First, there was darkness.

Probably dreaming. I've had the same dream ever since. I'm being dreamed of.

(To whom?

He knew that. So I can't do it. And with the beginning of your dreams, you forget it.

After darkness, it is pure white to fill your sight.

Pure white glow. Painfully vivid to the eyes, the light, as intense as burning the retina, diffuses as it emits heat. Out of all the smoke that the light heat scattered, something so immense was roaring like crazy.

The boundary between dreams and reality breaks down, and everything wraps his consciousness with a sense of reality.

A thunderous roar was a monster screaming beyond his intelligence. Big enough acoustics to guide you that even if you are blocking your ears, your tympanic membrane will be crushed, which will still be a shock wave, shaking the trees and blowing up the grass flowers.

Every time the giant trembled, the earth shook, and he and the mercenaries under his command were imperative in stomping not to be defeated on the ground.

Only Wald-Mastia was an exception. His legs, musculoskeletal, were stabbed to the ground like the trunk of a great tree and withstood severe vibrations as well. A pitch-black hand covering both arms indicates that he is in a combat position. But I didn't even see Black Phantom's ability as an effective opponent. And the battle is already about to end.

The light and sound of the explosion went out, and the monster screaming was interrupted.

"Did you...?

"We had a response..."

The answer to my lack of confidence was Mana-Ericcia. She is as lightweight as Waldo. He wears a "White Shield" uniform and weaves a gray coat from above. And there was a summoning armed stardust in his hand.

A summoning weapon reminiscent of Morningstar is, of course, not just a hammer. The countless thorns grown on the tip of the hammer are the small bombs themselves, which cause a huge explosion when the stardust sends an explosion signal. It's a weapon that boasts tremendous power, but there's something about it that could get you and your people involved in an explosion.

Mana can swing Stardust with ease only because she belongs to the White Shield. Quon's Shield of Messiah protects her and her people from the explosion of Stardust.

Now, members of the White Shield and the mercenaries of the Pale Wind were under the protection of the Shield of Messiah. That's why the Quons approached close enough to launch a direct attack on the dragon and tried to do so by all means.

But neither a series of outrageous attacks by the mercenaries of the "Pale Wind" nor attacks by the White Shield crew could only slightly damage the surface of the Dragon's neck. Looks like Lux-Vain's Gravestone has led to a cleavage of the epidermis, but it's hard to say that any further accomplishment would have been desirable and that the Black Phantom blow worked. Of course, the slaughter of Illis made little sense either.

On the other hand, the attack launched by the Dragon was also helpless in front of the Shield of Messiah. Whatever the dragon roared and the storm rolled, I started Quong and didn't let anything under the protection of the white shield be slight. If you don't get hurt, you can't get blown up. Some may not even have recognized that there was a storm. Some would have been in the power of the dragon for the first time, witnessing the earth being decided and the earth and rocks rising high.

The protection of the Shield of Messiah was almost fully functional. An absolute defensive barrier activated against each of his perceived allies, protecting them from all shocks. It can be said that the small number of people who went out to scout the dragon was fortunate. This would not have been the case if this had been a central army outpost.

It was the White Shield and the Pale Wind mercenaries who made up the reconnaissance force, to a lesser extent than three hundred combined. At first glance, it does not appear to be enough as a force of war, but it is not an exaggeration when it comes to the greatest force of the central army. It is a mixed unit of the invincible "White Shield" and the "Pale Wind" of Hundred Wars. It would not be so easy to build, such as an army that had more fighting power than this.

And it's clear to everyone that it's not an army that rolled out just for the scouting of the dragon. The Admiral and others should be thinking that he wants you to defeat the Awabari Dragon and follow the path to the Dragon House. No, you might think you have to do that.

If you're under the shield of Messiah, there shouldn't be a problem no matter how vicious the enemy is. If the attack is powerless even if a monster as huge as it strikes heaven is the opponent, then the Kuons' victory is only a matter of time. Even if this attack makes little sense, it should have accumulated. Even if it takes time, we just have to destroy it.

Beat the dragon and pave the way for the Dragon House. That way, this war can come to an end.

In the meantime, it was the explosion of stardust that knocked down the dragon giant. The Dragon sank its giant to the ground, screaming as Mana's Summoned Armed Stardust tapped into the greatest possible firepower. And the trees were knocked down, and the earth swayed violently. Fortunately, neither the members of the White Shield nor the mercenaries of The Pale Wind seemed to be caught in the fall of the dragon.

"Hiu... that's right"

"This is why you don't want to fight the White Shield."

"No gaps in the offense, right? We also want to apprentice."

Even in the words uttered by the mercenaries as they looked out for the silent dragon, Quon did not loosen his expression. Stardust's maximum firepower does have something awesome. Enough to beat a dragon that has endured multiple attacks. Sometimes I dream that if I throw one of her on the battlefield, she'll show a thousand activities, but that's not actually how it works.

Mana was breathing on her shoulders as Quon glanced forward. I guess I ran out of sperm and roots to draw Stardust's firepower. If they normally just explode thorns, they won't drain that much, but when it comes to drawing on the power of stardust, fatigue isn't half as good, either. An armed summoner would know, and Kuon would understand. The more guardianship targets you increase, the more complicated the setting, the more burdensome the summoner will be.

"Mana, you can back off now"

"Dear Kuon..."

Mana looked back and said something, but in the end, she didn't say anything. Coming this way, without disobeying his orders.

Waldo and Illis were watching forward. Though the dragon doesn't move while falling, it's not dead. I can hear your breath. The sound that was sounding like the ground was apparently the breath of a dragon. The ground is not shaking and vision is stable.

The dragon is alive. Whether you are asking for an opportunity to fight back.

Quon spoke before Mana dropped backwards.

"Good day. Thanks to you, I think I can take down the dragon."

"All you have to do is take down the dragon and take control of the Dragon House. Sometimes, I have to try. I don't want to paint the name of the White Shield's armed summoner."

"That's why don't you push it too far. I don't want to lose anyone."

"Yes, Master Kuon"

It wasn't until after that that that such a conversation with Mana happened to blow up.

Suddenly, the dragon rose. You don't deserve to be surprised if you just got up. There would have been discouragement that Stardust's maximum firepower didn't work, but on the contrary, that should have been all it took.

Of course, that alone must have been a huge shock that rippled across the reconnaissance force, but I couldn't help but think because more shocks awaited me.

The dragon changed its form. The outer skin that covered the entire body of the dragon peeled off, and countless thorns grew on his neck and head. It was like a needle or a mountain storm. But the neck that grows from all over the pond belongs to the dragon, and the head is also shaped like a dragon.

The dragon, covered in thorns all over his body, looked down on the reconnaissance force together, as if he had forgotten something like screaming earlier. Though I can clearly tell about the head floating hundreds of meters above the ground thanks to the reinforcement of the senses by the Shield of Messiah.

It was inevitable that the reconnaissance forces became noisy. It's not about the noise. It was not strange to have fear, and that seemed like a natural reaction. Even Quon couldn't stop trembling. Instead of taking the Stardust bombing for nothing, he looked completely different. And it makes me think that there may be forms other than this needle-rat-like figure.

It's not just a dragon. Something feels so powerful. That must be something that Quon can't imagine, and that's why he puts his strength into his arms holding the Shield of Messiah.

(You shouldn't be getting your hands on me)

I also think that if we don't cross the dragon, this war won't end. No, technically, it doesn't end.

The Gandian army has stacked victories and made one-third of Zalwarn's territory ours. It is not that there is no hand in pulling the army here and entering into a truce agreement with Zalwarn. Zalwarn also lost much of his power, and all he had left was the dragon's defensive power. If the Gandia side works, it won't mean they won't respond.

Most importantly, in that case, only a few territories may remain in Zalwarn's hands. Dragon Mansion and the Five-Way Defense Team surrounding it, around Reuben? It was the view of the upper ranks of the Gandia army that the former Merisol territory east of Fort Gallon would fall into Gibelle's hands, and Graham had a similar opinion on that. I don't even think Gibbel, who has been hostile to Zalwarn in recent years, will miss this opportunity to seize the territory.

If the south is taken by Gandia and the east is stolen by Gibelle, it will have to be the only small country left in the north, but is it something that Zalwarn can accept? Around a third of the country at its peak may one day be swallowed up by Gandhia's strategy to advance north.

With that in mind, we come to the conclusion that there can be no truce or anything else.

Then the Gandian army has no choice but to defeat the Dragon and control the Dragon House.

Leongando, king of Gandhia, did good. Defeating Zalwarn, that's Gandhia's grief, he proclaimed it a petition. The Gandhian soldiers, the military, were struck in the chest by Leongando's speech and left Myrum in exaltation.

When it comes to the battles carried out by the central army, it is only the night battles on the Longhi River, but nevertheless the Gandia army has done so much damage that it has finally won. Neither that nor this, even though it was driven back by Leongand's speech, can lowering the dogma here only mean wasting its sacrifice?

That's what Leongand would think, but fulfill it.