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So just to be on the safe side, I decided to wait until their transformation was over before killing them.
"Stop him!"
Turom was in a hurry.
It was not easy for the black dragon to engage in close combat with them.
He liberated the Holy Shield of Brutality. If he was allowed to leave just like that, they would definitely not have a good life with a black dragon's vengeful character.
Several brutal holy shields picked up the spears on the ground and threw them as projectiles.
But I had already guarded against their attack, dodging a few spears at will.
On the way up, I bit a spear with my mouth and ate it.
This kind of unenchanted weapon is the same for me.
It's just that these guys below are really strong.
I had already flown 300 meters into the air. The long spears were not only accurate but also lethal. They could throw with such precision and lethality at this height.
"Damn it!"
Turom could only watch helplessly as the monster-like black dragon left gracefully.
If this guy didn't really have the appearance of a black dragon, then Turom would definitely think it was an unknown monster.
How could the black dragon spray that kind of high-temperature heat rays, and why did the wounds on his wings heal so quickly?
After all, the Giant Scorpion Godly Crossbow comes with the attributes of bleeding and armor-piercing! With arrows that had many spells that could even stop trolls from regenerating.
"Has the number of casualties been counted?" Turom asked the adjutant next to him irritably.
"Lord Turom, we lost 98 soldiers; 37 were seriously injured, and 72 were slightly injured..."
The loss this time was too great. One must know that these are all elite fighters and each fighter was trained at a huge cost.
They are not only powerful seventh or eighth-level fighters but also loyal.
The most important thing is the Holy Shield of Cruelty!
This time they lost a total of 12 brutal holy shields!
Turom looked at the five brutal holy shields below; the aura from them slowly disappeared, and their bodies slowly returned to their original shape.
Suddenly, Turom thought of something and said quickly:
"Hurry up and send someone to look at the situation on Argus' side!"
...
On a cliff, I stopped here.
Next to me were Winnie and Danylan, who were reporting the information they had just found.
"Master, the enemies on the other side of the mine have not moved. They have already occupied the mine and are controlling the kobolds and goblins to mine ore!"
Hehe, this group of people is really arrogant. They are already mining ore, which means that they have regarded this place as their home.
Damn, bullying the dragon too much!
Come to my place to kill my dependents and steal my things!
Just wait and see!
"Winnie and Danylan, I'm going to the mine to kill the hundred-man army over there. You both keep an eye on the army in front of me. If they dare to send a messenger to ask for help, you can directly kill the messenger or the flying monster that sent the letter."
"Obey!" Winnie and Danylan said together obediently, and then their figures disappeared into the air, one using the neutral ability Phantom Veil and the other using the Return to Nature level invisibility spell.
I nodded. Winnie's ability should not be underestimated; she is the most suitable for this kind of work, and as for Danylan, she works in her own way.
Don't look at my ability to crack her ability so easily before; it's because my wild scream is unreasonable.
Others don't have wild screams, and anti-magic doesn't work since it's her natural ability!
What I want to do is destroy this elite army directly here.
First of all, the idea of daring to hit my treasure is courting death.
The second reason is that revealing myself too early would be unwise. My black dragon form is far too distinct, and although my name echoes throughout the kingdom, only a rare few have ever laid eyes on me. To most, I'm simply the Black Dragon King of the Dark Forest or the Consort of the Queen of Darkness—a title I wear without complaint. After all, she'll be mine, my dragon mommy, in due time. Perhaps it was my own influence that helped spread this title, with a little assistance from the Siglinde family and the Wolf Adventure Party. Regardless of where this title comes from, I prefer to keep it a mystery forever.
It is easy to attract those abnormal dragon slayers and the like; it could make matters worse. It could even be an evil god, a demigod, or even some legends who need blood.
Killing the messenger is to make this army a lone army to prevent information from being leaked.
The reason why I didn't continue to be tough just now was that I was already invincible, and those strange fighters gave me a bad feeling.
According to modern standards, I am an all-around player.
Even more wretched, as long as this army is still in the forest, I will breathe out from time to time or directly catch a few people and fly them to the sky to kill them.
It doesn't matter if I'm injured; I have enough mana to throw hydrotherapy hundreds of times.
This will consume them sooner or later, and I will not let any of these people go.
So let's deal with those guys in the mine now!
I flapped my wings and left there; my figure covered the sun like a dark cloud.
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At this time, in the magic iron vein.
Argus was eating meat and drinking with several of his captains.
"This wine tastes really good!" Walker exclaimed.
This kind of high-standard drink is generally not available to them.
Only nobles like Argus can drink it like water.
"Haha, thank you all for helping me win this mine. I will definitely ask for credit for you when I go back to the family!" Argus said with a smile.
"Thank you, sir!"
Everyone said happily.
Although Master Argus is very strict, he gives a lot of benefits!
"What's that?" A soldier took a sip of wine and looked up at the sun.
Before he could yell out, he was gone above the torso and turned into slag by a powerful white breath.
Other soldiers around were not spared either.
The screams came one after another.
"There are enemies! Quickly defend and prepare to counterattack!"
Argus threw down the wine glass in his hand and shouted.
"Dragon! It's a black dragon!"
"We were attacked by an adult black dragon!"
Only then did the stronger subordinates look into the distance, only to see a strong black dragon continuously emitting white rays.
More than half of the more than 100 soldiers they brought were killed or injured.
Argus felt like he was dreaming. There was only one thought in his mind: why did an adult black dragon appear here so soon?
I originally wanted to make a surprise attack under the cover of the sun. After all, this is the correct way for the black dragon to appear.
But I didn't expect these guys to be celebrating at a party.
They were all neatly arranged.
I felt sorry for such a neat team without any breathing to take care of them.
So instead of spraying acid to give them acid rain, I used a more powerful heat ray.
After the battle just now, I also had a clear understanding of my own strength.
Except for some powerful weapons and very powerful fighters, these ordinary fighters can't break through my defenses even if I stand still and let them attack me.
Being unable to break through the defense means that I can kill them recklessly.
Soon I even landed directly on the ground and began to deal with these soldiers.
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The moment Doug heard the roar of the dragon, he knew that his chance had come.
He took the opportunity to jump up and bite a guard soldier's neck to end his life, snatching the long knife from his hand.
"The great Lord Black Dragon King is coming! Everyone, fight out with me!"
"Kill!"
It's hard to imagine that a group of kobolds regarded as lowly can have such cruel eyes.
They rushed out of the mine in mighty force and killed the panicked human soldiers.
Some goblins behind looked at each other, hesitated for a while, and then one of the goblins gritted his teeth, picked up the hammer he used to mine ore, and rushed out, followed by the goblins behind him.
"Master Argus, run away!"
Walker ran to Argus with a shield and said anxiously.
The black dragon in the distance couldn't be resisted at all, as even brutal holy shields were dying like flies without wings. They tried to throw two spears, but they couldn't even break the black dragon's scales.
"How could this be?" Argus hadn't reacted yet.
"Lord Argus, the kobolds and goblins are coming to kill us!"
A soldier ran over with difficulty, covering the wound on his arm.
"How dare these lowly bastards..." Argus almost couldn't catch his breath.
Even the kobolds and goblins dared to join in the fun.
Argus looked at the short goblin in the distance carrying a pannier on his back, who was taking out pieces of ore from it and throwing them at the surrounding soldiers.
These ores are magic iron ores, which are relatively hard and heavy. If they are suddenly smashed by 3rd to 4th-order monsters, they will cause bloody injuries, but these goblins understand this.
Soon Argus found out that they were surrounded by goblins and kobolds.
Walker on the side saw that the situation was not good and planned to run away, but a goblin next to him threw a stone, and Walker fell to the ground, losing his breath.
Argus was a little confused. Is this the end for Walker?
"Only then did he notice that there was no soldier beside him!
Then a huge shadow enveloped Argus.
I looked down at the human swordsman in front of me, knowing that this guy should be the leader because the style of armor he wore was the same as that of the person who commanded him before.
This battle was very easy; I was crushing them from start to finish!
Argus took a deep breath, trying to keep his body from shaking.
"Dear Your Excellency, Black Dragon King, I am Argus of the Voltan family. Nice to meet you!"
"Humans, you dare to break into my territory!" I said coldly in the Lingua Franca of the mainland.
"Your Excellency Black Dragon King, this is a misunderstanding. If we had known it was your territory before, we would definitely not have chosen to invade!" Argus said righteously.
Damn it, how did this guy Walker gather intelligence?
Argus asked himself that if the family knew there was a Black Dragon King here, they would have made better preparations with various dragon-slaying weapons, more brutal holy shields, and ordinary soldiers.
As for giving up?
How could they possibly give up? Under the glory of the Voltan family, even the black dragon had to submit, let alone a young dragon.
And the black dragon itself is the greatest treasure...
"Woltan family? Never heard of it!"
"We Voltan..."
I didn't bother to ask anymore; did this guy think he was the big villain?
Moving out of the family at every turn... I am already a dragon and still doing that.
I spat out a few drops of acid that instantly corroded Argus' feet.
"Ahhhh!!!"
Argus let out a piercing scream when his feet were crippled. He had never suffered such a serious injury since he was a child, and he collapsed for a moment.
"Doug, this man is handed over to you. Interrogate him with something of value. His life and death are up to you."
I looked at the kobold Doug beside me. He noticed that the guy killed was particularly ferocious just now; he was a good seed and planned to cultivate him.
"Obey, Your Majesty the Great Black Dragon!" Doug the Kobold beside him knelt down and said hastily.
"And the one on the ground who pretended to be dead, bring him back for interrogation!" I glanced at Walker at my feet.
All the kobolds and goblins immediately looked at Walker lying on the ground. Is this guy out of breath?
But Walker still didn't move a bit. I stretched out a sharp claw and scratched Walker's feet.
Walker, on the ground, jumped up in an instant, stabbing at my eyes with a dagger covered in fighting spirit.
But my sharp claws were faster, directly slashing Walker's feet.
Immediately, Walker groaned and fell directly to the ground, but he didn't say a word. He was much better than Argus. He was just a little puzzled about how the trick of feigning death he used could be seen through.
Argus on the side was even angrier. Damn it, he pretended to be dead!
"Remarkable bravery!"
I sighed in admiration.
It's a pity that he's not the protagonist. If he were the protagonist of Dragon Quest, then this sword would definitely blind my eyes, and then the protagonist would take the opportunity to kill me, etc...
But the reality is cruel...
So far, all the invading humans on the magic iron mine veins have been wiped out!
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After explaining everything, I asked Doug and the others to speed up the mining for safety reasons.
I am now going to deal with those guys from before.
...
In a forest, Turom walked silently on a horse, followed by the army.
It's just that it's not the same as when he came here.
There were originally more than 300 elite fighters, and now there are only a hundred or so left. The family had sent 30 brutal holy shields, and nearly all of them were gone, and everyone's face was exhausted.
The armor was also tattered, and many people had even lost their weapons.
When Turom didn't face the dragon directly, he felt that the dragon seemed to be the same; it was just bigger...
"Is there still no news from the messenger we sent?"
Turom withdrew his thoughts and asked the adjutant next to him.
"No, I have already sent three waves of messengers, but each time, nothing came of it, and there is no news at all!"
"And there is no news from Master Argus either!"
The adjutant said cautiously that they definitely suffered a heavy loss this time, and the Voltan family had never suffered such a heavy loss in the past ten years.
Turom sighed.
Argus's side should be more ominous than ominous. It seems that development has been too smooth in the past few years.
As a result, the Voltan family has lost the vigilance they should have.
In the past, he would not have rushed in with the army so recklessly.
He thought he could solve everything with the Holy Shield of Brutality.
But now the family has lost nearly 30 brutal holy shields, and there are still so many elite fighters.
This responsibility needs to be borne by himself.
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I feel a massive spoiler giving on, so skip this if you want to avoid it! When the main character finally ascends to godhood as a demigod, he gains the Divinity of Rot. This divinity puts him with odds directly to one of the most abhorrent and powerful outer gods in existence as he wants this divinity. And he will used it cure someone who just happened to be sword a Famous Fanboy,' a soul entwined with fate and lore.
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