"Lord Bu Lai Nie Si! This is clearly the work of other Dragon Kings!" Conrad Gatina said. As his most experienced warrior, and the only one who had ever fought with other Dragon Kings, she made this judgment based on her own experience.
"I know that without you telling me…" Seven-Colored Dragon King Blaines said with great displeasure. Of course… he was all too familiar with the traces that only Original Magic, wielded by a Dragon King, could leave.
"It must be the Destruction Dragon King's doing!" Kalier interjected indignantly.
"No… it's not him." The Seven-Colored Dragon King immediately came to a conclusion, and his conclusion left the two young Red Dragons utterly puzzled.
Indeed, it wasn't him. Not to mention why he would destroy the Ranch, even if he had gone mad and intended to give him a warning, he wouldn't have done it so thoroughly, even using Original Magic.
Moreover, such a scale… was not the Original Magic that the Destruction Dragon King knew, so he could be directly ruled out.
"Then who could it be? Lord Bu Lai Nie Si, your relationship with the other Dragon Kings isn't too bad. The other Dragon Kings shouldn't go to this extent, right?" Conrad Gatina said.
She also realized this point. As mentioned before, no matter how much they disagreed, they wouldn't destroy someone's Ranch, and to do it so thoroughly.
"Judging by the style and scale of the magic… it looks very much like the Dragon Emperor's Soul Fire Explosion." The Seven-Colored Dragon King lifted his foot, looking at the black, glass-like substances he had already crushed, and said.
"The… Dragon Emperor? The pinnacle of all Dragon Kings? If it were that Lord, how could he possibly attack here?" Conrad Gatina was extremely surprised.
Regarding the rumors of the Dragon Emperor… the other Dragon Kings were very familiar with him. This guy was the pinnacle of all dragons. It was said that all the Dragon Kings combined were no match for him.
However, this guy only existed in the legends of the Dragon Kings. He had never actually seen him, only knew that he had the ability to burn the entire continent to ashes, that the flames he breathed could melt the surface of the earth, and that the Original Magic he cast could tear space and time. Although there were exaggerations mixed in, if he didn't have some real power, how could any Dragon King praise him?
However, to cause such widespread traces, only he could be thought of. But the Dragon Emperor had no reason to attack here. Although the Dragon Emperor was powerful, he seemed to have no interest in power or anything like that.
His favorite thing to do was to find opponents stronger than himself to fight. The title of Dragon Emperor was originally forced upon him by other Dragon Kings, so this guy had always been elusive, and almost no one could track his whereabouts.
But recently, rumors said that he seemed to have a son. Could it be his son's doing? But just as he had considered before, if it was the Dragon Emperor's Child's masterpiece, what was the reason?
What was her reason for attacking this place? Was it for a show of force?
If that were the case, coming to find him directly would be faster, and there would be no need to attack a place like this. Moreover, so many days had passed, and if he hadn't come, he wouldn't have known that the Ranch had been completely destroyed. And more importantly, where had the wyverns and Dragonkin he sent out a few days ago gone? This must also be taken into account, Bu Lai Nie Si thought.
"Lord Bu Lai Nie Si, then what should we do?" Kalier asked uneasily, probably a little frightened by hearing the Dragon Emperor's name.
"Go back…" Seven-Colored Dragon King Blaines gave his instructions very resolutely.
"…" The two Red Dragons had nothing to say, only silently accepted this fact. They knew that if it was really the Dragon Emperor causing trouble, with their boss's current strength, they couldn't possibly contend with him. They could only silently swallow this loss.
"Wait a moment, I have a task for you two… search the area along the way home for any suspicious traces!" Bu Lai Nie Si seemed to have thought of something and ordered his two subordinates… "You encountered a Red Dragon?" Arute looked surprised, as did his other companions. As for Ellie, although she also feigned surprise on the surface, she was very happy inside.
Has it finally come? The opportunity she had been waiting for was this. She had been waiting for the dragon race… or rather, the Dragon King who ruled this area, to appear. After all, whose Ranch on their own territory was completely wiped out, and who could remain calm?
Although her previous purpose in using Explosion Magic to destroy the Ranch was to mislead the Dragon King, to make the Dragon King here focus on other Dragon Kings.
In fact, the more important purpose was to buy time. After all, such a small trick couldn't be hidden for long and would eventually be exposed. But confronting the Dragon King directly without properly arranging these humans would be very dangerous. So, gaining enough time to settle these people was sufficient, and then all that was left was to wait for the Dragon King to come knocking.
"Yes, our hunt today was very smooth, but on the way back, we encountered a very large Red Dragon. Its size and stature were clearly different from the dragons we had encountered before, so I told everyone else to hide in the forest, but we still couldn't escape. We were discovered by that Red Dragon, so I fought with the giant dragon while letting everyone retreat." The uncle said, looking at the previously severely injured people who could now stand up and move.
"And then? You just ran back like that?" Ellie asked with a very worried expression. Of course, Ellie wasn't worried about the uncle's safety; wasn't he perfectly fine here? Ellie was concerned about what happened to that Red Dragon… whether he went back to report.
"I initially wanted to escape, after all, my main profession is Tank! Fighting a giant dragon alone is too unreliable, but… after taking two of his moves, I found that the dragon didn't seem to have much strength, and then I just killed him." The uncle said with a grin.
"Good thing… that dragon was killed. If he had escaped to report, it would have been troublesome." Arute said with a sigh of relief.
"That… that's really great." Ellie said with a somewhat twisted expression. This dragon was too weak, wasn't he? He was actually killed by a Tank profession with no attack power?
Hey, hey! Who is the Dragon King managing this territory? He was so easily eliminated? That's too much of a loss of face for a Dragon King, isn't it?
Uh… wait a minute, judging solely from a body size that is larger than other dragons, it might be too hasty to conclude it's a Dragon King. Besides, if it were the boss, he wouldn't personally enter the fray so quickly.
Although Lan had already killed the wyverns that came to investigate earlier, this Red Dragon should be an elite sent by the Dragon King managing this place! But even the elite was taken out by a Tank, so the combat power of players in this world is still at a crushing level!
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