The Second Son of The Marquis Runs Away from Home ~ Lacking Talent, He Abandons Everything and Becomes an Adventurer ~ - 152

Chapter 152: Artificial Dragon

“Strategic-class, huh… So that means… it holds enough power to act as a deterrent in itself.”

Certainly, the light that scorched the dungeon, even though it was a forest, was incomparable in power to an ordinary dragon. It seemed futile to even try attacking such a colossal body.

The Juggernaut opened its mouth again, and its throat began to glow.

“Is it going to shoot that light again?”

Even more worrying was its ability to shoot such a powerful beam at such short intervals.

Before anyone could disperse, Serena stepped forward.

“Tear Deployment: True Tear Angel Turetiar!”

As Serena deployed her magic, water from the surroundings gathered in front of her, forming a circular shield. With an incantation, a massive water shield was completed.

“True Divine Mirror: True Aegis!”

The Juggernaut fired its breath again. The breath collided with the slightly angled water shield, scattering intense light and roaring as it clashed, then diverted upwards and ascended into the sky.

“Serena!”

“I’m fine, but… I can’t block too many of those.”

“No, it’s enough.”

Drawing my sword, I signaled to Aria. When she nodded, I turned to Shurin.

“Is there an effective way to deal with that thing?”

“…If I have enough time.”

“In that case, Aria and I will stop it. Serena, please protect Shurin so he can concentrate.”

With that said, I jumped down from the rocky mountain. Facing the Juggernaut, I uttered powerful words.

“Army Deployment: Chaos Crusader Clad in Black!”

“Flame Deployment: Luxdite, the Flamboyant Flame of Desire!”

Summoning my armor and Gallima, I charged forward. Aria flew alongside me towards the Juggernaut.

As the Juggernaut’s gaze turned towards us, it released numerous beams of light from its mouth like rain. Aria and I split up, with Aria evading the beams like a swallow, while I maneuvered Gallima freely to deflect the arrows with my dark-clad sword.

Dodging the rain of arrows, I switched to the Great Sword and simultaneously slashed at the Juggernaut’s forelegs with Aria.

“――――――――――!!”

Sparks flew from the exposed inner parts of its foreleg. The Juggernaut roared, and several holes opened in its torso, releasing something.

What emerged looked like oval-shaped eggs, but they were as large as me and falling one after another.

(Bombs?)

As we avoided the falling objects, they landed on the ground, and with a metallic sound and the sound of friction, they began to transform.

“KaKaKaKaKa!”

“GiGiGiGiGiGi!”

“KyuRuRuRuRu!”

They transformed into creatures resembling metal lizardmen, their eyes locking onto us with an inorganic gaze. Sharp claws extended from their arms, and they began to strike.

Additionally, part of the foreleg transformed into lizardmen with the upper bodies of mantises, equipped with four sharp arms. Those attached to the forelegs seemed stronger than the others.

“Strategic-class… It’s only natural it would have defensive functions as well.”

The metal lizardmen surrounded Aria and me…