Chapter 11: Dance of the Fire Serpents (Part 2)
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The seven fire serpents flew at extreme speed. Wherever they passed through the air, even the houses along the town’s streets caught fire, flames soaring to the sky—a scene of utter disaster. The commoners of Wushan Town, who had long been hiding in the distance watching, saw their homes destroyed, and each felt bitter sorrow in their hearts.
Before the seven giant fire serpents, stone houses were like toys, easily destroyed, flames spreading everywhere.
“Go.” The female archer could no longer care about anything else; she directly controlled the griffin to fly high into the sky.
The fire mage controlling these seven fire serpents had a range limit. As long as the female archer flew beyond that range, she would be safe.
“Sizzle, sizzle!” Two fire serpents twisted around each other, wrapping up the two female mages and the Bloodthirsty Iron Bull. Immediately, the sound of burning flesh came through, and Linley could even smell the stench of singed hair.
“Brother Kaela, save me—” The female mage’s shrill screams came from within the fire serpents.
“Hmph, hmph~~” The Bloodthirsty Iron Bull’s eyes were terrifyingly red, its muscles constantly twisting and contorting as it snorted angrily, trying to break free from the fire serpents’ grip. But each serpent’s binding force was horrifically immense.
“Luisa!” The red-haired burly man let out a pained, anguished roar.
The two pretty female mages and the Bloodthirsty Iron Bull turned to ash in a short while. But in an instant, the red-haired man had no time to grieve. He and the other two male warriors each had to face a massive fire serpent. Before these colossal serpents, they were like infants, utterly powerless to resist.
Even if a single punch could shatter stone, what could they do once wrapped in the fire serpent’s coils?
“Ahhh~~~” The three warriors were engulfed by the fire serpents, letting out miserable screams.
Amid the screams, the protective battle-qi shields on their bodies shattered instantly. The “sizzling” sound of burning flesh rang out. The three warriors’ faces contorted in agony, their eyes bulging, all body hair burned clean in a flash. Skin, muscles, bones… under the terrifyingly high temperature of the fire serpents’ flames, nothing could resist.
The three formidable warriors were burned to ashes in a very short time.
“Whoosh—whoosh—”
The female archer breathed heavily; she had finally escaped the range of the Dance of the Fire Serpents.
“Luca, Luisa, Brother Kaela… I will avenge you, I swear it.” The female archer wept in pain, then mounted the griffin and flew into the sky.
“Boom!”
A thick bolt of lightning suddenly struck down from midair, directly hitting the unprepared female archer. Her entire body was instantly reduced to ashes. The griffin, its whole body charred black, convulsed and fell from the sky, crashing heavily onto a commoner’s stone house, smashing through the roof and tumbling inside.
“Trying to escape? Hmph.” The mysterious mage let out a low snort.
Hillman, who had been watching all this from a hundred meters away, swallowed hard, a trace of barely concealed terror in his heart: “An eighth-rank mage, and a dual-element mage at that.”
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“That’s called the Dance of the Fire Serpents?” Linley stood frozen in place, utterly stunned.
The scene of those seven giant fire serpents soaring into the air, with waves of blazing heat surging, filled Linley with unprecedented awe. Each giant fire serpent was comparable in size to a “Velociraptor.” The rise of seven such serpents was like the arrival of a calamity. Houses were burned and collapsed, flames raging skyward.
In the blink of an eye, those four formidable warriors, two mages, one archer, and two magical beasts—except for the griffin, whose fate was unknown—were all dead.
The seven giant fire serpents had vanished, but Linley could still feel the terrifying waves of heat surging around the battlefield. The site of the fight had been completely reduced to rubble. This stretch of ruins and the relentless heat seemed to narrate the fierce battle that had just taken place.
“So… so powerful.”
Linley’s breathing was still a bit rapid. In his mind, he kept replaying the scene of the seven giant fire serpents rising into the air, like the arrival of a catastrophe.
Compared to that sight, even the terrifying Velociraptor seemed slightly inferior.
Linley’s gaze suddenly fell on the mysterious mage atop the Velociraptor in the distance. Compared to the Velociraptor, the mage’s physique seemed much smaller.
“Was it… was it him who unleashed the ‘Dance of the Fire Serpents’?” Linley found it hard to believe. A man who looked even slighter than Uncle Hillman could unleash such a terrifying, catastrophic attack.
Toward that mysterious mage, shrouded in a purple robe in the distance, Linley felt a hint of fear in his heart.
“So, this is what a mage is?” For the first time, Linley had a clear understanding of mages.
At the same time…
Linley also felt a longing in his heart for powerful mages.
“If one day, I could unleash an attack like that.” Thinking of that scene, Linley felt the blood in his veins boil to the limit—a state of extreme excitement.
At that moment—
Linley knew his future path.
The pursuit of the peak, the pinnacle of power.
“Father.” Linley suddenly saw his father, Hogg. Wushan Town had suffered an undeserved disaster. As the lord of Wushan Town, Hogg could only feel helpless at this moment.
“Don’t make a sound.” Hogg glanced at Linley, signaling him to stay quiet.
Then Hogg looked at the mage, his heart bitter: “An eighth-rank mage, and dual-element at that. In the entire Kingdom of Fenlai, there are few more powerful than him. And someone like this has come to our Wushan Town.”
Hogg only hoped that this mysterious mage would leave soon and let Wushan Town return to peace.
The mysterious mage jumped directly from the Velociraptor’s back. From a height of two stories, he landed effortlessly.
The mage walked to the spot where the red-haired burly man had been burned to death. With a wave of his hand, he swept aside the ashes, revealing a purple diamond with a dreamlike, dazzling halo. The mage reached out and picked up this “Depero Shadow Diamond.”
“Haha, the Depero Shadow Diamond! I’ve been searching for ten years. I never thought that just taking a shortcut through this town would let me stumble upon it. Haha… Heymans, now that I have the Depero Shadow Diamond to embed into my staff, let’s see how you fight me this time. Haha…” The mysterious mage’s manic laughter rang out.
Meanwhile, Hogg, the noble of Wushan Town, and a large crowd of commoners stood silently in the distance, not daring to make a sound, afraid of provoking the mysterious mage’s wrath.
“Wushan Town. Whose territory is Wushan Town?” the mysterious mage suddenly said.
“Father.” Linley’s heart leaped with alarm.
Hogg had no choice but to step forward bravely and said respectfully, “Great mage, Wushan Town is my territory.”
“Oh.” The mage’s face was still hidden beneath the purple robe, impossible to see clearly. He said indifferently, “Your Wushan Town has suffered considerable losses this time. The mercenary squad members I killed still had quite a few gold coins on them. Even if the gold coins melted from the ‘Dance of the Fire Serpents,’ they can still be exchanged for money. Consider it compensation for Wushan Town.”
Hogg felt a wave of relief upon hearing this.
This mage probably wouldn’t go on a killing spree.
“I, Hogg, on behalf of Wushan Town, thank the mage for his grace.” Hogg bowed respectfully.
The mysterious mage nodded lightly, then walked toward the Velociraptor. The Velociraptor immediately lay down, extending its forelimbs. The mage stepped onto the Velociraptor’s foreleg, took two steps, and then lightly leaped onto its back.
“Hmph~~” The Velociraptor snorted, emitting two streams of white mist with a sulfurous smell.
Then the Velociraptor continued on its way with heavy steps. The residents of Wushan Town watched the massive Velociraptor and the mysterious mage grow distant, eventually disappearing at the end of the town’s street. Only then did their suspended hearts slowly settle.
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