Chapter 13: The Arrival of the Bone Dragon
After Miraya shot that shocking arrow, she was drenched in sweat. She didn't have the strength to shoot a second arrow. The Wind Demon Arrow not only consumed all the magic power in her body, but it was also a great test for her physical body. However, after completing this incredible challenge, Miraya felt that her archery skills had improved a lot.
The bone mages on the cliff all shrank behind the rocks, not even daring to show half of their heads. Everyone was afraid of being shot through the throat by an enchanted arrow that flew from nowhere, even the high priest with great mana.
"What to do, Lord Priest. The remaining nine mages, the White Bone Mages, all looked at the High Priest in a blank manner. Everyone knows very well in their hearts that the situation in front of them is not optimistic. The mage's greatest advantage is distance, and they don't have the melee strength of a bone warrior. If the warriors of the Snowy Country were allowed to rush to the mountains, the consequences would be unimaginable.
"It seems that the only way to do it is to use the bone dragon to come. The High Priest said coldly. When the White Bone Mages present heard the words 'Bone Dragon Descending', their tense faces all showed expressions of fear.
The Bone Dragon Advent is an evil bone secret method with an evaluation level of eleventh level, and although the high priest's magic cultivation is very high, he is not completely sure that he will summon the bone dragon. He needed the help of the rest of the Bone Mages to complete this magic second only to the forbidden spell.
"As long as we succeed in summoning the White Bone Dragon, let alone these 30,000 horses under the mountain, even if another 100,000 horses come to the Snow Country, we won't be afraid. The high priest spoke firmly. But the expressions on the faces of those bone mages were not relaxed at all.
If you go beyond the level to cast the Evil Bone Secret Method, you will have to pay a price, and this price will often cost you your own life.
"High Priestess, isn't there any other way!" Bone Mages are different from Bone Warriors, they cherish their lives very much. As a last resort, who will use the gambling style.
"Don't hesitate, our location has already been discovered by the Snowpiercers. If we let them rush up, we will all die without a place to bury. It's better to take a gamble now. The High Priest said viciously. Relatively speaking, the higher the magic cultivation, the less dangerous it is to use the secret technique of evil bones at a higher level, and the high priest said it righteously, in fact, he wants to share the risk evenly with his subordinates, whose strength is far inferior to his own.
"Well, Priestess, we listen to you. If any of us die, please avenge us. The Bone Mages were forced by the High Priest's authority to reply in unison.
After receiving a response from his subordinates, the High Priest found a leeward col and began the ritual of summoning the Bone Dragon. Performing an evaluation of the Evil Bone Secret Method that is waiting to reach level 11 is very cumbersome and complicated just for the launching ceremony. Thankfully, the Snowpiercer army was far enough away that they had plenty of time to complete the chanting of the spell and other preparations.
Nine bone mages sat cross-legged around the High Priest, forming an eerie magic array. As they chanted the incantation, they reached for their palms to the bone-strewn staff of bone. Sharp bone spurs pierced the palm.
Blood flowed out of the wound in thin threads, condensing into a strange gelatinous substance. Driven by incantations, these gelatinous substances are constantly expanding. In the end, it gradually turned into the shape of a skeleton. The silhouette of the dragon gradually appeared clearly on the outside of the mountain.
The Bone Dragon is a creature that does not belong to this world, and the only way to summon it into the real world is to sacrifice one's own flesh and blood to build a body for the soon-to-be-born Bone Dragon. Halfway through the summoning ceremony, three bone mages died on the spot because their magic was too weak to produce more osteolytic fluid.
This is the price of overstepping the use of the Evil Bone Secret Method. However, the death of the three bone mages did not shake the other mages. When they decided to assist the high priest, they were already aware of their death.
The summoning ceremony continues. The corpses of the three bone mages were devoured by the gelatinous liquid, and they were completely reduced to a part of the bone dragon. However, the speed of summoning did not decrease due to the decrease in the number of mages, and since the magic array absorbed the corpse of the bone mage, the dragon's body quickly formed at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"O great dragon of bones, I call you in the name of the High Priest. Your body will be driven by me until the corpses of your enemies are piled up and rivers of blood flow. ”
The High Priest in the center of the magic array was covered in white phosphorus light. The whole mountain shook, and something seemed to be stirring inside the mountain.
"What's the matter, is it a landslide!" In the clearing thousands of kilometers away, many people felt the vibration coming from the mountain peak.
The warriors of the Snowy Land couldn't help but raise their heads and look into the distance. I saw that the two sides of the mountain were cracking outward, and the boulders with a diameter of more than 10 meters kept falling from the top of the mountain.
With an earth-shattering bang. A white dragon with a length of more than forty meters and a width of nearly fifteen meters broke through the ground. The mountain peaks hundreds of meters high were cut off by more than ten meters of height just because of the birth of the White Bone Dragon.
"It's a dragon, such a big dragon. ”
The soldiers shouted in surprise.
The bone dragon at the top of the mountain let out a long roar, shaking off the rubble that covered the surface of its body. Countless rocks have fallen into the valley.
Almost every soldier in the Snow Country couldn't help but look like earth when they saw the sight in front of them.
Some people even secretly sighed that they were fortunate that they were not standing at the bottom of that mountain, otherwise they would have fallen and their bones would have been lost.
"Why did such a big dragon appear in this place!"
The look of astonishment continued to freeze on everyone's face. The dragon is a super monster at the top of the pyramid. Throughout the Radiant Continent, this kind of arrogant creature could only be seen in the Heavenly Cloud Country in the east. But the dragon in front of him is obviously very different from the dragon in people's impressions.
The dragon had no muscles, no scales, and no internal organs. The top and bottom of the body are made of tens of thousands of bones one after another, and in the empty eye sockets, there are still two red eyes that are as hideous and terrifying as fireballs.
"Fellows of the Snowy Country, suffer death!"
The High Priest who rode on the bone dragon smiled.
The bone dragon under him immediately spread out its pair of white bone wings that were more than ten meters long, and swooped towards the Snow Country troops below the mountain.
"Spread out. Realizing that something was wrong, Wren quickly ordered the whole army to quickly separate to the left and right. The power of the dragon is not something that humans can resist. No amount of numbers can pose a real threat to the dragon, it will only increase the number of casualties.
The soldiers scattered to the sides in some panic, but the bone dragon with a full wingspan was like a dark cloud, completely obscuring the sky of the entire valley. Quite a few warriors shot arrows desperately at this behemoth.
But what role can the arrows shot by man play in front of the white bone dragon. The bones of the Bone Dragon are hundreds of times harder than steel. The sharp arrows that fell on the bone dragon's body, like green beans smashed into a plate, pop-pong rang for a while, and then all bounced off, leaving not even a trace.
"Run!" the oncoming dragon panicked many warriors. Many had never fought a dragon before, some threw spears in their hands, some threw battle axes, and some held up their round shields in vain to resist the dragon's onslaught.
Ignoring the weak resistance of the humans, the Bone Dragon opened its massive mouth. Hundreds of white teeth are more than a man's height, and the fully unfolded upper and lower jaws can swallow a tower.
Many warriors didn't have time to escape before they were bitten in the mouths by the bone dragon.
More than twenty soldiers disappeared in an instant, and even three feet of dirt were dug off the ground.
The Bone Dragon bit its loot and soared into the air. Because it has no digestive system, the bone dragon does not swallow, but simply chews humans up and spits them out.
The warriors of the Snowy Country, who fell into the dragon's mouth, were ground to pieces by the sharp dragon teeth, and a bloody rain fell from the sky. Scraps of flesh and metal fell like snowflakes on top of the Snowpiercer's heads.
"Quick, find a place to hide. "Quite a few experienced veterans began to look for rocks as cover. In front of the dragon, the strength of human beings is too small, and the weapons in their hands are useless.
After circling the sky, the bone dragon attacked the soldiers of the Snowpiercer again. This time, the bone dragon used sharp claws and a thorny tail.
The dragon's claws, which were sharper than the white bone blade, cut through the rocks several meters thick very easily. The Snowpiercer soldiers, crouched behind the stones, were cut in half like cream.
And the white bone tail more than ten meters long was like a whip constantly whipping back and forth on both sides of the mountains, and only a few of the soldiers hiding in the cracks of the stones were lucky enough to escape, and the vast majority of them were smashed into meat sauce.
The weak humans were powerless to parry the white-boned dragon with all their firepower. Countless soldiers had either their chests torn by their claws or their backbones ripped off by their dragons' tails.
"Is this the power of the Bone Dragon!" Aran was deeply shocked by the tragic scene in front of him. Dragons and humans are no match for each other at all. It doesn't bleed, it doesn't hurt, and it doesn't feel pain. There are almost no weaknesses in the whole body, and even with an enchanted weapon, it is difficult to hurt the bone dragon for half a point. Encountering such a tough opponent, Aran even squeezed his head out, and he couldn't think of a way to defeat this monster.
Just when Aran was feeling desperate, a wall of ice suddenly appeared in front of him. Wren, King of the North, knelt on one knee, his hands clenched at the hilt of his sword. Yan Bing's sword, which glowed with a faint blue light, was stuck on the ground. Countless frost elements were radiating in all directions with the Yan Ice Sword as the center.
In just a few breaths, Wren cast a level 10 frost-based magic that surrounded the ice wall. Like a raging stream of water, the frosty aura grew rapidly upwards along the mountains on either side, forming a huge and thick wall of ice crystals, completely separating the white bone dragon from the warriors of the Snow Country. Sheltered by the ice wall, the warriors of the Snowy Country were given a moment of respite, and many took advantage of the opportunity to quickly retreat in the direction of the valley exit.
"Aram, don't stand still. Bring this bracelet to your eldest brother!" Wren unleashed his magic, took out a golden ornament from his bosom and threw it at Alan, who was in a daze.
Aram took it in his hand and saw that what his father had given him was a priceless Void Bracelet. The Void Bracelet is a space magic item. Activating the spell opens up a four-dimensional void. This four-dimensional space is capable of storing mountains of objects.
"Father, what are you doing here?" Aran looked at Wren with a puzzled expression. At this time, his father handed him a void bracelet, and he didn't know what the purpose was.
"Inside the bracelet is your eldest brother's steel beast, the Frostfurious Bear. Wren's answer couldn't help but make Aran shudder. On the Radiant Continent, the prestige of the Iron Beast can be said to be known to everyone, and everyone knows it.
These gigantic steel beasts are the product of a combination of magic and mechanics. The Iron Beast's body is almost entirely made of special alloys, and the core component is a high-energy crystal nucleus that seals the soul of the Holy Beast.
Compared to ordinary Warcraft, Iron Beast is stronger than ordinary Warcraft in terms of speed, strength, and attack and defense capabilities. And as long as there are enough energy crystals to replenish it, the Iron Beast can continue to fight without sleep.
More than 800 years ago, the Iron Lancers relied on the help of the Iron Beast to defeat the powerful Daredevil. Since then, the five great powers on the Radiant Continent have all regarded the Iron Beast as a powerful strategic weapon. In large-scale team battles. A high-level steel beast can often influence the entire course of battle.
However, for a long time, the steel beast has not been able to be mass-produced, in addition to the complexity of the process of making the steel beast, the high maintenance cost is also a reason for the discouragement of everyone. So far, only the mechanics of the Iron Alliance have mastered the technology of making Iron Beasts.
After all, all the Iron Beasts feed on expensive energy crystals, and as for the Snowy Country, which rules the Northern Realm, the number of Iron Beasts has always remained in the single digits.
It seems that the father is ready to come up with the last killer move. The thought of the scene of the Iron Beast vs. the Bone Dragon made Aran feel excited.
"Don't grind, the Iron Beast will only obey the orders of those who have signed a soul contract with it, and you can't use it. Go to your eldest brother and let him lead the group to break through. Seeing that Aran was indifferent, Wren's urging voice raised a few points.
"I know my father. But can my father deal with this terrifying bone dragon alone?" Aram recovered from his distraction. There was a look of concern in his eyes.
"Don't worry, kid. In front of the Frost Cloud Tiger, the Bone Dragon was not a threat. Wren replied confidently. Wren himself also has a steel beast, and this steel beast is also the most powerful in the entire Snow Country, known as the Frost Cloud Tiger, known as the guardian holy beast.
Still hesitating, Aran was about to say something when a loud noise erupted from the ice wall not far away.
Boom! Ice crystals are everywhere.
The stout white bone dragon's tail unleashed Wren from the ice wall, knocking out a large hole. Despite the fact that the Ice Wall has reached level 10, it is only a passive defensive magic skill after all. Under the continuous attacks of the bone dragon, the ice wall is gradually crumbling over time.
However, in the process of destroying the ice wall, the white bone dragon also had a lot of crystal clear hoarfrost on its body. If an ordinary demonic beast were to stick to this cold and biting frost, even if it didn't fall disabled, it would definitely freeze off a layer of skin and flesh. However, the Bone Dragon seemed to have a strong ability to resist ice energy and could not feel pain, so the effect of the ice wall on it was minimal.
"Hurry up, Arran, don't come back, run as far as you can. Wren chanted the incantation. A gust of wind lifted Aran off the ground, and Aran felt his body become as light as a feather. One small step can be five or six meters away.
This is a sixth-level wind magic cast by Wren, which is multiplied by the wind. Wind Resist Multiplier is a wind type of support magic. Instantly increases the recipient's movement speed. Aran understood his father's kindness, and continuing to stay here would only affect his father's fight.
"Miraya, come with me. Let's go to the big brother together. Aran turned to the silver-haired girl and said. Miraya nodded in response, her feet were fast, but she still couldn't catch up with Aran after the wind was multiplied.
Looking at the figures of the two children gradually moving away, Wren no longer had any worries in his heart. Finally, I can fight with all my might.
At this moment, a cold voice came from behind.
"You are Wren, the king of the Snowy Realm, and I, the High Priestess of the White Bones, have been waiting here for a long time. ”
The High Priest sat on the back of the bone dragon and looked down at Wren who was holding the Yan Ice Sword. His scrawny grim countenance was reminiscent of a cold knife.
"Hmph, Bone Priest. Do you think that if you summon the bone dragon, I won't be able to defeat you? Wren was undaunted by the imposing Actor, revealing a gold bracelet on his left arm. This bracelet is exactly the same as the Void bracelet that was given to Aran before, and it is also a spatial prop.
"Oh, looks like you've got something great to come up with. It's an honor to play against someone as powerful as you. The High Priest of the White Bones, Actor, narrowed his eyes with a disdainful sneer on his face.
What an arrogant guy, Wren secretly thought in his heart, I'll summon the Frost Cloud Tiger later, and see if you can laugh or not.
"Show up! Wren uttered the summoning spell aloud, and the Void Bracelet glowed brightly. A circular magic circle carved with intricate patterns suddenly appeared from under Wren's feet.