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Chapter 62 Burn Them
The news from the castle hall, deliberately spread by those with ulterior motives, quickly reached Dragon Peak City, giving the previously anxious soldiers and civilians a much-needed boost in spirits.

That's wonderful! The City Lord has received a letter from the Daughter of the True Dragon. Our Dragon Peak City is finally saved!
The vast majority of soldiers and civilians firmly believed the news that the daughter of the dragon was about to return.

The military nobles, however, were quite skeptical. After all, logically speaking, General Diego, the city lord, should have been stationed in Dragon Peak City to personally command the battle, and it would have been sufficient for him to send a trusted noble confidant to Dragon Plain City for reinforcements.

Of course, supporters can also find corresponding reasons: for example, Longyuan City has never seen these monsters before, how could they have persuaded the other side to provide support if the city lord had not personally intervened? Or, for example, the will of the True Dragon Daughter is supreme, if you dare to question the True Dragon Daughter's orders, are you betraying the shamanic faith?
Among these supporting nobles, some were habitually obedient to General Diego, some were too devout in their faith in the Dragon Daughter, and some were simply unwilling to part with their property in Dragonpeak City... It can only be said that the motives of intelligent people are all similar, while fools are fools in their own unique ways.

General Diego did not linger. He quickly led the nobles who were "willing to support the Dragon's Daughter" and his large entourage away from Dragon Peak City via the mountain road to the north.

He handed over command of the Dragonpeak City defenses to the garrison captain, Terry. This was a lizardman general who only knew how to lead troops into battle, whose only hobby was getting drunk every day, and who never considered what he would do if Dragonpeak City were to fall.

That morning, Terry drank several more bottles of wine, then, his face flushed, climbed the city wall and looked down at the situation below the hillside.

There is no enemy activity.

Because all the outposts and strongholds along the mountain road have been eliminated by the White Walkers, Dragonpeak City is now blind and deaf, and can only be alerted when the enemy appears in sight.

Fortunately, the floodwaters below the mountain have not completely receded, so it is estimated that those monsters will not be able to return to Dragon Peak City so quickly.

Haha, let's get completely drunk tonight!

As long as he is immersed in the blessings of Dionysus, Terry will not fear any monster.

He staggered down the city wall, when suddenly he heard a violent, fierce roar coming from the sky.

Terry stared blankly up at the sky and saw a huge dragon wing that blotted out the sky glide over Dragon Peak City, accompanied by a thunderous roar that shook many houses in the city.

The true dragon has descended!

Terry stared blankly up at the dragon, when suddenly he lost his footing and fell headfirst down the steps.

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The nobles of Liucheng who rushed to the scene stared in disbelief as the giant dragon landed on top of the castle, then gradually shrank and quickly disappeared behind the battlements.

The Dragon's Daughter has arrived!

Without anyone giving any instructions, all the lizard nobles rushed into the castle hall, where they saw Dia appear from the stairwell, her face as gloomy as if everyone owed her money.

That stinky Raine, he's using my braid as a rein again!
Accompanied by Ellina and Bersalia, Rein followed closely behind Dia and appeared in the sight of the nobles.

“Everyone’s time is precious, so I don’t intend to waste time introducing the identity of the Dragon Daughter.” He looked at the crowd below the stairs with their various expressions and said concisely and without room for argument, “First of all, get all the lizardmen in the city ready as soon as possible. They must all leave Dragon Peak City tomorrow.”

"Secondly, all military nobles must obey the Dragon Maiden's commands... Where is Lord General Diego?" The hall fell silent for a moment before someone finally spoke:
“He received a message from the Dragon Maiden yesterday and has led many people to Dragon Plain City to seek help.”

Oh, they've run away.

While Dragonpeak is certainly doomed and fleeing is the only viable option, those who choose to run away at this stage are undoubtedly weak-willed surrenderers. In the future, when a united front against the White Walkers is needed, these bastards will likely remain unreliable.

Without hesitation, Renn replied:

"Ellina, you will be in charge of the front-line command from now on, and all the guards of Dragonpeak City will be under your command; Bersalia, you will be stationed in the castle to provide supplies to the front, and all military nobles must obey her orders... After the city lord leaves, who will be in charge of Dragonpeak City?"

“It must be Captain Terry of the guard,” a military nobleman replied. “He was drunk when he came down from the city wall and suddenly saw the Dragon Daughter appear in the sky. He was so frightened that he lost his footing and fell from the city wall. I heard he is dead.”

This was the first time Ryan had ever heard of such a bizarre way of dying, so he sneered and said:
"In that case, there's no need to ask him to hand over command."

"Ellina, Bersalia, you stay here."

"Dia, let's go!"

Returning to the top of the castle, Dia once again channeled her bloodline power, transforming into a giant dragon that carried Renn into the sky.

With the help of a calming spell, she maintained her rationality and deliberately circled above Dragon Peak City, letting out a loud dragon roar that resounded through the sky.

The morale of the guards and citizens who witnessed the true form of the dragon reached an unprecedented peak.

Even if the Dragon Maiden ordered them to rush out of the city walls and fight the White Walkers hand-to-hand, these fanatics would probably do so without hesitation.

Raine tugged at Dia's horns (which were transformed from her double braids in her human form), signaling her to flap her wings forcefully to increase altitude and change her flight direction to the north.

Soon, ignoring the obstacles posed by the mountain road, Dia found Lord Diego and his entourage, who were trekking forward from the top of the mountain, thanks to her superior vantage point.

The fleeing group was enormous, consisting not only of lizard warriors loyal to the lord and escorting the nobles, but also a large number of servants transporting supplies, though their real purpose was to acquire wealth. They formed a long, serpentine line along the narrow mountain path.

"Burn them to death," Raine coldly ordered.

“There are innocent people among them too,” Dia argued with Rein, suppressing her violent emotions.

“There’s no time to argue.” Rein was in a good mood, so he explained to her, “These cowardly nobles, if they manage to get to Longyuan City unharmed, will inevitably fight you for leadership of the Longfeng City refugees. Dying here is their best fate, because there can’t be multiple voices in the refugee command. If they live, they will only kill more people in the future!”

Dia had to admit that Raine was right. Even if she didn't know much about these Dragonpeak City nobles, the fact remained that they had abandoned the city's soldiers and civilians to flee—could she really expect them to have any pity for the refugees?
Without hesitating for long, she quickly descended and swooped down, opening her scaly dragon snout and spewing out deadly flames of extremely high temperature at the lizardmen who were staring blankly into the sky!
(End of this chapter)