Chapter 2 Dragon Roar
At the bottom of the valley in the dark night, the river water was still rushing forward without stopping. The sound of flowing water echoed throughout the narrow space. On the river bank, a few lights were swaying in front.
On the dark river bank, four men were walking forward with lanterns in the rain. Three of them were in the front, wearing coarse cloth clothes soaked by rain. They were all in their twenties or thirties, holding a gas lamp in one hand and a knife and a stick in the other. They were almost all sturdy with tattoos on their arms with rolled-up sleeves.
Behind the three men was a man who was much better dressed. He was wearing a dark red suit, black trousers, and a lined jacket. He had a pale complexion, a long and thin face, deep eye sockets, a hooked nose, short brown hair, and a cold look in his eyes. He was holding an umbrella for himself in his hand.
Beside the man, one on the left and one on the right, there were two strange hounds. They had almost no hair and no ears, and their dark red skin was clearly visible. They were tall and thin, almost reaching the man's knees, but they were all skin and bones, presenting a deformed appearance, completely unlike normal dogs.
The man's name is Edrick, and he's a robber... no, to be more precise, he's the gangster boss from the nearby town of Wokkan, known as "Weird Dog Ed."
Ed is a sinister and ruthless person. He is the local boss of Wokkan Town. Everyone in the town is afraid of him. Relying on two strange hounds that came from nowhere, Ed has fought his way to a high position in the gang fight. His two strange hounds are as fierce as wild beasts, and it seems that they can't die no matter how injured they are, which makes his opponents and even his subordinates terrified.
Strictly speaking, as a gang leader, Ed would not do something as blatant as directly attacking a convoy, but this attack was indeed due to some special circumstances.
He needed to get something from that convoy.
“Boss, when they see the light, they flip in front!”
At this time, Ed's subordinate who was walking in front reported after looking forward for a few times. After listening to his subordinate's report, Ed nodded and then spoke coldly.
"Keep going, I hope the target didn't fall into the river..."
Afterwards, Ed, his three men and his two hounds moved forward along the river bank, and soon they arrived at the place where the carriage convoy overturned.
The bodies of people and horses were scattered on the river bank along with the carriages. It was because of their pursuit that the caravan suffered such a disaster.
Arriving at the scene of the accident, Ed took a quick look at the tragic scene before him, then began to give instructions to his men.
"Search separately. Remember, this is a white-haired girl around thirteen years old. No matter if she's dead or alive, we must find her. It's best if she's alive..."
"Yes, Boss!"
After Ed finished giving the order, his three men immediately separated and began to check the bodies around and the situation in the overturned carriage. Ed, on the other hand, stood there with his umbrella and his hound, supervising his men.
Ed's men were gradually checking the scene. Since they were all gang members, they greedily picked up all kinds of valuables and even searched the bodies directly, taking away all the valuables. Looking at the situation of his men in front of him, Ed scolded them coldly.
"Don't worry about anything else! Find the target first! If you don't want to be fed to the dogs, be quick!"
Hearing Ed's scolding, his men stopped searching the body. Some of them glanced at Ed behind them with complaining eyes, but turned their heads away in fear when they saw the two strange hounds.
They all knew that Ed was irresistible, or rather his hounds were irresistible.
That is simply the devil's hound, not a normal creature at all!
With fear, Ed's men began to continue searching. Gradually, two of them found the farthest carriage, which overturned on the sloping river bank and almost fell into the river. Fortunately, it was pulled by a rein. The horse carcass tied by the rein was stuck by two rocks not far away.
The two gangsters climbed onto the overturned carriage and looked inside. Then their eyes lit up. They saw that there were actually a lot of coins and jewelry under the seats in the carriage, and the quantity was quite large!
Seeing this, the subordinates who couldn't restrain their greed glanced at Ed in the distance, and after seeing that he was not looking at them, they quickly reached into the carriage to pick up the money, but the location of the money was too tricky and they couldn't reach it. At the same time, the gangsters began to scramble to squeeze into the narrow carriage, trying to take out all the things.
䀴At this moment, behind the horse corpse not far away, a pair of red eyes were staring at this scene.
Seeing that the prey had been hooked, the white-haired girl reached out and pulled out a dagger she had picked up on the ground before, and cut diagonally at the reins that were pulling the carriage. The reins had been cut in place beforehand, and the girl easily cut the entire reins off.
“Ahhh!!”
The carriage, having lost its traction, slid along the inclined river bank into the turbulent river. The two gangsters who had squeezed into the carriage had no way to react. They screamed as they slid into the turbulent river along with the carriage. Along with them were the valuables that Dorothy had collected in the surrounding area and put into the carriage as bait.
People die for money, and Dorothy doesn't believe that a group of robbers would not be tempted by so much money!
"Beck! Wood!"
The gangster's screams attracted the attention of others. Another gangster saw the carriage and his companions fall into the water and immediately ran to the river bank to see if they could rescue them. At this moment, Dorothy, who was still hiding, saw an opportunity.
"Hey!"
Without saying a word, Dorothy rushed out and rushed towards the gangster standing on the river bank with his back to her, and hit him hard on the lower back. Although he was not an adult, Dorothy was able to knock him off balance when he was hit from behind without any defense...
"ah!"
With another scream, the gangster by the river was knocked off balance by Dorothy and fell into the river headfirst. He and his companions were washed away by the rushing river. Dorothy also found her balance with great difficulty while staggering.
Three are gone... Then what's next...
Trying hard to suppress her panic, Dorothy looked into the distance along the river bank, where Ed was looking at something that suddenly happened in front of him in annoyance.
"Where did this little devil come from... How dare you..."
Ed, who saw his men being tricked, gritted his teeth, pulled out a revolver from his waist and pointed it at the girl less than ten meters ahead. Just as he was about to shoot in anger, he saw the girl's figure in the dim light.
"The girl with white hair..."
Seeing this, Ed paused, gave up the idea of shooting, and then gave orders to the hound beside him.
"Subdue that brat for me!"
Following Ed's command, two deformed hounds, Mercedes Benz, rushed out and rushed towards the girl in front of them at high speed, ready to overwhelm her.
Faced with the hounds roaring in the rain, Dorothy had no intention of running away. She held her breath, focused, faced the threat from the front, and spoke slowly.
Then, Dorothy uttered low, long, ancient syllables that seemed to come from a distant time and space.
"—Fus—"
At this moment, the words uttered by the petite body were like drums being beaten violently on the battlefield, shaking the air, whipping the wind, and the ancient language from another world caused strange visions.
An invisible and powerful force rushed forward from Dorothy, dispersing the rain and blowing away the two oncoming hounds. Even Ed, who was standing far away, was affected. He was shocked and lost his balance. His feet slipped and he fell to the ground, and the revolver in his hand also slipped out of his hand.
Seeing this, Dorothy stepped forward, picked up the fallen revolver, clenched it with both hands, and aimed it at Ed who was struggling to stand up.
Looking up, Ed saw the black hole gun muzzle pointed at him. Panic appeared on his gloomy face, and then he quickly spoke.
"Wait! I didn't..."
"Bang!"
Without wanting to listen to the bandit leader's explanation, Dorothy pulled the trigger directly. As the magazine turned and the hammer fell, flames spurted out of the muzzle of the revolver. The bullet flew forward and pierced Ed's chest at close range.
Then, the gang leader fell down with his eyes wide open, meeting his death in a way he had never imagined before.
“Hoo…Hoo…”
Sitting on the ground due to the recoil, Dorothy looked at the man who fell in front of her, gasping for breath. Her hands holding the gun were shaking unconsciously. Her heart was churning violently. No matter how forced the situation was, it was impossible for her to adapt to such things as shooting and killing for the first time for the first time.
"Phew... you killed a whole carload of people, and Dorothy... you deserve to die..."
Comforting herself in this way, Dorothy supported her trembling body and slowly stood up. Then she touched her throat with one hand, echoing the ancient words that had just triggered the strange vision just by speaking them.
She knew what those words were.
That was the Way of the Roar, a powerful dragon language used by dragons in a game called The Elder Scrolls that he had played before! It was a dragon roar!
What Dorothy just uttered was the most classic dragon roar in the game, the first word of which is "Fus", which means "strength".
The dragon's vomit is a language that is powerful even if it is just a single word. In the world of The Elder Scrolls, dragons fight for power, and every fight is a devastating "war of words". Apart from dragons and gods, only mortals with extraordinary talents and dragonborn can master such a language.
There is no doubt that this is an extremely powerful language. To learn just three words in this language, Dorothy needed to exchange the 3,000-word Pratt Common Language she had learned over many years...
At this point, Dorothy also roughly knew what abilities she had gained by traveling through time.
That is...
Exchange knowledge for knowledge.
Use the knowledge of this world to exchange for the knowledge of another world...
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