Chapter 53: Slaying the Earth Dragon King  

"Add more wood."

Upon hearing the painful roars coming from the mine, Rennes immediately gave the order without hesitation.

Upon receiving the order from Rennes, the surrounding guards immediately accelerated the speed of adding wood.

At the same time, they threw all the remaining 'enchantment materials' - the stinky glands of the strong acid skunks - into the bonfire.

Whoosh!

With enough fuel, the bonfire in front of the mine suddenly burned even more vigorously.

A thicker stench of smoke filled the interior of the mine.

It was like the last straw that broke the camel's back.

"Roar!"

"Roar!"

"Roar!"

...

After a few seconds, dozens of earth dragons could no longer bear this extremely nauseating stench and rushed out of the mine as if fleeing for their lives.

They wanted to breathe fresh air, and no need for Rennes to give the order.

The guards, who were already prepared for the attack, immediately surrounded and killed these running earth dragons.

These guards were carefully selected elites from Rennes and Beret's families.

Each of them possessed at least intermediate transcendent strength.

Some of the guards were even advanced transcendent.

With such a powerful lineup, coupled with the armor-piercing ballistas specifically used to hunt high-level magical beasts.

It was all going according to the plan. (Yokoso Watashe no soul society, it had to be done. Sorry)

Soon, more than ten earth dragons fell into eternal slumber, forever losing their lives.

However, at this moment, the remaining earth dragons also reacted.

They immediately activated their earth magic, forming a layer of rock armor to protect their bodies.

With this layer of rock armor, which was as hard as granite, the power of the armor-piercing ballistas, which could easily penetrate the bodies of high-level magical beasts, was greatly reduced.

They could no longer pose a lethal threat to the earth dragons.

"Roooar!"

After stabilizing themselves, more than twenty earth dragons, with bloodshot eyes, launched an attack on the nearby guards.

They wanted to kill these despicable humans and avenge their fallen comrades.

Dozens of colossal creatures weighing several tons charged at high speed.

Their momentum was naturally terrifying, the earth seemed to tremble violently.

"Quick, get out of the way!"

Seeing this scene, Beret's expression changed drastically, and he immediately gave an order.

Receiving the order, the guards immediately activated their qi and used speed techniques to dodge the attacks from the ground-dwelling dragon group.

Just as Beret was commanding the guards to dodge the attacking earth dragon group...

Rennes was not idle either, his opponent was the king of the earth dragons.

As the ruler of the earth dragon race in this mountain range, the king of the earth dragons was more than three times the size of a normal one.

Its skin shimmered with a brass-like luster.

It was clear that its defense was extremely strong.

However, perhaps due to its excessively large body, the king of the earth dragons was the last one to emerge from the mine.

"Storm Slash!"

Upon seeing his target appear, Rennes decisively took action.

He activated the fighting qi within his body.

He drew out his Storm Great sword.

And launched a slash towards the king of the earth dragons.

Whoosh!

A greenish blue, thin as a cicada's wing, crescent-shaped sword energy emitted an incredibly sharp aura as it swept towards the king of the earth dragons.

Although this attack was just Rennes' regular attack...

Its power was enough to easily split a tens of meters thick granite in half.

If it were to hit without any defense, even if the king of the earth dragons had a strong defensive body, it would definitely be killed with a single slash.

"Roar!"

Feeling the threat of death, the king of the earth dragons immediately activated its innate magic, Earth God Shield.

Summoning several earthy yellow energy shields emitting a heavy earthy aura to block in front of itself, as a defensive earth attribute magic that only awakened for earth dragon king after he had broken through to the 10th rank.

The defense power of the Earth God Shield was extremely strong.

Comparable to a ten-meter thick alloy steel plate, even Rennes' Storm Slash, which had an extraordinary cutting force, couldn't break through it.

"Roar!"

After blocking Rennes' attack, the king of the earth dragons, who had almost been killed in an instant, became furious.

Immediately launching a frenzied attack against Rennes.

Sharp spikes several meters long suddenly rose from the ground without warning.

Attempting to pierce several large holes in Rennes' body and skew him like a kebab.

However, such attacks had little effect on Rennes, who used the Gale Step.

Rennes' body instantly turned into a series of afterimages, easily dodging the protruding spikes on the ground.

"It is impolite to only receive and not give."

"So let me test the results of my magic training during this period of time with you."

Speaking of which, since changing jobs to become an arcane knight, he hasn't used magic in battle yet.

Encountering a decent "sandbag" this time, it's a good opportunity to try it out.

"Swamp Art."

With the innate ability of a mage knight to cast spells instantly, Rennes doesn't need to chant when using magic.

Magic power surged within his body, outlining a mysterious spell model.

The next second,

Gurgle! Gurgle! Gurgle!

The ground around the location of the Earth Dragon King instantly softened and turned into a muddy swamp.

Driven by its enormous weight, the Earth Dragon King quickly sank into the swamp.

However, the Earth Dragon King's reaction speed was also fast.

After realizing something was wrong, it immediately activated the petrification magic, hardening the surrounding swamp.

"Earth Spirit Restraint."

"Explosive Fireball."

Seeing that Swamp Art didn't work, Rennes didn't mind and launched two more spells.

Under the magical power's miraculous strength, the earth instantly came alive.

Chains made of mud, like agile serpents, instantly bound the Earth Dragon King.

Restricting its movements.

The next second, more than ten blue fireballs containing explosive energy bombarded the Earth Dragon King like a volley of cannons.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Loud explosions rang out.

In an instant, fierce flames splattered.

The Earth Dragon King, located at the center of the explosion, let out a painful cry as it emerged from the sea of fire.

However, although its body was covered in deep burn marks,

It was still full of life and vitality.

Obviously, the combination attack of these two spells did not pose a significant threat to the Earth Dragon King with its astonishing defense.

"My magic proficiency is still too weak."

"Using magic alone to fight the enemy is difficult to pose a significant threat to opponents of the same level."

"At most, it can only play a supporting role."

Seeing this scene, Rennes also had a clear understanding of his own magical abilities, after the magic combat test is complete.

He didn't bother himself to waste any more time.

Using a bewitching monster magic, he briefly controlled the movements of the Earth Dragon King.

Then, he used the Six-Star Battle Technique - Void Charge, quickly charging forward.

Finally, he followed up with a Whirlwind Fierce Slash.

The strong wind swirled around as the great sword swept through.

Just as the Earth Dragon King broke free from the bewitching monster's magic, its head was already severed.

This process may sound long, in reality, it took less than two seconds.

In front of Rennes, who is firing at full power.

This Earth Dragon King, which is at the 12th rank, has no ability to fight back at all.

The most powerful Earth Dragon King is dead.

The rest is simple.

Five minutes later.

With Rennes' help, Beret and the others successfully completed the annihilation of the other Earth Dragons.

The Earth Dragon group officially were completely wiped out.

"Count Rennes, I really troubled you this time."

After killing these Earth Dragons that occupied the copper mine, Beret thanked Rennes with a smile.

"No need to be polite!" Rennes waved his hand casually.

Doing business for money is only natural.

However, Beret didn't think so.

To express his gratitude, he plans to hold a celebration banquet specifically for Rennes.

Regarding this, Rennes naturally declines politely.

What's the point of having a banquet?

It's better to go back early and spend time with his wives and children.

They then cut off all the valuable parts from the dozens of Earth Dragons.

After dividing the spoils, Rennes led his men and rushed towards the direction of Eagle Town.

"It seems that I need to find another way to get closer to Count Rennes."

Watching Rennes and the others leave, Beret thought to himself.

The reason he thought this way is because Rennes showed such great strength in this operation of exterminating the Earth Dragon group.

Killing a 12th rank Earth Dragon without any injuries.

This level of strength can be considered the number one expert in the Rhine region.

With such a powerful individual, he naturally has to make every possible effort to get closer to him.

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