A true hero marries a man by his appearance [Comprehensive]

"Teacher Meilin, what happened today?"

"Ah, I guess we were beaten when we went out while we were asleep last night. Don't ask him, Artoria."

"Hey, can't I ask? But, I feel that something is wrong with Mr. Meilin, very..."

Hey, how do I describe it?

Arturia couldn't find any more precise words for a while.

Let's put it this way - when she got up early in the morning, she saw Teacher Meilin who looked the same as before, and she felt inexplicably that the other person felt very pitiful.

Poor, and the "sluggishness" emanating from the inside out.

Although there is no expression on his face, the eyes staring straight ahead are obviously lax.

What shocked Artoria the most was that Teacher Merlin's long disheveled white hair, which he was proud of, turned out to be dull because of the sluggishness, as if the flowers had withered and were powerless.

The door of the hotel.

The gate is not very spacious, but the two sides are separated by almost two meters.

Arturia and Kai woke up very early, but compared to the two adults who had already come out before, they were still late.

As soon as they came out, they saw that the two adults occupied the left and right sides of the gate respectively, standing still, their eyes never meeting, as if standing next door was a pile of air.

——Ah, to be precise, the person who regards the neighbor as air is actually Brother Eddie.

Artoria, whose EQ was still so far off, couldn't tell, but Kai noticed it keenly after some observation.

That fellow Merlin pretended to be in a daze and didn't care about anyone's appearance, but in fact... he definitely cared so much!

It was because the man next door leaning against the wall with his hands folded across his chest truly regarded him as non-existent air. After closing his eyes, he fell into a quite peaceful and pure state. Her hair and the flowers floating at her feet were wilted.

What happened, exactly.

Kai muttered to himself.

No matter how imaginative he was, he still couldn't think of it. That day he casually said that the "just man" who beat up Merlin who capsized the gutter was Eddie, and it was even more impossible to think that the person who was actually molested by Merlin was Eddie.

So, Kai thought, it must be that Merlin couldn't get rid of his old problems, and took the initiative to provoke Eddie, which annoyed Eddie.

Without mentioning some details, this is the truth—when he walked out of the hotel, Kai consciously played the role of easing the atmosphere, and said naturally: "Morning, Brother Eddie."

"Oh, Merlin is here too. Is it time to hunt down the magic dragon, so tell us the direction and location quickly."

The contrast of attitudes is quite stark.

If it was before today, Merlin would definitely express his dissatisfaction with a smile, and then beat Kai who turned his elbow outward.

However, the strange thing is that Merlin at this moment——

"Turn over the mountain you saw before, and find a cave deep in the ravine. There is the dragon's lair... If you are ready, let's go..."

It turned out to be a rather weak tone.

At this moment, even the dull Artoria was deeply aware of Teacher Merlin's weakness, and couldn't help but ask with concern: "Mr. Merlin, are you feeling unwell? Do you want to take a rest? Wait, does Nightmare also catch a cold and get sick? That's terrible!"

The concern was so fast that Kai didn't have time to stop it.

Merlin: "..."

Teacher Mei Lin, who was cared about, tried hard to look at her not so weakly: "Don't worry, human diseases will not entangle me. I'm fine... let's go, let's go."

There was a suspicious pause in the speech, which made Kai frowned, but Artoria felt relieved, patted her teacher on the back with a smile, and said sincerely: "If you are really uncomfortable, Teacher, you must not force yourself."

The immature girl knight is such a cute little girl.

It has to be said that her concern made Merlin, who was in a wonderful mood, feel a little more relaxed.

However, there are really only "some"!

Out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of a silver-haired man who hadn't looked him in the eye from the beginning to the end, and was surrounded by Altria and Kai, who had shifted his target. Merlin almost wanted to grit his teeth.

The real situation that is not disclosed to the outside world is that Merlin is indeed in a rather sluggish state at this time.

In the dream world, which can be said to be the home field, the nightmare of being caught by the body, even if it is not unlucky to be killed on the spot, the sequelae left behind are quite serious.

The pinch mark on the neck has not faded.Merlin still feels that his voice has become very strange, and it is difficult to speak.

And the most frightening thing is that after the baptism of killing intent, his spiritual power was also destroyed in sevens and eighties, so that now it takes a lot of effort to use magic, it is better to just grab the sword and chop Come fast to the enemy.

And this has caused a rather thorny problem.

In the past training process, it is not that he has not deliberately found an extraordinary monster with the strength to absolutely crush the little devils as a whetstone, and the treatment method is the same every time:

When Artoria and Kai tried their best and their lives would be in danger if they continued to fight, he, who was hiding in the dark, quietly used illusion to trick the unlucky monster into a dizzy state.

Then, he could run away with Shi Shiran and the little ghosts.

This is a pretty perfect plan, which can not only ensure safety, but also allow the teenagers and girls who need to grow up in battle to be trained, and it is extremely simple to implement.

Merlin has always done this. There is no accident in this plan, and there is absolutely no possibility of failure and overturning.

Ok……

As a result, the "accident" appeared so suddenly.

On the way to the mountain that seemed to be in front of him, the magician who was walking at the back with a staff in his hand pulled up his hood, hiding his expression in the shadow cast by the brim of the hat.

But at this time... I have a bad feeling.

Even if he wanted to use clairvoyance to see it, he couldn't use it for the time being if he wanted to use his mental power.

The best way to deal with it is to delay the time to hunt down the magic dragon, at most two or three days, and he will be able to recover. Naturally, there is no need to worry about going wrong at that time.

However, Merlin gave up on this solution without any hesitation.

Leaving aside the fact that the dragon hidden in the mountain would attack the village every few days, and that if it dragged on for a few days, it might cause innocent humans to die again, Merlin still insisted—to be precise, he did not give up on killing someone A man who was walking with them watched the joke.

He didn't even think about whether the man had the leisure to watch his jokes, and he was only thinking about more important details.

The level of the magic dragon is uncertain, it seems to be very high, if Arturia and the others can't handle it...

Merlin, who was walking at the end, raised his head and looked at the figure in front of him.

There is no basis, but he can determine without hesitation that if something happens, this man named Eddie will definitely not leave the two brats alone.

As for whether he will leave the nightmare that has provoked him several times in succession...

Haha.

Don't even think about the answer.

*****

Eddie really didn't understand how he, who was just passing by, got involved in things that had nothing to do with him.

He was thinking about this question when he was dragged across the mountains and looked for the cave with the dragon in the ravine.

Oh, I see.

Because he—was very bad at dealing with enthusiastic brats.

Ozymandias in the past was considered this type, and Nefertari also counted after she plucked up the courage to ask him for help. The two I met now have not been polite to him since they met each other.

One big brother shouted at another, and he made no secret of his kindness, which made Eddie have another thought:

——Does he have a face that is easy to talk or attracts little devils? !

impossible.

Most people's first impression of him is fear, only a few special people can show kindness to him when they first meet.

It was as if he knew from the very beginning that this man only looked scary, but if he used the right method, he was actually pretty easy to get close to.

Eddie hasn't thought of the answer to the second doubt until now, anyway, he won't be able to understand it for a while, so he just doesn't bother to think about it.

What needs to be mentioned incidentally is that he was able to agree to go with Arturia and the others so easily because of his interest.

Obviously, he has been in this world for more than a thousand years, and Eddie has never encountered a real "dragon" until now.

I don't know if it's his bad luck, or the dragon predicted in advance that he was a dangerous person with dragon blood on his hands, so he hid in fear...

All in all, Eddie's curiosity was aroused, and he wanted to see what the dragons in this world looked like, and whether they were different from the dragons in his hometown.

He was purely here to see the dragon, and he walked slowly along with the high-spirited little ghosts, over the top of the mountain, and came to a rather wide ravine between the two mountains. The huge cave at the bottom.

Before it got close, the flames that could incinerate everything roared out from the hole, and burned a long, dark and empty line at the bottom of the ditch—of course, those who came to fight the dragon all avoided in time.

The atmosphere was tense.

The looting dragon's breath also reveals the undoubted danger.

However, in such a serious and depressing atmosphere...

Eddie: "..."

cut.

Not interesting.

In an instant, he lost interest in the large lizard called "Dragon".

At this time, they had not yet entered the cave which seemed to be extraordinarily deep, but when they stopped at the entrance of the cave, a heavy voice came out from the depths of the cave, and the voice carried an invisible coercion.

The dragon in Eddie's hometown can't speak.

They will only let out a very miserable cry when they are swung from the sky to the ground by his wings.

However, the end hidden in the cave is different.

The dragons in this world can not only talk, they open their mouths wide open, and the words they say are extraordinarily—

"Huh ha ha ha ha! Ask me, who is the most advanced god species, why I bother to attack the villages of weak humans? Of course I like to hear the howls of humans. Every time I only kill one human, I can always hear the fun Isn't the scream of my son very good! Hahahaha!"

Based on these few words, Eddie's mood, which was still a little eager to try, instantly calmed down.

There was no fluctuation in his heart, he just wanted to let this dragon who dared to be arrogant in front of him say one more word, so that it could never be so arrogant again hahaha.

However, before he could do so, the fellow hot-blooded brats got angry.

"Taking people's lives and fears for fun, this kind of extreme behavior, I——absolutely stop it!"

"Draw your sword, Artoria, stay vigilant after entering, I will support you at any time."

Before coming here, Arturia and Kai, who wanted to let Eddie show off his heroic appearance, were offended by the arrogance of the dragon, and at this time they had already forgotten that idea.

Sure enough, they are young people, who can't calm down when they get excited. Of course, they will not be afraid of opponents who are obviously far superior to them. They just want to bravely fight against cruel enemies.

Eddie didn't even have time to intervene, and the two little devils had already drawn their swords and rushed into the dark cave.

Eddie: "Going to die, you—"

Eddie: "..."

He is really speechless.

But Chong rushed in, there was no way, so let him go in too, and quickly get rid of the dragon who dared to speak human words before the little ghosts were swallowed by the dragon.

However, just when Eddie was about to go in.

"Although the opponent's strength is somewhat beyond my expectations, the two of them can still hold on for a while."

A slightly indifferent voice came from behind, and then a white-haired magician walked over.

"It's my job to take care of them, so I don't need to bother you."

Obviously, Merlin didn't care whether the man who ignored him could listen or not.After he came over, he bypassed Eddie and walked straight into the cave by himself.

"..."

Eddie's expression remained unchanged, he didn't intend to reply, and it was even more impossible to take this hint that he didn't want to intervene to heart.

He can tolerate this guy who has crossed his bottom line several times in a row dangling in front of his eyes, which is already the result of restraint.

After wandering alone for so many years, his temper has improved a lot.

The essential arrogance has not changed, but it has gradually restrained a little, which also made him look down on many things, and kept the exposed sharpness in his heart.

Merlin snooped into his dream, and although he wouldn't be able to kill him, the vigor of this daring nightmare was also greatly damaged, and he couldn't recover for a while.

Not to mention anything else, this must be retribution, Eddie can't let him have such a good time.

It's interesting at this time, the poor and pitifully weak Nightmare is still talking nonsense in front of him, saying that it is his responsibility to take care of the two children without other people's intervention——

ridiculous.

If it weren't for Eddie's emotions not being affected by the people he despises, he would probably laugh out loud at this moment.

He decided that Nightmare was bluffing, and would definitely run away immediately if he encountered danger.

Eddie's liking for such people—oh, creatures—had gone downhill again, so he didn't care what Merlin had to say.

But well.

He still had to go in and see, but when the situation was still under control, he didn't mind watching how powerful those two high-spirited brats were.

So Eddie also entered the cave.

His original plan was to make a move when the two of Artoria couldn't hold on, and solve the problem simply and neatly. Before that, he wasn't going to show up.

However, unexpected.

During the period of watching in the dark, he saw a completely different scene from what he had guessed.

……

- play off.

——As expected, it really took off.

There was only such a sentence in Merlin's mind, and finally he couldn't laugh at all.

For now, it doesn't seem much different from previous adventures.

The dragon's lair looks like a cave, but when you go inside, you find that there is a lot of space.

There is an underground labyrinth of unknown size hidden inside, the roads are complex and diverse, and the space is extremely vast.

Artoria and Kai almost lost their way in the maze, but they were very lucky. They were directly dragged deeper underground by the lurking magic plant, and faced the magic dragon whose lair was in the bottom of the dungeon. , this cannot be said to be good luck at all, but bad luck!

Merlin arrived before the two reckless young men were swallowed by the dragon.

"Ah, ah, it's time for me to come to the back of the palace to cover again! Arturia, Kai, run to the right, the exit is there!"

"...Mr. Merlin! But, you are not feeling unwell—"

"Oh, don't be so wordy, I won't be able to stop it if you drag it on any longer, so let's go."

The magic dragon didn't pay attention to the two weak humans, so only after teasing Artoria and the others to the exhaustion, he raised a paw at random in a dull manner.

The claws that were more than one meter long just for the fingernails snapped in an instant. Seeing that he was about to shoot through the girl knight who was caught off guard, Kai just stood in front of the girl resolutely, and was rescued by the magician who rushed to the rescue.

He pulled out a sword from nowhere, gritted his teeth and caught the dragon's claw, but it seemed that his strength was not enough, his hands were still trembling, and it seemed that he was really reluctant.

Arturia was taken aback, and she noticed more clearly the strangeness of Mr. Merlin today—he had come to save the field many times in the past, but every time he was calm, as if it was impossible to hurt any monsters. Sly his appearance.

She was anxious and was about to speak, but Kai, who was also stunned for a moment, had already reacted.

"I... take Artoria away first!"

In such an urgent situation, there is simply no room for delay. Moreover, if there is no cover from Merlin, the two of them want to escape to the exit that is quite far away under the eyes of the magic dragon.

Kai made a decisive decision, dragged his step-sister, turned around and ran towards the exit.

Merlin heaved a sigh of relief, thankful that Kai could stop the impulsive Artoria.

However, the two little ghosts escaped, and the magician, who was used to staying behind, was faced with a very difficult problem.

As mentioned before, his most common method is to use illusions to cover up, to make powerful enemies dizzy, and then run away leisurely and easily.

But now, I can't run... I can't.

The illusion couldn't be used, and the sword that had been protected by magic in advance broke into two pieces before it lasted long.Merlin narrowly avoided a burst of dragon flames spraying towards him, and the corner of his clothes was burned to the side.

But because he didn't use much magic, fighting the god-seeded dragon by hand alone would definitely seek death, so he avoided it too hastily.

As a result, the panting Merlin could only watch helplessly as a jet of black dragon flames was rushing towards him, and it was about to arrive in front of him in the next moment.

"As expected of a god-species comparable to the highest-level Heroic Spirits...Damn it, but at this time..."

He was so helpless that he actually felt the powerlessness of imminent disaster for the first time.

What is a little surprising is that apart from being helpless, even though Merlin was about to be burned by Long Yan, he did not feel any resentment toward the "culprit" who caused his embarrassment.

After all, his feelings are so thin.

And, seriously, he probably, maybe, really did it to himself...

However.

There was barely enough time, even if the little ghosts failed to reach the exit in time, the man who was hiding in the dark and watching could still take them out.

As for taking the initiative to stay, he is about to be engulfed by Long Yan.

All I can say is - I can't die.

After so many years of comfortable enjoyment, it is rare to stumble once.

Even if the price he paid was really too miserable, he could only admit it, and take this painful experience as a lesson in his heart.

well come on.

A dark shadow was reflected in the magician's purple eyes.

He finally sighed in his heart, and then, he was ready——

"..."

"..."

"……what?!"

Long Yan didn't burn him.

However, there is some pain.

At a critical moment, the sluggish Merlin was lifted by the collar by a man who suddenly appeared, and was thrown aside.

Because he didn't expect it, he was thrown more than ten meters away like this, and finally landed and rolled around on the ground, with a lot of ashes burned dry by the dragon flames on his already dull white hair .

Merlin was shocked.

He didn't care to examine how embarrassed he was, and raised his eyes in surprise, looking at the man who never expected to appear here—no, it should be said, never expected to save him.

Because he was thinking about whether to make a move, Eddie hesitated before coming over, and because of this, he was delayed by the critical half a second, causing the dragon flames that had rushed to him to burn the hand he threw away from Merlin.

Originally very beautiful, the arm, like a work of art, showed a carbonized black after being burned.

"Tsk."

Eddie glanced at the hand that he couldn't move for the time being, and then let out a very faint tsk.

At least at this moment, even though he saved the life of a nightmare, he still ignored Merlin.After withdrawing his gaze, he raised his head and looked straight ahead, the black dragon that looked like an unshakable colossus.

The dragon didn't know how to live or die, but was still laughing loudly: "Huh ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Here comes another toy. Human, you have to hold on for a while, let out a few more screams that will make me happy!"

Eddie also smiled: "Okay."

The dragon still wanted to talk nonsense, but suddenly—it felt chills all over for no reason, its huge eyeballs were wide open, and there was a terrible fear of being stared at by a terrible old enemy.

Obviously standing in front of it, the human being walking towards it is as insignificant as a small bug, which can be crushed to death with one claw.

However, for some reason, when he took a step forward, the coldness that the magic dragon felt became even deeper.In the end, its bones were too frozen to move.

That "little" human being just said:

"Like hearing screams? What a coincidence, I like it too."

It's just that the magic dragon likes to listen to the screams of humans.And he likes to listen to dragons.

……

Save and omit the dragon slaying process that will leave a deeper psychological shadow on the bystanders.

Merlin, who was thrown aside, was almost dumbfounded watching the whole process of Eddie tearing the dragon apart.

Since his right hand was temporarily useless, the silver-haired man nailed the dragon to the ground with his ice pick. He then stepped on the dragon's back and tore off the dragon's wings with his left hand without changing his expression. .

Blood spurted gushing, some sprayed far away, and even splashed to Merlin's feet.

Merlin: "..."

Merlin: "...Wait, wait? It's really so simple and rude?!"

I don't know what the mood of the torn dragon was before he died. Anyway, Merlin watched the whole process and felt that he was so lucky that he was not torn apart in his dream yesterday! ! !

However, it is also because of this.

In addition to being shocked, Merlin felt even more incomprehensible.

He stood up holding the staff, with a look of surprise and uncertainty on his face, and his eyes were full of disbelief when he looked at Eddie.

"Why would you..."

——Don't you hate me for ignoring me?Why would you make a move?

All of a sudden, Merlin's complicated mood became even more difficult to express.Heavy, but inexplicably loosened.

He wanted an explanation very much, but vaguely felt that the man would not tell him.

He did guess right, too.

Eddie leaped off the dragon's back, bloody and bloody, especially horrifying.

However, his silver hair was stained with blood, and there were blood stains on his face that could not be wiped away, but those eyes were brighter and more attractive to others.

Merlin fell into a daze for a long time because he watched the man's eyes when he was fighting.

It seemed that the already peaceful mind was suddenly and violently teased again, not in a superficial kind of teasing, but directly, sunk a little deeper.

Until now, it was the first time that Nightmare, who barely stood up straight, officially left a shadow in Eddie's eyes.

Still disgusting, no doubt about it.

But the guy who thought he was greedy for life and afraid of death unexpectedly bravely protected the two juniors, and chose to stay and die by himself——

Well.

On this point alone, Eddie still admires it.

So after a short hesitation, he saved him.

Of course, these reasons don't need to be said to the guy who still doesn't like it.Eddie walked over, his still indifferent gaze fell on Merlin.

The two men glanced at each other.

Just when Merlin thought that the man who was still so aggressive was going to ignore him and walk out after this one glance.

Eddie spoke.

"The 'heroic spirit' you mentioned earlier."

Merlin: "...what?"

"Ying Ling."

Eddie raised his tone.

"What is it, how did it come about, and what ability does it have."

He seemed to recall some "something" he hated more than Merlin who was standing in front of him, and his brows furrowed for a moment.

In the next second, the expressionless coldness returned.

"Let me ask you, what happened to the guy who called himself a Heroic Spirit suddenly appeared and then suddenly disappeared?"