As the two reminisced, Luna's voice rang out again.
"No! Absolutely not!"
"Even if what she says is true, it doesn't change the fact that she killed people!"
Thinking of the adventurers she knew who had died, Luna couldn't help but say emotionally, "Did you make some kind of mistake?"
At this moment, a faint voice sounded.
"Whether this dragon lives or dies is entirely up to my personal will, and has nothing to do with whether she killed people or was manipulated by others."
"Now, she has submitted to me, and she is my spoils of war."
"I am the only one with the right to dispose of her."
Hiyama stood on the dragon's back, looking down at her imperiously.
Luna's face was pale, and she said tremblingly, "...Aren't you an adventurer too? Don't you care about the lives of other adventurers?"
"Don't you want to avenge them?"
Hiyama sneered, "The lives of other adventurers have nothing to do with me."
"It seems you still don't understand one thing: the reason they died is entirely because they were too weak."
"Nothing more."
"Because the weak have no right to survive in this world."
After speaking, ignoring Luna's shocked gaze, he turned to the Black Dragon and said, "I can spare your life, but we need to make a deal..."
Hiyama showed his familiar smile and whispered like a demon.
Yue and Shea couldn't help but tremble.
How familiar this scene was! After a while, Hiyama, in a great mood after signing an unequal treaty with the Black Dragon, began to pull out the iron pillar from the Black Dragon.
"Please, please be a little slower, this concubine is not used to it, ah ah ah, I hate it. It's so intense!"
"This kind of, um ah ah! It's coming!"
The huge stake was very tight, so Hiyama had to twist it several times, rotating it up, down, left, and right while pulling it out forcefully.
The Black Dragon then made a terrible sound, which Hiyama completely ignored, and after a merciless pull... a 'swoosh!' sound came out.
"Ah yi!!...How, how amazing, I asked you to be gentle, but you were merciless..."
The Black Dragon murmured inexplicable words, and then, black magic power enveloped her body like a cocoon.
After being completely covered, it quickly shrank, and when it shrank to a size just enough to accommodate one person, the magic power instantly vanished.
After the black magic power dissipated, what appeared before their eyes was a beautiful woman with black hair and golden eyes.
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"Hmph, um...hmm, I'm saved...though there's still a strange feeling...but compared to that...my whole body aches...hmph...I didn't expect pain to be such a sweet feeling..."
The Black Dragon showed a terrible expression and made a dangerous statement.
She then pulled herself together, sat up straight, straightened her back, and began to introduce herself majestically.
But she still let out several moans, completely ruining her rare impression..."I've caused you trouble, I'm truly, truly sorry. This concubine's name is Tio Klarus, a member of the Dragon-People Clan—the Klarus clan."
The Black Dragon, who called herself Tio Klarus, then went on to detail how the black-robed man was brainwashing monsters and planning to form a large army to attack the town.
The scale was approximately twenty to thirty thousand.
It seemed he started from the other side of the second mountain range, only brainwashing the leaders of monster groups, efficiently bringing entire tribes under his command.
According to their marching speed, the monster army should already be approaching the town of Brook.
"What?"
Hiyama frowned.
This Black Dragon and the monster army were moving separately, which led to them beautifully missing the monster army.
"We, we must quickly notify the town!"
Shea, naturally kind, became flustered upon hearing this news.
If the monster army attacked, the town wouldn't last even half an hour.
"Tio, it's time for you to be useful."
Hiyama took out a divine water from his ring and forcibly poured it into Tio's mouth, who was still slumped on the ground.
"Mmm...Lord, what did you feed me...?"
"Is it some...some strange medicine?"
Tio mumbled indistinctly.
After he fed it to her, not long after, the power of the divine water began to take effect.
A powerful force began to fill Tio's body, her injuries were all repaired one by one, and her dried-up magic power was replenished, causing her to let out a comfortable sound.
"Ah, I'm alive again."
She blinked, then seemed to realize something and exclaimed, "Th-this...is this the legendary divine water?!"
"Wuwuwu...Lord, you actually are willing to use such a precious item on this concubine's body!"
"This concubine truly feels your love!"
"Although your threatening demeanor earlier was terrifying, this concubine understands now, that must have been your profound love!"
Hiyama slapped her, and said coldly, "Stop talking nonsense, quickly turn into a dragon and take us there."
"Ehehe...being treated like this by Lord, this concubine feels inexplicably happy."
Tio's expression was dazed, and she let out a somewhat disgusting laugh.
Her body glowed with magical light, and in a blink of an eye, she transformed back into her Black Dragon form.
When Yue saw this scene, her expression became quite ugly, after all, "The Dragon-People Clan is a race that values honor highly," this sentence came from her mouth.
Now Tio's appearance was completely unrelated to the words "honor"! --- In Ulu Town, shortly after Hiyama left, the Hero's party received a request to meet at the Adventure Guild.
"Kaori, are you okay?"
On the way, Shizuku asked Kaori concernedly. After Hiyama and his group left, Kaori returned to that...state, and this time, it was even more serious than before!
"Shizuku, is he mad at me?"
"Why is he so cold to me?"
"What's the relationship between those three girls next to him and him?"
Kaori threw out the deadly triple question.
Shizuku couldn't help but sigh. Along the way, Kaori's three questions had made her ears almost callus.
"I think Hiyama probably doesn't even remember you!"
Shizuku really wanted to say this, but she held back.
She was worried that the moment she said it, Kaori might even want to commit suicide.
Shizuku could only kindly comfort her, "Don't think too much. Since he's still alive, we'll meet again sooner or later."
"At that time, you can talk to him properly. I believe he will understand your feelings."
Shizuku said words she didn't even believe herself, forcing herself to comfort her.
"Mm! Shizuku-chan, you're right. When we meet next time, I must have a good talk with Hiyama-kun."
Kaori nodded heavily.
Seeing that her mood had finally stabilized, Shizuku also breathed a sigh of relief.
Unexpectedly, "Why do you still want to see Hiyama? He's too self-centered, he doesn't think about the class at all."
Kouki heard their conversation and couldn't help but interject.
"Hiyama-kun is not that kind of person!"
Kaori couldn't help but retort.
"Not that kind of person?"
"Then why isn't he willing to return to the class?"
"Isn't it just to be with those...beautiful girls?"
Kouki said disdainfully.
"I believe Hiyama-kun...he definitely has his own ideas."
Kaori gritted her teeth and said.
Kouki saw her unconditionally trusting Hiyama, a hint of jealousy flashed in his eyes, and he snorted coldly, saying nothing more.
...After they met up with Meld, the leader, who was staying in another inn, they went to the Adventure Guild together.
In the reception room, they heard from Catherine, the Guild Master, that a large monster army was about to attack the city.
"I understand, Guild Master Catherine."
Kouki said without hesitation after listening.
"Protecting the people is also the responsibility of the Hero. I will absolutely not allow those...attacking monster armies to enter Ulu Town!"
Listening to Kouki's declaration-like words, Guild Master Catherine, whose heart had been hanging for days, finally relaxed.
With the help of the powerful Hero team, the town's defense capabilities would be greatly enhanced, and it should be able to hold out until reinforcements from the Royal Capital arrived.
"It's a good thing the Hero-sama came, otherwise, with just the adventurers from our guild, it would probably be difficult to sustain..."
"To be honest, most of the adventurers in our guild have gone to investigate the movements of the monster army and have lost all contact."
Thinking of those...sacrificed adventurers, Guild Master Catherine couldn't help but sigh.
"Please accept my condolences...They are all heroes, and God will bless them."
Kaori showed a compassionate expression and prayed for the adventurers.
"...So, does that mean no one knows the movements of the monster army now?"
Meld, the leader accompanying them, keenly focused on the key point.
"If we don't know when the monster army will attack, we can't make targeted defensive measures."
After all, Leader Meld was a general of the kingdom, and he considered problems comprehensively.
"Oh, please don't worry about that. A few days ago, I already sent an adventurer team to investigate."
"The leading adventurer has a certain level of strength, so it shouldn't be a problem for him to send back information about the monster army in a timely manner."
Guild Master Catherine said, then suddenly thought of something and smiled, "He also said at that time that he would kill all the monsters, but I guess he'll be scared back very quickly when he sees the monster army."
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"If that's the case, then we can only wait for his news."
Leader Meld mused.
Kaori, who had been silently listening to their conversation, suddenly interjected, "Who are the members of that adventurer team?"
"Hmm, you're right...The composition of that adventurer team is quite enviable."
Guild Master Catherine recalled.
"The leader is a white-haired young man, and he also has three very cute beautiful girls with him. Isn't that enviable?"
"Hehe..."
Guild Master Catherine chuckled twice, then suddenly noticed that the atmosphere in the room had become quiet.