"Please... Help me." Begged a female voice upon reaching a certain distance from Loki. "I am begging you... don't kill me."
In an instant, the black hellish flame that was about to incinerate the dragon disappeared and so did the black magic circle above them. The destructive attack that was about to be unleashed by Loki was canceled and the dragon that was supposed to be ashes by now flew out unscathed.
As it escaped safely, the dragon rushed toward the army beneath and tried to burn them instead. However, due to Loki's protection, none of them were hurt—it didn't stop the dragon, though, it just continued firing fireballs at the army like the killing machine it had turned into.
Especially now that it received a new order... which it had no choice but to obey.
On the other hand, Loki watched the dragon as he came to the conclusion of what was actually happening. His eyes narrowed as his attention focused on the collar on the dragon's neck. 'Damn it... I was so focused on thinking about how to defeat it that I didn't notice that weird collar. I should be more observant next time.' He flew toward the dragon.
As Loki approached, the dragon darted its raging red eyes on him. The collar that was just blinking before had now turned completely red. It opened its mouth and roared viciously. On the other hand, Loki just stared at it with his attentive eyes.
The dragon roared and once more, summoned thousands of magic circles all around the area, all of which aimed at Loki. Without a delay, all the magic circles blasted blue fire toward Loki, in an attempt to burn him down. Loki just narrowed his eyes and snapped his fingers, and all the magic circles disappeared into nothing.
"Now... This made me very angry." Loki said. He unleashed a sigh. He flew toward the neck of the dragon.
The dragon tried to stop him by biting him using its powerful fangs, however, Loki just stopped the attack with his one hand. He gently pushed the mouth of the dragon away from him. He tried to analyze the massive red collar, he touched it to see if he could use his immense physical strength to destroy it but as he did, the dragon cried in pain as a demonic red electrical current attacked the dragon, making it struggle more.
The dragon violently waved its wings while attacking Loki with its fangs and arms, feet, and tail, doing its best to push him away.
"I'm gonna need you to stay put, lady. Just relax, I am not your dentist." Loki said and activated a magic spell.
Gold chains emerged around the dragon and held it down, preventing it from stopping Loki on his business.
Loki aimed his hand at the chain. "This won't be painful this time. I promise." Loki gently said. "Holy Blast," Loki said and unleashed a yellow light from his hand and blasted it to the collar. At the same time, he shut off the dragon's sense of pain.
The moment the yellow light reached the red collar, the demonic red electrical current once more attacked the entire body of the dragon. However, the dragon didn't react because it could no longer feel the pain. It just took Loki a few seconds and the collar was slowly melting and turning into nothing. The demonic seal that attacked the dragon subsided and finally disappeared.
The blue dragon was freed.
Loki slowly flew back while staring at the dragon. The gold chains slowly disappeared, freeing the dragon completely. Then, the dragon's wings spread as it slowly glided to the ground. The dragon safely landed on the ground and Loki followed it. Loki landed a few meters away from the dragon.
Loki and the dragon stared at each other.
"I almost killed you... I am very sorry about that." Loki said. He smiled and slowly exhaled. "You are now free. However, whoever did this to you, I hope I meet that person someday... I'm gonna beat his cakey ass."
The dragon lit up with blue light and slowly turned smaller. Its massive winged lizard body turned into a humanoid form with crystal blue horns on her forehead. A girl with sky-blue hip-length hair and gem-like eyes. She was naked so her ghost-white skin and petite body type were completely apparent.
Although great tiredness was completely visible in her eyes, a gentle smile emerged from her face. "Thank you for saving my life..." Said with a voice filled with gentleness and modesty. She fell to the ground due to exhaustion.
Loki walked toward her and pulled his sweater jacket from his dimensional storage. He waved it in the air and used it to cover the dragon girl's body.
The dragon girl held the sweater covering her body and stared at Loki with her enlarged shivering eyes. What could be seen in her eyes was curiosity. "You don't hate me? I tried to kill your people... And I tried to kill you..."
Loki shook his head. "That was a good fight... Too bad it was not you that I fought." Loki said, he stood up while looking down at the dragon girl. "Maybe someday, let's fight again with your full strength. I bet that battle will be legendary."
The dragon girl slowly nodded. And hugged herself using Loki's sweater jacket. "Loki Morningwood..."
"Hmm?"
However, before the dragon girl could even reply, she fell to the ground and fell asleep. After a few seconds, she was already breathing with relaxation while gripping Loki's sweater.
Loki on the other hand, wandered his eyes throughout the area and what greeted him was the entire army rushing towards him. The knights and adventurers were waving their hands with big smiles on their faces.
"Sir, Loki!" They repeatedly shouted as they approached him.
Loki exhaled and looked up to the sky. 'My first battle against a powerful enemy... I know it's definitely the last and I will face more powerful enemies soon.' Loki looked at the dragon girl soundly sleeping. "But it should be fine to celebrate even a little for this victory."
The battle against the shackled dragon had ended.