Translator: AnubisTL
In the instant the physical assault disrupted the defenses, the true killers arrived—the most robust wyverns, carrying the fiercest warriors, swooped through the gaps exposed by the flame orb bombardment.
"Hold them back! Aaaah—!"
The operator's scream abruptly cut off.
Ogre Ugo leaped from the back of a wyvern. Karu's brother and the strongest ogre boss besides Karu himself, Ugo landed with a thunderous crash.
Ignoring the stray lightning that flashed past him, Ugo swung his massive war axe with the force of a falling mountain, cleaving through the alchemical heavy cannon and twisting its precision barrel into a mangled wreck of scrap metal.
Immediately afterward, more elite warriors leaped from the backs of the wyverns.
The wyverns attacked relentlessly, crashing, clawing, and spewing corrosive acidic liquid.
The goblin legion's chaos and collapse served as irresistible bait, drawing the dragons circling in the skies.
Red Dragon Samantha, White Dragon Treacy, and Iron Dragon Solgorn all joined the fray, aiming to kill the grand artificer. But before they could get close, the grand artificer raised his arm, and the surrounding alchemical heavy cannons instantly swiveled their barrels. Operated by advanced alchemists, these cannons unleashed blasts far more powerful than ordinary heavy artillery, forcing the dragons to scatter and preventing them from approaching.
Then, a thunderous roar echoed across the heavens.
The clouds, previously shrouded in smoke and night, suddenly ignited with a rapidly expanding crimson glow!
It wasn't dawn. It was the sparks generated by the red-iron dragon's metallic body tearing through the atmosphere at breakneck speed, the comet-like flames trailing behind it.
The red-iron dragon's colossal form ripped through the clouds, plunging downward.
His target was crystal clear: the largest mechanical beasts and alchemy golems in the alchemical legion's retreating formation, each emblazoned with the gear insignia symbolizing the commander's flagship.
These were the alchemical legion's command center and the embodiment of their morale.
The grand artificer himself was nestled among these alchemical constructs.
"All heavy cannons, concentrate fire!"
The grand artificer's expression remained impassive.
With a flash of lightning-like magic energy unique to alchemists, he enveloped the surrounding mechanical beasts and golems, channeling the energy into their cannons to enhance their accuracy, power, and destructive capabilities.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Thick cannon barrels spewed scorching metal streams and specially crafted armor-piercing explosive rounds, unleashing a dense barrage into the night sky.
Yet,
Garos displayed a chilling agility and dexterity utterly disproportionate to his massive frame.
He abruptly retracted his dragon wings, executing a death-defying barrel roll maneuver in mid-air. Scorching metal streams whistled past his belly scales, leaving searing trails of light across the night sky. Several explosive rounds detonated near him, their violent shockwaves and shrapnel slamming into his dragon scales with thunderous impacts like hammer blows against an anvil, shattering scales and splattering crimson blood.
"This pain... it truly delights me."
The red-iron dragon roared and charged toward the grand artificer.
The grand artificer and several goblin elders unleashed another barrage, even denser than before, attempting to force Garos back.
Seeing this, Garos abandoned all attempts to dodge.
He avoided vital spots and directly collided with the artillery fire.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Flames erupted across the red-iron dragon's body. Cold Exploding Scales rapidly absorbed the heat, their color shifting almost entirely to a shimmering mithril.
Ignoring the red-iron dragon's colossal and formidable physique, the color of its scales briefly resembled those of a metallic silver dragon. But this state lasted only a few seconds.
As the Cold Exploding Scales shattered, the thermal energy value surged wildly, climbing toward its limit.
"Here it comes!"
The red-iron dragon raised its head and took a deep breath.
Another shell struck its chest, shattering the last Cold Exploding Scale and pushing its thermal energy value to its absolute limit.
Hiss— A visible, almost tangible heatwave erupted from Garos's body.
His scales turned crimson, glowing like red-hot iron. The surrounding air distorted unnaturally, as if reality itself were melting under the heat.
Thermal Energy Amplification—Destruction Dragon Breath!
ROAR—!
The dragon flame, having reached its peak accumulation, finally erupted forth.
This was no mere spreading firestorm, but a crimson torrent of destruction, condensed to near-liquid density.
The terrifying breath swept across the locked-on alchemy machines with the precision of a celestial giant wielding a colossal sword.
Under the grand artificer's control, countless metal and steel components rose from the ground, swirling into a massive barrier before him. Yet even this formidable defense was instantly pierced.
Time seemed to freeze.
The metal wailed under unimaginable heat, instantly melting into viscous, crimson iron slag that flowed and dripped like molten wax.
The golem armor was pierced, torn apart, and vaporized as if it were mere paper.
The internal engines, black oil, and energy cores detonated in a chain reaction under the extreme heat.
Boom! Boom! BOOM—!
Deafening explosions merged into a continuous roar, and blinding fireballs soared into the sky, illuminating half the heavens as if it were daylight.
Burning steel fragments, twisted mechanical wreckage, and the severed limbs of goblins who couldn't escape in time were hurled in all directions like the most brutal fireworks imaginable.
The violent shockwave toppled several smaller golems nearby.
A thick, acrid smoke, reeking of burnt protein, billowed skyward.
Though the roar of the blast should have been deafening, the entire battlefield fell into a deathly silence for a moment. The inferno, like a sun rising from the earth, obliterated every obstacle in its path.
"Is it over? The destruction dragon breath is even more potent than I imagined," Garos murmured, exhaling a scorching breath, feeling a lingering sense of satisfaction.
His single blast of destruction dragon breath had annihilated the grand artificer, the goblin elder, and nearly all the core alchemy machines. Yet the attack had barely taxed Garos himself.
The crimson glow on his scales faded, restoring their normal black-red hue.
Garos remained invigorated, his physical reserves nearly full.
Time to finish off the remaining resistance and end this battle for good, he thought.
Suddenly, from the still-smoldering earth, a blinding golden light erupted.
This was no ordinary explosion. Instead, it was a highly concentrated stream of energy erupting from the twisted wreckage of countless machines.
Above the molten ruins of the alchemy machines, lightning-like strands of magic energy wove into a vast network, drawing in surrounding scrap metal and black oil as they coalesced into a storm-like vortex.
(End of the Chapter)
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