Thus, the white-haired rescue team encountered Xuanzang Sanzang, who had manifested as a Caster, and decided to act together.
Ah, since there was nothing to eat there, I thought about getting help from the white dragon, but when I tried to summon it with that in mind, I accidentally summoned it wrong and couldn't send it back, so a dragon that was troubling people near France attacked in anger.
Munch munch
Now it's in my stomach.
[You have hunted a Grade 3 Fire Dragon Species]
[Your dragon's rank has increased by one level]
[The level of the incomplete Magic Heart of the Evil Dragon Fafnir has increased]
[The level of the incomplete Armor of Fafnir has increased]
[The Story Fragment "One Who Seeks to Become a Dragon" desires even stronger power]
[The One Who Inherits the Name of the Evil Dragon is still not satisfied]
[To raise the dragon's rank further, you must hunt or devour dragons with higher ranks]
I skimmed through the rising system messages and looked around.
Our current location was near the fortress where Hassan of Serenity and Tawara Touta were held, and we were hiding around the fortress to assess the situation.
'But something's off... Has the news of Mordred's death not spread yet? The fortress is too quiet..... No, if it's the Round Table, they should have already received the news of Mordred's death.... In that case, it's better to have a contingency plan....'
After preparing an emergency measure just in case, I immediately went underground with the other party members using the Aurora Curtain.
"You're really amazing!? Getting into the underground prison so easily!"
"No big deal."
I shrugged lightly and asked the Great Sage.
'Great Sage, guide me to where Tawara Touta is.'
[Confirmed: Guidance will now begin.]
"Follow me, this way."
We quickly walked to the cell where Tawara Touta was imprisoned and
"Hold on a bit..."
"You, who are—Gyaaah!!!"
After swiftly subduing what appeared to be a guard, we soon joined Tawara Touta and hurried into the inner part of the prison where Hassan of Serenity was held.
"Biological reaction detected. It's inside this door."
"Got it, Mash! Let's go in quickly."
Upon opening the door, we entered the prison.
"...Bloodstains stuck to the floor, tools hanging on the walls.... This is... not just a simple prison...."
"...It's really horrible.... Did they torture here?"
Then, as if hearing our voices, a girl chained up spoke weakly.
"...Who?... Haven't given up yet?... No matter what they do to me, I won't say anything. So... just, cut my throat."
"Don't worry, we're not here to torture you. We're a rescue team here to save you."
"Rescue, team?"
While Hassan was bewildered by my words, Hassan of the Hundred Personas spoke to Hassan of Serenity.
"You've endured well until now, Serenity."
"You are... the one from the eastern village, right?"
Serenity, speaking with her head drooped as if her consciousness was blurry, seemed quite exhausted.
"Wait a bit, I'll free you soon."
Then, I grabbed the chains and applied force, and
Crash!!!
The chains shattered like glass, and Hassan of Serenity collapsed towards me.
"Oops, be careful."
"...Huh!?"
As I caught her falling self, Serenity was momentarily shocked, then quickly pulled away and spoke in a voice mixed with guilt.
"Ah, I'm sorry... You came to save me... came to help, and I, again, would have killed you..."
During the sudden apology from Serenity, as the party members were taken aback,
"...Uh... hey..."
"Liar, you're fine?... Uh... what, how...?"
"Well... the thing is, poison doesn't work on me... More precisely, poison is automatically neutralized."
[The attribute Dualist calmly says that such poison is nothing.]
As I stood up unharmed, Serenity's pupils dilated in astonishment.
"Hey, are you really okay? Even if you touch me...?"
"Yes, and even Noble Phantasm-grade poison probably won't work on most things."
"...Is that so..."
Then, for some reason, Serenity's face turned red, and she lowered her head.
'? What's this?'
[...Clearly, you've seduced her...]
[...That's right... you've seduced her again...]
'? I didn't do anything?'
At Rinne and Maiuri's words, I was momentarily very flustered. No, of course, I didn't do anything.
Anyway, after rescuing Serenity, we were about to leave this place when
"Where are you trying to go in such a hurry?"
With someone's voice, the prison door opened, and numerous knights of the Round Table appeared, led by a knight in black armor.
"Greetings, everyone. And welcome to my interrogation room. Even if you are thieves, you are undoubtedly guests from afar. Welcome, Master from the distant observatory, Chaldea."
At the appearance of the knight in black armor, Hassan of the Hundred Personas muttered in panic.
"Knight of the Round Table, Agravain...! He's already here!?"
"...No, rather, it seems they were waiting for us to come."
At my muttering, Agravain glared at me and said.
"I heard that you defeated Mordred, so I was waiting."
"Ah~ Is that so? So you brought two Round Table knights with you?"
As soon as my words ended, Lancelot and Tristan appeared among the knights.
"I shall wash away the mistake of letting you escape with merit."
"Ah, it's the king's order... This time, I'll take your heads..."
Seeing Lancelot and Tristan ready their weapons, and Agravain about to order the knights to attack, I chuckled and said.
"But you know, did you really think I'd fight you from the start?"
"What?"
"What do you mean..."
"...What did you say?"
Then, I grabbed everyone and activated a skill.
"You guys have fun chasing each other~ We're outta here!!!"
[Skill Thunder God's Art has been activated.]
The next moment, we who were just in the underground prison had already moved to near the fortress where we were before.
"Good thing I left Thunder God's Art as a precaution... Hey, let's scram!"
"Uh, uh... let's retreat for now!"
"Yes! Let's get away from here quickly!"
Then, we moved to the west village using the Aurora Curtain, and shortly after, a roar of anger could be heard from the fortress.