Strongest Alchemist System
Chapter 18: Saint Mila

Putting her cheeks over her palm, the woman tilted her head when she saw us.

“Ara ara~ look who came, isn't this El-chan?” he said with sparkling eyes.

“For a long time, Mila-san,” reply Elvy.

“Kyaa~! This is actually El-chan! El-chan, are you okay?! Are you hurt? Thank you for saving Onee-chan, but now it's fine! Onee-chan will protect El-chan from everyone!” the scream of the woman named Mila while hugging and rubbing her cheeks into Elvy's cheeks.

He kept smiling widely and kept saying “Muehehe~” with saliva that kept flowing.

“Umm, Mila-san, please stop,” Elvy sulks with her tormented expression.

“Ehehe, if El-chan doesn't call Onee-chan with call ‘Onee-chan’. Onee-chan will never let go of you loh~!” But, not letting it loose just like that, Mila was getting more aggressive in spoiling him.

She's a little stess.

“U-Umm, Onee-chan, please stop. There's something we want to talk to you about, so please let me go.” Feeling desperate, Elvy was forced to call the woman ‘Onee-chan’ and finally the woman let go with a satisfied face.

This woman is really dangerous.

Somehow she was different from what I imagined, I thought she would be a little calmer due to her mature appearance. I can't believe a man like this is a Saint.

All right, forget about that.

There is no time left to continue here, as we have managed to meet Mila, who is our ace to defeat the dragon. As soon as possible we have to catch up with those who are buying time for us, I think soon the Debuff effect of the dragon will run out.

“Ehem.” I coughed once to make the woman look at me, and when she looked away at me, I said.

“Mila-san, can you help us to defeat Roden and save everyone. I heard you can use mythical magic, can you use it for us?” ask me to make sure again.

I was nervous because he looked older than me, so I subconsciously used formal language on him.

It's the effect of never socializing— no, I guess it's because I'm a virgin.

It's too much for a virgin like me to talk to an adult woman like her.

“Hmm~”

But, when the woman saw me, she narrowed her eyes sharply. It makes me even more nervous. Did I make a mistake?

“Ara-ara~ aren't you human? Why are humans here? Besides, why did you get to be with El-chan? What your relationship looks like, you can explain in detail,” she said in a soft voice, but somehow I felt a cold thorn from behind her words.

As expected, this woman is really dangerous.

“Mila-san, right now everyone is fighting the dragon to buy time. We are here to ask for your help, because we need you to defeat that dragon!” elvy said worriedly, which helped me to explain the situation.

Hearing that, Mila smiled gently.

“Yeah, didn't I tell you to call Onee-chan with ‘Onee-chan’. But, alright, how could Onee-chan possibly refuse my cute and sweet El-chan request!” he hugged Elvy tightly.

Hearing that, my and Elvy's faces were filled with the light of hope.

Although I was still worried because he still misunderstood my relationship with Elvy, we didn't have time to straighten it out.

With this, all the required cards are already in our hands.

Time to fight that damn dragon.

“—But, after everything is done. I want you to explain everything, young man,” added Mila while poking my cheek with her index finger.

“Good..”.

Having no gap to fight, I could only nod in resignation.

Looking at me like that, Elvy chuckled a little, and it only made the woman become even stronger poke my cheeks while puffing her own cheeks.

It seems like once this is all done, I will still be involved by another matter.

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“So, can you explain the current situation?” asked Mila as we continued to run through the forest to catch up with the soldiers who until now were still stalling against the dragon.

We have left the Sacred Tree, and handed over the protection there to the Elf warriors I brought. Now it's just me, Elvy and Mila.

Unfortunately, we don't have time to think about it. Seeing from the time that continues to pass, it should be soon that the Debuff the dragon received will run out.

If that were to happen, those Elf warriors would not be able to endure it anymore, and in the end they would all just be slaughtered completely.

“Well, in short, I want Mila-san to fire her strongest magic at the dragon, and put an end to all this chaos,” I replied to her question.

“It's really very simple. Are you sure that only then can you kill the dragon? Didn't you underestimate it too much,” said Mila who still felt doubtful about my plan.

Well, it's true, I never thought that just shooting mythical-level magic could kill the dragon. After all he had a high resistance to magic attacks.

“For that reason, we will weaken him first until he can be killed with just one strike,” reply me with a confident smile.

“Yeah, you guys are really sloppy. I was indeed surprised when you were able to create [Buff Potion] and [Debuff Powder] with such high quality. But, are you really sure you can defeat him with just that?”

“Of course not.”

“Huh?” Hearing my answer without the slightest hesitation, he looked surprised, his expression instantly frozen.

Then, I resumed my words, with a serious face.

“Well, there's no way I can confidently say that this way we can defeat him. I'm not a hero, I can't boastfully say that I can save everyone. But at least I still want to fight. Even though I knew that it would fail, as long as it still had hope of winning, I would still fight it. I just want to prove, that without even heroes with cheat powers, we can still fight in our own way. Therefore, I will do whatever I can to win it.”

“.... ”

When I said that with an excited look, the two of them continued to look at me without saying a word.

It makes the atmosphere awkward.

“Hey, seriously, don't just shut up! Do you know how embarrassed I am after saying such a cool sentence?! Please don't ignore me, it will only make me look like a sick person!” I shouted in despair.

It's really embarrassing.

After that, when I thought that they finally wanted to say something, Mila suddenly sighed with laughter.

“Haah... Well, for now I guess you pass.”.

“Wait, since when is this a test!”

“Riku-san, you are really cool.”

“Elvy-chan, please don't make this even more complicated! You didn't help me at all, it just made me even more embarrassed!”

Shit, I shouldn't have to act so cool.

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“Stop you damn it! What can you do just keep running?!” roden shouted with a voice that echoed all the way to the entire forest, as he furiously chased after the daring Elves continuously mocking him.

However, the Elf did not reply to him at all, he just continued to run and run as fast as possible while dodging every single one of his attacks.

Roden who realized that he was just ignored became increasingly upset and annoyed. He started to rampage even more ferociously, smashing into all the trees blocking his path and continuing to chase the Elf desperately.

“Fucking insects!! Die you!” screeched while swinging its long tail towards the Elf, but the Elf was able to dodge it easily.

The reason why until now the Elf was unable to be caught, was because he continuously drank the [Buff Potion] speed enhancer and power buffer, thus making him able to continue running tirelessly.

In addition, there are still Debuff effects possessed by Roden, making it unable to issue its power optimally.

“Truly annoying!!” cetus Roden with an already unbearable anger. “Alright, if that's what you want, I'll play with you guys seriously,” he added, and at that very moment he suddenly stopped.

The running elf furrowed his brows troubledly, he knew this was coming soon, but he did not expect it to be this fast.

“Should I stall for even longer?” ask him to himself.

But, at that very instant he saw his Elf companion telling him something.

Seeing that, a faint smile was painted on his face.

The meaning of that signal is—

“It's time to strike back.”