Book 4: Chapter 81: Skeletal Dragon

Book 4: Chapter 81: Skeletal Dragon

The skeletal dragon didn’t seem like it intended to give Lilith and Lesiah any chances to escape. With a gentle flap of its wings, the huge creature drew closer to them so fast that it was gradually catching up with Lilith who was in her White Jade Style state.

Lilith clenched her teeth as she scooped Lesiah up into her arms and doubled up her speed.

“L-L-Let go of me!”

The sudden action caused Lesiah to reflexively start struggling to break free. Lilith, who was already upset by the fact that the corpse of her own kind was turned into someone else’s puppet, lost her patience and smacked the princess hard on her bottom.

“Enough! Do you want to be eaten?”

“EEEEP!”

Lesiah made a very lovely noise as her cheeks instantly flushed.

Knowing the severity of the current situation, she could only grit his teeth and shoot Lilith a glare before she quit struggling.

“What about that innate ability of yours? Hurry up and use that!”

“I know, you don’t have to tell me!”

Lesiah shot her another glare. But she wasn’t about to admit that she was so flustered that she had nearly forgotten about it.

The skeletal dragon gradually got closer to them but at one point, Lilith drastically increased her speed and the two maintained their distance apart.

The flames in the skeletal dragon’s eye sockets flickered before his massive figure vanished.

Given the massive size of dragons, just their wings alone wouldn’t enable them to move at high speed. As a result, every dragon was born with an affinity for space.

Rather than flying, it was better to describe it as floating in space.

Besides, when a dragon reached adulthood, it could use spatial abilities at will.

And this skeletal dragon was no exception.

However, Lilith also suddenly appeared somewhere further away at the same while still maintaining the same distance from the skeletal dragon.

“OUCH!”

Even for Lilith, this teleportation-like movement still took a toll on her current body.

The skeletal dragon teleported but for Lilith, her body was abruptly accelerated to the speed that was close to teleportation.

Seeing that it couldn’t catch up with Lilith and Lesiah, the skeletal dragon suddenly stopped chasing them.

Due to this, Lilith also came to an abrupt halt with Lesiah’s innate ability in effect.

What was that skeletal dragon thinking?

She looked back in confusion, only to discover that the skeletal dragon was floating in midair. She could see the pulsing magical aura radiating from its body.

An extremely familiar and strange noise reached her ears. Although not very loud, it echoed throughout the place.

Even without knowing the language, both Lilith and Lesiah could guess what it meant.

Destroy everything.

Lilith’s eyes widened in alarm. She turned her head around and began to escape frantically.

However, it was too late.

Due to the absence of flesh and blood, the skeletal dragon was capable of what most ordinary dragons could, save for their high-speed self-recovery rate.

Its fractured spine had pretty much rendered him useless in battle. However, the fact that it could still move proved how resilient it was compared to ordinary creatures.

Lilith landed on the ground and approached the skeletal dragon. Her arm had returned to normal. Likewise, the black fluid had also turned back into a swaying ball of black flame.

She rested her palm gently against the skeletal dragon’s massive skull as she softly bid her enemy a final goodbye.

“Farewell.”

The black flame spread out and instantly devoured the entire skeletal dragon.

Lilith let out a soft sigh. There were skeletons before and now a skeletal dragon.

She couldn’t help but wonder if the creator of this little world was actually a necrophiliac, the kind that had a fetish for bones?

Maybe she should find a pink skeleton for Sae or something. She probably wouldn’t mind right?

“Where did that skeletal dragon come from?”

“No idea, it seems to be dead for a long time.”

Lilith shook her head. Anything could happen in a world that evolved according to the will of gods. Although bringing a dragon that was long dead back to life was a surprise, it wasn’t entirely unexpected.

“Is it possible that this skeletal dragon is also a black devil?” Lesiah furrowed her brows in deep thought.

“What?”

“Black skeletons that crawled out from the grassland on the day of darkness... Those are the black devils right?”

“But... Titan 12138 never mentioned there was any skeletal dragon during the last day of darkness.”

“The day of darkness she went through didn’t have a second round.”

Lesiah stood up and looked at the grassland where the skeletal dragon came out from.

Despite the size of the creature, the grassland remained unchanged.

“If my guess is right, this skeletal dragon was just a scout.”

“Scout?”

“Yes. The role of this skeletal dragon was to determine the strength of the enemy. On the east coast of the Macedonian Empire, there is a kind of sea turtle. The whole group will lay eggs in the same place on the beach. After the eggs are hatched, one of the turtles will crawl out of the nest first while the rest stay behind. If that turtle successfully returns to the sea, the others will come out of the nest too. But if that turtle gets eaten by a monster, the others will continue staying in the nest and wait for their next opportunity.”

“You’re saying...”

“Yes, the skeletal dragon was merely testing the waters. Those black devils will definitely come out. And if this skeletal dragon doesn’t return, their next attack will be much more devastating. They may even go on an all-out attack.”

“If these black devils are this terrifying, how did the titans survive a thousand years ago?”

“I have no idea. The most likely explanation could be the titans actually paid a huge price back then, even though they managed to withstand the black devils’ attack. The price they paid was so high that the black devils probably thought they were no longer a threat and the day of darkness ended on that note. But for this time...”

Lesiah turned to Lilith, whose cheek twitched at the revelation.

“The instant annihilation of the first wave made them wary. That’s why they sent out a scout.”

“In other words, we might be sitting ducks?”

“I guess so.” Lesiah twirled her long hair. Her gaze on Lilith made the latter feel extremely guilty.

“I guess something that the gods had to personally seal shouldn’t be that easy to deal with.”