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Chapter 93 – Incapacitate
“Yuto-san! The Gryphon!”
Haruka-san warned me, but I had already grasped it with the Presence Detection.
Above us, the Thunder Gryphon arched its wings.
It was in a diving position.
Of course, the reaction was,
“Come on, Kudave!”
“Kuhahahahahaha! Looks like I won’t have to hold back this time!”
――Guoooooooo!
As soon as he appeared with a flashy performance, Kudave roared at the Thunder Gryphon.
Even I, who was not directly facing him, would faint from the reverberation alone.
For Kudave, it may have been just a roar, but the roar of a phantom dragon is physically a sonic weapon and mentally an attack on the soul.
I suppress my desire to escape the reality in front of me in less than three seconds.
I don���t want to waste my “escape from reality,” which can’t be used continuously, on something like this.
“Kyaaaah!”
Haruka-san screams and falls on her butt behind me.
Clovis, who was in the middle of a hit stop from the rapid-fire Plunder, was blown several meters off the ground by the impact.
The Thunder Gryphon in the air above us is… Oh, it’s unconscious.
The diving position was completely broken, and it crashed into the water of the underground dam, spinning in a cone-like motion.
Of course, there was no way I would miss this opportunity.
“Thunder Strike!”
“Gugahhhh!”
I fired the Advanced Lightning Magic with the skill synergy on board at Clovis.
One hit won’t… vanquish him.
When I used Appraisal, I found that Clovis was down to 1 HP.
It looks like even the three Plunder barrages from earlier had taken a lot of his HP.
The only reason he didn’t die from the attack just now was because I used Knock Out on him.
Why don’t I just kill this dangerous man quickly? You might ask.
I totally agree with that thought, but if you think about it, there is a reason why I can’t kill Clovis right now.
Right now, this Okutama Lake dungeon is in the middle of a flood.
If a level 5079 elf dies in a dungeon during a flood, I don’t know what the consequences will be.
When the flood happened in the Hikarigaoka Park dungeon before, it was caused by the untimely death of a high-level explorer, Junko Tozaki.
Killing Clovis here would be risky.
By the way, that Junko Tozaki, grumbling “hot, hot…”, is on alert for Clovis, in accordance with my intention as summoner.
In the stunned state of inactivity, Clovis cannot even speak.
He cannot even cast spells in this state.
Clovis has Chantless, but it doesn’t matter because activating skills also fall under the ‘action’ of being unable to act.
“Yuto-san!”
“Whoa!”
I was suddenly hugged from behind and nearly staggered.
The feeling of being pressed against my back is… It’s not that.
Now I have to watch out for Clovis.
I realized this when I tried to untie Haruka-san’s arm that had been placed in front of her.
Haruka-san was shaking.
I put my hand on Haruka-san’s arm,
“Are you okay, Haruka-san?”
“Yes… Thank you. Thanks for coming to my rescue.”
“I’m sorry you got caught in the crossfire at the temple grounds.”
In the battle at the Tengumine Shrine, Haruka-san received collateral damage from my attack magic, even though it had a Knock Out effect.
“You had no choice in that situation. …I thought I was going to die.”
I felt Haruka-san giggling behind my back.
“I’ll apologize again later. Unfortunately, I still don’t know if we can rest now.”
If this is the end, I don’t understand why God lent me that thing.
Maybe I could have prevented the “karma” that God was talking about…
“I-I’m sorry.”
Haruka-san separated herself.
“Well, I was so happy… I thought maybe Yuto-san wasn’t interested in me…”
“…That can’t be true.”
Don’t ask me something too subtle for me to answer.
“Do you think Clovis could have been incapacitated by this?”
“Probably. I don’t know what state he’s in, but you incapacitated him, didn’t you?”
“Yes.”
I pulled out a pair of handcuffs and a gag from my Item Box.
Why do I have these things, you ask?
Serika forced them on me, you know.
After I rescued Honoka-chan and defeated the members of an evil explorer circle called Ultimate Freedom or something like that.
I put the handcuffs and the gag on Clovis, which are supposed to keep the explorers at bay.
Clovis, out of action, just stares at me with bloodshot eyes.
Actually, there’s no need to restrain him since his inactivity will last as long as he doesn’t regain any HP.
“…Speaking of which, what’s going on with the flood?”
First of all, it’s strange when the flood continues even after the dungeon boss is defeated.
In the Hikarigaoka Park Dungeon, the flood ended when the boss, the Hobbit Sumo Wrestler, was defeated.
“Clovis wanted to use the dungeon boss, Mizuchi, as a medium to summon Splefnir from the other world.”
Haruka-san said.
…No, I’m sure she meant to explain, but I don’t quite understand what she meant.
“What is this Sple… thing?”
It was not Haruka-san who answered my question.
“It was the Boundary Dragon Splefnir. He is the… guardian, keeper, and jailer of the world where I and that elf girl were. His name comes from ‘the one who wraps you in a cocoon.'”
“Y-You are… really the Phantom Dragon-sama?”
Haruka-san was taken aback by Kudave descending and dropping his comment.
…It doesn’t matter, but from Kudave’s point of view, Haruka-san seems to be treated like an “elf girl.”
I’ve heard that the spirits of elves wear out due to their longevity, but I don’t see any wear and tear on Kudave, who also has a long life span.
In fact, I’m kind of impressed to think that he’s lived for tens of thousands of years with this kind of self-centeredness, aren’t I?
“Kuhahaha! You got it, didn’t you? In this world, you can call me Kudave.”
“P-Phantom Dragon-sama is following Yuto-san!”
“I don’t feel like he’s following me. He is not the kind of person who listens to what you say.”
“What are you talking about? I sank the Thunder Gryphon as you requested.”
“Yes, you did. Thank you for your help.”
“My goodness, it was hard to adjust it so that I didn’t destroy the dungeon. Is there any situation where I can go on a rampage without worrying about my surroundings?”
“Don’t be reckless. If you go on a rampage like that, nuclear missiles will fly at you.”
Kudave and I casually exchanged words,
“Who are you really, Yuto-san… and how can you show up here so quickly?”
“No, I’m just an explorer. …More importantly, Kudave, what about that Splefnir?”
“Umu. He’s a…”
Just as Kudave was about to open his mouth, Clovis began to tremble.