Chapter 207: The Strange Change

In the golden flames that looked like glass, the life fire of the Prince of the Five-Colored Dragons could not shine against it, so it quickly withered away. The two-headed dragon, whose blood had been burned away by the fire of ultimate goodness, crashed heavily onto the plaza with its scarred body.

If not for the artificial rain earlier, even the ground cleaned by specialists would have kicked up a lot of dust under such violent shaking. With this shaking, the sound of ceramic dishes breaking one after another came from the houses on both sides of the plaza.

When the Prince of the Five-Colored Dragons first appeared, ordinary people trembled under the real dragon’s dread and fell by hitting their heads on the ground, knocking things over. But now, it was the result of shaking like an earthquake. One was mental, the other physical. These two large-scale damages to fragile items seemed to be the biggest impact the Prince of the Five-Colored Dragons had on Bolerum Territory.

However, it paid the price of its own life and left Sir Isolde Wayne Val with a rich Loot. Of course, this definitely did not include the mental trauma of the residents who were too scared. The world had not yet come up with the idea of “mental loss compensation”!

After dealing with the stumbling block in front of him, Sir Isolde Wayne Val felt a little relieved. He looked up into the distance. The battle in the city was not over yet. The huge uninvited guest in the sky was still locked in a stalemate with the defenders on the ground. Although they seemed to have the upper hand, it looked like getting rid of these troubles on the ground would not be an easy task!

“I never thought that Her Royal Highness the Dragon Queen would spend so much! Just the value of this Prince of the Five-Colored Dragons in front of us seems to be more than the dozen White Dragons I dealt with in Brandenburg. So, Her Royal Highness the Dragon Queen really knows nothing about business! And it’s Black Dragons and Green Dragons that came, two races not suitable for fighting in cities! The thoughts of that Highness are really hard to understand!” Appropriate roasting and small jokes help adjust a person’s overly nervous emotions. This was a habit Sir Isolde Wayne Val had developed when his strength was average in the past.

Even now that he had a title, he still did not change his habits. As he said, if he changed, not only would the people around him not get used to it; more importantly, it would not be Sir Isolde Wayne Val anymore.

In Sir Isolde Wayne Val’s opinion, Green Dragons and Black Dragons were both unsuitable for fighting in cities. First, the breath of these two giant dragons belonged to the corrosion type. Although one was acid liquid and the other was acid fog, the effect on buildings was not that good. Even for all-wooden buildings, it was possible to make the house collapse only if one hit its key part. For stone buildings, it was even more powerless.

The spell-like abilities of these two giant dragons were even more out of place in the city. The Black Dragon’s “Charm Reptiles” and “Plant Growth” would play a big role in a forest or swamp environment. The former often found him good henchmen – even if they could not be used as frontline combat power, they were good harassment members. The latter had many uses like Entangle and Environment Modification. But here, where there were few reptiles and little vegetation, it felt like a hero without a place to show his bravery.

Later, “Corrupt Water”, “Darkness”, and “Insect Plague” were still effective, but in front of knights above the Black Lead Rank with experience, it was hard for them to create tactical advantages for themselves.

The Green Dragon’s “Plant Growth” and “Command Plants” also faced the big problem of the wrong environment, just like the Black Dragon. As for “Dominate Human” and “Suggestion”, which should have been very useful to Humans, facing the huge number of enemies in front of them, if they were really used, it felt like the cost was too high.

If a Red Dragon had come, just the fire caused by its breath would have made the people and soldiers of Bolerum exhausted. They would not have faced so many enemies. But since the Dragon Queen could not send the most suitable giant dragon, did this mean her control over the Colorless Dragons was not as effective as the rumors said?

This was also one of the reasons why, even though the strength difference was huge, those knights could still hold on – not only because of subjective reasons like the Dragon’s experience, but also because of objective reasons like adaptability.

After feeling a few sighs, Sir Isolde Wayne Val immediately got ready. For the battle he was about to face next, he did not want to be passive like before. After all, constructing Conceptual Weapons and making them take shape one by one took time. Although it was not very long, it could not be done in an instant.

Just when facing the sudden Prince of the Five-Colored Dragons, Sir Isolde Wayne Val did not have much time to make such preparations. He had to come to this conclusion: “It looks like a long period of stable life has made me a bit dull!”

But just as Sir Isolde Wayne Val called for his Conceptual Weapons, his consciousness suddenly came out of his body. Not only did it completely separate from his body, but he could also observe everything around him from another perspective.

For Sir Isolde Wayne Val, this feeling was so strange, yet so familiar. It was familiar because his feeling at this moment was a bit like using Blindsight.

Everything around seemed a bit blurry. Things nearby could be seen in a specific shape, but things far away were just a large outline. It was as if a person with normal vision had been put on reading glasses.

The biggest similarity to Blindsight was that at this moment, he had no blind spots when looking at things. But it was not like that kind of perception – only the clash of light and shadow, with absolutely no color.

But then, everything became completely different. The sky turned blue, the grass turned green, and the houses under the sunlight still showed the sedimentation of time.

In almost an instant, Sir Isolde Wayne Val felt that the world in his eyes became completely different from before. The sky was no longer the sky, but a strange combination like a mille-feuille and a giant ring, each layer different, yet connected to each other in a unique way; the earth was no longer the earth, just like the sky, made up of many layers of giant rings.

The wind around was no longer wind, but a visible flowing body; water was no longer water, they appeared as lively little elves, not only existing in lakes and oceans, but also in the atmosphere, in trees and weeds, and even in everyone’s body. Even the light emitted by the sun had traces.

He could not only perceive all this, but also feel the breathing and heartbeat of every person in Poitou City. As for the Mana activated by Magic and the Divine Arts from faith, they were all clearly visible.

Just like under the Black Dragon, Molpas, the Priest of the Lord of Justice, hid in a corner on the side, casting spells to prepare to support Sir Ahuatan and Sir Baptiste.

After completing the ritual of spells and actions, he threw a bottle of liquid in a multi-colored glass bottle towards the giant dragon. The bottle automatically broke in the air during its flight, forming a Holy Storm similar to the Chaos Storm Sir Isolde Wayne Val had used before.

The priest Molpas called upon the power of Goodness, causing heavy rain to start falling around the Black Dragon. Although that rain was soft and warm for ordinary people, for an evil creature like the Black Dragon, the rain contained true activated and mutated positive energy, just like boiling oil.

Deafening roars kept coming from the giant dragon’s mouth, and a few ordinary soldiers on the side who could not join in carried heavy weapons suitable for this situation for the two knights – a Giant Axe and a Giant Sword. The same rain’s obscuring effect was not very useful for the Prince of the Five-Colored Dragons, but it was very effective for the Black Dragon Klein.

The two knights who had changed their gear immediately rushed into the heavy rain to fight the giant dragon. The size difference between the two was too big. For the giant dragon, it was hard to find the two knights; but for the two knights, how could they not notice a giant dragon like a small mountain?

Even though the vision became hazy because of the rain, people outside knew that the two knights were fighting the giant dragon more and more fiercely. Sword nets and arc lights left deep marks on the houses on both sides. This was not a mistake in the knights’ movements, but the recoil caused during the process of fighting the giant dragon. Originally, the smooth and neat stone pavement had turned into a road of crushed stones and mud under the fight of these three.

Of course, Priest Molpas was not idle either. As the dream-inducing spell in his mouth ended, the platinum ore that was originally held in his hands disappeared. Immediately, pure white halos with carved patterns appeared under the feet of himself, Sir Ahuatan, and Sir Baptiste, who were fighting in the rain. The three of them bathed in this soft white light.

Even though vision was seriously affected, the Black Dragon Klein still clearly felt the hostility shown in that spell’s Spirit Light towards himself.

The unique anti-dragon halo, although it was just a third-level spell, was not used by many mages because its scope of application was too narrow.

Fortunately, there was also a Divine Arts version with the same effect. Although most people thought that the possibility of the Dragon Queen sending people to participate in this action against Bolerum Territory was extremely low, for the sake of being prepared for anything, George had sent a cooperation application to the Temple of the Lord of Justice in Karada. After that, this Lord of Justice Priest, who had the strongest casting ability in Bolerum Territory, included the Anti-Dragon Halo among the Divine Arts he chose every day.

Unexpectedly, it was fully used today. Black Dragon Lein did not expect to meet such a targeted spell here.

Personnel strengthened by this spell could get a luck bonus of two levels on defense and any type of saving throw related to attacks, spells, and special attacks when fighting dragons. In short, as long as they were in a battle with a giant dragon and had this status, they were likely to get good luck.

Sir Ahuatan, who had been holding back for a long time, launched a charge like a tiger pouncing on prey. In order to make his strike more powerful, he specially changed to a two-handed Giant Battle Axe as his weapon.

He could be seen swinging that Battle Axe and hacking at the Black Dragon’s large body. Suddenly, that Battle Axe was wrapped in strange energy, with blood light appearing. Looking closely, that blood light looked like constantly flowing blood and pulsating veins.

That ugly-looking blood shadow axe, when swung, cut through a dazzling arc. The raindrops it touched were easily separated, and no water marks appeared on the axe face.

That single axe strike actually forcibly scattered the natural defense effect of the giant dragon’s scales. The following slash made both knights hear the sound of muscles being torn.

This move, which looked like it went forward without looking back, with strong offense and weak defense, was useless against experts. If used on the battlefield, one might have to think twice. But in the fight with the Black Dragon, it looked very impressive.

While Sir Ahuatan caused serious damage to the giant dragon, Sir Baptiste was fighting with the giant dragon’s two front paws in the rain. Relatively speaking, he was good at defense and needed to create a suitable space for Sir Ahuatan to perform. After all, that kind of all-out fighting style was often not easy to protect oneself when counterattacked.

The two people who had the advantage of heaven and earth were still suppressed, but at least they made that Black Dragon bleed. However, the duration of the Holy Storm was not long. Could the two knights, without this important support, withstand the Black Dragon’s crazy counterattack after being injured?

Just then, Priest Molpas gritted his teeth and took out a Scroll from his sleeve. As he cast the spell, various sounds came from the air around. The sounds kept changing, sometimes high, sometimes low, sometimes fast, sometimes echoing. These were all the whispers of the wind.

But even for the wind between the same time, place, and direction, they became different because of tiny gaps. So in the world of wind, turbulence was everywhere.

It was precisely the existence of these tiny turbulence that made the wind more changeable. Often, a tiny turbulence suddenly disrupted the flow of the wind, making a gust of wind become a slightly larger turbulence, which then disrupted the flow of more wind.

A little bit of change turned tiny turbulence into a terrible whirlwind. A whirlwind was also made up of many gusts of wind, with countless tiny turbulence inside. These turbulence would also suddenly explode, making the whirlwind split into more whirlwinds, or conversely, making the whirlwind return to calm.

Chaos and disorder seemed to be their synonyms, but under the effect of the Scroll in the priest’s hand, these winds were tamed. At first, they just stood still and circled around Priest Molpas. Gradually, under his caress, those winds blew towards the two knights.

Originally, except for the rain curtain, the wind had not caused any change. But those two knights found that they could attach their movements to the wind, dancing with the wind and floating with the wind.

Gradually, the two felt as if they had merged with the wind. In the process of attack and defense, not only did they not encounter any resistance from the air, but they could also use the force of the wind.

This was the third-level spell from mages – Haste. It allowed the caster’s movement and action speed to be far faster than usual. When making a full attack, the hasted creature not only increased the number of attacks swung per unit of time. More importantly, because the speed of the weapon swinging became much faster, the power that followed also increased.

When defending, the faster speed not only increased the ability to dodge the opponent’s attacks. Even parrying and blocking became effortless.

The impact on Sir Ahuatan was greater. This allowed him to create enough distance after one attack to launch a charge. Although he was not the best among the many knights in the Territory for mounted combat, his foot combat charge ability was first-class! His attacks on the Black Dragon therefore increased significantly in damage and threat.

Because of the effect of this spell, the two knights who were originally suppressed could now fight back and forth with that Black Dragon.

Of course, there were many versions of Haste, but the Scroll used by Priest Molpas was one that utilized the power of the wind. Judging from the effect obtained, it was completely worth its price!

At the same time, under the Green Dragon, a pointed-eared Half-Elf Mage used a little silver-white powder to draw a three-foot diameter circle on the ground centered on him. As he chanted the spell, that circle emitted a dazzling blue light. Then the brightness kept changing in intensity. Afterward, not only did it strengthen Sir Fukna and Sir Chris, but it also covered every soldier present.

This was a spell that had both Divine Arts and Magic – Protection from Evil. This spell could protect a creature from attacks by evil creatures, as well as protect against mental control and protection against summoned creatures. It created a magical barrier one foot away from the recipient. This magical barrier moved with the recipient and had three main effects.

First, the recipient gained a deflection effect on defense – weapons were easier to slash, and gained a resistance bonus on saving throws – making them more calm against Dragon’s Dread. However, all these bonuses were only effective against attacks or effects initiated by evil creatures.

Second, this magical barrier could prevent any attempt to occupy the protected creature – such as a Soul Jar – and could also prevent any attempt at mental control – such as the Green Dragon’s Dominate Human. It could effectively prevent chaos within the party.

Although this protection could not prevent such effects from targeting the protected creature, it could suppress such effects during the duration of the Protection from Evil.

If Protection from Evil ended before the mental control effect ended, the controller could mentally control the controlled creature again. Similarly, this barrier could prevent attempts by life forms to occupy, but could not dispel life forms that had already occupied before the spell was cast. This second effect had nothing to do with alignment and always worked.

Third, this spell could prevent summoned creatures from making physical contact. Therefore, the natural weapon attacks of such creatures would fail. If the attack required touching the protected creature, it would be bounced back. Good summoned creatures were immune to this effect.

If the protected creature attacked the blocked creature, or tried to approach the blocked creature with the magical barrier, this protection against summoned creature contact would end. In the current environment, it was more like a bonus. If the Green Dragon liked to summon monsters, it might have a miraculous effect. After all, good creatures often would not respond to its call.

With the blessing of this spell, ordinary soldiers could finally play a real role in the battle with the giant dragons.

But judging from the actions of that mage who was panting constantly, it was not easy for him to apply the originally single-target spell to so many people! But he still forced himself to crush a gem in his hand, letting a patch of emerald-green Spirit Light surround the Green Dragon, as if to attract things that could be thrown to fly towards him.

Curse of the Target – all weapons that can be thrown will fly towards the target cursed with maximum force, and will be more likely to hit the opponent’s vital points. This was really a great blessing for the many crossbowmen on the ground.