'Why do I feel like I was only summoned to Nerathis to bring out this guy?'
Kael thought inwardly as he sat on the warm ground, staring at the scene in front of him without a change in his expression.
These things aren't that strong after all!"
Igni's laughter echoed throughout the battlefield as the little Dragon continued to attack the wolves like there was no tomorrow.
Kael's mouth twitched at those words, any one of those wolves was stronger than him, but for the Dragon, they were nothing more than playthings.
Igni was stronger and faster than them, so the little guy dashed at these wolves, headbutted them, and the impact from their collision would be so strong that the poor wolves would explode into flames.
That was how the Dragon was completing the Mission, all on his own.
Any one-on-one battle lasted mere seconds—Igni was simply on another level.
"Hahaha~ Father, this is fun!!"
Igni laughed like a child.
For him, this was truly like a playground, just like Kael said
A playground where the Dragon doesn't have to hide at all.
Igni continued to laugh. Kael, who saw that, couldn't help but smile. Seeing the Dragon fully expressing his emotions filled his heart with joy and comfort.
He then felt the ground beneath him tremble, he quickly recalled Igni's words and got away from the place.
He also glanced at Igni, and seeing how the Dragon was continuously targeting enemies farther and farther away from him so as to not stay in one place, he couldn't help but be even prouder.
His child was much smarter than he was.
Just as Kael got away,
The ground he was sitting on was engulfed in flames.
Kael stared at the fountain of Lava that consumed the land and raised his eyebrow.
"Still as scary as before."
He commented as he turned back towards Igni, and suddenly, he realized that Igni had gotten too far from him.
To the point where he could barely see him.
All the wolves, who should have attacked both him and Igni, were targeting Igni and…
The Dragon was surrounded.
Igni was strong, yes, but he was still a 19-day-old child. He had next to no battle experience and was used to dealing with everything using his flames.
However, now that the wolves he was facing were completely immune to his flames, for the first time, Igni was facing beings who could be considered to be a 'challenge.'
Of course, the Dragon was still stronger, even without his flames, but…
With tens of wolves surrounding him, combined with his small, undeveloped body that made it difficult for him to use all his strength, Igni had no clue how to deal with the situation.
Kael also noticed that the Dragon wasn't dashing at the wolves anymore. He was forced to stay in one place as the wolves surrounded him, not giving him the momentum he needed to kill them.
Kael shouted. However, maybe because of the constant eruptions of flames all over the place, or the growls of wolves that surrounded Igni, the Dragon couldn't hear him.
The little Dragon already had too much on his plate. Tens of wolves, thrice his size, were after him.
Kael panicked. Without thinking, he activated and launched himself forward, wanting to close the distance and protect his child.
In 8 seconds, he could finally see Igni with his now-enhanced vision, and what he saw made him widen his eyes in absolute horror.
Igni's shimmering red scale that protected his neck had fallen to the ground. The skin beneath it was charred, and there was a deep cut on it. Within a few more attacks, his… his head would fall.
Ba-dump Ba-dump Ba-dump
Kael screamed as he rushed towards his child, his heart shook to its core. Everything disappeared from his vision, and only Igni remained. His legs moved on their own, displaying speed that shouldn't be possible with his current stats.
Red veins appeared all over his face, his eyes turned draconic golden, and his face distorted,
"RRROOOOOOOAAAAAAARRRRRRRRR!!!!"
It had absolutely no effect on the wolves.
These wolves were much stronger than those corrupted beasts with no willpower or intelligence.
All this while, they weren't just being easy targets for the Dragon to crush. They were acting like a pack should. They were luring the Dragon deep into their territory and were constantly targeting his neck to the point the scale protecting it couldn't take it anymore and fell off.
Once the last protection was gone, the wolves quickly surrounded the Dragon, and now…
The pack was prepared to feast on their prey.
Yes, the wolves were intelligent.
Everything went just as they planned.
Even a Dragon was completely helpless in front of them, but…
There was one being the wolves didn't consider in their equation.
A human they deemed too weak to even worry about barged into their pack. With his arm now covered with draconic scales, he grabbed their heads and crushed them before throwing them away.
Kael called desperately as he continued to rush towards Igni, completely ignoring his own burnt skin and torn flesh all over his body because of the wolves' attacks.
It was as if his mind couldn't even register the pain his own body was going through. He only cared about one thing, and that was to get close to his child.
By now, the wolves understood that Kael wasn't someone they could ignore either, and more wolves rushed towards him. Kael continued to hurry his way through the pack of wolves, completely disregarding his injuries no matter how severe they were.
His eyes burned with rage and desperation.
His arm, which was covered in draconic scales, turned back to normal, and...
He lost his strength.
At this moment, Kael was grabbing one of the wolves' heads, trying to crush it. However, with his now meagre strength, that wasn't possible.
The wolf howled in anger and,
Kael's widened his eyes when he realized what had happened, and soon…
"AAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!!"