A dull longsword and a heartbroken villager

Seeing that the other party looked unhappy, Bray continued eating. He could only tell the dragon that it was up to him whether it wanted to eat or not.

As a result, the situation became quite delicate.

To Ladonka, Bray was nothing special except for his eccentric thought process.

Just like other black iron species, it can be easily annihilated.

Therefore, He regarded Bray as nothing more than a small stone by the roadside... He already thought highly of Bray by comparing him to a stone, which was further enhanced by his unique logic.

Humans...cannot surpass the dragon race in any aspect, so there is really no need to have much dialogue with them.

As for Bray, although he knew that the guy in front of him was the one he was supposed to hold off, he didn't rush to make a move.

He hadn't forgotten what he was supposed to do.

Bray's task was not to kill the dragon in front of him that he "might not be able to defeat," but to hold it back and prevent it from leaving this illusory rift.

If the other party does nothing, there is absolutely no need for Bray to rush out with his sword to provoke a fight.

Once Nicol Bolas teleports the city away, the number of deaths will drop significantly, and Cloud City will have enough time to deal with the dragon horde's attack.

Even if the Black Iron type wanted to resist, Bray felt that they had little chance of winning.

But hiding isn't as difficult as you might imagine.

After all, Bray had already witnessed how the Dark Iron race of the Second Age eked out a living.

Both sides held their own ideas, leading to a stalemate.

Who will break the awkward silence? Nobody will.

At least Ladonka wouldn't do such a pointless thing.

“…” Ladonka gave Bray a deep look.

He no longer cared why Brayru had appeared in the narrow crevice of Nicopolis.

After a conversation, this human being was deemed worthless.

He didn't even bother to raise his dragon claws to kill Bray, but instead stood up and spread his dragon wings.

The moment the dragon's wings unfolded, a powerful shockwave was generated, blowing away the obstacles around Ladonka.

Ladonkana's seemingly heavy body slowly rose into the air.

His entire body was covered with thick scales, each scale having a metallic texture.

Let alone lower-level species, even fellow silver-level creatures would find it difficult to break through Ladonka's armor.

The slow flight of the Ladonka only lasted for the first short period of time.

After taking off, Ladonka's speed was unleashed, and within seconds he was high in the sky above the forest.

"One thousand meters? What a pathetic place (in dragon language)." Ladonka uttered a disdainful sound after being unable to ascend any further.

The panoramic view below was reflected in His dragon eyes.

It looks very big, but the area where one can move around is completely restricted.

But this is really unnecessary. What good does it do to restrict His space of movement?

"Roar!!! ...

The dragon scales shimmered in the sunlight.

The crimson dragon, like a suspended meteorite, could deliver a devastating blow to anything below at any moment.

He intends to forcibly destroy this place formed by magic and then return to the Eastern Continent.

Ladonka didn't have time to waste here with Nicol Bolas.

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Bray looked up, and Ladonka, who could even block out the sun, fell into deep thought.

Ladonka's figure, like a living meteorite, exudes majesty and terror.

But none of this bothered Bray.

The important thing is that Ladonka took flight.

Bray tried to stall Ladonka with his eloquence, but it turned out he couldn't.

If Colonel Eric were to come, perhaps it would be possible, provided, of course, that he wouldn't be bitten to death.

So now the question is, how can Bray reach this dragon that has already flown to an unknown height?

Relying on "stepping into the air" is unrealistic, because with Bray's prosthetic eye now broken, it's impossible to climb to such a high place.

Even at its peak, the prosthetic eye could only barely manage to do so.

"This can't go on," Bray murmured.

"Little Nick." So he called out to the intelligence created by the dragon.

Responding to Bray's call, the space around him began to distort, and Little Nick nimbly flew out of the distorted space, drawing a graceful arc in mid-air.

Little Nick then landed on Bray's shoulder and folded his wings.

“I have come at your summons,” Little Nick said in a flat, mechanical voice.

However, observant people will notice that Nick addresses Bray differently than usual.

That is, "you" has become "you" (formal).

Little Nick used honorifics, which is quite intriguing.

At the same time, Nick's eyes were a little different from usual; they lacked their usual liveliness, but seemed to possess absolute rationality.

No, the word "rationality" isn't appropriate when it comes to intelligence.

"The fight's about to begin, are you ready?" Bray said quietly to Nick.

"Accept the preset command. The command was issued by the great Nicol Bolas." Little Nick seemed not to hear Bray's words and spoke in a cold voice.

"Your higher privileges will be granted, and Little Nick will provide full assistance to Braclas in the battle," He continued.

"From this moment on, we will avoid any interference from Little Nick in your battle."

Nicolaes understood how many shortcomings Bray had in combat, so he gave Little Nick to Bray to use.

This was different from the usual minor squabbles; Nicol Bolas had granted Bray a portion of his authority.

“How can I reach that dragon?” Bray glanced at little Nick perched on his shoulder.

"The options have been uploaded. Please choose one." Nick replied mechanically.

Almost instantly, a multitude of suggestions flashed through Bray's mind, all of them from Nick's advice.

As expected of the all-powerful Nick... Ladonka was so focused on cracking this narrow space that he had long forgotten about Bray's presence.

The magic of the Illusion Rift was used so skillfully that it would be impossible for Ladonka, who had not studied magic, to understand it.

However, as the saying goes, brute force overcomes skill.

If strength is sufficient, skill alone cannot bridge the gap.

The blazing sun shines above, the forest lies below, and Ladonka, like the sole overlord of heaven and earth, hangs suspended in mid-air.

It seems that no one can challenge this authority.

However, this is ultimately just "seemingly".

"Ding!!!!!" A crisp metallic clang echoed through the sunlit sky.

Sparks flew off Ladonka's scales.

Ladonka suddenly turned its body, its tail sweeping in a certain direction.

Unfortunately, the direction he swept was empty.

He didn't see anything strange flying up, so what dared to cut off His scales?

Suddenly looking up, the figure that came into Ladonka's view was one that He had never expected.

“Humans—” Ladonka uttered a sentence.

Bray held a broken longsword in his right hand and grabbed Little Nick's claws with his left, hanging high in the air.

“That’s really tough,” Bray replied expressionlessly.

He was telling the truth; the scales were quite reinforced. Even when the Thunderbolt struck the weakest point, it didn't shatter the scales in one blow, only leaving a small crack.

To destroy a single scale, Bray would probably have to slash two or three times.

"Roar!!!" Without wasting any words, Ladonka decisively unleashed a dragon's breath at Bray.

There are no fire or ice effects, only a light blue impact spreading out.

But this dragon's breath, though invisible, is deadly.

If Bray were to ingest this dragon's breath, he would definitely die.

This is not something that can reduce the force.

However, just like before, after the dragon's breath spread out, Bray's figure disappeared from the spot.

Where Bray had originally stood, there was only a trace of spatial distortion.

Ladonka's dragon eyes narrowed sharply; he couldn't even detect Brey's presence, let alone his aura.

His body trembled, and a wave of energy surged up.

Using the feedback from the rebounding airflow, Ladonka instantly pinpointed the location of the mine, and then the claws on his dragon wings lashed out mercilessly in that direction.

The power contained in the claws seemed to tear the sky apart, leaving three claw marks in this space.

It wasn't on the ground, nor on the trees, but in this very space that long claw marks were left.

Unfortunately, Ladonka still failed to hit the target.

After He turned around, the tiny human disappeared from the spot again.

Just like before, only traces of spatial distortion remained.

"Instantaneous teleportation (Dragon language)?" Radonka quickly realized what the other party had done.

But this didn't surprise Him too much, because not to mention the higher species, there were plenty of people among the lower species who could use magic to achieve short to medium distance teleportation.

The seemingly sophisticated ability of teleportation is actually quite common now.

Moreover, there are many ways to restrict it.

What made Ladonka cautious was that the other party was completely lifeless.

It was like a dead object, completely unable to sense the other's presence. Only when one's attention was fully focused could one perceive the other's location.

Dragons have incredibly sharp senses, yet this human was so difficult for them to detect.

What did he do?

Although Ladonka despises lower species, it doesn't mean he's an idiot or can't see reality.

"The Alliance of Gods" is the organization that Radonka has joined, and the reason for his joining is simple: the leader of "The Alliance of Gods" is too powerful.

Ladonka was not an uninformed person; he knew that the "Alliance of the Gods" had launched countless operations, all of which had been thwarted.

Those who stop it are of lower species. Although sometimes Silver species may act as instigators behind the scenes, the ones who actually deal with it are the Iron species.

The Black Iron race is weak, but the Black Iron race before him cannot be underestimated.

He searched for the scent of Bray with all his might, and then, accompanied by a stinging sensation in his back, he finally understood where Bray was.

The human jumped behind Him.

"Get down here (in dragon language)!" Radonka roared angrily in dragon language. He didn't need Bray to understand the meaning of his words; he only needed the other party to know his anger.

The back of a dragon is not something that Black Iron creatures can trample on!

Ladonka swung his body, forcefully throwing Bray off his back.

Although Bray maintained his balance and didn't even lose his stance, he still couldn't change the fact that he was thrown into the air.

After Bray was thrown out, there was nothing below him. If he fell like that, no one could save him.

This is a thousand meters in the air; even if you try to deflect the force, you will still suffer very serious injuries.

Although they won't die, they will be crippled.