riverbed beneath, and the carriage lurched violently!
The bears crowded at the rift's exit, biting at the lingering presence of the passing carriages, and swarmed inside. The mage captain and his teammates exchanged a glance, abandoning their more proficient fireball spell and switching to the quieter wind blades to slash at the bears.

Sarah and the others quieted down, silently wielding their swords and firing arrows, annihilating the monsters that came tailing them during the gaps in their spellcasting.

In an instant, Dilik understood that they were worried that too much noise would cause rocks to fall from the top of the canyon, which was only a dozen meters wide, making things worse.

fifteen minutes.

With a series of thuds, Rasta Bear was killed by wind blades, swords, and arrows, and its body was thrown far away by the carriage.

The narrowing rift formed a natural barrier, and there was no obvious sign of the rift narrowing even at the far end. The pressure on everyone was greatly reduced, and smiles appeared on their faces.

half an hour.

With a whoosh, the Rasta bears formed a long line, creating considerable distance between them, and began their instinctive rabbit-hunting tactics.

Snowfield Horse was panting heavily; the damage caused by the wind blades was no longer as great as before, and the smiles on everyone's faces disappeared.

One hour.

The snow horse's muzzle was covered in ice, and its speed noticeably decreased.

The group grew increasingly silent, but the cold sweat on their brows in the wind and snow, and the blood splattered on their clothes, only made the atmosphere in the lonely carriage more and more tense.

Sarah's face was deathly pale as she looked at the endless herd of Rasta bears following far behind her, her lips trembling:
"Why aren't they leaving yet? They're trying to outlive us. Damn it, damn it!"

Susanna stared intently at the bears behind her:
"They just need to wait for our energy, magic, and stamina to be completely depleted before launching the next attack. They've already strayed far, far away from their settlement."

Sarah's heart skipped a beat, her lips trembled, and she turned to look behind her.

In my line of sight, every teammate looked exhausted.

"Does that mean...?"

Awooo!!!

Before she could finish speaking, a powerful, commanding howl came from behind her, instantly reaching Sarah's ears.

The people on the carriage sprang to their feet, ready for battle.

The howl trailed off with a long, drawn-out sound, and then the bear pack behind them charged at them as if they had gone mad!
Sarah felt her hand was extremely tired from drawing the bowstring, but even so, she forced herself to aim and mechanically shoot the monsters.

But this time, no matter how many arrows she fired, the bears showed no sign of retreating. The horde of demons, like a tidal wave, quickly closed to within ten meters of the carriage.

Sarah raised her hand, drew her bow, and fired an arrow! However! In her sight, the lead bear used the thickest section of fur on the back of its neck to block Sarah's arrow, which was no longer as powerful as it had been an hour ago.

The bear lunged forward! Sarah's pupils contracted; in that instant, she could even see the fangs and saliva in the mouth of the lead bear.
Tsk! !
A knife suddenly appeared in her field of vision, decapitating the charging bear in one stroke!

Before Susanna could even comfort Sarah, she turned and began killing the other monsters that rushed towards her. In an instant, four or five bear corpses, carrying enormous kinetic energy, pressed down on them. The group only had time to kick two of them away before they had to deal with the monsters attacking from behind.

They could only watch helplessly as the bear carcass crashed onto the carriage, smashing the rear half of the carriage to pieces.

A cold wind blew into everyone's mouths, and someone shouted, "Protect the wheels! The snowfield horses are already frightened! Don't let the wheels..."

Click! !
The wheels had already been bumping along the way, and now they were split in two after just two bumps from the bear carcass!

"Ice cubes!"

The carriage suddenly lurched, and Dilik ducked to dodge a flying bear claw. He quickly ducked and used ice magic to catch the broken part, preventing the carriage from crashing directly to the ground due to the broken wheels while traveling at high speed, thus preventing everyone from being sent flying to the ground.

Ice cubes did manage to 'weld' the cracked wheels back together in time, but Dillick didn't have Rudy's skillful craftsmanship.

Can this wheel even be called a wheel now?
This is just a lump of ice with absolutely no bearing structure!

Tsk! ! !

The carriage jolted violently, the frozen wheels scraping against the ground with snowflakes and ice chips, and the carriage inevitably tilted to one side.

"Steady the horse!!"

"We can't hold this position!!!"

"Freeze all the wheels!!!"

"Frozen!! Ahhh!! I've lost my balance!!"

"A bear has climbed onto the roof of the car!!"

"I'm going to kill it!"

"It's too late!! We're going to crash!"

Above Sarah's head, a bear attacked, biting through the roof of the carriage and opening its blood-red maw to devour the blonde girl's head!
The next instant!! A tremendous impact struck! Throwing everyone in the carriage flying!!

boom! ! !
The carriage crashed into the rock wall beside the rift valley, instantly shattering into pieces. The bear on top of it had its forehead split open, its white brain matter splattering everywhere.

At the last second, the fire magician and Dirich instinctively used their breath magic to protect the two women and three men inside the carriage, sending them flying out. However, Patrice, who was driving outside, was not so lucky.

His brains were whiter than Sarah's face, who had witnessed the moment he crashed into the car.

"Be careful!!"

The five were thrown high into the air like cannonballs, passing over the heads of the charging bears. Just as they landed, Dilik and the fire magician used their breath magic to cushion the impact, launching them back into the air.

Amidst gasps of alarm, this cycle repeated several times before finally landing.

But the four survivors of the counter-arrow showed no relief at surviving such a close call; only fear of death.

The blizzard carried the pungent, foul stench of the monster's mouth; perhaps choosing to be killed alongside Patrice was the least painful way to die.
Finally, with this fleeting thought in mind, the group collapsed onto the ground more than twenty meters away.

Dirich was different from the others. His face was full of anger and obvious resentment. He struggled to reach out and release a large fireball to kill the approaching monster.

But the next moment, everyone's faces froze.

In their line of sight, the hundred or so Rasta bears that had followed them stood about twenty meters away, forming a circle and silently watching them, without taking another step forward.

The bloodthirsty look in his eyes just moments before was now tinged with obvious resentment and a hint of fear.

fear?

what's the situation?
The group was filled with doubt and surprise, but before they could figure out what was going on...

The ice beneath them provided the answer.

Click, click.

Dense cracks spread out in front of them. Dilik only had time to look down once before the ice surface within a ten-meter radius suddenly shattered in his sight!
The four of them plunged into the icy lake! The frigid water instantly froze their bodies. They quickly held their breath, simultaneously channeling their battle qi and magic to resist the cold, struggling to stay afloat. It was utterly useless!

What lies below is not a shallow stream like before, but the entrance to a deep underground river!
After the ice broke, the surging current swept over their bodies, and an unknown suction force gripped their bodies tightly, dragging them downwards.

The speed was extremely fast; the ice blades flowing past them with the icy water pierced the exposed skin of the group, leaving deep wounds.

The world spun around him, he was upside down, Dirich held his breath, his brain was oxygen-deprived, and the will to survive kept telling him to do something! To do something!
But at this moment, a profound sense of powerlessness relentlessly eroded his thoughts.

I have to go back.
I must go back. Princess Ariel still needs me to save her. She has no one else to rely on but me. Only me.
He couldn't breathe; his right arm had been pierced by a piece of ice.
Am I going to die?
If I die, who will help her?
谁.
Beneath the surface of the water, all was pitch black.

He had only been in the water for ten seconds when Ariel's various expressions, mannerisms, actions, and tones flashed through his mind like a slideshow. For some reason, these scenes passed by quickly, swirled, and swept by, eventually solidifying into a single image.

A figure covered in blood, amidst the gasps of the crowd on the shore, beheaded the assassin who attempted to break into the cabin and take the princess hostage with a single stroke.

He pushed open the door and entered, disappearing from his sight.

So fierce and brutal, yet so reassuring.
ah.
Allen
Lord Allen
Please, save Her Highness the Princess, just like two years ago, with ease, effortlessness, and a relaxed demeanor, showcasing your kindness and compassion.
Come and save Princess Ariel!
Please. Please.
puff! ! !
A sudden chill ran through my body, the surging water around me turned into air, and the blizzard vanished without a trace!
Dirich suddenly opened his eyes! He had been thrown out of the dark water! He crashed to the ground with a thud!
With a gurgling sound, Dilik rolled around on the wet, moss-covered ground before stopping, allowing the air to return to his lungs and pulling him out of his near-dazed state.

He winced in pain, clutching his bleeding arm, shook his head, and looked around.

This was a dark space shimmering with a ghostly blue light. To his left was a pool of water, its surface rippling. He had come out of here.

To his right were Sarah and the others, still alive, sitting there blankly staring ahead.

The walls and the floor were covered with a thick layer of moss, and faint light seemed to fall from the sky overhead.

Dilik looked up and saw a 'well' the size of a face at the top of the sky, hundreds of meters high.

A frog in a well, looking at the sky from the bottom of a well.

The undercurrent unexpectedly threw them into a cavity in the mountain that resembled a volcano.

Good luck
What?
Although my life has been saved for now, I still don't know where I am or how to get out.
My thoughts suddenly stopped.

Dilik suddenly felt a violent, foul-smelling wind, mixed with the rushing sound of running water.

The wind howled strangely, like the rhythmic breathing of air circulating through the lungs of some giant creature.

The water flow was also strange, as if it was blocked by something, causing it to flow out through the gaps and splash onto the pool irregularly.

Dilik suddenly froze, looking at the faces of the few survivors below him.

They weren't just spacing out.

Their expressions were clearly those of utterly terrified and dazed, and even the girl named Sarah had warm fluid seeping from her lower body.
Dilik slowly turned his head and looked at the source of the breathing sound.

On the right, near the mountain wall, next to the pool.

The ground, which was more than ten meters in diameter, emitted a faint blue light.

At the boundary between light and shadow, a huge, ferocious head covered with diamond-shaped silver scales, larger than a carriage, emerged from the darkness.

Water jets flowed from the razor-sharp, icicle-like teeth.

Above it, the dragon's eyes, burning hot like lava, were larger than a carriage wheel, indifferent and devoid of any emotion.

Its body, over thirty meters long, appeared and disappeared in the shimmering blue light, resembling a mountain range with no end in sight.

The world's top hunter, the dragon, was right in front of him.

The current that just pulled those people in wasn't an underground current.

That was the master of this snow valley—Silver Dragon, who lowered his head and took a sip of water.

Dilik's face turned deathly pale in an instant, just like Sarah and the others beside him.

How can a certain death not instill despair?
Even more despairing is...
call.
The silver dragon raised its head, its scorching gaze falling upon the few outsiders on the ground.

Sizzle, sizzle.

Beside its sharp teeth, the flowing water quickly dried up, turning into thick, scorching steam that escaped from its mouth.

A faint, intense light emanated from between the teeth, illuminating the surrounding cave!

Someone nearby spoke up, trembling, "Longlongyan...it's too lazy to pounce and kill us. Luckily, it shouldn't hurt."

Dilik had no time to think about whether Dragon Flame could give them a quick death.

His mind went blank.

The brighter the flames grew, the paler his face became.

Am I going to die?
If I die, who will save Princess Ariel?
谁.
"ah!!!"

When despair reached its lowest point, an unexpected change occurred!

As Sarah suddenly screamed, an even more dazzling light burst forth in front of them!

The silver dragon's flowing dragon eyes even flashed with a hint of surprise, and it lowered its eyes.

The ground in front of it was bursting with dazzling blue light.

The light on the ground suddenly dimmed and vanished without a trace in a flash.

Only the blazing dragonfire remained, still gathering its power, illuminating the silver dragon cave.

However, Dilik stared blankly at the spot where the light was flashing.

A figure appeared out of nowhere.

The crimson flames dyed her flowing white hair, her black coat billowed in the foul wind, and her sharp jawline drew a fierce line beside her ear.

The man had his eyes closed.

Then, I opened my eyes.

He stared at the gaping maw brimming with dragon flames right beside him, momentarily stunned. As if unfamiliar with it, he instinctively turned and stepped to walk to the side.

But before he could take a step, he suddenly turned his head and glanced at the group of people, including Dilik, who were watching him from behind.

"Ok?"

The blazing flames drowned out the doubtful words! They erupted from the dragon's mouth! Expanding! They stained the eyes of Dirich and the others!

A raging fire tornado rose out of nowhere! It seemed to engulf the heavens and the earth!
In that life-or-death moment, despite their many questions, Dilik and the others covered their faces under the whip of fear.

Immediately afterwards, the expected scorching heat invaded their bodies, burning their blood vessels, and bringing a feeling of warmth.

But there was no heart-wrenching pain.

Still shaken, they lowered their arms, only to find that the flames hadn't burned them at all; instead, two towering walls of fire had risen five meters to their left and right.

The wall of fire quickly pulled the group out of hypothermia, bringing them a real sense of being alive.

Dilik and the others were completely captivated by what was happening right in front of them, speechless with shock.

In sight.

The surging dragonfire burned the entire cave, scorching the moss, and danced and swayed like a curtain, outlining the silhouette of the white-haired man who suddenly appeared there.

The orange flames licked his fluttering clothes with a fawning light.

It is both pandering and submission.

The man stood to the side, his hand forming a knife, held in front of him.

The raging dragon flames, standing a meter in front of his palm strike, spontaneously retreated, transforming into two walls of fire that flanked his figure from both sides, leaping and frolicking as they spread.

They are truly loyal.

The silver dragon's corpse, split in two like two mountain peaks, sizzled and crackled from the heat.

(End of this chapter)