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Sometime after that.

We met up with the dragon a short distance away from the abandoned mine.

“That was incredible magic. I have lived a long time, but never before have I seen magic with such strength.”

“…Surely there are other Sages who can do it?”

“Hmm. If only Lelior was still alive, then maybe he would have been able to use it one day…”

“This Lelior person might have been able to use it?”

I had never heard that name before.

It seemed like this person was dead now.

“Aye. That was…hundreds of years ago. It might even be a thousand years ago… This human was like you and had two jobs. Sage and Tamer.”

The same combination, huh?

I wonder if this person had also tamed a whole army of slimes.

This was interesting. Maybe I could learn some tips on how to fight.

“What kind of person was he?”

“He wasn’t as strong as you, but still a monster in terms of using magic. Back then, there was no one in the world that did not know the name of Lelior.”

“…What kind of magic did he use?”

“His trump card was h.e.l.lfire of Death. I didn’t think anyone else would be able to use that magic, which is strong enough to burn dragons… And yet now, I have found the second person to be able to do it.”

The same magic as me.

I guess it was because we had the same jobs.

“How many times could he use h.e.l.lfire of Death?”

“Once, of course. In the first place, it is quite impossible for the human body to endure the stress of using it multiple times…”

The dragon started to say, but then looked towards me—its eyes widened.

Then it asked me hesitantly.

“Surely…you’re not capable of using h.e.l.lfire of Death multiple times? You must mean h.e.l.lfire of Obliteration?”

“I can only do it twice. But the side-effects are pretty bad, so I prefer not to.”

“It should be bad enough just doing it once… To think that there is a human who can do such a thing. …Of course, I’m not convinced you should be considered a human yet.”

Apparently, it still wasn’t going to treat me as a human.

But I hadn’t been modified in any way. I was 100% human…

In any case, I now had an idea about this Lelior’s fighting style.

It was probably similar to mine. Finish the fight as quickly as possible with strong area attacks.

But his trump card was h.e.l.lfire of Death, then there wasn’t much I could learn about my other magic.

“What about as a Tamer?”

“Hmm… He tamed a number of powerful monsters… And the last one he tamed was my very old friend, Berda the Red Dragon.”

“So it’s possible to tame dragons…”

Now that I think of it…taming a dragon would be incredibly useful.

They were flying monsters with incredible speed and I’d have no complaints regarding combat ability.

But unlike Slibird, they would be the absolute worst in terms of secrecy…but they would still be useful in their own way.

Not only that, but with taming, there was the possibility of getting multiple dragons and creating an army.

After all, even my slime army was quite strong.

If I was able to make a dragon army, they would be the strongest.

The problem was finding a friendly dragon that I could communicate with… Well, there was one such dragon right in front of me.

And for the dragon, teaming up with me shouldn’t be a bad idea.

If my slimes were always hiding close to it, then even when the Blue Moon of Salvation attacked it, I could use Magic Transfer to launch a surprise attack.

As I considered all of this, the dragon muttered.

“I know what you are thinking, but it is not a good idea.”

“It’s not a good idea to tame dragons?”

“Yes. I would like to be tamed myself…but I don’t think it’s a good idea.”

The dragon said as it looked down.

It sounded a little sad.

“I suppose there is some reason for that.”

“Aye. …Don’t you know that tamed monsters continue to draw energy from their master? And the amount is proportional to the monther’s strength.”

“…Uh, really?”

I said as I looked towards the slimes.

They looked back with bewildered expressions.

These guys have been consuming my energy…?