I’m Not Good at Offensive Magic, but I’ll Do My Best With Support Magic! - Prologue

When I heard the request we accepted was to defeat a low-rank dragon, I knew it was a mistake from the start. The current situation is very bad, or I could say hopeless. Roy, the tank role was defeated, and I’m the one in the front line receiving the dragon’s attacks. I’ve been defending ourselves from those attacks until now, but I’m not sure how much longer I’ll be able to hold on.

「Eugene, stay away!」

As I said that, she stepped back from the dragon, and at the same time, ice spears rushed to the dragon. However, that ended up being useless. Those Ice Arrows were Luka’s special spell, but they evaporated before even reaching the dragon, which was covered in flames.

「Luka, preserve some magic power until Elle restores Roy!」

「I can’t!」

Luka ignored my words, and dropped a big, 10-meter rock, about the size of the dragon from above it. The big rock quickly dropped down from the dragon’s blind spot, in an attempt to crush it.

「This should be enough…」

The big rock fell and made the dragon sink below the ground’s surface. Did he defeat it? However, it was a false hope.

「Yesssss!」

「Alright!」

「Luka!」

The dragon smashed the big rock and stood up. And then, the smashed rock turned into small fragments that scattered violently and directly hit Luka by accident. Fortunately, it wasn’t enough to cause instant death. But it was painful enough to make him moan and collapse.

Are we doomed? We have two partners injured, Elle the healer has her hands full restoring them. In other words, I myself must defeat this dragon. It seems impossible, to be honest.

However, we have no choice, and more importantly, the opponent won’t spare us. As if to give us the final blow, magic starts building up in the dragon’s mouth. Dragon Breath… The Fire Dragon is preparing its special spell, a fire breath. Just when I thought it was not going to use it, it seems to have been enjoying playing with us since the beginning. You should always defeat it before it uses the spell, however, it’s already too late.

「Watch out!!」

There’s no way they can react to my words. In this situation, I should have researched the request details thoroughly beforehand. The scene flowed by slowly, and flames came out from the dragon’s mouth. Fire Dragon’s Wing… Our party was about to be defeated by the selfsame Fire Dragon. Or that’s what I thought.

「Hello, I’m not good at offensive magic, but what about some support magic?」

Is that a girl in a hood? She stood between the Fire Dragon and me.

「W-who are you?」

「More importantly, let’s handle this」

I don’t have any idea how she did it, but somehow the Fire Dragon’s breath disappeared and we were still alive.

「Thank you. What’s your name?」

「I’m Yuan. An E-rank beginner adventurer」

「E-rank?!」

The young girl named Yuan smiled broadly.

「Let’s deal with this first. We’ll discuss the reward later」

The girl who just said she was an E-rank adventurer, and with the appearance of a kid, faced the dragon without much hope. The fact that an E-rank came to help us doesn’t make such a difference. And yet, even if temporary, it may extend our lives a little. In that case, we’ll keep fighting until there’s nothing else we can do. I swear it by our pride and willpower as A-ranks.