It was a mistake in the first place to accept the request to defeat a lower-ranked dragon.

The current situation is awful. Rather, it is hopeless.

Roy, who was playing the role of a protector, had fallen, and I was the only one on the front line to deal with the dragon’s attacks. For now, I’m blocking the attacks, but I don’t know how long I can hold out.

「Eugene, get away!」

With those words, an ice spear surged towards the dragon as soon as I backstepped away from it.

However, it was pointless.

Luka’s ice arrows, his specialty in magic, were vaporized before they could reach the dragon by the flames that surrounded it.

「Luka, conserve your magic until El finishes healing Roy!」

「I can’t!」

As if to disprove my words, Luka drops a large rock・・・・・・about 10 meters above the dragon.

The large rock abruptly appeared from the dragon’s blind spot and fell crushing it.

「This is・・・・・・」

The large rock falls and plunges the dragon into the ground. Have we defeated it? But it was a faint hope.

「Guoooooooo!」

「Kya!」

「Luka!」

The dragon shattered the large rock and stood up. Unfortunately, the crushed rock broke into fragments and scattered around, hitting Luka.

Fortunately, he was not killed instantly. However, he was groaning and slumped over from the intense pain.

All is lost.

Two of my friends are wounded, and my healer, El, has her hands full with healing. That means I’ll have to take down this monster dragon by myself.

Honestly, it’s impossible.

However, I can’t say that. Rather, there was no way it would wait for me.

As if to say, “Stop,” magic power gathers in the dragon’s mouth.

Dragon Breath, the fire dragon’s signature fire breath, was about to be unleashed. Considering the fact that it didn’t use it from the beginning, the dragon must have been enjoying the hunt.

I needed to kill it before it could use it. But it was already too late.

「Get away―――――」

There is no one who can respond to those words.

If this had been the case, I should have been more thorough and researched the request.

The scenery slowly drifted by, and flames spewed from the dragon’s mouth.

Wings of the Fire Dragon, our party was brought to its knees by a real fire dragon.

It was supposed to.

「Hello, I’m not very good at attacking, how about a magician for support?」

A girl with a hood? was standing between me and the fire dragon.

「W-Who are you?」

「More importantly, this situation」

I don’t know how she did it, but the fire dragon’s breath is gone and we’re still alive.

「We’re saved, you, what’s your name?」

「My name is Yuan, a fledgling E-Rank adventurer」

「E-Rank!?」

The girl who introduced herself as Yuan?　smiled broadly.

「For now, let’s do something about this situation. We’ll discuss the compensation later」

When I heard that she was an E-Rank adventurer, much less a child in appearance, the girl turned to the fire dragon, which she could not reach.

Even if an E-Rank adventurer came to help, it would only be a drop in the bucket, but it would still be a temporary respite. As an A-Rank adventurer, I’ll fight as hard as I can, with all my pride and determination.

TL Notes:

New story! !

I am ahead a few chapters, and from what I read, this’ll be a good one!

Looking forward to reading more. I hope you do too!

Starting next week, this will be uploaded every Tuesday and Thursday, same time as VRMMO Blacksmith. Thank you for reading!