Chapter 104 - I Am Flame and I Am Death
"Monsters! There are monsters! Monsters have invaded the city! Help!"
"It's a dragon! A giant dragon! Shit! We! It's over! It's over!"
"Soldiers! Where are the soldiers! Get rid of the monster!"
The crowd erupted in shrieks as they scurried around like headless flies.
A large number of people were crushed and fell to the ground, followed by a constant trampling and screams of misery!
A few kilometres away, on several other walls, as sentries, and one by one, the controllers of the dragon hunting crossbow cannons spotted the low flying dragon.
They all tried to twist the dragon hunting crossbow and attack the dragon, but the dragon just glared and two purple beams shot out! Spanning a distance of several kilometres, they landed on the dragon hunting crossbow cannon!
The purple beams then swept across the city walls, ploughing a dark trail, and in a mere breath, landed on another Dragon Hunter crossbow run!
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
The soldiers on the walls, who didn't even have time to maneuver the dragon hunting crossbow run, were all blown into fireworks!
"Roar !!!!"
The terrifying dragon roared, almost shattering one's eardrums.
He flapped his wings and flew straight towards the centre of the city, carrying clouds of fire with him!
A grey building, like a small castle, was situated here.
It had five floors and looked extremely magnificent.
This was the city hall of Dornish City.
At this moment, the fifth floor.
Some of the officials who had stayed behind were having a meeting in a spacious conference room.
Suddenly, a shout erupted from outside.
This caused a middle-aged man sitting in the main seat to frown unhappily.
He was the second son of the Earl of Dorne, and the head of the civil service of the whole city.
"What's wrong with those lords out there? Haven't we been warned many times? No noise is allowed near the town hall! Are they deaf? Or are they just out of their minds?
Motel! Get me the guards! Get rid of these fools!"
The Count of Dorne's second son said with a very unhappy expression.
The man called Mort stood up and nodded his head in agreement.
Just as he was about to leave the room.
The entire door of the conference room was opened roughly.
A guard appeared panting in front of everyone, and on his face, there was a fear that could not be concealed!
In an instant, Count Dorn's second son was furious and he was about to speak up and reprimand the unruly guard.
Which was only for the guard to immediately shout out.
"No! No, no, no! My lords! The city has been invaded by a dragon! It's in complete chaos!"
"Invaded? Are you kidding me? Where are our soldiers? Where's our dragon hunting crossbow! Do you think I'm an idiot? To believe such foolishness as yours!"
Count Dorn's second son's face twitched at his words and he barked a direct scolding.
"No ... don't know! But ... but I think, my lords, it would be better to run quickly."
"Get out! Get the hell out of here! Impolite fool! I'm safe here! No creature can threaten me at all! Understand?"
Count Dorn's second son shouted, even as he smashed a paper on the table directly at him!
The guard's face showed a hint of aggression as he was hit on the head, and he felt that these people were simply unbelievable, and prepared to run away.
But just at that moment.
Boom !!!!
The entire town hall, suddenly let out a boom.
It shook violently!
Inside the meeting room, many officials, without paying attention, fell straight to the ground!
Even Count Dorn's second son fell down! Even more unfortunately, his head knocked against the corners of the table and chairs, bleeding!
"Ahhhhhhhhh! Damn it! Damn it! Damn it! Who the hell was that? I'll get him! Cut off all his limbs!"
The Count's second son was furious.
His red eyes swept viciously around the room, ready to vent his anger, when he saw a number of people looking out of the window with long, frightened mouths!
The Count's second son froze and looked over as well.
In an instant, all the shock and anger on his face disappeared and was replaced by a fierce white.
"This ... this ... this ... this is ... what ... what monster? "
Outside the window was an eye! A fishy, red, glowing eye!
So big that it almost blocked the entire window!
A huge eye that gazed without the slightest hint of emotion at all the people in the conference room!
It made everyone's hair stand on end, and cold sweat dripped down their faces.
But luckily, it didn't take long for the eye to move away, and everyone sighed in relief as they ran out of the room screaming in terror!
Outside the town hall.
Large groups of people were fleeing out.
Others looked back from time to time.
The terrifying dragon that had attacked the city was now lying on its back on the city hall house!
The limbs were firmly gripping the roof of the city hall and its long tail was hanging out.
The whole city hall is shaking under this pressure, but its own protective boundaries are protecting the whole building to death.
The dragon's fishy red eyes couldn't stop sweeping over the fleeing humans.
"Roar!!!"
He opened his mouth wide and roared like thunder.
"I am fire! And death! I am the master of all of you! Bow down to me! Offer your loyalty! Mortals!"
Zee!!!
The next moment, the purple light in the dragon's eyes burst forth in an instant! Like a death ray, it swept straight ahead!
All those caught in its path were turned into flames, wailing in pain and rolling on the ground!
Those on the other side of the room were even more terrified and avoided it, and some even fell to their knees, shouting for their lives!
Purple beams of light shot out into the distance!
It cut a path of death through which countless firemen wailed and thrashed!
It finally landed at the gates of the city several kilometres away!
Zee!!!
The gates of the city turned red fast, and a thick cloud of smoke rose far away!
It was a long time before the purple beam of light dissipated.
The hearts of those who saw this scene next to them jumped wildly!
They, it seemed, knew what this gargoyle had just done! He ... had destroyed the city gates! Blocked it!
If they were professionals, they would have been able to continue to escape, but the ordinary people were trapped to death!
They had lost all hope of escape!
Many people thought of this and sat down on the ground at once, with dumbfounded expressions on their faces.
"Mercy! Have mercy! Great dragon! Surround us!"
"We surrender! Surrender! Please spare our lives!"
"You are our master, and we offer you our loyalty!"
"My name is Rand Sapphis Oakburn! Your only lord! Shout my name! You will not die!"
The dragon's roar rang out again.
The men, shaken by the dragon's fierce power, shuddered and shouted.
"Rand Sapphis Oakburn!"
"Rand Sapphis Oakburn!"
The kneeling was contagious, as were the calls, and in just a few moments, a kilometre or two around the dragon was filled with people on their knees, who kept chanting its name.
The voices also started out noisily and slowly joined together, eventually shaking the heavens.
"Hum hum hum hum ... ha ha ha ha ..."
The giant dragon was laughing wildly in the sky at this moment.
"From this day onwards! This city will bear my name! For the City of Rand! And I! Rand Sapphius Oakburn! I am the ruler of this city! Ruler! And all of you are my goods!"
The dragon's fierce flames were evident in this moment!
No one dared to speak out against it, or even look it in the face!
The whole city seemed to be frozen in time.
City Hall, ground floor.
Having just fled here, the senior officials heard voices from the outside world, and they all turned pale.
One of the senior officials could not help but say.
"It's over! It's over! The whole city has fallen into the hands of that giant dragon! I... what do we do?"
His expression was filled with panic.
"Damn it! Father will rip our heads off if he comes back and finds out about this! We're dead!"
Count Dorn's second son, with a horrified look on his face, held his head and wailed.
"The Earl of Dorne? I'm afraid ... won't be coming back at all."
Suddenly an officer spoke coldly.
Everyone else looked at him.
"What do you ... mean by that?"
"You guys, have you forgotten what Earl Dorn is on this expedition for?"
"To crush the evil dragon?"
"Yes! To crush the evil dragon! And now what? A dragon, in our territory! Attacking us! Why do you think that is?"
"You ... mean that this dragon, this dragon, is the evil dragon that the Lord Count is crusading against?"
"Other than that, what do you think?"
"That can't be!" Immediately someone shouted in alarm and retorted.
"The Earl Lord only went on a campaign yesterday, counting the time, he should have only met with the evil dragon not long ago, how could he have failed? What kind of joke are you making!"
"A joke? I wish I were joking! But it is!
Many fell silent as they thought it over and realised that it made perfect sense.
This made their hearts even more terrified.
"Damn it! How could this happen! This evil dragon, who has destroyed Count Dorn and occupied our city, isn't he afraid of the kingdom's revenge?"
"That evil dragon, maybe he just wants to ransack the city! If he's quick enough, he'll probably have sacked the city just as the kingdom's army arrives! What's he afraid of?"
At these words, there was another moment of silence from the crowd.
"So ... what do we do?"
"Go to the basement and wait! Either way, either the kingdom's army arrives and chases away the evil dragon, or the evil dragon is fought off! We must keep ourselves safe! This city can't go on without us!"
The crowd had no sense of this.
Outside.
Rand had taken the city of Dorne, no! It should now be called the City of Rand had been occupied for several hours.
At the moment, he was half lying on his back by the edge of the castle at the edge of the city.
There was not a single person who dared to approach for hundreds of metres around.
Inside the castle, a group of servants, as well as the family of Count Dorn, were shivering inside, not even daring to leave the door.
They didn't know what this giant dragon wanted to do by staying here.
Until ...
Rand's army arrived one by one, all of them too!
The two dragon cubs flew in front, followed by the draconians and dragonfishers, and the entire city's inhabitants, naturally, made way for the fierce monsters.
The townspeople looked on in amazement at this group of 'monsters'.
As they watched, they watched them swoop straight for the castle.
"Oooh ahhhh! That's great! That's great! Rand! The whole city is ours now! You are the greatest of all the five-coloured dragons! The whole five-coloured dragon clan would be proud of you!"
The little female dragon had just come across Rand and was hovering over him, hovering and yelling.
The little black dragon, on the other hand, had his eyes darting around, looking at the distant lords from time to time, wondering what he was thinking.
A group of dragons, the dragon-fishers were on their toes and doubly honoured.
"My dependents! Go within the castle! Bring me all the treasures that belong to me inside! If anyone dares to stand in the way! Kill them on the spot!"
Rand finally rose from the ground, glanced at the Count's castle nearby and shouted.
Immediately, the dependents wailed and began to move.
The servants who had been in the castle, the family of the Earl of Dorne, were stunned!
It was coming! It had come!
"Rand! I'll go and help too!"
"And me!"
The little female dragon and the little black dragon looked off to the side and volunteered to go and help.
As a result, Rand glanced at the two stupid things and a dragon rewarded them with a mouthful of spittle.
"You two fools! I don't know what you want! Stay right here! This is my city! My treasure!
If you want it! If you want it, you will take it on your own! That's what a five-coloured dragon should do! Not like this! Not like this!"
Rand warned.
The two dragon cubs fell silent for a moment, dropping their heads.
It was too difficult to snatch treasure and stuff on your own, wasn't it?
As a dragon cub who had been following Rand since he was only ten years old, watching him fight and having just fought in a big battle themselves.
They deeply understood that they were still weak at the moment.
This was all the more reason for them not to dare to go out on a dragon's rampage! Only by following Rand! They could only survive well!
Within the castle, there was a clanging sound, as well as crying and screaming.
They flew to the windows of the castle and peeped inside, and when they saw what was going on, they screamed.
An hour or two passed.
The dependents who had just broken in came out with piles of stuff!
Boxes and boxes of gentar, silver rabble, almost blinding in the sunlight, and several boxes of magical equipment.
By Rand's rough calculations, the total value of these treasures, was almost forty thousand!
The two young dragons just looking at it, their mouths were a bit closed, and they landed on the ground, their mouths watering incessantly.
"That's ... a lot of treasure! Woo! Lan ... Rand! My dear brother ..."
The little she-dragon raked at a treasure chest with two paws, a look of eagerness on her face, and as she watched, she couldn't help but turn her head to look at Rand and call affectionately.
"Fuck off!"
Rand cursed angrily and instantly sent the little female dragon flying with a swipe of her tail!
With that, he gathered all these treasures and flew up!
With a gentle trembling of the ground, Rand's entire dragon began to rub and roll on the treasure.
Click, click, click, click!
The sound that made people's teeth sore could not stop ringing out, but it was the dragon that enjoyed it immensely.
"No! Rand! Rand! Give me some treasure!!! Just one Gintar will do! Oooooooooh! I'm so miserable! I'm ten years old! And I don't even have a single Gentar! The dragons will laugh at this!
Rand! Do me a favour! Give me one! I'm your own sister!
I was on the battlefield! You saw it! I killed the enemy! I killed fifty-six human soldiers!"
The little female dragon cried out in reluctance, and ran over to Rand, hugging her thighs and rubbing her head.
"The way you killed the enemy so bravely?"
Rand repeated, and then his expression sank to.
"I didn't see a heroic kill, but I saw a punk, crying and begging me to save his life! Then running towards me like a pitiful hyena!"
"How outrageous! Rand! Give it to me! Give it to me! It's only one gintar!"
The little female dragon cried out in frustration and clung to Rand's leg for dear life.
Rand was no slouch either, so he squeezed her head and with a little force, made the little dragon cry out in pain, and then threw her out of the room.
"Useless piece of shit! You can have these! Go and play with yourself!"
Rand eventually took out ten coins from his treasure and threw them at the little female dragon.
A look of cheapness.
"Copper ... coins!?"
The little female dragon was stunned and looked at a few copper plates that slowly rolled and turned in a few circles in front of her, finally landing on the ground with a dismayed look.
"Lan ... Rand! I'm already a ten year old dragon, it's not appropriate to give copper plates, is it?"
The little female dragon deflated her mouth, a little aggrieved.
"Love it or hate it! Don't give me the fuck out!"
"Me! I want it! I want it!"
The little female dragon looked at Rand's expression and became anxious, and quickly pounced on it, rubbing it like Rand did.
At this time, the little black dragon also looked at Rand blearily.
Rand threw ten of his companions like a barker.
The little black dragon opened the same rubbing.
But he didn't notice that the little female dragon was dead set on his ... coins by this time ...
Lying on the comfortable pile of treasure, rolling from time to time, Rand noticed, it seemed, a few more figures among the dependents that surprised the dragon.
These figures were unclothed, covered in whip marks and extremely dirty looking.
Rand stared at them with a sudden look of surprise:.
"You're Acheusa! I thought you were all dead! I was so angry that I attacked the city.
I didn't expect you to be alive!
Yes! Bravo! Bravo! What a double whammy today! Not only did we get tens of thousands of gold tal! You're all still alive! Where are the other elves? Are they all still here?"
"Lan ... my ... my lord ..."
Aichusa answered with a very weak breath as she was supported by a draconian.
Her heart, at this moment, was very conflicted, originally because of the other party, causing them to suffer an undeserved disaster, but the other party's look of concern, and even the act of attacking a city because of their ordeal, was something that moved them quite a lot.
For a moment it actually left her a little at a loss for what to say.
"Wait! Don't talk yet! Drink the healing potion! Someone! Quickly give Akiyusha her medicine!"
Rand said with a thoughtful face.
One of the draconians found a red potion from beside the pile of treasure, immediately unscrewed the cork and fed it to the other.
Aicha took a big gulp and was instantly healed and much refreshed.
"There are other elves! Hurry! Don't let them die!"
A few moments later, several of the other elves regained a lot of their breath.
This caused Rand to breathe a great sigh of relief.
Not bad! Not bad! These elves were worth at least six or seven hundred gintals! A few bottles of a few tens of silver labs for six or seven hundred gintals, a good deal!
We'll have to find a chance to nurture them.
Rand was extremely happy to have lost and found.
"I ... my lord, thank you for the rescue."
Looking at Rand's 'genuine' look, Akihisa couldn't help but say thank you.
"Where are the other elves? Are there any elves left alive? Tell me! I'll get them out right away!"
Rand asked with a look of anticipation
"Thank you my Lord! Many of them are still alive, some have been forced to dance like the Strictly Come Dancing group, and some have been sold to some rich merchants ..."
Akihisa said and paused.
Rand was instantly furious!
He snapped his claws up and slapped them hard into the ground again!
BOOM!!!
The earth trembled.
The dragon roared.
"Damn it! How dare those bastards! How dare they sell my slaves at will! Damn you! You! Find me all the elves!
Those who trade in elves! They must be punished severely! I'll raid all the properties! Kill them all on the spot!
Damned bastards! You think you can do whatever you want with a few Gentals! You think you can do whatever you want? Is there no justice left? Is there no more law in the land?"
"My Lord!"
The elves in front of them forgot what they were being punished for and looked at Rand with tearful eyes.
They were truly touched!
This evil dragon, compared to the past three years, seemed to have changed a lot!
The group of dependents who had received the order immediately began to move.
Today, many families were destined to die ...
Until the night, Rand had nearly a hundred more elves in front of him, as well as a fortune of over three thousand gintals!
The joy was straight to him.
The elves were sent into the castle to recuperate.
And Rand then rested on the floor.
After he drifted off to sleep.
The dream world distorted again.
The familiar computer screen reappeared.
"[Powers] 4
You have defeated the Earl of Dorne and taken his entire city into your claws, and you have a power that is truly yours.
The entire city of over 100,000 beings of all races is under your control, living and dead.
Although they do not honestly see you as a leader, on the surface they still belong to you for now.
You become a lord gargoyle who owns the city!
You have gained a new potential.
Potential +4."
Next moment.
Physical growth: 34!
The next day, early in the morning.
Rand woke up in a happy mood.
He lay on the pile of treasures and the first thing he saw was two dragon cubs eyeing his treasure.
In addition to this.
There were actually several old men in white priest's robes, with a slightly darker coloured sun tattooed on their chests.
"You are awake! Honoured Lord of the City of Rand, His Excellency Rand Sapphis Oakburn."
The old man bowed slightly to Rand.
"Devotees of Amanda the Dusky Sun, you who cowered in my shadows yesterday have grown much bolder today!
Speak! What do you want from me? If you want to persuade me to leave, then I don't mind crushing fools like you to death!"
Rand said somewhat nastily.
Rand did not fear the gods of this world.
As for the reason, most professionals are familiar with it.
It was because the gods, unable to reach the world they were currently in in real form, were named Aio.
Legend has it that in the most distant past.
The gods coexisted in the world, and they fought for years because of their differences in beliefs and their struggle for faith.
As a result, the world was torn apart, and the hundreds of tribes suffered and died as a result.
Finally, the great god Aio, the god on top of the gods, took action to drive the gods from the world of Aio and set up a boundary to seal the entry of the powerful gods.
Gods! It is impossible to enter the world of Aio! This is the information that all adventurers, as well as high level professionals, are aware of.
Although they can descend from the gods, attaching their power to the body of some holy believers, or descending directly to their doppelgangers.
They can display some of the power of the gods.
But they are also suppressed by Io's boundaries.
What is left of the god's power is not enough to intimidate a legendary powerhouse!
It would even be feared.
In the eyes of many legends, especially those who cast spells, anything that carries the power of the gods is something they would like to see.
Legend has it that a long time ago, legendary spellcasters joined together and engineered the anger of a god, forcing him to send down his doppelganger and kill him!
Afterwards, one of the spellcasters, with the fragment of the divine lattice in his doppelganger, even broke through the boundaries of mortality and advanced to godhood!
This news was a great sensation at the time.
It was written down in many canonical texts.
Even the dragon's heritage remembered it, and even at the young stage, they had already unlocked this part of their memory.
More and more people began to deliberately seduce the gods, and the gods were much more cautious after this incident.
Even if it is a diversion, they are required to have a fragment of the Godhead attached to it, and if they are killed and robbed of the fragment, it will be no small blow to them.
If it was only a divine descent, it would not seem too daunting for the legendary powerhouse.
If you can't fight, you can't run away?
Even if they fought, maybe a hidden legend, somewhere on the mountain, would notice the commotion and subsequently come over to attack, eyeing the gods' bodies after their séances?
As a result, many gods, in the eyes of some legends, have turned into meat and potatoes.
There are very few legends who would be afraid and fear the gods.
Unless these legends are hardcore followers of these deities.
And ... recently learned from the Dragon's Legacy that since a legendary spell caster had developed a spell to cross the realm tens of thousands of years ago, these deities have followed suit and run to the outer realm from time to time.
Some gods gained so much that they even developed a number of outer-dimensional followers.
There are gods who have unfortunately fallen and actually died.
Amanda, the god of the twilight sun.
Because of the overpowering power of the sun, a whole trio of gods were created.
They are, respectively, Loshonda, the Morning Sun.
Pero, the noonday sun.
And Amanda, the Dusk Sun.
All three of them were extremely powerful deities who, ten thousand years ago, were constantly making their way to the outer planes.
It can be said that they have gained a lot.
They might have developed little three, little five, little ten or little hundred other-dimensional beliefs.
Under such circumstances, how would one treat the believers of this one realm wholeheartedly?
Therefore, Rand would have no respect for these believers.
In his eyes they were not much different from the lords outside.
"We are not here to persuade you to give up the city, but we think that you, as Lord of the City, do not want your people to keep killing each other, do you?
That way, your possessions are dwindling."
The old priest explained with a peaceful face.
"What do you mean by that?"
Rand frowned slightly.
"You will see by looking at the situation in town."
"!"
Rand didn't continue to say more after hearing this, but stood up as a man and swept his gaze across the city.
In a flash.
He then saw a number of people dressed in black and masked crossing the streets throughout the city.
Occasionally, a few people would come onto the streets and be caught.
If it was a man, he was directly beaten up and robbed of all his money.
If it was a woman, they were dragged straight into the alley ...
Some even broke straight into some of the private houses of the lords and smashed and robbed them.
It was a sight to behold.
It was as if all the lords thought the city was finished, and some of those who had given up on themselves simply turned into thugs and took advantage of the last moment to let loose.
What is this? It's easier to destroy than to create!
It's easy to fight the city, but hard to suffer it!
Upon hearing this, the two dragon cubs also flew into the sky and looked inside the city and were instantly delighted!
"Ow ow ow! That's great! These humans are all so evil! Ha ha ha ha! Kill them! Loot! Destroy!"
The little female dragon shouted.
But the little black dragon was looking at Rand with a slightly odd face.
Noticing that he was looking more and more out of place.
It was no wonder, if it was before, Rand, as the evil dragon, would probably have clapped his paw and shouted at the situation before him.
But now, he couldn't be happy!
Not only was he unhappy, but looking at the little female dragon jumping like that, he directly couldn't resist probing his claws and giving her a brain massage.
"Waaaahhhh! Rand! Loose claws! Loose claws wah! The head's going to split! It's going to split!"
"Stupid bastard! This is my city! Those idiots killed all my men! My fortune!"
Rand growled, his heart raging as he swept the dependents next to him and said.
"You lot! Get over there and get rid of these idiots! Kill them or capture them and use them as cannon fodder!"
"As you wish! My Lord!"
Several of the draconians responded.
They then split up into several groups and went into action.
When the little female dragon saw this, her eyes lit up and she volunteered.
"Rand! Rand! I'll go help too!"
Rand sniffed and just glanced at it.
When the little female dragon saw this, she knew who it meant she would, and immediately flew out with joy.
And the little black dragon also hurriedly said together and then flew away.
A few priests on the side, revealing smiles: "Your Excellency the City Lord! Thank you for your defence of the lordship, I think I should probably take my leave now."
With that, he bowed and excused himself.
Rand also had no intention of keeping the other party, seeing him leave.
He took one last look at the sky.
Looking again at the remaining dependents, he told them to fetch all the subsurface bags within the city and prepare them for loading.
Without hesitation, these people went to some of the chambers and scavenged them up.
Several merchants who specialised in the sub-dimensional bag business cried themselves to sleep as a result.
Rand silently used the secondary pouches to fill up the treasures on the ground and swallowed them into his belly, but there were simply too many treasures, and in the end there was actually nearly 20,000 Gentar worth of treasures left on the ground.
He could only tell his remaining dependents to take good care of it, and then he shook his wings and flew away.
After his revenge, he was ready to go and fetch Yakus, the genius caster who would surprise him in three years' time!
At this moment, Rand had just flown away.
In one of the streets of Rand's city.
Several men, dressed in black and black hoods, who had just finished robbing a few common lords, sat woefully on the ground, looking at the several short monsters covered in scales that had surrounded them, as well as a red dragon.
"What do you ... you ... want to do? Please ... no ... don't kill me!"
"You have a lot of nerve, you human! How dare you wreak havoc in my city of Gorland! Do you know that everything here! It's all his property!"
"I ... didn't know ... I beg you ... to let me go ... I won't dare next time!"
"Let you go? No way!"
The little female dragon smiled hideously, then slapped all these people to death with one slap and began to impatiently scavenge the money of these people.
With a single claw, she grabbed a dozen silver labrets from one of them, as well as dozens of copper plates.
After that, after a moment's careful pause, she suddenly noticed a crimson meteor flashing across the sky, and it was Rand!
The little female dragon was instantly overjoyed.
In one gulp she swallowed all of the nearly ten silver labrets, leaving behind a few silver labrets and a few dozen copper plates, and handed them to the ichthyosaur next to her, saying meaningfully in the fishman language.
"This human legacy is all there is in total, do you ... know what I mean?"
"Ah la la la ~"
The fish people looked at each other and finally nodded their heads.
The corners of the little female dragon's mouth instantly grinned!
She felt like she was going to be rich!
Quickly picking up a few other people's legacies, the little female dragon flew happily into the sky, looking for her next target!
This was the kind of job that made the little dragon think she was in heaven, and in one night's work, she had actually raked in nearly five gold tars!
And now, thousands of miles away, the city of Greene had an unexpected visitor!
A few lookouts on the city walls.
They had been a little bored, but immediately, they saw a large cloud of fire coming from afar!
They pulled out their binoculars and took a look.
They saw a huge dragon, flapping its wings, surrounded by endless clouds of fire, flying towards this place with astonishing power!
The lookouts were scared half to death.
The lookouts were frightened to death. They fired their warning guns!
A strange firework shot up into the sky and then exploded with a bang.
A few moments later, the whole city was awash with alarms.
Not long after, several Archmages appeared in the sky above the city, their eyes glowing blue, the effect of their Eagle Eye spell allowing them to see clearly everything in that cloud of fire even from eight or nine kilometres away.
This made all of them shudder.
They were shocked and said, "What kind of dragon is this? How can it be so powerful? And what is he doing here with us? Who can tell me?"
"Isn't this ... that evil dragon named Rand Sapphis Oakburn? Weren't a few of us out fishing with Archmage Anthony the other day? It was not the same fish that we caught!"
One of the Archmages who had been with Anthony before immediately said.
Instantly, the other Archmages who were not fishing all turned their eyes towards Antony, and in those eyes, they seemed to be saying.
"You're crazy, you old boy, aren't you? This huge dragon in front of you! You can tell by looking at it that it's not to be messed with! How dare you fish for such a thing?"
"Don't look at me like that! I didn't know this dragon had such strength!
It's all because of that damn fool! Three years ago, he told me that the dragon was just a young dragon! It was powerful, but at best it was as powerful as an average Archmage!
But what happened?
I went over there and met some other dragons who were looking for trouble with this dragon! And guess what?
The two dragons that went to seek revenge on him were scared away without even a fight! One was even beaten up so badly that it almost died!
At that time, this dragon did not even show what he was capable of! If I had insisted on fighting him, what do you think the consequences would have been?"
"You ... would have been killed as well, right?" The other Archmages couldn't help but sympathize with Anthony after hearing this.
"So! Is this my fault?" Archmage Anthony cried out injustice.
"No matter what! We can't let this evil dragon come near the city! Otherwise, if we go to war, the whole city might suffer!
At these words, several Archmages flew to meet them.
There were six of them.
Although the dragon was very powerful, they were still confident in themselves!
One Archmage was no good, but there were six of them! How could they be afraid of a giant dragon?
However, as they got closer and closer, the six Archmages gradually realised that the dragon was not a dragon.
The six Archmages also gradually noticed that something was wrong.
"Don't you ... think that this dragon, flying a little too fast? Moreover, the fire cloud around him is too large in scope, isn't it? Why do I feel that he is even more powerful than we thought?"
An Archmage couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva and said.
"How do you need to feel this? Our eyes aren't blind!"
"Is this ... us still going to stop him?"
"Stop what? We're just going to ask friendly questions! This Mr. Gargoyle, I think he has some misunderstanding with us!"
"Good! Not bad! We're just going to ask a question! Well! Just going to ask for advice with a friendly attitude!"
Several of the Archmages said, and did not dare to come closer.
They just used wind communication from afar and started to send their messages.
As a result, the dragon paid no attention to them!
With the sky full of fire clouds, it continued to close in!
"How ... do we do? This evil dragon doesn't even have us in his sights!"
A mage, angry and anxious, couldn't help but say.
"This damn fire-breathing lizard! What does he think we are? How dare he underestimate us! Tell the dragon hunting crossbows behind us to fire quickly!"
An Archmage cursed, then used Wind Swift to summon the crossbowmen from all over the city walls.
In a flash, all these crossbowmen moved, one by one, they adjusted their direction and charged at the dragon!
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
As the crossbows were fired, a terrifying sonic boom sounded out, and layers of air waves propelled them towards the dragon at an extremely terrifying speed!
But the dragon is also extremely fast! It gathered its wings from a long distance away and let its body fall naturally!
It dodged several crossbow shots.
After that, purple pillars of flame erupted from all over the dragon's wings! The speed had increased dramatically! It was coming towards them!
All the Archmages were taken aback and rushed to avoid it.
The cloud of fire flickered through them, and then, before a second shot could be fired from the dragon's crossbow.
Two more beams of purple light shot out from the roiling fire cloud, instantly setting one of the dragon hunting crossbows on fire and exploding!
"What kind of spell is this?"
An Archmage's eyes almost filled with longing as he saw this scene.
"This spell, it's somewhat like a scorching ray, but the attacking distance is too far! Combined with the super high speed of this dragon itself, hiss ... just thinking about it makes one feel terrified!"
A few of the archmages were silent, and when they looked at each other, they saw a bit of gratitude in each other's eyes!
Fortunately! Fortunately, they did not attack the dragon with their heads in the sand.
Otherwise the consequences would have been unthinkable!
What, you ask, what about the city behind them? Well, let our great Count do his own thinking!
We did our best anyway!
In the distance, a few more flashes of fire flashed by.
Several of the dragon hunting crossbows on the city walls, all dismantled!
The giant dragons carried clouds of fire into the city with a bang.
In an instant, the whole city was in chaos!
Screams arose.
"Yakus! The three years are up! Don't come out to meet your master!"
A loud dragon roar rang out.
It caused several Archmages in the distance to look at each other once again.
"Who is this Yakus? This dragon, just to meet this fellow, has come in such a flurry of activity?"
"This evil dragon! How arrogant! Is he not at all afraid of being crushed by the legends of our country?"
Many Archmages were speechless, watching from afar.
Suddenly, as if it had found its target, the dragon headed towards the west! Then it gathered its clouds of fire and descended with a bang!
With a shaking of the ground, two more bloodstains appeared on the ground at once!
Those were two 'ants' that had been trampled to death.
"You are ... Lord Rand?"
In front of the door of one of the more luxurious villas, a somewhat slim young man with messy hair looked at the giant dragon standing in front of him, almost fifteen or sixteen meters tall and standing somewhat tall compared to the houses in the whole city, and was somewhat incredulous.
"Apart from me Rand Sapphis Oakburn! Do you have another master?"
The gargoyle's voice was flat, but with a slight smirk.
"Ah! Lord Rand! Your growth in these three years has truly broken my eyes."
Yakus rubbed his head in embarrassment.
A dragon and a man gossiped as if no one was watching.
All around them were screams of wretched wailing, but they seemed to be completely isolated and looked extremely monstrous.
Nor did anyone around them dare to approach.
Everyone, desperately, was trying to get away from it!
"And the way you came out, Sir Rand, it was a shock!" Yakus suddenly boasted.
"Hahahahaha! I just don't much care what the crickets think of me!
When you want to go to a friend's house to play, do you take a detour because there's a bunch of ants moving along the road,, and you're careful to avoid stepping on them?"
The dragon laughed loudly, with a sound like muffled thunder.
It sent chills down the spines of those who heard him speak.
"If I had the same power as Lord Rand, then I suppose I would be just like Lord Rand!" Yakus laughed.
"Hahahahaha! That's right! That's it! Power is what makes any creature respectable because it allows him to do as he pleases!
If you have power and you cower in fear of this or that! It would be better to cower in the ground and never come out of the world! Ha ha ha ha!"
Rand laughed, his mind growing arrogant with his power, the arrogance of the dragons creeping into his bones!
He was not repulsed by this, as his progress in strength had fully enabled him to be arrogant.
After a few moments of small talk between one dragon and the other, Yakus took a thick book out of his arms and handed it halfway across the room saying.
"Sir Rand! This is the task you gave me three years ago, and the Dragonflame Ray has fulfilled it as promised, in addition I have researched a few very interesting spells that you might like to see."
Rand sniffed, took the other man's book and read it in silence.
At that moment, a middle-aged man in armour and stomach, with a group of soldiers, and professionals in all kinds of high-level magic equipment, surrounded him.
"This Lord Gargoyle! I wonder if you have come to my Green City for something? If you need any help, just ask."
The middle-aged man in the lead asked with a rather respectful expression.
"..."
But unfortunately, there was no one to respond to him.
The giant dragon was still silently looking at the book, while Yakus stood to the side with a faint smile.
The atmosphere was a little awkward for a moment.
The middle-aged man's face twitched, he felt a little embarrassed on his face, but looking at the immense body of the gigantic dragon in front of him and the shadow that enveloped him, he still silently endured it.
I don't know how long it took.
The dragon swallowed the book in one gulp, and then said with great pleasure.
"Very good! Very good! I can't wait to learn these spells! But this is not the place to learn! Yakus! Come on! Come home with me!"
With that, Rand leaned down slightly and opened his paws.
Yakus slowly walked up and said.
"Is it Greenwood? I haven't been there in a few years and I don't know how it is."
"Greenwood? No! I've moved! Our new home is in the city of Dorn in the Kingdom of Lain, but it should be called the City of Rand now hahahaha!"
The gargoyle said and laughed again.
The people on the other side of the room broke out in a cold sweat, there was a lot of information in that one sentence!
Are you sure you're not joking?
Yakus was shocked: "You mean that you have taken the whole city of Dorne?"
"Ah! Of course! This Earl of Dorne attacked the Greenwood three years ago and took my elves captive! Naturally I could not spare him! In return! So I took his city! And broke all his limbs!"
The dragon said seriously.
"This ..." Yakus's mouth grew long with surprise for a moment, not knowing what to say.
The men on one side of the room shuddered at the words, they looked at each other, then backed away slowly without moving, and before long, disappeared completely.
"Then ..." said Yakus, suddenly wanting to say something.
Rand understood the other party's meaning and instantly said with a smile.
"Be at ease! Your wishes are always known to me, give me some time to learn the spells you gave me, just in time to go there and give it a good try."
"Thank you, Lord Rand!" Yakus immediately smiled hair.
"Come along! I'll take you back! But, on the way, you have to go to Greenwood first! I have one more thing sitting there that I'm going to bring back with me!"
Rand said, grabbed Yakus and shot up into the sky! But as he left, he suddenly yelled again.
"All of you in Greenwood are quite well! I am Rand Sapphis Oakburn! Lord of the city of Rand, once the city of Dorne in the Kingdom of Lain, and now the city of Rand!
In the name of the True Dragon, Lord of the City of Rand, I hereby call upon all the criminals of the world, the dark races, to call upon their dependents.
All those who have been driven to despair may come to me in the City of Rand! Where it belongs is my domain! I can give you a second chance at life!
Those who want to be free of their troubles! Those who want peace of mind, come to me!"
The dragon's roar resonated throughout the city, sending a crowd of people into a state of shock.
But immediately, the dragon turned and disappeared completely, trailing a long red tail flame.
It was only then that the city's top brass were relieved.
Some of the townspeople, however, were frantically discussing the day's events ...
When the next day came, Rand had already returned to Rand's Castle with Yakus and Emile the Silver Dragon.
Standing at the entrance to the castle, Yakus couldn't stop sighing.
And the Silver Dragon, who had been left like a piece of trash, looked dumbfounded.
What was all this?
It had only been a few days, and this evil dragon had brought down a human city? How ... did he dare to do that?
How could he possibly have this kind of strength?
The silver dragon couldn't figure it out!
Obviously three years ago he was fighting with her, half and half, and three years later, not only did he hang her, but he was also able to bring down a city of earls?
This world is really crazy!
The little female dragon hemmed and hawed as she closed in on her, and for a moment the silver dragon didn't even have time to think.
"By the way! Lord Rand! Do you have any more spells for me to work on afterwards?" That was when Yakus asked again.
"Of course! Now all the spells I have in my hands might need some updating! As for the reason, you should have seen it before, right? I have awakened the ability to manipulate flames freely, and this flame ..."
One dragon and one person began to discuss about the spells.
The silver dragon on one side listened and hurriedly shouted
"Evil dragon! You're working on a dragon spell that combines with dragon breath, right! Let me go! I can teach you!"
"You?"
Rand couldn't help but turn his gaze to the she-silver dragon.
"Of course! I'm a renowned genius of the Silver Dragon clan! Most of the spells I use are my own improvements!" The silver dragon hastily added.
"Rand! Don't listen to her lies! How dare she call herself a genius! It's ridiculous! I think she's just dreaming! I'll wake her up!"
The little female dragon sneered and was about to twist her dragon's fart, which frightened the silver dragon and made her body tremble, shouting.
"Rand! Stop her! Please stop her! I'm really a talented dragon caster! You have to believe me! I can prove it!"
"Well ... Fiona! You wait!"
Rand finally spoke up to stop the little female dragon from moving.
This caused the little female dragon to look a little regretful.
The silver dragon, on the other hand, looked like she had come back from the dead.
Rand looked to Yakus afterwards, and the other man, understanding Rand's meaning, spoke up about the difficulties of some spells.
The silver dragon immediately did his best to say everything he knew, as completely as possible, as well as telling a lot of his philosophy.
Rand felt quite impressive as he listened, and Yakus, being a talented person in this field, nodded frequently.
"Sir Rand! This silver dragon is not lying, she is indeed very talented!"
"What! This punk is really talented! Damn it!" The little female dragon glared at the silver dragon with resentment.
"Oh! That's very nice, but my dragon breath is fire and yours is ice, what can you teach me?" Rand fumbled with the scales on his chin and looked the silver dragon up and down.
Nor did he care about the young female dragon's mood.
"I... I can work on spells for you with this gentleman!" The silver dragon said nervously.
"Then let's give it a try! If in a month's time, the progress doesn't satisfy me! You just go on and have a good time with Fiona!" Rand added.
"Good! I won't let you down!"
The silver dragon clenched his teeth with a serious look.
"Damn you, silver dragon scumbag! You will fail for sure! You are mine!" The young female dragon cursed.
Moving forward.
The Silver Dragon and Yakus began working on spells.
The little female dragon continued to do her patrol, but because of Rand's return, she was cautious whenever she embezzled, always looking over her shoulder from time to time for fear of being seen by Rand.
Rand, on the other hand, began to learn the spells he had taken from Yakus.
It was also during these few days.
The fleeing soldiers, as well as the lords, had arrived in the surrounding cities!
The news that Rand had defeated the army of the Earl of Dorne and occupied the city of Dorne spread like wildfire!