Chapter 570 - 306: Final Battle!
After pondering for a moment, Raine decided to postpone the fusion.
The reason was simple: there was no particularly troublesome enemy at the moment, and he still had the time to think it over a bit more.
As Raine was reflecting, Humbert, who was commanding the dwarf elites to transport the blue dragon’s corpse nearby, couldn’t help but look over, feeling emotional:
’If it weren’t for Raine this time, Elder Blum would have sacrificed himself in vain.....’
....
Meanwhile.
The Mountain Dwarf Kingdom.
Stone Dam City.
From a distance, the entire city was emitting seven or eight columns of dense black flames, and overhead, a gigantic red dragon shadow was constantly circling, diving, and spewing fiery dragon breath.
Although giant crossbow arrows were occasionally shot upward, they were sparse and did not pose much threat.
"Mine thralls! Tremble, be afraid!"
"You will all turn to charcoal under the flames."
Red Dragon Kala Zox watched with satisfaction as dwarf men, women, and children fled in fear below, and as groups of howling dwarf warriors were directly hit by its fiery breath, its chest vibrated as it spoke.
The sudden appearance of the dragon seemed to have caught the stone dam city’s dwarf defenders off guard.
The equipment and lightning protection potions and scrolls originally used to defend against blue dragons were almost entirely unusable, leading to the dwarf defenders, though brave in their resistance, suffering heavy casualties and ultimately collapsing.
At this moment, the metal ring on the right backward-sweeping horn atop Red Dragon Kala Zox’s head suddenly vibrated, and immediately it received a message.
"Hmm? Retreat immediately, to meet Ericsa?"
"Act in pairs?"
Blue Dragon Ericsa was also part of the dragon group, but it was responsible for raiding another city of the Mountain Dwarf Kingdom, Resero.
Upon hearing this order, Red Dragon Kala Zox was momentarily at a loss.
But since the order came from the Thunderpillar, after pondering for a moment, the red dragon took another deep breath towards the ground, spewing out fire breath like a waterfall that ignited a building in Stone Dam City before reluctantly flying away into the distance.
....
Northeast of the Iron Hills.
Thunderpillar was as always filled with storm clouds and the unique weather of occasional flashes of thunder.
And on the most prominent pillar-shaped peak among the mountains, several tall caves were visible to the naked eye.
In the most spacious cave at the top, a giant blue dragon, evidently larger than the adult blue dragon Kazrian Raine had slain, suddenly opened its eyes, raised its neck, and its massive dragon head revealed a distinctly human-like expression of confusion and solemnity.
"Kazrian has fallen?"
This was none other than Aisores, the leader of the dragon group.
As the leader of the blue dragon group named after it, Aisores’s power was beyond doubt, known as the ’Thunderstorm’ with a challenge level as high as level 21, a legendary blue dragon, which in terms of the Adventurer’s combat power system,
was equivalent to a legendary adventurer squad with all classes complete.
But in reality, even such a top-tier adventurer squad could hardly defeat Aisores.
Aside from Aisores being a giant dragon, another important reason was that Aisores was not ’alone,’ as the leader of the blue dragon group, like a king in the human kingdom.
Surrounded by nearly a dozen adult giant dragons and numerous blue dragonmen and vassals.
In the previous battle at the Iron Hills, led by Aisores, the blue dragon group launched a raid on the Mountain Dwarf Kingdom’s Iron Hills, with intense battle yielding notable injuries.
If viewed from the side and back, one could see a noticeable dent above the joint of Aisores’s left hind leg.
Although still covered with tight blue dragon scales, the scales’ size was evidently small, as if freshly grown, and compared to the right hind leg, this dent looked particularly unnatural, as if a large chunk of muscle was missing.
Originally, it had been healing, but the sudden heartache woke it up.
The death of Kazrian, its direct progeny, immediately resonated deep within Aisores’s mind.
Contemplating, Aisores extended its massive dragon claw, gesturing in the air, and soon a human wearing a black hood and holding a magic staff entered from the cave entrance.
"Respected Lord of the Dragon Race, Connally greets you," the middle-aged man dressed akin to a caster, placed the magic staff in front of his chest, slightly bowed in greeting to Aisores.
"Connally, what of your subsequent actions?" Aisores’s chest vibrated as its thunderous voice echoed within the cave.
The intense dragon’s might was enough to make any being below the transcendent tremble with fear, but the black-robed figure seemed long accustomed, bowing slightly again, calmly replying:
"Respected Lord Aisores, we have demonstrated our sincerity with our attack on Brute Hammer the Second on the day of battle."
Connally spoke reservedly, yet Aisores understood what the other was referring to.
This made Aisores involuntarily recall that short, stout figure wielding a platinum-colored warhammer—a king of the Mountain Dwarf Kingdom, Brute Hammer the Second.
The other was holding none other than the divine artifact, the ’Hammer of Shattering.’
Even with its electric shield and legendary damage immunity, it could not withstand the damage of the Hammer of Shattering.
However, the state of the king, who was poisoned then engaged in fierce battle with it, must now be worse.
’Hammer of Shattering... a divine artifact...’
The image of the platinum warhammer flashed in its mind, and even as the Lord of the Dragon Race, facing a genuine divine artifact, Aisores could not resist the innate dragon’s penchant for treasures.
Scanning around, although there were glistening treasures of gold and silver and numerous magic equipment emitting different magical radiances, they clearly could not compare to a divine artifact.
In fact, Aisores had no desire to wage war against the Mountain Dwarf Kingdom.
Ultimately, it was the assurance from that envoy representing someone, promising to first weaken the Mountain Dwarf Kingdom’s strength and strike first, and that once it confirmed the dragon group’s attack, the divine artifact ’Hammer of Shattering’ and the Mountain Dwarf Kingdom’s treasury would belong to the dragon group.
It was these incredibly favorable terms that swayed Aisores.
But now, seeing its offspring fall, Aisores’s mood had become somewhat restless and complicated.
"It’s not enough. With the dragon group having lost two giant dragons, I need you to join the fight immediately, and I, too, shall lead the entire dragon group to launch a decisive battle against the Mountain Dwarf Kingdom!"
While speaking, Aisores’s massive body gradually stood up, an increasingly overwhelming pressure sweeping across the area.
This suffocating presence even made the extraordinary high-tier Connally feel a moment of suffocation, who pondered briefly, then nodded:
"As you wish, I will report immediately."
In fact, Connally was not the original contact for the Aisores Blue Dragon Group.
Just yesterday, he arrived at the Thunderpillar, replacing the original liaison, Red Dragon Mage Felmer.
Word was that there was a troublesome young man in the Soladin Kingdom that required Felmer’s attention.
....