The Collection of The End

Just like people will eventually decay,]

The empire will one day be destroyed,]

The imperial capital that has prospered for thousands of years,]

Now it’s just a corrupt hell on earth,]

Demons and monsters in human skin,]

Walking around arrogantly and domineeringly,]

If heaven cannot punish evil,]

We will disappear in the darkness,]

Nightraid—see above! 】

——Imperial calendar, 1024——

Creak, creak, a carriage loaded with goods drove on the hard dirt road leading to the imperial capital.

"Hey, we're finally here," the coachman wearing a fur hat waved his whip, looking at the giant city that was already visible in the distance, and said to the carriage: "We didn't encounter any thieves along the way. We are so lucky. Mr. Nall."

"That's true, but you'd better not treat this situation as the norm, Barton." A middle-aged man wearing a headband opened the car curtain and looked outside: "If you have any luck and don't hire a guard, , when you encounter a thief, you can only use your poor sword skills to protect your property, no, maybe even it will be robbed."

"Of course, I will remember it, Mr. Vernal," Barton replied: "Uh...how long will you stay in the imperial capital?"

"It will definitely take longer than your short selling." Vernal put down the car curtain: "I'll give you a piece of advice. The escort on the return journey must be formally entrusted by the Adventurer's Guild. If I were a thief or a robber, you would be in nothing but your pants. .”

"Hey, that's because Mr. Vernal is a native of Storn. Your sword alone is more expensive than my truckload of goods." Barton flicked his whip: "As a man with no hands, A powerful businessman, I can earn you the protection of a powerful adventurer just by giving you a ride, which is a profit after all."

"Powerful...heh, you have never seen a truly powerful person -"

Hiss——hiss——】

Boom!

With a strange and harsh neighing, the road directly in front of the carriage suddenly bulged, and then exploded in all directions, and then a huge monster emerged from the ground.

It looked like a lobster, but it was five or six times as tall as a carriage and ten times as long. It had a pair of giant claws like pincers, and was covered with a thick earth-yellow carapace. The diamond-shaped eyes stared at the carriage, and the sharp mouthparts opened and closed, obviously hungry.

Xilulu——The horse that was driving the carriage overturned, broke free and ran away, but Barton and Vernal jumped out of the car before that.

"Why is there an 'earth dragon' here?!" Barton held up an ordinary iron sword and trembled at the huge monster.

"Compared to that, I seem to have forgotten to ask you what kind of goods you are carrying." Vernal put his hand on the beautiful hilt of the sword, but did not unsheath the sword. He just turned his head and glanced at the overturned goods. Box: "This kind of brainless idiot can't do anything to ambush him. He can only be attracted by something."

"It's just... that kind of medicine, the one in greatest demand in the imperial capital..." Barton said hesitantly.

"...As soon as I take action, you run away immediately." Vernal's face darkened after hearing this, but he didn't say much.

"Ga——]" Naturally, the earth dragon did not wait for them to chat. After emerging from the ground, it shook its head from side to side, making a hissing sound like rocks rubbing against each other, and raised a pair of big claws to rush towards Barton and Vernal.

"Draw the sword—" Vernal growled, and suddenly drew the sword out of its sheath. It was a strange-shaped blade with a distinct arc. When it was unsheathed, a bright sword light visible to the naked eye was cut out in front of him. The earth dragon happened to hit the sword light, and the whole "dragon" stood still.

"Okay! Mr. Vernal, give it a fatal blow quickly! The bounty for a 'level one dangerous species' is very high!" Barton cheered from the side.

"Didn't I let you run away?" Vernal said word by word.

"ah?"

Click - click!

The next moment, with a crisp sound, the sword light that originally imprisoned the earth dragon shattered like ice cubes. Vernal grunted, stepped back five or six steps before regaining his balance, and immediately tried to retract the curved sword. Sheath, but couldn't complete this action because my hands kept shaking.

"Gah——" As if he was angry about this attack, or felt danger, Tulong completely ignored the carriage and Patton, and rushed straight towards Vernal.

Ding! when!

Vernal failed to sheath his sword in time and could only raise his sword to resist.

This time he failed to use the "imprisoning sword light", and was hit by the earth dragon's powerful and heavy blows, causing him to retreat repeatedly, causing blood to bleed from his mouth and nose.

"This... this..." Barton raised his sword, wanting to rush forward but not daring. Finally, he threw away the sword and took out a crossbow from the overturned carriage. He loaded the arrow unfamiliarly and aimed it at the earth dragon. The arrow, the arrow actually penetrated into the carapace, but the earth dragon showed no reaction at all.

"..." Vernal didn't have time to speak, but the annoyance in his eyes clearly conveyed the meaning of "You call yourself a powerless businessman?"

Barton reloaded the arrow and gesticulated at Vernalby, as if he wanted him to lead the earth dragon to turn around and expose its belly without the protection of its carapace.

Vernal gritted his teeth and fought hard with the Tulong twice, then turned it half a circle, providing Barton with a shooting angle.

Phew—take it!

The arrow hit the belly of the earth dragon, but this time it failed to penetrate even the carapace and fell to the ground after a bounce.

Obviously, as a "first-level dangerous species", it has no weaknesses at all. The back and abdomen are just different colors of carapace. If it must be said, maybe the two pitch-black eyeballs can be considered, but with Barton's accuracy, he wants him to The shot was a complete fantasy.

Bang! Bang!

Vernal, who was mentally unbalanced, failed to block him. He was knocked to the ground by the claw of the earth dragon, and the strange curved sword also flew out.

"..." Barton stopped loading arrows and began to retreat quietly.

Running directly would offend a powerful local adventurer. After all, if both parties ran together, he would definitely not be able to outrun the other party. But if this adventurer was dead, then he would be offended.

"Saving lives, hunting for bounties, and making a name for yourself, you kill three birds with one stone."

On the chaotic battlefield, a clear boy's voice sounded.

"Varied--"

Vernal had no time to pay attention, but Barton clearly saw a young man in white clothes and black trousers, wearing brown leather boots and leather gloves, with brown broken hair appearing behind Vernal as if taking a walk.

Facing the Tulong who had an overwhelming advantage in size and rushed towards him with force, he drew his sword lightly, and his whole body turned into a sword light that was more dazzling than Vernal, flashing past Tulong's eyes.

"Gah——shut up...]"

A large amount of blood suddenly emerged from the position of the earth dragon's eyes, and the howling sound stopped abruptly only halfway, and then fell heavily to the ground.

"Who...are you?" Vernal, who still couldn't get up, looked at the young man in front of him who sheathed his sword and asked subconsciously.

"Me?" The brown-haired boy touched his nose: "My name is Tatsumi, I'm just a country boy who wants to go to the imperial capital to make a name for himself."