Radiant Dragon’s Otherworldly Reincarnation

Chapter 294. O, Foolish and Pitiful One (2)

The Lord’s appearance.

And upon confirming the powerful blow, the black mages all shouted at once.

“That’s the Lord!”

“Kill him!”

“Concentrate your attack!”

The black mages were not intimidated at all by the Lord’s appearance.

Rather, as if they had seized an opportunity for great merit, they rushed towards the Lord.

“Insignificant things.”

The Lord said, as if spitting out the words, and sucked in a breath to unleash another breath.

Feeling the air in the area becoming thin, the black mages hurriedly shouted.

“Don’t let him shoot!”

“Kill him before that!”

The magic of the black mages and the attacks of the demons poured down intensively on the Lord.

Kwaang! Kwangkwang! Kurururung!

Terrifying flames, lightning, and blizzards covered the Lord.

But it was impossible for them to even touch the Lord’s body.

“Not a chance.”

“Foolish things.”

Other dragons came out in front of the Lord and blocked the attacks of the black mages.

Their scales, harder than steel, were torn off, and the flesh beneath was torn, but still, they did not retreat.

And….

“Die!”

Once again, a terrifying ray of light was emitted from the Lord’s mouth.

For the black mages, it was a fatal blow.

The moment they were swept up in that stream of light, no one would be able to survive.

Kwakwakwakwakwa!

But it was at that moment.

Something intervened and blocked the destructive and majestic blow of the Dragon Lord.

The Dragon Lord’s breath, which had been pouring out with the force of a waterfall, was blocked by that something and gradually lost its power.

And looking at the figure that revealed itself, the Dragon Lord bared his teeth and growled.

“So you are a follower of the Outer God.”

“It’s been a long time. Leonis.”

The one who blocked the Dragon Lord’s blow was the Venerable Master leading the black mages.

The Dragon Lord looked at him and said.

“Foolish one. After such a long time, do you still follow the Outer God?”

“Of course. My soul will be with him forever.”

“Even those who crossed over into the world with the Outer God admitted defeat and accepted it.”

“They are losers. Disgusting bastards…”

“You, who were born in this world and received life, why do you serve the Outer God to the end? You foolish one!”

To the terrifyingly roaring Dragon Lord, the Venerable Master said with a calm expression.

“You are the foolish ones.”

“What did you say?”

“The ship already has a hole and is slowly sinking. So why do you insist on staying on it until the end?”

“Shut that filthy mouth.”

“I am showing concern. Wise Lord. Even now, change your mind…”

Kwakwakwakwang!

A breath was emitted once again.

But compared to the one before, which was emitted with full power, its power was too lacking.

The Venerable Master was able to block the Dragon Lord’s attack just by enveloping himself in magic power.

“Hahaha…. How pitiful. Leonis. To think that you, who were stronger and braver than anyone on that battlefield, have fallen so low.”

A sneer appeared on the Venerable Master’s lips.

If it were the Dragon Lord of that time, Leonis would not have dared to face him head-on.

Originally, the true power of the Dragon Lord was not a level that the Venerable Master could handle.

Originally, the difference in their power was like the sea and a puddle.

But….

“Hehehe. Yes. There’s no way he’d be fine. There’s no way you, who were abandoned by the gods and neglected for a long time, would have the power of the past.”

The current Dragon Lord is weakened.

No, the entire Dragon race itself has been weakened.

After the war with the Outer God, Yupinel and Kalaron also fell asleep to recover their damage.

This caused serious damage to the dragons, who were created by the gods.

For the dragons created to protect the world from the Outer God, it was the same as saying there was no one to continuously replenish their power.

The dragons gradually lost their power and eventually disappeared from the world.

The reason they had to hide their appearance by spreading a barrier in this remote land was precisely that.

“A dragon that cannot use magic is just a strong and sturdy lizard. Isn’t that right, Lord?”

“How dare you…”

The Lord ground his teeth.

But he couldn’t deny it.

The current power of the clan is not even one-hundredth of its peak.

Only a few ancient dragons, including himself, the Lord, could still use their breaths.

The young dragons couldn’t even do that and had to engage in pure physical combat.

In fact, even with just physical combat, the dragons were a powerful enough race, but the story was different if the opponents were black mages and the demons of hell.

‘At the very least, I must buy time for the children to evacuate.’

The Lord strengthened his resolve and shouted.

“Warriors of the clan! Fight until the very end. We are the guardians of this world!”

The Lord’s roar ignited the fighting spirit in the hearts of the other dragons.

“Wooooooooh!”

“Let’s goooo!”

Even in the face of the pouring magic, demonic beasts, and demons’ attacks, the dragons put their bodies forward and advanced.

They were not fighting because they had a chance of winning.

They were doing their best as the guardians who protect this world.

And the dragons, who had made a desperate resolve, were still dangerously strong even if they had lost their magic.

And among such dragons, there was one who stood out particularly.

“Comrades, follow me!”

A black-haired warrior in a Draconian form, fighting with a single sword.

A huge Aura Blade, over 10 meters long, was formed on his sword.

It was an Aura Blade so large that one might mistake it for the Hegemon King’s Lord of Sword.

The difference was that unlike the Hegemon King’s sword, which shone as if exploding for a moment, his Aura Blade continuously emitted light and displayed its power.

Every time he swung his sword, the attacks of the black mages were shattered, and the demons of hell were repelled.

His name was….

“I am the Sword Dragon, Arcana.”

Sword Dragon Arcana.

A maverick who, despite being a dragon, was fascinated by the sword and walked the path of the sword.

He was the one who first delivered the Aura Blessing to humans, and the legendary dragon called the guardian deity of knights was this very man.

Due to the disconnection from the gods, the power of the dragons had diminished, but the power of the sword he had built up through long hours of training was his own strength.

“Uooooooh!”

A single flash created by the huge Aura Blade.

It split a giant demonic beast that had crawled up from hell in half.

Numerous black mages’ magic was concentrated on such an Arcana.

Kwakwakwang! Kwaang!

But Arcana’s sword formed an impenetrable barrier and blocked the attacks.

Sword Membrane.

Arcana had realized a technique specialized in defense, like Patrick’s Dragon Scale Whirlwind, on his own through long hours of training.

“What a monster.”

“What kind of dragon uses a sword…”

The black mages frowned at the sight.

But the level of the sword Arcana had reached was not just this.

“Insolent things!”

When he waved his hand, countless Aura Blades were generated in the air.

At the sight of thousands of Aura Blades floating in the air, the black mages were terrified.

“No way?”

“Didn’t they say they can’t use magic?”

“This… keoheok!”

Without giving the astonished black mages a chance to collect themselves, the thousands of Aura Blades created by Arcana flew towards the enemy.

And it made a rain of blood made of flesh and blood fall in the sky of Dragon Island.

“Aaaak!”

“Kraak!”

Black mages, demons of hell, and demonic beasts.

There was no one who could stop Arcana’s divine might.

At this moment.

The strongest warrior of the Dragon clan was, without a doubt, this man.

“Support Arcana’s rear.”

“Defeat the enemies!”

As a chance of victory began to appear, the dragons started to surround Arcana and support him.

The Venerable Master who watched this scene….

“As expected, even a rotten fish is still a fish? Tsk, whether it’s the World Tree or these lizard bastards, nothing goes easily.”

The Dragon Lord, whose existence itself was power, though shabby compared to his peak.

The dragons, who still boasted a powerful physique even if they had lost their magic.

And Arcana, who had obtained a power greater than a dragon with his sword after long hours of training….

It was certainly not a battle that could be won easily.

“Venerable Master, we will step in as well.”

Seeing the situation turning unfavorable, the direct disciples who were protecting the Venerable Master stepped forward.

Certainly, if they stepped in, they might be able to face Arcana and the Lord.

But….

“There is no need for that.”

The Venerable Master stopped such disciples.

“I have a more certain means.”

The Venerable Master had already prepared a winning hand from the beginning of this game.

He looked at the corpses of the black mages, who had fallen all over the place and were releasing demonic energy, and muttered.

“Your deaths will not be in vain.”

And the moment he raised his staff….

“Block it!”

The Dragon Lord, who knew the physiology of black mages well, hurriedly shouted.

The most dangerous moment for a black mage is the moment of death.

Because at the moment of death, they can summon a being so dangerous that they could not have summoned it while alive, using their magic power and soul as a price.

In fact, he had thought it was strange for a while now.

Why it was so quiet, even though so many black mages had died, including from his own breath.

With this much of a price, he should have been able to summon at least a demon who had obtained the throne of a demon lord from hell.

They had been holding back until now.

He didn’t know what they were trying to summon, but there was no way that what was being summoned at the cost of the deaths of so many black mages would be an ordinary demon.

The Dragon Lord once again took a deep breath.

What he was about to use now would probably be his last breath of the day.

But he absolutely had to stop the Venerable Master’s summoning now.

“Dieeeee!”

Kwakwakwakwakwakwakwakwa….

A huge stream of golden light, on a different level from before, flew towards the Venerable Master.

“Master!”

“It’s dangerous.”

The Venerable Master’s direct disciples hurriedly tried to block the Lord’s breath, but the defensive magic they deployed with all their might was powerless before the Lord’s breath.

Kwaching! Jjeoong!

The layered breath destroyed the disciples’ defensive magic one after another.

“Keoheok…”

“Damn it… keuuuk…”

The disciples suffered a severe rebound from the destruction of the magic they had deployed with all their might and fell to the ground one by one.

But the Venerable Master paid them no mind and just focused on his casting.

The moment the last disciple’s barrier was broken….

“Master!”

At the disciple’s scream, the corners of the Venerable Master’s mouth went up.

“I was faster. Lord.”

And three portals opened in front of the Venerable Master, and something appeared.

* * *

Wung-wung-wung-wung-wung….

‘What is that phenomenon?’

The Lord couldn’t understand.

The breath he had emitted with his life’s greatest power had pierced through the black mages and hit the Venerable Master.

But the moment he thought it had hit, the golden stream of light he had emitted did not explode, nor could it wipe out the enemy.

It just….

‘Stagnated?’

Yes.

There was no other way to express it.

The light-attribute breath he had emitted had stagnated and clumped right in front of where the Venerable Master was, and just continued to grow in size.

The moment the huge golden sphere of light, which now looked like a small sun had descended to the ground, was created….

Peeeeeong!

That sphere of light flew far up into the sky as it was.

And the Lord, who had exhaled all his breath, looked at the Venerable Master with a tired expression and said.

“What in the world did you summon?”

What the Lord saw were three Death Knights.

No, was that… could that really be called a Death Knight?

A normal Death Knight would be armed with a longsword and black armor and a helmet.

But what were those three?

Their attire was unknown, but it was a dress that could hardly be called armor, and they wore no helmets.

One held a sword, but another held a saber with a deformed blade.

One of them didn’t even have a weapon in his hand, and his head was bald, with nine dots neatly placed on it.

What in the world was that?

The aura felt was also completely different from a normal Death Knight.

Even for the Dragon Lord, who had lived a long time, it was a new enemy whose identity he could not easily grasp.

And the Venerable Master extended his hand forward and said.

“Go.”

At that, the three Death Knights flew towards the dragons.

Just three.

And they were just three ordinary undead monsters that didn’t look particularly savage.

The dragons wondered what this was, but their question soon turned to horror.

Peeeeeeeeong!

The moment a bald, bare-handed Death Knight extended his fist forward, an ancient dragon exploded into pieces.

“Sir Santias!”

“How can this be…. Him, in one blow?”

Santias.

He was the eldest of the White Dragons and was a strong person who ranked within the top ten of the entire dragon race.

And he had been shattered into pieces with a single blow.

Only now realizing that the situation was not ordinary, the dragons tried to fight back against the new enemy with all their might.

“You baaaastard!”

A giant Red Dragon struck down towards the Death Knight holding a strange saber.

As befitting a Red Dragon, whose physical strength was the strongest among the dragons, his body had fewer injuries compared to the other dragons.

But….

Chwaaaak!

The moment the opponent’s blade flashed once.

“Uh… uht…”

The world split in half.

No, to be precise, what was split was….

“…me?”

Kuuuuung!

With those last words, the giant Red Dragon split in half and collapsed.

Even the black mages on the same side were astonished at the skill of accurately splitting a giant dragon in half with a single slash.

“What is that?”

“Magic… no, it’s not magic, is it?”

“I know it’s not an ordinary Death Knight, but…”

Even they, who were on the same side, felt fear towards the three Death Knights that the Venerable Master had just summoned.

This was not the kind of fear one felt towards a strong person.

The unknown.

This was not something happening in the realm of their knowledge.

To blow up a giant dragon with a bare fist and to split it in half with a single swing?

This was something far beyond the scope of their knowledge.

For those who think with their heads like mages, the unknown was something that came as fear and terror.

Even if it was on the same side.