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Roar!
Crimson flames erupted from the mouth of the Red Dragon Ignis.
Despite being underwater, the dragon's flames showed no sign of extinguishing.
Kuaaaa.
Ignis's breath blasted out powerfully.
Leviathan hid in the sea to avoid the Red Dragon, but the Red Dragon Ignis's breath didn't discriminate between sky, land, or sea.
Kuaang!
Leviathan's body was directly hit by Ignis's breath and engulfed in flames.
'I can't endure this any longer.'
Feeling difficulty holding its breath, Ignis sunk its claws into the back of the burning Leviathan.
Shuaaaak.
It sliced through the water, bursting out of the sea.
Whirr.
The massive Leviathan's body was consumed by the Red Dragon's flames, burning away.
Ignis held the Leviathan up with its hind legs.
The pure dragon's flames had no effect on Ignis.
Kuaaaa.
The Leviathan, dangling in the air, wailed in agony.
As magic was transmitted through the dragon's claws, the flames engulfing the Leviathan's body grew even more intense.
The Black Dragon Insanis, having dealt with all the remaining Ancient Ones, looked up at the sky and clicked his tongue.
He had polymorphed back into human form after eliminating the Ancient Ones.
"That nasty hobby is still going strong."
Flap, flap.
The Red Dragon Ignis's wings slowly fluttered.
Ignis's claws, firmly embedded in Leviathan's hide, showed no sign of releasing.
The flames surrounding Leviathan's body burned even more fiercely.
"Is he planning to keep it hanging in the air until it turns to ash?"
Insanis shrugged.
He understood why Ignis was so angry.
Daring to unleash a fire attack on a Red Dragon.
And so.
The Red Dragon Ignis completely incinerated the Leviathan, possibly a distant ancestor, in the air.
At that moment.
"Amanda."
"Brother!"
"Come over here. It's over here. We're going back to the imperial palace."
"Brother, my Ancient Ones..."
"Just gather mediums again and summon them again from the beginning. Come here."
The voices of the siblings conversing over there reached Insanis's ears clearly.
"They're trying to escape."
Insanis hesitated for a moment.
The Leviathan burning in the sky was the last of the Ancient Ones.
Davian seemed to have also destroyed all the pillars hindering Glacies.
"Should I get more involved? Or should I leave it to Glacies and Davian?"
He had decided to indulge in human amusement because of his curiosity about Davian.
However, interfering too deeply in human affairs was not the dragon's way.
Of course.
Unless someone touched the dragon's home.
Thump!
The charred Leviathan fell into the sea.
Ignis, now in human form, appeared next to Insanis.
"Troubled?"
"Indeed. They certainly seem to be the masterminds behind this mess."
"Don't you think those two over there are trying to run away too?"
Ignis pointed.
Somewhere among the tens of thousands of troops.
A place where human eyes couldn't distinguish one from another.
However, Insanis immediately knew who Ignis was pointing at.
"Those two are plotting to escape too. So, are the four of you planning to flee like this?"
"Maybe. Seems like it. What should we do? They're the masterminds, just as you said, Insanis."
Insanis pondered for a moment before shrugging.
"It might not be bad to leave it to Davian and Glacies. Our role ends here."
"Is that so? Then let's do that. Our role is over."
"Ah, I should go find that girl."
"Ah! Bellus?"
"I'll kill them all."
Along with Glacies's cold voice.
Tudududuk.
The icy rain falling from the sky grew more intense.
Eventually.
Poobuk! Pook!
Sharp icy rain began to pierce the bodies of humans with weak defenses.
Whooooong.
An ice storm began to surge from the sea.
Tens of thousands of ice particles swept over the imperial army with a heavy, chilling wind sound.
Crack!
The ground beneath Glacies's feet began to freeze rapidly.
Soon, the entire area where the imperial army stood was covered with an ice floor.
'Wow...'
Even Davian was astonished by the tremendous power.
The vast coastline was instantly transformed into a glacier swept by an ice storm.
Then.
Crack! Crack!
"Kuaak!"
"Ugh!"
Sharp ice spikes randomly rose from the ice floor that the imperial army was standing on.
Pook!
"Kerheok!"
Not only mages and ordinary soldiers with weak defenses.
Kwajik!
"Kuhak!"
Even the bodies of swordsmen and knights who could wield aura couldn't withstand the sharpness of the ice spikes.
Icy rain poured from the sky, piercing bodies.
An ice storm surged in from the sea.
Ice spikes that couldn't be cut even with a sword continued to rise from the ground.
The vast sandy beach that was light brown.
Instantly covered in blue ice.
Now, blood-red blood flowed like a river over it.
Taat!
An imperial swordsman leaped into the air to avoid the ice spikes rising from the ground.
At the same time.
Swaaaaek!
An ice spear that suddenly appeared in the air pierced through the swordsman's torso.
Twooong!
A tanker who had infused aura into a thick shield blocked the ice spikes rising from the ground.
"I blocked... it!"
However.
Kwajik, kwajijik.
No matter how strong the aura-clad shield was.
It couldn't block all the ice spikes stabbing in from all directions at once.
As the opposite concept of hell.
If there was a place called ice hell.
It was a scene that might be exactly like this.
At that time.
The figure of Intelligence Chief Heinz Grayton came into Davian's view.
Surrounding him were high-level soldiers desperately trying to block Glacies's wide-area ice attack.
Inside, four people stood close together, doing something.
'Trying to escape!'
In fact, this was an incredibly amazing thing.
Finding a specific person among tens of thousands of soldiers and accurately grasping what that person was doing.
It was only possible with the dragon's senses that humans couldn't even imagine.
Davian was doing it nonchalantly.
"Not a chance."
Davian quickly flew.
"Block! Block! Protect the legion commander and the intelligence chief!"
While the elite soldiers desperately blocked the ice storm and the ice spears flying from the air.
Intelligence Chief Heinz Grayton had finished preparing to escape.
The preparation was slower than expected because he had to avoid the ice spikes rising from the floor from time to time.
"It's done."
Attila Feyman whispered.
"We won't be able to escape the soldiers' eyes. Is it okay if only we leave like this?"
"Look at this absurd scene. The energy of the ice spirit is still growing stronger. They will all die anyway."
"Ah..."
If they were all going to die anyway.
Even if they belatedly discover that the leadership secretly escaped.
It doesn't matter.
At that time.
"Over there! There's an enemy over there!"
Enemy?
Intelligence Chief Heinz Grayton hurriedly turned his head.
'Davian Naone...'
He saw Davian Naone flying in quickly.
"Legion Commander!"
"Yes, Chief."
"Let's join forces to deal with that guy and retreat immediately. That way, we'll have some justification when we return to the imperial palace."
"Yes! Let's do that!"
The intelligence chief deliberately emphasized the word 'retreat.'
The elite soldiers guarding the perimeter must have heard it too.
They would have gained hope that a retreat order would be issued soon.
Hope.
Sometimes, it has the power to squeeze out even non-existent strength.
Of course.
It's a vain hope.
Heinz Grayton glanced at his confidant, Attila Feyman, and flew.
Following him, the legion commander in shining armor also flew.
The legion commander's direct bodyguards also followed.
Chwararak.
Davian created an ice sword.
The legion commander was the first to cross swords with Davian.
Chaeng!
'Oh, not bad.'
He was a person with considerable strong power.
He swung the ice sword with the speed he was flying, but the legion commander only managed to retreat a few steps.
In the meantime, his bodyguards surrounded Davian.
At that time.
Heinz Grayton, who seemed to be fighting together, was seen retreating again.
'Where do you think you're going!'
Just as Davian was about to fly toward Heinz Grayton.
Chang!
The legion commander stood in front of him.
As he was about to lightly brush past the legion commander and pass by.
A dozen sword blades blocked Davian's path.
'If I had faced these guys around last year, this would have been the end of the 4th playthrough.'
They were skilled individuals he had never experienced before.
It was natural since they were the legion commander leading the imperial army and his bodyguards.
Meanwhile, a bright light flashed in the direction where Intelligence Chief Heinz Grayton had escaped.
The legion commander, not Davian, was more surprised.
The legion commander turned his head to check behind him.
The intelligence chief, his confidant, and even his younger sister disappearing in a shining cluster of lights came into view.
"Intelligence Chief! You bastard...!"
The resentment towards the intelligence chief who abandoned himself as bait was short-lived.
Pook.
Davian's ice sword pierced the legion commander's abdomen.
Hwaak!
Somewhere in the imperial palace building where the Intelligence Department was located.
Along with a bright cluster of lights, the Intelligence Chief, the Research Director, and the Summoner Amanda appeared.
"Chief! You've safely returned..."
Research Director Attila Feyman couldn't continue his words.
"What's wrong?"
Intelligence Chief Heinz Grayton shifted his gaze to where Attila Feyman was looking.
"Heop!"
He unintentionally let out a gasp.
Intelligence Chief Heinz Grayton stared in astonishment at where.
Emperor Kaiser Rapax stood.
"Where have you been?"
The intelligence chief hastily knelt on the ground and bowed.
The research director and the summoner Amanda did the same.
"Greetings, Your Majesty! Did you complete your seclusion well!"
"I asked where you have been."
"That, that is..."
Intelligence Chief Heinz Grayton's entire body was instantly soaked with sweat.
"As, as Your Majesty ordered, we were performing the operation to confine Glacies and have briefly returned!"
"I hear you lured Glacies and Davian by confining Undine, the highest-ranking spirit of water."
Heo-eop.
The emperor didn't do anything.
But Intelligence Chief Heinz Grayton felt his breath catch in his throat.
'I must... I must answer.'
The intelligence chief, who had barely taken a breath by using all the power he had accumulated in his life, opened his mouth again.
"Yes, that's right. But..."
"It seems you failed to kill Davian."
"N-no, that's not it. We only intended to confine Glacies, but her power was too great and the mission failed..."
"Heinz."
Koong.
Intelligence Chief Heinz Grayton slammed his forehead on the ground.
"Yes! Your Majesty!"
"You still think of me as just a strong, but foolish emperor."
"W-what are you saying!"
"There is nowhere in the Manum Continent that my eyes and ears cannot reach."
What does this mean?
Has he really reached the realm of God?
"Did you think that there was no one in the legion you led who could be my eyes and ears?"
'It was about the Emperor's confidants who were said to be planted everywhere.'
Thankfully.
It seems that he has not yet reached that level of enlightenment.
Well.
Where exactly does such a realm exist?
But.
That was not the important thing.
'How much does he know... how much has he been reported?'
Emperor Kaiser Rapax opened his mouth again.
"Not only did you try to kill Davian. You even involved a dragon. And the capture of Glacies completely failed. And you abandoned all the legion's forces and escaped with these three, is that right?"
Heo-eop.
He caught his breath again.
The emperor had clearly not done anything yet.
But he couldn't even breathe.
Attila and Amanda, who were lying prostrate with their heads buried in the ground, were the same.
'Ho- how... how in real-time...'
"Get up."
"Your Majesty! Please forgive me!"
"Get up."
"Your Majesty!"
"I have told you to get up twice already. It seems you have no intention of obeying me anymore."
Teob.
The emperor personally bent down and grabbed the head of Heinz Grayton, who was lying prostrate on the ground.
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