Of course, it had probably never had its wings cut off before.
Writhing in excruciating pain, it was panicking in the face of an impossible reality.
But we still couldn't let our guard down.
They say a wounded tiger is the most dangerous...
It might still have some hidden trump card.
We had to corner it carefully, without rushing—
"Hmph hmph hmm! In the end, you're no match for the Licorice-chan! Now, prepare yourself!"
"Wha—!?"
Licorice, who was supposed to have just delivered the Snow Crystal Sword, suddenly joined the battle.
She leapt forward and began chanting a spell.
"Licorice-chan Fire!"
A rather large fireball shot out and struck the Purgatory Dragon directly.
It caused a decent-sized explosion, but...
"Graahh!!!"
"Kyaaa!?"
A decent attack just wasn’t enough.
All it did was anger the dragon, and Licorice hurriedly retreated to the rear.
"Fate! Sofia! And you, old man! Hurry up and take care of that dragon already!"
Then she started cheering us on.
Um...
What is she even doing, really?
I'm grateful that she brought the Snow Crystal Sword, but I wish she wouldn't act so recklessly.
If she’s not careful, the dragon might target her.
The final blow... will be delivered by us.
No—
"Uooooooohhhh!!!"
It’ll be delivered by Horn-san.
"Take this!"
"Haaaaah!"
Sofia and I focused entirely on supporting him.
After losing one of its wings, the Purgatory Dragon had become more ferocious than ever.
But it didn’t feel like a truly dangerous, cornered beast.
It seemed more like it was thrashing about in a final, desperate frenzy.
Just a bit more.
"Take it all!!"
Horn-san threw every last one of his bombardment swords.
The Purgatory Dragon had learned that they were dangerous and tried to evade—
But there was no room to escape, as the swords poured down like a storm.
As a result, the dragon couldn’t dodge and took the full brunt of the countless explosions.
Its scales were torn off, its flesh ripped open.
Blood poured out as it let out a scream of pain.
"Grooooaaar..."
Its movements were slowing down rapidly.
Even the growls coming from its mouth were growing weak.
At this point, all that was left was...!
"Fate!"
"Yeah! Horn-san, we’ll leave the finishing blow to you!"
At Sofia’s signal, the two of us charged in together.
Although it was considerably weakened, the Purgatory Dragon's attacks were still fierce and relentless.
It swung its claws wildly and lashed its tail.
It even unleashed its breath attack.
Dodging all that, the two of us launched a simultaneous assault...
Then, my Snow Crystal Sword and Sofia’s Excalibur pierced into the base of the dragon’s legs.
We pushed the blades in all the way to the hilt.
Then forcefully twisted them around to sever its nerves.
"Gyaaaaaaaaaahhh!!!?"
With that, it could no longer move properly.
It could neither defend itself nor flee.
And so...
"Horn-san!!!"
"Right!!!"
Horn-san charged in head-on.
It looked like he was deliberately drawing the Purgatory Dragon’s attention toward himself.
Sensing something unusual from Horn-san’s approach,
the Purgatory Dragon focused on him as its primary target and released its breath attack.
...But that would be its fatal mistake.
"That's exactly what I was waiting for!"
What he used was a treasure that Nonoka had once obtained—
a magical mirror that could reflect any attack once.
Because of that, the breath attack was reflected straight back.
The Purgatory Dragon took the full force of its own blast—
"This... is the end!!!"
And then, Horn-san's powerful, final strike pierced straight through the Purgatory Dragon’s eye.
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