Chapter 285 21

[Glacier Breath]

[Spirit Thunderbolt]

[Flame Torrent]

Three attacks suddenly shot toward the dragon horde that King Leonida pointed at. But it didn't come from any of the Princes and Princesses or the heroes but from the three girls standing not far from them.

The three girls were Clara, Kalya, and Lilith. Their attacks shot in three directions at the horde. The attack on the left comes from Clara as a blast of cold air that quickly freezes anything it touches. It was a large-scale attack skill that Beatrix had taught her, and Clara could only use it now that she had sufficient strength.

Clara didn't need to target the dragon's wings as her large-scale attack was able to freeze dozens of them at once. When the dragons fell to the ground, they would shatter into chunks of ice as the monsters froze to the tiniest cell in their bodies. It showed how terrifying the chill from the attack was.

The attack on the right came from Lilith. Bursts of purple flames covered the sky, and the scale of her attack was even wider than Clara's. While Clara's attack was cold, Lilith's attack was a tremendous heat that scorched the dragons to nothing.

An attack from Kalya was in between the two attacks and separated the hot and cold forces. She induced Ziel's red lightning power into her wind element and made it into her lightning, then added it to her skill.

An arrow with dense compression of green lightning shot towards the monster horde and made a huge energy explosion in the sky. The attack had tremendous damage, not less than the other two girls, and swallowed most of the dragons.

"It was... awesome. I can understand if it's only Miss Kalya. But the two people next to her, aren't they just academy students like you?" King Leonida and the other four kings were shocked after seeing the attack power of the three girls. They wouldn't have reacted like that if it was just Kalya, but the two girls next to her were just academy students and the same age as their son and daughter. But the three already had that much power at their age.

At first, the kings underestimated Clara and Lilith's strength. Therefore, they excluded Clara and Lilith under their instructions and asked Kalya to look after the two girls. They were allowed to act at any time as long as it did not harm them and disturb the mages or knights on the battlefield. But upon seeing the sight, they felt ashamed of their judgment.

King Jonathan glanced at his daughter, Princess Iris. Coincidentally the other party also looked at him while puffing out her chest proudly and smiling broadly as if to say, 'Aren't they strong?'. King Jonathan couldn't help but smile bitterly and shook his head when he saw his daughter's behavior.

"Ah! You have stolen our chance to show our strength!" Princess Freya suddenly shouted and broke the atmosphere. Then she walked toward Kalya while puffing her cheeks.

"I never stole your chance. Didn't you see that so many dragons were still covering the sky? The numbers we eliminated didn't even seem to reduce the horde." Kalya chuckled and pointed at the sky.

The dragon horde in the front line vanished after the combined attack of Kalya, Clara, and Lilith. But another dragon horde appeared and looked stronger than before.

"She's right, Freya. You still have a turn because this battle is far from over." King Leonida said in a deep voice and narrowed his eyes in one direction at the horde of dragons. Not only him but also the other four kings, Lilith and Kalya, were looking in the same direction.

Not long after, there was an ear-splitting roar accompanied by tremendous pressure.

Roooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrr!

Everyone on the battlefield trembled after hearing that terrifying roar. They looked up at the sky, and seven dragons larger in size and darker in color than the other dragons appeared. From behind the seven dragons, another dragon appeared a gigantic size and had golden horns on its head.

"That is… the earth dragon emperor and the seven fortress dragons?" King Gustave and the other kings' faces sank when they saw the appearance of the eight dragons, especially when they saw the giant dragon behind.

King Gustave often heard about the legend of the earth dragon emperor since childhood. Although he did not meet it in person, he knew its characteristics from stories. Although not exactly as described in the legends, King Gustave believed that the giant dragon behind the seven dragons was the earth dragon emperor.

For the seven fortress dragons, they were called that because they possessed great defense far above the other earth dragons. King Gustave wasn't too surprised when he saw it because he had met one of them before but had no chance to test the fortress's dragon power.

"What!? Are you sure it is the earth dragon emperor, Gustave?" King Leonida said in disbelief. They were in big trouble if what King Gustave had said was true. That was because the earth dragon emperor had the strength of a true god, and none of them in that place could face that monster.

"I believe that giant monster is the earth dragon emperor. Its characteristics are very similar to the legends circulating in the territory of the Rubelia Kingdom." King Gustave replied with a serious face.

"This is terrible. What should we do to fight the creature? If the five of us join forces, we might still be able to fight it off. But what about the fortress dragon? Who will face the seven monsters that appear simultaneously if one of them already has extraordinary strength?" King Jonathan frowned. He was worried for his daughter's safety and felt sorry for allowing her to join the battlefield. King Jonathan should immediately send her back to the Neigal Kingdom.

"We will fight the seven dragons! Isn't that right, Kyouka?" Sintaro suddenly interrupted the conversation of the kings. Even though his actions looked impolite, they didn't have time to make a fuss about it. On the other hand, Kyouka was silent and didn't respond to Sintaro's words. It made his face gloomy.

King Leonida and the other four kings fell silent when they heard Sintaro's words. They couldn't immediately reject his statement because what he said was indeed the duty of a hero. But they couldn't bring down a half-baked hero into a dangerous battlefield. The kings wanted to voice their objections, but another voice came first and added Sintaro's statement.

"Yes, father. Allow us to fight against the seven dragons. We believe that we can defeat them because the heroes also fight with us. We should not hesitate to decide in a situation like this. You have to focus on dealing with that dragon emperor. Otherwise, we won't have time to act once the enemy has started to attack." Prince Fritz stood before King Leonida and showed his father a serious face. He tried to convince his father and other kings.

"No! You can't fight the seven dragons. Can't you feel it? Each of those monsters was at least as strong as a demigod! It would be dangerous if you fought against such an enemy!" King Jonathan quickly refused Prince Fritz's request. He didn't want Princess Iris to join the fight against the fortress dragons. If only the heroes did it, he would never have a problem with it. But if Princes and Princesses were included, he would vehemently reject it.

"He's right. We can't agree because it's too dangerous for you." King Elrick added. He refused because he had the same reasons as King Jonathan and did not want his daughter to fight such a dangerous enemy.

King Jonathan and King Elrick allowed their daughter to join the fight on the battlefield because they thought that a dragon with the power of a demigod would not appear. But the current situation was far beyond their expectations. Not only do demigod-class dragons appear, but even a dragon emperor with true god power also made an appearance. They could only regret their decision to bring their daughter to the battlefield.

"Then who will fight the seven dragons? You can't possibly be able to take on the seven dragons while facing the dragon emperor, right? The heroes would also be unable to fight the dragons with their current strength. So what we can do is help them fight it. I'm sure we can beat them, father!" Prince Fritz raised his voice slightly and tried to convince the kings again. He didn't know what the other four kings were thinking, but he was sure his father would agree.

"That is..." King Jonathan and King Elrick fell silent when they heard Prince Fritz's question. They couldn't refute him because what he said was the truth. The two looked to the other three kings for help in refusing the request. But they ignored the gazes of the two and seemed to be considering something.

From the start, only King Jonathan and King Elrick had rejected Prince Fritz's proposal. The other three kings agreed but couldn't say it because they didn't want to offend the two kings. But the situation had become dangerous after an extremely powerful enemy appeared before their eyes, and they didn't have much time to think of other plans.

"Alright. We will allow you to fight the seven dragons. But you have to be careful when fighting them. Do you understand?" King Leonida looked at Prince Fritz and the others. King Gustave and King Raghnall nodded in agreement at his statement. Then his eyes turned to Princess Iris and Princess Aishia.

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"I'm sorry I couldn't let you join the fight against the dragons because Jonathan and Elrick didn't give you permission." King Leonida said helplessly

"Father!" Princess Iris and Princess Aishia panicked when they heard King Leonida's words and looked at King Jonathan and King Elrick. They didn't want to be the only princess who was excluded from that battle.

"That is…" King Jonathan and King Elrick hesitated when they saw their daughter's sad and angry look. But before either of them could speak, Kalya's voice reached their ears first.

"What are you arguing about? These two are already here to fight against those dragons, and you want to exclude them from this battlefield instead? Are you blind or pretend you don't see the fighting spirit in those two girls' eyes? Don't you believe in your daughter?" Kalya said coldly and didn't care if it offended the two kings. She didn't give King Jonathan and King Elrick a chance to reply and opened her mouth again.

"What's more, you guys don't have time to argue now." Kalya looked at the seven fortress dragons and the earth dragon emperor as the monsters were intent on starting their attack.

The kings and everyone who heard Kalya's words turned their attention to where Kalya's eyes looked. The faces of the kings darkened when they saw the dragons roaring and compressing the power in their mouths.

Roaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

The seven fortress dragons shot the dragon's breaths simultaneously at the location of the mages. Its destructive power was completely on a different level from the attacks of the dragons that had been eradicated earlier.

"Create a barrier and block the attack!" Marius shouted frantically to the mages. He realized that the destructive power of the seven dragon's breaths was so terrifying that they might not be able to withstand it. But they should try to block it and reduce its damage to the surroundings.

Clank!

A sound like breaking glass rang out, and the mages' barriers shattered easily. The seven dragon's breaths with astonishing power continued to shoot toward the mages without losing the slightest bit of momentum. If the attack fell to the ground, hundreds of mages in that place would die instantly, which would be a huge loss for the Aurelia Kingdom.

"No! We must block that attack, or many people will die!" King Leonida roared with bloodshot eyes and prepared to shoot towards the seven dragon's breaths. The other four kings nodded and released their power simultaneously. They knew that they wouldn't be able to block the attack if they did so half-heartedly. But before they could do so, several people had acted first.

[Tortoise Shield]

[Diamond Great Wall]

[Aegis Fortress]

[Clamshell Barrier]

Booooooooooooooooooooommmmmmmmmmmmmm!

Princess Aishia, Princess Freya, Kalya, and Clara simultaneously activated their artifact's defense function and managed to withstand seven dragon's breaths. The kings were stunned at the sight, and the cold voice of a woman woke them up.

"Leave the seven dragons to us! You should focus on fighting the earth dragon emperor! I will be responsible for your two daughters. So you don't have to worry about them!" Kalya said to King Leonida and the other kings. Her gaze briefly paused on King Jonathan and King Elrick.

"Alright. I will hand the seven dragons over to you!" King Leonida, King Gustave, and King Raghnall quickly agreed after they saw that the four girls could withstand the attacks of the seven fortress dragons. They swiftly shot toward the earth dragon emperor.

Meanwhile, King Jonathan and King Elrick looked at their daughter and gritted their teeth. The two kings reluctantly agreed to King Leonida's words and went after the other three kings.

After the kings left, Kalya looked at Princess Freya, Clara, and the other girls seriously.

"Okay. This is the time to prove that we are not a burden and can fight to protect ourselves! But remember, you still have to be careful, and don't be careless!" Kalya said to the girls, and then she showed them a big smile. Princess Iris and the other girls also smiled and nodded.

After that, Kalya and the girls entered the real battlefield to prove their existence and worthiness to stand by the side of the man they love.