Ember Dragon

The spectacular sight of more than a dozen warships crashing and exploding on the battlefield caused a great uproar. Soldiers of the Allied Forces, players, and believers of the Dragon Church were all shocked and their faces showed fear.

"What a terrifying thunder!"

"This lightning, this kind of lightning, is simply beyond the ability of mortals to stop! This is practically divine punishment!"

"Oh no, her next attack is coming! Get out of the way!"

The cacophony of discussions and shouts filled the Allied positions, making the area chaotic and on the verge of losing order.

Soldiers from the vicinity of Tarillo were filled with despair, crying and shouting, and some even fled—this ancient blue dragon that came with thunder had become an indelible and eternal shadow in the hearts of many.

The Imperial artillery commander roared, "Don't be afraid! Keep the barrage going! It's just an old blue dragon. I don't believe this thing is truly invulnerable!"

"For the Empire!"

“Fire—”

"Bang! Bang bang bang!"

Extremely dense and overlapping explosions and whistling sounds resounded through the sky. Hundreds of anti-aircraft guns fired simultaneously, and tens of thousands of shells crisscrossed in the sky, like a tight net, pouring down on the Primordial Blue Dragon.

Gorazdra looked down at the earth with disdain and sneered, "Rebels who follow that red dragon—is this your rebellion?"

"Sizzle—"

The tens of thousands of shells all remained stationary, as if a freeze button had been pressed. Countless arcs of electricity crackled and popped between the shells, creating a noisy buzzing sound.

"Kai, by Kaisius above."

"They're back!"

The next moment, lightning surged, and the tails of the shells trailed dazzling arcs of electricity, like streaks of silver-white meteors, tearing through the sky at terrifying speed and flying off in the opposite direction.

"boom!"

"Boom! Boom!"

In an instant, the Empire's artillery positions were hit by tens of thousands of shells trailing electric arcs, and the blinding flashes and thick smoke from the explosions engulfed the entire position.

Under the influence of powerful electromagnetic forces, those shells possessed extremely exaggerated speed and kinetic energy, and were even able to shoot down several brass dragons flying in mid-air.

Under the bombardment of these shells, many steam tanks and magical warships controlled by players were destroyed, and the players panicked and shouted angry curses.

"Is this an electromagnetic gun?"

"How do you even beat this kind of boss? What kind of balance is this game designer doing? Why do they keep releasing monsters with these kinds of mechanics?"

"Quickly, move all our magic warships away! Just activate the space teleportation; leaving them here is just throwing them away!"

Dolo looked around. The Allied positions were filled with intense explosions, dazzling arcs of electricity, and the wreckage of space battleships, steam tanks, and arcane armor everywhere.

After this terrifying ancient blue dragon joined the fray, the situation on the battlefield changed dramatically. Under the overwhelming power of the "Thunder Tyrant," the Dragon Worship Church gained an almost crushing advantage.

The goblin officer said in a deep voice, "This cannot continue. Pass on my order to cease all firearms attacks against that blue dragon."

Adrian gazed at the ancient blue dragon in the distance, gripped the Sun God's longsword tightly in his hand, and gritted his teeth, saying, "Gentlemen, this dragon is too powerful. We must join forces to stop it. The great Lord of Eternal Radiance will protect us."

“I have predicted more than 300 scenarios, and we have no chance of defeating her at all. Almost every time, we are slaughtered by the blue dragon’s lightning breath in one encounter.”

Complex runes flickered in the eyes of the archmage from the City of Ten Thousand Laws, a hint of despair and helplessness in his gaze: "Such terrifying magical fluctuations. Before such a monster, we are like insignificant ants."

Dionysius sighed and said with a wry smile, "No, haven't you noticed? That blue dragon has already completed the leap in life form, and mortal beings bound by matter are simply no match for her."

Let alone divine protection, even if the sun god descended in his avatar, it might not be possible.

Dolo turned his head with a serious expression and looked at Misha, who had been silent all along: "Misha, have you contacted His Majesty Caesus? We can't continue to sit idly by and wait to die."

Misha bit her lip and shook her head: "After that ancient blue dragon appeared, I felt that my bond with my master was severed by something."

A dwarf general who had a deep grudge against the Red Dragon Emperor stepped forward and said in a muffled voice, "Is your emperor also afraid? It seems he is intimidated by this blue dragon and dares not go into battle!"

Misha's eyes turned icy cold. She looked at the dwarf general and said sternly, "Dwarf, you'd better watch your words. The Empire has already destroyed one dwarf kingdom, and we don't mind destroying another."

"You dare bring that up again—"

The dwarf general was panting heavily, his face flushed with anger, and he was ready to fight.

"Gentlemen, calm down and stop arguing over pointless things."

The great mage stepped forward to dissuade the two, then sighed leisurely and said, "This is a quasi-god. In a sense, this guy is already a candidate for godhood. Their control over matter far exceeds our mortal imagination. Just by existing there, they can change the environment within a radius of dozens of miles."

Gu Jinlong narrowed his eyes and looked into the distance, his pale golden vertical pupils shimmering with light: "Before descending onto the battlefield, Gorazdra used his divine power to create a thunderstorm that stretched for hundreds of miles, enveloping the entire battlefield."

She probably intends to kill us all, as a show of force to the Red Dragon Emperor and to vent her anger on the Five-Colored Dragon Queen.

Adrian looked up at the raging storm of thunder in the sky, and murmured in a daze, "Is...it really over? Was that blue dragon truly invincible?"

"Hahaha, of course, I am invincible!"

Accompanied by howling wind and thunder, a massive shadow appeared above the allied positions, its wings covering the sky and enveloping everyone.

"I am thunder, I am destruction! I will shatter the bodies of the weak, and let the glory of the dragon shine upon the earth once more—"

Gorazdra grinned menacingly, calmly flapping its wings as it looked down at the humans, dragons, and dragonborn within the allied positions. Its narrow, vertical pupils were filled with contempt and arrogance.

Accompanied by her chilling laughter, thunder roared and lightning crackled, engulfing the entire north bank of the Rock Rift Valley in a terrifying storm filled with thunder and sand.

In an instant, sand and stones flew everywhere, and the sky darkened.

Humans, elves, and dwarves were easily torn apart by the gale-force winds, thousands perishing in the air. Steam tanks on the ground were engulfed by surging electricity, exploding violently and billowing thick black smoke. Even the strongest warriors in the allied forces could barely stand in the storm, utterly unable to mount any effective resistance.

"Roar--"

Dust and iron filings on the ground hovered in mid-air, coalescing into enormous beasts that roared as they charged toward the allied soldiers. Their bodies were covered with arc-like patterns and emitted bursts of dust.

Amid the storm, Adrian braced himself with his sword, his body shimmering with the faint glow of the sun god's power.

Looking at the Seleucia soldiers torn apart by the storm around him, he was furious. He suddenly raised his head, pointed the sharp tip of his sword at the blue dragon in the sky, his eyes flashed with two dazzling flames, and magnificent fiery wings unfolded behind him.

He flapped his wings and soared into the air, his furious roar momentarily drowning out the wind: "Damn blue dragon, get out of this land! This is the home of the Seleucids, the territory of the great and holy Falden!"

"The followers of Amannata?"

Gorazdra peeked out from behind the churning clouds, looked at Adrian with a rather mocking gaze, and said with a smile:

"Heh, this is really rare. Since that self-righteous old fellow died, there hasn't been a Sun God's chosen one in the material world for a long time. I actually managed to catch one here. What good luck."

She flapped her dragon wings, carrying endless lightning, and slowly descended from the clouds, sneering, "Hahaha—Her Majesty the Dragon Queen will like a sacrifice like you!"

"How dare you, a filthy monster, presume to speak of the great and eternal Lord of Light!"

Adrian, humiliated in this way, was filled with rage and suddenly raised his longsword, unleashing all the power of the sun god within him.

"Go to hell——"

With a furious roar, an incredibly hot red light surged from the blade, releasing a blazing light blade that was over ten meters long.

"It's somewhat interesting."

The Primordial Blue Dragon casually extended its claws, and thousands of lightning bolts converged, the thunder surging like waves, condensing into a lightning dragon claw with a diameter of 100 meters, tearing through the sky and grabbing towards Adrian.

"boom!"

Flames and lightning collided in mid-air, and the fire blade that Adrian released was instantly engulfed by the blinding lightning and dissipated.

A flash of arrogance appeared in Gorazdra's eyes as he stared at Adrian with the eyes of a predator eyeing its prey: "But—mortals are mortals, and can never contend with gods!"

Seeing the lightning claw descending from the sky, Dionysius shouted, "Let's attack together and stop it! Protect Duke Adrian!"

The ancient golden dragon roared, flapped its wings and soared into the air, spewing out a blazing breath of fire.

Misha stretched out her hand, creating a thick, blazing wall of fire to block the lightning claws. The silver moon elf drew her longbow taut, and silver arrows, carrying the moon's radiance, soared into the sky.

The archmage raised his staff and chanted incantations in a low voice. A semi-transparent shield covered with complex runes appeared above Adrian.

With everyone working together, various magical lights shone brightly, and several completely different beams of light blasted towards the lightning claw, but they could only barely hold it off and temporarily block it in mid-air.

"A feeble resistance!"

Gorazdra flapped its broad dragon wings, and countless bolts of lightning roared down, instantly destroying the allied forces' defenses. The enormous lightning claws slammed down, imprisoning Adrian within them.

A crackling sound of electricity rang out, and Adrian's body was wrapped in arcs of electricity, trembling constantly, and charred black from the shock.

The Primordial Blue Dragon laughed arrogantly, manipulating wind and thunder as it slowly descended from the sky: "Stop struggling, mortals! You will all become sacrifices to Her Majesty the Dragon Queen, nourishment for her descent to the mortal realm! Even that damned red dragon will suffer the same fate!"

Are you talking about—me?

Just then, a powerful voice came from afar. The voice seemed to possess some kind of magical power, drowning out the booming thunder, the noisy lightning, and the raging wind, causing all mortals within a hundred miles to tremble.

Immediately afterwards, an immense pressure poured down like a mountain collapsing and the earth splitting. Almost all creatures trembled and knelt on the ground. Even the metal dragons and five-colored dragons showed fear and lowered their heads.

"Tiamat above."

"That's the dragon's might!"

"What immense pressure that was!"

"Your Majesty Cassius, the great Emperor of the Burning Flames has arrived! We are saved!"

The Ancient Blue Dragon's expression also changed drastically. She flapped her wings and ignored the many legendary experts on the ground, flying into the sky. She raised her huge head and looked into the distance. Her vertical pupils, which were always filled with arrogance and disdain, finally revealed a trace of solemnity.

The dark clouds in the distance were suddenly torn apart, and the terrifying sandstorm was easily dispersed. The pitch-black sky was ripped open, and a hideous scar that seemed to stretch for thousands of meters appeared on it—it was flames, raging flames.

Then, the scar spread rapidly, and the sky resembled a dark-skinned, severely wounded giant whose skin had been ripped open by a sharp long knife, exposing the bloody flesh beneath.

A piercing explosion rang out, and a massive, exaggeratedly large red dragon ripped through the sky, brutally tearing apart the canopy of clouds and sand, leaving an endless trail of flames behind it as it swooped down toward the chaotic battlefield.

In just a few breaths, the red dragon traversed tens of thousands of meters, its terrifying speed causing space to distort and deform, creating bursts of sonic booms.

That was the Burning Emperor, the King of the North, Tiamat's most rebellious offspring, and one of the most powerful dragons still existing in the material world—Cassius Crobow Norricius!
"He...he tore the sky apart!"

"God!"

"Is this the legendary Red Emperor? He truly lives up to his name!"

"Long live His Majesty Caesus! Long live the Empire!" The crowd erupted in a cacophony of shouts, the sound accompanied by a scorching breeze that swept across the battlefield like a tsunami.

Above the Allied positions, watching the swooping red dragon intently, Gorazdra's eyes were cold, his voice booming like thunder, as he practically spat out the words:

“Casius, you shameless traitor, you’ve finally come. I thought you were scared before the battle even started.”

Kaisius's massive dragon body tore through the clouds, hovering high in the sky, with flames following closely behind, surging like a tide. He stared at the ancient blue dragon in the distance, grinning coldly, "Blue dragon, you overestimate yourself."

Even Tiamat and Bahamut cannot make me bow my head; you are nothing but a loyal dog kneeling at His feet, wagging your tail and begging for food—how dare you be so arrogant! (End of Chapter)