Lord of the Magical Beasts

Chapter 277: Total Defeat

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

With a thunderous roar, a giant Dark Dragon, larger than twice the size of a usual Dark Dragon, pounced from the cliff, followed by more than a dozen ferocious Dark Dragons.

The enormous Dark Dragon had wings that spanned up to ten meters, huge lantern-sized eyes, scales on its body each the size of half a basketball and black shiny giant claws…

Looking at the colossal Dark Dragon King and its monstrous, murderous aura, the troops and adventurers near the stone carving were in a state of panic, as were the powerful factions.

“Nick, raise your sword and chest out! Hurry!”

“But… Uncle Kapurt, I don’t want to die, I really don’t want to die!”

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Looking at the colossal Dark Dragon King in the sky, a smallish trooper paled and shook with fear. A middle-aged trooper beside him, Kapurt, could not say anything, but could only pat his shoulder with a sombre expression.

“I don’t want to die either!”

Kapurt muttered unconsciously, as he touched the letter he received from his family who were in Wissen Town, a few days ago. As he thought about his little baby angel at home, who had just learned how to walk, his heart ached. He had at first hoped to start his own small business back in his hometown with the money he earned from this expedition or go back to become a guard for the town’s Lord. But now, it seemed like it would be a miracle if he could get out of this alive, much less earn a sum of money.

Kapurt didn’t want to die. He didn’t want to die at all. But he knew clearly that if he were to give up fighting and be frozen from fear, he would only die faster.

Looking at the slight fellow who didn’t even reach his shoulders, Nick, he felt a wave of guilt. He had wanted to help his friend’s son earn some money, so he brought him along. It now looked like not only did he not help; he might even cause his friend to lose a son in his old age!

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With the looming threat of the Dark Dragon King, the troops and adventurers were in utter disarray. Some of them were running around in a panic, scattering in all directions. Some hid underneath piles of rocks, shaking in fear. While some stood pale-faced and frozen in panic.

Compared to the people near the stone carving, Yang Ling and his people were much more relaxed. On top of the protection from Restriction, they were also very far away from the action, so they were much safer. But, looking at the ferocious Dark Dragon King, they could not help but feel anxious.

This was the so-called Level Surpassing Magical Beast, the Dark Dragon King?

Looking at the murderous Dark Dragon King, Yang Ling sucked in a breath of cold air, a grave look on his face. A level nine Dark Dragon was already so difficult to handle, much less a Level Surpassing Dark Dragon King.

Thankfully he had the foresight to retreat in time!

Looking at the terrified troops and adventurers near the stone carving, Yang Ling shook his head. It was definitely true that people die in pursuit of wealth while birds die in pursuit of food!

In his eyes, the troops and adventurers who follow the powerful factions were no different from a group of moths who fly toward flame, heedless of consequences.

Not to mention the Magical Beasts or monsters in the Underground City, even if they were lucky enough to pick up a Divine Weapon or two, they would not be able to escape the powerful factions’ attacks. The only reason they were able to survive thus far was because the powerful factions, such as the Church, Dark Association and Orcs, had not shown their teeth yet!

To get into the Underground City, the various powerful factions could work together to deal with the Dark Dragons blocking the way, temporarily maintaining peace with each other. But Yang Ling was certain that once they were in the cave and found the Divine Weapons, they would turn on each other. By then, the ragtag bunch of troops and adventurers would be the first to be targeted by the powerful factions.

“Humans, do not try to break the Seal of Evil and release hell’s demon.” After circling in the air a few times, the Dark Dragon King continued, “This is no place for the likes of you. Be gone!”

Looking at the corpses of their friends, the Dark Dragons behind the Dark Dragon King bared their teeth and waved their claws. They could not wait to spit fire and burn all the humans near the stone carving to ashes. However, the Dark Dragon King calmly circled in the air. As a Level Surpassing Magical Beast, he was able to instinctively feel the power of the various factions.

“God says that it is everyone’s responsibility to rid the Underground City of evil!”

The White-robed Cardinal Bishop said as he stepped forward, the staff in his hand glowing a milky white, obvious to the naked eye. The glow came off the staff in waves and wherever the Holy Light passed, the people in the area would feel relieved, as the overwhelming oppressive presence of the Dark Dragon King was reduced.

Glancing from the White-robed Cardinal Bishop to the colossal Dark Dragon King in the sky, the Warrior wearing the golden cloak strode forward and said, “Ridding the Continent of the Undead has been Bellimore Family’s goal for thousands of years!”

With the example set by the Church and Bellimore Family, the Experts of the powerful factions all stepped forward one by one. It was getting dark, the passageway leading to the Underground City was getting narrower and the Dark Dragon King was very powerful. Left with no choice, the factions had to show their strength.

“Hehe, to rid the Continent of the Undead?”

Looking at Elder Klive who was surrounded by a cloud of dark gas and the Zombies and Skeletons summoned by the Angus Family, the Dark Dragon King smiled coldly.

As a Level Surpassing Magical Beast, it could instinctively feel how powerful Experts like the White-robed Cardinal Bishop, the Warrior wearing a golden cloak and Elder Klive were. However, the entrance to the Underground City was closing soon. If he could buy a bit more time, soon, none of the humans would be able enter the Underground City as they wished, no matter how powerful they were.

As they saw the mouth of the stone carving slowly closing, and looking at the Dark Dragon King, who was slowly circling in the air and not attacking, Experts such as the White-robed Cardinal Bishop and Elder Klive immediately figured out what the Dark Dragon King was planning, without much thought. With that, they met one another’s eyes, then attacked.

Even if the Experts themselves could charge into the Underground City with extreme speed, they could not guarantee the safety of their forces going in, or a safe way back after they had gotten the Divine Weapon, unless they eradicate the guardian of the Underground City, the Dark Dragon King.

“Blade Storm!”

With a roar, the Warrior in the golden cloak, of the Bellimore Family, attacked first. Like a cannonball, he catapulted high up off that ground. With a wave of his sharp, long sword, sharp blades shot out, whooshing towards the Dark Dragon King in the air.

Howl…

The Dark Dragon King let out a loud roar as he saw the all-encompassing storm of blades heading towards him. After muttering a few words, the black glow on his body shifted. Then, ignoring the blades that were drawing close, the Dark Dragon King led a group of Dark Dragons and charged downwards with a ‘whoosh’. With crisp ‘ding ding’ sounds, the blades were deflected away.

Dragon Thorn Rebound Magic?

Seeing how the blades were being reflected back, the look on the Warrior in the golden cloak’s face fell solemn. He used Wind Step to dodge the Dark Dragon King’s sharp tip. With a stabbing sound, the warrior’s sharp long sword opened a wound in a Dark Dragon’s stomach, deep enough the see bone.

An eye for an eye, a life for a life!

The Dark Dragon King had missed on the first strike. Looking at the detestable Warrior in the golden cape, the Dark Dragon King was greatly angered. Rapidly rising into the air, he opened his mouth to shoot out great balls of flame. In an instant, the warriors of the Bellimore Family who did not dodge in time, were vaporized.

“Hmph, Break Through Space and Time!”

Just as the Dark Dragon King was preparing to follow up on his attack and completely decimate the remaining warriors of the Bellimore Family, the White-robed Cardinal Bishop raised his hand to release a curved blade of glowing light. It whooshed towards the Dark Dragon King in the sky. A Dark Dragon raced to intercept the attack, wanting to take the hit for the Dark Dragon King. Unexpectedly, with a ‘crack’, the Dark Dragon’s waist was snapped in half in an instant, with blood and guts gushing out!

Break Through Space and Time?

Looking at the curved blade of glowing light that snapped the Dark Dragon’s waist in half, Elder Klive, who was preparing to attack, looked solemn. Though he knew that the White-robed Cardinal Bishop had already surpassed the level of a Domain Expert, he had never expected the White-robed Cardinal Bishop’s powers to have grown so tremendously, to such a terrifying state, that he could cast Break Through Space and Time in an instant.

The Break Through Space and Time spell was powerful beyond compare. It was arguably the Church Spellcaster’s most powerful Single Attack Magic.

As an opponent of the Church, Elder Klive naturally understood how terrifying Break Through Time and Space was. It was unknown how many Dark Knights and Dark Spellcasters had died under this spell over the past thousand years.

Having gotten over his shock, there was no time to waste, and Elder Klive took part in the joint attack against the Dark Dragon King. Regardless of their irreconcilable conflict with the Church, joining forces to defeat the Dark Dragon King who was blocking their way, then getting into the Underground City was the most important goal right now.

The Dark Dragon King unleashed his powers, attacking from left and right, trying his best to stall for time; while various powerful factions sent out their best men for a joint attack. In an instant, the two sides were all-out killing each other, as rivers of blood flowed.

Though the Dark Dragons’ attacks were precise, they were outnumbered. Under the combined attack of the various powerful factions, the tide was turning against them. The Dark Dragons beside the Dark Dragon King grew fewer in number, from 50 to eight. Very quickly, that number became five. Furthermore, all of them were badly wounded, and the Dark Dragon King was no exception.

Of course, in order to fatally wound the Dark Dragon King, the various powerful factions also paid a heavy price!

More than half of the Church’s army was wiped out. Even the White-robed Cardinal Bishop was brutally hit in the chest by the Dark Dragon King’s claw, causing him to vomit blood. The Warrior with the golden cloak had his long sword broken by the Dark Dragon King’s strike, and his left leg was badly mangled…

Meanwhile, Yang Ling was coldly standing by and watching. He waited until the Dark Dragon King was badly wounded, before leading his army into the battlefield, in the name of exterminating evil. However, his bark was worse than his bite. Whether intentionally or not, every time they succeeded in hitting a Dark Dragon, his Magical Beast Army and Peach Blossom Crossbows would accidentally kill many more people. However, weapons had no eyes, and no one noticed it anyway, as they were caught up in the tense situation!

It did not matter if they could not get a few Dark Dragons. If the Dark Dragon King could be turned into a Level Surpassing Zombie Dragon, it would be like having a Divine Weapon!

The Angus Family, seeing that the Dark Dragon King was getting more wounded and his speed of flying was slowing down, sent out all their elite troops, regardless of the cost. This time round, they especially asked a few Cyclops to keep an eye on Yang Ling. If he were to come close to the wounded Dark Dragon King at the critical moment, then they would immediately attack without mercy.

But even the best-laid plans can fail!

In order to get and turn the heavily wounded Dark Dragon King into a Level Surpassing Zombie Dragon, the Angus Family put in their everything. Out of more than a hundred Undead Wizards, there were only a dozen or so left. Not to mention the Undead Army that was summoned. Basically, for every ten of the army, nine were destroyed.

What they did not expect was that, just as they had the dying Dark Dragon King cornered and were about to get him, Yang Ling used Retrieval Restriction from afar and instantaneously transported him into the Wizard Pagoda’s Space. Not only did the Angus Family not get the Dark Dragon King, even the few of their clan members left standing, were whisked away by Yang Ling! The Angus Family had suffered a total defeat!