The Slayers
Chapter 104 (Season 3)

'It. strange.'

If eaten by a real dragon, then one would be disgusted to death. But what Johan felt now was different. It feels very soothing, comfortable, and sleepy.

Johan was completely dissolved in a feeling of comfort, making his eyes slowly close.

However, his body regained its vigor as soon as possible, he was like injected with a power-enhancing serum.

[Johan, get out of here! The longer you stay, the more you lose consciousness. If you lose consciousness, your soul will slowly be digested by Fafnir's spirit!]

'All right!'

Johan immediately drew his sword and slashed while spinning like a tornado. The monster's neck came off immediately and he managed to create a way out.

Johan certainly went out quickly and darted towards the Gram sword.

Right after he almost managed to grab the handle of the Gram sword, a water-like white tail hit Johan and knocked Johan off, but thanks to [Angel Wings] he was able to stop.

"What the fuck?'

The dragon that Johan had decapitated returned to its original state. His head is still well connected.

"Curtain!"

Johan sped up his flight to retrieve Gram's sword. It felt impossible to fight the dragon spirit Fafnir.

But, he was always blocked by the dragon spirit Fafnir somehow.

"How do you beat him?"

Fafnir's dragon spirit could blow Johan away and make him bounce far away. His movements were also nimble even though his body was extremely large. And no matter how much Johan cut Fafnir's spirit into pieces, the dragon could always regenerate.

"Is it by activating the runes, I can defeat it, Sera?"

[No, your runes won't work for spirits. Unless you change some of the carvings and the sequence.]

"... fuck."

Johan lost his only hope. Seraphim told him that there would be many dragons blocking him. So the Seraphim directed him to create a special rune to fight the dragon.

But right now, his opponent was now not just a dragon, but a dragon spirit! Then another special rune is needed.

"What if I attack him with this dagger?"

The throwing dagger given by Volund has not been used yet. Volund said use this dagger at crucial times, so he tried to throw this dagger.

But, Johan forgot one thing. The accuracy is very, very bad.

When he threw the dagger Volund gave him. Without evading the dagger, Johan's attack goes unnoticed.

Johan's expression immediately darkened. He had always only learned to sword and never learned to use other weapons, even his ability to wear a dagger was not bad, but not good either.

'How is this?'

His mind was a bit muddled, he was barely able to dodge Fafnir's spirit attack.

[Actually, you can change the carving and arrangement. But it's too risky for you.]

'It's all right! I accept the risk!'

[You're crazy!? It can make you lose all your energy. If that happens, how can you deal with it?]

'I still have a lot of potions, right? And, can you inject a little of your strength?'

[Listen Johan, though I am your patron, but we angels have limits. ..you should be grateful that I am your patron, Johan.]

The seraphim slowly released light energy that seeped everywhere. Then, hundreds of chains appeared and formed a ball that protected Johan.

[Alright Johan, now, follow my lead.]

'All right!'

Johan immediately pulled out Helios, his sword. He activated his rune which made the writing on the side of the sword light up.

Johan immediately tried to change the arrangement of the runes. But...

"Ughh! Heavy!"

The rune writing was very difficult to move. Once moved, the mana in Johan's body was drained away.

But with the help of the Seraphim, Johan's energy recovered.

Outside, Fafnir's spirit attempts to eat the ball. But it cannot, for example like a human trying to bite a stone, Fafnir's spirit cannot penetrate it.

Fafnir's spirit tried to throw the ball with its tail. Too bad for the spirit of Fafnir, there are no scratches or cracks.

After a while, Fafnir's spirit was like playing ball. He threw the ball here and there. He's like playing volleyball without being accompanied by someone.

And miraculously, Johan received absolutely no shocks. He was still focused on forming and crafting runes to deal with Fafnir's spirit.

Unexpectedly, Fafnir's spirit catapulted the ball and used a white burst of fire.

Still, it has no effect.

"A little while!"

Johan was almost done changing his arrangement. He finally managed to swap the location of one of the letters and finally, the runes had been completed.

Just then, Seraphim deactivates the shield ball and Johan immediately darts towards Fafnir's spirit.

Johan drained his sword mana, making active runes. He immediately attacked Fafnir's spirit in the neck.

Unlike earlier, Fafnir's spirit dodged the attack. He sensed the danger from Johan's sword.

Johan immediately attacked again. But when it almost hit the neck of Fafnir's spirit, Fafnir again avoided it nimbly.

'Currently, let's try again!'

Johan took one of the daggers and threw it.

'God of luck, side with me!"

Johan immediately threw the dagger away, hoping if it could hit the spirit part of Fafnir a little.

And indeed, the good boy's prayer was quickly granted. The dagger that Johan threw immediately hit Fafnir's spirit wing.

It made Fafnir's spirit in pain.

'Successful!'

Johan did not waste his time, he immediately darted.

He's holding the handle of his sword. Slowly, time went very slowly, and Johan somehow suddenly recalled the time before he entered the academy.

"Johan, accept it and learn the book." Grayson said, handing Johan a book.

The book had pictures of 4 animals, a red phoenix, a blue dragon, a black turtle, and a white tiger.

"What's this for, dad?" Johan asks Grayson who is his foster father.

"That's the sword technique I used, at that time I found it in a tiger-type portal. That sword technique is quite powerful, so as my son, you will continue that sword technique."

"Okay, thanks dad!"

Johan then hugged his foster father.

"Be careful at the Academy. There's no need to force yourself to be the best, just try as best as you can."

"Sure, dad."

Let's end this flashback, because Johan will start practicing his sword technique.

Johan began to draw his sword, his entire body slowly covered by fire, his wings were also covered in hot flames.

Johan quickly darted forward and then miraculously, three people came out of Johan's body. His stature is very identical to Johan's. It was a clone of Johan himself.

"[Guardian of south, suzaku:Flame star.]"

Johan and his clones slashed at Fafnir's spirit with their swords covered in embers. Their slashes formed a star.

Fafnir's spirit fell down with a shrill cry. Johan believes that Fafnir's spirit is dead. At least until the Seraphim warn him

[Johan, this isn't over. Quickly grab the sword before Fafnir's spirit returns.]

Johan was startled for a bit, but he quickly turned around to pick up the broken Gram sword.

Without landing, he took out the handle of the Gram sword. It made the scattered bright light everywhere disappear. Johan immediately darted to the exit.

At the same time, in the nest of the main dragon.

A dragonborn ran in a storm. He infiltrated the group of talking dragons.

Finally, he arrived before the throne, of course he immediately prostrated in front of the king of the dragons.

"Your majesty! I have bad news!"

The relaxed dragon was immediately annoyed and intended to kill the dragonborn, but he decided to listen to the bad news first.

"What's that?" His voice was very authoritative, and calm. But he's not really like that.

"P-p-sword Gram's been stolen!"

The news made not only the dragon king, but all the dragons glare frantically.

"What's!? How's it!? It is impossible to defeat the ancestral spirit!"

"I don't know, your majesty. It's just that the signs of the Gram sword have already disappeared!"

Instantly, the dragonborn was charred burning by the dragon king's breath.

"Everything! FIND THE MAN WHO STOLE GRAM'S SWORD! THE ONE WHO FINDS THE STEALER WILL BE GIVEN A GIFT!"

All the dragons became excited and immediately flapped their wings.