Chapter 864 - 865 – Grey – Part 13.

[Currently: Wo'won clan]

"Shit. Is there still nothing?" – asked the queen.

"No your majesty. So far, we found nothing." – said the dragon knight as the exhausted army was using any means to dig down, be it with dragons using their true forms or with familiars.

"There has be something." – said Cave who stood beside dragon queen.

"The way that explosion was unleashed wasn't some kind of missed attack… It was a signal."

"And if it wasn't truly important, then why did he summoned his monsters?"

"Not only that, there is also the fact that any communication methods are not working… Jamming seems to be the main cause."

"And if he really wanted us to find something, then it must be way more important then going towards the castle."

"…"

(If that is the case, what is right beneath us?) – thought the dragon queen as she looked down.

(Are the traitorous royal family of the Kai'ku'dan clan there? If so, does that mean the castle was just distraction?)

(…They throw away their homes, their land and their own people for their ambitions?!)

(What sort of wicked greed is this?!)

"KEEP DIGGING!" – shouted the dragon queen.

"THE SECRETS OF THOSE BASTARDS ARE RIGHT BENEATH US!"

All three of armies of the alliance were digging down around the castle, trying to find the secrets of that were kept underground.

Obviously, the soldiers were confused… However-

"THERE IS SOMETHING DOWN HERE!" – shouted the massive 8-legged wingless dragon who was the dragon king of the Pindon clan, Ku'roi Pindon Wud, who was using his true form.

"I FOUND SOMETHING! SOME KIND OF MASSIVE METALIC THING!"

Thanks to his mastery over earth and sand, the dragon king of the Pindon clan managed to find one of the underground passages near the castle.

And that news did not took long at all for the other clans to hear about his discovery.

There was something UNDERNEATH THEM ALL!

And that news were more than enough to motivate the leaders of the alliance as well as their soldiers.

Victory was possible.

However, despise the army above finishing up their war against grey monsters, there was still a war underneath that was still raging on.

"JEZUS FUCKING CHRIST! HOW MANY OF THESE BASTARDS HAVE THEY SENT THIS TIME?!" – shouted LM as he was using his clown skills to confused the dragons that were trying to devour him, before then unleashing a rain of knifes that pierced their knifes.

"I'VE COUNTED 12 IN TOTAL!" – shouted Tail as he tried shadow binding one of the dragons who was aiming to cast a spell, only for the another dragon to charge right at him, forcing the dark cave kobold to dive into his shadows in order to avoid the attack.

"NOW! HOLD THEM DOWN!" – shouted the dragon who was about to finish casting his spell… Only to in the next moment get shot right between his eyes, which ended up slaying the creature right on the spot.

"Fourth down!" – shouted Oron as he was reloading his crossbow.

"These bastards are way weaker than any of the dragons I've encountered before!"

"It doesn't matter that they have numbers, they are no match for us!"

"WHAT DO YOU KNOW?! PATHETIC INSECT?!" – shouted the dragon who swung down his claws, smashing them on top of Oron.

"Heh."

"?!"

(Where is he?!) – thought the dragon as he realized that Oron wasn't underneath its palm nor anywhere else.

"Boo." – said Oron as he appeared right beneath the dragon's head, before then blowing a hole right through the head of the dragon.

"Fifth." – said Oron as he quickly used his fire and poison magic to counter the two dragons that tried to barrage the demonic elf with their magic, only to not only get blocked, but even countered as the acidizing flames burned the surface of their bodies.

"…"

(What the hell is going on?) – thought the dragon who was standing at the very back.

(Who are these people!? WHAT ARE THEY?!)

(How… HOW ARE THEY DOMMINATING THE FIGHT?!) – thought the dragon as he quietly started walking backwards.

(They said that they were exhausted! That they should had been an easy kill!)

(S-so… Why?!)

(WHY ARE WE DYING?!) – thought the panicking dragon as he saw three more of its family members dying, filling not only the terrified dragon with fear, but also all remaining dragons.

"Huh… You are right. These guys ARE weak like hell! Compare to all other dragons I've fought while getting here, they are so far the weakest." – said Tail as he stared at the 4 remaining dragons.

"Yeah… I mean, I thought it would take us long to finish them all up, but at this rate? We should finish them quickly." – said LM as he took out an arrow from his quiver.

"…"

"Tch!" – the terrified dragon turned around and started running away.

"?!" – both sides instantly noticed the cowardly dragon running away.

"H-hey! He is running away!" – shouted LM as the remaining dragons stared at each other… And in the next moment, two more dragons started running.

"?!"

"WAIT! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" – shouted the dragon who was left behind, who was still confused about what was going on… And that was his last moment, before Oron and LM started slaughtering him.

"Oruk! What are you doing!?" – shouted one of the two dragons who chased the coward.

"RUNNING AWAY! YOU FUCKING IDIOTS!" – shouted the cowardly dragon.

"DIDN'T YOU SEEN WHAT WAS GOING ON?!"

"12 VS 3! FUCKING 3! AND WE GOT DESTORYED!"

"DO YOU REALLY THINK WITH US FOUR REMANING WE HAD ANY CHANCE?!"

"B-but the orders!" – shouted the second chasing dragon.

"FUCK THE ORDERS!" – shouted the cowardly dragon.

"WE HAVE-"

"!"

"LOOK OUT!" – shouted the cowardly dragon as the trio of the players were already chasing the three remaining dragons.

"SHIT THEY ARE GAINING ON US!" – shouted the first chasing dragons.

"JUST SLOW THEM DOWN!" – shouted the cowardly dragon as the trio of the dragons stopped in tracks and unleashed their combined breath attack, trying to slow down the trio of the players.

The blast breaths hit the trio of the players… However.

"[Light Devouring Shadow] / [Greater Demonic Barrier]."

Shadows devoured the light of the breath while the demonic powers shattered the breath.

LM and Tail unleashed their shadows while Oron used his demonic powers to seal off any damage.

Which resulted in two things.

They were not blown away.

Nor they were slow down.

"!?"

"HOW?!" – shouted the second chasing dragon as the trio of the players were catching up to the group of dragons.

"JUST RUN! GO BACK!" – shouted the cowardly dragon as the trio of the dragons tried to run away while using any tricks they had left.

However… One of the dragons were caught by the shadows, before then getting eliminated.

The second dragon in desperation tried unleashing as many spells as possible… But it too moments later would end up getting annihilated.

Leaving only the cowardly dragon who knew that he was the last one.

The trio instantly ran after him, aiming to finish off the dragon.

However, while the players were dealing with second dragon, the last dragon placed several trap magic circles, which upon activation unleashed countless numbers of the manifested chains, which blocked off the path.

…

But that was doing any work as the trio were quickly breaking the chains apart, making the dragon be overwhelmed with feeling of the dread.

"!" – however, that dread would be dispersed soon after, because it saw it.

A massive gate.

This sight alone gave the dragon a sense of hope.

"OPEN IT! IT'S ME! ORUK!" – shouted the hopeful dragon.

…

But as he smashed right into the massive gate… He ended up smashing right into it.

"!?"

"HEY! OPEN IT!"

"OPEN IT THE HELL UP!" – shouted the dragon as in desperation he tried to open up the gate… However, nothing was working.

The gate was completely shut.

And even worse, the trio of the players were just standing right behind the dragon.

The dragon's hope instantly disappeared once again.

"Open it up." – said Oron as he aimed with his crossbow at the dragon.

"Or die."

"?!" – the dragon in the mindless panic tried to open up the gate using his mana…. But it was rejected.

"10." – said Oron.

"9."

"!?" – the dragon in pure panic transformed into his human form and opened up the console next to the gate.

"8."

"7."

"SHIT! STOP IT!" – shouted the panicking dragon as he was trying to impute his password.

[Access denied.]

"…"

"What?" – said the dumbfounded dragon.

"6."

"!?"

[Access denied.]

[Access denied.]

[Access denied.]

"FUCK! THE HELL IS GOING ON HERE?!" – shouted the panicking dragon.

(Why are my passwords not working!"

"DENIU! MARIA! KORON! LET ME IN! PLEASE!" – shouted the dragon in the desperation… But he had not received any answer.

"P-PLEASE! GIVE ME-"

The dragon tried to star begging as he turned around… Only for Oron to just shot the dragon between the eyes before he could finish his count down.

"…" – the dragon fall dead on the dragon, causing his transformation to be undo and return the dragon to his true form.

"…So, this is it?" – said Oron as the trio of the players were standing in front of the gate.

"This is probably where the traitorous royal family is inside." – said Tail as he tried using his shadows… But the gate repelled them.

"…."

"Do we wait?" – asked LM.

"No." – replied Oron.

"We can't waste time at all."

"Blow that entire thing open."