Several Red Dragons breathed fire along the top of the city walls, turning the passageways between the battlements into rivers of fire, burning fiercely.
The wooden frames of the giant crossbows crackled as they burned, the metal bows melted into molten iron, and the armored soldiers, one by one, turned into fire-men, unable to endure the scorching heat of their armor, and leaped over the walls into the sea.
Arrow towers and magic towers were besieged.
Although Priestess cast defensive miracles like Holy Wall, given the dragons' fire, which was comparable to a Troll's exploding fireball, the magic towers' fall was only a matter of time.
Before the defensive miracles shattered, the mages in the magic towers were also fully activating the giant convex mirrors that were cooling down.
"It's over, it's all over."
The soldier in the watchtower, his face pale, fired the last distress flare.
But soon, the crimson fire was swallowed by the fire net spewed by the dragon swarm.
Dragon shadows filled the sky, sweeping over the city of Wind Capital.
Streaks of flames shot down, and many buildings were instantly ignited.
Streets and alleys turned into a sea of fire.
Although Wind Capital also had an Adventurers' Guild and adventurers.
However, adventurers below Gold-Grade caused truly negligible damage to the flying dragons.
Heavy Swordsman could not fly, and the arrows of archers could not even penetrate the dragons' scales.
The dragons hunted in Border Town earlier seemed to have involved other Silver-rank Adventurers, but in reality, the one who truly made a difference was Gun Goddess Heather.
"Mommy, the evil dragons are so scary, wuwuwu—."
"I'll never steal candy again, I won't stay up late, I'll eat properly, can the evil dragons go home quickly?" "Don't be afraid, baby, don't be afraid, Mommy's here!"
"Hateful monsters, no matter how many times we humans slay dragons, they always return to burn our homes!"
"Who can save me? I'm scared, I don't want to die."
"Earth Mother God, Earth Mother God, please send down a miracle—"
"It hurts so much, my leg is trapped by a fallen stone, who can pull me out!"
The peaceful and harmonious Wind Capital suddenly plunged into chaos.
Cries for help echoed endlessly.
A scene like hell!
Humans before giant dragons were as small as ants.
The flying dragons continuously swept over the city, spewing flames, just like humans urinating on an ant's nest, acting wantonly, playing with a crushing dominance.
The stained glass windows of the church reflected the firelight, casting shadows of the holy statues onto the fleeing crowd.
A woman holding her daughter huddled behind the Earth Mother God statue in the church, trembling.
There were also other people hiding in the church to escape.
"Rumble!!"
The splendid and magnificent church, at this moment, became fragile, and the dome, painted with the Earth Mother God's portrait, collapsed with a thunderous roar, stones shattering, mud and sand falling down.
A massive black flying dragon, its claws gripping the church wall, roared with its head raised.
"Roar—!!"
After the roar, the dragon's head slowly extended through the hole in the dome, its nostrils occasionally spewing a pungent, sulfur-like odor.
The Black Dragon turned its head left and right, its dark golden beast eyes becoming the only light source in the dimness, searching and probing everywhere.
"Mommy, I'm scared—"
A four or five-year-old girl curled up in her mother's arms, trembling.
Her mother was also trembling, holding her daughter tightly with both arms, biting her lip, not daring to speak.
The others were the same, holding their breath, terrified, their clothes soaked with sweat.
A human-like playful glint flashed in the Black Dragon's eyes, and it stopped pretending to search, instead extending its head towards the huge statue of the Earth Mother God.
It opened its massive maw, its tongue darting out like a snake's, a mocking sound emanating from deep within its throat, its dragon teeth sharper than the last.
"Wuwuwuwu—"
The little girl finally cried out of fear.
Not just her, many people hiding behind the statue began to sob in fear.
"Waaah—"
The Black Dragon grinned menacingly, its mouth opening wider and wider, its eyes glinting with ferocity, then it bit down hard.
Just then.
An orange lightning-like figure descended from the sky, holding a giant bright blue sphere in one hand, and slammed it fiercely into the Black Dragon's head.
"Bang!"
A deafening explosion echoed within the church.
The entire church trembled violently, as if the earth was shaking, then dust filled the air.
"I—I'm not dead?"
"What just happened?"
"I don't know."
The people hiding behind the statue cautiously poked their heads out, then came out one after another.
As the dust dissipated, a blond youth was seen standing on the dragon's head, his back to the crowd.
"Big—Big Brother!"
"Big Brother defeated the evil dragon and saved us!!"
The little girl in the woman's arms shouted excitedly.
"Oh~ I'm late, my apologies."
"Water Capital is a bit further from Wind Capital than I imagined."
Naruto, standing on the Black Dragon's head, turned around and said to the crowd with a smile.
"Alright, saving Wind Capital is now urgent."
Naruto looked up at the sky, his expression solemn, and immediately formed a cross-hand seal, performing the Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu.
"Poof! Poof! Poof! Poof!"
Puffs of Chakra white mist rose, and one Naruto after another appeared within the shattered church.
"Wow, so many Big Brothers!"
"Is this magic? Every Big Brother looks exactly the same."
The little girl clapped her small hands, excited and confused.
The others were still in shock, immersed in fear, but the little girl no longer felt afraid.
"Scatter!"
At Naruto's command, the Shadow Clones in the church transformed into black afterimages, instantly disappearing.
"You don't need to be afraid, I'll go take care of the remaining flying dragons."
Naruto's main body said.
Before his words finished, with a "whoosh," Naruto vanished from the top of the dragon's head, a "teleportation" gift.
"Golden hair—I remember, he—he's the Adventurers' Guild's newly promoted Gold-Grade Adventurer!"
"Shinigami Naruto, it's Shinigami Naruto!"
"The bards who came from Water Capital sing about his heroic deeds every day."
"I didn't expect to see him in person today."
"Just like in the legends, he's indeed amazing, even younger than imagined, truly remarkable."
"Look quickly, this flying dragon was killed in one move."
"So, so powerful—"
Everyone marveled at the Black Dragon, whose head had a huge concave circular pit.
However, even though the Black Dragon was dead, its pressure remained, and they dared not approach it.
Sage Doria was currently being attacked by several crimson dragons, in a precarious situation.
She was, after all, just a mage, not skilled in close combat, let alone facing terrifying creatures like pure-blooded dragon species.
Once her protective wind wall broke, it would be the time of her demise.
"Damn it! So hot—my magic power is also running out..."
Doria gritted her teeth, struggling to hold on, her delicate and cute doll-like face turning pale, cold sweat beading on her forehead, while her magic robe was constantly being soaked, evaporated, and soaked again by sweat. From the four directions—southeast, northwest—a Red Dragon breathed fire, roasting Doria.
Even if the wind wall was thick, it was burned like a fire tornado, spanning heaven and earth, and under the high temperature, Doria could hardly sustain herself.
Finally, Doria could no longer hold on.
Her stamina and magic power were both exhausted, and she swayed precariously, falling vertically towards the ground.
"Roar!"
"A mere human, to be able to persist for so long, is already impressive."
"But still no match for our great dragon race."
"I'm going to eat her!"
As Doria fell, the wind howled in her ears, her beautiful eyes half-open, half-closed, looking at the sunset where the sea met the sky outside Wind Capital.
She seemed to see her own end.
"It's over—"
"Am I going to die?"
"Ah, ah—how annoying, I haven't even tried what it feels like to be in love yet. "Will I encounter the hero-saves-the-beauty scenario I read about in library novels?"
"But even if a hero comes, he'll probably die too..."
Doria knew that in the next moment, she would be torn to pieces by several flying dragons. There was no fear as she had imagined; instead, her mind began to wander.
"Mine, you're mine!"
One flying dragon dove the fastest, its thick and sharp dragon claws spread open, fiercely grabbing at the falling Doria.
"Whoosh!"
Suddenly, an orange figure appeared as if from nowhere, one arm embracing Doria, the other hand raised, a Great Ball Rasengan condensed in its palm, slamming fiercely into the flying dragon's outstretched claw.
In mid-air, the Great Ball Rasengan suddenly expanded, and the huge dragon claw of the Red Dragon was instantly engulfed by a bright blue chaotic flow of Chakra light.
"Roar!" The Red Dragon roared in pain, frantically flapping its dragon wings to fly up. Its dragon claw was already a bloody mess, dripping with blood, and the surface of its steel-hard dragon scales had crisscrossing white scratches.
As for Naruto, he withdrew his hand, holding Doria in a princess carry, then lightly landed on the roof of a building.
Doria was stunned for a moment.
She stared at Naruto's profile with her beautiful eyes, stunned for a long time before coming back to her senses.
However, what was certain was that Doria's heart was pounding.
Pounding faster and faster.
"No, no, now is not the time to be smitten."
A blushing Doria quickly shook her head and reminded, "Be careful, there are still many flying dragons, you—you hurry and escape!"
"You can't escape, none of you can escape!!"
"Today, I want all of you humans, the entire city, to be buried with me!"
The Red Dragon, whose claw was injured, roared hysterically, and together with the other three Red Dragons, charged towards Naruto and Doria on the rooftop.
Compared to the four Red Dragons, the two of them were truly tiny.
"Quick—quick, escape—"
Doria weakly pushed Naruto's chest.
However.
Naruto stood still, not moving an inch, instead, he joined his index and middle fingers, raised his arm, and pointed to the sky!
"Absolute Cube!!"
"Whoosh—"
In an instant, from the shadows all over Wind Capital, one Shadow Clone after another shot into the sky, forming hand seals and performing the Absolute Cube, known as absolute defense.
However, these Absolute Cubes were not to defend Naruto and Doria, but to trap the flying dragons that were rampaging wildly throughout Wind Capital!
Thus, in an instant, large and small translucent cubes appeared in the sky above Wind Capital.
Trapped within the cubes were one flying dragon after another!