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Cedric would complain out loud if he could, but the gaping hole in his chest and the crushing grip the Thunder Prince had crushed his windpipe, so he couldn't.
In hindsight, he already knew that he wasn't able to take him down even after all that trouble. Cedric already had that idea when he saw the egg that the Thunder Prince was in earlier. It's the reason why he rushed to his teammates to help them break the enemy's island core because that's the next best thing he could hope for.
Alas, the followers of the Wise Dragon Clan are way too strong. Even after all his arrangements, the Thunder Prince still manages to find a way to break free. And it turns out that he's still hiding more strength.
Cedric gazed upon the new and strange form of the Thunder Prince. Contradictory to what he expected, he could barely see any traces of dragonization on his body aside from the scales running on his forearms and legs.
