Chapter 129: Flowing Dragon's Blood
The dragon that stood up from the flames shook its wings and threw the flames on its body into the crowd, and the onlookers under the execution table immediately fled in panic, screaming and screaming.
When the flames dispersed from its body, Rog, who was standing on the top of the bell tower, saw its true form - a green dragon seven or eight meters long - its whole body had green hard scales, and a pair of huge wings stretched out from its back, standing with four claws, and its front paws slammed into the ground, and the execution table suddenly collapsed and shattered under its heavy blow.
The green dragon roared and spewed flames into the surrounding crowd, and the panicked crowd trampled on each other, many were pushed to the ground and trampled to death, some were ignited by the flames and wailed and rolled on the ground, and many more fled in all directions of the town with frantic screams.
The green dragon dispersed the crowd around the execution platform, turned its gaze to the temple of the Holy Congregation on the north side of the town, spread its wings and soared into the air, knocking the bell tower down with one head, and flew in the direction of the temple without looking back.
"Thankfully, I was prepared. Watching the collapsed bell tower roar and fall to the ground, Rog, who had ordered Lilith to lead the four people to evacuate in advance, stood on the roof of a house not far away and watched the green dragon flying away, glanced back at the screaming crowd on the ground, and said happily.
"What the hell is going on?" Catherine watched the dragon fly away in surprise and turned back to Rogge, "How did she become a dragon?"
"At least we know by now that she's not a witch. Rogge shook his head lightly and said, "As far as I know, witches don't turn into dragons. ”
"It's going to destroy this town, should we stop it?" said Tali, looking back at the mass of dead on the ground and the wounded people who had fallen to the ground.
"I think someone has to pay for this, and some people are just dead and innocent, and it's not a good idea to fight a dragon for them!" Rogge exchanged meaningful glances with Murphy, and the adventurer silently glanced at the commotion of the crowd, bowing slightly.
"Shall we let it go on a killing spree in the city?" Tali looked in the direction of the dragon's flight, only to see the green dragon slam headlong into the huge idol standing in front of the temple, and the idol's head rolled off the crumbling statue and shattered into rubble.
"No, of course we won't sit idly by, but it's not that we're looking for, it's her. Rog looked at the three of them calmly, and ran briskly along the connected rooftops of the street in the direction of the temple, and the three of them followed him closely behind him, crossing the street to the vicinity of the temple.
At this time, the garrison of the Duchy of Deiz in the town had heard the news, and the soldiers wore iron armor, swords, shields and spears in their hands, and surrounded the green dragon from all sides.
"Kill this monster!" an infantry captain waved his sword at the green dragon, and his soldiers pounced on the green dragon with their swords and shields held high, and the long sword slashed at the green dragon's claws, not only leaving no trace, but shattering in an instant.
The spearmen in the rear team swarmed up, and the spears in their hands stabbed straight at the green dragon, the tip of the spear instantly became incomplete, and the long tail of the green dragon swept through the crowd, and the soldiers were knocked into the air and fell to the ground.
The green dragon raised its head to the sky and roared, opening its mouth to spew blazing flames to the surrounding soldiers, the shields in the hands of the soldiers were instantly melted by the flames, and the square in front of the temple turned into a sea of fire, the green dragon let out a long roar, opened its mouth and spewed out a fireball, hitting the temple in front.
With a loud bang, the ground shook, the temple collapsed with a burst of fireballs, the green dragon turned around and rose into the air and prepared to fly away from here, but a snowy crossbow arrow flew from the soldiers who were forced to retreat, right in the neck of the dragon, the green dragon wailed, shook its body and took three steps back.
This sudden accident made Rogge's eyes instantly point to the direction in which the crossbow arrow was fired, and he saw a man in a dark red cloak, holding a huge dark red crossbow in his hand, aiming at the dragon's right shoulder and firing another arrow, the arrow hit the green dragon like a meteor, and staggered it again.
"It's the Dragon Hunter!" Rogge recognized the man's identity at a glance, his dark red cloak and crossbow were painted with dragon motifs, these dragon hunters were bounty hunters who specialized in hunting dragons on the continent, exchanging dragon teeth, dragon hearts, dragon scales and dragon eyes for wealth, and had the most professional dragon hunting equipment.
"You must not be allowed to do this! you wait here and don't move!" Rogge said, the figure disappearing in a flash, and he sped across the rooftops as he released the little owl, and when the dragon hunter's third crossbow arrow was aimed at the heart of the green dragon, Rogge had already volleyed down on him.
The arrows fired by the dragon-killing crossbow were locked in mid-air by Lilith's immobilization beam and fell to the ground, and the volley of Rog pressed the dragon hunter to him, and the left claw blade punched him in the face, and the dragon hunter who did not react screamed miserably, and was knocked unconscious by the metal gauntlet of the claw blade.
Rog snatched the dragon-killing crossbow in his hand and threw it at the soldiers who gathered around him, turned and hurried across the sea of fire and rushed towards the green dragon, the wounded green dragon was angrily looking for the person who attacked it, and Rog had already climbed its scales and jumped on the dragon's back.
Smelling the scent of a stranger, the green dragon turned back and roared at him, and Rog looked up at the green dragon's hideous face and bloody mouth, and opened his arms to shout a strange language that sounded like a mixture of elven and dwarven languages.
The green dragon watched him quietly, a pair of fiery red dragon eyes full of anger and hatred, after a moment of silence, it suddenly opened its mouth and spewed out a fireball, Rog lowered his head and dodged, the fireball passed over his head, and the group of archers behind the green dragon who were about to bend their bows and arrows were blown up on their backs.
Rog looked up at the green dragon carefully, only to see it staring at him for a moment of silence, then suddenly flapping its wings and soaring into the air, carrying him and Lilith towards the east side of the town.
Catherine and the others, who stayed on the roof to watch all this, hurriedly got down from the roof, hurriedly left the town and chased along the road to the east, the huge body of the green dragon was far away in the sky, but soon turned a corner and disappeared without a trace.
The three of them chased in the direction of the dragon's disappearance for an unknown amount of time, and suddenly saw two figures appear in the wilderness under the cliff on the side of the road, they hurriedly ran forward, and saw Rogge sitting on the ground wearing a black short-sleeved shirt, and the sharp wolf claw tattoo was exposed on his strong arm.
In his arms, there was a naked red-haired woman, and Lilith, who had turned into a little Lori, was putting Rogge's brown cloak over her body.
Hearing the footsteps, Rog and Lilith glanced up at them, Rog beckoned to Tali, and the mermaid stepped forward to see the woman's shoulders and neck stuck in two cold arrows, all made of stainless steel, emitting a deadly cold light.
"She's still alive, and if a different person had been shot in two vital places, she would have died a long time ago. Rog said softly to Tully.
"Do you want me to help her get the arrows?" Tali asked Rogge, looking up at the wound hesitantly.
"I don't think she needs these foreign things, and she shouldn't object to us doing it. Rogge said and looked up at Murphy and said, "Help me hold her legs, it may hurt to do this, she may resist, you should know how terrible her strength is." ”
Murphy nodded silently and stepped forward to press the woman's leg with his knees and hands, and Rogge held her body tightly in his arms, and then nodded to Tali.
Tali grabbed the metal shaft with her hand and pulled it out with all her strength, and the red-haired woman let out a scream and struck Rog on the shoulder.
Rog only felt a sore pain in his shoulder, and he endured the pain and motioned for Tali to continue, and when the second arrow was pulled, a few drops of blood splashed on Rogge's green cloak, instantly dissolving several holes in the surface of the cloak.
After a brief silence, the woman opened her eyes, looked at the crowd with a painful and wary gaze, looked at Rogge's face, and asked in a weak voice, "Who are you?"
"My name is Rogge, and these are my companions, Catherine, Tully, Lilith, and Murphy. Rogge introduced everyone to the woman in turn, and the woman nodded slightly and said, "My name is Grace, I think you may already know what I am." ”
"Of course, we know. Rogge nodded solemnly, pondered for a moment and said: "However, for the dragon people on the continent, it has always been just a legend, no one has seen you with their own eyes, you are the first to transform in front of humans." ”
"I didn't want to do that, I wanted to die, they called me a witch and a monster because my neighbors found out that there were so many things unusual about me, they reported me to the Holy Order, and I acquiesced in the accusation because I didn't want to live anymore. Grace said weakly, shaking her head.
"Is it because of it?" asked Rogge, looking at her with concern.
Grace's eyes seemed to light up, and the emotion in her eyes was like seeing a confidant, she closed her eyes and endured the pain of the wound, tried to steady her breathing and said: "Yes, whenever it comes, it brings me only fear, I can't control it, I think only death can do it." ”
"No, you'll soon understand that's wrong. Rogge glanced down at the wounds on her shoulders and neck, where the blood had congealed and sealed the wounds completely.
He gently smoothed her messy red hair with his hand and said softly, "Perhaps, you should tell us why you are like this, not everyone has the dragon's hot blood flowing in their veins. ”
Grace opened her mouth with difficulty, and before she could make a sound, a cold voice came from nearby: "There is no need to ask why, from the moment she was born, she was destined to become the prey!"
Rog looked up and followed the sound, only to see a group of dragon hunters in dark red cloaks surround him, casting a dark red dragon-killing crossbow on Grace's face.