The Winston family soldiers tried to stop Diana from walking towards the Dragon yet their efforts were in vain. Ethan didn't stop her but followed her behind. Although the Dragon's physique and innate ability would give the dragon an edge if they battled, he was confident enough in his strength to defeat the dragon if it tried to harm them.

"Relax everyone, I know him" Diana waved off at the guards to lower their weapons. Taking a few more steps, she came closer to the point where Ethan could sense the heat radiating from the dragon's body. They both looked up, in Ethan's eyes, there was a mix of amazement and caution while in Diana's eyes, there was nothing but kindness and warmth.

She reached out as Nightmare gawked reluctantly for a moment before slowly lowering his head to graze her hand with his face. The soldiered were stunned to see Diana tame such a majestic terrifying creature.

"Good dragon" Diana gently stroked Nightmare's scaly head. Somehow her presence made him calm.Ñøv€l--ß1n hosted the premiere release of this chapter.

"I guess you can go be on your way to the sect then" realizing Nightmare and the woman know each other, the young man stepped aside from the paved road.

Nightmare opened his eyes but kept his head in her hands,

"Ghost is in seclusion, Lady Diana"

"I know. We're here to see Sect leader Claire"

Finally, Nightmare took his head back from her hands. He stared at the four carriages standing behind Diana as well as the Core Strengthening man who Nightmare guessed Diana's husband for a few seconds.

"This is my husband, Ethan Winston. Ethan meet Nightmare"

"Pleasure to meet you, Lord Winston"

"The pleasure is mine"

Ethan was surprised by the dragon's behavior. Many would describe a dragon as ruthless, deadly, terrifying, and many other adjectives but polite would not be one of those words. However, the dragon in front of him spoke in such a cultured manner.

After being forced to sit in all the classes conducted by the elders, Nightmare shed some of the bad habits he picked from Gaya. For instance, giving respect to those who deserved it and conduct in a respectful manner.

For a couple of weeks, the disciples were terrified to sit with a dragon or to see him but after a while, they treated him like one of them. But it didn't mean they weren't afraid of them, they just accepted to live with him.

"Follow me"

Nightmare took as the force of his wing flap pushed back many guards and made the horses even more terrified.? It took them a few minutes to calm the horses before starting to follow the dragon.

"You conveniently forgot to mention he has a dragon, Dian"

"Then I wouldn't have seen the look on your face" She giggled. Looking at his wife being happy after a rough couple of days, he was glad he decided to come here.

Keak!

Keak!

The horrible death of their fellow friend not at all slowed them down from leaping at Michael. He continued to swing his Doombringer. Many swings ended up hitting the monkeys but still, some of the monkeys managed to escape the swings.

Michael quickly shook his body as he picked up a rock from the ground. He smashed the rock into the purple monkey while swinging the Doombringer in his other hand.

The rock split open the monkey's head, killing it instantly. This time he closed his mouth so none of the disgusting bits would end up in his mouth.

Just like in the Netherels, the black goo oozed out of the dead monkey's body.

Marcella was standing on a branch. The higher vantage point gave her a perfect spot for killing the monkeys on the ground but when the monkeys swarmed the tree she was standing on, she began to have a hard time. Michael thought since she was using a crossbow, she would have a hard time-fighting in close combat but when he saw Marcella taking out a dagger and stabbing the monkeys in their head, he was proved otherwise.

The way she fought showed him that she's a well-trained person in both long and close-ranged combat.

"Let's move!" Ross shouted. The monkeys kept coming at them. Ross knew soon they would be overwhelmed with superior numbers. The team quickly began to move deeper into the forest.

"David, Logan, hold them!" H shouted at Michael and Logan.

"Go go go!"

Michael and Logan quickly moved towards the team. The two of them fought side by side to keep the monkeys from following the rest of the team. Some of them did manage to follow the team as the monkeys used the tree branches to travel while they were on the ground.

"Damn monkeys!' Logan screamed as he kept swinging his Sledgehammer. Coupled with his body strength, each time a monkey came into contact with the Sledgehammer, the black ooze splattered across.

"Let's go!" Michael shouted hearing more and more screams. He covered Logan while he was retreating back into the forest.

"David!"

"Go! I'll follow you" Since it wasn't the place nor the time to argue, Logan ran deeper into the forest, following the team's trail. After seeing David massacre a group of pirates single-handedly, he knew David is a better fighter and freak than him. Hence, he trusted David to take care of these annoying monkeys even if their numbers were in the sixties.

Michael turned back to see if they had all disappeared from his sight. He could count at least fifty monkeys surrounding him. They all weirdly targeted him.

"Time to wrap up" his lips slightly curved upwards as he put the Doombringer on the ground. He raised both his arms at the monkeys,

"Wind Blast"