To become a king and a magician

"Absolute defense?"

Throwing away the broken and rotten black keys, and taking out new ones from under his clothes, Hiel curled his lip: "What era are we living in? Still boasting about absolute defense."

Hiel had already broken several similar things, but considering the feel of the shield just now, she had to seriously consider how to deal with it.

(Judging from the feel of it, that shield's ability is probably to reflect; physical attacks shouldn't be able to penetrate it unless they reach a certain level. As for magic... pshaw, I'd rather die than use that kind of thing!)

(So ​​the remaining solution is—hmm?)

Just as Hiel was thinking, something that was growing larger in her field of vision drew her attention. Aleister, as if sensing that presence, also turned around to look at the sky behind him.

In that instant—

"Bang—Crack—!!"

A fist covered in blue magical light smashed the shield to smithereens!

"What—Pfft—!"

Before Aleister could even cry out in alarm, his face was dented by the punch! He was sent flying like a ball into a distant house!

Landing on the dragon and shaking his fist, Natsukawa Tora clenched his fist: "Strange, it looks like I punched through something? Ah, are the people over there alright?"

Hier: "..."

61. Fairy: Are you being polite?!

Hiel looked at Natsukawa Tora who had suddenly appeared before him, and his heart was instantly filled with a lot of doubts.

What's wrong with this person?

Did he just shatter that shield with a single punch? That shield was one that even she couldn't break when she used her armor!

Was he flying before? Yes, he was flying, right?

Is this guy even human?

While Hier was filled with doubt, Natsukawa Tiger was also surprised.

(Hiers? What's she doing in Paris at this time? 1995... Oh right, she's joined the burial agency by now, isn't she? That doesn't make sense.)

Since he's a member of the Burial Agency, he naturally only appears where there are Dead Apostles, considering he just beat a vampire half to death—

(Huh? Could that be Hield's target? Did I steal his kill?)

That's really embarrassing.

"Um, you should be alright, right?"

After a moment of silence, Natsukawa Torama asked the same question again. However, before Hiel could answer, the giant dragon that Natsukawa Torama was stepping on—[Kokutos]—suddenly moved!

"GAAAAAA——————!"

With a roar, Kokutos spread its dragon wings and soared into the sky!

Its core is made up of fairies, and like fairies in spirit, it only has one thought in its mind: "play." Although Aleister had previously controlled its mind and body, now that he had been sent flying by Natsukawa Torato's punch, Kokutos could no longer suppress its desire to play.

Let's set our first target as that tall triangular iron tower over there; it looks like a lot of fun!

I said—

Like a bucket of ice water poured on a fire, Natsukawa Tora's voice reached Kokutos's ears from above.

"You dragons have been living in the inner world for too long and may not know this, but there's a hidden and mysterious unspoken rule in this world now. A big guy like you—please don't fly up there and attract attention!!"

The moment he finished speaking, Natsukawa Torama used his enhancement magic to its limit and swung his fist, smashing it into Kokutos's head with all his might!

Click—!

The protective barrier that was shielding it was shattered once again by a single punch!

In terms of Servant stats, Natsukawa Torama's strength is now at C-rank. In addition, with the highest level of magic power he inherited from Arthur, any barrier based on magic and his own characteristics is no different from paper in front of him!

"Bang--------------!!"

As if hit by a cannonball, Kokutos, who was ascending, was slammed back down by a punch, and his huge body crashed onto the roof again.

Seeing this scene, Hier could not help but feel numb.

He smashed the dragon seed down with a single punch. Although it was supposed to be a fake dragon seed, the power was...

"So this guy isn't human after all?"

"For the time being, I still consider myself human."

Hearing Hiel's mutterings, Natsukawa Torama jumped off Kokutos and said, "But this is really unexpected. When I saw it was a dragon, I was wondering what to do, but this situation... isn't this dragon a bit weak?"

"This is a fake dragon species. It only has the appearance of a dragon, but in essence it should be a [spirit]."

Upon hearing Hiel's words, Natsukawa Tora immediately sighed and then removed his Demon Eye: "Ah, what a scare. If it's a spirit, then it's easy to deal with. I can just take a look."

The Demon Eye of Erosion.

This is Natsukawa Torato's greatest trump card. Against a human, it's a guaranteed kill; against a spirit, it's an immediate, overwhelming attack. Even the pure-hearted war god, Foyego, would acknowledge its expertise. Its only weakness is that it's almost completely ineffective against evil spirits.

Since it's not a real dragon, but a spirit in a dragon's shell, then Natsukawa Torato doesn't need to consider how to slay the dragon.

Opening his demonic eyes, which seemed to pierce the heavens, Natsukawa Tora stared at Cokutos before him.

(Come on, let me see your [core]... Huh?)

The situation captured by the Demon Eye startled Natsukawa Tora. He had initially thought the dragon was merely an outer shell, with some inner spirit being the true form, but—

“GAYAAAAAAAAAAAA——————————!!”

Its body transformed from light blue to jet black, and the corrupted Kokutos let out a deafening roar! With a flap of its wings, it instantly soared into the sky!

(The dragon's body is a spirit!? My magic eye can't even see its true form!? How is this possible!?)

All spirits will reveal their true forms before Natsukawa Torama's demonic eyes, even the Beast—Sajō Aika—is no exception, that's for sure, but the case of Cokutos...

"Could it be that the original body... has already merged with this thing?"

“Although I don’t quite understand what you mean, I’ll assume the situation has gotten worse, okay?” Hier asked. “So, what are we going to do now?”

“If left unattended, it would have destroyed itself. You've seen the fragments constantly falling off its body, haven't you? It seems that the dragon was an accidental creation, its existence was unstable, and after I messed with it, it's already on its self-destruct countdown.”

Natsukawa Tora explained.

"That being said, we can't really just leave it alone. Before it completely destroys itself, it will go on a rampage, and if that continues, Paris will be in trouble."

"Simply put, the task remains the same: just kill this dragon, right?"

Hiel sighed helplessly: "So, you're here to cause me trouble?"

"That's not entirely true. At least I've helped you end the fight sooner to some extent."

But in terms of the process, you're just here to cause trouble!

With a helpless glare at Natsukawa Tora, Hiel put away the black key, turned around, and jumped off the roof—now that the opponent was confirmed to be a spirit, the Seventh Holy Scripture that he had left behind could finally be put to use.

(Did you go get the Seventh Holy Scripture?)

Realizing Hier's intention, Natsukawa Tora took a deep breath: "So what I have to do is pull this dragon down, right? At least pull it up to a height that the pile driver can reach—that's no small feat."

"However, if it's an evil spirit, then that's a different story."

Looking at the dragon again, Natsukawa Torato said in a deep voice, "[Get down!]"

“GAAAAAAAAA——————————!!”

With a roar to the sky, Kokutos immediately turned around and headbutted Natsukawa Tora!

[So you're the one ordering me around, aren't you?! You're the one who turned me into your shape, aren't you?! I'll run you over!]

Although it couldn't disobey Natsukawa Torato's orders, he only said to come down, without specifying how, so the mischievous fairy simply chose its favorite method!

And let's also get revenge on Natsukawa Tiger for his terrible behavior towards it!

(You f***ing bastard—)

Seeing Kokutos hurtling straight towards him, Natsukawa Torama quickly shouted, "Get up! Then come down normally!"

"GAAAAAA——————!"

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Below, looking at the up-and-down Cokutos, Hiel, carrying the Seventh Holy Scripture, couldn't help but frown.

"That dragon... has epilepsy?"

62. Before going back

[Next news item: Regarding the blue dragon that suddenly appeared the night before last, after government investigation, it has been determined to be a hallucinogenic drug newly developed by scientists, and it has now been completely destroyed...]

Watching the news on TV, Lydel lay on the sofa, her gaze shifting to Natsukawa Tora on the bed: "Hallucinogenic drugs, huh... I really don't know how you and the church could come up with that. I thought it would be the same old excuse like a gas explosion."

"How could last night's situation be covered up with a gas explosion? The excuse of this hallucinogenic drug was the result of the church and I going door-to-door with suggestive magic these past two days. We used up all our magic power and we're completely exhausted."

"I can't breathe," Xia Chuanhu said weakly. In fact, he had just finished cleaning up the mess ten minutes ago.

Looking at him like this, Lydia chuckled softly, then sighed, "But it really didn't expect that you actually killed that dragon. In your words, even if it was just a pseudo-dragon species, essentially a spirit, being able to defeat a spirit of that level, I think giving you a sacrificial position is perfectly reasonable."

Priesthood – the fourth rank of a magician. Normally, the only way for a magician to advance their rank is by presenting the results of their magical research. However, the Priesthood is a special rank; it is the only rank that can be achieved through the addition of special abilities.

Like Waver in the original timeline, his level as a magician was only at the Open Rank, but because he trained a large number of Priest and Ritual Magicians, and with the improvement of his teaching ability and special discernment, he was barely given the evaluation of Priest by the Clock Tower.

Natsukawa Tora's situation was similar.

In response to Lydel's suggestion, Natsukawa Tora remained silent for a moment before shaking his head: "Forget it, I don't care about any rank. If I were to rise up, it would only bring a lot of trouble. Besides, I haven't even graduated from the basic course yet. I'm not even the last one. If I want to improve my rank, I'll have to wait until after I graduate."

“That’s true, it was my oversight.” Lydia nodded. “Well then, let me double-check—has the matter been resolved?”

"should be."

The night before last, after being transformed into an evil spirit, Kokutos was quickly defeated by a single headshot from Hiel, who wielded the Seventh Scripture. The Seventh Scripture is a conceptual weapon specializing in spirits and minds, designed to destroy them.

Even if a being like Kokutos has a fairy core, it can be dealt with in a single shot.

From an outsider's perspective, the matter has indeed been resolved. All that remains is for the local churches in Paris to continue manipulating the memories of the general public, making them forget about the dragon.

However, Natsukawa Torato felt that things were not over yet—because Aleister had disappeared.

After Cocurtos was destroyed, he and Hier split up to search for Aleister, but no matter how hard they searched, Aleister seemed to have vanished into thin air.