Chapter 11 - The Best Things About Hunting Dragons

Sometimes good news and bad news can come together.

 The news of the dragon attack that came to my ears immediately gave a sign that there would be a living sacrifice to test these weapons.

 Let's just say that Lady Luck is on our side this time.

 I immediately directed this vehicle to enter the first battle. The weapons installed on this vehicle were ready to crush anything that was targeted.

 This sudden journey attracted a few people's attention. Maybe they were curious about this iron vehicle that sped past them so quickly. We arrived at one of the dragon monsters that was on the ground.

 After we stopped, my father got out of the vehicle and observed the soldiers who were guarding the dragon's corpse.

 "What happened?" asked my father.

 "Duke! Look at this! It's in a state of emergency! These dragons are attacking us!" said one of the soldiers.

 Without being explained, my father should have understood what was happening.

 "Are there any injured victims?"

 "Currently the Captain is holding back hundreds of monsters that are trying to attack this village."

 "Karl!"

 Hearing that the battle was still going on, my father looked at me who was in this vehicle. He then forced his way back in and wanted to join the battle to defend the village that was close to our residence.

 His responsibility as a Duke forced him to be reckless like this.

 Well, my goal will be achieved a little.. so what's wrong?

 With the information that Sebastian and the soldier got. We moved quickly to the point outside the village and sure enough.. the battle against the dragons was still ongoing.

 The dragons we faced had small bodies but with wings on their backs making it difficult for our soldiers to overcome them. Their agile movements made it quite difficult to trap them.

 The detection magic displayed small dots gathering 210. Seeing so many small dragons roaming around, my father immediately got out of this vehicle and took one of the idle swords.

 "How dare you attack my people!!" like a barbarian coming out of a cave, my father immediately ran with his full strength and trapped the small dragons.

 "Eh? Duke?"

 "Is it? Duke??"

 "Wow... Duke? You are late..."

 Seeing my father suddenly join the battle made the focus of the battle mixed into two parts. Seeing the battle that was continuing, I immediately went out using the 20mm machine gun hatch.

 "Eh, even Karl-sama is here? And what is that vehicle?"

 "What is that?"

 "Iron horse carriage?"

 "Why is Karl-sama here? Isn't this a dangerous place?"

 "The Duke is here, it doesn't matter if Karl-sama is here, right?"

 I could hear their voices who were curious about my father and myself here.

 Unlike my father who had a knight's path to defend this beloved village, I prefer the gripping path that sits while throwing 20mm bullets.

 I immediately took the bullet belt and attached it to the machine gun in front of me. Pulled the safety pin and aimed the machine gun at the little dragons.

 "Ahem! Everyone! Please cover your ears!" I said.

 Without further ado, I then pulled the trigger and fired hundreds of bullets that rained down on the little dragons.

 *20mm goes brrrrrtttttttt noises*

 Thousands of bullets that came out and the loud noise immediately attracted the attention of all the soldiers here.

 The empty bullet casings that were scattered suddenly piled up into a mountain.

 The dragons who heard this sound suddenly panicked and flew away. However, their flying speed was still inferior to the speed of these bullets.

 Their proud armor was unable to protect their bodies.

 "EAT THIS MOTHER#$%&R!!!" While saying that... I started laughing enjoying this one-sided friendship.

 This massacre... It's so fun!

 I think... I have a new hobby of slaughtering weak races.

 Anyway, this is so fun!

 Oh no!

 I'm starting to get addicted to this sensation.

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 Dragons are an authoritarian race that marks their territory by dominating monsters weaker than them. Because of these characteristics, dragons are one of the most disturbing parasitic monster species.

 They move based on mating seasons and look for areas full of food resources. Massive dragon immigration usually sacrifices food sources equivalent to human survival for six months.

 Their appearance is like a sign of an impending food shortage.

 The positive side? They hunt monsters around their nests.

 The negative side? They make monsters leave their territory and wipe out food sources around them.

 They are omnivores, sometimes some dragons are known to eat other dragons. Cannibalism is not uncommon in the eyes of monsters. To survive, they must become warriors who sacrifice everything.

 Reports of dragon nests and decreasing food sources forced my father to investigate. For that, my father sent Mercedes to investigate the location suspected of being a dragon nest. For some reason, Mercedes invited Chiyuki to go with her.

 These small dragons roaming around indicate one thing. Their leader was killed and these little dragons were roaming around uncontrollably. A machine gun that I fired happened to hit a big dragon flying towards our residence.

 According to the testimony of the people who saw it, the crushed dragon fell after half of its body exploded. The explosive power was quite good for destroying a fairly large dragon.

 It seems like we will be taking a little longer to sort this out.

 "What do you think, Karl?" my father asked.

 "Well, their scales are quite valuable, right? Even though they are young dragons that have just hatched, their scales will be useful for one or two things," I replied.

 "I am a little worried about the eggs and little dragons that might be left in their nest."

 "Didn't you send Mercedes to investigate? What is her report?"

 "There is a cave surrounded by plants that are starting to die out. It seems like the dragons built a nest inside the cave. Mercedes only explored the entrance of the cave."

 "Well, should we explore the nest?" I suggested.

 "Good idea, we happen to have a suitable vehicle for that!" My father suddenly became excited.

 "Oh.. yeah Karl.. can I drive it a bit?"

 Eh? What is this? I have a bad feeling about this.

 "Um.. better not yet-"

 "Oh! Come on! Teach your father to drive your vehicle!" My father started to grab my collar and shake my body.

 "Okay! Okay! Sit in the driver's seat!"

 My father then sat in the driver's seat.

 "First, this is the gas pedal, the brake pedal, then the radar navigation magic system, the guided cannon controller, and..."

 I took the trouble to explain every basic setting in the driver's seat. With this, I could focus on the manual weapons installed.

 "Oh! This is so easy!"

 Um.. my bad feeling was getting worse.

 "Okay! Karl.. let's destroy their nest!"

 "O-OKEEEEEEY~" without further ado. My father drove the vehicle at full speed. I could see a big smile on his face.

 He was enjoying this vehicle!

 "This is amazing, Karl!"

 "Of course! I made it with my broken brain!"

 "Oh, we're here already? That fast?"

 "Huh?"

 I hadn't even enjoyed our journey but the cave in question was already in front of us.

 My father is crazy when it comes to driving this vehicle.

 I think...

 I have to prepare myself to accept my father's new hobby of enjoying fast vehicles.

 "Karl.. I think I'm in love with this vehicle. Should we name it?"

 Yep, his satisfaction turned into love.

 "We'll think about that after we're done with this."

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