Strongest Alchemist System
Chapter 20: The fall of hope

I kept watching the dragon from the top of the tree with Elvy beside me.

My heart continued to beat violently as I watched the dragon that continued to be violently torn apart by Mila's magic. This made me continue to think skeptically, would he really be able to die with just this?

I was the one who made this plan, but I myself still doubted the success of this plan. It felt like something was stuck in my stomach and it kept making me feel a nauseating bad feeling.

Is this all right?

Did I miss something else?

Questions like that kept swirling around in my brain and made me feel tormented by it.

Is this good?

“Riku-san, are you okay? Your face looks pale, ” said Elvy who worried about me.

I gave a gentle smile. “Well, I'm fine. Sorry, I worried you,” reply me.

But Elvy still seems to worry about me.

It seems that my face looks so pale that I can't hide it well.

Geez, I'm really pathetic.

“Riku-san, you've been trying hard all this time, so after this is all over, please rest properly. I heard you haven't slept in two days, everyone is worried about you,” Elvy said, clasping my hand tightly and looking at me with very anxious eyes.

Hearing that, my heart calmed down a little.

“Yeah, you're right. I'm sorry, after this is all over, I will rest properly, so don't worry,” reply I let go of her hand.

“You promise?” tanyanya back.

I'm nodding. “Yeah, I promise,” I answer.

Hearing that, Elvy sighed with relief.

That's right, I can't make everyone worry.

I'm sure this will be fine.

We had made this plan carefully, and even Mila praised me for this plan. We have also gone to great lengths to make dozens of those [Debuff Powder], and collect the ingredients as well.

That's right, everyone has fought hard, so their efforts must be paid a fair price.

I need to be more confident.

Everything's gonna be okay.

But—

It was like a cruel nightmare.

A burning fire burned all my hopes in the blink of an eye.

‘Bum!’

“What is it?!” the Elf warrior shouted in surprise as he saw the dense black flames burning from the dragon's body and obliterated Mila's magic.

The black flame enveloped Roden's dragon body as if it were burning it.

Looking at him who was able to move back, it seemed that the black flame had also obliterated all the bad statuses he had obtained.

Everyone who saw him was shocked, including me.

‘Deg! The deg! Deg!”

My heart thumped, and a cold gnarly pierced my spine as soon as the dragon began to open its eyes wide and glared at me with a murderous glare.

“But, first I will kill you, lowly man!!” he shouted while swinging his long tail with all his might towards me.

“...” I could only freeze as soon as the tail was pointed at me.

At that moment, for some reason the world seemed to be moving so slowly.

From below, I could hear the voice of Mila screaming hysterically to tell me to dodge. But, it was too late, because of fear, my reflexes had died, I could not move.

After all, it was also impossible for me to avoid such a quick attack. Even if I drank all the [Buff Potions] I had, it was impossible for me to avoid them.

Even though my strength is increasing, I am still an ordinary person.

There's nothing I can do.

That tail will hit me and crush my body without mercy.

But, what surprised me even more was that my mind was much calmer than I thought. I felt nothing at all when I saw that tail was already right in front of my eyes.

Well, I guess this time I'm really gonna be over.

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However, while I was thinking about it, suddenly someone pushed me, and made me survive the dragon tail attack.

When I saw the person pushing me, my eyes opened wide.

It was Elvy.

But it was too late when I realized it.

‘Bum!’

Right before my eyes, I saw Elvy's body being sadistically crushed by the powerful slash from the dragon's tail. It didn't even give him a chance to breathe for a second.

Elvy's body split in two like a smashed toy, his internal organs scattered in the air right before my eyes, and his body weakly slumped on the ground following the momentum of the punch.

“Hah! Huh! Huh!”

Seeing that, my body trembled, my breath gasped, and at the same time…

—Strong despair began to squeeze my soul.

“AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH—!!!”