Rodrith abruptly broke away from the group and ran towards Robert.

"The sword!" he said hoarsely, ripping off the half-elf's cloak, revealing the sword Robert was carrying.

Robert looked at the sword stuck in the ancient scabbard. The mage was right, the blade was on the highest alert. It shook incessantly. After being reminded by Rodlis, Robert finally felt the shock.

"Magic. The mage observed with amusement and whispered.

"Can you stop it?" shouted Robert, overpowering the strange voice.

"No, I can't. Rodlis said. "I remembered. This is the Dragon Slaying Sword, a legendary magic sword owned by Kess - Kanan. It would have reacted to nearby dragons in the first place. ”

"It's really a good time!" said Robert, angrily.

Or the timing of individual motives. Stone yelled.

The dragon slowly raised its head, blinking, and a faint black smoke began to emit from its nose. She tried to look at Robert with that intact eye, a look of pain and annoyance in her eyes.

"Marita, who have you brought?" said Mataforo's voice with anger.

"I heard a voice I hadn't heard in centuries, I smelled steel! These people weren't women! They were warriors!"

"Don't hurt her!" said Militta, howling.

"I have no other choice!" Robert resolutely drew his dragon sword. "River Breeze, Scarlet Moon, Bring Militta away!"

Mataforo stepped back. The white light made her intact eye painful, and the terrible sound pierced her head like a spear. She wailed away from Robert.

"Run, go get the kids out!" Robert shouted, realizing that they didn't need to fight this behemoth just yet. Holding his glowing sword aloft, he cautiously stepped forward, encircling the dragon against the wall.

Maritta gave Robert a frightened look and quickly led Scarlet Moon to the children's bedroom. More than a hundred children hid in the room with their eyes wide open, listening in fear to the sounds outside the door.

It wasn't until they saw Militta and Scarlet Moon that many of their little faces immediately relaxed, and a few of them couldn't help but laugh when they saw Calamon rushing in in a hurry.

But when they noticed that everyone was drawing their weapons, some of the children began to sob.

"Militta, what's going on?" asked the eldest girl. "What's going on? Is there another fight?"

"We hope there won't be a real fight, my dear. Militta said softly.

"But I'm not going to lie to you, maybe we'll get into a fight this time. Now, hurry up and pack up, especially your warm clothes, and follow us.

The older ones hug the younger ones, just like they usually go out for activities. ”

Stone had expected a period of confusion, crying, and explanation.

But the children soon did so, putting on their own warm clothes and helping the younger ones to put them on. Except for a little paleness, they were mostly calm. These children are surviving the war, Stone reminds himself.

"I want you to walk quietly through the dragon's lair and into the playroom. When we get there, this big fellow," Stone said to Karamon, "will take you outside to the square."

When he got there, he immediately went to find his mother. Did you all get it?

He looked at some of the smaller children suspiciously, but the little girl in the front row nodded.

"We get it, sir. She said.

"Good!" Stone turned. "Calamon?"

Hundreds of small eyes looked at him, and the warrior blushed and embarrassed as he led them through the "dragon's lair".

Scarlet Moon picked up a child who was just walking, and Militta picked up another. Other older children carry children who are still unsteady on their backs.

They walked out of the gate in an orderly and brisk manner, and walked without saying a word, until they saw Robert, the glowing sword, and the frightened dragon—

"Hey, you can't hurt that dragon!" cried a little boy. With his fist raised and an angry expression on his face, he left the group and ran towards Robert.

"Doug!" the other, older girl shouted in shock. "Get back in the line!" but some of the children were already crying.

Robert, still holding his sword aloft, knew it was the only way to contain the dragon, and shouted, "Get them away!"

"Children, please!" Scarlet Moon's voice was solemn and majestic, the only order restored in the chaos.

"Robert wouldn't have hurt the dragon unless he had to. He's a good guy. You must hurry up now, Mommy is waiting for you. ”

There was a hint of suppressed fear in Scarlet Moon's voice, and the urgency of her tone could be heard even by the youngest child.

They were quickly back in the group.

"Goodbye, Flame Strike. Several children shouted familiarly at the dragon, waving their little hands. Doug glared at Robert one last time, and reluctantly returned to the group, manipulating his eyes with his chubby hand.

"Don't!" cried out in a voice that was heartbreaking, "no! Please, your target should be me, attack me, don't hurt my children!"

Robert found that the dragon seemed to be caught up in the memories of the past, in the catastrophe that took her beloved son.

Stone leaned in to Robert and said, "I think you know that as long as the children aren't in danger, she'll kill you." ”

"Yes, that's right. Robert said with a solemn face. The dragon's eyes (even the blind one) had begun to glow red, its massive mouth began to drip saliva, and its claws began to scratch at the floor.

"I'm here—" Stone began to shoot his sword.

"Get out of here, knight. Rodrith whispered from the shadows. "Your weapon is useless, and it's me who should be by his side. ”

The half-elf looked at Rodrith in surprise. Rodrith's strange golden eyes met his, and he knew what was going on in his mind.

Do I trust him? There was not the slightest expression on Rodlis's face, and there was even a hint of his rejection.

"You go!" Robert said to Stone.

"What?" he shouted. "Are you crazy? are you going to believe this-"

"Let's go!" said Robert again. At this moment, he heard Hubble's voice, "Hurry up, Stone, you are needed here!"

The knight stood for a while, but he could not disobey his honor and resist the orders of his supposed superiors.

He glanced at Rodrith suspiciously, turned and entered the passage.

"I know very little of the spells that work against dragons. Rodlis said right away.

"Can you help us stall?" asked Robert.

Rodrith replied with a fearless smile that knew he was about to die. "I can,"

He whispered. "Get back down the hallway, and when you hear me start chanting a spell, you run!"

Robert began to step back, his sword still held high. But the dragon was no longer afraid of the mana of this sword.

All she knew was that the children were gone, and she had to kill them to avenge them. She followed closely as the warrior with her sword raised fled down the hallway.

Suddenly, a wave of darkness enveloped Matafuro, and the thick darkness reminded her of the horrific memories of losing her eyes.

She heard the whispering of the incantation, and she knew that it was the robed human who had cast the spell.

"I'm going to burn them!" she howled, clearly smelling the smell of steel and retreating into the hallway. "There's no way for them to escape!" she heard something else, it was the voice of a child.

"No," she thought dejectedly. "It's not going to work, it's going to hurt my kids......" her huge head rested on the cold floor.

Robert and Rodrith ran down the hallway together, the half-elf pulling the weakened mage along. They heard a moving wail behind them.

"Don't hurt my children! Please, attack me! Don't hurt them!"

The two walked into the playroom, and Calamon opened the door, and the sunlight made everyone feel dizzy.

The children raced out of the gate and into the square outside. Robert saw Lena and Lorana standing outside the door, both of them drawing their weapons and looking around alarmingly.

On the ground lay a petrified dragonman corpse, Hubble's axe stuck in his back.

"Get out, quick!" Robert shouted. Hubble pulled out his tomahawk, and Robert and Robert left the playroom at the end.

As they stepped out of the door, they suddenly heard a terrible roar, the roar of a dragon, but it was nothing like that of poor Mataforo.

Just as Paias discovered the spies, nearby buildings began to shake.

The dragon flew out of its lair.

"Blaze!" Robert cursed angrily, "he didn't leave at all!"

The dwarf shook his head. "I bet with my beard," he said with a calm face. "Wade must have something to do with this. ”

...... The broken chain began to fall towards the floor of Slamory, and three small figures stumbled down together.

Wade grabbed the chain in vain and rolled in mid-air, thinking: This is what it is like to wait for death.

It's a special feeling, but it's a pity that he can't experience it more. He could hear Seston screaming in fear above him, and he could hear Evan muttering to himself at his feet, as if trying to cast a final spell.

Suddenly, Evan raised his voice, "Psaf-" and the spell was interrupted by a scream. The old mage slammed into the ground with a chilling bone-shattering sound.

Although Tysokov knew that he was next, he felt sorry for him.

The ground is getting closer.

In a few seconds, he will also turn into a dead corpse.

The snow is starting to fall......

At least that's what the Kandes think. Then he found himself surrounded by a myriad of feathers, as if millions of chickens had exploded at the same time!

"Poor Aven. Wade's eyes glistened with tears as he struggled to get out of the pile of feathers. "His last spell must have been the same Featherfall spell that Rodrith had cast before.

Unfortunately, he only had time to conjure up feathers. Over his head, the huge gears spun faster and faster, and the broken chains moved rapidly, as if he was glad that he had broken free.

The square outside the door was in chaos.

"Here!" Robert rushed out the door, knowing that this time he was destined to die, but he still refused to give up.

Everyone gathered around him, each with a weapon in their hands, looking at him nervously. "Run to the mines! Get cover!

Mammina and the Red Dragon didn't leave. It's a trap. They're going to attack in a moment!"

The others nodded solemnly. Everyone knows that there is no hope. They had to cross an open plaza of nearly two hundred yards, without any cover, to reach safety.

They tried to get the women and children together as quickly as possible, but to no avail. Every mom insists on finding her child. Robert looked in the direction of the pit and cursed louder in frustration.

The men in the pit, seeing that their families had escaped, immediately subdued the guards and began to run towards the square.

That's not the original plan at all! What the hell was Elistan thinking!

In a matter of minutes, the unsheltered clearing would be filled with thousands of frantic crowds! He had to retreat with them to the mountains to the south.

"Where's Iban?" he shouted to Stone.

"The last time I saw him, he ran to the mine. I don't understand—"

The knight and the half-elf suddenly figured it out.

"I see. Robert spoke calmly, drowned out by the noise around him.

"The truth is revealed. ”

When Iban ran towards the mine, he had wanted to follow Pais's orders. Either way, he'd have to find the Emerald Man from the chaos, and he knew what Mhelmina and Paijath would do to the poor guys.

For a moment, he felt sympathy for these people: he was not ruthless and ruthless.

It's just that he already knew who was the one who won the final victory a long time ago, and he wanted to be the winner anyway.

Since he sold all his possessions, he has only one means of making a living - himself.

He has brains, good swordsmanship, and absolute loyalty to his employers. On a trip to the north in search of an employer, Iban met Mahmien.

Iban was impressed by the power of the evil priest, and he managed to win his trust.

But more importantly, he also made himself useful in the eyes of Pais. The dragon found Iban to be gritty, intelligent, and capable, and after several trials, found him to be quite reliable.

Iban was sent back to Gateway home, where he 'coincidentally' escaped the attack of the Dragonmen's army, while also forming his own rebellion.

It was pure luck that he would meet the elven team led by Gilsenas who were planning to mess with New Grande at the time, but this credit gave him a new boost in standing in front of the Mammina and Pai.

He could hardly believe his luck when Scarlet Moon unexpectedly fell into his grasp, for the darkness favored him very much.