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The defensive barrier surrounding the camp was almost useless and was shattered instantly.

The teachers on night watch did see the descending dragon breath, but the ancient dragon-level power accompanying the breath made them tremble all over and completely unable to move, not even able to open their mouths to shout.

The students, already exhausted from playing, were still fast asleep, completely unaware of the impending death.

...We're doomed!

The teachers who were still awake all had expressions of despair in their eyes.

"May they receive God's protection!"

...What is this light?

At the critical moment, a dazzling holy golden light suddenly illuminated the camp, transforming into an indestructible holy shield that firmly blocked the dragon's breath, ensuring that none of the students were injured.

Only then did the teachers realize that the one holding the shield high with both hands amidst the holy golden light was none other than the eldest daughter of the Melson family, dressed in the magical costume of the Saintess.

...That young lady is actually that strong?

While marveling at the sight, the teachers also gritted their teeth and tried their best to get rid of the dragon's might, at least to help move the students within the range of the dragon's breath attack.

Unfortunately, the gap between a mage and an ancient dragon was insurmountable. No matter how hard the teachers tried, their legs were still trembling, and they couldn't help for at least a few minutes.

"Quickly! Julia, get the students out of here first!"

Emery maintained a holy shield with both hands to block the dragon's breath, while shouting behind her:

"That's just dragon's might... Yulia, you can do it! You're a hero! How can a hero be afraid of a dragon? Didn't we just eat one tonight? Dragons are just food for us, don't be afraid! You can defeat them!"

"...Yeah, food...just food! I'm not afraid! Heroes are never afraid, ahhhhhh..."

Then, to the teachers' astonishment, Yulia, who was theoretically in the same grade as them, defeated Longwei, unleashing her maximum speed and kicking and throwing the students' tents out of the dragon's breath range one by one.

As for the tent that was shielded behind Emerald and was also the main target of the dragon's breath attack, it was completely ignored by Julia...

The person in the tent was none other than Connor Holm. He had also woken up and was covered in cold sweat from fright. He was also unable to move due to the dragon's might.

He was surprised by Emerald's strength, and even more surprised that Emerald would save him.

But he was only surprised; he didn't intend to stay and help, or even say thank you. He just wanted to leave immediately and go somewhere safe!

So even though he was still unable to move, Connor activated the magic device on his body, which provided him with eight layers of magical shields, followed by an emergency teleportation.

Of course, Amelie wouldn't let Connor escape like that. She would choose to personally block the Shadow Dragon's first breath. Besides rescuing the students so that Lohid would owe her a favor, she also wanted to give Connor some hope first, and then make him despair.

Shadow Dragon's dragon breath is very strong and shows no signs of weakening, making it very difficult for Amelie to defend against.

However, it was only a struggle and did not prevent her from secretly using her innate magic on Connor while maintaining the holy shield.

No one understands magical artifacts better than Melson. Emery has secretly and carefully observed the life-saving magical artifacts on Connor's body and has long memorized how to destroy them quickly.

At this moment, the invisible ribbon transformed back into a sharp blade, directly attacking the weakest points of those magical artifacts, almost instantly dismantling Connor's defenses and halting the emergency teleportation immediately.

"Varied……"

Connor's face turned deathly pale, his pupils dilated, and he finally understood Emerald's plan.

But it's too late.

As the last student tent within the range of the dragon's breath attack was kicked away by Yulia, Amelie immediately showed signs of being unable to hold on and began to retreat.

She seemed to still want to persevere, but the golden holy shield was already covered in cracks, and the power of the dragon's breath was still immense, threatening to shatter the shield at any moment.

click!

Finally, the shield shattered, and Emery fell backward in frustration, only to be caught by Julia who rushed over. Together, they escaped the dragon's breath attack range.

But Connor wasn't so lucky.

He was the Shadow Dragon's primary target for revenge, so the Shadow Dragon didn't care much about the students and Emery leaving his attack range; his dragon breath remained firmly locked on Connor.

Without Emerald's defense, nothing could stop Connor from being hit by the dragon's breath.

"Uhhhhhhhh!!!"

The tent struck by the dragon's breath turned to ashes in an instant, but Connor, who should have turned to ashes as well, did not die. He was not even seriously injured. He just let out a heart-wrenching scream and rolled on the ground with his eyes rolled back.

Shadow Dragon seemed satisfied with the result. Instead of locking onto Connor, it swooped down from the sky, gathering power in its giant mouth, preparing to continue slaughtering the students to vent its anger.

"Evil dragon! Cease your rampage!"

At this moment, the great mage Mirror, who was in charge of overseeing the hunting party, finally made his move.

He had taken a short nap, and the Shadow Dragon's attack was so sudden that there was nothing he could do, but now he would no longer stand idly by and watch the Shadow Dragon run rampant.

As the old man in the mirror raised his hand and pointed to the sky, numerous cracks appeared in the sky, as if a mirror had been struck by a stone.

Shadow Dragon sensed something was wrong and tried to dodge, but he couldn't. He quickly disappeared into the night along with the shattered sky, as did Old Man Mirror.

"Phew... this should be fine now, right?"

Emery pretended to be very tired and slumped on the ground, wiping away non-existent sweat from her forehead.

"No, the problem is huge."

Ark finally broke free from the dragon's might and walked to Emerald's side. He first expressed his sincere gratitude to Emerald for her timely intervention, and then explained:

"Although Mr. Mirror is a great mage, he has only recently been promoted, and his specialties are not in direct combat. He is probably no match for an ancient dragon..."

"What? Mr. Jing was just promoted?"

Amelie looked surprised, but she wasn't really surprised.

She had long felt that the old man in the mirror seemed unfathomable, but was actually a bit strange, and might not be reliable in crucial moments, and now she was right.

"……Um."

Yak hesitated for a moment, then spoke quickly and simply:

"Although Mr. Jing has always been at the level of a Grand Mage with one foot in the door, he has been stuck at this level for a long time... because he suffered permanent internal injuries from a monster when he was young, which caused him to fail to break through the bottleneck many times."

"It wasn't until Mr. Langdon's magical bionic organ technology was invented that Mr. Jing finally saw an opportunity for a breakthrough... After replacing those damaged organs, he succeeded, but his actual combat strength was weaker than that of a normal archmage. However, his senses were exceptionally sharp, making it easier for him to detect powerful beings than a typical archmage. That's why he accompanied the team in this hunting trial."

"Given Mr. Mirror's abilities, even if he couldn't defeat a powerful Ancient Dragon, he could still sense its location in advance and lead us to avoid it... But we didn't expect that this time the enemy would be the Shadow Dragon, the most skilled at stealth and ambush among the dragons, which is really bad..."

"..."

Amelie remained expressionless and did not respond immediately.

"……Why."

Seeing this, Ark sighed, thought for a moment, and then said more bluntly:

“Sister Amelie, you were able to prepare your defenses in advance, so you must have known about the existence of this Shadow Dragon and planned to use it for something... I can help you. Whatever you want to do afterward, I will fully cooperate with you, and so will the Lohid family.”

"So please, sister Emerald, help Mr. Mirror... He alone has no chance of stopping that Shadow Dragon before the academy's support arrives."

“But you should be able to, sister Emerald… Although I haven’t reached that level yet, I understand what it means to be able to ignore the might of an ancient dragon from the very beginning.”

“Those with emergency teleportation devices can escape, but most of my students don’t… I can’t abandon them!”

Click!

Before Ark could finish speaking, the sky shattered once more, and the purple shadow dragon roared excitedly as it soared back into the night sky. Meanwhile, the old man in the mirror fell from the sky, spitting out blood, and fainted upon landing, clearly unable to fight any longer.

"..."

Emerald was speechless at all of this.

She originally thought that she could save the day and take the opportunity to kill the minor fiancé so she could watch the show, but now she's the one who needs to be the main force.

...It's not impossible.

As she watched the Shadow Dragon swoop down from the sky once again to launch its breath attack, Emerald's eyes narrowed slightly.

A fine sword may be hidden, but it will eventually be drawn.

They've been hiding their strength for long enough. Now that Lohid and the younger generation of several major conglomerates are watching, it's not bad to show off their true strength.

Let's give them a little Emerald shock!

"The chains of God, bind evil!"

The golden, sacred light once again illuminated the night sky, this time transforming into dozens of chains that instantly appeared around the Shadow Dragon, binding it tightly and fixing it in mid-air.

Chapter 167 Emerald's Dragon Slayer

The Mystic Code [Saintess] is very strong.

Most of the core materials for the components are taken from ancient dragon-level monsters, and the latest and most powerful magic technology of the Melson family is applied. They are also inscribed with high-level holy spells, which are the most difficult to learn and almost impossible for anyone to use. They can be said to be the best of the best.

However, when Amelie ordered the "Saintess," she was ultimately only a Master-level mage, so many of the "Saintess's" properties were designed based on the Master-level mage's specifications.

Just as the best computer components on Earth require a power supply with sufficient wattage to function, if the power supply to a mage is insufficient, the performance of the magical artifact must also be limited. Otherwise, the tragedy of a mage being drained of magic power by a magical device could occur.

Therefore, although the [Saintess] is very strong, it is ultimately just a magical artifact for mages in the control stage, and its performance is somewhat inadequate in battles during the fusion stage.

Amelie's struggle when she resisted the dragon's breath wasn't entirely an act; she genuinely couldn't withstand the Shadow Dragon's full-force breath attack using only the [Saintess] magic.

Even now, the [Chains of God] cast by the [Saintess] cannot bind the Ancient Dragon-level Shadow Dragon in mid-air. It would be considered an excellent performance if it could block the Shadow Dragon for even a second.

Therefore, the "Chains of God" was just a cover; Amelie's true method of binding the Shadow Dragon was her innate magical ability, the Invisible Ribbon.

Talent magic grows along with its master; even the most useless talent magic will increase in strength once the master reaches the fusion stage.

For example, there was once a mage whose innate magic was quite weak; its effect was roughly equivalent to a human-shaped air conditioner that kept the room warm in winter and cool in summer, with a range of only a few meters.

But once he entered the fusion stage, the effect of this innate magic became that it could instantly freeze or turn hundreds of meters around him into an oven.

The same goes for the invisible ribbon. After Emeryte broke through to the Fusion stage, the ribbon's physical properties were greatly improved... When it was soft, it seemed almost like a real ribbon, but when it turned into a sharp blade, it could cut through iron like mud. The special alloy materials used to make magical artifacts were like tofu in front of it.

Now that the invisible ribbon has bound Shadow Dragon tightly, Shadow Dragon struggles frantically back and forth, but the ribbon only tightens around him, making it impossible for him to break free.

Furthermore, [Mana Absorption Inscription] and [Physical Energy Absorption] activated simultaneously once again, absorbing the Shadow Dragon's magic and physical energy together.

It seemed to be going smoothly, but Emery's expression was very serious.

The effects of [Mana Absorption Inscription] and [Vitality Drain] are not very good, with an absorption efficiency of less than 15% of that when absorbing Huai En.

Dragon scales, and ancient dragon scales at that! They truly deserve to be considered one of the best materials for anti-magic equipment since ancient times. This magic resistance is truly outrageous.

Not only that, after realizing that its magic and physical strength were abnormally draining, the Shadow Dragon struggled even more violently, and would occasionally unleash a roaring dragon spell to indiscriminately attack everything around it, trying to destroy the invisible restraints.

The invisible ribbon can last a long time; as long as Emery is willing to use magic to maintain it, she can keep the Shadow Dragon tied up like this until tomorrow morning.

However, the [Chain of God] activated by the [Saintess] could not last long. Once the [Chain of God] was broken by the Shadow Dragon, Amelie's invisible ribbon would lose its concealment, and she did not want her innate magic to be exposed like that.

More importantly, since Amelite was already planning to make a move, how could she just focus on defense and hold out until the strongmen of Lohid arrived, as Ark said?

It's one thing to keep a low profile and not show off when you're biding your time, but now that you've decided to make a move, you have to make a big show of it, otherwise all that low-key behavior before would have been for nothing.

Therefore, Emerald's plan was to kill the Shadow Dragon before Lohid's powerful reinforcements arrived.

So how can we quickly kill Shadow Dragon without revealing too many of our trump cards?

Amelie stared at the Shadow Dragon, who was still struggling to break free of his restraints, for a few seconds, and then quickly made a decision.

You're the one, Yulia!

"come over!"

Emerald pulled the somewhat dazed Julia into her arms and, under the watchful eyes of everyone present, kissed her forcefully.

!

Julia's eyes widened instantly, then gradually softened, and finally she reached out and hooked her arm around Amelie's neck, her expression becoming somewhat greedy.

【The Saintess's Kiss】Activated.

This time, in addition to using the full power of the [Saintess] to buff Yulia, Emerald also poured nearly half of her own magic power into Yulia's body.

Nearly half of the magic power of a fusion-stage mage.

"Oh oh oh oh oh oh... Power! Power! Power!"

Upon absorbing Amelie's magic, Yulia instantly soared into the sky. The hair tie on her golden twin ponytails burst open from the strain, causing each strand of her long golden hair to stand upside down, with lightning-shaped magic flowing within it.

Her already fair skin glowed even more, making her look like jade, the kind of jade that emits its own light at night.

Yulia herself cannot use magic, but she can absorb magic to enhance her own attributes with almost no limit. Now, all her attributes have increased dozens of times under the enhancement of magic, giving her the illusion that she can destroy a city with one punch.

...It's not entirely an illusion. If Yulia were to strike the ground with all her might now, the resulting earthquake could cause a large-scale collapse of buildings in a city.

"Evil dragon! Have you eaten? If not, come and take this punch from me!"

The enhanced Yulia was in high spirits and no longer affected by the dragon's might. She laughed and threw a punch at the Shadow Dragon.

"..."