Chapter 640 - Have I Summoned a God? (1/2)

Chapter 640: Have I Summoned a God?

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio  Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Link simply stared at Romeon the Protector, not in any rush to make the first move.

Romeon’s throat felt dry. He too simply stood there facing Link.

The Magician Franklan and the other summoners had returned to their base camp, with Glyn and the other two demons trailing behind him. Once they were back in their camp, Franklan quickly sought out the army’s marshal.

“Marshal, we need to do something!” said Franklan immediately as soon as he found him.

The marshal was a middle-aged Level-6 Pinnacle Warrior. He was surprised to see Franklin in such a state. He then saw the demons behind him and could not help but shudder at the sight of them.

He did not recognize any of them, but these three demons were giving off incredibly dark auras mingled with a thick bloodlust. As someone who had seen countless bloodshed during his tenure as marshal, he was extremely sensitive to auras like theirs. He had a bad feeling about this.

After hesitating for a few seconds, he asked Franklan, “Master, are these three the ones you summoned from the Void?”

Slightly caught off guard by the question, Franklan nodded. “Yes. They are under my control. Protector Romeon knows of their presence here. He needs their power as well.”

This sounded reassuring. The marshal pondered this for a few seconds. Finally, he nodded and then, turning to his messenger, he said, “Mobilize every ballista and catapult in camp to launch an attack against the black dragon.”

“Yes, Marshal!” said the messenger, who then turned around and left.

“Franklan, I will require your magical assistance!”

“Understood, Marshal. We will head off to the Mage Tower presently,” said Franklan. There was indeed a Mage Tower in this realm, which architecturally resembled the one in Firuman.

He then said to Glyn, “Master, follow me.”

Glynn did not object to this. Suddenly, as if a thought had just occurred to him, he turned to the marshal and said, “These two are my subordinates. I think you will need these two in your upcoming battle.”

The marshal looked at the Bladed Demon, then at the Succubus. He nodded. “You two should be on the frontline then!”

The two demons seemed unsure about this. Being on the frontline essentially meant being first in line to face Link.

At that moment, Glyn’s voice rang out in their minds. “Go! Make yourselves useful. We need all the support we can get from these people!”

Left with no other choice, the two demons went off to take their positions on the forefront of the upcoming battle.

With everything settled, all that was left for everyone to do now was fight to the bitter end against the black dragon.

At that moment, Romeon the Protector was still looking warily at Link. He then said in a low voice, “Dragon, you possess extraordinary power. These people are no more than ants before you. What do you hope to gain from their deaths? ”

Obviously, he was trying to buy himself time.

Link could see the artillery weapons being lined out one by one in the base camp behind Romeon. Considering my current position and the fact that my scales have been enhanced to resist any magical attacks, these weapons probably won’t come close to hurting me, thought Link.

Since that was the case, Link might as well take advantage of Romeon’s attempts to stall in order to understand this new world and establish dominance at the same time.

Link remained motionless for a while. He then let out a terrible laugh and gazed coldly at Romeon. “Magician, the opinions of ants do not concern me in the least.”

Romeon was speechless. He shot a few panicked glances behind him. He then continued, “Dragon, you must also possess an extraordinary intellect to go with that extraordinary power of yours. Can’t you see that I’m just the first person the realm has sent out to stop you? If you continue on this path, you’ll soon have to face enemies more powerful than me. The mortals of this realm will also resort to underhanded tactics like poison and assassination in order to rid their world of you. Even if they can’t destroy you completely, you will lose all that you cherish along the way. You will lose.”

“I suppose you’re right,” said Link, nodding.

Romeon was pleased by this. The beast did not seem like the unreasonable sort. If it could be reasoned with, there might be a peaceful way to settle things with it without shedding a drop of blood after all.

In one of the mountains behind him, the king of the Blacklan Kingdom began to panic as he listened to their conversation. “What’s with the Protector? Is he thinking about backing out now? Dadara, why isn’t he doing anything? Troym’s army is about to attack at any moment!”

Dadara did not know what was going on as well. He simply shrugged and shook his head. “Your Highness, the Protector’s wisdom greatly surpasses my understanding. Even I don’t know what he’s thinking.”

The people of Blacklan Kingdom could only stare helplessly at what was happening at this point.

At that moment, Romeon sensed an opportunity. “Dragon, please step down…” he said.

“No,” interrupted Link, shaking his dragon head. “I can’t violate my summoning contract. If I fulfill the terms of my contract, I will be rewarded with a huge amount of power. In return, I will simply need to perform a task for the Blacklan Kingdom. I am a dragon of my word, after all.”

Romeon was at a loss for words again. He could not seem to persuade the dragon out of this.

However, he did not need to exchange words with Link any longer. The army of Troym was now ready to launch an attack against him.

Before opening fire on him, Romeon said, “Dragon, if that’s how you want to do this, then expect no mercy from us!”

At that moment, Link was still sitting on his haunches. He then rose up and spread his wings out majestically. “Mortals, are you ready to take me on?”

There was a hint of glee in Link’s voice. Romeon’s blood froze. He’s already seen through everything. Still, he didn’t even make a move. Is he really that arrogant as to think that he can take on all of us by himself?

Romeon had a bad feeling about this. However, all the artillery weapons had been primed and was ready to mount an attack on the dragon. There was no backing out of this now.

“Fire!” shouted the marshal of the Troym army.

Whoo! A battle horn was sounded.

Boom! Boom! Boom! went the catapults.

Arrows whizzed out from the rows of ballistas behind Romeon.