Age of Adepts

"Ransom? What kind of redemption?"

Even with Grim's warp and weave, he couldn't help but be surprised by the word.

"Surrender all captured dragons, and I will forgive you for your crimes and make this steel city and the hundred kilometers of land surrounding it your domain. From now on, you will also be granted the same powers as the dragon lords and will be able to walk freely in the Lance Plane. However, you and your subordinates will not be allowed to attack any Giant Dragon Lords from now on!" The Amethyst Dragon warned righteously, with an expression as if this was already my biggest concession.

Grim's face stiffened and he couldn't help but snicker.

This... isn't this a clear admission of the witches!

Returning the dragon and gaining the same power as a Dragon Lord... Damn it, I'm a 3rd level Sorcerer, what do I need the power of your Lordship of the Lance Position for? All for a hundred kilometers of territory? For the stupid natives of this territory?

Ogres, trolls, jackals, these guys I can't catch in any dimension? You want to come to your dragon's place and catch them? What's the most valuable thing on the Dragon Plane? A dragon, of course!

Which high-ranking dragon in the Lance Position isn't a dirt-cheap and profligate, grabbing one and scouring its nest would immediately make the Crimson Family's sorcerers rich and waist-deep in money.

Am I so willing to give up such great wealth and resources for a false title of lord?

Grim smiled heedlessly.

"What if I don't accept?"

The Amethyst Dragon's crystal-clear, jewel-like beautiful pupils shot out a cold, icy gaze and roared loudly, "Then prepare to accept war! You will have the wrath of a 4th order dragon..."

With that said, the Amethyst Dragon Illusion's crystal dragon wings once again just opened, and the wild and majestic aura of majesty rolled out overwhelmingly.

"Hmph, after all that talk, isn't it still going to start a fight..."

Grim waved his hand, and at his signal, the cruiser motherships in the sky, the goblin airships, and the goblin chariots on the ground withdrew silently into the distance, leaving only him and the magic-armed puppet dragons above the battlefield.

But Split-Brain Gru and Mary stayed behind, pestling behind him.

As for the Thunder Dragon Ames and the Emerald Beauty Dragon Eretina, who were also 3rd level, they were turtled up on top of the cruiser, not daring to show their faces to the 4th level dragon leader.

This was also a move that could not be helped.

Facing a 4th stage dragon, a weak and low ranked man can't help at all, but will become a flaw and be beaten by the other side. So, I simply drove far away and played high level battle with this 4th rank Amethyst Dragon.

To be honest, the Demonic Artifact Puppet Dragon had been created for so long, but its true strength had never been verified.

Although the Crimson Family listed it as a 4th-order magic weapon, in the outside world, more wizards just treated it as some sort of pseudo-4th-order puppet.

After all, in the wizard world, it was hard to find a suitable 4th-rank opponent for the Magic Armament Puppet Dragon.

Rashly challenging other 4th rank witches would mean that the Crimson Family had taken the initiative to start a witch war. Regardless of the outcome of winning or losing, it would have an extremely terrifying impact on the family's foundation and development.

Therefore, the Demonic Puppet Dragon had been built for nearly a decade, yet it never had any experience in fighting 4th-rank creatures.

And today, it had to be said, was indeed the perfect opportunity to test it!

Therefore, even if the Amethyst Dragon had the intention of resting in peace, the Puppet Dragon with Grim in hand would not give up easily.

With the retreat of the rest of the 'miscellaneous soldiers', only the Demonic Armament Puppet Dragon and Amethyst Dragon remained in a cold standoff in the entire 30-mile wide huge space.

Grim, Mary and the Elemental Demonic Armament were still standing on top of the Puppet Dragon's dragon head, while the Split-Brain Gru had secretly entered the Puppet Dragon's belly. When the battle was at its most intense, I'm afraid the Demon Armor Puppet Dragon's oversized magical melting pot alone wouldn't be enough, so having the Split Brain Gru help out would also side-step the Demon Armor Puppet Dragon's battle power.

The four sturdy metal legs of the Demon Puppet Dragon are deeply rooted in the soil beneath it, and the magical furnace within its huge chest and abdomen is beginning to run wildly and output magical energy.

The magical energy surged and rushed through the energy pipes all over the body, and most of the energy was absorbed by the magic weapons of the Puppet Dragon. However, there would always be some excess magical energy permeating out from the hard metallic body, forming a terrifying energy radiation zone around the Puppet Dragon.

Ordinary magical creatures simply could not survive in such an area of intense radiation, and would never die from the overly violent and active energy particles that destroyed the elemental stability of their own muscles.

On top of the wide and huge back of the Demonic Armament Puppet, numerous dark pods and turrets rose up, a black hole cannon mouth nimbly turning around and around, eventually locking onto the distant Amethyst Dragon. What was particularly impressive were the two giant goblin cannons in the center of the backbone.

To be honest, the terrifying 3-meter diameter cannon muzzles would make anyone tremble at the sight of them!

Seeing that this terrifying Demonic Armament was ready for battle, that 4th stage Amethyst Dragon Toriel roared, and instead of flying into the sky, he chose to grip the ground on all fours and began to move slowly around the Demonic Armament Puppet Dragon.

With Toriel's rich battle experience, it was clear that the magic weapon puppet dragon was not able to move, but relied on its steel bones and the strange cannons that were as dense as hedgehogs. Fighting with such a guy, if one flew up into the sky, the other party would just have to be at their wit's end.

Spaced far apart and engaging in long-range bombardment with it, the dragon tribe had no other means other than dragon breath and dragon language magic. And looking at the densely packed cannon muzzles around the opponent, Toriel could understand with his little toes that there was no advantage to be gained from long-range bombardment.

On the contrary, he flew up to the sky, the flight speed is not as fast as the other cannon muzzle transfer speed. At that time, he would really become the most comfortable target for the opponent!

Perhaps discovering the movement here, a cruising mothership also flew up over the Eternal Capital on the far side of the horizon, but did not approach the battlefield, instead remaining in the distance to silently observe the battle.

The Level 4 Amethyst Dragon Toriel seemed unconcerned with this, still slowly circling around the Demonic Armament Puppet Dragon. Its body, too, was shining under the warm sunlight, and it became colorful and mesmerizing.

The Amethyst Dragon was actually a guy who was good at stealth.

However, their stealth was different from the water dragon's water mist transformation, and was more similar to a kind of light refraction and visual evasion. This also meant that if your spirit couldn't lock onto the Amethyst Dragon, then what you would see with your naked eye would always be an illusion formed by the refraction of light in the Amethyst Dragon's body.

Therefore, Grim didn't trust a group of Demonic Goblins and Demonic Puppet Dragons to fight with a 4th rank Amethyst Dragon, which was why he volunteered to step up and act as the eyes of the Demonic Puppet Dragons.

Although Grim was not as advanced as Toriel, his chip scan and panoramic perspective were the nemesis of this light refraction. With Grim here, there was no worry that the Demonic Puppet Dragons wouldn't be able to find their true target!

After circling around the Demonic Puppet Dragon twice, familiarizing himself with and stomping on the nearby ground, Toriel finally couldn't hold back the anger in his chest, rubbing his body and pouncing on his opponent with a heavy step.

The Demonic Puppet Dragon was not polite either, immediately glowing around and returning an intense cannon fire saving shot.

However, the ones that were triggered were all ordinary tiered magic energy cannons, the two goblin cannons remained in a state of waiting to be triggered and did not fire easily.

The Amethyst Dragon's attack this time was indeed a false move.

It dodged most of the intense fire with an unprecedented swiftness after a forward dash. Even though the Magic Puppet Dragon's Magic Energy Cannon moved its muzzle desperately, it couldn't catch up with the Amethyst Dragon's swift, ghost-like movement.

The small half of the energy fireballs that didn't fall short were blocked straight down by the transparent force field outside the Amethyst Dragon's body, not even a single hair of the Amethyst Dragon was harmed, apart from creating some energy waves.

"Modify firing mode to Area Diffuse!" The Gunga inside the belly of the machine roared loudly.

An instant later, the magic energy cannons around the Demonic Puppet Dragon no longer chased after the Amethyst Dragon's moving figure, but quickly covered the area where the opponent might be staying in an erratic and diffuse manner.

This way, although the number of energy fireballs hitting the Amethyst Dragon had increased, the landing points of the attacks were more scattered, and apart from creating large energy ripples, they were still unable to damage the opponent by a fraction.

Grim on top of the dragon's head and Gunga inside the dragon's belly sighed at the same time.

A 4th rank dragon was indeed tough!

There was no way to threaten the opponent, the Magic Puppet Dragon's cannon fire would have to be concentrated as much as possible. This, in turn, could easily be dodged by the opponent with their speed and body shape. If they chose to shoot aimlessly, they would easily disperse their power and waste their firepower.

As expected, as soon as it sensed that the threat from the Magic Puppet Dragon's artillery around its body was decreasing, the Amethyst Dragon immediately rubbed its body again, aiming directly at the opponent's right forelimb.

The Demon Armor Puppet Dragon's body length was over a hundred meters, while the Amethyst Dragon's body length was over thirty meters. Although both were of the same 4th rank, the Demon Armor Puppet Dragon was able to overpower the other in terms of size alone.

Just like a brawny man fighting with a small guy who was only up to his knee height, both sides were not on the same level, but the dominance of the battle was always firmly in the hands of the Amethyst Dragon.

Seeing the Amethyst Dragon pouncing, the Demon Armor Puppet Dragon was not willing to show weakness and pounced forward with its thick and solid metal legs. The huge metal mouth opened to the extreme, biting madly into the Amethyst Dragon's skull.

The rows of metal sharp teeth, the sharp and sharpened mortifying cold mane, looked like a small mountain slamming into it up close.

But in the next second, the huge dragon head of the Demonic Puppet Dragon violently deflected to the left and was thrown by the Amethyst Dragon's fierce dragon tail on the right side of its face.

Only then did the air ring with the sharp, sharp sound of the long tail breaking through the air.