Ember Dragon

"Humans, let me go, I can give you countless treasures! I will let you have a long life comparable to that of elves!" The adult green dragon was tied up by the wire mesh, struggling frantically on the ground, making hoarse pleas for mercy.

However, Tiansheng Zhan Kuang scratched his head and picked up the battle axe on the ground: "If we kill you, won't all your things belong to us? We can also get the money for a five-colored dragon corpse."

The blood-stained battle axe dragged on the ground, making a harsh sound of metal friction, which made people's hair stand on end.

The green dragon shouted angrily, "We are the descendants of Tiamat! The great mother of dragons will not let you go! All the five-colored dragons will regard you as an enemy and hunt you down to death!"

Under the green dragon's astonished and terrified gaze, the natural war maniac's figure grew taller and more muscular, expanding to five or six meters in the blink of an eye.

Lava-like scales grew on his body, his muscles bulged exaggeratedly, broad bat wings spread out from his back, and his eyes were gleaming with extremely dangerous fire.

"This, this is the Hellish Devil? How is it possible that those stingy devils would actually give away this level of——"

"Five-colored dragon?"

The natural warrior raised his battle axe high above his head and said with a grim smile, "I'd love to have them come find me! Come and kill me!"

"Look who's the prey!"

The green dragon gritted its teeth, finally tore through the wire mesh, and pounced towards the berserker not far away.

"Shh-"

With the whistling sound of air bursting, the natural warrior raised his axe and chopped the green dragon's huge head in half. He started to chop it downwards from the middle, and the axe didn't stop until it reached the neck.

Blood, brain matter and bone fragments flew everywhere. The green dragon didn't even have time to wail before its mouth was torn apart by the sudden axe blade, and blood gushed out like a fountain in an instant.

“Hoo, hoo, hoo.”

The natural warrior stood there, panting, his face full of excitement and excitement. The green dragon's claws were only one step away from his heart, which was extremely thrilling.

The sticky brain matter and blood splashed all over his face, making the natural war maniac's already extremely ferocious face even more hideous, enough to make a child cry at night.

The players around were all shocked and started discussing in a noisy manner, their voices filled with annoyance.

"What the hell? What kind of damage is this? One axe kills in one second? Is this reasonable?"

"It feels like Brother Zhan Kuang is not playing the same game as us. This is a full-grown dragon! Can you kill it in one second?"

"This green dragon is too weak. It's not even as good as the flying dragon leader of the empire."

"With a monster like this around, who the hell can grab the dragon head?"

"Whatever, start digging!"

Players rushed to the green dragon's corpse, looting materials like hungry vultures.

The natural war maniac tore off the green dragon's head along with a large piece of neck skin with a "swish" sound, draped it on his back regardless of the blood, and rushed towards the other green dragon.

Not far away, a biological priest of the Mechanicus sighed and shook his head: "What a good sample, if only it could be transformed. Alas, they just wasted it like this."

"Quick, five o'clock, shoot it down!"

"Dragon hunting crossbow ready--"

"Watch out for acid breath?"

"You still dare to fight back? Damn it, load me with armor-piercing bullets, I'm going to blow its head off!"

In the sky, players driving airships were chasing frantically, while green dragons were scrambling to escape, and the situation was in chaos.

Along with the roar of exploding shells, the cheers of the crowd, and the miserable howls of the giant dragons, the green dragons fell from the sky one after another.

Once they fall, they will be greeted by a fierce siege from hundreds of players. The green dragon's acid and minions are enough to easily kill lower-level players.

But they were not afraid at all. Even if they were swallowed into the bloody mouth, they would use their swords to scratch the mouth a few times.

"Fuck, that NPC is so strong! Is this the beauty of numbers?"

"That's outrageous!"

"He seems to be a legendary warrior. Damn, he actually took my head!"

Duke Franz carried the nearly three-meter-long giant sword, stepped on the ground with one foot, and jumped hundreds of meters high. The heavy giant sword fell from the air and smashed a middle-aged green dragon down.

Adrian also seized the opportunity, jumped up, and lunged forward suddenly. The long sword emitting dazzling light instantly pierced the throat of the middle-aged green dragon.

The two of them cooperated with each other very well, and even an adult green dragon was no match for them.

"Quick, grab the body while the NPC isn't paying attention!"

“It’s like pie in the sky!”

Players flocked in, and Duke Franz looked at the increasingly chaotic battlefield in the distance and picked up the giant sword.

Adrian sighed, "It's really scary. When I was traveling in Silver Moon Bay, I saw fishermen working together to kill giant whales. It was the same. But they were facing a giant dragon! They actually dared to treat the dragon as prey! I don't know whether to say they are reckless or arrogant."

"An immortal being would naturally not understand the fear of death that ordinary people have, but..."

Duke Franz turned his head and lowered his voice: "Do you feel it? These humans from the empire, no, maybe they can't be called humans - they don't regard us as equal 'people'."

Adrian argued: "Your Excellency the Duke, you are exaggerating. After all, they fought alongside us."

Duke Franz interrupted him and said, "I am very familiar with that look - the green dragons look at us the same way. I can only say that they don't regard us as their own kind at all. As long as the benefits are sufficient, these guys don't mind treating me as prey."

Duke Franz said in a heavy tone: "Now we are their nominal allies and can maintain superficial peace, but what about the future?"

Adrian looked serious and said, "My Lord Duke, I don't know how the future will develop. I only know that we should do our best to drive these brutal five-colored dragons out of our home and put an end to this disaster."

Duke Franz sighed deeply. "You are right. I am just worried that if the Burning Emperor's ambitions go beyond this, this group of so-called 'Starfallers' will bring even greater disaster to the Seleucids."

Adrian picked up the sword, and the light behind him condensed into wings: "Let's go, Duke, there is no need to think too much. At least now, we are fighting for Seleucia and Fadlan!"

Franz nodded in agreement. The duke, who looked rough but was actually delicate in heart, once again picked up the exaggerated giant sword and plunged into the battle with the Green Dragon Legion.

"Evil dragon! Pay the price for your atrocities!"

Twelve green dragons.

Most of them are adult dragons, middle-aged dragons, and there is even a terrifying ancient green dragon.

When these green dragons gather together, they are considered a considerable force in the entire Fianso. For them, it is easy to massacre a city with a population of tens of thousands or even destroy a small principality.

The "Lord of the Swamp" sent this green dragon army to the narrow, remote and sparsely populated Green Valley Town in order to completely wipe out the resistance forces led by Franz and destroy the last hope in the hearts of the Seleucids.

But after nearly 30,000 elite players arrived at Green Valley Town through the large portal, everything changed, and the balance of victory quickly fell to one side. The weaker and more numerous cultists were slaughtered in an instant, and blood flowed everywhere. All kinds of monsters and beasts with dragon blood were also killed.

Even the green dragon army that the "Lord of the Swamp" was proud of was treated as prey by the players. They were hunted down and their dragon corpses were even divided up in public. Now there are only five dragons left, less than half of the original number.

Faced with such a price, the ancient green dragon hiding behind the green dragon army could no longer stand idly by.

The night sky was as dark as ink. The wounded green dragon shuttled through the rolling dark clouds, uttering a wail and roar that was almost desperate.

"Get out of here, damned human! I am the descendant of Erebus, Lord of the Swamp and King of the Forest!"

"Want to escape?"

The Mechanical Priest sneered, aimed the electromagnetic pulse cannon at the bottom of the small spacecraft at the green dragon's heart, and pressed the button.

"boom--"

With a roar that shook the sky, a thick beam of lightning gushed out and shot towards the back of the green dragon.

The green dragon twisted its body with all its might and dodged hastily, but one of its wings was still shot through. It wailed and fell from the sky, with a large charred hole appearing on its wing membrane.

"Damn, I can't even hit it! It looks like the machine spirit is unhappy. It's time to do maintenance on the spaceship." The mechanical priest gritted his teeth and said viciously.

On the ground, the players could not wait to gather around and prepare to deal with the injured beast.

But at this moment, thunder rumbled and dark clouds rolled, and it seemed that an enormous figure appeared in the clouds, looming.

"Boom!"

Another bolt of lightning struck, and with the help of the dazzling lightning, people could see the true face of the figure in the dark clouds.

Dark green scales, deep and sinister eyes, emitting a strong sense of oppression, the surface of its body is wrapped in mud and dry tree roots, as if it came from an ancient wild god - it is a green dragon, and an ancient green dragon.

"God!"

"It's actually him!"

Many soldiers in Green Valley Town screamed and trembled all over.

This is Erebus, one of the three messengers of Tiamat, honored as the "Lord of the Swamp", a genuine ancient dragon!

The adult green dragon was like a drowning child, desperately flapping its tattered wings and stretching out its front paws, trying to grab this last life-saving straw.

"Grandfather! Do you still remember me? I am Theodore, please save me! Kill all these damned humans!!" The green dragon's voice was hoarse and even sounded like crying.

The remaining four green dragons also flapped their wings desperately and tried their best to fly towards the famous evil dragon in an attempt to get protection.

"Pretend to be a ghost."

"This green dragon is not simple, let's test him!"

Several small flying ships of the Mechanicus surrounded the ancient green dragon and shot out countless balls of light containing lightning.

However, the ancient green dragon had a grim expression and just stretched out its claws grimly. Then a huge, pitch-black claw appeared in the sky, trapping several small flying ships of the Mechanicus.

"This kind of energy fluctuation is at least a ninth-level spell! It's dangerous! We must retreat!"

"No, it's too late!"

"boom!"

"Boom! Boom!"

The ancient green dragon suddenly clenched its claws, and the small flying ships in the sky exploded one after another, turning into gorgeous fireworks.

"how so!"

"The formation sent by the Mechanicus was wiped out in one encounter! Isn't this green dragon too outrageous?"

Theodore's tone was particularly excited. He used the power of the ancient green dragon to proudly shout, "Bastards are bastards! In front of the might of grandfather, you are no match for him!"

The other green dragons also laughed wildly: "My lord, let's kill them all together and massacre the entire Green Valley Town!"

"Idiot! Waste!"

Erebus's expression became increasingly gloomy, and his ferocious dragon face seemed to be covered with a thick layer of haze, and anger was revealed in his deep eyes.

"You actually want me to use the power bestowed by the Dragon Queen to save you, why don't you just leave?

You are such a useless bunch, are your heads the same size as the white dragon?!" The ancient green dragon cursed while waving its claws, and a dark green space vortex appeared in front of it.

"what?"

Theo hid for a moment before rushing into the portal in a hurry.

He finally came to his senses. His grandfather was busy preparing for the sacrificial ceremony in the south, so how could he appear here!

This is clearly a projection!
The middle-level Mechanicus in the distance noticed something unusual: "No, this is just a projection composed of a high concentration of divine power! The flying ship that just destroyed us has released all its power. That green dragon is bluffing us. They want to escape!"

"Quick, shoot, don't let them get away!"

For a moment, countless gun barrels were aimed at the green dragon in the distance, and dense shells, arrows, and light beams attacked him, but the five green dragons had all escaped.

Erebus flapped his wings, allowing the shells and arrows to pierce through his illusory figure, and a creepy smile appeared on his ugly face.

"Humans, you will pay the price for this. When the dragon's wings cover the sky, I will let you know.
What true despair is.”

The ancient green dragon gradually faded away, sweeping across everyone present with a look of resentment and hatred, and finally turned into thick black smoke and disappeared completely.

At the first light of dawn, the red sun rose from the mountains. The brilliant golden color spread from the eastern horizon and stretched freely across the sky.

The rolling dark clouds gradually dissipated, the heavy rain slowly stopped, and the first ray of sunlight of the new day shone on the land of Green Valley Town, revealing the devastation, corpses everywhere, and rivers of blood.
Unlike the players who were still eager to see more, many of the soldiers in Green Valley Town - including Franz and Adrian - looked up at the sky in a trance yet devoutly, like a child being baptized.

Soon after, the townspeople hiding in the churches and cellars came out anxiously, trembling as they looked at the horrific corpses of the dragon-blood monsters.

The sun is coming out.

The light of dawn shone on the soldiers' rough faces covered with dust and blood, as well as on the confused faces of the townspeople.

They are not dead yet, Green Valley Town has not been trampled by the evil dragon or occupied by the Dragon Worship Church, there is still hope.

——Just like the rising sun. (End of this chapter)