Chapter 68 - Chapter 10: Breakthrough #6 (1/2)
Chapter 68 - Chapter 10: Breakthrough #6
It was a familiar colour.
A cog wheel turned in In-gong’s head as he saw the purple evil influence. Many things came into his mind at this time.
The monsters from the north that had appeared on Enger Plains.
The group of people who killed General Kashubal and devised some type of ploy regarding Thunderdoom Fortress.
They were connected. The thing they had in common was the purple energy.
Were they also from the north? Or maybe they had contact with the north.
At the same time, one more thing came up. There was no evidence, but it didn’t disappear from his head.
The Red Lightning tribe.
How did they control Enkidu’s swamp mammoths? Someone must have given them the method. And what was the reason for telling them?
The small temple.
It was the place where Green Wind had stayed and contained the magic that maintained the green plains.
How did the monsters of the north discover the secret of the small temple that even the centaurs, who had lived on Enger Plains for thousands of years, didn’t know?
Both of these had one thing in common:
An elder dragon.
The chimera belonging to Enkidu...
Green Wind that had come from the magic of a fragment of Ainkel...
He got this far, but there was still something essential missing.
It was added here. He needed to put everything together!
‘Master! Look ahead!’
Green Wind’s cry interrupted In-gong’s thoughts. A roaring zombie dragon had appeared and a purple light could be seen from the holes where its eyes should be. It was like facing Balkarova at the Northern Limit Line.
He was hostile toward In-gong. The shadow puppets, the 3rd party which had committed suicide, had long been swallowed.
Black Dragon Partizan, a wicked dragon who had died from the spear, Ascalon, just before tasting the sweet fruit of victory.
Due to the grudge, the purple evil influence around the dragon was truly enormous. It was enough to make him dizzy.
With a roar that shook the whole fortress, the zombie dragon Partizan launched into movements. The rotten bones dragged against the ground while the corrupted wings spread out and covered the ceiling of the central plaza.
Felicia made a sound. As White Eagle flew hastily toward Felicia, In-gong saw something moving when everyone else was stunned.
Kwang kwang kwang kwang!
The highest ranked guardian was running.
The last remaining of the five top ranked guardians in Thunderdoom Fortress hadn’t forgotten its enemy. The zombie dragon’s defeat was much more important than the shadow puppets.
The other dungeon guardians also responded to the zombie dragon. They abandoned the shadow puppets they had been fighting so far and rushed behind the highest ranked guardian. The main location of the battlefield changed in an instant.
Felicia focused. Turning her gaze toward In-gong, she saw the shadow puppets. They had gained a new power, the zombie dragon, and didn’t cling to the dungeon guardians. Some of them started running in the direction of In-gong’s party.
”Fire!”
Felicia created a fire barrier to block their path. At that moment, the roar of the zombie dragon and the sound of thunder shook the fortress. The zombie dragon and highest ranked guardian were colliding.
”Karaha!”
Carack shouted, shaking his axe. The purple energy around the zombie dragon spread to the bodies of the shadow puppets. Just like the casios, they forgot about the horrors of death and jumped through the fire barrier. Despite their burning bodies, they kept running toward Felicia. Some wanted to use the fire on their bodies as a means of attack.
Carack and Karma protected Felicia, who then increased the power of the fire barrier as In-gong crossed it on White Eagle.
He crashed into the back of a shadow puppet trying to reach Carack and exchanged glances with Felicia. They didn’t talk, but the two people instinctively sensed that they were thinking the same thing.
They had to take down the zombie dragon. If the dungeon guardians were defeated, he would go after In-gong’s party next.
‘He isn’t secure yet. I can feel it. The more time passes, the more disadvantageous it will be for us. You should hurry.’
Green Wind said. Felicia made a similar remark just as he finished listening to Green Wind’s words.
”The dragon is still shaky. The ceremony was done in a rush. I can feel an uneasy flow of mana. If we happen to destroy the core of the magic power...”
It was up to there. Not only Felicia but In-gong, Carack and Karma all looked at the same place. Felicia lowered the top of the fire barrier in order to see.
The colossal power was being concentrated. Even Carack and Karma. who were ignorant about mana. couldn’t help feeling it.
In-gong sensed it intuitively.
This was the power of a dragon.
Even though it had lost its reason and become a monster, it still had its strength. That was the only evidence that the presence in front of him was a dragon.
Dragon breath.
A purple pillar emerged from his mouth. Balkarova’s dragon breath was of no comparison as this pillar not only swallowed the left shoulder of the highest ranked guardian but also stretched on for hundreds of meters. The shadow puppets in its path were literally obliterated.
A huge hole was drilled. A new hole was drilled in the front passage of the central plaza, causing the area to start collapsing. A huge shaking affected the whole fortress.
Time stopped at the spectacular sight. At least, everyone who gathered in the central plaza thought so.