Dazzling light flashed in Ravi's eyes. He watched the scene with excitement and spoke neurotically, "Do you see it, Nacho! This is the world's most top-tier life-and-death battle. I'm so jealous of you, seeing this at just thirty or forty years old, while I've lived for fifteen hundred years and only today have the fortune to witness such a duel with my own eyes."
'All dragons are lunatics— that lord often said that.'
Nacho didn't believe it before, but now he did.
He knelt on the ground, watching the man and dragon gambling their lives.
Nacho didn't understand, 'If the Dragon King will destroy everything in anger, an uncontrollable force, then why is Leon Casmodeous going all out like this?'
He could have escaped to safety with the other silver dragons. Even if he'd be affected by Star's self-destruction, it wouldn't be to the extent of putting his own life on the gambling table like this.
Nacho looked at that small silver figure. He commanded thunder and lightning, fighting against the berserk, out-of-control Dragon King with an unmatched stance. In that moment, even someone as cunning as Nacho couldn't help but think, 'If such a person stands on our side, how wonderful will that be?'
The brave and fearless, those unafraid of sacrifice, never lack recognition from others.
But Nacho would never understand, could never understand, Leon never lived for the recognition of others.
He had something to protect, and he wouldn't hesitate to stake his life on it.
Amidst the frenzied thunder, cracks gradually appeared on the man's armor. He loudly questioned the golden dragon, "How long have you lived, Star?"
"One thousand years? Two thousand? Or three thousand?"
"In your long life, there must be something you call 'the thing you regret most,' right?"
"Maybe it was a wrong decision, maybe killing your own kind with your own hands, or maybe something else."
"But now, let me tell you. The one thing you should regret the most in this life is standing at my door, yelling in front of my wife and child, and in the end, trying to blow up my house."
"The last dragon who scared my wife and child is already hanging at my door."
"And your ending—will be the same!"
Thunder roared. He used the lightning in his hand to disperse the golden light in front of him, forcibly pushing back that terrifying energy capable of leveling everything.
The lion made of thunder roared, baring its fangs, swinging its claws, and charged toward Star.
In an instant, the thunder engulfed him. The golden light was extinguished. A dragon's roar came from the explosion, mixed with unwillingness and fury at his defeat.
"P- Prince won? Prince won!!"
The moment the explosion happened, Star's dragon might completely vanished.
The soldiers of the silver dragons raised their arms and cheered.
A relieved smile also appeared on Shirley's face, "Head Maid, we won."
Anna slowly unclenched her tightly gripped fists. Blood flowed across her palm, dripping from her fingertips, "Yeah... we won."
On the battlefield, Rossweise rushed into the still-ongoing explosion and grabbed Leon in her mouth, then skimmed low to fly.
With the explosion's aftershocks continuing and the situation urgent, she could only use this somewhat ungraceful method to bring Leon out.
'That damn BYD didn't hurry to dodge the explosion after winning, just stood there acting cool.'
She definitely had to find that female gunner named Rebecca later and ask her how she endured this show-off bro back in the day.
While thinking random thoughts, a sudden shock came from behind. Rossweise couldn't dodge in time and crashed toward the ground with Leon.
Fortunately, they were already at the edge of the aftershock zone. Even if they fell, it wouldn't be a big deal.
Rossweise's huge dragon body easily came to a stop.
After steadying herself, she immediately ran toward Leon, spreading her dragon wings to wrap him up, shielding him from the continued explosive shock with her body.
But thankfully, the energy explosion soon ended.
Once she confirmed there was no more movement, Rossweise folded her wings and returned to human form.
The couple lay on the scarred battlefield, looking up at the gradually clearing night sky.
The dark clouds dispersed, and the first ray of sunlight shone on the chest armor of the black-gold Chariot.
He was exhausted, and his right hand couldn't stop trembling.
That blow just now was indeed dangerous. It had always been a gamble, but luckily, he won.
"Rossweise."
"What."
"Your tooth poked my kidney just now..."
"You're lucky I didn't eat you."
"But being held in a dragon's mouth is a first for me. Feels... kind of unique."
Rossweise turned her head and looked at him with a disgusted face, "Bunny girls are the limit I can tolerate. As for other kinks, you'll have to find your own way."
The couple lay on their sides, looking at each other.
Though from Rossweise's angle, all she could see was a silver lump of metal, she believed that under the helmet, there must be a silly grinning face.
Suddenly, the queen got a whimsical, bold idea.
She reached out, slowly held up the helmet of the black-gold Chariot, then leaned in, and her soft lips lightly touched the hard, cold metal.
A very light kiss.
She immediately shrank back, blushing furiously and lay down flat.
General Leon froze for a moment, then jolted upright, "That doesn't count! Th-this kissing through a helmet doesn't count!"
"Whether it counts or not, I've already expressed it."
"Who expresses their feelings like that? No way. Wait till I take off this helmet, then kiss me again," As he spoke, Leon clumsily tried to take off the black-gold Chariot's helmet.
'This damn armor is great in every way, except it is a pain to take off.'
'Someday, I'll sell it.'
(Black-Gold Chariot: Have I not burned your dreams in a long time, Casmodeous?)
In the end, Leon couldn't get the helmet off.
He gave up. Looked like he'd have to take it off slowly back home.
Leon stood up and reached out to Rossweise, "Let's go home."
Rossweise nodded, grabbed Leon's hand, and with a little strength, stood up.
The couple looked at the battlefield behind them.
Golden scales scattered everywhere. The giant dragon corpse lay there. Dealing with this battlefield would take a lot of time.
"That head's too big, won't fit anymore," Leon muttered.
"Then when we get back, I'll arrange some craftsmen to build a special first-class ceremonial display stand just for you, to hang these old dragon kings' heads. How's that sound?"
"That'd be too embarrassing. Compared to that, I care more about that bigger throne you said you'd rebuild last time."
The couple supported each other, chatting about trivial topics while slowly walking toward the silver dragon territory.
Anna, Shirley, and the others came to meet them as well.
It was undoubtedly a hearty and satisfying victory. After this battle, the empire probably wouldn't send any more dragon kings to trouble Leon for a while—
"Where do you think you're going?", A voice came from above.
The two looked up and saw a black figure descending from the sky, landing directly between them and the approaching silver dragon soldiers.
After he landed, two more black shadows followed, landing at the couple's left-rear and right-rear respectively.
They formed a triangle formation, surrounding Leon and Rossweise in the middle.
Rossweise instantly recognized the leader.
"Star-Traveler Dragon King · Ravi..."
'Since Ravi is here, that means', Rossweise looked at the two people behind.
Sure enough, the two dragon kings also skilled in spatial magic, Bly and Jaggs.
"Long time no see, Silver Dragon King."
Ravi raised his hand. Dozens of spatial teleportation arrays opened behind him, and from them, hundreds of giant dragons flew out in sequence.
They charged toward the distant silver dragon soldiers, and both sides started fighting without a word.
"Didn't expect you guys could really kill Star. To be honest, the strength of the man beside you has far exceeded my understanding."
Ravi said, "If someone like him continues to exist in this world, it'll be a huge threat to both the dragon race and the empire."
"Silver Dragon King, you chose the wrong side. Whether you chose to protect yourself or cooperate with the empire like us, both would've ensured your silver dragons would have food and clothing for centuries."
"But you chose to help Leon Casmodeous."
"So I regret to inform you, both of you... will be erased."
The couple stood back to back, Rossweise facing Ravi, her aura undiminished, her dignity intact. She said coldly, "There's no such thing as sides. I'm just doing what I think is right."
"As for so-called self-preservation? Hah... it's just because my silver dragon clan has kept a low profile for so long that you mistook me for a coward afraid of death."
Ravi frowned slightly, paused for a moment, and replied, "I admire your all-or-nothing courage, Silver Dragon King, but as I said, you both must be erased today."
"You almost used up all your strength in the fight with Star, didn't you?"
"But don't worry. I won't use violent means to send you off. That's the beauty of spatial magic."
Though Ravi appeared calm, he was panicking inside.
If not for the fact that the two had already been drained of mana and stamina by Star, he wouldn't have brought Bly and Jaggs here.
That would've been straight suicide.
Now, Nacho's so-called "unexpected killer move" was finally going to be played as a trump card.
Ravi raised his hand, and a complex and chaotic magic circle slowly appeared in his palm.
The other two dragon kings did the same.
"Spatial magic... I still don't know what their attack method is."
Leon said, "Anyway, let's deal with the talkative one first, alright?"
Rossweise nodded, "Okay."
She paused, then asked, "Do you still have enough mana?"
Leon touched his chest. That attack earlier had almost drained all his magic.
But he still had techniques like the Nine Gates Hell.
It was just that, facing three dragon kings, he didn't know how far he could go relying only on martial arts.
But he had to try. What else? Just stand here dumbly and let the enemy treat him like a practice dummy?
"I probably can't use magic for now. I'll go distract him later. You attack from the side," Leon said.
"Okay. Be careful."
"Yeah. Let's go."
After quickly setting their plan, the couple spread out left and right, charging toward Ravi.
Their speed was extremely fast, within the blink of an eye, they instantly launched a surprise attack right in front of Ravi.
Leon stomped the ground with his right foot and leapt into the air, driving his knee straight toward Ravi's face.
The Godspeed of the Fourth Gate gave him enough kinetic force, making such a simple knee strike possess unimaginable destructive power.
Rossweise, on the side, had also condensed her dragon flames, preparing to strike Ravi from the flank.
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