Chapter 616 - 331: Falling from the Sky
"This..." Aisores thought for a moment and then looked enlightened. He spread his massive blue dragon wings, his chest vibrating as he said, "Alright, I’ll immediately inform the other giant dragons in the group to rush to the Durham area!"
"Mr. Aisores, without a doubt, this is a wise move."
Gaoxi was well aware that his and Grobas’s appearance would only achieve maximum effect the first time.
Afterwards, if the other side was prepared or called for additional reinforcements, the effect would be greatly reduced.
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Raven Ridge Valley, located a hundred kilometers north of Durham, was also determined by the mountain dwarfs to be on the inevitable route for the red dragon Kala Zox and the blue dragon Eriksa after receiving their orders.
Of course, errors were inevitable, but fortunately, the weather was clear, and a margin of error of several kilometers did not impede spotting the flying giant dragons in the sky.
Raine scanned the area. This was a lush forest valley, filled with ravens, and from the perspective of the dragons flying from afar in the sky, it was almost impossible for them to discover them in advance.
"Luckily, the weather is good." Elder Grenum, holding a copper monocular telescope, looked at the sky and said with a bit of relief.
Because these creatures, dragons, usually fly at heights of two or three thousand meters, if the weather were rainy, it would be unlikely to spot dragons in the clouds from the ground.
An interception action couldn’t even be discussed under such conditions.
This was also why, after discussion, Brute Hammer the Second was quick to take action, as the weather was ideal.
"Princess Dongni, so the plan you are contemplating is that once the ground observers spot the tracks of the red dragon Kala Zox and blue dragon Eriksa, the elders will immediately fly up with the Griffins and seize the chance to use the seventh level magic scroll ’Super Gravity’?"
"Wouldn’t that be a bit too risky?" Raine asked with a frown.
He had just learned that the dwarfs intended to adopt such a high-risk plan.
It’s not that the success rate is low, but this plan could potentially cause the dwarf elders, who are purely melee-oriented, to get injured or even die.
Through several actions, the cheerful and brave dwarf elders had left a pretty good impression in Raine’s heart, so naturally, he was unwilling to see such a situation unfold.
"Mr. Raine, in war, there’s nothing without risk!" Said Elder Ubrek, the most valiant of the group, heavily patting his sturdy chest armor with his rough voice.
"Besides, Princess Dongni has prepared flying spells and floating spell scrolls for us. It’s not a big problem."
Raine glanced at the dwarf elders, and sure enough, none of them showed any signs of fear, invoking his admiration for their valor.
However, since he was here.
There was no need for the dwarf elders to take this risk.
"Princess Dongni, leave the task of drawing the giant dragons to the ground on me."
"Mr. Raine, wouldn’t it be..."
"Leave it to me."
Seeing Raine’s confident gaze, Princess Dongni nodded, her heart filled with admiration and emotion.
"Mr. Raine, here are the seventh level magic ’Super Gravity’ scroll and the flying spell scroll." Princess Dongni handed over two different magic scrolls to Raine.
"I probably won’t need them," Raine said, waving his hand dismissively.
Hmm?
Princess Dongni’s eyes widened slightly, somewhat puzzled, and just as she was about to inquire, suddenly, over a dozen dwarf observers began shouting repeatedly:
"Dragon sighted! Direction North 31 degrees West, approximately 2300 meters high!"
"Rapidly approaching!"
Suddenly!
Everyone, including Raine, put on a serious expression and looked upwards.
With Raine’s eyesight, even without a telescope, he could clearly see two small red and blue dots flying at high speed in the distant sky.
The dots’ silhouettes were rapidly enlarging, the outlines of the dragons faintly discernible.
Raine roughly estimated that they were not flying directly towards them, deviating by about seven or eight kilometers, but that margin was already quite good.
The dwarfs’ judgment was extremely accurate.
"Everyone, conceal yourselves, and ready the dragon-hunting crossbows with invisibility scrolls. Adjust your positions!"
Raine thought for a moment, picked up a dragon-hunting crossbow arrow as thick as a forearm and with a long iron chain at the tail, hefted its weight, and considered the length of the chain.
"Ding!"
At thirty meters down the chain, Raine used his warhammer to break the sturdy chain mixed with Adamantine.
"Mr. Raine, you..." Seeing Raine wielding the incredibly heavy dragon-hunting crossbow arrow, even the dwarf elders who had absolute confidence in him looked at each other in surprise.
With this, even using a flying spell wouldn’t be fast enough to match the speed of the flying dragons, would it?
After all, if speed falls short, one becomes an easy target for the dragon’s breath in the air.
"It’s about right, elders, you should prepare yourselves."
Hardly had he finished speaking when Raine vanished from where he stood.
"This..."
"Where is he?"
"Up there!" exclaimed a dwarf observer, head tilted back, peering through a copper monocular telescope.
"Look quickly!"
The dwarf elders and Princess Dongni all looked up.
Only to see, several thousand meters up where the two small dragon shadows were about to pass overhead, a new small dot suddenly appeared right above them.
Next, no one knew what had happened!
As soon as a thin black light flashed above the two small dragon shadows, everyone saw the two Giant Dragons plunging towards the ground like meteors!
During the entire process, although the dragons deviated slightly, they ultimately got closer, making their shadows clearer.
People could see the dragons trying to struggle and flap their wings to fly, but clearly, it all failed.
"Roar!!"
At this moment, the dragon’s angry roar finally echoed from afar!
From the perspective of the Red Dragon Kala Zox and the Blue Dragon Erixa, the situation was utterly confusing to them.
After receiving the leader’s message, they had been rushing urgently towards Dalem. But unexpectedly, halfway there, they felt a weak spatial fluctuation behind them, and suddenly lost the ability to manipulate Wind Energy Particles.
Indeed!
Being attacked in mid-air was rare enough, yet they had unexpectedly lost control over Wind Energy Particles.
What was going on???
Before they could figure it out, a sharp pain shot through their wings.
The Red Dragon Kala Zox discovered that a crossbow arrow with chains had pierced through and wrapped around its wings, along with Erixa’s.
To know, the flight of dragons mainly relies on the manipulation of Wind Energy Particles rather than the wings themselves. Of course, for direction control and gliding, dragon wings play an extremely important role.
But purely from a flying angle, Wind Energy Particles account for more than seventy percent of the power.
At this moment, they not only lost control of Wind Energy Particles but were chained by their wings, making them crash towards the ground like rigid, enormous meteors.
It was also at this time that they discovered one of the attackers was a human.
"Damn human, what have you done!"
The inherently fiery Red Dragon flew into rage and was about to unleash its fiery breath towards Raine.
"You... you’re a legend among humans!" The comparatively calm Blue Dragon Erixa’s ice-blue eyes revealed horror!
"Shouldn’t you look below before asking me questions?" Raine smiled, gesturing downwards.
Only then did the dragons realize they were falling faster and faster, the images below becoming clearer, while the air around them shrieked sharply with the speed!
This fall from such height, even with a dragon’s body strength, might not render them dead instantly but could inflict severe injuries.
It shocked and angered the dragons, making them focus less on Raine, desperately trying to flap their wings to at least glide away.
However, there’s no way Raine would let them have their way. A clanging sound of tightened chains, bringing the two Giant Dragons crashing into each other more closely.
"Damn human! Die!!"
The Red Dragon Kala Zox’s chest vibrated with a blazing flame, spewing from its mouth towards chain-wielding Raine. Yet, as the dragons thought they could finally free themselves from the chains, Raine still smiled, gripping the chains tightly,
he remained completely unharmed.
And at this moment!
Suddenly, both dragons felt they could manipulate Wind Energy Particles again.
"Effective?"
"Was the human actually heavily injured but pretending otherwise?"
Thoughts quickly flashed through their minds, but the next instant!
Both dragons felt a piercing pain in their lower abdomens.
They then realized; they had hit the ground!
"Boom!!"
The weight of the two dragons, each exceeding several tons, crashed down from thousands of meters above, the impact itself unimaginable.
An annular shock wave, mixed with stones and dust, blasted all around, raising a dust cloud hundreds of meters high! Even from several kilometers away, the swiftly approaching Dwarf Elders felt a noticeable tremor from the ground!
The elite dwarves pushing giant Dragon-Hunting Crossbows behind them stood stunned by the scene.
"Hurry! Quick, push the Dragon-Hunting Crossbows over."
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As the dust slowly cleared, besides the two blood-spewing dragons, struggling to rise—a red and a blue figure—a silhouette holding a Warhammer appeared before the four Dwarf Elders.
It was Raine.
What Raine had just displayed was the Telekinesis Domain.
Originating from the Monster Skill of the Giant-eyed Tyrant Hillarack, it was an invisible force field, not easily detected by the outside world.
He used the exclusiveness of the Telekinesis Domain to expel Wind Energy Particles from the range, directly making the two dragons lose their flight power.
Of course, this alone wasn’t enough for the inherently superior dragons.
Even with the loss of power, they could still use their broad wings for gliding and safely landing.
That’s why Raine had just used a crossbow arrow with chains, catching them off guard, piercing through and wrapping their wings together.
Even if the dragons could break free, their wings were bound to sustain extensive damage, making a ground collision inevitable.
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