CHAPTER 620: CHAPTER 416: DRAGON HEAD STONE

Under Hawkwood’s impatient urging, the Hasavi Team quickly briefed themselves on the background and entered the Fog Gate.

When the Ancient Flying Dragon fell before their eyes, there was no fear in the people’s eyes, only the excitement of witnessing something new.

"This dragon is even larger than the one we fought before," Matilda stretched her arms, ready for a big fight.

She suddenly thought of something: if she used Hell’s March here, would Hawkwood be affected and summon the Fran Undead Team?

Although the summoned residual shadows’ power couldn’t surpass the user of Hell’s March, it was still an entire army!

She was just worried that such a thought might negatively impact the residual shadows, and it would be troublesome if they opposed her, so she hesitated.

Meanwhile, Aleya had already used various plants to concoct a liquid specifically designed to soften hard objects. To combat dragons, Rock Giants, and other hard-shelled enemies, they must first be softened before striking.

Not softening before hacking away would result in a terrible feel, and the damage would be absorbed by the dragon scales.

Fingerley was loading bottles of the softening liquid into the grooves of his arm armor to splash during combat, while Selene quickly moved to the side, quietly waiting to watch the show.

Hawkwood didn’t bother with these intricate rituals; as in his first "joint battle" with Selene, he ran forward and flamboyantly leaped onto the Ancient Flying Dragon’s head, delivering a crit that emptied half its life force.

Seeing this, Fingerley wanted to imitate and jumped halfway, but the Ancient Flying Dragon shook off the enemy on its head and flapped its wings skyward, spraying flames towards the ground.

As the fire dissipated, everyone left their cover and engaged in a close-quarters battle with the ground-fallen Ancient Flying Dragon.

Its positioning is very subtle, never near the rock face, preventing adventurers from using it to jump onto its head.

It kept its head held high, wings occasionally whipping up whirlwinds, and its mouth leaking scorching flames, making it impossible for adventurers using Flying Skill to approach. The sky was locked down, trapping people on the ground for the simplest battle with the Ancient Flying Dragon.

Given the Ancient Flying Dragon’s towering size, the battle against it by the comparatively small humans was akin to...

Angular correction.

But it wasn’t entirely angular correction, as Aleya’s straw man grew taller and larger, swelling to the height of a dragon head and brawling with it, secretly wrapping vines packed with explosive oil around the Ancient Flying Dragon.

The Ancient Flying Dragon could easily tear the straw man to shreds, barely holding out for a minute under Aleya, yet the Hasavi Team didn’t appear panicked.

Suddenly, the straw man disintegrated, becoming a chaotic mass like an adventure group clinging to the Ancient Flying Dragon’s body, which violently tore at the low-strength vines, not even considering them as restraints.

A figure appearing smaller than Elsa emerged from the straw man and landed, quickly running to the group; this little-girl figure was Aleya’s true form, who raised her arms high, signaling to everyone that the time had come.

Flames ignited beneath the Ancient Flying Dragon, it was Night and Fire Sword!

Fingerley used the Night and Fire Sword to summon flames, igniting the straw mass soaked in explosive oil!

"Boom——"

With the thunderous explosion, the Ancient Flying Dragon was engulfed in flames; even protected by scales, it couldn’t resist the burning fire, thus flapping frantically in the sky, attempting to extinguish it with strong winds.

"Amazing..." Selene exclaimed with her hand covering her mouth, but she keenly observed that those flames didn’t cause significant damage to the Ancient Flying Dragon, only successfully disrupted its vision.

Wait, where’s Hawkwood?

She searched around, finally spotting Discouragement Brother nearby; after his leap chop on the Ancient Flying Dragon, he hadn’t chosen to leave this time but joined the battle, helping the group challenge the Ancient Flying Dragon.

Now with the Monster airborne, he couldn’t reach it, so he sheathed his weapon, observing what everyone could achieve.

"Turns out you’ll help if the dragon challengers are strong enough..."

Selene muttered with a hint of complaint, suddenly inspired by a competitive spirit; she wanted to prove that though her strength was lacking, she could still assist.

"Everyone, over here!"

She called out, and when Fingerley and the others looked at her, she said, "Come over here, there might be a way to deal with the Monster here!"

The path she indicated was previously blocked by a group of Snake-men but she had carefully observed upon entering.

At the end of the path weren’t there staircases attaching to the rock wall leading up, and at the end of those staircases were platforms roughly constructed from planks, those platform positions...

Right above the Ancient Flying Dragon’s battlefield!

Combining Hawkwood’s earlier demonstration of battle with the Ancient Flying Dragon, perhaps they could seize an opportunity from above to leap down and completely resolve the Monster!

Before entering the Fog Gate, she had shared the related intelligence and conjecture with the group, but Fingerley wanted to test the waters with a direct confrontation first; results showed a direct confrontation might win but at the cost of significant time.

If they could expedite the process with some fast-travel tricks, they’d gladly accept.

Selene guided the group forward, turned back, and saw Hawkwood standing still, watching them like an audience, his gaze bearing some encouragement.

With Hasavi Team’s inclusion, Snake-men blocking the way weren’t a concern, the giant Snake-man exhibited considerable bravery, worthy of a fierce general, but everyone unanimously decided to bypass it, climbing the ladder directly.

Once everyone climbed up, Selene pulled out a knife to cut the ladder, causing halfway-up Snake-men to fall heavily.

A dragon’s roar suddenly sounded beside their ears, Fingerley, quick-eyed and deft, pulled back Selene who was walking ahead, the scorching Dragon Breath brushing past her hair in the next second!

"Waaah..."

Selene was so frightened that her legs went weak, and she couldn’t stop trembling.

The Dragon Breath earlier was unleashed by the Ancient Flying Dragon. It had extinguished the flames on its body and came to intercept everyone, and now its massive body was crashing in!

"Run!"

In the instant people started running, the wooden platform behind them was shattered by the Flying Dragon!

Sawdust flew everywhere, the sound of breaking echoed, and at the last moment, people managed to get onto a new platform. The Ancient Flying Dragon breathed fire once more, leaving people no choice but to dodge.

This Monster was not foolish enough to wait in place for someone to strike it down; it was actively flying up to attack!

"At this rate, even if we reach the last platform, we still won’t be able to jump onto its head."

Fingerley shouted amidst the loud noise, "Let me go, cover me!"

Everyone reached the last platform in an instant, but the Ancient Flying Dragon did not land on the ground. Instead, it crashed towards them again.

There was nowhere to hide. If they weren’t killed on impact, they would fall to their deaths after losing the platform.

At that moment, Selene stood at the forefront and used her best magic, Chaotic Magic, against the Ancient Flying Dragon!

She wasn’t sure if the magic would work on the Ancient Flying Dragon, but she wanted to give it a try, at least to buy some time!

Using Chaotic Magic against such a powerful creature almost drained her Magic Power, but it took effect. The Ancient Flying Dragon suddenly and uncontrollably spewed fire from its mouth, the unexpected change made its stance falter for a moment, and even its ramming speed slowed down.

"It worked!"

Selene raised her hand in celebration, and the next moment her figure was engulfed by flames.

In that instant, Fingerley broke through the flames and lunged at the Ancient Flying Dragon, the Night and Fire Sword in his hand glowing with magic, successfully stabbing into the head of the Ancient Flying Dragon. In the next moment, a miniature comet-like Yazler erupted forth!

"Roar——"

Before losing consciousness, Selene heard the Ancient Flying Dragon let out a pained cry, and suddenly, a stone containing peculiar power appeared in her hand.

[Dragon Head Stone]!

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At the same time as the Hasavi Team was fiercely battling the Ancient Flying Dragon.

"Why haven’t your kin arrived yet?"

At the Light Eagle Group’s base, Eliphas fiddled with a green Fallen Demon Egg in his hand, glancing at the Demon Clan elder beside him, named Dorian.

At this moment, Dorian was getting up and sitting down repeatedly, sweat beading on his forehead, evidently restless as he muttered to himself:

"Something’s wrong, he should have already arrived here by now. Why hasn’t he come? Could it be that the Fran Guard killed him? Impossible, his escape ability is stronger than mine, he couldn’t have died at their hands."

Seeing this, Eliphas’ distrust of the Demon Clan grew a little more, and he silently shook his head.

He took out a red Fallen Demon Egg and brought it close to his own green one.

In the next moment, the green Fallen Demon Egg jumped violently, cracked open a big mouth, and devoured the red one completely. At the moment it was swallowed, its surface bulged with veins, but soon calmed down, returning to normal.

Eliphas then closed his eyes, sensing the changes in his body, and after a moment, he exhaled.

"Such wicked power, I like it."

After a brief period of adaptation, he gradually figured out how to use the green Fallen Demon Egg. This thing holds absolute dominance over the red ones and can even "destroy" them.

During the destruction process, he could occasionally perceive a slight power flowing into his body, but perhaps only one in ten red Fallen Demon Eggs could slightly enhance his power. He still couldn’t figure out how to trigger this phenomenon.

For now, it only seems to give him greater control over the red holders, and aside from that, the usual ability to grant the user body mutations hasn’t appeared in him.

Eliphas believed that this might indicate he hadn’t fully mastered the use of the Abnormal Fallen Demon Egg yet.

"My name wasn’t mentioned in the letter, right?" he asked.

"No, rest assured about that, you won’t be exposed," Dorian said decisively.

"Knock, knock, knock!"

The urgent sound of knocking came, and the next moment, Sali burst in without permission, somewhat flustered, and said:

"It’s bad, Captain, someone from the Minister is here!"

"The Minister?"

Eliphas couldn’t understand why the Minister was looking for him, but Sali’s next words caught him off guard.

"Someone said, Captain, you’re colluding with the Demon Clan!"