"Hold onto the horn tight, okay?" Amir pulled Millisyn close to him.
This time, he would be fighting alongside Big Yellow.
Facing a creature of this size, it was also Amir's first time.
He was not even sure whether his Force abilities would be enough to make a difference.
Still, that was not a major problem.
With the boost from shared perception, Big Yellow's combat ability would definitely rise by a huge margin.
And if that still was not enough…
Amir touched his pack. Inside was the final weapon he had prepared for this operation from the beginning.
A highly concentrated explosive.
Several times more powerful than the charges currently sitting in Big Yellow's stomach.
If this explosive were thrown into a krayt dragon's mouth and detonated, then while it would not match the raw force of an entire bundle of explosives, it would still inflict massive internal damage.
It would absolutely cripple it.
He had not needed to use it when fighting Big Yellow earlier, so now it was perfect for helping him.
Hearing the rapidly approaching noise in the distance, Big Yellow began to grow restless.
Rage started boiling in its mind. Its massive body swayed uneasily, and its five pairs of limbs beat against the ground in a certain rhythm, ready to launch forward at any moment.
Before anyone realized it, the gray line in the desert had already reached them.
Amir heard the thought in Big Yellow's mind.
Bite.
This most primitive, least sophisticated attack possible, when performed by a krayt dragon, carried an entirely different kind of force.
That enormous head, those dense, razor-sharp fangs—driven by every muscle and every bone in Big Yellow's body—lunged nearly twenty meters forward in a single savage motion, snapping through the air.
And the other krayt dragon, charging toward them, almost seemed to have leapt willingly into Big Yellow's mouth, emerging from underground at exactly the wrong moment.
That was the effect of Force perception.
With Amir's help, Big Yellow had accurately predicted the enemy dragon's path and seized the advantage with the very first strike.
The krayt dragon bursting from underground had not expected the attack to come so quickly. The instant it emerged from the sand, it saw those jaws biting toward its neck.
It tried to dodge in panic, but at this distance it was impossible.
A krayt dragon's fangs were absolutely one of the sharpest things on this planet. Its nearly indestructible scales were pierced and torn through like rotten bark.
Big Yellow's body twisted violently over the sand with the momentum of the lunge, and under that force his head wrenched across the other dragon's neck.
Along with that motion came a huge chunk of bloody flesh.
The krayt dragon let out a howl of pain.
Big Yellow pressed the advantage, opening his jaws again and snapping toward the wound.
The scene was ferocious enough already, but for Amir and Millisyn, it was even more intense.
Standing atop the dragon's head and clinging to the horn for dear life, Amir only just managed to keep from being flung off. It was more thrilling than having a roller coaster's track suddenly vanish beneath you.
He nearly lost the shared perception altogether.
Millisyn, on the other hand, was having an even better time. Held firmly by Amir, she was experiencing Big Yellow's attack from the first-person perspective. It was so exciting that she screamed in exhilaration the entire time.
On the second exchange, the krayt dragon, now on guard, twisted its head aside and avoided Big Yellow's bite, then seized the chance to hurl its immense body forward in a brutal collision.
Only now did its entire body emerge from the ground, displaying itself fully before Amir.
It was actually more than ten meters longer than Big Yellow, and the most primitive kind of pressure came crashing over him.
The impact shoved Big Yellow backward more than ten meters, and even Amir on his head felt the force of it.
Big Yellow quickly steadied himself. Ignoring the pain radiating through his body, he lowered his head and bit into the other krayt dragon's back. Once again, those dense fangs punched through the scales and buried deep into flesh.
This time, the other krayt dragon did not yield. Enduring the pain, it bit directly at Big Yellow's front leg.
Once they were locked together at close range, all technique vanished.
What remained was only the most savage, most primal form of slaughter.
Biting, ramming, tangling, tearing…
With every clash, fresh hideous wounds opened on both dragons.
Amir was being thrown around so badly he nearly threw up.
Fortunately, he had not eaten anything that morning.
In the past, their battles had never reached this level of frenzy. Neither of them wanted to be injured too severely, because that meant weakness, sickness, and in the barren desert, very likely death.
But today, both dragons had truly lost their tempers.
Big Yellow bit down on the other krayt dragon's tail yet again, and this time the other dragon plunged its head beneath the sand, burst out from the other side, and opened its jaws straight toward Big Yellow's head.
Amir was already sick to his stomach from all the violent motion. Seeing that disgusting giant maw lunging toward them, he shoved out his right hand with all his strength.
The dragon head that had been surging forward with unstoppable force suddenly seemed to plunge into invisible sludge. Within less than five meters, its momentum was violently stripped away, until it shuddered to a halt right in front of Amir.
Millisyn threw her head back so hard she nearly snapped her neck, afraid of being bitten.
Staring at the dragon head trembling in front of him, Amir pulled out the spherical explosive he had prepared long ago and tossed it into its mouth.
The krayt dragon looked almost like a pet asking to be fed.
Though as pets went, it was admittedly a little on the large side.
"Move, Big Yellow. Get some distance!" Amir sent his intent into Big Yellow's mind.
The spherical bomb was timed. It would explode in ten seconds.
Big Yellow obeyed instantly. By now, he trusted this human's instructions very deeply.
He released his bite, threw off the enemy krayt dragon, and sped away into the distance.
Only a few seconds later, a muffled detonation came from behind them.
Like a thunderclap, it blasted rings of sand outward, leaving behind a collapsed crater.
Amir and Millisyn both turned to look back and saw the huge krayt dragon's neck suddenly bulge outward in a swelling ring.
Its yellow-brown scales stretched to an impossible degree, exposing the red flesh beneath as blood sprayed out in a torrent.
The enormous head slammed straight down onto the ground, kicking up clouds of dust.
Big Yellow also turned to witness the scene, and the moment he saw his old enemy grievously wounded, he decisively rushed back.
There was no pity in him, no reflection, no hesitation.
He opened his jaws wide and bit savagely into the half-severed neck of the other krayt dragon.
With just one bite, the massive beast's head was completely torn free from its body.
Having vented years of hatred, Big Yellow threw back his head and started to howl.
Amir immediately put a stop to his overexcited nonsense.
Looking down, he saw that at the torn neck of the krayt dragon, a bloody sac had ruptured open, and from within it rolled out two round pearls.
Amir remembered what Obi-Wan had once told him. Krayt dragons possessed a gizzard-like digestive pouch, and inside it were crystals they had not fully dissolved. After being corroded by acid over a long period, these crystals often became spherical. Every dragon pearl was extremely valuable, and it was even possible to find kyber crystals among them.
Using the Force, Amir drew the two pearls to himself. He and Millisyn each picked one up, and without sparing another glance at the ruined corpse, Amir guided Big Yellow back the way they had come.
After this single battle, the bond between Amir and Big Yellow was no longer built entirely on fear.
Something new had appeared within it.
Trust.
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