Chapter 640

Chapter 640

"Kraaaaaaah!"

As feathers and a tremendous amount of blood sprayed from the severed wing joint, Wingian let out a terrible scream.

The creature that lost a wing lost all balance and lift and started to plummet immediately. From afar, Verdandi, having sliced through the creature's back, could be seen deploying her parachute.

"It hit the mark...!"

I shouted in triumph.

It was only natural to drop it from as high as possible if it was going to fall anyway.

Verdandi had carved off Wingians wing right when it was preparing its breath at its highest point.

And even for a dragon, falling from that height.

Kwoooooom...!

It couldn't possibly be unscathed.

Wingian crashed into the ruins of the museum buildingthe very palace ruins it had destroyedand smashed into the ground.

Due to the dragons massive body and tremendous weight, a thick cloud of dust erupted in all directions.

'Even for a dragon, this is a decisive blow.'

I judged that the creature must have died instantly or at least been in a groggy state.

It seemed other heroes made the same judgment as they all sensed victory and relaxed their expressions. There was no way it could survive a fall from that height...

Whoosh-!

But, it wasnt so.

Just a few seconds later, the thick cloud of dust swirled and converged into a single point before clearing up.

And there, amidst the ruins, battered and bloodied... Wingian was seen preparing its breath again.

Its one remaining eye was staring right at me.

"...?!"

That thing had continued to prepare its breath even while falling from the sky!

Even as its wings were sliced off and it crashed to the ground, shattering its body!

"Breath! Everyone, dodge...!"

I shouted a beat too late,

"You've underestimated the offspring of the Black Dragon, human..."

Wingian, finishing its preparation, uttered with an evil grin.

"You thought mere wounds like these would stop me?"

I calmly tried to dodge the trajectory of the breath it was about to unleash.

"...!"

But then I realized the existence of my fellow heroes behind me, equally petrified and immobile.

The support heroes had gathered together, not expecting Wingian to fire a breath in such a dire situation, thus their scattering was delayed. We couldnt dodge the breath in time...

"Grr...!"

Instead of dodging, I slammed my standard into the ground.

Chrrrrr!

The ultimate skill [The Foremost Flag] activated, and a wall of magic power bloomed like a flower, instantly springing up directly in front of the breath's path.

And at the same time, Wingian unleashed its breath.

Kwaaaaah!

Between the gaping beak, Wingian's breath was fired. The violent swirl of magical power surged towards us like rays of light-

And the next moment, it collided with the magic wall.

Thwoooom-!

Wingian's breath burst over the layered magic walls.

It was unbelievable how such a wounded creature could emit such an overwhelming breath. The walls melted away and were pierced in an instant.

Pumping magic power desperately to repair and erect new walls, I screamed.

"Everyone, get out of the trajectory!"

"Your Highness!"

"Hurry! I'm at my limit! Quickly-!"

The layered walls fell like dominoes.

The heroes behind me scattered desperately to either side, and I, no longer able to hold on, tried to dodge as well.

Thwack-!

But before I could completely escape the range of the breath, the last wall was penetrated, and the breath bore down right in front of me.

"...Damn it."

As the breath pushed forward, I suddenly remembered my comrades who had scolded me to wear some armor.

'Would I have survived this if I had worn that new armor with the barrier function?'

As I pondered this, the last wall was penetrated by the breath heading straight for me-

"Huup!"

Tsuk-!

It split into two streams.

Suddenly, Hecate in her blue armor had rushed forward and swung her sword, splitting the dragon's breath in an instant.

"...?!"

In front of this unbelievable miracle, too stunned to move, I just stood there with my mouth open... when someone suddenly yanked me aside.

Turning around, it was the other knights of the Glory Knights. They were pulling me in unison, dragging me out of the range of the dragon's breath.

Clink, clank...

Parekian emitted noises as if armor was moving all over its body and turned its long, blunt head towards Violet, who was crouched down,

"..."

Thump-!

It suddenly kicked off the ground and leapt into the air.

Then, it started to coil its body and spin around in mid-air.

Whiiiiiing!

With a sound like an engine starting, Parekians body heated up red as it wrapped its own body with dark magic power and spun like a top, and following its movements, Parekians magic power shot out into the air like a torrential rain.

And this barrage of black magic met with Wingian's feather bombardment coming from the opposite sky...

Kwoooooom!

It exploded.

It wasn't a complete mutual destruction, but more than half of the feather bombardment was canceled out by this interception.

"...?"

Everyone watched this scene with their mouths agape.

What's it doing?

I mean, it's a captured beast, but... why is it blocking its sibling's attack without being asked?

Gracefully landing on the ground, Parekian stood in front of Violet and then scooped her under its belly.

"Huh? Wh-what?"

Violet looked confused but, not wanting to die, she quickly crawled and hid under Parekians belly.

Amid my confusion, a desperate shout from the merking reached my ears.

"I will assist with the remaining interception, Prince Ash!"

"Thank you, King Poseidon...!"

King Poseidon summoned a stream of water with his trident, creating a barrier in the air, and I also erected a wall behind it in preparation.

Boom! Rumble rumble...

Blam!

Wingians feather bombardment was still powerful.

Thanks to Parekian's interception, the number of feathers was significantly reduced, and we were able to block them more easily.

Thus, through the cooperative barrier creation of King Poseidon and myself, we were safely able to withstand the bombardment.

"Phew!"

After the bombardment, I finally took a breath as a bewildered voice came from the other side.

"...Parekian?"

Wingian seemed incredulous, seeing Parekian fluttering beside Violet.

"You, what are you doing..."

However, Wingian couldnt finish its sentence.

Because our vanguard heroes had already aggressively approached and swung their weapons fiercely.

"How dare you attempt to harm our lord...!"

"I'll crush the rest of your horns too-!"

Lucas and Dusk Bringar, infuriated, led the vanguard heroes who clung to Wingian.

Yet Wingian, even in that state, roared fiercely and responded.

It swung its sharply severed left wing joint and unleashed a dragon roar from its broken beak. It even managed to lift its crushed hind legs fiercely.

The vanguard heroes struggled unexpectedly, and that's when it happened.

From the ruins of the museumWingian had crashed intothe eerie wailing began.

"Huhu, ugh, hehehehe...."

Everyone looked puzzled at the source of the sound when suddenly, the banshee legion commander appeared, holding the head of the Dullahan legion commander in her arms.

"Huhu, kuh-huh-huh..."

Mournfully wailing, the banshee legion commander lifted the dead Dullahan legion commander's head and carelessly flung it towards Wingian's rear.

Thump.

Roll roll.

The head of the Dullahan legion commander hit Wingian's rear and then rolled pitifully on the ground.

"kuh-huh-huh..."

The banshee legion commander continued to wail, pointing at Wingians rear.

"..."

"..."

What.

What does that mean?

As everyone watched her silently, trying to figure out the meaning, the banshee legion commander suddenly swept back the veil covering her face, casually brushed back her disheveled bangs,

"Ah, really."

She said.

"His weak spot is here, you human brats! Try to understand...!"

--TL Notes--

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