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Round 3.
Final quest of the first year.
I was asked to catch some thieves in the territory of a minor baronial family.
I already came here once in Round 2, so I know the culprit well.
I headed to the cabin in the woods with the private soldiers.
As soon as we arrived at the cabin.
There was plenty of evidence.
While we were surrounding the building so that the Bulgasari couldn't escape.
A 10-year-old kid ran out and blocked the dog's path.
"No! Gray! Run away!"
The dog sensed the unusual atmosphere and started barking.
Woof! Woof!
"Run away quickly!"
Woof!
One of the private soldiers stepped forward.
"Kid. We'll settle your fault later. Hand over that dog, or monster, here first."
"No way!"
"Tsk! You'll be punished if you don't listen to adults! Do you want to be kicked out of this forest like you were kicked out of the village before?"
Another private soldier next to him sneered.
"No. This time, instead of kicking him out, we should lock him up in the dungeon. That thief bastard."
Davian looked back at the private soldiers.
"Don't provoke it. Stay alert. That Bulgasari is not ordinary."
One of the private soldiers waved a torch around.
"They say that you can just burn legendary monsters or whatever with fire. What are you so scared of?"
"That kind of shabby fire won't work!"
"Hey, Academy brat. I admit you managed to figure things out up to this point, but now hand it over to the adults and scram."
I clearly told them that it was a monster that could freely control its size.
They seem to have let their guard down at the sight of the gray dog in front of them.
"Latia. Be careful."
While I gave up trying to persuade the private soldiers and took care of Latia.
One of the private soldiers on the other side climbed over the wall and ambushed from behind.
Woof!
The boy quickly turned around and blocked the dog's path.
"You bastard! Get out of the way!"
Thwack!
The private soldier pushed the boy away with the side of his spear.
Even though they're local private soldiers, they're still properly trained adult men.
The boy flew far away powerlessly.
Bang!
He crashed into the warehouse.
Woof! Woof!
The dog seemed worried and ran to the boy, wagging its tail.
The boy wiped the blood from his mouth and kicked the dog away.
"Gray! You idiot! I told you to run away! Run away while I buy you time! Quickly!"
Woof!
As if it knew it was a real dog.
Even after being kicked, the Bulgasari got closer to the boy and rubbed its body against his legs.
"Please... please run away!"
Tears dripped from the boy's eyes as he forcibly pushed the dog away.
The boy knelt down and hugged the dog's body.
"Run away... Gray, you idiot! You can run away! Shoosh shoosh! You're so fast! Run away as fast as you did when you played with me! Gray! Shoosh shoosh!"
Squeak.
The dog rubbed its head against the boy's body.
"I was going to let him off easy because he's just a kid! Captain! Isn't this the same as that guy confessing that he's an accomplice?"
"Still, try to capture him alive if possible since he's a child. Burn that dog or Bulgasari quickly."
"Yes!"
The private soldiers surrounded the boy and the dog.
The boy picked up a piece of broken plank and blocked the dog's path.
"No! Gray is my friend! No one can take him away!"
"Who said anything about taking that dog away, kid? We're taking you. We're going to burn that dog."
The boy closed his eyes and swung the wooden plank around wildly.
Thwack!
The randomly swung wooden plank hit the private soldier's side.
"You little bastard!"
"I, I didn't do it on purpose...! Cough!"
The angry private soldier went to the boy and punched him in the face.
Woof! Woof!
"You thief bastard. You're attacking people now? You'll be locked up in the dungeon until you die!"
Thwack! Thwack!
The private soldier's indiscriminate assault began.
Even in the midst of it, the boy shouted at the dog.
"Cough. Ugh! G, Gray! Run away! Like you always do, when I say shoosh shoosh, you run! Shoosh shoosh!"
Woof! Woof!
"Gray! Shoosh shoosh! You idiot!"
Woof!
"What are you doing! Get rid of that dog quickly!"
Three or four private soldiers with torches approached the dog called Gray and began to threaten it with the torches.
One of the private soldier's torches touched the dog's back.
The gray fur was instantly charred black.
At that moment.
Krrrraa.
An abyss-like roar that couldn't be believed to be coming from the dog's mouth was heard.
Thud. Thump.
The dog's spine protruded.
The legs folded and straightened again.
Krrrraa!
The dog, which had instantly grown in size, became a wolf, then a rhinoceros, then a tiger, then an elephant.
The Bulgasari, now so grotesque that it couldn't even be identified as any animal, became larger than the cabin.
Thwack!
As the Bulgasari swung its forefoot.
One of the private soldier's bodies was torn apart.
Thwack!
Another private soldier's head was crushed by a single flick of the tail.
Krrrraa!
The panicked private soldiers all retreated.
Only the boy remained in front of the fully awakened Bulgasari.
The boy slowly got up and looked at the Bulgasari.
"Gray..."
Thump.
The Bulgasari swallowed the boy whole.
Currently.
After Latia took the boy into the cabin.
Davian turned his head and looked at the Bulgasari.
The Bulgasari was greedily eating the chunk of meat that Davian had thrown.
In fact, what the Bulgasari was eating wasn't just a chunk of meat.
It was only wrapped in meat on the outside.
Inside, there were a lot of steel balls.
Burp.
'Do dogs usually burp? No, that's a Bulgasari.'
The Bulgasari turned its head.
It glared at the bundle in Davian's hand, drooling.
"Latia, are you done?"
Latia's voice was heard from inside the cabin.
"Yeah."
"Keep the kid safe inside."
"He's already completely asleep."
Before leaving, I asked Lieber to prepare a handkerchief with sleeping powder on it.
"No. Protect him if the cabin collapses or something."
What did that little kid do wrong?
I'll save him this time.
"Okay."
At that moment.
Swish!
The Bulgasari lunged at Davian.
Thwack!
The Bulgasari, hit by Davian's kick, flew far away.
Clang.
"Stop pretending to be a dog and reveal your true form. Bulgasari."
Growl.
Still in the shape of a dog.
Fwoosh.
I sent a small fireball.
Bang.
The fireball exploded on the Bulgasari's body.
Krrrraa.
The roar of the abyss echoed.
Latia's voice was heard again from inside the cabin.
"Davian, are you really okay alone?"
"Yeah, I'm okay."
Thud, thump.
The Bulgasari grew in size, transforming into various animal forms.
Before long.
A house-sized monster stood glaring at Davian.
Tring.
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[Quest 'Find the Steel Thief' Completed]
―Reward: 7K Points (x2)
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Tring.
The real quest that follows immediately.
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[Quest: Defeat the Bulgasari]
―Reward: 15K Points (x2)
―Failure: Death
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It's still a cub for a Bulgasari, and I know the easy way to deal with it.
Davian's current level of fire magic is enough.
There's no need to use the Festival of Fire skill.
Its kicks and tail are dangerous, but.
Whoosh.
Swish.
That only applies to ordinary mages.
Davian easily dodged the Bulgasari's attacks.
And.
Instead of preparing fire magic.
He took out the huge longsword he was carrying on his back.
Round 3, 3rd year.
Legend and History class.
The professor continued the lecture, displaying a video of the Bulgasari on the front of the classroom with magic.
"This Bulgasari eats steel and gradually increases its size. According to legend, it can grow so large that it can destroy a country. No magic or physical attacks work, and it can only be defeated with fire, but the larger it gets, the stronger the fire it needs."
"Then won't even 7-star or 8-star fire magic be able to defeat it later?"
"That's why it's said that it can destroy a country if it keeps growing."
"Isn't that just a legend after all?"
"That's right. But, when you look through history books, you'll find that there are quite a few cases where things that were thought to be legends actually happened."
One of the students raised their hand.
"Then could that legend be true?"
"What do you mean?"
"The one who takes the Bulgasari's heart. Shall obtain the body of the Unkillable (Bulgasari)."
The professor laughed heartily.
"You know it well. Yes. That's the weak point of the Bulgasari legend. Because of that, there were many adventurers who spent their lives searching for the Bulgasari. But. There's no way to verify whether that legend is true or not, since the Bulgasari hasn't even appeared."
Slash!
Davian's sword, coated in blazing fire elemental aura, cleaved the Bulgasari's foreleg.
The fire elemental aura, containing more than 5-star power, burned through the Bulgasari's skin and pierced into it.
But that was only for a moment.
After the sword was pulled out, the Bulgasari's body stuck together as if nothing had happened and returned to its original form.
'Damn it. It's not easy.'
In both Round 2 and Round 3, I joined forces with Latia to completely burn away the Bulgasari with fire elemental magic.
But something like the Bulgasari's heart never came out.
'The fact that the Bulgasari in the legend exists means that the legend about its heart could also be true.'
Davian was currently trying to defeat the Bulgasari without completely burning it with fire.
Coating the sword with fire attribute aura.
I thought I could just cut it to pieces.
But its recovery power was too good.
Of course, the attacks of the Bulgasari, which was still at the cub level, were not a threat to Davian at all.
A situation where neither was able to land a proper attack on the other.
'It's scary. If that kind of thing gets bigger and stronger for another ten or twenty years and appears. It would be really dangerous.'
It was said to grow indefinitely, so it could grow for a hundred or two hundred years without dying.
Then I thought it could really become a monster that could wipe out a country.
'By the way, how do I defeat that thing without completely burning it?'
At this rate, the sluggish battle will continue.
The cabin had already collapsed long ago, and Latia was holding the boy far away.
Whenever something like a rock flew, she created an ice barrier to protect herself and the boy.
"Davian! What are you doing without defeating it with fire elemental magic! That's a Bulgasari!"
I know.
I know, but.
I was going to get something out of it.
For example... a legendary item.
Something like that.
But Latia was not wrong either.
As it is now, there is no way to defeat the Bulgasari, let alone a legendary item.
When I use the last method.
'Festival of Fire.'
Fwoosh.
A small fireball appeared on Davian's left hand.
'I'll finish it in 27 minutes.'
The duration of the Festival of Fire Lv.8 that I currently have is 27 minutes.
Of course, I didn't use the Festival of Fire because I wasn't confident in the power of fire elemental magic.
What I need now.
It's not the power of this skill, but the delicate movement.
The Bulgasari, seeing Davian's fireball, instinctively flinched.
'Not bad. You realized the power contained in this fire, right?'
Krrrraa!
The Bulgasari began to rush with all its might.
'You should have run away.'
It wouldn't have changed anything, but.
Fwoosh!
A huge curtain of fire blocked the Bulgasari's path.
The magic power contained within was a whopping 8-star.
While the Bulgasari hesitated.
Fwoosh.
The living flame moved on its own and surrounded the Bulgasari.
Krrrraa!
The roar I've heard dozens of times.
But this time it's different.
A howl of fear and pain.
The living flame gradually tightened the Bulgasari according to Davian's will.
Latia's dissatisfied voice was heard from behind.
"What? You could have done that all along."
Wait, Latia.
It's just beginning.
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