Girl in the Box: Please tell me why I was reincarnated as a mimic monster!

"Huh!? Did you find it?!"

"Let me tell you this upfront, you'd better hurry and check it out. We don't have much time left, and they're fighting a tough battle over there too."

"Okay, I've written it all down! Let's go!"

"...The Magic Eye is really cheating."

"Hmm~ I don't understand? Who is the real cheater?"

Chapter 36 Flame Dragon King VS Blade Dance

bake……

This attack should have definitely hit the mothership, but why?

What's going on here?

Sarid cautiously surveyed his surroundings; indeed, the situation was far too bizarre.

Just now, Salid unleashed his strongest attack to date, directly hitting the target, but it had no effect. The warship's deck was severely damaged, with some metal even melting, and crackling sounds could be heard everywhere. It certainly looked badly damaged, but it was hard to imagine that it had only suffered this little damage after such an attack.

Just how sturdy is this thing?

While thinking about this, Salid stepped on the deck. This deck, no, the entire warship, was being repaired at a visible rate, and it might be a long war.

Ok?

dah, dah, dah, dah...

Salid's ears twitched. He heard footsteps, and judging from the sound, they were not far behind him. Salid remained vigilant and turned around. Walking there was Lycia, completely unaffected by the high temperature. She ignored the molten red metal and walked across the deck. Judging from her gait and expression, she was definitely not an ordinary person.

Add to that the gleaming, sharp military knife in her hand, and Lycia's threat was no less than that of a hero... no, that military knife was the Holy Sword, wasn't it?

Salid raised his head and asked, "Are you the Punisher of God?"

"Huh? Well, sort of," Lycia said somewhat perfunctorily. "Because I took this troublesome thing, I became a God of Punishment, and now I can't even act on my own."

Judging from her tone, it was as if she genuinely found the holy sword in her hand troublesome. The holy sword was a divine weapon that almost everyone dreamed of, but in her eyes it was just an accessory and didn't matter. What a strange person. Are ghosts all like this?

But no matter what, there's only one thing Salid needs to do—kill her.

With high morale, a magnificent flame emblem appeared behind Salid. As the emblem appeared, the surrounding flames seemed to lower their light as if in worship. Salid took his first step, and the dazzling red light caused the surrounding flames to go berserk. In just an instant, the high temperature turned the area around the deck into a sea of ​​fire again. What terrifying heat this was.

Feeling the intense heat, Lycia frowned. She casually swung her saber, and the force of the swing created a hurricane that sent the heatwave back. More sabers appeared around her, forming a saber barrier that continuously rotated to keep the heatwave out. Even so, Lycia was still sweating profusely.

You know, most people would suffer severe burns just from being touched by this heatwave, but Lycia didn't flinch in such harsh conditions, and Salid couldn't help but admire her courage.

“You are very powerful,” Salid said. “I will fight you with all my might.”

At this moment, Salid resembled a man of fire, golden patterns appearing on his body. With each utterance, flames would erupt from between his teeth, his flames as intense and fiery as his fighting spirit. The surrounding temperature was unbearable for ordinary people. However, his companions, who had received Salid's blessing, were different. Their fire resistance had been enhanced to the maximum, and such heat could not stop them from continuing their actions.

Everyone felt a surge of power, not just them, but even the mecha dragons underwent a transformation. Influenced by Salid, they too developed golden markings, and their performance was significantly enhanced. This way, it will work!

"Brothers! Keep the attack going! Don't let Little Sa down! Let these kingdom devils taste our power!"

"Whoa whoa whoa! Charge!" "Here we go! Come on! Dragon King's Breath!" "Even though it's a special magical breath enhanced by Little Sa... Oh, oh, not bad, I'll give it a shot too!" "All hands on deck! Three! Two! One! Full power! Don't give them a chance to regroup and defend!"

The appearance of the Dragon Kings acted like a powerful stimulant, energizing the entire Dragon Rider team. They launched another attack, even more ferocious than before. Without the protection of the magic barrier, the powerful breath, amplified by fire energy, relentlessly bombarded the deck, subjecting the 'Queen' to a constant baptism of flames.

Under such intense attacks, the kingdom's army was unable to regroup its defenses, and the suppression was quite effective.

"Then, it's time for you and me to begin!"

Before he could finish speaking, Salid was engulfed in flames, then immediately began sprinting across the deck, dashing through the molten metal. His dragon wings unfurled, creating a wave of heat that swept the liquid away, obscuring Lycia's vision. Ignoring the molten metal, Salid appeared before Lycia at high speed, his magically enhanced right hand glowing with three claw-like beams of light. Unfortunately, his punch struck the barrier of the saber with tremendous force.

But it wasn't over yet. Salid's punch with its light claws tore a gash in the saber barrier. Using the gap created by the barrier, Lycia launched her first attack at Salid. The saber struck Salid's dragon scales but wasn't melted by the high temperature. She pushed the saber in a few more inches with all her might, slicing off several more of Salid's dragon scales.

"Tsk?!"

With his other hand, Salid grasped the Holy Sword Blade Dance, unleashing a burst of magic that blasted Lycia away. Lycia used the force of the impact to fly far away, her silver blades flashing incessantly. These flashing blades then coalesced behind Lycia, transforming into wing-like shapes.

"Sorry, I need to deal with them first before I can get rid of you."

As Lycia spoke, her gaze lingered on the dragon riders in the sky. In the next instant, the immense thrust provided by the flapping of her wings transformed her into a streak of silver light, her silver blade wings trailing silver tails as she pierced through several of them, her sharp blades instantly killing several.

"Bastard!" Boom!

Dragon wings unfurled, a storm blew away all the molten metal on the ship, and a dazzling red light chased after the silver Lycia as she flew out, red and silver light intertwining in the sky. The chase between the Flame Dragon King and Blade Dance began at this moment.

Chapter 37 Chase

"Everyone! Get out of the way! Whatever you do, don't let that light touch you!"

Without Salid's prompting, someone explained the situation to the others. The one who transformed into that silver light was Lycia, the Divine Punisher of the Kingdom's Army and the user of Blade Dance. The silver light was formed by the reflection of the sharp tips of the pair of saber wings. Everyone knew very well that even the slightest scratch would be extremely dangerous. After this information spread among the dragon riders, everyone quickly moved at high speed in their mecha dragons.

"Don't stay in the same direction or stand still for even a second! You'll die!"

"learn!"

Maintaining their high speed, they didn't forget to put pressure on the Queen. The deck had become a sea of ​​fire. Silver light chased after one of the riders, crashing into a rock and destroying the mecha dragon on the spot. The explosion of the magic reactor engulfed the two of them. Lycia used Blade Dance to isolate herself from the explosion and accelerated out of the blast radius in one breath.

Just as she was preparing to find her next target, Salid suddenly appeared and swept Lycia away with a powerful tail sweep. Lycia spread her wings to slow her speed. On the other side, Salid couldn't help but click his tongue in amazement. This woman's defense was simply impenetrable. Just as his dragon tail was about to sweep across her, several military knives appeared and pointed at him. The force of that attack was undoubtedly blocked by the knives. The most fatal thing was that Salid's force injured his own tail.

A soft green light enveloped the wound on the tail, and the bleeding tail quickly healed. Meanwhile, Chu Chu was providing support from another safe location, allowing Fossard to fight more freely thanks to her, but…

After being hit by the powerful tail whip, Lycia used its wings to cushion the impact and quickly turned around to leave, aiming at the nearest target and rushing straight away. Salid didn't have time to get there and could only watch helplessly as another person was shot down.

damn it!

Sarid gritted his teeth and chased after them, using his breath attacks to restrain Lycia and keep her as far away from the group as possible. Lycia skillfully dodged all the breath attacks and steadily killed off the dragon riders in the air. As the number of dragon riders dwindled, Sarid grew increasingly anxious.

"Oooooo ...

He flew at full speed, aided by magic, to catch up with Lycia at top speed, then desperately reached out to grab her. Lycia immediately folded her wings, transforming into a large cocoon to block Salid's claws. The moment Salid unfurled the sword cocoon, these swords rained down on him like arrows. Ignoring the incoming sharp blades, Salid flew straight towards the falling Lycia.

"That's really reckless. It would be better to check the later parts."

Lycia gave a mocking smile.

!? Boom!

A massive torrent of magic engulfed Salid's figure. Unbeknownst to them, Lycia's attack had effectively reduced the Dragon Riders' combat strength, resulting in a much weaker suppression effect. During this time, Ailan managed to complete the repair work on the ship's cannons and main guns. That main gun bombardment was to return the favor to Salid. Not only the main guns were bombarded, but other ship cannons, and even newly generated ship cannons in other places, were all aimed at Salid and bombarded him continuously.

"Hmph, those annoying bugs are finally going to disappear."

Ailan was certain that Salid was dead, and that killing the Dragon King was only a matter of time.

"Cough cough!"

The torrent of magic finally subsided, and Salid was struck directly from behind by the Queen's main cannon. Even with the protection of his dragon scales, he couldn't escape the injury. His wings in his dragon-human form were tattered and unable to support his flight. During the brief pause in the main cannon's bombardment, Salid attempted to deploy a magic barrier to protect himself and force his way out of the main cannon's range. However, the other cannons, which had been aimed at him long ago, immediately shattered his barrier and shot him down.

Lycia, who was waiting below Salid, reassembled her wings at this moment. She had been waiting for this opportunity, and she had always wanted to see what it would feel like to slash the Dragon King. Now, she could see for herself.

"I will accept the Dragon King's head!"

Accelerate, slash out, in one smooth motion, the arc of the slash and the light of the blade connect into a perfect straight line, the slender silver light flashes out as if it could cleave the heavens and earth, and at this moment, a sharp-eyed person would see that the light disappeared the instant it touched Salid.

"Varied--?!"

For the first time, Lycia showed a surprised expression.

"Gotcha!"

The slash did indeed strike Sarid, but it didn't hit the spot Lycia wanted. Instead, Sarid stopped it with his teeth, firmly gripping the blade of the holy sword. The Blade Dance was firmly fixed in place, remaining motionless no matter how Lycia moved. Even injured, the Dragon King's bite force was not to be underestimated.

Besides, Lycia is definitely in big trouble.

The lingering magic in the air began to gather in Salid's mouth; this immense magical power was even comparable to the Queen's hasty main cannon shot earlier. Salid's eyes, blazing with golden flames, told Lycia that escape was impossible now; the Dragon King had his sights set on Lycia's life.

Lycia, even if she abandoned Blade Dance, couldn't escape. Besides, abandoning Blade Dance would only make things more dangerous, so she wouldn't choose to run away. That's why she was so excited, even frantic; her joy was impossible to hide.

"Hehehehehe...hehehehehehehe!!!!"

Lycia couldn't contain her excitement and began to laugh wildly, a laugh that came from the bottom of her heart.

"Yes! Yes! That's it!" She began uttering incomprehensible words, "That's how you fight with your life on the line!!! Come on, Dragon King! Let's see who's tougher—!!"

Lycia and Salid stared at each other. Salid gathered as much magic power as possible in a short time, while Lycia's Blade Dance also burst forth with an unprecedentedly strong silver light. Accompanying this was a large number of swordsmen wielding replicas of Blade Dance. They used their replica holy swords to directly stab Salid's body. More and more of these people appeared, and more and more military knives were piercing Salid's body, but he had no intention of letting go here. No matter how Lycia attacked, he kept charging up.

Ailan, who witnessed this scene, couldn't help but gasp in astonishment.

"This crazy woman!"

She immediately manipulated the Queen to get as far away as possible. She didn't want the Queen to be so close to the Dragon King's breath; just looking at the distorted air around them told her how powerful that breath was. If the Queen were to suffer another serious injury, it would take a lot of time and magic to recover, and she didn't want to suffer that again.

"Whoa? Is Little Sa serious...?"

Neki, who had just led a group of dragon rider survivors out, was also surprised to see this scene, and then quickly led everyone away.

"Hey you guys, quickly relay this to the others, tell them to stay away from Xiao Sa, it's about to explode."

"Huh? Huh? Oh, okay. Got it."

Following Neki's instructions, several people relayed the message to others. Afterward, members from both Neki and others began to move away from the battle between Salid and Lycia. Once they reached a safe zone, a streak of crimson light swept across the battlefield, leaving a bright red trail on the battlefield.

Chapter 38 Convergence

This dragon's breath swept across the battlefield; no one touched by the red light survived. That's how terrifying the full-force attack of the strongest dragon king of our time was. So, what happened to Lycia, who directly withstood this dragon's breath?

A massive explosion had just occurred at the point of contact between the two. Salid's dragon breath struck Lycia's saber barrier squarely, the immense and scorching magical power instantly dissolving all the sabers embedded in his body and incinerating these obstructive shadows. The collision of the dragon breath and the saber barrier, with Lycia's saber barrier acting as a buffer, blocked a portion of the dragon breath's power, resulting in a massive explosion.

The massive explosion caught up with the Queen, who was the closest and largest object to it. The blast destroyed her main cannon, rendering it unusable for a short time – a welcome surprise. However, the remaining issues were more troublesome. Salid glared resentfully at the fiery red cocoon before him.

"Hahahahahaha!!"

A burst of wild laughter rang out as the large cocoon opened, and out rushed Lycia, completely unharmed.

The saber barrier created by the Holy Sword's Blade Dance successfully blocked Salid's dragon breath. At this distance, the large cocoon formed by the saber only turned fiery red and hot. Lycia, protected inside, was completely unharmed; only her white trench coat was slightly charred by the intense heat. Aside from that, she was unscathed. It has to be said, the Holy Sword is truly a cheat code.

"Dragon King! Oh my god! Looks like I'm just too lucky!!!"

The crazed Lycia, disregarding the intense heat, immediately charged towards Salid, unleashing a blade dance from below, aiming for the joint connecting Salid's left hand to his left shoulder. The sharp blade of the dance smoothly severed Salid's left hand, severing it instantly. The excruciating pain of the severed arm brought Salid back to his senses. He immediately spun around, whipping his tail to sweep Lycia away, then quickly flapped his wings to create distance.

The sweeping attack struck Lycia squarely in the abdomen. The power of a dragon's tail whip was incredibly ferocious; an ordinary person would have had their spine broken long ago. But Lycia took the attack head-on and laughed wildly as if nothing had happened. Despite the hot, sharp dragon scales sweeping across her abdomen and leaving several deep wounds, she didn't seem to care about these injuries at all. She was truly insane.

Lycia reached out and touched the wound on her abdomen with ecstasy. The wound, which had been covered by hot scales, had clumped up and stopped bleeding quickly. The burning pain from the wound flowed through her nerves like an electric current and spread throughout her body. An expression of unparalleled pleasure appeared on her delicate face, which was chilling to look at.

Then, something even more horrifying happened. She stuck her fingers into the wound and ripped it open, letting the blood flow again. She continued to torture her wound with her hands, even making it bigger and covering herself in her own blood. Even in this state, she laughed even more gleefully, falling into a morbid madness.

Snapped!

The people who arrived swatted Lycia away as if she were an insect.

"Hey little Sa...wait a minute? What happened to your hand?"

Negi, who arrived just then, had intended to offer a casual greeting, but her expression turned icy when she saw the missing left arm and the smooth cut on his left shoulder. She immediately approached Salid from behind and began emergency treatment. It's important to understand that dragons are a thousand times stronger than humans, and the Dragon King is even stronger, but it's extremely rare for limbs to be so casually severed, let alone for such a thing to happen to the Dragon King.

"Hmm? Neki... I underestimated this human a bit..." Salid didn't dare to let his guard down, and at the same time reminded Neki to be careful of Lycia.

"Just use this for now."

Neki plucked a dragon scale from her body, immediately crafted a mechanical arm, and then reinforced it a second time with the dragon scale. She then installed it directly on Salid's left arm. After the mechanical arm extended several light bands and inserted them into his left shoulder, Salid felt something new in his magic circuit. He tried moving his left hand, and the mechanical arm functioned normally.

“This is really amazing…” Salid looked at the mechanical arm installed on his body in surprise.

“You’d better be careful. Even though I made it, it’s a makeshift thing, so I can’t guarantee its strength,” Negi warned him. “Don’t overuse it. It’s not as strong as your original left hand. Remember to go find Chuchu afterwards… Tch! Get out of the way!”

At that moment, Neki felt a chill coming from below and immediately pushed Salid away. A silver light pierced the air between them, whistling as it shot straight into the sky. Both of them recognized the true form of the silver light—it was Lycia's saber. Although she wasn't directly hit, the powerful aura still managed to leave a small wound on Neki's body.

"That crazy woman!"

In such battles, Neki particularly disliked these irrational madmen, because they were the most troublesome to deal with, and this one was even more difficult to handle. Almost at the same time as the wound was reopened, Lycia forcefully inserted herself between the two from below. Neki met her gaze; the woman's eyes were now filled with madness.

Sarid almost reflexively reached out his right hand to try to control Lycia, but the saber that followed forced him to withdraw his hand.

"It's impolite to interrupt someone's date..."

Lycia's dark whisper, like a whisper from the abyss, slowed Neki's reaction by a fraction of a second. In that brief moment, her opponent closed in, plunging the holy sword into her body. Neki had no time to react to this series of actions. She only noticed she was wounded when Lycia kicked her away and then delivered another blow. Only then did her consciousness catch up with the changing battle.

when!

Reinforce her dragon scales, catch the blow with her bare hands, then pull her into her attack range, delivering a slap to Lycia. Neki retaliates with a kick, sending her flying towards Salid. Salid immediately understands Neki's intention, grabbing Lycia from behind and using her mechanical arm to unleash a magical circle on her back. At the same time, Neki summons her newly created divine weapon, assuming a ready stance.

"Devouring Dragon Flame!"

"Sorry! You can keep your head!"

boom!

The magic released at such close range immediately invaded Lycia's entire body. The scorching flames transformed into ropes that bound her, and a sizzling sound emanated from where the ropes touched her body. Neki spread her wings and soared into the sky, swooping down from above, her divine weapon's blade leaving a trail of light as it slashed through the air.

Chapter 39: The Main Character Appears!

Unfortunately, only Salid's magic caused effective damage. Neki's leg blades and blade dance intersected, but neither caused any damage. All that could be seen was a large number of sparks bursting out at the moment of intersection. Realizing that she had failed to cause any damage, Neki immediately turned around.

"Little Sa! Get out of the way!"

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