Although the roars of the Abyssal Dragon were not harming anyone as they had no malicious intent, they were extremely scary. Even more terrifying were those who fought against it not long ago, died, and were revived soon after.
Although pain in this world is limited to barely 5% of the real world, the pain that many soldiers must have felt when they were crushed to death was surely not especially pleasant to remember even if it was only as minimal as possible.
Without the need for the king to give the order, the commanders of the different units and team leaders quickly organized the troops as efficiently as possible as they drew their weapons and prepared to fight to the death once again. Their hands trembled gently and each of them had to hold on to the weapon in their hands with a strong grip to prevent it from falling to the ground; it was natural to feel fear towards an enemy which they knew they could not defeat. However, although the fear was there, none of them thought of actually retreating and even if they thought of it they did not carry out such actions.
Standing beside Xie Feng, Xie Yao folded both hands close to her chest as if she was praying and a look of sorrow shone in her eyes as she softly said, "Big brother, that dragon is actually quite pitiful."
"Pitiful?" Xie Feng raised an eyebrow in surprise and looked at her blankly. "How is he pitiful?"
"I... I don"t know." Xie Yao shook her head and said with some hesitation, "But, his roars feel very lonely and pitiful."
Xie Feng looked at her for a second before shifting his gaze to the giant dragon that finally seemed to have had enough roars. Although he didn"t have the ability to tell if Xie Yao"s words were real or if it was just her own illusion, Xie Feng believed her. Besides, it was true that the dragon"s roars were different from the roars he was making before during the battle.
Suddenly, the Abyssal Dragon"s body was illuminated with a strong flash of deep blue light that forced almost everyone nearby to close their eyes to avoid being blinded.
To everyone"s surprise, when the blinding light finished shining on the dragon"s body, the mighty and gigantic body of the Abyssal Dragon had disappeared and could not be seen anywhere. Instead of a beast a couple of kilometers in size, what had appeared before everyone"s eyes was an extremely handsome young man with blue hair and reptile-like golden eyes.
The young man"s body was covered by a tattered black cloak that seemed to have many years of history. The most surprising thing was that although the cloak was quite damaged by the pa.s.sage of time, it had obviously been treated with great care as there were several patches in certain places.
Was this the human form of the Abyssal Dragon? Everyone had that very question in mind as they looked at the young dragon walking step by step forward with no apparent intention of attacking anyone.
"You see?" Long Bai"s voice rang out next to Xie Feng startling him and the others. When had this dragon elder appeared here?
Long Bai ignored their reaction and continued speaking in his stride, "We, dragons, are a race that knows how to repay grat.i.tude with grat.i.tude and NEVER repay kindness with malice. Unlike humans, we actually know the meaning and sense of the word honor."
King Hu Yi"s face turned red with embarra.s.sment when he heard the mocking tone in Long Bai"s voice. However, what could he do about it? What Long Bai had just said was the truth after all; there had already been precedents in the past about how treacherous humans could become when it came to future benefits or gains. In fact, even a simple emotion like envy was enough for a human to become a treacherous dog.
Hadn"t the same thing happened against the Starless Night Clan? Humanity had not even hesitated to persecute the remnants of this clan that had once protected them from danger. In fact, to this day humans were still pursuing the Moon Devil Clan, the remnants of the once glorious Starless Night Clan.
While it was true that the current generation did not know about the past of the Starless Night Clan, the reality was that they were branded as evil beings just because they controlled the power of the dark element. The highest rulers of the Adastreia Continent definitely knew the truth of past events.
King Hu Yi was one of them. That was precisely why he could only remain silent no matter how ashamed he was.
Seeing this, Long Bai snorted and did not say anything else either.
The young Abyssal Dragon in his human form arrived in front of the group and stopped about ten meters away. As his cloak fluttered gently in the wind, everyone was surprised to realize that in reality, his human form was that of a 16 or 17 year old teenager; the same age as Yao Mei and two or three years younger than Xie Yao and Gu Qianxue.
"So young!" King Hu Yi was shocked beyond any words that could be said. They had actually been fighting against someone so young? And to think that this young dragon actually possessed such immense power!
Of course, he was young by race and blood; but from the human point of view, the age of the Abyssal Dragon was that of several generations of life and death.
"Woman, it was you who revived me?" The Abyssal Dragon spoke in an indifferent voice while looking at Xie Yao with narrowed eyes.
"I did it." Xie Yao nodded and was not startled by the dragon"s gaze. Although she knew that this young dragon was actually a powerful Saint grade boss, she simply wasn"t afraid of him.
After several seconds of silence, the young dragon snorted and said arrogantly, "We, dragons, prefer to show our grat.i.tude with actions rather than empty words. You revived me once, count me as indebted to you. I, Bazin Demian, will definitely repay you in the future!"
After saying that and without waiting for anyone"s response, the Abyssal Dragon turned around with the intention of leaving. However, as if he had thought of something, his footsteps stopped and he looked at Xie Feng and Ling Long.