In the terrified face of Aliyah, I catapulted myself into the air like a cannonball, aiming towards the dragon. Although I had great confidence in my targeting abilities, being a human missile would certainly put a dent in that confidence. The sudden acceleration was indeed uncomfortable, and before I could react, my face collided with Onias' back. The sharp scales pierced through my skin, and for the first time, I realized the importance of having a thick skin. If the heavens were to tell me that I would have to battle dragons with my face, I would have made sure to toughen up my skin like a steel plate.

It was terrifying, wasn't it? Wasn't that a robot?

I immediately dismissed such thoughts. I swapped my knife for a dagger and plunged it into the gap between the dragon's scales. Otherwise, I would have been thrown off immediately. Even if I managed to insert the dagger, I might still get thrown off. I could already feel my arm being pulled apart; who knew how fast this thing flew!

"The Great Ultimate Skill, Cross Tear of Judgment!"

To ensure accuracy, I jumped onto the dragon's back. However, the constant shaking of its body increased the difficulty of my judgment. There was no other choice. Although it hurt a bit, as long as I didn't bleed, I could give it a try! This time, the red cross did not appear from above, but rather appeared in my hand. Amidst the deafening sound of bells, I grabbed hold of one end of the cross, and with my other hand, I let go of the dagger!

Then, as I had anticipated, my body was thrown out. The angle and timing were within my expectations, and as for Onias, it did exactly as I thought it would. After throwing me off, it lowered its head to balance the weight difference.

This was my only chance! I will definitely make you pay!

"Ice Totem!"

I accelerated towards the dragon once again, but this time, I didn't aim to mount it; I aimed to pierce it! The searing heat from the cross had already numbed my hand, but just as I had anticipated, the cross pierced through a part of the dragon's neck that had a slightly different color from the rest.

Although this was the first time I saw a dragon capable of flight, the weakness of dragons has been shown in many games: the unprotected part beneath their necks! This time, I aimed directly at the spine from the softest spot. Wasn't that thrilling?

Sure enough, Onias let out a tremendous scream and accelerated to its limit, flying towards the cathedral. After the flame cross burned out, I immediately summoned an ice sword and stabbed it once more, but this time, I intensified the freezing effect, turning the ice sword into a handle and fixing it to the dragon's body.

"Grab onto me!!"

In the instant that the dragon crashed into the cathedral, Aliyah jumped from the cathedral onto its back.

I hurriedly caught her mid-air!

After the impact, ice shards rained down on us like raindrops. Compared to the extent of the damage, it was nothing because...

"It's so heavy..."

One hand supporting my nearly broken arm and now with Aliyah added, my nerves felt like they had been severed.

"What did you say?!"

She wanted to push me away, but after considering our current situation, she blushed and held onto my hand tightly.

"Frankly speaking, this ice sword is about to break..."

"You idiot! Let me take over!"

After saying that, she pulled out a sword and plunged it into a spot next to my ice sword, then took out another sword and stabbed it in as well.

Poor dragon, being impaled twice by a man and twice by a woman. How did it feel?

Although I wasn't sure of the exact situation, the roar of the dragon grew smaller and seemed to be on the verge of giving up. Its HP bar was decreasing rapidly, and it looked like it was about to reach its end.

"What if it dies? Won't we fall down?"

"But if we don't attack, we'll die even faster because we'll be eaten, right?"

"That's true."

I nodded.

"And then?"

"Then, we definitely have to fall down."

With a mournful cry, Onias lowered its head and its shaking stopped.Leader of the Ice Guardians - Ounias, has been defeated, gaining 200,000 experience and obtaining Ice Dragon Scales (Intermediate).

Meanwhile, Aliyah also heard a "ding" sound, indicating that she has successfully reached level 16.

But...

What's the use of that? Even though we don't know how deep it is below, we can't avoid the tragic fate of being crushed into meat paste. Even if we level up, it's impossible...

With no warning at all, both us and the dragon's corpse suddenly felt like we were falling into something soft and fluffy. In an instant, it felt like something was wrapping around us.

This...

Before I could even grasp what it was, there was a loud "bang", and we started falling again, but this time, it only took a second for us to complete the feat of crashing into the ground.

"Cough cough..."

Although the dust kicked up was not very large, it was quite choking.

I looked up and found that we had actually landed on a beach.

And the strange thing was, this side of the beach was dry sand, but within less than ten meters, it turned into endless white snow, extending all the way inland!

"Aliyah, are you okay?"

Looking around, I found Aliyah lying on the nearby sandy area, and I quickly ran over.

"Um..."

She responded in pain.

I looked at her condition, with the status of fractures and bleeding flashing next to her name.

But by just looking, I couldn't tell where the fractures were. She was wearing soft armor on her feet and hands, although they were cracked, I couldn't see inside.

"Aliyah, where does it hurt?"

"Pain? My whole body hurts..."

"I meant the kind of fractures. I saw your status showing fractures."

"I see..."

Aliyah tried moving her limbs.

"It hurts..."

When she moved her right foot, her expression twitched.

"What a mess... As a warrior, I'm more injured than a mage."

She forced a smile.

"I'm at a higher level, let me take a look."

"Hey... wait..."

Blushing, Aliyah wanted to stop me, but as she moved, the pain made her lie back down again.

"You... you..."

"What's wrong?"

I shook my head and took off her right boot.

"You're just randomly taking off other people's boots... This is just..."

"Come on, you can't do it yourself in your current state, right? It's not like I'm taking off your clothes. Why are you so nervous?"

"What! You want to take off my clothes too! You pervert! Scumbag!"

"Calm down!"

I had no choice but to use a calming spell on her.

Luckily, I reacted quickly and saw her hand reaching for her dagger.

"...You idiot, hurry up! How long are you going to hold onto my foot?"

"Fine, fine, it's because of you."

I forced a smile, opened my wings, and simultaneously cast the removal of abnormality spell and healing magic.

"There we go."

After healing myself as well, I folded my wings.

"Take a rest. I'll go check the surrounding area."

"Wait!"

Aliyah quickly got up and swiftly put on her own boots.

"I'm coming too!"

"You..."

"I don't want to lie down alone! Hmph! Oh? Over there..."

Suddenly, Aliyah pointed in the direction of the snow.

I turned my head and saw a white-haired elf in a gray dress standing on the snowy ground, looking at us curiously.

"She..."

I frowned.

"Isn't she Snow White?"