Peace Hunter

Moments earlier, at Duchess Arlet's location.

Duchess Arlet and the knights on the expedition had successfully defeated all the monsters that had approached them.

"There may be quite a lot of them, but they're all weak," said knight A.

"Yes, I can even defeat them without using magic," said knight B.

"You'd better not be so arrogant, since Miss Duchess killed some of those monsters. You can be proud if you manage to defeat a larger number of monsters than Miss Duchess," said knight C.

Meanwhile, after defeating the monsters around her, Duchess Arlet replaced her rapier at her waist. Afterward, Duchess Arlet walked back to her knights.

"You all, good job on defeating those monsters. However, don't let your guard down, because the monsters could suddenly come back and attack us," said Duchess Arlet.

"Yes, Miss Duchess," said the knights.

After the knights said that, they were suddenly startled by a loud roar.

*ROAAARRRRRRR

Duchess Arlet and the knights who heard the roar were shocked. Some of the knights were seen trembling immediately upon hearing the roar.

"W-What was that sound? D-Don't tell me it was the voice of a dragon?!?!," said one of the knights.

While some of the knights looked panicked and trembling, Duchess Arlet remained calm. She then looked around, checking and being on guard, as if the roar might be a sign that something was coming their way. And it turned out to be true, because in the sky north of where they were, dozens of creatures were seen flying and heading towards them. One of the knights happened to look up and immediately alerted Duchess Arlet and the others.

"Look up there, there's something flying towards here," said the knight, pointing his finger towards the sky where the creatures were flying.

Duchess Arlet and the other knights simultaneously looked up at the sky where the knight was pointing, seeing something flying towards them.

"There are dozens of creatures flying towards us, but I can't see what they are," said knight A.

"Yeah, me too. What could they be?" asked knight B.

They continued to stare at the flying creatures. When the creatures got quite close, they were shocked to see what they were.

"D-dragons?!?!," said knight B.

The creatures flying towards them were dozens of fairly large ice dragons. They were all shocked to discover that the creatures flying towards them were a large group of ice dragons.

"It turns out it's a group of ice dragons. There are quite a lot of them, probably around a dozen ice dragons,"

"Isn't the leader of the ice dragons the only one left in these mountains?! Why are there still so many ice dragons left?!?!," the knights exclaimed.

Most of the knights looked confused. According to the information they had received, all the ice dragons in the mountains had been wiped out decades ago, leaving only the leader. They were puzzled to see that there were still ice dragons in the mountains, especially since there were dozens of them. Seeing that most of her knights were confused, Duchess Arlet immediately spoke to them.

"All of you, this is not the time to be confused. Prepare to attack and finish off those dragons," said Duchess Arlet.

The confused knights immediately regained their senses after hearing Duchess Arlet's words.

"Yes, miss," said the knights.

The knights immediately prepared to attack the flying ice dragons, as did Duchess Arlet. Duchess Arlet had already re-wielded her rapier.

"Those dragons are known to have incredibly tough skin, but I have a feeling that these dragons aren't real dragons. Seeing their entire bodies covered in ice, it seems they are artificial dragons created by ice magic. I must confirm this," thought Duchess Arlet.

Duchess Arlet then prepared to launch an attack on the flying Dragons by pointing the tip of her rapier at one of them.

~Ice Magic: Eis Twinge~

After that, a ball of ice magic shot out from the tip of her rapier and shot towards one of the flying Ice Dragons. The ice magic then pierced the Ice Dragon's head, sending it plummeting to the ground. Its body shattered immediately upon impact.

"So it's true, that Ice Dragon was just an artificial Dragon made of ice magic. If it were a real Dragon, my attack just now wouldn't have worked," thought Duchess Arlet.

After pondering this, Duchess Arlet shared her thoughts with her soldiers.

"Everyone, that Ice Dragon isn't a real Dragon, but rather a Dragon created from ice magic. Therefore, you don't need to use much strength and mana to defeat them. Even a normal attack will have an effect on them. You should conserve your strength and mana for our true targets," said Duchess Arlet.

"Yes, miss!" the knights said.

"Then let's finish off those Dragons," said Duchess Arlet.

"Yes, miss!" the knights said.

Duchess Arlet and her knights immediately attacked the still-flying Dragons with long-range attacks and magic. The attacks hit some of the Dragons and knocked them down, but most of the Dragons managed to dodge the attacks. The Dragons that managed to dodge the attacks immediately launched a powerful attack, spraying ice magic from their mouths.

However, the Dragons' blasts of ice magic were easily dodged and blocked by the knights. After the Dragons' blasts of ice failed to hit the knights, the Dragons then flew towards the knights and launched close-range attacks using their claws, tails, and bodies. However, their close-range attacks were still unsuccessful, as the knights were able to block and avoid the attacks. After successfully blocking and avoiding the attacks, the knights prepared to launch a counterattack. However, the Dragons were also preparing to attack again. They all took turns attacking each other. The scene had now turned into a fierce battle between the knights and the dragons.

Meanwhile, Duchess Arlet was seen having just defeated two dragons that had approached her. Afterward, Duchess Arlet looked up at the sky above her. In the sky, dozens of dragons were flying overhead. Upon seeing the dozens of dragons, Duchess Arlet prepared to attack.

~San Lucia Art: Snow Blade Dance Technique~

Ten rapiers made of ice suddenly appeared around Duchess Arlet. Afterward, Duchess Arlet immediately leaped upward. The ten rapiers surrounding her also followed her as Duchess Arlet leaped upward. When Duchess Arlet had jumped high enough, she suddenly leaped again. Several knights who happened to be watching Duchess Arlet were amazed and impressed. They were impressed by Duchess Arlet's ability to soar freely through the air. However, what actually happened was not what they saw. The reason Duchess Arlet was able to leap through the air was because, before she could leap, she first created a small foothold in the air made of ice magic. This small foothold allowed her to continue her jump upwards. Because the foothold was small, those who saw her assumed she was able to leap freely through the air.

Duchess Arlet then continued to leap through the air towards the flying Dragons. The ice Dragons, seeing her leaping towards them, began to attack her with ice blasts from their mouths. However, Duchess Arlet easily dodged the ice blasts. Then, Duchess Arlet finally reached the same height as the flying Dragons. After that, Duchess Arlet quickly prepared to attack the Dragons. The ten ice rapiers surrounding her began to separate and move towards each of the ice Dragons. Meanwhile, Duchess Arlet moved towards one of the Dragons that was not approached by the surrounding ice rapiers. Once the ice rapiers were close to the ice dragons, Duchess Arlet immediately dashed and attacked the ice dragons nearby.

~San Lucia Art: Multiple Freezing Air Slash~

Duchess Arlet immediately slashed a nearby ice dragon, splitting it in two. At the same time, the ice rapiers Duchess Arlet created also slashed the nearby ice dragons, splitting them in two. All the flying ice dragons were also split in two. Then, the ice dragons immediately fell to the ground and were destroyed.

After the ice dragons were defeated, Duchess Arlet immediately rushed towards the remaining dragons to be defeated.

-

A few minutes later, at the place where the woman with the dragon's horns and tail was.

The woman, sitting on the throne, appeared to be asleep. However, not long after, the woman began to wake up from her sleep.

"They've all been defeated. Then, now—" the woman said.

However, before the woman could finish her sentence, three enormous dragons flew away. The woman then looked at the three dragons that had flown away.

"Ah, that's right. I told them to leave immediately without waiting for my orders once the ones outside were defeated. They truly obeyed my orders," the woman said.

-

Back to Duchess Arlet.

Duchess Arlet and her knjghts had defeated all the dragons that had attacked them. Not a single knight had died from the dragons' attacks, but several had sustained injuries. Those who were injured were immediately healed by other knights who could use healing magic.

Meanwhile, Duchess Arlet was observing her surroundings. Around her, there were many shattered bodies of ice dragons. These were the ones that had previously attacked them. After examining her surroundings, Duchess Arlet replaced her rapier at her waist. Afterward, she walked over to her knights to inform them.

"You all, well done for defeating those ice dragons. For now, we'd better rest—" said Duchess Arlet.

However, before Duchess Arlet could finish her sentence, a loud roar was suddenly heard.

*ROOOAARRRRRRRR

Duchess Arlet and the knights who heard it were immediately shocked.

"T-this sound, this sound is the same as the roar we heard earlier,"

"W-who made this loud roar?," the knights said.

Some of the knights began to panic, but Duchess Arlet tried to calm them down.

"Everyone, calm down. Be on standby and check the area around us because there might be another monster or dragon coming like before," said Duchess Arlet.

"Yes, miss," said the knights.

The Duchess and the knights immediately stood ready, already holding their weapons. They then began to look around. Just then, a knight who happened to be looking up at the northern sky saw three creatures flying toward Duchess Arlet and the knights.

"Miss Duchess, all of you, look up at the northern sky where the ice dragons appeared earlier. There are three creatures flying toward us," the knight said.

Duchess Arlet and the knights immediately looked up at the northern sky. They all saw the three creatures flying toward them.

"What are those creatures? Could they be dragons again?"

"I don't know," the knights said.

Meanwhile, Duchess Arlet was seen preparing to attack the three creatures flying toward them.

"All of you, prepare to attack the creatures—" Duchess Arlet said.

But before Duchess Arlet could finish her sentence, she was shocked to see the three creatures attack them from a distance, shooting ice blasts from their mouths.

"Quickly dodge!!!!!" Duchess Arlet shouted to her knights.

Duchess Arlet and her knights immediately moved quickly to avoid the ice blasts launched by the three creatures. However, the ice blasts were extremely fast, hitting several knights.

Meanwhile, Duchess Arlet and most of the other knights managed to avoid the attack by running and jumping to a safe location. After they managed to avoid the attack, they immediately turned to the injured knights and asked how they were doing.

"H-hey, are you all alright?" said one of the knights.

But before the knight could finish his sentence, he immediately fell silent, his expression filled with shock. This was because he saw that several of the knights hit by the attack were now frozen. Their bodies were completely frozen, and upon closer inspection, six knights were frozen.

The knights who managed to avoid the attack were shocked to see the six knights who had been hit frozen. Duchess Arlet was also shocked.

"They're all frozen?!?!!"

"H-how could this happen?!?!!" the knights exclaimed.

While the knights were still in shock, three creatures flying above them descended toward them. The three creatures landed on the six frozen knights. They stepped on the frozen bodies, crushing them to pieces.

The knights were shocked to see the bodies of the six frozen knights shattered to pieces. But they were even more shocked to see the three creatures that had just descended. These three creatures were three dragons whose bodies were made entirely of ice. The three dragons were enormous, larger than the ice dragons that had previously attacked them. This surprised the knights. Not only the knights, but Duchess Arlet was also shocked to see the three enormous dragons.

After the three dragons descended, they all let out a loud roar.

*ROAAAARRRRRRRRR

The roars of the three dragons caused the surrounding area and terrain to vibrate. Furthermore, several knights were seen being knocked back by the roars, as they were aimed directly at them. Meanwhile, Duchess Arlet was seen trying to avoid being knocked away by the roars.

"Those three creatures... they're dangerous," said Duchess Arlet.

-

Back to the woman with the dragon horns and tail.

The woman's area was very quiet, as the ice dragons and the three enormous ice dragons had left. In the now-quiet area, the woman was seen closing her eyes. Just as the woman was closing her eyes, a loud roar was heard coming from the three ice dragons she had previously commanded.

*ROOOAARRRRRRR

After the loud roar was heard, the woman immediately opened her eyes.

"It looks like the three of them are currently attacking and killing those people. I hope they are not defeated and succeed in killing everyone. If they are defeated and fail to kill everyone, it looks like I will have to step in myself to finish them all off," the woman said.

-To be continued

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