Chapter 205 - Ladon

Drako noticed Bianca holding of his sleeve. "Don't fight him, I don't want you to die."

"Whoa, you guys look like I have any chances to win against this dragon. The prophecy said that one dragon was going to kill another one, not that Ladon was going to kill me," Drako said, amused by the looks of his companions.

They all know how prophecies work, so that was the reason why they didn't have much faith in Drako's survival. Not only that, as Ladon was one of the infamous Evil Dragons, even if he was one of the weakest ones. Even some gods couldn't do anything against his defence. Maybe the strongest enemy here wasn't The General, but Ladon.

"We are going to help you," Zoe said.

"There's no way we are going to let you fight him alone now," Thalia said.

Drako just smiled and shook his head. "We don't have time for that. You have to free Artemis from the hands of Kronos's army, that's the most important thing right now.

Drako stopped looking at all of them, including the Hesperides. Now he only had eyes for his prey, the Evil Dragon Ladon. This was going to be a fight to the death.

"The Insomniac Dragon shouldn't be sleeping. Wake up, Ladon!" Drako shouted.

The dragon stirred, glittering like a mountain of pennies. The Hesperides yelped and scattered. The lead girl said to Drako, "Are you mad?"

"Maybe I am," Drako said. "I have the courage and the strength to be mad."

The dragon Ladon was writhing now, a hundred heads whipping around, tongues flickering and tasting the air. Zoe took a step forward, her arms raised.

"Zoe, don't," Thalia said. "You're not a Hesperid anymore. He'll kill you."

"Ladon is trained to protect the tree," Zoe said. "Skirt around the edges of the garden. Go up the mountain. As long as I am a bigger threat, he should ignore thee."

"Shut up, stupid girl," Drako said. "You're going to save Artemis."

"No!" Zoe shouted. "Ladon should recognize me, I can buy enough time for you to go up the mountain. It is the only way, even the five of us together cannot fight him."

Ladon opened his mouths. The sound of a hundred heads hissing at once was enough to send a shiver to anyone's back. Drako pushed Zoe behind, and he received Ladon's breath upfront. Now, he understood why Zoe that the dragon needs to chew the leaves. The f.u.c.k.i.n.g smell was like acid. It made Drako's only exposed part of his body, his eyes, burn.

"Run!" Drako shouted.

Thalia and Percy went left, Bianca and Zoe went right. Drako walked straight toward the monster.

"Hey, little dragon," Drako said. "Do you know how to dance?"

Ladon shifted forward, then back. Some of the mouths closed. Some kept hissing—dragon confusion. Meanwhile, the Hesperides shimmered and turned into shadows. The voice of the eldest whispered, "Fool."

"You are too quiet, Evil Dragon," Drako continued, speaking in a mocking voice, trying to get all of the dragon's attention. "Maybe are you scared?"

The dragon's eyes glinted.

The rest were about halfway around the garden. Ahead, there was a single rocky trail leading up to the black peak of the mountain. The storm swirled above it, spinning on the summit like it was the axis for the whole world.

For the first time, Ladon spoke.

"This aura… so you are a new Dragon King, huh. The new generation is already at this level, not bad. Since this is the first time we meet, I'm going to introduce myself. Ladon "Insomniac Dragon" is my name."

"I'm Drako, the "Nephalem Dragon"," Drako introduced himself.

"Now, are you going to show me your real form or are you going to fight like a shitty human?"

Drako smiled. This kind of arrogance was what he was expecting from the Evil Dragon.

But the dragon didn't give time to Drako to transform himself. He lunged at the younger dragon directly.

Drako instincts are the reason of why he is alive right now. To tell you the truth, it wasn't easy to defend oneself from the attack of dozens of dragon heads.

Still, Drako's reflexed were almost enough to defend himself from the Evil Dragon. I say almost because he was actually hit by one of the heads, receiving some damage. Not only that, as Ladon applied some venom on him.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------

Drako

Race – Nephilim Dragon King

Level – 107/125

HP – 143221/161250

MP – 153750/153750

STR – 1455

END – 1080

AGI – 1805

MAG – 1030

Status: Poisoned (Minus 150 HP every second)

-------------------------------------------------------------------------

Fortunately, Percy and the rest had already made enough progress. Ladon was no longer a threat to them.

Drako retreated, out of range of the tree. To his surprise, Ladon did not pursue him.

"What's going on?" Drako said. "Are you so afraid of me, that you can't get away from your beloved tree?"

Ladon hissed angrily. "The gods have cursed me. In exchange for returning to life, I cannot leave the tree if my life is not in danger! I curse you, you damned Olympians!"

So if Drako did not actively attack him, Ladon could not actively attack him. Of course, he could attack him if he approached the tree. It was his duty to protect it.

"But don't worry, once Lord Kronos is reborn, I will be able to leave this place and bring Chaos into the world."

Drako took advantage of this situation to take two actions.

The first one, Status Inspection.

‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐

[Ladon]

Race: Divine Spirit

Strength: 4125

Defence: 7150

Magic: 12250

Agility: 2100

Abilities

-Immense Defence

-Barrier Magic

+Time Dilation Barrier

‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐

As expected of an Evil Dragon, he is strong. Maybe his Strength and Agility stat is not that high, but his defence and magic stats are awesome.

After his Status Inspection, Drako prepared himself for the battle.

Firstly, he activated his touki. A light aura surrounded his body, the lifeforce strengthens his stats by a 60%. Secondly, he activated Branch Destruction on his own body. All of his stats were doubled.

And for the last…

"GrrrrooaAarRRrrRR!"

The dragon's roar was heard all over the mountain. For the second time since his evolution to a Dragon King, Drako transformed into his dragon form.

The scales grew all over his body, from his arms and legs to his own head. His bones expanded, and a pair of long wings get out of his back. His eyes turned red as he looked at Ladon as he was looking at his prey.

The human disappeared, there now stood an enormous dragon. The silver scales shone with elegancy, and what was the touki aura was now a royalty draconic aura. The dragon was emitting a pressure that would turn any being weaker than him to his knees at the moment. The apple tree looked small compared to him, as he doubles its height. The extended wings of the dragon occupied perfectly 30 meters each, an unbelievable amount. Drako was only in the evolution of Dragon King, but he was already one of the largest dragons in existence. For example, he was already bigger than Tannin.

---------------------------------------------------

Drako

STR – 4656

END – 3456

AGI – 5776

MAG – 3296

---------------------------------------------------

Drako had to bend down to look into Ladon's more than two hundred eyes. Drako only had two eyes, but his eyes were not afraid at all. He knew he could fight Ladon, that he could win and kill him.

Statistics aren't everything. He had already proved that by killing Nemean Lion.

Right at that moment, Drako felt the creation of two barriers. The first was around the apple tree, and the second was a barrier around the entire mountain.

"You felt it, didn't you, Dragon King?" Ladon said. "These two barriers are my strongest arsenal, not even Zeus could pierce them without the continued use of his Lighting Bolt."

"You seem pretty confident," Drako said. Now that he was in dragon form, his voice sounded deeper. "You are going to need them against me."

"I don't think so, those barriers took to much time to create," Ladon explained. "But only one of the two is made to protect."

Drako understood what he meant. "You don't want us to leave."

"Of course! Your friends and that little goddess are going to die here at the hands of The General," Ladon laughed. "There's no way you can win."

"Why do you all keep naming him by The General," Drako asked.

Ladon's eyes narrowed. "Remember this, young dragon. Some names have power. Don't be careless of how you used them, you won't even know how you die."

Drako remembers that blast of lighting before, probably it was because they mentioned Kronos that they received that attack. The General must be really strong if even Ladon was warier of him.

"Now, a young dragon," Ladon's eyes focused on Drako. "Don't you think we have talked too much? Your friends have already reached the top of the mountain. Are you going to fight? Are you going to escape? Or are you going to join us?"

Drako smiled, showing his huge fangs. "Do I really need to answer?"

----

This chapter goes for those who wanted to see his Dragon form!!!

Hope that you like it!