Sordil's Mistake (Part 1)

"Dragon Slayer Secret Art Technique: Illumination - Sky Piercer"

"Whoosh!"

As soon as Sordil finished speaking, a white arrow shot straight toward the head of the yellow dragon that was locked in a stalemate with Diphiya at a speed that seemed to tear through space.

"Pfft!"

The arrow pierced the yellow dragon's head instantly, scattering red blood and white brain fluid everywhere. Emboldened by his previous two fatal blows, Sordil confidently turned back, only to be blasted into the sea by the severely wounded but still alive yellow dragon's breath.

"Brother!"

"Sordil!"

"Brother Sordil!"

"Bang!"

Before Yelibell could comfort everyone, Sordil burst out of the sea and slammed his right fist at the yellow dragon.

"Fire Dragon's Iron Fist!"

"Roar! You despicable scoundrel, let me show you my iron fist!"

"Bang!"

"Puff!"

"Pfft!"

Although Sordil successfully smashed his opponent's mangled head with a single punch, the opponent's dying counterattack sent Sordil flying. Wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth, Sordil continued towards his next target.

"Murellia, get out of the way! Dragon Slayer Secret Art: Ghostly Howl - Giant Sword!"

"Buzz"

A massive black spear, repulsive to all the dragons, flew from Sordil's hand and pierced a blue dragon with its back to him. Although Murellia didn't know the full power of her young master's attack, trusting Sordil, she decisively abandoned any attempt to engage and dodged to the side.

Hearing the shouts behind him, the blue dragon knew it must be the one who had ambushed his companion. Knowing he couldn't escape death, the blue dragon abandoned his attempt to dodge and charged towards Murellia at top speed. However, before he could catch up with Murellia, the unique aura emanating from the black giant spear enveloped him. In an instant, he felt an unbearable stinging pain in every cell of his body, followed by a feeling of weakness and exhaustion throughout his body, making even maintaining flight difficult.

"Pfft"

The black giant spear pierced the blue dragon's heart effortlessly. The next second, the black giant spear transformed into countless wisps of black smoke and merged into the blue dragon's body. Then, his corpse turned into black ashes at a visible speed, drifting away in the sky with the wind.

Just as Sordil secured a quadra kill and was about to achieve a Penta Kill, he suddenly realized that everyone except Igneel had eliminated their opponents. He also discovered that his aloof wife, Grandiere, was anxiously rushing towards him... well, it seemed that Princess Diphiya had been forcibly patted on the head by some jerk, was following behind her.

"Oh no, I'm in big trouble! I'm in really big trouble!"

Sordil swallowed hard and began to think about how to escape from the clutches of the Great Demon King Diphiya.

"Sordil, are you alright?"

Faced with his aloof wife's caring greeting, Sordil smiled sweetly at her and said softly, "Don't worry, Grandiere, I'm fine!"

Before Grandiere could ask any further questions, Diphiya, standing behind her, spoke up first, "It's good that you're alright. Now it's time to settle things between the two of us!"

Seeing that things were going badly, Sordil hurriedly used what was known in his previous life as the best social skill—doing something else entirely.

"Grandiere, when I saw you use magic just now, it seemed a little different from what I used. Can you help me check if I used it wrong?"

As Sordil spoke, he pulled the unaware Grandiere to the side. Unfortunately, his feint was seen through by the clever Divine Constable Di, and just as he was about to take his third step, the roadblock dragon Diphiya appeared in front of him and Grandiere, blocking their path.

"Sordil, you can't get married and forget about your sister!"

"What are you saying, girl? How could I have forgotten you?"

"Then why did you only talk to Grandiere and ignore me?"

"I... I didn't see it!"

"Oh! So, can you see me now?"

"I see it! I can see it very clearly! Oh, Grandiere, look, hasn't Diphiya become even more beautiful?"

Grandiere stared speechlessly at Sordil, who was feigning ignorance, unsure how to answer his question.

"Hmph! You stinky old man, don't think you can get away with me just by saying a few nice words!"

After his attempt to flatter her failed, Sordil shamelessly hid behind Grandiere and kept begging his wife to help him through this difficult time.

"Sister Grandiere, please save me! Otherwise, I won't make it through today!"

Seeing Sordil dump this hot potato on him, Grandiere's face darkened. However, this troublemaker was still her husband, and she had to save him, right? So, Grandiere had no choice but to bite the bullet and say to Diphiya, "Sister Diphiya, you grew up with Sordil and should know his character. He's always been clumsy and irresponsible, which is why he did such an outrageous thing. Please forgive him this time for my sake!"

"Alright! I'll let him off this time for your sake, sister-in-law, but you'd better keep him on a tight leash from now on, so he doesn't go out and cause trouble for others again!"

"Don't worry, little sister Diphiya, this time I'll make sure he's properly chained up and won't let him out to harm anyone else!"

"What do you mean by 'keep me chained up and don't let me go out and cause trouble for others'?"

Although Sordil was inwardly cursing their conversation, he dared not utter a single word. Just as Sordil was feeling fortunate to have escaped Diphiya's clutches, a sense of weightlessness swept over him, causing him to drift backward. Suddenly remembering the unfinished battle with Igneel, he hurriedly looked up and discovered that everyone, including Igneel, was being enveloped by a peculiar force and drifting backward, while Igneel's opponent was using this opportunity to escape towards the Western Continent.

"Mode switch, Holy Dragon Mode!"

"I'll inhale!"

Through Sordil's efforts, the peculiar power was absorbed into his body and transformed into his own magic. Although Sordil's response was timely and his methods were correct, Montedoss still managed to escape during this opening.

"Brother Sordil, don't worry, I'll bring him back right away!"

"Brother Igneel, there's no need to chase! Our objective this time is to seize their supplies, not to kill them, so let's hurry up and collect the scattered supplies!"

Upon hearing Sordil's words, Igneel abandoned his pursuit of the enemy and focused his energy on cleaning up the battlefield.

Ishgar, Western Continent Camp

"Where has that bastard Montedoss gone off to slack off? He still hasn't come back!"

With the transport convoy not returning for a long time, Kelsu grew increasingly anxious, pacing back and forth in his tent. Just then, he heard hurried footsteps outside the tent, and hearing the sound of the convoy returning, Kelsu rushed to meet them.

"Montedoss, you finally decided to come back!"

"Kelsu, it's us!"

Upon seeing that it was Goodpes and his companion outside the tent, rather than Montedoss, Kelsu's brow, which had just relaxed, furrowed again. Judging from Kelsu's expression, Goodpes and his companion knew that the transport corps had not yet returned.

"Kelsu, waiting like this isn't a solution. We should send another team to the Western Continent to seek help and also to meet up with Montedoss and the others."

"Goodpes is right, I also think we should do it!"

"Alright, since you two both agree with this plan, I will organize another team to head to the Western Continent!"