"Keh keh keh, the great Witherbone smells the scent of souls, this must be a battlefield. Great Master, allow me to join the war!
Witherbone shall devour all their souls!"
Accompanied by a strange and piercing voice.
Zzzrak~
Space was completely torn open. A terrifying creature, its skeletal skull alight with eerie blue soul fire, its wings spanning twenty blades wide, a bone dragon, appeared before everyone.
In the courtyard a hundred blades wide in front of the hall, the colossal beast was like an epic monster passed down from ancient times, radiating a soul-crushing might.
Dragon might suffocated everyone. It felt as though a single deep breath would invite death itself.
And it wasn't just physical pressure, it was pressure upon the soul. Impossible to avoid.
"Shut your mouth. Suppress your aura. Stay here and protect the goblins."
Li De's merciless scolding instantly deflated Witherbone, who had been eager to slaughter. Sullen and unwilling, it dared not protest. It simply shot a fierce glare at the surrounding goblins, who stood frozen with mouths agape.
"Damn green-skinned creatures! In the presence of the great Witherbone, why haven't you bowed yet?
Do you wish to taste the breath of Witherbone?!"
Terrified by Witherbone's words, the goblins staggered back several steps, though they knew that with Li De present, this powerful bone dragon wouldn't dare harm them.
But when the goblins looked at Li De again, their eyes were filled with awe and reverence.
A dragon. His Majesticness truly had enslaved a dragon.
Even if it was a dead bone dragon, it was still a dragon, one they could not possibly resist!!
They knew all too well just how powerful dragons were, the beings that had once nearly driven the goblin race to extinction.
Toward dragons, goblins carried fear, hatred, and admiration all at once.
As for Hun Yuan, Thunderhands, and Cheng Kun, they instantly took synchronized screenshots, capturing the bone dragon from every possible angle.
So badass. That was a bone dragon!!
One of the top-tier lifeforms in this world! They never imagined they'd see one so soon.
Even Broken Sword Knight who had sparked an undead scourge hadn't shown a bone dragon, just thinking about how rare such a creature was gave them chills.
When they looked back at Li De, their eyes mirrored those of the goblins, filled with fervent worship.
Just how powerful was this guy? To enslave even a bone dragon, this was beyond insane.
Li De, however, ignored everyone's gazes. He looked off into the distant battlefield, still unseen, his mind inexplicably drifting to that crimson cloak fluttering beneath the night sky.
Rumble…
Firelight soared within the city. Explosions thundered without end.
The entire city had descended into indescribable chaos.
Risel City, a city with thousands of years of heritage, was once again suffering a catastrophic disaster. Countless civilians were falling under the butchering blades of the rampaging beastmen within the city.
Looting, abuse, murder, arson, every crime imaginable in the mortal world was unfolding in this moment.
But in this world, there was no savior.
Even if Locke, the Transcendent mage from Green City, were to arrive now, it would be too late to stop the fall of this city.
Inside the goblin hall, the silence was as heavy as death.
The previously noisy goblin elders had instinctively quieted their breathing. Everyone, intentionally or not, shifted their gaze toward the figure standing at the door with his back to them.
And toward the bone dragon seemingly resting in the front courtyard of the manor, they feared disturbing that terrifying creature.
"Majestic Iro, all 1,139 members of the Graymount goblin tribe have assembled. From now on, the Graymount Tribe is under your command."
Patriarch Mohr, upon receiving Yor's report that all goblins had gathered, handed over command without hesitation.
Or rather, whether he handed it over or not was irrelevant. Command had never been in his hands, it belonged to the terrifying being who had a bone dragon guarding their gates.
The Bone Dragon Driver, Majestic Iro.
Resist? No one dared. The goblins gathered in the front courtyard fell into a stupor the moment they saw that massive creature.
A bone dragon, right before their eyes. What did they have to resist it with??
Ten minutes.
Twenty minutes.
Half a sun-hour passed. As the city fell into utter lawlessness, with civilians fleeing under beastmen hooves and the guard forces mounting their final resistance.
Thud thud, thud thud~
The rhythmic sound of footsteps halted outside the goblin manor. Judging by the sound alone, there were at least a thousand of them.
At that moment, all the goblins inside the manor tensed. Even with a dragon in their courtyard, no one wanted to risk combat or accidents during such a critical time.
A faint smile appeared at the corner of Li De's lips. He turned and nodded slightly to the three players.
"Open the gate."
"Yes, Majestic." By now, the three of them obeyed this powerhouse without question. Opening a door? They'd happily throw themselves off a cliff if he told them to.
As the manor gate opened and everyone watched closely, a figure with a massive wolf head stepped into the front courtyard.
Beastman?? The gathered goblins nearly stopped breathing at the sight.
Beastmen, it really was beastmen!
Damn it, what now? Why wasn't the bone dragon killing those lowly creatures?!
But what happened next shocked them even more, the beastman radiating terrifying pressure walked straight up to Li De and lowered his proud head.
"Your Majesticness, the entire Lionmane Tribe, 6,725 warriors, await your command."
The tense atmosphere in the room instantly relaxed.
All the goblins now looked at Li De with no trace of resistance, only reverence.
A being who could enslave a dragon… who could make ferocious beastmen submit…
Li De didn't even speak another word, yet the goblins' attitude toward him had undergone a complete transformation.
Goblins' will to resist couldn't even compare to that of dwarves. If dwarves had a willpower score of 100, goblins would be no more than 10.
"Hide the goblins in wagons or food carts, disguised as spoils of war. Dispatch soldiers to transport them out of the city. Craig, you will escort the goblins personally. Their absolute safety must be ensured.
As for how to hide them, I believe the goblins will be more creative. Yor, take your people and go with Craig."
"As you wish, Your Majesticness."
"Understood, Majestic Iro."
By now, the thousands of beastmen warriors from the Lionmane Tribe had completely secured the area around the goblin manor.
When the war began, goblins were closely guarded by the soldiers of Risel City. But after they ran out of materials to make alchemical bombs, their status plummeted.
As the war grew more intense and soldiers ran short, the area around the goblin manor shifted from tightly guarded to entirely unprotected.
So the beastmen had no difficulty taking over this area.
"Make sure no information leaks."
"Rest assured. Everyone directly involved is among the Lionmane Tribe's most loyal men. Their families live in the Dwarven Valley.
The other beastman soldiers are merely stationed on the perimeter. They don't know what we're transporting."
Li De nodded in satisfaction. Even Craig, the muscle-brained beastman, had finally caught on.
"Very good. Begin the operation."
There was no time to lose. He had to act while chaos reigned and the beastmen hadn't fully taken the city, to get the goblins out.
Once the beastmen had control, sneaking the goblins out would be nearly impossible.
With his command, over a thousand goblins and more than six thousand beastmen began to mobilize.
Everything was operating according to Li De's will.
If nothing went wrong, perhaps the fantasy version of a bomber would soon be born in Dawn City.
An alchemical bombing sweep would no longer be just a dream.