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Chapter 453 The Dragon Strikes (Third Update)

However, despite being the lowest level of illusion magic, Insight is actually a rare skill that few mages can truly learn and master.

It's not that it's difficult or requires a lot of magic.

If it's too difficult to learn and consumes too much magic, then it doesn't belong to basic magic.

The art of insight is easy to learn, but the key is that to use it, one must have extremely strong mental power to resonate with the laws of the world.

So it is indeed a beginner-level illusion magic, but unless one is exceptionally gifted, it is generally only the most skilled mages who can use it.

Li Chuan, on the other hand, had no problem at all. His mental strength was already very powerful, and it became even stronger after being enhanced by the soul of the Dragon Bloodline.

"Looks like it's time to go to Winterhold!"

After fully digesting all the knowledge brought by the shadow clone, Li Chuan made a decision.

During his time in Whiterun, he spent his days reading in Dragonfall Keep and his nights spending lavishly at the Mare Banner Inn, exchanging information with merchants, adventurers, and locals.

In terms of their understanding of the world, they have surpassed most ordinary people.

Therefore, there is no longer any value in staying.

He originally wanted to stay a few more days, but after learning about "meditation," a cultivation method that can enhance magic power, from Farenja's magic book today, he couldn't wait any longer.

However, just as he stepped out of the study and into the main hall of Dragonfall Keep, he heard the urgent shouts of Irelles, the commander of the Whiterun Guard:

"Farenjia! Farenjia! Come quickly! The guards have found a dragon nearby!"

"A dragon! Really? This is so exciting! Where did it appear? And what did it do?"

Farenja, who was studying the Dragon Stone inside the house, immediately ran out excitedly after hearing Ireles's call.

Besides enjoying studying magic like other mages, his greatest hobby is researching the legendary, long-extinct dragons; he's a true dragon enthusiast.

The reason I agreed to Balguff's invitation to become a mage in Dragon's Lair was because I valued the legend of Dragon's Lair about suppressing the dragon.

However, he was different from those who worshipped dragons. This dragon studies enthusiast did not worship dragons, but wanted to dissect dragons and study the secrets of dragon magic from their bodies.

Seeing Farenja's excitement and agitation over the dragon's appearance, Irelles's face clearly showed a hint of displeasure:

"Farenja, I suggest you take this matter seriously!"

If a legendary dragon were to attack Whiterun, we have no idea whether we could withstand it.

Even if we could withstand it, what would the cost be? How many soldiers and civilians would sacrifice themselves?

"Oh, I know, I just couldn't control my emotions."

Farenja was clearly aware that his behavior at this moment could be misunderstood.

Ireles then relaxed his brow:

"The guards saw it fly in from the mountains in the south and hover near the western watchtower. The lord urgently summoned you to the second floor to discuss how we should deal with it."

The two walked and talked, then headed up to the second floor of Longlin Fort.

At this moment, Li Chuan also stopped and unconsciously touched his chin.

"A dragon attack? We could go and see what's going on."

He has been reading books these past few days, and hasn't had time to learn the dragon roar he imprinted at the Desolate Waterfall Ancient Tomb.

Now a giant dragon has appeared, which is a good opportunity to test the talent in my dragon bloodline: absorbing the dragon soul and quickly learning the dragon roar.

He also wanted to see what kind of power the dragons, who were worshipped as gods in ancient times, actually possessed.

Living beings and demons cannot descend to Nirn in their true forms, but dragons have always existed in Nirn's history.

If the dragon is of average strength, he will kill it and absorb its soul; if it is too strong, he will hide and wait until it becomes stronger before killing it.

However, according to the legends about dragons recorded in the book, they seemed to be nothing special to him.

At least most dragons shouldn't be too strong, otherwise they wouldn't have been completely defeated after humans learned magic.

Perhaps due to the urgency of the situation, the meeting concerning the dragon ended in less than ten minutes.

Li Chuan, with his "super hearing," overheard the general content of the meeting.

The meeting didn't actually cover much content; after understanding the situation, Barguff gave the following order.

First, the Royal Guard Commander, Irelles, led the most elite guards of Whiterun to the western watchtower to attempt to kill the dragon, in order to prevent it from reaching Whiterun and causing numerous civilian casualties.

If the dragon is indeed as powerful as the legends say, don't fight to the death; save your life and retreat to Whiterun.

Farenja led the remaining guards to defend the city walls. If Ireles failed to kill the dragon and retreat, they would fight to the death to defend the city walls and do everything they could to resist the dragon's attack.

Balguff himself would also gather the city's strongest warriors, especially his powerful allies, to help defend the city and kill the dragon.

His name wasn't mentioned during the meeting.

In the eyes of Balguff and the others, he was just a decent adventurer, but that was all; he might not even be as good as some of the warriors in the Companions.

Why would someone think of him alone when faced with something like a legendary dragon?

So after the meeting, Ireles ran past Li Chuan, rushed out of Dragon's Edge Fortress, gathered the city's most elite guards, and headed towards the western watchtower.

Li Chuan also left Longlin Fortress first, concealed his figure, and followed on a cloud.

West Watchtower is a watchtower in Whiterun to guard against bandits, wild animals, and enemy movements, and is permanently stationed by an elite Whiterun guard.

When Li Chuan secretly followed Ireles and arrived at full speed, the place was basically a ruin.

The thick stone walls had all collapsed, with conspicuous claw marks still visible on them, and there were burning flames and charred corpses of guards everywhere.

After a thorough search, Ireles and his men finally found a surviving guard in the only remaining watchtower.

According to the guards, a giant dragon had indeed attacked the watchtower and was probably still lingering nearby.

Sure enough, just as the guard finished his report, a deafening dragon roar came from the distant sky, and then they saw the legendary powerful and terrifying dragon.

The dragon seemed to have spotted them as well, and it swooped down towards the watchtower once more.

Meanwhile, Li Chuan, hidden in the clouds, frowned.

It wasn't because the dragon was particularly powerful; in his perception, the dragon didn't pose much of a threat.

What truly made him frown was the roar of the dragon just now.

Perhaps to the ears of those below, like Ireles, it was just a few deafening dragon roars, but to Li Chuan, he could clearly hear the meaning expressed by the dragon's roar.

If this is true, it's not good news.

(End of this chapter)