Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
The flames of war were ignited once again.
The bandit lowered his body and charged forward. His sharp gaze was as cold as the dagger in his hand.
“Ahh!”
Suddenly, his legs gave way, and he fell to the ground.
???
Apart from Jose, many question marks appeared above the heads of the two dragons and mage.
They suspected that the bandit was trying to be funny!
But was it really an accident?!
Of course not!
Jose saw the bandit putting his hands on the ground and shaking his head as if he was confused.
A triumphant smile appeared on Jose’s face.
It had finally worked!
With that thought in mind, he did not slow down. He opened his mouth, and the surging dragon flames swept toward the fallen bandit.
I’ll take your life while you’re down!
As expected, the intensity of the dragon flames was much smaller than before.
A self-moving rope flew out from the mage’s hand and wrapped around the bandit’s waist. At the critical moment, he pulled his companion out of the range of the dragon breath.
“What happened to you?!”
“My limbs suddenly became weak, and my vision is blurry.” The bandit shook his head in an attempt to wake himself up.
In just a short while, the mage realized that he had the same symptoms as the bandit. He was terrified and cast all kinds of enhancement spells on himself, but it was useless.
It was obvious that buffing spells would not work because the cause of their dizziness was a lack of oxygen!
As for why there was a lack of oxygen, it was naturally due to Jose’s dragon breath. Initially, he had acutely sensed that the cave entrance had been blown up and that there was no fresh air to replenish it, so he had been spewing dragon breath with all his might. On the one hand, it had interfered with the mage’s vision, and on the other, it was to expend the remaining oxygen in the cave.
“What… what are these two humans doing?”
“Be careful. They’re sneaky.”
“No! They’re not acting!”
There was no time to explain. Jose continued to breathe out his dragon breath.
There was little oxygen left to begin with, and the bandit soon lost consciousness. Captain Oluke was also becoming unconscious from the lack of oxygen and could no longer chant. He felt despair.
In a sense, mages were equivalent to scientists from another world. Their research encompassed all aspects. Captain Oluke knew that the air contained a necessary substance for the survival of some human beings and that fire could consume that substance.
This substance was essential to most creatures, but unfortunately, it did not include dragons.
The ability of dragons to adapt to the environment could be said to be abnormal. Whether it was the cold deep sea, the scorching lava that melted everything, or the empty vacuum, dragons could survive them.
“Even if I die! You guys won’t have an easy time either! Die with me! Hahaha!” The desperate Captain Oluke laughed maniacally. He endured the negative status brought about by the lack of oxygen and activated the final trump card in his staff.
The cave instantly turned fiery red; it was as brilliant as a burning cloud, filled with a destructive aura.
When Yaligos looked up and saw the large number of fireballs floating above the cave, she panicked.
Advanced spell — Meteor Shower!
Meteor Shower could summon a large number of fireballs and bombard a fixed area. Due to its wide range of destructive power, it was favored by many mages and could be considered a top-tier spell on the battlefield.
Meanwhile, the three dragons were currently facing this top-tier spell, but they were trapped in a cave with nowhere to hide.
“We’re doomed!”
Yaligos glanced at Jose who was beside her. Among the three dragons, perhaps only the Red Dragon with strong resistance to fire magic could survive.
Seeing that the fireballs were about to land, Jose spread his wings. “Quick! Hide here!”
“Eh?!”
Before the Golden Dragon could react, Jose pulled her toward him. A large, broad wing covered her. On the other side, White Dragon Cassie did the same.
With a destructive aura, fireballs rained down from the sky and exploded on Jose’s body.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The violent explosions were like firecrackers during Chinese New Year. Jose grimaced in pain.
Although he could be said to be immune to fire, he was only immune to fire element damage, which did not include explosive impacts. Fireballs hit his body one after another, giving him the feeling that he was being beaten up by a heavy fist.
Fortunately, the Meteor Shower spell only lasted for about ten seconds before dissipating.
When all was settled, Jose folded his dragon wings and revealed his two companions protected by the wide dragon wings. Both of them were intact.
As he moved his aching body, he glared at the two burnt corpses more than ten meters away.
“Evil fellow! You did this despite knowing you’d die!”
Although he hated him to the core, he had to admit that this mage was a worthy enemy.
On the side, Yaligos found it unbelievable that there were no wounds caused by flames on Jose’s body. It would be normal if this happened to an adult Red Dragon, but the scales of a young dragon were far from mature, and its magic resistance was much weaker.
“How did you do it?”
Jose was stunned for a moment before he realized that he could not tell the truth since it involved his biggest secret.
“Didn’t I tell you in the beginning that I, Jose, am one who stands out from everyone else?”
Seeing that Jose did not want to say anything, Yaligos stopped asking. “No matter what, thank you for saving my life.”
Now was not the time for idle chatter. Jose shrugged, brushed past the Golden Dragon loli, and led the way forward.
“Let’s go and take a look at our loot.”
The three dragons went straight to the main scene — the corpse of the mage. Oluke’s body was burnt by the Meteor Shower spell, and his robe was destroyed. What made the dragons sad was that the dimensional bag on his body was also destroyed. The items dropped from the dimensional bag were scattered all over the ground. These items were also destroyed by the Meteor Shower.
“Wealth slipped away in front of me just like that!” Jose felt his heart ache.
Yaligos rolled her eyes. “Jose Who Stands Out from Everyone Else, you look like a Red Dragon when you’re being greedy!”
“Money is a good thing. If you don’t like it, I’d be happy to take it from you.”
“Your shamelessness is also very Red Dragon-like.”
“You’re being prejudiced against my kin.”
“Do you believe that?”
Jose thought about the virtue of the Red Dragons.
Fine, it was not prejudice.
While they were talking, the three dragons finished looting the mage and luckily obtained his staff. Other than that, there was also a teleportation ring and a protective necklace with automatic activation.
There were exactly three items. The three dragons decided to take one each.
White Dragon Cassie looked at the treasures and gulped. “You… you choose first.”
“Well, you deserve the most credit. You pick first.”
Jose did not stand on ceremony and directly chose the staff. During the battle, he could tell that there was more than one enchantment in the staff. It should be the most valuable of the three items.
Then, Cassie took the necklace away, probably because he saw that the gem on the necklace was bigger than the ring.
In the end, Yaligos was naturally willing to accept the more precious teleportation ring.
Rumble!
The shockwaves from the battle of the powerful beings in the distance reached the cave where the three dragons were. The ground shook, and a small amount of rubble fell from the top of the cave.
This reminded the three dragons that they were still buried underground.
“You guys search for more loot. I’ll go dig the exit.” Yaligos turned around and walked away.
Jose turned to look at the altar in the golden beam of light. He did not know what it was for, but it had to be an important item for the enemy. There was no reason not to destroy it.
“I’m going to destroy the altar, Cassie. Keep collecting our loot.”
“O—Okay.”
As he got closer, Jose discovered a powerful energy field 10 meters around the altar. This energy protected the altar, preventing him from getting close.
He picked up a stone and threw it at the altar, but it was blocked.
His dragon breath was also ineffective.
“It really isn’t that simple after all.”