How to Survive as a Genius Spy in the Game Chapter 218 - Devilish Dragon (3)

Carlyn sliced through the sky. He minimized air resistance. The sound of wind splitting on either side was harsh.

The devilish dragon also quickly widened the distance. Seeing that it had distributed swords and firmly gripped Tsukva’s Scythe, it seemed to have grasped Carlyn’s intentions.

Carlyn frowned slightly. The reaction was faster than expected. He thought he’d be able to attack at least once.

The creature appeared to be focused solely on its main purpose of restraining and hindering movement.

Considering the stamina needed to use winds, it would be difficult to catch up to the dragon in the sky.

‘This is going to be annoying.’

Another problem making it hard to close the widened distance was magic. The devilish dragon responded to approaches with magic. It wasn’t using only black magic either.

Walls of flame appearing in bursts, magic arrows, shockwaves. The devilish dragon was still a dragon. Like a dragon, its implementation speed was fast and its destructive power was strong.

Carlyn and Denif performed acrobatics in the sky. They adjusted direction and speed by folding and extending their arms, twisting their bodies as they advanced.

However, they couldn’t get close.

The deployed magic forced them to advance along only a few paths, and when they headed for those paths, the devilish dragon spewed out its breath.

“This bastard seems to have caught on!”

Denif shouted after failing to approach. Perhaps because Denif had provoked it earlier, its wariness was considerable.

Carlyn didn’t respond. He was thinking. He wasn’t contemplating whether to change his decision or not.

The devilish dragon had to be caught here. And he was devising a method to do so. He had enough cards to play.

He hadn’t yet shown restraining the dragon’s body with winds, or the speed of winds operated at full power.

‘The problem is that I have to inflict proper damage the moment I use this…’

The opponent was a devilish dragon. Although the devil’s gaze that had been reflected in its eyes was gone, perhaps because the devil was heading this way, dragons were intelligent beings.

He had to assume it would properly respond to tactics shown once. Wouldn’t it either not work, or widen the distance further and wait for the devil?

In other words, he had to consider this one chance as the last. If he failed, the only option left would be to detonate the glowstone when the devil arrived.

Therefore, he had to succeed without fail. Carlyn chose to take one step back to advance two steps forward.

“Denif!”

Carlyn, having made his decision, called out to Denif. Instead of saying more, he led with winds.

Carlyn and Denif, who had been aiming for the dragon, changed direction again and flew south, towards the empire.

The dragon, which had been widening the distance to avoid them, chased after them again. Although its purpose was only to hinder movement, it ultimately had to move along with them.

The devilish dragon, quickly catching up, once again shot magical breaths to interfere with Carlyn. Carlyn gave Denif a hand signal.

-Slowly, all at once.

That was all he did, extending 4 fingers, but Denif immediately understood and smiled.

It was a signal the two had been using since childhood.

When the three, including Orhen, faced a strong opponent with coordinated attacks, it meant to seize the opportunity, hold their breath, and use all their techniques to attack in one moment.

Seeing the signal, Denif also racked his brain. He was holding a sword, while Carlyn held the scythe.

There wasn’t much difference in front of the dragon’s huge body, but if forced to choose one, the scythe would likely inflict a bigger wound.

-You finish it?

Carlyn shook his head at Denif’s hand signal. Even when he had just tried to attack, the devilish dragon had paid more attention to Carlyn.

It had instinctively recognized the ominousness of Tsukva’s Scythe.

-No, you do it.

The devilish dragon was likely to focus its attention on him. Therefore, Carlyn intended to entrust the finishing blow to Denif.

After he created an opening first, if Denif landed a strike, there would be another chance for himself as well.

Denif nodded after confirming the signal. After that, Carlyn, Denif, and the devilish dragon flew like that for 15 minutes.

It was an intense battle of wits.

During the flight, Carlyn and Denif attempted to target the devilish dragon several times with sudden changes in direction.

Because there was already a precedent, the devilish dragon quickly noticed and widened the distance.

Carlyn continued such attempts while heading towards the mountain range. He deliberately lowered altitude as well.

Snow-covered peaks were approaching on the left and right. Perhaps because of the restricted sides, the devilish dragon also kept a bit more distance.

‘This should be enough…’

After some time passed like that, Carlyn judged the moment had come. He showed a few fake attempts.

Now the devilish dragon was flinching at Carlyn’s slightest movements, trying to widen the distance.

Carlyn signaled Denif. Now! Carlyn’s winds enveloped their bodies. They were about to make a 180-degree turn in the sky, like a somersault.

The devilish dragon’s reaction was immediate. With massive mountain peaks on either side, it flew upwards and headed backwards.

However, this was a feint. Carlyn and Denif rotated 360 degrees in the air and shot forward again.

The winds enveloping their bodies fiercely increased speed.

In a short time, the distance from the devilish dragon widened considerably. The retreating devilish dragon also hurriedly began to chase after them.

Due to the increased flight speed, the devilish dragon had no choice but to approach quickly as well.

‘A little, just a little more.’

Carlyn gauged the distance with his winds. He knew the speed of flying at full power while wearing a wingsuit.

And after 20 minutes of reconnaissance, he had a rough sense of the devilish dragon’s speed as well.

Now there was a very slight lack of distance. Carlyn frowned lightly. If they got any further, it would become ambiguous.

Once they left this mountain range, it would be difficult to create an opportunity like this again.

Having made his decision, Carlyn increased the speed a bit more. As if squeezing it out, to outward appearances.

Seeing this, the devilish dragon followed suit and increased its speed. And finally, the distance Carlyn was gauging aligned.

“Denif!”

With Carlyn’s shout, winds enveloped their bodies. Denif and Carlyn changed direction in place.

The directional change, like a fighter jet turning backwards, was smoother than ever before.

Afterwards, Carlyn raised the output of the winds to full power, drawing on all his mana. It was breakneck speed.

The loss of speed from changing direction was erased, and they shot straight towards the devilish dragon.

The devilish dragon’s pupils widened. Having increased speed to chase, the distance closed rapidly.

The devilish dragon hastily turned its body, but was slightly late.

Curtains of fire and magic simultaneously appeared before Carlyn and Denif, but they didn’t back down.

“Break through like this!”

The devilish dragon had also succeeded in changing direction, but its speed was dead while Carlyn had built up speed.

The two crossed the void as if playing a bullet hell game. At breakneck flight speed, the devilish dragon was right before their eyes.

Carlyn raised Denif’s altitude while advancing at the front. He clenched the hand holding Tsukva’s Scythe.

Magic arrows grazed his cheek and below his torso. They broke through the wall of flames, cleaving it with winds.

Right before them, the devilish dragon’s rough cry resounded through the sky. It turned only its neck while fleeing to shoot out its breath.

Carlyn avoided it by drawing a circle while moving straight ahead.

‘Got it!’

The devilish dragon’s rough flapping. Carlyn dove underneath. He aimed for when the wings rose upwards.

The winds suppressed the dragon’s heavy body. The flying dragon moved stiffly, as if hitting an invisible wall.

Although it knew Carlyn had winds, it couldn’t immediately prepare since it hadn’t experienced this until now.

Of course, it wasn’t enough to completely restrain it. The purpose was to create a momentary opening in the first place.

Carlyn swung the scythe while rotating his waist from under the wing. A dragon’s wings were relatively weaker compared to its body.

Tsukva’s Scythe tore through the underside of the wing as it advanced. It couldn’t cut through completely.

Because the dragon, having broken free of the restraint, roughly struck down with its wings. Carlyn evaded downwards.

Although the wound wasn’t deep, it was certain he had inflicted damage. The devilish dragon, its balance subtly disrupted, let out a scream.

‘It’s working.’

Carlyn flew under the belly of the slowed dragon and moved to the right. With the previous strike, Carlyn now had the speed advantage.

After pulling Tsukva’s Scythe back to his shoulder, he swung it down towards the right side of the devilish dragon’s neck.

Scrap-! The sound of Tsukva’s Scythe scraping against scales was sharp. The tip of the scythe pierced through the scales and sunk into the neck.

His hand and arm tingled. The impact transmitted by the flying speed was beyond imagination. It felt like his entire arm had been hit by something.

The wound wasn’t deep. It was difficult to land a clean hit while flying, and the devilish dragon’s scales were tough.

Still, the impact was sufficient. Darkness and black blood flowed from the devilish dragon’s neck and flew backwards. The devilish dragon let out a painful scream.

‘Denif!’

Carlyn waited for Denif. And the dragon, screaming and looking up at the sky, couldn’t scream anymore.

It had just now realized that Denif was swinging his sword down towards its head, having been focused on Carlyn.

While Carlyn was attacking, Denif had ascended vertically and descended diagonally at tremendous speed.

Thus, Denif fell onto the devilish dragon’s head, holding Moonlight.

The devilish dragon didn’t just stand still either. Dozens of dark arrows that appeared in an instant targeted Denif.

“You lizard bastard!”

Denif avoided them minimally. It was unavoidable to maintain speed and land a clean hit.

Several arrows pierced through Denif’s body and wingsuit.

However, thanks to that, the attack was successful. Moonlight sunk deep into the dragon’s brow. About half the blade. The tip of the sword was close enough to reach the brain.

-Kieeeeek!

The devilish dragon’s chilling cry resounded through the sky. Denif’s scream was mixed in as well.

“Keurgh!”

Denif, having thrust in the sword with the momentum of falling from the sky, inevitably received tremendous strain.

The shock received by his arm and entire body, Denif momentarily lost consciousness and fell helplessly.

Carlyn targeted the devilish dragon before Denif. Finishing it off for certain was important. He stood on the neck of the devilish dragon, which was now crying out, forgetting even to flee.

Balancing was difficult, but he overcame it with athleticism and winds. Carlyn raised the scythe high.

And he struck the neck with all his might. Slash! Slash! Once, twice, three times, four times. He swung Tsukva’s Scythe down without pause.

And finally, slash-. He felt Tsukva’s Scythe strike the dragon’s neck bone.

-Kieeek!

Once more, a resounding cry rang out. Due to its size, it wasn’t enough to sever the neck, but it was sufficient to kill the devilish dragon.

Carlyn ran along the dragon’s neck towards its head, holding the scythe with winds. In the sky, the winds were fierce.

Carlyn grabbed Moonlight, which was stuck in the devilish dragon’s brow, and twisted it with all his might. Moonlight, embedded in the brain, made a crunching sound as it tore through the dragon’s head.

Through that gap, darkness and black blood, the devilish dragon’s brain matter flowed out. The dragon’s scream ceased. And the dragon began to fall.

“D-did we get it?”

Denif, who had come up onto the dragon’s body led by winds, asked with a deeply furrowed face.

He seemed to be in considerable pain from the sensations in his body.

“Yeah. I’m about to die from exhaustion.”

When Carlyn nodded, Denif suddenly changed his expression and started grinning from ear to ear.

“Hey, shit. This is crazy.”

“What is?”

“Us! We’re dragon slayers that have appeared after a thousand years!”

“…In this situation, that’s the first thing that comes to your mind?”

“Of course. This is an incredibly great achievement!”

Denif shouted with a serious face. Dragon slayers appearing after a thousand years. It wasn’t wrong.

There were no more dragons with ancient glory on this continent, only domesticated ones.

Carlyn vaguely agreed and looked down. The ground was getting closer.

Carlyn used winds to make the dragon’s body face towards the peak. Denif took a deep breath.

“What do we do now?”

“What else? We have to run again. The devil is chasing us, remember?”

Carlyn shrugged. Of course, there was still something to do before running away.

“First, let’s secure this devilish dragon’s heart.”

Even if it was a devilish dragon, it was still a dragon. Moreover, it was a dragon directly summoned by the devil.

It was incomparable to the hearts of domesticated dragons.

Just as dragon slayers had appeared after a thousand years, a proper dragon heart had also appeared after a thousand years.

No matter how urgent the situation, they couldn’t leave the dragon heart behind.