The World Bows Down Before My Flames, Vol. 1: The Dark Lord's Castle Goes Boom by Hiyoko Sumeragi Mika Pikazo and mocha

Author:Hiyoko Sumeragi, Mika Pikazo, and mocha
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Yen On

“Unbelievable! I know I should be giving you girls a good talking-to right now, but we don’t have time for that. The lecture will have to wait until later.”

After the poison gas incident, the five girls were now standing inside the drill grounds, fidgeting under Geldorf’s stern gaze.

“Her Lady Falmeyr has arranged for the five of you to undergo some special training today. We’ve even got the drill grounds reserved to ourselves. Hmph. I’ve never seen such a thing before.”

Since Proto and Tsutsumi couldn’t show their faces openly, it was just the five girls, along with Geldorf. The drill grounds were otherwise empty.

There were no huge crowds like last time, but the deserted arena was intimidating in its own way.

“Okay, but… Umm, what is that thing…?” Homura asked fearfully.

She was referring to the creature inside the cage, which had been making growling noises at them for the past several minutes.

“In order to get more practical experience, today you will be fighting a monster. This monster is known as a thornhound, and it’s a common creature in this area.”

“I knew it was a monster…! It’s freaking me out…”

The thornhound resembled a dog, but parts of its bones protruded from its skin like sharp spines. It stared threateningly at them from the other side of the bars as it emitted a low growl.

“Don’t worry, a thornhound is only slightly more dangerous than your average wild dog.”

“Wild dogs are plenty dangerous!”

Homura had actually encountered a wild dog once before. Simply being in such close proximity to an untrained animal had been enough to make her tremble.

“It’s fine; you’ll get used to fighting monsters little by little. Tomorrow, you’re going to be dispatched to Guadhari Village, which is located nearby, for your first mission. Don’t worry, though; the captain of the garrison there is a man who goes by the name of Rotraud. He is a very accomplished warrior, even among other gold shield badges. Once upon a time, he and Seigrat were even rivals, though obviously, that’s changed by now. You should take this experience seriously and learn all you can from him.”

“Well, I’d rather not die again, that’s for sure.”

All the other girls, except for Psycho, nodded in agreement.

“Get ready; I’m releasing the thornhound.”

Geldorf placed his hand on the door of the cage, and the atmosphere instantly grew tense.

The door sprung upward, and the hound darted out into the open, making a beeline straight for Homura.

“What? Noooooo! Why is it heading for me— Ooof!!”

Homura barely managed to wave her staff around in confusion before receiving a headbutt to her completely unguarded stomach.

“The hell are you doing?”

“I don’t want to…kill a doggy. Can’t we just find some bad guy for me to fry instead…?”

“How is a person better?”

Homura doubled over in pain.

Even if it was a monster, she didn’t like the idea of killing an animal. Unlike animals, people knew what they were doing. Homura figured it would be easier to burn a person to a crisp than it would be to do the same to an animal, since people were at least capable of malice.

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