“Quick, notify the army!”
The garrison troops of Deya City were helpless against the sudden attack of the dragon. This small border town had never before suffered a dragon assault.
What’s going on lately? First demons, now dragons— it really feels like Deya City is about to change hands…
At the Academy training grounds, Reg and the others were still sparring when one of the examiners hurriedly approached Gadelia:
“Lady Gadelia, should we call off the martial test?”
“Call it off. Take the students to safety first!”
The Royal Magic Academy had done extensive research on dragons. A few years ago, Gadelia had heard teachers discussing dragon habits in class, so she immediately understood this dragon’s intent.
Its tail was slender at the tip, and the body was huge. Most of its scales were raised, indicating it was an adult female fire dragon currently in a state of rage.
Judging by its behavior… it seemed to be issuing a warning?
The fire dragon hadn’t started slaughtering the residents but was furiously destroying the city’s towering buildings, as if trying to send a message. Gadelia pondered for a moment:
“To provoke a female fire dragon to leave its nest and boldly rampage through the human gods’ territory… there can only be one reason: its egg was stolen!”
The fire dragon was threatening whoever had taken its child.
……
In the vast, tranquil giant forest filled with rich life energy.
In front of the Goddess of Life, a small pond rippled.
This only happened when many believers called to Her simultaneously. She glanced carelessly and found the summons were from Deya City.
“Trouble again? Could it be demons?”
She sensed the content of their prayers: help… protection… dragon attack…
“Tsk, I thought demons were provoking again, but it’s just a dragon attack.”
These believers keep shouting, but monster attacks on the border are nothing new. Can’t they just run away?
The Goddess of Life ignored her believers.
When the nearby Southwatch Fort was attacked by a dragon before, she hadn’t intervened either. After all, personally saving insignificant ants was a bit beneath her dignity.
But then she thought:
“Is it a problem if I never care about the border? Last time I descended on Deya City, I noticed many doubted their faith. Even the Faith Points produced by the mid-tier priests stationed there dropped significantly…”
Such a nuisance. Better to drive away the dragon and stabilize faith.
……
In Deya City, the female fire dragon circled three or four times overhead.
Below, buildings were engulfed in raging flames as people scattered in panic. Still, whoever had stolen the dragon egg hadn’t appeared.
A dragon’s eyesight could spot a single Gold Coin three kilometers away. The fleeing crowds were all within its sight, yet it hadn’t seen the golden-haired priest!
Humans, like silver dragons, were truly greedy creatures. If the treasure was precious enough, they’d accept any cost. Since that’s the case…
The male fire dragon charged its breath again, but this time, it aimed at the Academy training ground, where several hundred students hadn’t escaped yet.
“The match is over, evacuate now!”
Examiner Kroff shouted to Mailun and the others, but they seemed not to hear, completely ignoring the rapidly approaching dragon.
On the arena, as the Strength Enhancement Potion’s effects wore off, Mailun’s power gradually fell back below the intermediate rank.
Even when Reg freed his hands, he still couldn’t break through Truth’s defense:
“What a joke!”
Not only was her mana seemingly infinite, but even her shield connected seamlessly. Does this skill summon speed really exist?!
Truth answered: “Nothing special, just practiced hands.”
Just like Mayu the demon, in the Legend of the Illusory Domain, skill casting speed depended entirely on who was faster. Newbies had to look for keys on their controller; veterans were already mashing buttons blindly.
Unable to deal with Truth was one thing, but what frustrated Mailun more was that she didn’t even glance at him once, her gaze fixed on the dragon in the sky.
“Hmph—this is going to kill a lot of people, isn’t it?”
Truth now hoped the suddenly appeared seventh-rank dragon would burn everyone half-dead so she could survive.
She completely ignored Mailun.
“I hate being looked down on the most!”
Mailun’s competitive spirit soared to its peak. Today, he was determined to settle this!
He punched the shield heavily again, trying to get a flicker of attention from Truth, but she didn’t react at all. Instead, Reg had already appeared behind him:
“Hey, disgusting guy!”
Mailun turned instinctively, then Reg punched him into panda eyes:
“Ah! How dare you call me disgusting?!”
They grappled again, but this time Mailun couldn’t land a single hit on Reg.
Whenever he tried, the Lens Shield quickly protected Reg.
When you can’t remove the assist, this is how it feels—Mailun could only endure one-sided beatings.
“Everyone can see it—you only want to use those excellent girls to highlight your own excellence. You don’t really like them from the heart. And you want others to respect you? If you’re not disgusting, who is!”
Reg attacked with fists and words, and it seemed he hit a nerve. Mailun took a step back, eyes red, and pulled out his last Strength Enhancement Potion, drinking it on the spot!
“That Mailun… cheating in front of everyone?”
“Looks like Reg’s words broke his defense.”
The students fleeing below watched Mailun with pity. Gadelia was quite pleased—now they could officially cancel Mailun’s results.
But can you all just run already?!
“Roar!”
The scorching dragon breath struck the arena without hesitation.
Mailun’s teammates had already fled; only he, Reg, and Truth remained—the four most likely to be engulfed by the flames.
Gadelia wanted to rush forward to block the dragon’s attack, but as a fragile fifth-rank mage without any protective gear, charging forward meant dying alongside Suna and the others.
Reg remained calm—everything was fine as long as Truth was there.
Suna panicked and ran in front of Truth to shield her:
“Be careful!”
Then Truth pulled her forcefully, placing Suna behind her:
“Huh?!”
The taller Suna, nearly a head taller than Truth, awkwardly hid behind her—why was she the one being protected?
To be honest, being protected by someone smaller felt a bit embarrassing…
Truth raised her right hand, directly facing the dragon breath, ready to withstand the attack for everyone.
Leaving others aside, she had to protect her little dog first.
She realized the fire dragon was going all out. The students, mostly second rank, would be reduced to ashes with just a graze. Truth had no chance to heal.
What’s going on? Was it really necessary to be this furious?
“Eh? That little priest actually took others behind her back…”
Gadelia was stunned from afar. She was only rank one, yet such a selfless priest still existed in this world.
Too bad she was about to die.
RIP
“Boom!”
The scorching dragon breath exploded across the training ground.
“It’s over!”
Gadelia couldn’t bear to watch Truth staggering about and quickly looked away. All she heard was the explosion’s roar in her ears.
Sorry, Your Highness, looks like we need to find some gifted students again…
When the explosion ceased and the dust began to clear, a faint cough sounded suddenly:
“Ahem…”
It was Suna, coughing from the smoke. Then Reg and Mailun emerged from the haze, both looking up with shock.
Though knowing Truth would keep her unharmed, Reg was still stunned by the devastating power of the fire dragon’s breath. So this was an adult dragon’s destructive force?
But no matter how strong, it was stopped by Truth.
Seeing the pale green Light Shield enveloping everyone, Reg sighed in relief. Now the question was how Truth would explain this.
Truth had no idea—the light shield in the sky wasn’t cast by her…….
Above, a vast life energy enveloped the area.
The energy was so dense that even the seventh-rank dragon struggled to flap its wings.
Then, the clouds above the dragon rapidly shaped into a divine female figure.
The Goddess of Life.
“Arooo!”
A pure white Light Halo wrapped around the fire dragon, immobilizing it.
Immediately after, the dragon was thrown out of Deya City and near the Edge of Mist as if tossed like a chick.
“That seventh-rank fire dragon?”
The Goddess of Life originally wanted to kill the invading dragon outright but realized it was the one she had released a hundred years ago at the border as a challenge for the future new hero.
The hero’s fight against the dragon was always a beloved event among humans.
As gods, how to make believers gratefully worship them? For the five Human True Gods, it was of course to create an external enemy to consolidate faith!
For centuries, the True Gods had given humans a common foe—the Demon Race.
In current history, the demons ravaged humanity, only to be saved by the True Gods. But every so often, the demons would try again to enslave humans, requiring heroes to seal the resurrected Demon King.
On their journey, heroes face numerous challenges, spreading the True Gods’ faith across the world, culminating in a final battle in the Demon Lord’s Castle.
The gods wanted humans to understand that without them, humanity would have long been extinct.
And this fire dragon was one of the future new hero’s challenges, so it couldn’t be killed yet.
“Leave this place!”
The Goddess of Life’s majestic voice echoed in the dragon’s mind.
Faced with an invincible god, it had no choice but to tuck its tail and retreat.
But just as the white Light Halo faded and the dragon prepared to take flight, its eyes caught a familiar figure.
Near the Mist Entrance Tree Hollow, a carriage stood firmly parked.
Beside it, a golden-haired girl wearing a priest robe held a massive milky white Dragon Egg, staring at the dragon with a face full of shock.
“Uh…”