Chapter 397: We're the Dragon's Backscratchers!
Chapter 397: We're the Dragon's Backscratchers!
"So, what should we do?" Victoria asked.
"Cleaning up Alejandro's back obviously," I said.
"But how?"
Hmm… the monsters here might be good for training. Maybe I'll get some other people to help us. As for the forest, maybe we need either Sunny or the elves. Or we can just ask Julia to burn everything. Though I don't know if Alejandro's back can take it.
I think he can. After all, it's been so long since this ecosystem was built behind his back and he's still alive. I believe he can endure fire. Though I'll ask Sunny first if she can do it.
"For now, let's take a look around his back," I said.
"Okay. But he's very huge. As expected of a Kaiser Dragon. I can't even see where his wings are," Spot said.
Now that he mentioned it, I also haven't seen Alejandro's wings. And with a body this size, a flap of his wings should be enough to create a wind as powerful as a hurricane. We will be blown away if that's the case.
"Let's move carefully as to not get blown away by the wings," I said.
This time, I no longer use air magic to make Alejandro calmer. Which mean I can't talk to him any longer or he will just get angry and try to kill us again.
We look around the back of Alejandro. And when we feel it's quite windy, we figure that that's where his wings are. Let's avoid that place. I also didn't see any monsters here. I guess it's normal since no monsters dare to live around Alejandro's wings.
"Wait, what's that?"
I spotted something near the place where Alejandro's wing is attached on his back. They are stones. Wind element magic stones.
"…they should be magic stones with high quality. Let's grab them and give them to our wind mages later," I said.
Thankfully, using Aura to stick my feet on Alejandro's back, I don't have to worry about being blown away.
But this sire is incredible. How come on the back of a living being, a whole ecosystem was made? There is even a forest. And since it's on Alejandro's back, the trees must have obtained nourishment from his blood. No wonder he's complaining about being itchy for so long.
Even humans get disturbed just by mosquito bites.
I am standing on Alejandro's thick scale on his back. With my Divine Vision, I can see red and white under me. It's Alejandro's blood and bones. Since we're on his back, I think it's his spine.
Well, let's ignore his anatomy. We're here to clean the forest and the monsters. We're the Dragon's Backscratchers!
After making sure of the locations of Alejandro's wings are, I opened a portal to everyone who is coming to this world and told them about what happened. I ask them if they want to come and be the Dragon's Backscratcher.
Seems like they all have split up. Other than Fabio who is with Carmen, and Jewel who is with Lina's two monsters.
"…no. Anything but that name," Kayla said.
"I agree with Kayla. Well, I think I find a good location myself. And since that's the back of a dragon, I don't think I can use my earth magic freely," Celestine said.
Other than those two, there are many other who refuse to take part in being the backscratcher. It must be because of the name.
I told the wind mage that being close to Alejandro's wings should be a good place for them to cultivate. And they happily entered the portal.
"We'll be staying here for a while, but we won't help you cleaning the monsters and scratch the dragon's back," Veronica said.
…and in the end, the ones helping me are Shelia, Jewel, and Lina's two monsters.
"Sunny, can you uproot every tree here?"
I asked Sunny, in which she replies with a nod.
"You have gotten that much stronger, huh? That's amazing. I'll be counting on you for the forest. Let us take care of the monsters," I said.
We can divide the job in two since Alejandro's pair of wings separated the forest to the one on the upper half, and the one on the lower half.
"Shelia and Jewel, you two take care of the ones close to his head. Over here. As for me, I'll take care of the ones close to his ass. Sunny will start uprooting the roots of the trees from here while Elsie will protect her. Alright, Spot, Victoria, let's get close to his ass!" I shouted the command.
"Don't say it like that! It feels like we're wiping his ass!" Victoria complained.
I ignored her complain as I walked to get past the strong wind made from Alejandro's wings. I can see Angela, Shirley, Veronica, Wendy, and Kron already started cultivating with the magic stones from here.
Good luck, everyone!
I passed them all and enter the forest on the lower back side of Alejandro.
There are many monsters on Alejandro's back, and most of them are flying monsters. Though there are some beast type monsters as well. I guess they will climb up on his back whenever he's resting.
But if there's so many monsters here, I guess he never dip himself into water. If that's the case, the monsters here won't survive.
Well, his back is good for training purpose. I'll tell him to do it later after everyone's training is over. For now, let's defeat those monsters as soon as possible. That way, we can continue our search for the angels sooner.
Though if there are any good candidate to be my next summoned monster here, I will stop searching for the archangel. Probably until I reached advanced level in my summoning element.
"Roy, the monsters here are not as strong as those on land. I want to try and fight them alone," Victoria said.
"That might be a good idea. Spot, let's split up as well. It will be done faster that way," I said.
"Okay. Should I destroy the trees while we're at it?" Spot asked.
"Hmm… I think it's fine. just be careful and not damage Alejandro's back any more than it already has," I said.
"Yeah, I don't want to feel his intimidation again," Spot said as he left.
"Victoria, good luck," I said to Victoria and leave this place to her.
Just as she said, the monsters here are not as strong as the monsters on land in this world. She might be able to handle it herself.
Wait, I just improved to advanced level in my summoning. Did she get another new ability? Maybe that's why she wants to test it here. Well, even if she didn't get any new skill, that's still fine. After all, there's no one else that I can trust more than her.
I trust many people, but she's the number one. Unless it's related to her hobbies of course.
It took some time until I managed to defeat the monsters in the area. Let's check on Spot and Victoria.
For Spot, he has done well as usual. I don't have to worry about him.
"Let's check on Victoria. or do you want to help the others?" I asked.
"No need. Since it's their training, I don't think it's a good idea to bother them with my visit," Spot said.
In the area he manages, there are many trees that got blown away. The trees have fallen from Alejandro's back. I don't know where they will land. I hope it's not where the werewolves and the elves are living.
We checked on Victoria, and she's also doing well. Though not as well as us, it's fine since she can't receive damage.
And there's only one monster left that she needs to defeat.
It's a cyclops. A big humanoid monster with one eye.
Victoria turns her two hands into swords as she keeps slashing them at the cyclops.
And as the finisher, she stabbed the cyclops' eye to kill it.
"Bravo! In swordsmanship, there are still many things I can learn from you. And I don't think you have taught me dual-wielding before. Teach me when you have time, will you?" I asked.
I learned how to use weapons from her. Although I mainly use spear now, I practiced in everything else as well. But I haven't learned about dual-wielding from her.
I have used dual-wielding before, with one hand holding Reizpear and the other hand is wielding Victokatana. But I haven't learned any technique yet.
"I can teach you some later. Is everything over?" Victoria asked.
"We just need to take care of the forest. Once all the monsters and the trees disappear, if Alejandro still feels itchy, I will turn you into a rake to scratch his back," I said.
"…we're really becoming the Dragon's Backscratchers, aren't we?"
Since we're done here, we take a walk on Alejandro's back. I think we're going to the direction of his bottom.
As we got closer, I noticed that even though there are still a lot of empty space down there, there are no monsters there. That's weird.
"Spot, did you finish everything over here?" I asked.
"No. I saw that there's no monsters here, so I turn around. But it's… ow! I can't go any further!" Spot suddenly said as if he's afraid of something.
"Me too!" Victoria also unable to move further down Alejandro's back.
"What's wrong you two?" I asked.
"Don't you remember about the Dragon's Dung Flower? Well, there's no flower here. But we're closer to the source. That's why we can't get any closer," Victoria said.
That mean we're getting close to his ass? Well, even I don't want to get closer. But… maybe they will be useful.
No! I can't just enter it and grab them as if we're mining! And I don't want to collect those that have fallen to the ground!
Let's not talk about this to Albert. If we do, he will ask me to get as many as we can.
"We'll go back to where the others are and see if Sunny have finished clearing the forest on the upper back. And do not mention anything to anyone about this. I don't want Albert to ask me to collect… you know? Just don't," I said.
Victoria and Spot both nodded after hearing it. Now, we return to the upper back.