When the incantation ended, the infinite sword domain unfolded.
"Hoo..."
"■■■■■■■■■■!!!"
After wiping the blood that had spilled from the corner of my mouth, I stared at the rampaging thing.
The Black Dragon was displeased with this place.
"Don't go rampaging in someone else's mental landscape."
The Black Dragon began smashing everything in sight.
I activated the magic swords arrayed throughout the sword domain.
"Grrrrr!!!"
The Black Dragon writhed in pain.
But...
It stayed crouched low and kept taking the magic swords head-on.
The Black Dragon was definitely strong.
Strong enough that, if it really wanted to, it could deal with me immediately.
And yet it was crouching there, taking every barrage that came down on it.
Why?
"...No way."
Its huge wings covered its head, so I couldn't see clearly, but—
"Krrk...!"
The Black Dragon was—
"Grrrk!"
mocking me.
"I think I get why it was wiped out."
The first time the magic swords hit it, they had left a slight scratch on its scales.
But now,
they weren't even leaving a scratch.
It was... enjoying this.
"What on earth did you make?"
"Krrk! Grrrrk!!!"
The sneering only grew harsher.
The Black Dragon deflected the barrage with its enormous wings, then charged straight at me.
"Urus!"
Blue flames became a shield and blocked the Black Dragon's charge.
"Pandora, how far can you push the output?"
[I'll try the maximum for now.]
Excalibur began pouring out blinding light.
The Black Dragon's scales were harder than I had imagined.
In that case...
"Urus, drop the shield."
[What!? If I do that, you'll die!]
"Have you ever seen me get beaten to death?"
[...]
When the flames vanished, I could feel its gaze.
A crimson one eye, and a pitch-black massive head.
Just looking at it gave me chills.
But—
"If I gather everything, I can probably win."
I didn't think I'd lose.
Once the flames disappeared completely, the Black Dragon spread its enormous wings.
It didn't use breath or claws, so it probably thought little of me.
"As if..."
After grabbing onto its scales and climbing onto its head,
"Just die already."
I drove Excalibur into the left eye with the huge scar.
"■■■■■■!!!"
"So this part is soft."
Now,
"Die already!"
Instead of releasing Excalibur's light, I compressed it, wrapped it around the blade, and was just about to swing it down when—
"■■■■■■■■!!!"
It seized me with its arm and slammed me into the ground.
And then,
"Kruaaaaaa!!!"
It unleashed its breath.
As Bellf Crozzo collapsed, the unique barrier was dispelled.
The freed Black Dragon immediately tried to climb onto Babel, but blood began flowing from its eye, so it flew far away to heal its wound.
Once the Black Dragon retreated, the people of Orario discovered the collapsed Bellf Crozzo.
In his hand,
there was no Excalibur.