"Magogoko!"
Watching his beloved girl turned to ash by the dragon's breath, Wymons let out a cry of despair.
What a wonderful girl she was.
And now she was killed by the dragon.
"Unforgivable! Damn dragon, you will pay for your cruelty!"
Wymons propped himself up with his long sword, climbing up from the ground.
His eyes were filled with hatred, tears streaming down.
"You think you can?"
Su Nian turned his head, his pale golden dragon eyes gleaming with cruel malice.
"You are strong."
Wymons staggered toward the black dragon, clutching his sword.
"We humans don't have long lifespans, nor exceptional talents, but we are unkillable, inexhaustible."
"The Emperor Sivi established racial equality, but after a thousand years, humans prosper, humans are the rulers!"
"One day, your heart, your skin and bones will be auctioned in our human markets for people to choose."
Wymons spoke in a low voice, uttering the most venomous curse, while charging at the black dragon with his sword.
"Pathetic."
This world has been invaded by players, treated as pawns and gambling chips, yet still filled with aspirations.
Perhaps this is what ignorance is fearless.
Su Nian's dragon eyes grew cold, raising his claw to strike at Wymons. Unlike the inexperienced Mei Magogoko, Wymons was undoubtedly brave and skilled.
Not only did he use his sword to deflect Su Nian's dragon claw, but he also used the force of the strike to roll and approach Su Nian's dragon head.
[The dragon just used its breath, and now it's exhausted]
[If I can stab the sword into its dragon eyes, I can complete the counterattack today. Even if I can't, it's still a great gain]
[A blind dragon won't live long]
This was Wymons' thought, and he was very confident.
Then he saw the black dragon's throat suddenly light up and swell.
"Hiss—"
"Burp."
A breath of dragon fire turned Wymons to ash, Su Nian leisurely puffed out a smoke ring.
Even without hearing Wymons' thoughts.
The outcome remains the same.
Some people are always very confident, thinking they can do it.
"Anna, are you okay?"
Su Nian turned his head to glance at Anna on his back, but his neck had been modified to be shorter, so he could barely see Anna's fair and cute feet.
The three blasts of Flame Burst were aimed at him, but they also affected Anna on his back.
"Brother, Anna is fine, it's just your wings..."
Anna looked at Su Nian's dragon wings, blackened by the Flame Burst, with a heart full of guilt.
If only she could help her brother.
If only she wasn't a burden.
Anna lowered her head sadly, hugging her knees, feeling a sourness and self-loathing welling up, turning into beads of tears rolling down her smooth, pink cheeks onto the black dragon's back.
She was just a burden, yet she stubbornly wanted to stay with her brother.
If she hadn't come today.
Her brother wouldn't have needed to raise his wings to protect her, and he wouldn't have been injured.
What right does she have?
...
"Because I like you."
"Huh?"
Anna stared wide-eyed in disbelief at the black dragon in front of her, but she couldn't see the dragon's expression from her position, only its neck.
But the words were indeed spoken by the black dragon.
"Brother, what... what did you just say?"
Her lips trembled, her pretty face flushed, eyes brimming with misty water, her heart feeling like it was being swept by a feather, sweeping away inferiority and guilt, but also bringing a tingling anticipation and shyness.
"Because I like you."
Su Nian raised his dragon head, flying towards his kin, repeating the words he just said.
"Ah... well... why did brother suddenly say that..."
Anna covered her pretty face, her voice trembling, stammering, leaving only a finger-width gap to shyly peek out.
Su Nian's words were like a deer charging into her heart, bouncing on her heartstrings, making her blush uncontrollably, her breathing becoming difficult.
"Just felt like saying it~"
Su Nian's tone was casual, not deliberate.
Anna was stunned.
She stared with wide, watery eyes, the heat over her head causing her brain to almost enter shutdown mode.
How did brother know what she was thinking?
Could it be a coincidence?
Anna was puzzled, but she didn't dare to ask anymore.
She couldn't bear the feeling of being electrified in her heart.
Afraid of hearing more words that would make her even more unable to contain herself.
She now wanted a warm hug, wanted to be kissed, the intense anticipation making her restless, making her suffer.
Obviously, it's not possible now.
So Anna could only curl up in her exclusive spot, obediently lying down, spreading her soft little hands, letting herself stick to the broad back completely.
She took a deep breath.
Even her burning pretty face was tightly pressed against the cold, black scales.
Really wish it could always be like this...
Sticking with the dragon she likes, the sense of safety and fulfillment wrapping around her heart, making her feel much better, but occasionally there would still be the feeling of feathers sweeping.
...
Su Nian didn't know what Anna was thinking at the moment, the Occasionally-Functional Mind-Reading Feature was just as the system described, maybe he could hear it one second, and nothing the next.
But he could still feel the burning body of the little girl on his back.
Probably very shy and excited.
Clearly they liked each other, but never actively expressed their feelings, so Su Nian could roughly guess Anna's mood, probably always unsure, confused, maybe she thought she was just a pet of the black dragon?
Such things should definitely be expressed by the male first.
Now the effect is clearly very good.
When Anna was just feeling guilty and sad, no amount of comfort would work, but such a powerful statement could quickly disrupt her thoughts.
Then she would instantly throw away the previous sadness, immersed in the emotional impact, unable to extricate herself.
Moreover, the simple words "I like you" are actually more effective than any comfort.
Because it's an affirmation.
...
Under the conscious herding of the monsters, all the human soldiers fled towards the trap.
Now the great mage was dead, their knight commander was dead, and with so many monsters, these soldiers had long lost the will to continue fighting.
They had families, some even had lovers, they couldn't die in vain under the claws of monsters.
Soldier A thought so.
But when he and his comrades had just run out of the bushes, thinking they were about to escape, suddenly they felt the ground beneath their feet give way.
"Boom—"
The entire ground suddenly collapsed, and the group of soldiers could only let out a cry before falling into a huge pit.
Moments later, a group of monsters surrounded the pit, looking at the wailing human soldiers inside, showing cruel grins.
"Cackle..."
This trap was specially dug by the kobolds for the soldiers' main force, with the purpose of capturing soldiers.
As for those individually set small traps, soldiers stepping on them would die one by one, it's hard to say whether these captured soldiers are fortunate or unfortunate.
But one thing is certain.
The monsters now have more labor to help them dig pits and plant potatoes! """
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