Chapter 13: Time to turn things around

—Elf's Hideout, Conference Room.

At this time, reconvening at the discussion table, we resumed our discussion.

"As I thought, the best way we can proceed is to lure the dragon to this place, and then the army led by Regim-san will raid the Sacred Tree to save our comrades. Since here we have Alicia-san who can fight the undead, we have a chance to win against that Demon Lord Leader," said a seasoned Elf warrior with a serious expression as he moved the dragon pawn on the map to a place that looked like a dense forest.

Indeed, it is the best plan we can come up with at this time. But, of course it's still not perfect either. Because the goal that we all want to achieve is not just one.

"Supposing we use that plan, then how are we supposed to defeat that dragon? It's useless if we still haven't defeated it, even if we manage to defeat the Demon Lord Leader. The dragon will still be there. Have you forgotten the main objective of the raid this time? We will take back our village!" another male Elf replied, which made the situation even more complicated.

That's right, in this raid, we have two objectives to achieve.

Firstly, rescuing the Elf who were still sheltering within the Sacred Tree, and secondly, was reclaiming their village from the enemy forces.

Like I've said before, with the strength we currently have, it's impossible to defeat that dragon. Even if we were able to defeat the Demon Lord Leader thanks to Alicia being on our side, it would be useless if the dragon was still alive and made the village its home.

It seemed they also had no choice in moving out of this forest, because to them, the Sacred Tree was a sacred place, and their only home to them, so they couldn't just leave it.

This is troublesome, I don't know how strong that dragon is, so I can't come up with a good plan to defeat it. If I make a plan here by halves, it will only make it worse if the plan ends up failing.

I don't want to take any risk.

"Nee, Riku, somehow this conversation isn't progressing at all. Are you sure this is going to be fine? Don't you usually have a lot of sneaky plans at times like this, did you think of something?" asked Alicia who whispered to me with a worried face.

"Don't tell me it's sneaky. Well, it's not like I don't have any. It's just that I don't want to take the risk when we don't have more accurate information," I replied in a low voice.

The only problem here is, that none of us has the strength to kill that dragon.

I originally thought of luring the dragon near the ravine, dropping it into the abyss, and then pelting it with lots of tree pegs. After that burn him alive using fire magic after showering him with thousands of magic.

Only, from what I've heard, it seems that dragons have high resistance to fire and magic, so that method will only end up being in vain.

Should we put a thorn trap in the bottom of the abyss?

I guess it would be riskier, if I did that, it's likely that the dragon would become more vigilant and realize our plan, since he's also a being endowed with intelligence.

Seriously, isn't this impossible?

In order to escape from the current situation, we needed a powerful card, one that could wield enough power to annihilate the dragon in a single strike. Perhaps it should be on par with the explosive power of an anti-tank or nuclear missile class weapon.

While I was thinking about that and trying to find another way, I heard an Elf muttering with her face downcast.

"If only Mila-sama was here."

Hearing that, my eyes opened wide.

"Mila-sama? Who is that person?" I asked spontaneously.

In response to my question, an Elf who was next to me answered.

"Mila-sama is the strongest mage among us Elf. Not only can she use high tier magic, she can also use myth tier magic. She is also a Saint who protects the Sacred Tree. I believe she is now at the Sacred Tree to protect everyone," replied the Elf with pride and admiration for the person named Mila.

I don't know how famous she is, but seeing the look on the faces of everyone here, they look so hopeful when they hear Mila's name. I know that this person is not a random person.

However, what attracted me more was not the person, but the magic.

"Alicia, can you tell me how strong the level of magic is in this world?" I asked in a whisper to Alicia who was beside me.

Heard that, Alicia tilted her head. "Huh, what's wrong all of a sudden?"

"Come on, tell me quickly," I forced her.

She looked reluctant, but she explained anyway.

"In this world there are three levels of magic. They are low level, middle level, and high level. However, it's just basic magic that anyone can learn if they are serious. Meanwhile, in this world there are more magics that are far more powerful than magic level high level magic, because that magic was considered too strong to be high level magic, they called it myth level magic.

People who can use myth-grade magic are not many, and they are very rare. Because the strength they provide is usually equivalent to the explosive power of missiles in your world.

Well, actually there is one more type of magic in this world, but because it's too forbidden and somewhat too dangerous, no one has ever been able to do it. In the history of this world, there had only been one person who had used forbidden magic in the past. As a result of that magic, the seasons in this world became extremely unstable. So you could say it was a magic that could even rewrite the world. Well, I guess that's all I need to tell you for now, are you satisfied?"

"Well, that's enough, thank you."

After I listened to Alicia's explanation carefully, I nodded in understanding. I'm still curious about the continuation of the story of the person who used the forbidden magic, but for now it doesn't matter.

I thought for a bit about what she just explained, and then—

"Heh."

—A broad smile started to appear on my face.

Well, this will probably work.

Myth grade magic, I don't know how powerful it actually is to defeat that dragon, but I guess it should be our trump card in this fight.

It may still be a gamble, but it's worth the gamble. With this plan, our hope of winning becomes even more visible.

"Everyone, please listen to me. I have a plan," I said in a loud voice while smiling broadly confidently.

At that moment, everyone looked surprised to see me suddenly speak, but I paid no heed, and just laid out every plan I could think of to win this fight.

Then, after I talked about all the plans I had, they all looked very impressed and without thinking about it, they all agreed to my plan.

Finally, now we are all starting to get ready to do the battle.