Lu Mingfei, become the King of Elden!

Chapter 192 Good! That's more like it!

"Your path was blocked by that dragon, wasn't it?"

"Big Horn" Teragas's exaggeratedly designed goat-shaped iron helmet swayed in front of Lu Mingfei, and his deep, gruff voice came through, carrying a friendly tone.

"Would you like to team up with me to defeat that 'Dragon Devourer'?"

Lu Mingfei stared blankly at the tin can of goat-shaped objects dangling in front of him, wondering why this guy was being so kind.

It's called cooperation, but isn't it actually helping him?

For most Faded Ones, wyverns are a rather useless presence. Unlike Dragon Eaters, they don't need to hunt dragon hearts, nor do they know how to deal with wyverns.

He hesitated.

In this border region, besides Shirou Emiya, that guy with a saintly aura, there are also these kind-hearted local knights.

Lu Mingfei always felt that something about it was unreal.

Troggs, seeing Lu Mingfei's bewildered expression that seemed to say "Are you crazy?", seemed to misunderstand, and a low laugh came from inside the goat helmet:

"Don't worry, I'm not a Dragon Eater, nor am I a friend of any Dragon Eaters. The dragon heart after the hunt is yours. How about that? Pretty good deal, right?"

"Uh...that's not what I meant..."

Lu Mingfei quickly waved his hand, afraid that the other party would think he was a stingy person worried about not being able to split the spoils equally:

"Dragon's heart is certainly good, but..."

He paused, but couldn't help asking the question that had been lingering in his mind:

“Mr. Big Horn, I wanted to ask you... why are you so kind to help me? That corrupt dragon is not easy to deal with.”

Upon hearing this, Teragas's eyes seemed to crinkle slightly beneath his heavy helmet. He raised his large hand, covered in steel arm armor, and patted Lu Mingfei's shoulder heavily.

The force caused Lu Mingfei to stumble, feeling as if he had been lightly struck by an ancient battering ram.

"Hahaha!"

Terragus let out a low laugh:
“How can you say I’m ‘helping you’? Young man, I’ve said it before, I also need to get through this road. That dragon is there, blocking the way for all travelers.”

Clearing roadblocks and making the roads clear is a natural thing to do, isn't it?

He brandished the giant-crushing hammer in his hand, a weapon that sent chills down one's spine just by looking at it:
"As for danger? Heh, I, 'Great Horn' Telagas, am confident in my abilities. Dealing with a corrupt dragon coiled by the roadside is not enough to kill me. You don't need to worry about me holding you back."

They have some strength?

Lu Mingfei inwardly scoffed, his gaze sweeping over the other man's heavy plate armor, which resembled a mobile fortress, and the two exaggerated goat horn decorations.

Looking at his own relatively "lightweight" armor, he estimated that the weight of the other person's equipment was probably more than twice that of his own!
"Your outfit..."

Lu Mingfei couldn't help but mutter to himself:
"Even if you just stand still and let those guys in the Round Table Hall chop at you, they might not be able to break through your defenses, right? You don't even need to swing a hammer. I bet if you just rammed into that dragon with this iron suit, it would be stunned for a while!"

His complaints were genuine.

The imposing presence of the Terragoss comes more from its heavily armored suit, which maximizes defense, making it resemble a mobile fortress.

Terragus seemed to have heard Lu Mingfei's whispered mutterings, and then let out another hearty laugh:

"Hahaha! Young man, you have good taste! My 'Big Goat' suit can indeed withstand a lot of attacks. But when dealing with big guys flying in the sky, you can't just ram them."

He brandished the giant-crushing hammer in his hand: "We need to bring it down, or at least stop it from flying. That's why we need to cooperate. I see you're agile; you should be able to draw its attention or find an opportunity to attack its wings or eyes. I'll handle the frontal restraint and teach it a lesson. How about that?"

Before Lu Mingfei could reply, he heard the enthusiastic Terragus begin to offer further encouragement:
"Don't overthink it, young man. In the Borderlands, not every Faded One is lucky enough to survive. Isn't it only natural to lend a helping hand to those in need?"

Of course, if you really don't trust me, or have other concerns, I won't force you. I can wait until it flies further away before rushing over, but that might waste more time.

If Teragaz had already said all that, it would seem rather unreasonable for Lu Ming to refuse again.

"Row!"

Lu Mingfei nodded:

"But Mr. Terragus, that dragon has been corrupted by crimson decay and has become completely symbiotic with it. Its breath is not dragonfire, but a red mist filled with crimson decay."

If we get too much contaminated, we'll get a putrefaction disease. We'd better discuss how to deal with it.

"corruption?"

Terragus's goat helmet swayed slightly:

"Don't worry, I have high resistance to scarlet corruption and can withstand it for a long time. And..."

He grinned, reached into the leather pouch at his waist, rummaged around for a moment, and pulled out a small bag, which he tossed directly to Lu Mingfei.

Lu Mingfei caught it instinctively.

He untied the rope with a puzzled look, and a faint herbal fragrance wafted out, mixed with a hint of earth. Inside the bag lay several round, dark red pills, their surfaces rough, as if they had been kneaded and pressed from moss.

"A scarlet pill made from cave moss. It can reduce the accumulation of the Scarlet Putrefaction Scale and cure the putrefaction condition."

This time, the description is finally easy to understand and is no longer a riddle.

"Corrosion-causing medicine?"

Lu Mingfei read out the names of these strange pills with some surprise.

Is there really a drug that can slow down the accumulation of corruption? That's amazing.

But it's also quite reasonable.

The ravages of corruption in the border region have been ongoing for quite some time. Since the disease is incurable, it is only natural that someone would develop drugs to prevent it.

Humans are never willing to admit defeat.

He looked up and couldn't help but ask:

“Mr. Terragus, pills that can alleviate the state of decay must be very precious, right?”

Terragus met Lu Mingfei's gaze, his large hand, clad in an iron glove, gave him a thick thumbs-up, and he burst into laughter, a laugh that was sunny and warm:
"Haha! Don't worry! Before coming to Galid, I asked an old friend to prepare plenty of these things! Just take them and use them, young man, they're not anything valuable!"

Lu Mingfei didn't hesitate or make excuses; he simply put the moss medicine into his waist pouch and patted his sword sheath.
“Mr. Big Horn, then it’s a pleasure to cooperate! You take care of attracting its attention, and I…”

Lu Mingfei grinned:
"Let's bleed it a little while we're at it."

Terragus nodded in satisfaction, the enormous goat helmet bobbing up and down.

"Good! That's more like it!"

(End of this chapter)