Ember Dragon

"Damn dragon!" Brun was unable to dodge and was hit head-on by the dragon flame. The scorching flames raged on his body, burning his skin, and the surroundings turned into a sea of ​​fire.

But this legendary dwarf warrior relied on his strong physique, braved the burning flames, rushed out of the sea of ​​fire carrying a huge sword, rolled on the ground several times, and put out the flames on his body.

At this time, the dwarf's whole body was charred and covered with burn marks. Even his hair and beard were burnt clean. But he was still not afraid. Instead, he slowly got up from the ground.

Brun looked at the flying dragon in the distance, raised the giant sword in his hand, pointed the tip of the sword at the dragon's head, and shouted angrily: "Come, fight with me!
I have killed real dragons before, and you are nothing more than a larger reptile to me!"

"Ow—"

Smaug suddenly let out an extremely angry roar, his golden vertical pupils were about to spurt out fire, and the dragon scales on his face fluttered, emitting hot white smoke, as if they were about to explode.

"Foolish dwarf! I am a follower of the great red dragon, a dragon with your burning blood flowing in my veins!"

Obviously, the dwarf's words hit Smaug's sore spot.

As his wisdom, strength and status grew, the dragon leader became more and more ashamed of his "lowly bloodline" and hated that he was not born a true dragon.

But with the gift of the ancestral bloodline of Emperor Burning Cinders, Smaug's bloodline has broken through its own shackles and is more noble than "inferior true dragons" like white dragons. Its strength is even far superior to that of red dragons of the same age.

It is no exaggeration to say that he is the most powerful and largest wyvern in the Third Age.

Seeing the Wyvern's fury, Brun challenged it even more vigorously, gathering all his strength and shouting, "A brainless beast is just a beast, and it will never be able to become a real dragon!

Hahahaha! Howl, call out your emperor, he is the only one who is qualified to compete with me! As for you - you are not qualified!
Do you hear me? I'm going to chop off the head of that red dragon and hang it on the wall of Avundaldan!"

He wanted to enrage the dragon-blood monster and make it completely lose its mind, so that he could accurately grasp its weakness and kill it with one blow.

"Arrogant dwarf! How dare you insult His Majesty - you are seeking death!"

A thunderous roar echoed above the city wall. In extreme rage, Smaug flapped his wings suddenly, soared into the air, and swooped towards Brun in the distance, accompanied by flames all over the sky.

"boom!"

Smaug opened his bloody mouth and spewed out scorching dragon flames again. The flames instantly submerged the city walls below, causing the dwarf soldiers guarding the city to flee in all directions.

Thick smoke covered the sky, flames burned fiercely, hot winds swept in, sparks flew everywhere, and the world in front of us turned into a mottled ocean of gray, black, and orange.

Faced with this natural disaster, the dwarf warrior showed no fear. He held the giant sword in one hand, looked up at the aggressive wyvern, and shouted, "Come on, you damn bastard! You will never be able to defeat a dwarf warrior!"

When Smaug was about to swoop down in front of him, Brun suddenly jumped up and stepped hard on the city wall. He used the side of the city wall as a stepping stone, jumped high while avoiding the dragon's breath, and swung the giant sword in the air.

Jump and chop! Another jump and chop!
According to the experience of the dwarf warriors, jumping and slashing is the most effective way to deal with such huge monsters, and it can always deal a fatal blow to those behemoths.

"Drink!"

Brun roared at the top of his lungs, and the giant sword tore through the air, carrying an unstoppable momentum and slashing straight towards the head of the wyvern.

However, although the wyvern does not have front claws that can move flexibly like a real dragon, it also has forelimbs with wing membranes.

"Shh-"

Smaug flapped his wings suddenly, stirring up a scorching wind that caused the huge body to retreat violently.

At the same time, his bloody mouth just faced the dwarf in mid-air. A dazzling light appeared at his throat, and raging flames gushed out, hitting the dwarf directly.

Brun quickly changed his action and held the huge sword in front of him, using it as a shield to block the breath of the wyvern, but he himself fell from mid-air.

Smaug did not miss such a good opportunity. He increased the force of his breath and swung his thick tail.

"Thorn-"

With a piercing sound, the tip of his tail cut through the air, and the poisonous barbs unique to the wyvern stabbed towards the dwarf.

The neurotoxin contained in it is enough to put a ground dragon beast into a coma, and even a legendary dwarf will be affected.

Facing the tail hook that came through the air, Brun gritted his teeth, gave up defense, endured the burning of the scorching dragon flame, and swung the giant sword hard to the side and rear.

"Keng——"

The sound of metal clashing echoed in the air. Brun used his giant sword to knock off the dragon's tail hook, and with the help of the reaction force generated by the tail whipping, he changed direction and avoided the invasion of dragon flames.

"boom!"

The dwarf's sturdy and strong body slammed heavily on the city wall, causing rubble to fly and dust to fill the air, and a hole was smashed in the wall.

"Roar--"

A loud roar resounded through the sky. Smaug folded his wings and stretched out his sharp hind claws, preparing to swoop down from the sky to crush the dwarves trapped in the city wall.

This wyvern has always followed the teachings of Cassius and knows the importance of seizing opportunities and finishing off the enemy as quickly as possible - Smaug would never be like the bosses in some games who have a low desire to attack and waste precious time combing their scales and licking their claws.

Accompanied by the crisp sound of the air exploding, Smaug fell from the sky, carrying terrifying kinetic energy, and his huge body slammed heavily into the city wall.

Little did they know that the dwarf was not trapped in the city wall and unable to get out, but was lying in ambush in the hole, holding the giant sword tightly, tensing his muscles, ready to fight the dragon at any time.

Just as Smaug was about to crash into the city wall, the huge black iron sword pierced through the smoke and dust and stabbed straight into the belly of the wyvern.

"boom!"

A huge roar was heard, and the city wall was smashed to pieces by Smaug. Brun dodged, but was still knocked back by the powerful impact. The palm of his hand holding the sword was numb and almost slipped out of his hand.

Fortunately, the dwarf clung to the edge of the outer wall and did not fall from Avenderdan.

"Damn it, how is this possible?!" Brun's heart was filled with shock. He had just stabbed the dragon's abdomen in the smoke and dust, but his full-strength attack was blocked by the opponent's scales!
He was so shocked that his palms were numb, but the wyvern showed no reaction, and even its outermost layer of defense was not broken!

Little did the legendary dwarf warrior know that as the empire's dragon leader, Smaug had several protective spells engraved on his weak abdomen.

The ancestral dragon blood bestowed by Cassius also changed Smaug's appearance, giving him scales harder than those of ordinary dragons.

"Ow!"

Smaug roared again, and like a huge bulldozer, he ruthlessly destroyed the city wall beside him and rushed towards the dwarves hanging on the edge of the city wall not far away.

He has attacked so many times, why hasn't the dwarf died yet? He is as hard as a smelly stone! Smaug thought angrily but also surprisedly, as he blew out clouds of sulfur-smelling white smoke.

You have to know that even within the empire, there are only a handful of people who can withstand the full force of the dragon leader's breath, and even fewer who can fight him like this.

Seeing the dragon rushing towards him again, the dwarf quickly used one arm to flip over with the giant sword, and moved flexibly on the city wall, avoiding the repeated attacks of the dragon's claws and giant tail.

Just like that, each filled with surprise and anger at the enemy, the dwarf warrior and the dragon leader wrestled with each other again.

"when--"

The giant sword hit the tail heavily, but was knocked off again, leaving only a shallow white mark, while the wyvern was unharmed.

"This guy's scales are too hard. I must find his weakness, otherwise it will be impossible to defeat him." The dwarf thought with gritted teeth as he dodged the raging flames.

During the thrilling fight, Brun was constantly observing the body of the wyvern.

Finally, when Smaug spread his wings, raised his head and roared, the dwarf keenly discovered the enemy's weakness - the left chest. There was actually a scale missing from the left chest of this wyvern!
And that is exactly where the heart is!

Suddenly, Brun was ecstatic and stared at the gap with his eyes.

The dwarf thought to himself, "As long as I hit the part without scales to pierce the heart, this wyvern will surely die!"

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But Brun also knew how difficult it was to hit that small area accurately in a battle. To deal with this wyvern, just getting close to it was already extremely dangerous.

Besides, this wyvern is too huge, and even if it is hit, it is very likely that it will not penetrate the heart, but will make the wyvern alert.

Steel crossbow.

This word popped up in Brun's mind.

The Dwarven Steel Crossbow is a long-range weapon originally designed to deal with large monsters like this. It is absolutely perfect to use it to deal with the Wyvern.

Moreover, the steel crossbow is also equipped with cross arrows specially used for hunting dragons, which can be used by Brun.

Thinking of this, Brun finally made up his mind. He decided to find an opportunity to escape from the battlefield and use the dwarven steel crossbow to shoot the wyvern's left chest where the scales were missing, giving the monster a fatal blow.

"Roar--" Smaug spewed out flames, crashed into the city wall blocking his way, rampaged through the city of Avendeldan, and rushed towards the dwarf warriors again.

But this time, Brun smiled mockingly, and used his relatively short stature to sneak into the portal of the tower and disappear from the sight of the wyvern.

"coward!"

"Damn dwarf, come out!"

In extreme rage, Smaug swung his huge tail wildly and used his huge and strong body to slam into the city wall again and again, cracking large pieces of bricks and stones and violently destroying everything around him.

"boom!"

With a loud bang and dust all over the sky, the tower that Brun had just entered suddenly collapsed and turned into ruins, but the dwarf had disappeared without a trace.

Relying on his familiarity with the walls of Avendeldan, Brunn easily escaped from the collapsing tower and went through the secret passage in the city to the arrow tower where the dwarf crossbow was placed.

After wreaking havoc and venting his anger, Smaug still could not find Brun. He stood on the top of the ruins and roared to the sky: "Dwarf! Since I can't find you, I will make your people pay the price!
Smaug flapped his wings, took off into the air, and flew menacingly towards the dwarf defenders on the walls of Avender.

The wyvern spread its wings and swooped down rapidly along the direction of the city wall. He opened his mouth and scorching dragon flames gushed out of his mouth, turning the city wall occupied by the dwarves into a sea of ​​fire.

"No!"

"There are flames everywhere!"

"Ahem! Damn monster! I'm going to die with you!"

Thick smoke billowed, flames spread, and the city walls were filled with the painful wails of the dwarf defenders. They continued to struggle in the sea of ​​fire, but could not escape the fate of being reduced to ashes.

Smaug spread his wings and circled back and forth over the southwestern wall of Avundaldan.

The two-legged dragon shuttled through the thick smoke, casting his hideous shadow. Like a god bringing death, he constantly took the lives of the dwarves with fire.

"Dwarves, continue hiding like rats in your fortress!

I will burn every one of your compatriots and relatives to death. I will burn all these dwarves to ashes!"

The whispers of death echoed above the walls of Avendeldan, and Smaug roared heartily and spit out hot dragon flames.

"I am fire, I am death!"

This time it was not the will of Cassius, but Smaug's heartfelt, cathartic roar.

Within the order of the empire, although this flying dragon leader had no worries about food and clothing and was well treated, his instincts of destruction and killing had always been suppressed in his heart, and he was unable to resolve his frustration.

And this time, in this siege, Smaug was finally completely released. He burned Evanderdan and enjoyed the screams of the dwarves, feeling particularly refreshed.

"You dirty monster! I'm here! Your opponent is me!" A familiar shout came from a distance.

Smaug turned his head impatiently and saw the dwarf warrior Brun standing on the top of a tower in the distance, shouting at the top of his lungs and waving at him.

Listening to his tribesmen wailing in the sea of ​​fire, Brun felt unprecedented anger - even if it cost him everything, he would make this monster pay with his life!
Next to Brun was a well-made dwarf steel crossbow, on the crossbow bed was already equipped a black arrow with a cross-shaped arrowhead - that was the dragon's lethal arrow.

As the saying goes, enemies are extremely jealous when they meet.

"Ow—"

Smaug roared angrily, immediately abandoned the weak dwarf defenders, flapped his broad wings, and flew towards the distant tower.

Raging flames and thick smoke followed behind it, and the two-legged flying dragon came with such force that it was like a natural disaster.

At this moment, Smaug had only one thought in his mind: he wanted to burn that damn dwarf to ashes!

Brun was also ready. He quickly turned the winch of the crossbow, ready to aim at the gap in the left chest of the two-legged dragon, and muttered to himself: "Come on, come on, I will kill you and avenge my people who died in the dragon's flames."

The final duel is about to begin. (End of this chapter)