Volume 6 Chapter 347: The New Crisis That Emerged After The Rain Soaked Battle In The Forest Of The Wild Had Subsided
Translator: The Light
Edits by Lord Immortal
Inside the temporary camp by the unnamed lake within the Forest of the Wild that had been taken over by the Dark Goblins and Forest Goblins, the Dark Tyrant Dragon was currently going head to head with the Thunder Lizard. As both sides were Wyrm-type demonic beasts that were above S-grade, they were extremely destructive. Those Forest Goblins inside the camp had already scurried away in fear of being caught in the crossfire.
Right now, the Dark Goblin Warriors were the only ones left hanging on. They did not remain behind out of bravery. Rather, they would definitely meet their death if they were to escape now as they were already surrounded by Skeleton soldiers. If they were to take a single step outside this camp, it would mean certain death. Those Forest Goblins who thought they had successfully escaped fell right into the hands of the Skeleton soldiers lying in wait outside. In the end, they were all slaughtered.
The Dark Tyrant Dragon would spit out spheres of h.e.l.lfire. Although their power was affected by the heavy rain, it was still incredibly painful to be hit by those fireb.a.l.l.s. On the other hand, the Thunder Lizard was enormous and was not as mobile as the Dark Tyrant Dragon. It had no choice but to turn its body and take its opponents’ attack on its side.
As the fireb.a.l.l.s exploded upon hitting the Thunder Lizard’s body, the immense impact caused it to cry out in pain. Almost in that same moment, the Thunder Lizard’s attacks crashed into the Dark Tyrant Dragon’s body and exploded as well.
“That thing should have been electrocuted to death. This blow of Torrential Thunder is especially powerful, unless... I... where did this Holy Light come from?!”
Just as Goblin Marshal Lurs thought that they had finally taken out the Dark Tyrant Dragon, a beam of golden light rose up from its body. That was Priest Isaman’s holy-type magical defensive barrier, the “Light of Protection”. Although it could not block most of the attack, it managed to greatly weaken its impact.
The Dark Tyrant Dragon tolerated the throbbing pain in its body and continued to advance. Once it closed the distance between itself and the Thunder Lizard, there was no way its opponent would be a match for it. In terms of the dinosaur-type demonic beasts on land, the Dark Tyrant Dragon was one of the top three in close combat. The Thunder Lizard would not stand a chance.
“Quick, continue to attack... Don’t give it a chance to get any closer. Quickly...”
Without any prompts from Goblin Marshal Lurs, the Thunder Lizard prepared to launch its next attack. However, at that moment, the lightning in the sky seemed to be controlled by someone else and was gathering to bombard the ground. Out of instinct, the Thunder Lizard seemed to be able to detect that another ent.i.ty had taken control of the element. It appeared as though the other party was intending to use a Thunder Shower to attack it.
Outside the campsite, Mage Ariel was surrounded by various lightning bolts, preparing to launch the forbidden thunder-type magic, the “Apocalyptic Thunder”. This particular attack required a large amount of the element. Fortunately, the torrential thunderstorm provided Ariel with everything she needed.
The moment Mage Ariel brought down her magic scepter, the lightning that had been gathering amongst the dark clouds formed one huge beam, which immediately sped towards the Thunder Lizard’s direction. The Thunder Lizard raised its head and used the pair of Thunder Horns to absorb the energy of the “Apocalyptic Thunder”.
“Using thunder- and lightning-type magic against the Thunder Lizard? The person on the other side must be an idiot. By the time the Thunder Lizard has absorbed enough elemental energy, it might even evolve into—”
Suddenly, an arrow with a metal chain on its tail shot in their direction. Lurs immediately brought up its s.h.i.+eld to block the attack. However, little did it expect that the arrow targeted its thigh. A powerful surge of electricity pa.s.sed through the arrow and instantly electrocuted Goblin Marshal Lurs to death.
“Impossible... my...”
Because of the attack, Lurs burst into flames and was burnt to a crisp when it collapsed onto the Thunder Lizard. The other end of the metal chain was attached to yet another arrow that the a.s.sa.s.sin Noreya had aimed at the Thunder Lizard’s horns. That arrow was sent almost immediately after the first arrow had hit its target.
At that moment, Bella, who was riding on the Dark Tyrant Dragon, had charged right up to the Thunder Lizard. She leaped onto the ground and swallowed the bile that threatened to rise up in her throat as she walked towards Lurs’s charred corpse. a.s.sa.s.sin Noreya quickly followed her with an open umbrella.
Once Bella was sure that the umbrella fully sheltered her from the rain, she pulled out a wooden sword from her storage ring and carefully picked out the metal chain from Lurs’s corpse.
When the Thunder Lizard was done absorbing all the elemental energy, its power increased tenfold. Just when it was about to send another lightning strike towards the Dark Tyrant Dragon, Bella had taken the first arrow and climbed onto the Thunder Lizard’s back. Taking advantage of the moment before it could launch its attack, she raised the arrow over her head and stabbed it into the Thunder Lizard’s back.
The Thunder Lizard could not feel that tiny p.r.i.c.k of pain in its back and launched a powerful thunder strike. Part of the attack was redirected along the metal chain and surged back into its body through the wound. This instantly fried its insides.
The Dark Tyrant Dragon was extremely agile when it came to close-quarters combat. Under the predictive commands of Dragon Knight Lisha, it turned in advance and swiftly avoided this powerful strike. While the Thunder Lizard was still paralyzed by its own attack, the Dark Tyrant Dragon opened its enormous mouth and bit the Thunder Lizard’s neck.
Just like a T-Rex, the Dark Tyrant Dragon’s jaws were incredibly powerful. With a single bite, it managed to break the Thunder Lizard’s neck. The Thunder Lizard grew weak, and its immense body collapsed to the ground. It was no surprise that they would come to this point, as the Dark Tyrant Dragon had breathed out h.e.l.lfire when it bit down on its opponent’s neck. The h.e.l.lfire entered the Thunder Lizard’s body through the wound and sizzled its brains.
The demonic core within the Thunder Lizard’s brain was destroyed by the h.e.l.lfire as well. Other than its core, the most valuable thing within an S-Grade Wyrm-type demonic beast was its heart—the Heart of the Dragon. Unfortunately, it was destroyed along with its insides by the lightning. The only part of the Thunder Lizard’s body that was resistant to lightning was its horns; everywhere else was vulnerable.
Very few people managed to catch a glimpse of Bella personally sending the Thunder Lizard to its grave. The other girls, who were being imprisoned in the distance, could barely see what Bella had done since the visibility was too poor due to the rain. All they could make out was the Dark Tyrant Dragon killing the Thunder Lizard with a single bite. That b.l.o.o.d.y image of the slaughter had frightened many of those girls. Some of them, who had been trying to hold their bladder from earlier on, could not help but let the warm liquid trickle down their leg.
The Dark Goblin guards were so terrified at the sight that they had already made their escape while the Dark Tyrant Dragon was distracted. In their mind, they felt that dying at the hands of the Skeleton soldiers would be a much less painful fate than between the jaws of the Dark Tyrant Dragon. Initially, they had thought that even if the Thunder Lizard and Dark Tyrant Dragon were not evenly matched, the former would still be able to have a fair fight with the latter. However, they did not expect the Thunder Lizard to be killed within moments.
The Dark Goblins had believed that they could maintain control over this place after both sides were seriously injured. In the end, the Thunder Lizard was defeated. Soon enough, the retreating Dark Goblins were all gone, leaving the girls s.h.i.+vering in the rain while still remaining tied to the crosses with rope. As Dragon Knight Lisha rarely used the Dark Tyrant Dragon in battle, none of the girls knew that it was one of her steeds.
Most imprisoned girls thought this was an inside job and were terrified that the Dark Tyrant Dragon would eat Humans. After killing the Thunder Lizard, the Dark Tyrant Dragon received its orders and pretended to leave, instead of making things difficult for the girls. They heaved a sigh of relief at the fact that they would probably remain alive.
At Bella’s request, a.s.sa.s.sin Noreya walked over to the Thunder Lizard’s head, took out her dagger, and began to cut off the Thunder Horns. Right now, the only useful thing left of the Thunder Lizard were these horns. The rest of its body could only be used as food.
“Grand d.u.c.h.ess Bellina... how did you get in here...”
“Mmm, aren’t you from the Golden Legend Society... the... I’m sorry, I must have rescued the wrong person. Hold on a moment, I will contact Chairman Carlos for you...”
“No... please help us... I’m begging you, Grand d.u.c.h.ess Bellina...”
After Bella helped relieve the girls from the Golden Legend Society of the metal rod in their mouths, she decided to tease them and pretended to put them back. This elicited a round of terrified sounds of begging from those girls. Although they had done nothing that directly went against Bella, they would typically turn up their noses at the girls from the Rose Society at Chairman Carlos’ request.
Right now, they needed to depend on the Rose Society to rescue them. This humiliation caused the girls from the Golden Legend Society to put aside their ego and lower their heads in submission. Similarly, the girls from the Mask of Darkness Society had also surrendered.
Considering that Isaman and the others were present, Bella decided to go easy on those girls for now. If she had been alone, they would probably be left hanging till daylight. There was also a ninety percent chance that Bella would cover their eyes with strips of black cloth before finis.h.i.+ng what the Dark Goblins started.
President Isaman had already moved much further away. She was still not used to such erotic images. Bella had truly been playing a trick on her when she had damaged the spygla.s.s on purpose earlier.
“This time, will you finally agree to bunk in with us at night? By the way, since I think you’re able to walk a little, I will arrange for someone to accompany you to the fortress.”
“Grand d.u.c.h.ess Bellina, our current state... could you help us to find...”
“No way. Stop dawdling. There’s a chance that the Dark Tyrant Dragon might return. Do you wish to stay here to wait for the Dark Goblins to come back, or for other demonic beings to find you?”
Their clothes had already been confiscated earlier by the creepy and greedy Goblin Marshal Lurs as valuables. At the moment, they had nothing on them. Bella noticed that they had regained some of their strength and quickly ushered them towards the fortress’s safety.
The problem was that if they were to walk back in their current state, it would not be any different from streaking. The girls from the Mask of Darkness Society did not mind it too much, but the girls from the Golden Legend Society were all young ladies from prestigious families. It would not be dignified at all to act in this manner.
At the thought of having to walk around naked, the girls from the Golden Legend Society began to act bashfully. They crossed their arms around their chests and tightly pressed their legs, refusing to take a single step.
“What are you embarra.s.sed about? It’s all girls anyway. If you continue to hesitate, I will leave. Just you wait... we have already come to this point. Is your reputation more important than your life?”
Using a combination of threats and bribes, the girls from the Golden Legend Society finally agreed to put aside their dignity. They allowed ropes to be wrapped around their waists and got in line as Bella led them to her fortress. Since the girls were still exposed, Bella had allowed President Isaman to leave with the main group while Lisha, Noreya, and herself would cover the rear.
Bella had personally put on the ropes for them. As she was wrapping them around their waists, her hands roamed freely around their bodies, taking advantage of them. Although the Golden Legend Society was the Rose Society’s nemesis, the female members that Carlos had recruited were definitely of good quality. In general, compared to the other societies within Olsylvia Academy, these girls were clearly in the top percentile.
Carlos had not “tasted” these female members before. Bella had secretly tried to weasel information and found out that they were all extremely young and had been frightened by the Dark Goblins earlier. Rather than the girls from his own academy, Chairman Carlos preferred to play with the female students from the “artisan school” next door, the Antoinette Academy.
Antoinette Academy’s girls were far more experienced in these matters and were a lot more fun than their counterparts here, who still held on to their first time. Moreover, they could simply split up just by paying them, and Carlos did not have to worry about any emotional baggage causing trouble.
As the group was secretly escorted by the Skeleton soldiers led by Demon World Princess Diaz, they were not in any danger. However, the shameful experience of streaking during this rainy night was probably something that none of those girls would ever forget for the rest of their lives. President Isaman was still worried about the girls’ safety, so she decided to leave with them.
This was also technically the best time to walk back in their current state. Because of the heavy rain, the flying-type demonic beasts responsible for broadcasting the compet.i.tion had been called back. If this were to end up on the broadcast, their reputations would have been ruined.
Bella was more worried about the young ladies from the four evil organizations. Chairman Sally Roy and the others were not at this camp either. This meant that they had been operating independently and were fortunate enough to avoid getting caught in this crossfire. However, Bella could not help but think that it was a pity. She had wanted to take advantage of them. Since they were not here, she had no choice but to let that thought go.
Bella wanted to admire the glorious sight of the beauties from her rival societies as they walked naked in the rain. However, she did not feel that her mission was complete, unless she completely destroyed the location. Along with the Skeleton troops, she arrived at the nearby bounty hunter’s camp.
When Bella arrived, the Thunder Lizard guarding this area was currently battling the Dark Tyrant Dragon. Dragon Knight Lisha had hung the Thunder Horn that she had retrieved from the previous Thunder Lizard. This meant that any lightning attacks from this Thunder Lizard would not be effective against the Dark Tyrant Dragon at all, and it was forced to engage in close combat.
The Thunder Lizard’s ability to fight in close combat was a complete joke. The Dark Tyrant Dragon scratched and bit. From time to time, it would breathe out fireb.a.l.l.s of h.e.l.lfire to attack the Thunder Lizard. It did not take long for the Thunder Lizard to be riddled in injuries and was practically on the verge of death. Since it could not use any of its magical attacks, it did not have any other form of physical attacks other than its spiky tail. Just like Stegosaurus, the spikes on the Thunder Lizard’s back were merely for show and could not be used in a fight.
With its sharp teeth and powerful jaws, the Dark Tyrant Dragon was much better equipped to engage in close combat. This was already enough to take down a Thunder Lizard. Furthermore, its claws could be used as a weapon to swipe at its opponent’s tail. Most importantly, the Dark Tyrant Dragon definitely had a height advantage. The Thunder Lizard was a demonic beast that crawled on all fours, which meant that it could not stand. It was no surprise that the Dark Tyrant Dragon would be able to take it down so easily.
By the time Bella reached the camp, the third Dark Goblin Marshal, Lurbah, was already gone. That unfortunate fellow had met the same fate as its second brother. While they were exchanging blows earlier, it had been too complacent and thought that the Dark Tyrant Dragon was afraid of lightning. Therefore, it simply stood confidently at a prominent position on the Thunder Lizard’s back. In fact, Lurbah did not even bother to put up any defenses at all.
In the end, when the Thunder Lizard was about to attack, the Dark Tyrant Dragon, aware that its opponent’s lightning attacks were ineffective, immediately breathed out a stream of h.e.l.lfire and killed Third Marshal Lurbah. When Bella got here, all she found was the charred body.
In comparison, First Marshal Lurban was the most fortunate. It had simply died from a blow to its head, while its brothers had been electrocuted and burned to death, respectively. What a tragedy.
This was a bounty hunter’s camp that had been taken over by the Dark Goblins. The tragic scene inside was so devastating that even Lisha refused to enter the camp. The fact that she was commanding the fight between the Dark Tyrant Dragon and the Thunder Lizard was also one of the reasons why she did not enter.
a.s.sa.s.sin Noreya followed Bella inside. Due to her profession, death and destruction were not unfamiliar to her, and she was probably the only one who could stand the sight within the camp. Despite that, Noreya looked slightly unnerved, perhaps because she was caught by surprise.
This was basically a Human “slaughterhouse”. It was as though the Goblins had been seeking vengeance for the brutalities the bounty hunters had committed against their race. After the Dark Goblins arrived, the camp had become the Goblin’s territory.
The campsite was littered with the corpses of beheaded bounty hunters, and their heads had been put up on display as trophies. It was similar to how the Human demonic beast hunters enjoyed putting up the heads of the demonic beasts that they had killed to flaunt their prowess.
Bella fought the urge to throw up. She was not sure if this was considered karma, but the Dark Goblin warriors here had been completely wiped out by the Skeleton soldiers. While the Thunder Lizard had been occupied with its fight against the Dark Tyrant Dragon, the waiting Skeleton soldiers swarmed into the camp. It did not take long before they gained control.
As revenge, the Skeleton soldiers had chopped the Dark Goblins’ bodies into multiple pieces after bas.h.i.+ng their brains out. Since the Skeleton soldiers had been Humans in their previous life, they instinctively chose the most cruel and violent way to retaliate after seeing how their former comrades had been treated. Bella did not say anything and allowed the Skeleton soldiers to do whatever they wanted. There was no talking sense into them.
The Thunder Lizard outside that had been putting up a valiant fight finally succ.u.mbed to the Dark Tyrant Dragon’s attacks after being bitten in the jugular. Just like the previous Thunder Lizard, its legs gave way and it collapsed, dying on the spot. With the death of the Thunder Lizard, Bella had managed to reclaim this bounty hunter’s camp.
Bella was about to follow her usual procedure to search for any surviving beautiful female bounty hunters when she noticed a new emergency doc.u.ment. The organizer, the Manasvir Empire, had sent it to the bounty hunters.
“Crisis in the Dusk Valley. Groups of Crystal Dragons have been spotted. Must evacuate students from Forest of the Wild...”