A dull longsword and a heartbroken villager

"Little Nick!!!" Bray shouted.

With a whoosh, a blur flashed through the air as Little Nick appeared beside Bray and grabbed his shoulder.

Almost simultaneously, space distorted, and Nick and Bray vanished at the same time.

The next second, Nick and Bray reappeared in the narrow gap.

In that instant, Bray was positioned directly above the head of the Ladonka dragon.

Without the slightest delay, Nick released his claws after teleporting Bray to the location.

Bray used his posture to stay airborne while simultaneously swinging his sword heavily downwards in mid-air.

He concentrated his inner energy on the sword's edge and slashed straight at Ladonka's head.

Appearing, teleporting, letting go, leaving—Little Nick's movements were fluid and seamless, without any awkwardness.

It was as if he and Bray had rehearsed countless times.

But Nick Jr. never rehearsed with Bray beforehand.

He relied entirely on calculations, coordinating with Bray's actions.

Therefore, Bray didn't need to give instructions or deliberately cooperate with Nick to complete the movement in the air.

Little Nick doesn't have combat capabilities, but he has powerful support abilities.

This sword strike came without warning, and with overwhelming force.

However, Ladonka, who was highly focused, spotted Bray's location the moment he appeared.

"Whoosh—" His dragon head swung violently, the powerful force stirring up the air currents and creating a whooshing sound in the air.

With a single movement, He avoided Bray's fatal blow.

However, after laying the mine in the air, another sword strike followed.

"Sizzle sizzle sizzle sizzle—" The blade made an unpleasant sound as it rubbed against the scales on Ladonka's neck.

"Crack!!!!!" Ladonka's neck twisted at an angle, and the dragon's fang snapped shut.

Bray kicked Ladonka, using the momentum to move and dodge the opponent's sharp teeth.

In that instant, the man and the dragon locked eyes.

The human eyes were calm, but the dragon's eyes burned with fighting spirit.

The flow of the world seemed to freeze. Aerial combat, as the name suggests, is fighting in the air.

At least in Capras, that's how aerial combat is defined.

This was Bray's first air combat in every sense of the word.

Both the enemy and themselves have the right to move in all directions, and there is nothing in mid-air to use for leverage.

What they can rely on is their own ability to "fly".

Ladonka goes without saying; as a winged dragon, the sky is its home ground, and this isn't the first time it has fought in the air.

But the way Bray achieved his goal of "flying" was somewhat unusual.

It wasn't true flight, but rather Nick using his teleportation ability to repeatedly pull himself back to a certain location in the sky as he fell.

Admittedly, it's not impossible for Nick to grab Bray and fly quickly through the sky.

But Bray rejected the proposal outright.

He wasn't used to fighting like that, and fighting Ladonka in that way was too risky.

Although Bray has experience using "Airborne" in combat, that was completely different from now.

In any case, Bray's experience in aerial combat could not possibly be as extensive as Ladonka's.

Therefore, the method of movement needed to be unexpected for Bray to have a fighting chance.

Now, the battle between Bray and Ladonka has gradually turned into a contest between them.

The dragon's roar was incessant, and the tremors never ceased.

A series of faint lights flickered around the enormous figure.

When the light goes out in one place, it will light up in another.

The dragon was surrounded by shimmering light, accompanied by the echoing sounds of swords slicing through the air.

The figure falls, swings a sword, then disappears, only to fall again from another spot and continue swinging the sword.

Although his body was constantly falling, the adventurer remained in the sky.

It's like a star that flickers on and off.

Each of the adventurer's sword strikes, though failing to pierce the dragon's armor, still brought tremendous impact, causing it to lose its balance with every blow.

To put it simply, it means that every sword strike creates a stun effect.

However, the dragon easily recovered and turned around to launch a heavy counterattack against the adventurers.

Although the shot missed, it left the adventurer in a very awkward situation.

This adventurer could not withstand even one of the opponent's attacks.

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"I roughly understand what's going on." Looking at Bree's flashing figure, Ladonka began to mutter to himself.

He now understands why it is so difficult to track the opponent's movements during battle.

Bray seems to be able to conceal his presence, while Nick has taken this concealment effect to an even greater level.

At the same time, Little Nick himself is not a living being, so he has no "breath" to speak of.

Ladonka also figured out the true nature of the "flying" ability of the mine.

Using teleportation to achieve hovering and movement in the air is a great idea, but unfortunately it puts a lot of strain on the body.

After teleporting, the series of subsequent reactions caused by the instantaneous change in position can be very difficult to adapt to.

Seeing Brena's slightly rapid breathing, He was now certain of it.

"Roar!!!" Ladonka, speeding through the air, exhaled a breath of dragon fire towards his side.

An invisible impact shattered the space, leaving marks around it that resembled cracked mirrors.

This extremely destructive dragon breath failed to harm a single hair on Bray's head.

"Buzz—" A faint rumbling sound rang out, and little Nick spread his tiny wings and stood in front of Bray, using an invisible barrier to defend Bray from the dragon's roar.

As for Bray, he knelt on one knee in a circle suspended in mid-air.

"This little thing, is it a creation of Nicol Bolas?" Ladonka squinted, examining little Nick.

It's a very rare thing. Although it doesn't seem to have much combat power, the fact that it could withstand one of my powerful dragon roars is enough to prove its effectiveness.

“That’s right, I was created by the great Lord Nicholas,” Little Nick’s cold, mechanical voice rang out.

Then Nick removed the barrier and grabbed Bray before the circular formation beneath his feet disappeared, lifting him into the air.

“You can call Him Almighty Little Nick.” Bray grabbed Little Nick’s paw with his left hand and looked intently at Ladonka.

"Did Nicol Bolas send you?" Ladonka asked casually, without launching any further attacks.

The fierce battle began suddenly, but ended just as abruptly.

“You could say that,” Bray frowned, but answered anyway.

One of the reasons he frowned was that Radonka's accent was so heavy that it was difficult to understand him.

What accent? It's the Dragon language accent, of course.

“I never expected Nicopolis would even use Black Iron.” Ladonka’s tone was full of emotion.

Nicol Bolas's choice had long exceeded the imagination of his fellow tribesmen.

“However, I can roughly guess why He would use you,” Radonka said softly, as hot white mist inadvertently emanated from his mouth.

The concept of Ladonka is rather unique; it's not weak, but it can't be said to be easy to use.

Therefore, until a few minutes ago, He had not noticed that His own concepts had been suppressed.

The one suppressing concepts wasn't Little Nick, but the human in front of him.

It was so strange that Ladonka began to doubt whether she was imagining things.

It should be understood that concepts usually only interfere with concepts, but black iron cannot grasp concepts.

Once you grasp the concept of "black iron type," it can no longer be called "black iron type."

The original concept was to divide the boundary between mortals and gods.

This is very interesting. How does this human suppress himself?

“Ah… I remember now.” Suddenly, Ladonka seemed to have thought of something.

A recent rumor circulating in the "Alliance of the Gods" concerns the Black Iron race.

That is, there are five monastics in the Black Iron type, and the monastics can, in a sense, act as a restraining force to balance the influence brought by the Silver type.

"You are what is called a person who observes the precepts, right?" Like most silver-level people, Ladonka did not take this statement seriously.

Seeing Bray now, He couldn't help but think of this statement.

It exists as a suppressive force within the Black Iron type—and it certainly seems to be so now.

“You’ve already proven your presence, but that’s not enough,” Ladonka said in a deep voice.

"Do you really have the right to stop me?"

“…” After hearing what Radonka said, Bray met His gaze expressionlessly.

"Are you using your full strength?" Bray asked casually.

He wasn't mocking Ladonka; he was just telling the truth.

Nicholas said that Ladonka was very strong, and He wouldn't be so bored as to lie to Bray.

However, although Bray did not gain any advantage in the exchange just now, he could say frankly that Ladonka's strength was not beyond his ability to handle.

So, does that mean the other side has retained most of their strength?

"Ho? Ho ho ho—" Ladonka let out a strange laugh, which seemed to contain a hint of anger.

Bray didn't feel anything, but from Ladonka's perspective, Bray was subtly mocking Him.

Ladonka is furious.

Bray questioned whether He hadn't used His full power, which was tantamount to saying that He wasn't powerful to Bray at all.

As a warlike dragon, He would go all out even when facing weaker creatures.

Even a lion uses its full strength to hunt a rabbit; this is a principle it has always followed.

"Roar!!!" The crimson dragon roared, and the next second it transformed into a comet and hurtled straight toward Bray.

It happened so fast that the naked eye could only see a string of red afterimages.

By the time Bray could see Ladonka clearly, He was already very close.

However, Bray had anticipated that Ladonka would charge at him like this, so he was completely unfazed.

Almost half a second before Ladonka unleashed its powerful dragon breath, Bray's figure vanished along with the distortion of space.

"BOOM!!!" A thunderous roar resounded in the sky, and the clouds dissipated due to the dragon's roar.

However, Bray was thrown behind and above Ladonka by Nick Jr., thus avoiding the attack.

However, despite avoiding Ladonka's attack, Bray showed no joy or relaxation.

"Buzz buzz..." The sound of leaking electricity emanated from Little Nick's body.

Little Nick isn't using electricity, but this is undoubtedly the kind of sound that only occurs when something is malfunctioning.

Bray glanced at little Nick.

"The opponent's dragon roar had too much impact and interfered with Little Nick."

"But please rest assured, this is within the scope of Nick's self-repair," Nick added, dispelling all of Bray's bad thoughts.

The aftershocks of Ladonka's attack were too great.