The Mighty Dragons Are Dead

Chapter 710: Chapter 0707: My Name (Fifth Update, 1/5 celebration for Alliance Hierarch Mose Tianya)
 

This chapter is an additional update sponsored by Alliance Hierarch “Ink Color, End of the World”, temporarily one update; subsequent updates will complete the five.

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“Sly old bastard!”

Liszt cursed impolitely in his mind.

The Sapphire Duke truly was a cunning old fox, keeping hidden whether he was a Dragon Knight or a Dragon Domain Landlord. In the end, Liszt had concluded he must be a Dragon Domain Landlord.

Yet, at the moment of battle, he mounted the Sapphire Dragon, becoming a true Dragon Knight.

“This is entrapment!” Liszt felt a bit unsettled. He was once full of confidence that as long as he succeeded in Dragon Riding, he could easily beat the Duke.

Now, he realized that he was still too young, unaware of the dangers of the world, “Perhaps after the dragon slaying incident, the Duke already had the idea of entrapment, otherwise, he wouldn’t have always posed as a Dragon Domain Landlord. Knowing the ambitions of the Eagle Kingdom, he would naturally take precautions.”

Although guessing after the fact might seem like an afterthought, it wasn’t too late. At least he still had the chance to benefit like a fisherman waiting to reap the rewards—the Sapphire Dragon Knight would ultimately have to battle with the Bronze Dragon Knight.

Boom!

Earth Attribute Dragon Dou Qi collided with Ice Attribute Dragon Dou Qi, and the Bronze Dragon also clashed with the Sapphire Dragon. The giant bodies collided starkly, emitting a dull clutter sound. The light green Dragon Lance struck against the blue flame sword, creating sparks flying with lightning.

Rocks transformed by Dragon Dou Qi and hail rained down chaotically, splashing the sea below with surging waves.

The First Prince had no choice but to command the fleet to retreat, while someone from the Eagle Kingdom began instructing to sail to another area of the sea, still hoping to land ashore.

Boom!

The Bronze Dragon and Sapphire Dragon collided frenetically, Alonso and Andrew kept unleashing Combat Skills, and in a flash, the entire sky was filled with half a heavy earthy yellow and half a chilling blue-white. Rocks scattered, hail pelted down, and the battlefield stretched from east to west without pause, seemingly evenly matched.

The Tulip Family’s fleet was also quietly withdrawing, only lagging a bit behind, constantly paying attention to the battlefield in the sky. Marquis Li Weiliam, protected by Dragon Knights and Archmages, was not in the least bit frightened as he watched the rare dragon-slaying battle, exclaiming repeatedly, “Who would have thought the Duke was also a Dragon Knight.”

“I never expected it either, that the Duke deceived us all.”

“He probably had no choice, for the pressure in his position is hardly less than that on us ordinary knights.” Li Weiliam seemed to understand the Duke’s actions quite well, but his allegiance was no longer with the Duke, “Liszt, we must now reevaluate our next moves.”

“I know,” Liszt said, his expression serious.

He wasn’t worried at all, for whatever happened, he and Ach together would not be intimidated by Dragon Knights. However, the Duke’s Dragon Knight identity brought much uncertainty to the battle situation, and he might not be able to enjoy the benefits of a bystander’s advantage after all. One Dragon Knight was more than enough to protect a Grand Duchy.

If before Alonso had a ninety percent probability to defeat the Duke, now at best it was sixty-forty.

With the forces so evenly matched, it was likely that neither side would escalate the battle to the extreme; they’d have a fight, then find an excuse to retreat, each returning to their own homes.

However, the battle escalated in an instant.@@novelbin@@

All of a sudden, the Bronze Dragon bit into the Sapphire Dragon’s neck, and the Sapphire Dragon retaliated by biting the Bronze Dragon’s wing, dragon blood spraying into the sea in bubbling torrents.

Alonso wielded the light green Dragon Lance, continuously thrusting to kill the Duke, who in turn swung the blue flame sword in response and roared, “Alonso, we’re both Dragon Knights; continuing this standoff benefits no one. Why not stop here? Otherwise, when the Dragon Knights of Steel Ridge return, you will perish here!”

“Enough talk!”

Alonso persisted, not stopping for a moment, “Though this old fox deceived me once, you think I’m new to this? Today is destined to be the day Sapphire meets its doom, and no one can stop it—I said it!”

The light green Dragon Lance overflowed with earthy yellow Dragon Dou Qi, each strike as if lifting a mountain to smash upon the foe.

Boom!

Boom!

The Duke resisted strenuously, grinding his teeth, “Are you mad?”

“I’m just fulfilling the plan to destroy Sapphire!”

“Madman!”

Boom!

Boom!

The battle had reached a fever pitch; both dragons teetered in the sky, bleeding, with no intention to retreat.

Liszt’s pupils spun like galaxies, his Eye of Magic tirelessly following the trajectories of both men and both dragons. He could clearly see that neither Alonso nor the Duke were using mere Advanced Dou Qi Manuals or Dou Qi Secret Techniques; they were attacking with moves complemented by Dragon Dou Qi.

This was the Dragon Dou Qi Manual he hoped to innovate.

Brutal, wild, yet when combined with Dragon Dou Qi, it could unleash tremendous attacking power, a clear step above ordinary Dou Qi in combat strength.

Just then, Ach suddenly said, “Brother, I want to collect that dragon blood.”

Liszt nodded, “Be careful.” Collecting dragon blood in the sea didn’t pose much danger to Ach, and the spilled dragon blood was a treasure of immense value—too precious to be wasted carelessly. On land, the blood could merge with the earth to form ores, but in the sea, it was likely a different story.

Liszt was reluctant to use Leo’s blood for Ach’s experiments, moreover, Leo’s blood would directly boil into flames, so the blood of the bronze dragons and the sapphire dragons was the best material for research.

Ach locked onto the direction of the dragon-slaying battle in the sky and quickly dived into the sea to collect the dragon blood.

Liszt was still observing the way dragon knights fought. Being a new dragon rider and a poor one at that, he had to figure everything out on his own. Now that two “teachers” were displaying their skills in a real fight, providing him with rich experience, he naturally didn’t want to miss any detail of the battle.

“Roar!”

“Roar!”

The dragons’ roars echoed between heaven and sea, carried by the surging waves, as almost all of the ships had retreated from, or more accurately, stayed away from the battlefield. This was because the two dragon knights seemed to be deliberately avoiding the fleet to prevent accidental injuries—their battle was so ferocious that even the aftermath could easily destroy ships and kill ordinary knights.

The winter sun was setting in the west.

In a blink, it was already the afternoon, and the two dragon knights had been fighting with their powerful sustained combat abilities for a full hour and a half. The two dragons were covered in wounds, bloodied and still, there was no victory in sight. The condition of the two riders on the dragon’s tooth platform was also starting to deteriorate, their attack moves becoming increasingly disorganized.

The Grand Duke once again roared in anger, “Alonso, do you intend to be buried with me in this sea!”

“You’re wrong!”

Alonso suddenly let out a cheerful laugh, “Do you really think I’m fighting to the death with you? Old man, you guard against the Eagle Kingdom at every turn, but did you think I haven’t considered this? You can disguise yourself as a dragon domain landlord with dragon knight status, and naturally, I can also feign a lone attack on Sapphire!”

“Hm?” The Grand Duke was suddenly shaken, as if he had discovered something incredible, “You… you have another dragon knight following you?”

With the Grand Duke’s shock,

A distant figure swiftly emerged from the clouds on the horizon, speeding towards the still entangled pair of dragon knights, and upon drawing closer, it was indeed another dragon.

A dragon just slightly smaller than the sapphire dragon, with a light green hue.

On the dragon’s tooth platform on its back, sat a knight in silver armor and helmet, holding a five-meter long silver dragon lance in hand.

Upon seeing this dragon knight, the Grand Duke bit his teeth and bellowed in anger, “Light Green Sapphire Dragon Knight, Carlo Violet, very well!”

“Marquis Alonso, I’ve arrived, and my dragon lance is already eager for dragon blood, unable to wait to slay a dragon!”

The Light Green Sapphire Dragon Knight, Carlo Violet, joined the fray with lightning speed, attempting to assassinate the sapphire dragon.

“Roar!”

The sapphire dragon let out a wail of pain.

The Grand Duke, already struggling against Alonso alone, was now being overwhelmed two against one. Escape was impossible as previous exhaustion left no chance to avoid the newly arrived Light Green Sapphire Dragon Knight’s entanglement, leaving no choice but to continuously fend off the lethal attacks of the two dragon knights.

Dragon blood dyed the sky red.

The sapphire dragon was on the brink of a grievous defeat, and perhaps even on the verge of being slain.

The battle gripped the hearts of all those watching from afar, the knights of the Eagle Kingdom cheered and rejoiced, while the hearts of the knights of the Duchy of Sapphire sank to the depths.

But standing on the foredeck of the Tulip,

Liszt felt his blood surge, and his entire body seemed to ignite.

“The situation truly changes in the blink of an eye, I assumed the Grand Duke was bound for defeat—a perfect opportunity for me to take over; little did I expect the Grand Duke was merely fishing for the law, having secretly achieved dragon riding; but now the Eagle Kingdom has dispatched two dragon knights, determined to annihilate Sapphire.”

He raised his head, his eyes ablaze, “The Smoke Mission calls for me to make a choice of stance, and the time is now. It is time to let the world know a new dragon rider has been born upon these seas!”

“It’s me, Fire Dragon Knight Liszt Tulip!”

The red-faced, black-based, gold-edged tricolor cloak fluttered in the wind, and the Ice Soul Dragon-Slaying Sword trembled ceaselessly.

“Oh-ho!”

A domineering dragon roar resounded in his soul.

The magic form of Little Fire Dragon Leo burst forth from his body in an instant, exploding into a ball of fire in mid-air, which then outlined a twenty-meter wingspan fire dragon amidst the flames. As the fire slowly extinguished, the red and black scales were fully revealed to the astonished gaze of all around.

Disregarding the astonished eyes from the ships around, Liszt leaped up, mounted Leo’s back, and entered Dragon Rider Mode in a flash.

The world became clearer and brighter.

“Oh-ho!”

Leo let out an even more domineering and majestic roar, charging straight towards the entangled trio of dragon knights!