"This is all trivial!" Gaer said discontentedly, "What I mean is, how could you arrange even such an order? Did you think about how to command us in battle the first moment you saw us?"
"And look, with the way you habitually direct others to fight, you’re usually the one commanding Mahdi, right?"
"Yes." ’Ian’ paused imperceptibly, then sighed softly, "Unfortunately, eldest brother is severely injured now, so we have to buy him some time."
"Hmph..." Gaer glanced sideways at the black-haired knight silently injecting medicine, then turned back to stare at Ian, gritting his teeth, "He’s at least four or five years older than me. If we were the same age, I wouldn’t be worse than Mahdi... I am the number one of the younger generation!"
"I will prove it with my Ximor Royal Court’s ultimate skills!" After saying this, Gaer turned his head, urging the Blood Wind Sabre in his hand with all his might to show its complete form, "Watch closely, Prophet!"
This was probably the first time this group of Terra’s finest prodigies took commands from a peer rather than directing their own squads.
However, surprisingly, it didn’t feel bad.
With The Unyielding Fortress holding against the most critical moments and the Prophet directing and managing, everything was coordinated smoothly... someone like the Necrocaller even started feeling envious of Mahdi for normally having a prophet like Ian to think and act on his behalf, which was really enviably comfortable.
Meanwhile, someone like Aina had bolder ideas emerging in their mind.
-- If I had these two assisting me... what place in the world couldn’t I go?
-- So this was how my great-grandfather lived... This feeling... is just too wonderful!
As for the Dark Gold Colossus Dragon, at this moment, an alarm blared in its mind.
Ian, using the meditation technique, strengthened his soul while communicating with the other five young talents, though from an outsider’s perspective, it was merely chatting with Gaer.
Then, everyone acted in unison, launching a ferocious attack toward it as it was still recovering its breath!
In an instant, the Dark Gold Colossus Dragon sensed it, the Dragon Blood Elf girl in the center of the formation suddenly connected with a mysterious power in the void, the source of which was all too familiar to it, precisely the target of its journey, the True Dragon Zone’s essence required for transformation and transcendence, the aura of the Dragon Bone Mountain!
The connection between them was not something like dragon blood offspring or a similar bloodline... it was something only the closest blood relatives like parents and children would have!
"No! It must be stopped!" At this moment, the Dark Gold Colossus Dragon realized many things, like what its cunning partner Yafada took from the Subspace Labyrinth and what results he had researched - he had collaborated with other Elf King Blood to create a direct descendant of the ancient true dragon!
With this, Anfa didn’t need any trump cards or any external forces; she only had to stand in the Subspace Labyrinth and could gain, at any time, the inheritance of a Fifth Energy Level mentor-class true dragon’s power!
This was a more terrifying ’cheat’ than the Fifth Energy Level force on ’Golan’ bestowed—if Anfa fell into danger, if she didn’t want to die, she had to choose to become a true dragon, to become a successor of the mentor true dragon!
But the power of the mentor true dragon was exactly the treasure in the Dark Gold Colossus Dragon’s mind, how could it allow Anfa to snatch it halfway? Therefore, upon sensing Anfa’s aura, the Dark Gold Colossus Dragon roared furiously, the scarlet glow in its eyes becoming even more ferocious.
Pale golden dust soared skyward, countless fine scale fragments dispersed around with the true dragon’s wing flap, obstructing all signals. Anfa’s process of guiding the mentor true dragon’s power was instantly interrupted, her body swaying slightly, nearly collapsing.
But just at this moment, a dot of light brightened, darting across mid-air, piercing through the void, transforming into a silver star, heading straight for the reverse scale beneath the Dark Gold Colossus Dragon’s neck!
The Silver Fairy’s full assault was something even the true dragon could barely match. It quickly rotated its six eyes, trying to catch the shadow of the fae, which struck like lightning.
"Cursed little thing!"
The Dark Gold Colossus Dragon bellowed, furiously sweeping its right wing forward, carrying the force to move mountains, the power to breach a city, causing waves of molten lava, black shadows crashing down as if the sky collapsed, threatening to obliterate where the Silver Fairy resided into dust.
But just as it was about to smash down with its wing, the Dark Gold Colossus Dragon suddenly felt its wing inexplicably shortened by ten meters, narrowly passing by the Silver Fairy’s side.
"Impossible? My attack..." In an instant, the Dark Gold Colossus Dragon felt full of surprise and disbelief, although it quickly realized that such shock was a complete waste of time, Elg’s mental attack objective had already been met.
Learning from Sio’s earlier combat techniques against Gaer, the Thousand Star Beast Derivative ’An’ used its bloodline instinct to forcibly break through the mental barrier from the Dark Gold Colossus Dragon’s Last Echo—simultaneously, they also used the ’Curse Crystal’ given for protection by the Master of the Clean Moon Spire.
The power contained in this Curse Crystal was a kind of imagination—in that moment, the Dark Gold Colossus Dragon’s actions halted, and its memory was briefly rewritten.
In the illusion, it flapped a wing, and the Silver Fairy was pounded into the earth and stones, then it used the sturdy body of a true dragon to withstand several attacks, and gradually strengthened with newly learned combat techniques.