arcane emperor

Chapter 638: The art of slaying dragons (8000)

"Roar……!"

Kalecgos let out a sharp scream, feeling the sting from the huge crossbow arrow piercing his chest, and flapped his wings in panic.

The huge stretching force dragged it upwards.

The sound of breaking through the air not far away made him quickly dodge.

The fear of unknown attacks prevented Kalecgos from pursuing the adventurers who were fleeing in panic.

It felt the movement in the distance and swooped over without hesitation.

Kalecgos, who is very experienced in combat, understands that only by dealing with threatening enemies first can he successfully defeat his opponents.

However, when Kalecgos pounced on him, the intense sense of crisis in his heart immediately set off the alarm.

It immediately dodged to dodge, and several armor-piercing crossbow arrows that were speeding towards it had already blocked its dodging position.

The thick mana shield immediately surrounded Kalecgos's front body, blocking the armor-piercing crossbow arrows flying over.

However, these crossbow arrows have extremely strong penetrating power.

Kalecgos even saw the shining arrow with his own eyes, emitting a powerful demon-breaking aura, piercing through the mana shield and continuing to fly towards it.

"Enchanted armor-piercing crossbow?"

As soon as this thought flashed through Kalecgos's mind, the arrows of four or five dragon-hunting crossbows had already pierced his eyes.

Kalecgos, knowing how powerful they were, released the acceleration spell on himself without hesitation, gave up his plan of diving and attacking, and flew straight into the sky with his entire body.

The armor-piercing crossbow arrows flew past its scales, and the sound of whirring through the air carried the regrets of the adventurers.

Kalecgos, who broke out in a cold sweat, hovered a thousand meters in the air, staring at the location where the crossbow was fired.

It felt the pain in its chest and the vague numbness, and grabbed the crossbow arrow without hesitation.

The barbs buried deep in the arrow made Kalecgosten break into a cold sweat.

But it still gritted its fangs and pulled out the crossbow arrow with force.

Whoa!

Hot blood spurted out, and the severe pain made Kalecgos howl uncontrollably.

But it quickly recovered and chanted the spell quickly and skillfully.

Treat serious injuries!

The huge gap healed quickly at a speed visible to the naked eye.

It took Kalecgos a while before he managed to regain his strength.

He stared at the busy adventurers below in horror, with many doubts popping up in his mind:
"What's going on? What kind of weapon is this!"

"Have all today's adventurers become so strong?"

"They didn't run away after seeing me?"

"Who are they? Is it a trap set by the Cole elves?"

"..."

The complicated thoughts made Kalecgos confused.

It never thought, but it had not seen it in just ten years, that the strength of human adventurers had actually improved to this level.

Thinking of this, it couldn't help but feel extremely regretful.

If it does not plan to sleep at this time point, but continues to expand and develop its own country.

Maybe it has already cracked the secret of the Death Desert and found a way to truly fight against the Dragon Madness Lock.

But now, most of the dragonborn in the Blue Dragon Kingdom have been contaminated by the "Scarlet Moon", have lost their reason and wisdom, and must be dealt with.

The reason why Kalecgos brought them out was just to use them.

The remaining dragonborn are also troubled by "Dragon Madness" and cannot continue to realize Kalecgos' ambitions.

Therefore, Kalecgos had to "cooperate" with the Kor elves.

However, Kalecgos initially thought that what the Kor elves wanted was just for the secrets of the Death Desert.

Now it seems that is not the case at all!

Maybe the Cole elves not only have a crush on the secret of the Desert of Death, but also have a crush on it!
Kalecgos still believes that these adventurers are manipulated by the Cole elves.

Blue dragons have a very bad temper and never quit a fight midway.

It searched for the weak points of the adventurers below and pounced behind them without hesitation.

In Kalecgos's opinion, a weapon that can break through magic shield defense and then tear through dragon scales and muscle armor.

It must be extremely expensive and extremely rare.

In fact, Kalecgos's guess was correct.

Even the productivity of the Cole Elf Kingdom, after obtaining the data and information of the Bay Territory's hunting dragon crossbow.

They only tried to produce a few experimental dragon-hunting crossbows and then chose to give up production.

The reason is simple, the magical materials and parts of the Dragon Hunting Crossbow are too "expensive".

If it was only [-] or [-] gold coins more expensive, the Cole Elf Kingdom would grit its teeth and purchase the production line.

But they counted the materials and found that there were many types and the processing was complicated and delicate. The various materials and production costs alone cost 3.5 gold coins.

Moreover, to participate in the manufacturing of dragon-hunting crossbows, at least senior technicians are required.

Some key core parts also require the work of a master of magic item manufacturing.

After including the processing fee for the Cole Elf caster, the total production expenditure will reach an astonishing 9 gold coins!
Not only is the price almost double that of Bay Collar production!
It also takes up the precious time of the master of magic item making!

Very uneconomical!

In this case, they might as well spend some effort and get ready-made dragon-hunting crossbows from the bay.

Although the cost of doing this is not small, and occasionally several batches of adventurer cannon fodder are lost, it is enough to make up for the price difference of tens of thousands of gold coins.

However, the Dragon Hunting Crossbow is no longer a particularly difficult magic item for the Gulf Territory.

It’s not that it’s not important anymore!
Instead, a complete and sophisticated automatic magic production line was built to meet its huge output and demand.

Of course, for some parts that require higher precision and can provide the producer with considerable production experience.

They will be specially handed over to some magic item makers who need to be improved to make them.

Gulf collar does not pursue absolute cost squeezing, but mostly focuses on saving manpower, improving efficiency, and increasing people's production capacity and profits.

In order to test Kalecgos's strength, Alice specially mobilized more than 50 dragon-hunting crossbows.

Therefore, when Kalecgos swooped down ferociously, preparing to attack from the rear of the adventurer team.

A trace of cruelty flashed in Alice's eyes, and she decisively issued the order to "pretend to retreat."

"Run...!"

"The blue dragon is coming!"

"Run away!!"

"Help!"

"Everyone hurry up and hide!"

"Hide underground quickly..."

"Spread out and run!!"

"..."

As if the actual power of the dragon spread, the terrified adventurers ran around.

The panic in their hearts made them completely lose the idea of ​​confrontation!
Kalecgos was just about to activate his breath, with a trace of pride flashing in his eyes.

But it knew in its heart that it was not the time to celebrate now, so it flapped its wings vigorously and rushed towards the dragon-hunting crossbow closest to it.

Kalecgos, who was paying full attention, had "saw" that several panic-stricken adventurers were dragging a carriage to escape.

They obviously noticed the arrival of Kalecgos. Seeing that the carriage was running too slowly, they abandoned it on a bare sand dune and fled in all directions.

The excited Kalecgos flew over without hesitation.

But it was very experienced in combat, but it did not approach the carriage rashly, but chanted spells without hesitation.

A large amount of earth element magic suddenly gathered under the sand, and then turned into huge spikes, which instantly shot out of the ground and hit the carriage accurately.

Bang!
Whoa!

The five or six meter high earth thorn instantly pierced the carriage to the core, and the bow and crossbow inside were all knocked to pieces.

"Success!"

Kalecgos noticed the dense spell patterns on the fragments, the magic waves spreading in the air, and the enchanted armor-piercing crossbow arrows rolling aside, and he felt relieved.

Kalecgos, who relaxed a little, immediately turned around and rushed towards the other escaping carriage.

It noticed the adventurers trying to drag the carriage into a cave, and violent emotions could not help but emerge. Thinking of the aching wound, it roared ferociously.

"You little reptiles are asking for your own death!"

The manic Kalecgos activated his talents without hesitation, controlling the familiar sand and condensing surging magic power.

The adventurers running wildly in the underground passage suddenly felt violent vibrations around them.

Cracks began to appear on the top of the head, and large amounts of sand fell down.

"quick……!"

"Rush out quickly..."

"It's going to collapse in here!"

"Run!!"

"It's coming!!"

"I can't run away..."

"Woooooooo..."

"..."

Kalecgos could clearly feel that the little reptiles were crying bitterly in the underground passage, letting out some of the resentment accumulated in their hearts, but they were merciless.

All the sand at both ends of the passage collapsed, burying more than a dozen adventurers who ran into the underground passage.

Kalecgos did not even choose to drown them out of his own evil grudge.

Instead, a space was specially left for them to wait for death!

Kalecgos is also very interested in weapons that can kill him. If he has the opportunity to seize some, he will naturally study them carefully.

After taking care of the second dragon-hunting crossbow, Kalecgos finally felt relieved as the adventurers ran wildly.

It circled and rose again, quickly selected the carriage farthest from itself, and flew over without hesitation.

In the Death Desert, Kalecgos, who was extremely familiar with the terrain, believed that these little reptiles would never be able to escape its pursuit.

Therefore, it will naturally not let go of any weapon that threatens itself.

It wants them all!

Just as Kalecgos excitedly rushed towards the third carriage.

It stopped suddenly, and the surrounding adventurers turned around with all their strength, and under Kalecgos's teasing gaze, they tremblingly drew their swords.

At this moment, a very fast black shadow suddenly emerged from the carriage and shot at Kalecgos at an extraordinary speed.

Kalecgos, who was putting on a show, actually never let down his guard and faced a fierce and murderous blow.

Its huge body actually turned sideways lightly, narrowly avoiding the armor-piercing crossbow arrows!

This shows Kalecgos' ability to control his body, his extraordinary reflexes, and his strong confidence in controlling the battle situation.

Seeing that this last blow failed to work, the adventurers around the carriage showed expressions of despair, and two of them trembled and collapsed to the ground.

Smelling the smell of urine that filled the air, Kalecgos opened his mouth, revealing his extremely sharp fangs, and landed leisurely, hitting the sand with a "bang".

The violent shock and terrifying power made all the adventurers unable to stand firm and fell on the soft sand.

Feeling the fear emanating from their hearts, Kalecgos stretched out his claws without hesitation and grabbed the carriage directly.

Click!

Before its claws could touch the carriage, the surroundings of the carriage shattered into pieces.

A nimble figure rushed out from the flying wood chips and quickly fled to the bottom of the sand dune.

The speed was so fast that the surrounding adventurers were unable to react.

But Kalecgos, who reacted very quickly, saw his entire movement clearly.

In particular, I noticed the storage belt on his waist, which obviously took away the crucial dragon-hunting crossbow.

Kalecgos, who was extremely angry and laughed, straightened his legs and dug a huge deep hole in the soft sand.

The 20-meter-long body shot out like a cannonball.

Chris was running wildly, feeling the strong wind blowing on his face. He didn't dare to look at anything behind him, and just kept running with all his strength.

But he was suddenly surprised to find that the scorching sunlight that originally shone on his cheeks had disappeared at some point, and was replaced by a deep and huge shadow.

Chris subconsciously raised his head and met a twisted and terrifying face.

"what……!"

Chris screamed in horror, his feet fell to the ground, and his whole body rolled on the sand.

Bang!
Kalecgos, who was flying in the air, landed lightly and accurately landed about 10 meters away from Chris. His claws, which exuded a cold light, slowly aimed at Chris and grabbed him.

Chris turned over, looked at the dragon claws getting closer and closer, and shouted at the top of his voice without hesitation:

"Your Majesty, the great blue dragon Kalecgos, please forgive my disrespect and offense. I am willing to offer you a powerful weapon that can rule the desert of death!" When Chris said this, he did not use common language, but It is a dragon language with clear and precise words.

There was fear and trembling in his voice, but there was a hint of stubbornness and expectation on his face.

The deadly claws stopped in front of his eyes. Kalecgos looked at Chris lying on the ground, snorted coldly and asked:

"Stupid reptile, you are not qualified to negotiate terms with me, so give up the weapon that belongs to me immediately!!"

After hearing this, Chris realized that he might have saved his life. A little surprise flashed in his eyes. He reached out to his belt tremblingly, with a trace of reluctance flashing in his eyes.

Kalecgos saw his expression clearly. The blue dragon was full of evil nature and couldn't help but think:

"Just because you can speak so proficiently in dragon language, I will save this poor guy's life."

"However, the premise is that you will go to physical death and accompany me with your incomplete soul state!"

As expected of Kalecgos, worthy of the evil blue dragon, the idea is so stylish.

Chris, who closed his eyes tightly, took out a shiny spell scroll under the excited gaze of Calligos, and tore it open without hesitation.

A burst of panic suddenly emerged in his heart. Feeling the obscure and twisted aura in the scroll, Kalecgos subconsciously pierced his claws, preparing to tear Chris and the scroll into pieces.

Unfortunately, it's too late!
Kalecgos looked into Chris' slightly crazy eyes and found that no matter how hard he tried, his claws couldn't seem to move forward even an inch!
Even its entire body has lost the ability to move!

"The power of time!"

The well-informed Kalecgos immediately realized the origin of this ability.

But because of this, Kalecgos felt more and more frightened.

Ordinary power of time is difficult to have an impact on a legendary dragon like it. It is very likely to be exempted and will not have any obvious effect.

The power of time that controls it now is obviously different!
Not only can it completely immobilize its entire body, it can even release a weak adventurer!
The one who took action was no ordinary legendary caster!
It is most likely an elf archmage from the Elf Kingdom of Cole who is proficient in the power of time!
Chris was drained of all his fighting spirit and part of his life force because of the overstepping of the release scroll.

I just felt that my whole body was light and weak, my eyes were a little wandering, but my expression was very determined. Looking at the terrifying danger close at hand, I said with gritted teeth:

"No one is more professional than me at luring prey to the bait!"

prey?

"How dare you treat me as prey, little reptile!!"

The raging anger was building up crazily in Kalecgos's heart.

It desperately mobilized the power of its whole body to compete with the obscure power of time around it.

It is secretly cruel in its heart.

Not only must he keep this little reptile Chris by his side forever, but he must also torture him in different ways every day!
Just when Kalecgos felt that the power of time around him was about to run out, its body could resume activity.

A huge and twisted shadow suddenly shrouded its head!
An extremely terrifying coercion, with a depth that made Kalecgos tremble, suddenly came down.

Chris, who had a weak smile on his face, waved his hand proudly to Kalecgos before he was about to regain his strength and said:

"Goodbye!"

Kalecgos regained control of his body and swung his claws at Chris.

An irresistible terrifying force came from his back, and Kalecgos's entire body was knocked down in an instant, and the hammer hit the sand.

Boom!

There was a violent impact sound, accompanied by sand flying all over the sky, floating and spreading around.

Kalecgos, whose head was smashed into the sand, felt a numbness in his back, and there was a faint sound of bones breaking, and the fear of death suddenly surged into his heart.

"Longwei!!"

"It was a dragon that attacked me!"

"And he is stronger than me, heavier than me, and bigger than me!"

Various thoughts flashed through Kalecgos's mind, and he felt the heavy pressure on his back.

He was vaguely aware that the real dragon that had just attacked it had revealed its deadly fangs!
Even though Kalecgos thought he was very strong, with a back covered with spikes and an amazing defensive power, he would never dare to confront the opponent's dragon teeth head-on.

Kalecgos, who was panicking in his heart, activated his innate ability with all his strength, activated the earth element in the ground, and pushed away the sand as quickly as possible.

As long as he can complete this step and turn the solid sand under him into floating sand, Kalecgos can quickly burrow down, avoid the opponent's power-suppressing posture, and find opportunities and angles to attack again.

To put it bluntly, even a real dragon that is superstitious about power will become very cunning and difficult to kill when it grows to a certain age.

But it's a pity that Kalecgos only thought about avoiding Yaya's threat, and didn't notice Matthew standing behind Yaya at all!
"Cast counterspell!"

"Mind blast!"

"Mind whipping!"

"Mind Spike!"

Matthew, who cast four spells in an instant, realized that the fifth one could not be cast instantly, so he decisively canceled the spell on his own and raised his hand into the air.

The wildly dancing thunder fell in the center of the collision of dark clouds!

Click!

Thunder was extremely fast and even arrived before the spell hit!

Bang!
Unaware of Kalecgos, the top of his head instantly turned into a ball of black coal. More than a dozen dark blue scales cracked open, oozing out burnt black blood.

What made Kalecgos panic even more was the heartbreaking pain that suddenly entered his mind.

It was as if someone was stirring a red-hot iron rod inside its head, causing its thinking and consciousness to immediately fall into chaos.

But Kalecgos's will to survive was indeed quite strong. Even in this situation, he still remembered the fatal danger behind him and stretched out his claws with all his strength to protect his neck.

Click!

The heartbreaking pain, accompanied by the clear sound of bone cracking, instantly penetrated into his somewhat confused mind.

Kalecgos actually woke up in this situation, screaming and twisting his body, trying to break free from the pressure of teeth and claws.

The teeth that had just crushed its claws would not give it any chance to breathe, and its hind legs stepped firmly on its back.

The outstretched claws moved forward, digging towards Kalecgos's heart.

As long as this claw catches something, it will definitely disembowel the blue dragon!
Realizing the fatal danger, Kalecgos' heart twitched involuntarily, his hind legs stamped hard on the ground, and he tried to break free with all his strength.

It's a pity that Yaya is not only very powerful, but also very experienced in technique.

She stepped on the joint of Kalecgos's hind leg, greatly limiting its power and forming a stable suppressed state.

Kalecgos wasted a life-saving second or two before being clawed into the chest by Fang.

The sharp claws tore through the solid scales very cleanly, and forcefully broke through the muscles.

Kalecgos, who felt the aura of death, roared extremely violently, and azure arcs of electricity emitted from his body!

Bloodline ability - burst of power!

Kalecgos' already strong body immediately swelled a bit, and with the help of this sudden burst of power, he struggled to break free from the grasp of Fang's hind legs.

The body also turned sideways stubbornly, avoiding Yaya's "dragon claws digging out the heart".

However, the sharp claws that swept over also caused a deep wound to be torn open on Kalecgos's side chest.

The sharp pain made it curl up and try to roll out.

It's a pity that Yaya, who missed the attack, had already prepared his backup move.

The strong claws tightly wrapped around its neck, and the open mouth aimed at its back and bit it down.

Kalecgos, who felt bad, not only felt that he could not get rid of Fang's suppression, but also immediately realized the target of the opponent's attack.

It's the wings used to fly!
Kalecgos endured the pain from the wound and turned around with all his strength, trying to get his back closer to the sand.

But the clasped neck was struggling to be supported by the sharp claws of the fangs, and Kalecgos even felt that his head was starting to feel dizzy.

"What kind of fighting method is this?"

"Who is this real dragon?"

Click!

Kalecgos's dragon wing was bitten by the fangs, and the tough scales failed to block the fangs' cutting, and a huge gap was torn open.

Kalecgos struggled hard and turned his head with all his strength. The surging anger gathered in his chest, and he spat out a cone-shaped lightning bolt at the silver figure in front of him.

Click!

But Ya Ya was already prepared, and his heavy body suddenly flew up lightly.

Just in time to avoid the old blue dragon's desperate counterattack, the lightning breath!
Feeling the mountain-like weight leave, Kalecgos quickly turned around and burrowed into the sand with all four claws before he could check his wounds.

Its wings have been injured, and its ability to fly in a short period of time will inevitably be impaired.

Yaya's flexible dodge, violent strength, and weird melee combat methods just now made Kalecgos give up the idea of ​​continuing to fight.

This old blue dragon with rich experience in escaping knows very well.

Only by surviving can you continue to be your own king.

The dead real dragon can only become a trophy in the hands of others to show off.

Kalecgos' digging speed was very fast. In two or three seconds, most of his 20-meter-long body had penetrated into the sand.

Goofy's Fang saw what Kalecgos was doing and swooped down to prevent it from digging a hole in the sand pit and escaping.

Kalecgos, who was desperately trying to escape, was hit hard by the collision of teeth again.

The severe pain made him wonder if all the bones in his back had been broken by his teeth.

Fang's claws clung to Kalecgos's wings, and he flapped his wings vigorously, trying to pull him out of the sand pit.

For the sake of his own life, Kalecgos ignored the movement of his fangs on his back, frantically mobilized his blood power, and tried his best to burrow under the sand pile.

Matthew, who was just about to take action, looked at Kalecgos who still had nearly 4/5 of his health left, and said "Smash it" with some emotion.

"Sure enough, even if the plan has been executed very well, it is still a bit weak to kill a legendary mature blue dragon in the Desert of Death."

Although Matthew was so emotional, he did not relax at all.

He stepped on Kalecgos's back, brandished his brand-new ghost blade sword, and slashed at its two wings with all his strength.

Click!

The surging energy burst out instantly, cutting the leather at the joints of the wings and scattering the strong muscles.

Yaya pulled hard, and with Kalecgos' dull scream, he tore off a pair of its wings.

The gushing blood spread on the dry sand and turned into clusters of condensed stones.

The frightened Kalecgos, after losing the tug of his fangs, ignored the physical and mental pain of losing his wings, saw the bottom of the sand, and drilled deeper.

Looking at the rapidly disappearing sand pit, Yaya felt Kalecgos getting farther and farther away, and his eyes showed deep helplessness.

"Isn't it said that blue dragons are very warlike? Would they rather die than retreat?"

"How come this guy doesn't even want his wings? He doesn't even fight back when he gets beaten, and he runs so fast?"

Yaya, who had not finished his work, put away the fresh blood-dripping dragon wings, glanced at the chaotic battlefield in the distance, and flew high without hesitation.

The adventurers who saw this short, fierce and shocking battle knew very well that Yaya had not left, but was guarding everyone in the sky.

The unspeakable excitement and excitement made them couldn't help but shout loudly.

After witnessing the strength and domineering power of Kalecgos, and seeing Yaya's crushing "crush" on the former, they had enough bragging rights to talk about for a lifetime, and they immediately recalled that they were still fighting now!
The adventurers, who were completely relieved, eagerly discussed the battle just now and boasted to others about their performance just now.

The other adventurers who had just arrived at the battlefield and missed this wonderful scene shook their heads with regret and devoted more energy to dealing with the aberrant dragonborn who came to their door.

As for the boast ringing in their ears, they heard nothing!

Ya Ya, who was high in the sky, flew around the battlefield several times unwillingly.

But he still didn't see Kalecgos emerging from the sand and trying to escape.

She kept muttering about "coward", "a funny guy who embarrasses the blue dragon", "an old dragon who is greedy for life and afraid of death", etc.

Obviously, Ya Ya has a deep resentment for the fat that has flown out of her mouth!

Matthew didn't have much obsession with this, because he already got what he wanted.

He had a chance to keep Kalecgos, as long as he cooperated with Yaya to attack with all his strength.

The main reason why he did not launch an attack later was to "explore" Kalecgos's special ability while it was still alive - multiple lungs!
Kalecgos's lungs are very special, somewhat stronger than those of the larger Fang.

Also, its lungs have some special extra parts.

It can prevent it from being quickly surrendered and controlled when faced with Yaya's fusion of "close combat", "grab", "submission" and other combat techniques.

Instead, they can rely on the oxygen and blood circulation in the body to persist longer and finally find a chance to escape.

Moreover, Matthew also discovered another function of its lungs by carefully observing its lungs.

That is to help Kalecgos survive easily in the extremely lack of air environment in the basement.

Others may think that this is the blue dragon's talent, an innate ability.

But for Matthew, such "innate ability" itself can give him a lot of inspiration.

Matthew also discovered crucial circumstances by observing Kalecgos's other internal organs.

The reason why Kalecgos's unusually strong lungs did not put pressure on and affect other internal organs of the body like the unlucky Cole elf that succeeded in the first experiment.

It relies heavily on its strong body and unique and strong vascular tissue!
From this, Matthew summarized many data and phenomena and came to a crucial conjecture.

"If one organ is too strong and the pressure it brings is too great, it will bring huge burden and damage to other organs."

"So what if we start with a connector? Transform it into a transformer that can regulate pressure? So we can achieve a new balance?"

"Well, the real dragon is indeed a super creature, and it can always bring different surprises!"

As for dragon slaying, Matthew now has over 10 different tactics!

Now, the Gulf Territory is waiting for a "fat dragon" to come to its door!

After all, the underground laboratory is still very empty...

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(End of this chapter)