Konbini Ossan Volume 5 Chapter 22 — An Expected Attack

Just as Arisa and I finished talking about the improvement plan, it happened.

“An attack! A dragon’s broken through!”

The distant shout of what sounded like a soldier echoed through the base.

Arisa and I exchanged a look and nodded.

“It went exactly the way we thought it would.”

“Yes. We need to get there immediately.”

We burst out of the room together.

Following the noise, it became clear the commotion was centered in the same plaza where the soldiers had assembled earlier.

Since the troops had already departed according to the operation plan, the base — including that plaza — was nearly empty.

That left them unable to mount any proper counterattack against dragons swooping in from above, and the creatures managed to break straight through.

By the time Arisa and I reached the plaza, a dragon had already landed inside the base.

The remaining soldiers seemed to have lost the will to resist altogether; none even raised their weapons, standing there with their heads hung.

“What exactly is going on here?”

“They’re planning to take us alive.”

One soldier nearby darkly muttered that in response to my question.

I was about to ask for details when the massive dragon settled in the plaza opened its mouth.

『I am Aresvelg! One of the Demon King’s Four Heavenly Kings — Aresvelg of the Kaiser Dragons! This base now belongs to us! If you value your lives, surrender at once! Resist, and I’ll tear every last one of you to shreds!』

The voice that came from that huge body sounded like nothing more than a beast’s growl, yet somehow its meaning rang directly inside our minds.

This dragon clearly possessed some sort of telepathic ability.

Regardless, I had no intention of obeying Aresvelg. I stepped forward alone, weaving between the frightened soldiers until I stood before him.

『Who are you, human!?』

“I’m Yuuichi Otsugi — just a humble magic-tool shop owner.”

『What!?』

“I can’t accept your invitation to become a prisoner. So I’ll be resisting, even if it’s only me.”

『Insolent fool! Get him!』

At Aresvelg’s command, several dragons circling above dove toward me.

They slowed just above the ground, hovering before unleashing what was unmistakably dragon breath.

I immediately activated my skills. I let blood pool in my arm with «Pestilence», then used «Iron-blood» to form a wall of orichalcum.

Even dragon breath couldn’t melt the toughest metal in the world.

The heat still hit me, but my current stats were high enough that it barely counted as damage.

As soon as the breath attack ended, I dispelled the wall and dashed forward.

I swung orichalcum blades like whips, vibrating them at high speed using «Leg-Jitter» to heighten their sharpness.

The countless blades carved through the smaller dragons’ heads, necks, and torsos without even the sensation of resistance.

In an instant, every lesser dragon had been felled.

But the Four Heavenly King Aresvelg didn’t go down so easily.

Even orichalcum blades barely scratched him — at most I managed to chip a few scales. Cutting through him outright was impossible.

『Impressive for a human. But attacks of that level will never harm me!』

With that declaration, Aresvelg swung his massive tail toward me.

I hardened my arm in orichalcum to block it.

The power was overwhelming.

The sheer difference in weight and force sent me flying across the plaza.

I crashed into the wall on the far side, the impact collapsing it entirely and burying me beneath rubble.

『Pathetic! Gwahahahaha!』

His triumphant laughter echoed telepathically through my skull as he howled skyward in victory.

He was acting as though the battle had already been won — but I wasn’t hurt.

For now, I needed to get myself out from under the rubble.

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E/N:

Overconfidence carves the path towards… getting killed by Ossan! Finish him! 😂 

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