Translator: AnubisTL
Sacred Oath Spell: Turn the Tide!
The light of the crown poured down like a fountain of life, enveloping Alberto's entire body. The numerous wounds he had sustained in the fierce battle—shattered dragon scales, cracked bones, and scorched flesh—began to heal and seal at an astonishing, visible speed. His life force, which had grown slightly withered from the combat and energy depletion, was instantly revitalized as if injected with a new source, becoming as strong and dazzling as the midday sun.
Oath of the Crown Spell: Defend the Challenge!
Garos extended his claw and clenched it toward the red-iron dragon.
Across the field, the retreating red-iron dragon suddenly felt a tightening in his chest. A fierce sense of resistance welled up within him, making it impossible to continue pulling away from Gold Dragon Alberto. Simultaneously, an indescribable, wildfire-like battle lust ignited in his heart, burning with a frenzy that demanded he immediately challenge and utterly defeat the gold dragon before him.
Garos knew this impulse was the spell's doing.
He stopped abruptly, a smile spreading across his face. He neither retreated nor advanced.
"You are the challenger," he said, curling a clawed finger at Alberto. "Come, prove to me that you are worthy of the challenge."
Alberto's dragon fangs ground together with a harsh rasp.
He, a majestic gold dragon, was meant to be the adjudicator who judged evil. Yet here he was, besieged by a pack of evil dragons, even being mocked as the "challenger."
This was an insult to his lifelong convictions.
But his fury did not cloud his reason.
This must be settled swiftly!
The light of the Crown burned fiercely above Alberto's head, a sun that would never set. His scales shimmered with a golden brilliance in the holy light, and his entire dragon body transformed into a golden meteor as he hurtled toward the red-iron dragon.
Garos's vertical pupils constricted into two deep, narrow slits.
Instead of retreating, he charged forward, meeting the impact head-on with his left shoulder, which was covered in his thickest scales.
BOOM—!
The moment their dragon bodies collided, Alberto's dragon horn scraped across the red-iron dragon's shoulder armor, kicking up a blinding shower of sparks. Yet Garos's right claw was already poised to strike.
His talons, glowing like red-hot steel spikes, lunged for the gold dragon's throat.
At the critical moment, Alberto's tail whipped around and struck the red-iron dragon's wrist, forcibly altering the trajectory of the claws. The attack only left a charred, scorched mark on the side of his neck.
THUD!
A sharp pain erupted in Alberto's chest as the red-iron dragon's claw struck again.
A relentless barrage of attacks followed, forcing the gold dragon to retreat step by step. Finally, a vicious wing slash tore through the gold dragon's Divine Armor, scales, and flesh, leaving a wound deep enough to expose the bone and knocking him back.
But a gold dragon was a gold dragon for a reason.
The Oath of the Crown amplified his already colossal life energy, keeping his fighting spirit ablaze. He was far from being gravely wounded.
Alberto's wings beat powerfully. His brilliant gold body shot forward like a meteor, his claws glowing with blinding holy light as he vowed to tear through the red-iron dragon's defenses in a single strike.
"ROAR—!"
Iron Dragon Solgorn slammed into him from the side like a black steel storm. Alberto was forced to dodge, but before he could even regain his balance, Red Dragon Samantha's flame breath swept in like a raging tide, the scorching heat forcing him to raise his wings in defense.
"Get back!"
He roared, his dragon tail sweeping out like a steel whip and knocking the approaching White Dragon Treacy back several yards. But the next second, the iron dragon's heavy fist smashed into his back, shattering his scales and sending dragon blood spraying.
Damn it!
Alberto gritted his teeth against the pain, his dragon eyes locked on Garos as he charged again.
This time, his dragon claws finally struck the red-iron dragon's chest.
BOOM—!
Sacred Oath energy collided violently with black-red dragon qi. The shockwave erupted with a deafening roar, and Alberto's claws dug deep into Garos's scales, shattering a dense layer of them.
Yet, the red-iron dragon did not bleed.
The Cold Exploding Scales on his chest had shattered extensively, revealing another layer of black-red scales beneath. Battle-scarred patterns crisscrossed them, clearly visible, leaving Alberto momentarily stunned in disbelief.
And in that split second of hesitation—
Garos's tail wrapped around Alberto, yanking him violently. The gold dragon, caught completely off guard, stumbled. In that instant of imbalance, the red-iron dragon's knee smashed into his abdomen.
"Cough."
Alberto spat out a mouthful of dragon blood. He was battered and bruised by the red-iron dragon's relentless, follow-up assault. Before he could even regain his footing, the iron dragon struck from behind, the red dragon's flame breath sealed off his retreat, and the white dragon's frost breath froze his wings.
"Dammit!"
He roared, the light of the Oath of the Crown erupting once more. His wounds closed rapidly, but the besieging evil dragons gave him no respite.
Garos's onslaught was like a raging storm, each strike precise, brutal, and without hesitation. Solgorn, the iron dragon, was a living fortress of steel, using his body as a weapon to tank Alberto's every counterattack while exploiting his mental weaknesses. Samantha, the red dragon, continuously disrupted him with flames and explosive runes.
Alberto's scales shattered continuously, his blood spilling and staining the earth red.
As the battle raged on, his counterattacks had also smashed away more of the red-iron dragon's outer scales, revealing the battle-scarred black-and-red scales beneath. The sight gradually drained the gold dragon of his will to fight.
He realized that even in a one-on-one fight, he wasn't necessarily a match for the red-iron dragon.
And these evil dragons were ganging up on him without any honor.
Halberd of Conquest!
Alberto suddenly raised his right arm. The Oath Rune on his dragon scales erupted with a brilliant light, detaching from his body and instantly condensing into a shining golden halberd. He gripped it in his talons and swung it in a fierce, sweeping arc.
The air itself was torn apart.
The attack was so powerful it briefly forced the evil dragons back.
"Fall back!"
The gold dragon cast command, forcing White Dragon Treacy to instinctively yield. With a powerful beat of his wings, he surged through the gap and rapidly retreated.
"Pursue!"
The evil dragons beat their wings, ready to give chase, but Garos stopped them.
Elsewhere, as the air rippled, a hybrid metallic dragon appeared before Alberto. He froze for a moment, then his face lit up with joy.
"Assassins disdain to use me, for I am more exposed than a dagger."
"Gold Dragon—what am I?" the red-silver dragon asked with a playful smile.
What? The gold dragon blinked in confusion.
"Aha! It's Vera!"
Suddenly, the red-silver dragon before him shattered like a dreamlike illusion, transforming into a dainty fairy dragon who winked at him with an innocent yet mischievous glint in her eye.
"The real answer is—backstab!"
The red-silver dragon materialized behind the gold dragon without warning, blasting its frost breath directly into the gold dragon's back.
The gold dragon's body froze inch by inch at a visible rate. Hard ice crystals spread wildly, instantly covering more than half of his massive frame.
BOOM—!!!!
Alberto, his body frozen and rigid, plummeted from the sky like a meteor, smashing violently into the ground. Ice crystals and frozen earth mixed with dragon blood, spraying in all directions as a massive crater formed at the impact site.
Alberto's scales cracked all over, coated in a thick layer of frost. He struggled to crawl out of the fissure-ridden crater.
However.
The red-iron dragon's talons already bore down on his chest with irresistible force. The weight was so immense that the frozen earth beneath him collapsed further. His bones groaned under the unbearable pressure, and the Sacred Oath Crown hovering above his head shattered into a thousand pieces with a crisp, mournful chime, its golden light scattering into the air.
"It's over, Challenger."
Garos looked down at the gold dragon, calmly declaring the outcome of the battle.
(End of the Chapter)
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