chapter 48 mission gone wrong ( part 2 )

On the other side, stella and the other are looking around the field, but they suddenly hear a scream coming from the other side that caught their attention.

'That scream, is from that direction, don't tell me,' though gran as he and the other quickly went toward the direction of the scream they hear.

As they arrive they eye widen at the sight before their eye, the monster has four feet with its tail grabbing one of the knight that cover in blood while it's skin was cover with scale, the monster look at them with it's eye looking at them like a predator that has found it's prey.

"Now that make sense, an earth dragon huh," say gran as he pull his spear, is the first time he saw a dragon this big, and from the look of it, it look like this monster is the cause of all the missing inside this cave.

"Captain, what do we do now, ?" Ask one of the knight who panicking with his hand trembling at the sight before him, though he still remain strong as he pull out his sword that was aim at the earth drahon who look at them.

At that time the ground start moving as spike sudden emerged from the ground and aim at them, stella who forsee that sight quickly use her sword and swing it to the knight using her shaft and throw them to the other side, before the spike emerged.

While on the other hand, stella use her teleportation magic to teleport beside them who was touching their body that was hit by stella attack.

"Ow, could you use any nicer method," say one of the knight who was in pain though he waa grateful to stella for saving his life, but he couldn't help but ask.

"I don't see you do anything to avoid that attack, so shut up," say stella as she look at the dragon in front of them and couldn't help but sweet a little as she never meet a dragon like this, sure that dragon has no wing, but it's defend was no joke, furthurmore it's size was ridiculous.

'Is even bigger than the one i face a few years ago,' though stella as she remember her first time fighting a dragon, though this one are way bigger and more powerful than before.

At that time the dragon open it's mouth as suddenly emitting a light that shout a powerful blast that was destroy the entire area around them.

'That was close, we almost got hit,' though stella as she use her earth magic to create a wall of stone to block the dragon blast not only to protect her but the other as well.

"Are you guys alright, ?" Ask stella to them who cover in dirt but nothingless they seems to be fine.

"I never though we encounter this kind of monster," say gran as he stand up while holding his spear, while the dragon use it's claw and tear stella wall of stone like a paper, and launch itself to them.

At that time stella and gran attack the dragon by giving it a multiple attack though their attack was barely scratch the monster since how tickthe scale was.

With a roar, stella and gran was back of from the beast as the dragon destroy the ground with it's feet into piece is.

''Are you alright miss stella, ?" Ask gran to stella who was beside him as stella only nod her head with her while looking at the dragon using her fox eye to know it's next move.

As the next moment the dragon charge at them who quickly dogde and thrust their weapon to the dragon who quickly swing it's body that make them retreat.

At that time the earth dragon cast a powerful earth attack that not only shattered the ground but also produce a mutiple spike everywhere as stella herself doesn't has any type of encounter to save the other as she herself has to cast a her lightning magic to destory the spike that go straight toward her while the other including gran got hit by a the earh dragon spike.

At that time stella quikcly turn around, while looking at her comrade that was not fatally injured by the dragon but that where stella made a mistake as the dragon itself use that opppurtunity by opening it's mouth and shoot a powerful blast toward stella who was distracted by her comrade injured.

As the blast got close to stella she quickly use her hand to block the attack while closing her eye.

'what..., why don't i feel any pain,' though stella as she open her eye as her eye widen of shock to the person who was standing infront of her as he defend her with his own body.

"Look like you alright," say gran who fell to the ground while coughing blood, stella at that time quickly activate her magic to cure the fallen lancer but was held by the lancer himself who hold his hand in the air.

"Don't use you precious magic on me, i'm a goner now," say gran to stella as the other knight look at gran with a sad expression especially the green hair knight who was on the verge of tear.

"Don't be sad, i already reach my limit when that monster hit me with it's spike," say gran as he show his somatch that got a piece of spike that was still on his body.

"Kid, don't be sad or blame yourself for my death, i know that you have more power than you let on," say gran that make stella widen her as she look at gran with a confuse expression.

"T-then why..?" Ask stella ask she doesn't understand, if he knew that she has more power than this, then he should just let her gor hit by that attack, she can instantly heal herself.

"Honestly i don't know myself, it just i can't let something happen to someone if i can prevent it, maybe that the only reason," say gran as his voice become weaker due to his body dying body.

"I see," say stella as she got up while facing the dragon, "the two of you, please be on the captain gran side, since i want to focus on killing that dragon," say stella to the remaining to knight who was no time and do what stella ask.

'I can't let something happen to someone if i can prevent it huh,' though stella as she remember the reason why she was reincarnated into this world in the first place, she remember how she jump to save the boy she doesn't even know, honestly even if she doesn't do anything, no one will blame her though, but she can't do something like that, since she know that it was something she can do to save someone live.

She never consider herself to be some kind of hero of justice or anything, no, the reason why she was fighting was because of a simple reason, is to protect those she care about.

"Now let's finish our battle, earth dragon," say stella as she look at the dragon with her fox eye, "beast mode,"