Chapter 22: Head to Head
"I don't know if those people managed to escape." Gordon stuck out the tip of his tongue and licked a drop of sweat that had slipped into his mouth, the salty taste making him frown.
He was thirsty, and his wheezing had become heavier.
Several broken corpses of the Blue Speed Dragon were scattered around, they were the helpers summoned by the Blue Speed Dragon King, and these nimble and cunning creatures caused him a lot of trouble.
After countless missions, he can now deal with the siege of multiple Blue Dragons, and the scattered fragments of corpses and undamaged armor around him illustrate this very well.
But the situation is still not optimistic.
Driven and commanded by the Blue Speed Dragon King, these Blue Speed Dragons that came one after another seriously consumed his physical strength.
All hunters know that when hunting the Blue Speed Dragon King, or the kings of other ornithosaurs, tooth dragons, and tooth beast races, it is taboo to let him summon his companions.
Nobody likes to have more than one.
This is also why when rescuing the caravan before, Gordon would choose to eliminate the two blue dragons who followed the leader to hunt out of the nest as soon as possible, instead of "capture the thief and capture the king first".
As the king of the clan, the Blue Speed Dragon King summons his fellow clans by roaring, a process that often takes a few seconds, and is usually interrupted by the hunter who fights him.
This is often the key to the success of hunting such monsters.
Since the start of the battle, the Blue Speed Dragon King has successfully summoned his companions twice, not because of Gordon's negligence, but because he did it on purpose.
The caravan carrying the wounded will not evacuate quickly, and the ability to resist the monsters is almost non-existent, and Gordon, who is also a human, must consider their safety.
Although Pork Chop has been ordered to follow and escort the caravan, if the caravan is discovered and besieged by multiple Blue Temporans, it will be difficult to take care of Pork Chop's strength.
Let the Blue Speed Dragon King summon his companions, and the Blue Speed Dragons in the nearby area will gather here, so that he will be tired, but the safety of the caravan and the pork chop will be indirectly guaranteed.
Let's do what you can.
Swinging his sword and slaying the last of the Blue Dragons, Gordon bared his teeth at the Blue Dragons.
It's not that easy to exhaust my strength.
The Blue Speed Dragonlord walked cautiously, keeping a short distance from Gordon at all times, and was terrified by the steel blade that could easily slaughter his fellows.
Seeing that his companions were all gone, the Blue Speed Dragon King jumped backwards, craned his neck, and prepared to summon the Blue Speed Dragon to help in the battle again.
This time, however, Gordon did not continue to let it go.
Nearly an hour had passed since the caravan had withdrawn, and it was unlikely that the Blue Speed Dragon King's roar would radiate that far, and there was little point in continuing like this.
Then, it's your turn!
With a long exhale, the hunter rushed straight up with his great sword.
Gordon's two attempts to allow the Blue Speed Dragon King to summon his companions left some inertia in the latter's less complicated thinking, and it didn't expect the other party to attack so decisively this time.
The hunter swung his greatsword and slashed at its shoulder, and the Blue Speed Dragon King knew that if he resisted, he would be stripped of at least one of his claws.
It reluctantly stopped its roar and leaned back in a slight panic in an attempt to dodge the slash.
Gordon, who had expected the reaction of the Blue Speed Dragon King, stepped forward with all his left leg and forcibly expanded the range of this slash forward by nearly half a meter.
The sound of steel clashing with scales, scales shattering, crust and muscle tearing heard in Gordon's ears, and he was sure he had hit his target.
Unfortunately, the tip of the Burst Sword did not come back with the touch of contact with the bones, and it seemed that this blow only caused some flesh injuries to the Blue Speed Dragon King, and did not hurt the muscles and bones.
"Quack!" The wounded Blue Speed Dragon King let out a terrible howl.
It was the first time it had been injured since it became the leader of the clan.
The long-lost pain reminded the Blue Speedy Dragon King, who had become accustomed to commanding his own kind to hunt, that when it was still a normal Blue Dragon, it would charge in person, fight other monsters, and grab food and territory.
The massive crown of its head turned scarlet as if it were soaked in blood, and another roar of rage awakened the brutality and power that had slumbered in its body.
It is not only the brain of the race, but also the sharpest minions of the race!
The Blue Speed Dragon King jumped backwards again, but this time, it was no longer trying to keep its distance from danger, but was preparing.
After landing on the ground, the Blue Speed Dragon King lowered his body, and the muscles of his whole body tensed like a full bowstring.
Then, it leaped high and fell towards Gordon like a huge stone cannon thrown by a trebuchet.
The Fresh Red Claw, which is more than half a meter long, carries the tremendous force of the fall, and the destructive power is amazing, and if it hits head-on, even if it is fully armed, it will be seriously injured.
If it was Gordon who used the Katamate sword in the past, there was only one way to dodge such an attack.
But now, with the blasting knife in his hand, he has the qualifications to fight hard!
The heavy sword was carried by him to his shoulder, lunge, and lower the center of gravity, and the strength contained in every muscle in his body was like a stream flowing into the river and sea, condensing into a stream.
This is the core move of the great sword.
Bulky, sluggish, but with unparalleled absolute power, a three-stage charged slash!
1st, 2nd, 3rd! When the accumulation of strength reaches the point where it does not vomit unpleasantly, and may even hurt itself.
The Blue Speed Dragon King's leap attack also happened to come in front of Gordon.
"Drink, ah, ah!"
There was no room for any distractions in his heart, and the endless battle spirit rushed like a surging torrent, and finally broke the embankment and turned into a roar and catharsis.
In an instant, the heavy and cold sword with a faint red light turned from extreme stillness to extreme movement.
The roar of the steel blade tearing through the airflow, the furious roar of the Blue Speed Dragon King, and the clanging of metal and claws intertwined and reverberate, playing the most primitive and cruel battle music among the hills.
The claws sparked countless sparks on the blade.
A huge force that was almost irresistible passed down the hilt of the sword into both arms, and the hilt of the exploding knife almost wanted to be freed.
Gordon gritted his teeth and forcibly stabilized his body with lunges formed by spreading his legs, and at the bottom of his shins, the steel teeth used to grip the ground ploughed through the turf, leaving two deep marks on the ground.
On the other side, the Blue Speed Dragon King stumbled to the ground and almost overturned.
There is no real winner in this encounter.
Although Gordon took the blow, the Blue Speed Dragon King's claws still tore through the steel plate on his breastplate, leaving a wound about half an inch deep from his chest to his left ribs, and the blood flowed profusely.
The tiger's mouth holding the sword also cracked in the violent collision, and the blood soon soaked the non-slip cloth that wrapped the hilt of the sword, and the green tendons on the thick arms flipped up and trembled slightly.
Gordon's injury is not light, and the Blue Speed Dragon King is even more unhappy.
On a pair of hind claws, two of the six claws were broken, and the remaining ones were also damaged to varying degrees.
More serious than the broken claw was the wound on its right foot.
In a previous collision with the Bursting Knife, the hooked blade, which had staggered with the claw, grazed its right foot, slicing not only the skin and muscles, but also two vital ligaments in the heel of the foot.
Now, it is difficult for the right foot of the Blue Speed Dragon King to exert strength, not only is it difficult to run and jump, but even he looks like he is stumbling when he walks.
The battle situation began to become confusing.