Under the Red Dragon

The chilling wind sweeping across the desolate sandy land seemed to awaken the dormant, buried, endless white bones beneath the earth. Skeletons, broken and incomplete, broke free from the shackles of death within the sand and stood up, swaying.

Bang,

A massive white bone hand clawed out of the earth, its jagged surface adorned with numerous long bone spurs, pressing down on the ground. Immediately following, three pairs of enormous bone wings abruptly unfurled from beneath the desolate sand, cradling a skull split in half.

With a deafening boom, sand shot skyward as a colossal skeleton with a single white bone horn protruding from its skull rose from beneath the desolate sand, brandishing a time-corroded, broken long-bladed war sword high above.

The gaping hole in its chest, nearly the size of a human head, merely signified the piercing and fracturing of its entire heart within this bone giant.

At this moment, an almost infinite, immeasurable number of bone undead emerged from their respective places of slumber, one after another stepping out of the shadows of death, grasping broken, corroded weapons.

There were countless humanoid skeletons, as well as countless bizarre, unimaginable forms of bone undead.

Before emerging from the desolate sandy land, these bone undead seemed unaware, just like their appearance, soulless dead objects.

In the next moment, the chilling wind, rolling in from the deepest reaches of the desolate sandy land, almost solidified into a deep black aura, injecting its soul into these ignorant, unconscious bones.

Fū,

Torches of ghostly green flames suddenly erupted from the empty eye sockets of these skeletons in that instant, and the soughing wind carried layers upon layers of voices calling for the return of souls, echoing in the ears of these skeletons.

That voice, seemingly resounding directly within their souls, echoed with shrill laughter: "Awake, awake! My warriors, my servants."

"Go forth and extract the vital organs of those living beings you crave and hate, drink their hot blood to satiation, offer their corpses as sacrifice, and I shall grant you eternal liberation!"

In that instant, the entire earth resounded with the cries of countless souls, the souls of those who had died in battle in the past, stepping out from every corner of the earth, taking residence in their lifeless bone bodies.

The eerie, cold, green ghost fire in the empty eye sockets of all the skeletons suddenly flared up, and then the endless, infinite skeletons turned in unison, staring blankly at the only place where life existed on this land.

"Woof woof woof," theKobold soldier's urgent barking echoed through the late-night camp. It had discovered the abnormality of the skeletons and shouted at the top of its lungs: "Enemies, undead, bones are attacking!"

The Kobold's(狗头人: Kobold) screams awakened the quiet camp, and pairs of eyes gleaming with strange light lit up in the dark side of the camp behind the sand dunes. These were the eyes of Gnolls(豺狼人: Gnoll) and Kobolds(狗头人: Kobold) opening; these warriors were waking up.

A pair of pupils like crimson lanterns also opened. Kalon slowly stood up and looked out at the vast expanse of the world.

The squinting-eyed mage, Hughes Er, and the high-level mages who were not accustomed to sleeping on the sand were also awakened in an instant.

Sā Sā Sā,

In the next moment, countless bone undead, wielding rusty, broken weapons, silently charged forward, and those skeletons that approached the camp crashed headfirst into the magical barrier hidden in the air, emitting invisible fluctuations.

Bang, bang, bang,

The collision of these bone undead with the magical barrier stirred up bursts of transparent ripples, which were the fluctuations triggered by the magical barrier.

The first bone undead to rush over crashed into the magical barrier, and its fragile bone body was shattered, with bones flying everywhere and scattered all over the ground.

The undead that rushed over later stopped in front of the barrier. The bone undead with weapons waved the weapons in their hands, slashing at the thin, transparent magical barrier in the air, stirring up bursts of fluctuations.

The bone undead without weapons picked up the bones of the bone undead that had scattered on the ground earlier and smashed them at the magical barrier. The other skeletons waved their bone claws, scratching at the magical barrier, creating a sound like fingernails scraping across an iron plate.

The bone undead whose bodies had been shattered earlier, even if only a skull remained, were driven by the cold ghost fire in their empty eye sockets to roll their heads and crash into the magical barrier.

In this short period, the area around the camp had been heavily surrounded by a vast expanse of bone undead, and these bone undead were doing everything they could to deplete the magical barrier.

"How long can the barrier hold, Hughes Er," the Red Dragon asked, looking towards the squinting-eyed mage who was approaching, his tone calm and even, without any fluctuations despite being surrounded.

The squinting-eyed mage's expression was quite serious. Although these mages could easily shatter the bone undead in front of them, they would consume mana whenever they used magic.

The mana of these mages was limited, and the bones in front of them, at least for now, seemed almost infinite. Even if the mages could replenish their consumed mana through magic crystals, if they consumed too much, they were very likely to face a situation where replenishment could not keep up with consumption.

"If the magical barrier is not broken by a powerful force in an instant, then the duration of the magical barrier depends only on the consumption rate of the magic gemstones in the magic array," Hughes Er responded, squinting his eyes, and then looked at the overwhelming, vast expanse of bone undead outside, almost filling all the space he could see.

Kalon nodded slightly, it seemed that the magical barrier would not be broken in a short time. Although the dragon blood in his body was urging him to spew out dragon fire and burn these vile creatures that dared to offend the dragon to ashes.

But he was not in a hurry to attack. The revival of bone undead of this scale must have a leader behind it, either some kind of peculiar life or some kind of peculiar rule phenomenon. He was looking for the leader hiding behind the scenes.

As long as he solved the leader behind the scenes, it would be a permanent solution. Otherwise, with this number of bone undead, even he would have to spend a lot of effort to get rid of them, and he didn't want to waste his energy.

Kalon's perception rapidly spread out, his vision bypassed these ordinary monsters, searching for his target.

The mage Hughes Er saw that Kalon was no longer speaking, so he ordered two mages to check the magic gemstones in the magic array in order to replace them at any time. The remaining mages gathered together, preparing to attack.

TheGnoll warriors, under the command of theGnoll leader You Gu, had erected tall tower shields behind the unicycles surrounding the camp, gripping their weapons and ready to move.

The remainingKobold soldiers also protected the mages and Kalon, preparing to coordinate with theGnoll warriors at any time.

For a moment, the entire battlefield fell into a strange silence, with only the sounds of the bone undead colliding with the magical barrier.

Kalon's true vision swept over the bone undead. The source of power and core of these bone undead were almost entirely in the ghost fire in their eye sockets.

In Kalon's vision, the auras of these bone undead were mixed yet independent, and there was no special connection between them, simply a gathering of the same aura.

But Kalon knew that even a goose flying by would leave traces. As long as there had been a connection, there would definitely be a mark left in the world. If he couldn't find it, it might prove that this place was driven by a special rule.

Conversely, if he found some traces, then he could learn from the behavior of a great being who created the Analects and find the road to his opponent's home in the morning, and the enemy could die in the evening.

Kalon's powerful spirit, with the rapid operation of the auxiliary brain, analyzed every trace seen in his true vision. Countless souls naked in the bone bodies were all in plain sight in his vision, and the trajectories of the flow of powerful or weak soul auras also appeared one by one in his eyes.

Those intertwined trajectories in Kalon's eyes were like rapidly swiping information data. Finally, Kalon discovered a dozen of the most powerful souls behind these countless bones.

The trajectories of the flow of those powerful soul auras faintly pointed in the direction of a certain existence. It was the aura and traces of a soul left in the real world by a spell once driven by some kind of soul power.

This soul aura was cold and dark. While Kalon recorded this soul aura, he also vaguely sensed the location of the owner of this soul aura, which was hundreds of miles away from Kalon's group.

The Red Dragon's(红龙: Red Dragon) face with sharp thorns curled into a ferocious smile, revealing his white fangs. His tone was cold and filled with killing intent: "I found you, little mouse!"

At the same time, the dozen or so most powerful souls hidden among the endless bones, seemed to have become impatient after a long time without success, and came out one after another.

Pā, pā, pā,

The bone giant with a white bone horn growing on its bone head strode forward, crushing the bone undead blocking its path, wielding a huge broken blade in its hand, and suddenly slashed down at the still indestructible magical barrier.

Bāng,

At the moment the huge broken blade was swung down, a layer of cold white ghost flames suddenly rose up, heavily hitting the magical barrier.

The huge force and the ghost flames carrying corrosive power caused the entire magical barrier to produce violent fluctuations, and the giant blade rebounded by this force smashed the bone undead beside the bone giant into pieces on the ground.

The bone undead with three pairs of bone wings and only half a skull flapped its leaky wings, staggering into the air, and a ghostly green fire eye flickered non-stop.

A powerful death aura and Yin energy were transformed into a glowing green fire, spewing out from the bones of this bone undead, hitting the shaking magical barrier.

The collision and reaction between the energies made a sizzling sound in the air, like water droplets falling into hot oil.

Another bone undead, like a giant snake skeleton, quietly darted out of the bone undead tide, and its huge bone tail suddenly lashed out, and the force like a siege hammer extracted a sharp burst of air, and the bones around the barrier were also lashed into powder.

Then, carrying a huge force, it heavily slammed on the tottering magical barrier.

In this short moment, the seemingly indestructible magical barrier had fallen into a precarious situation and seemed likely to break at any time.

The two mages watched the rapidly consumed magic gemstones, their faces changed, and they quickly extended their hands and injected their magic into the gemstones to barely maintain the stability of the barrier.

The remaining mages also withdrew their wands and scrolls from their magic rings, or other casting items, and looked at Kalon with serious expressions, waiting for the Red Dragon's(红龙: Red Dragon) decision.

TheGnoll leader You Gu stood out with a murderous aura, and asked with high fighting spirit: "My king, do you want to take the initiative to attack!"

In the distance, in a bloody desolate sandy land, shrouded in lingering thick fog, it could be vaguely seen through the bright moonlight that in the depths of this fog-shrouded land.

A huge golden divine spear was diagonally inserted into the ground, like a sharp mountain standing for eternity, firmly nailing a monster corpse with six wings, six arms, and three heads onto the seemingly loose bloody desolate sand.

The chest of this corpse was pierced by the huge golden divine spear, and the entire heart was also pierced by the golden divine spear. The dried blood turned the entire land into bloody sand, and there were still countless dry traces of blood flowing on its body.

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But strangely, even after countless years of destruction and exhausting the blood of the body, this body still looked vibrant without any signs of dryness.

Just as Kalon said that sentence, the nailed corpse suddenly opened its eyes, and the black eyes seemed to be constantly rotating chaos, and there were no pupils.

At this time, a thick lightning bolt suddenly struck down from the sky, flashed on the golden divine spear, and submerged into the corpse that opened its eyes.

rumble,

Kalon stretched out both sides of his claws, raised his palms slightly upwards, and the land and desolate sand slowly rose under the control of this Red Dragon. The ground rolled and heaved, the surroundings lifted, and the outside recessed.

Countless bone undead attacking the magic barrier were trapped in the sand under their feet and could not stand firmly, tumbling to the ground.

And the endless desolate sand gathered into a tower, sand towers connected into walls, and sand walls surrounded into a city. In an instant, a low city solidified of desolate sand stood up around the camp.

Only a tall wide city gate faced Kalon and opened.

Even when facing the upcoming battle, the mages could not help but be amazed by the power mastered by the Red Dragon before them.

Even though these high-level mages were talented, they all needed hard study and diligent learning to have the power they have today.

And the Red Dragon before them did not cast spells, but just relying on their own talent, rose from the ground, built a small city.

The mages who saw this scene, even if their minds and will were the best choice among ordinary people, could not help but sigh the injustice of the world.

Squinting eyes mage also sighed in his heart, when the Red Dragon was in his childhood, he could still feel that he was stronger than the other party, but now that this Red Dragon has stepped into adolescence for a few years, his strength is enough to let himself only see the other party's tail tip.

Only those Dragon dependents had long been accustomed to, before Kalon completely entered failure, the Red Dragon would always be the supreme god in their hearts.

So theGnoll warriors and Kobold just excitedly looked at their master, howling and barking, wanting to take the initiative attack and smash the group tasteless bones.

" Leave fiftyGnoll warriors and two hundred Kobold warriors, guard the camp, You Gu, take the other warriors, follow me attack!" The Red Dragon's(红龙: Red Dragon) crimson pupils flickered with excitement, "First clean up these little mouse cubs!"

howling, barking,

Gnoll warriors threw down the tower shield in their hands, and gathered with the Kobold warriors in front of the Red Dragon. A series of spells and shaman magic from the mages and Gnoll casters fell on these warriors.

Strength, agility, speed, courage, recovery—various blessings and enhancements shimmered upon the warriors, making them fearless.

Whoosh!

The constantly shaking magical barrier finally shattered under the relentless assault, but before the skeletal undead could surge into the small, low-walled city, the living, warriors clad head-to-toe in iron armor, charged out led by the gnoll Yug.

"Dragon Legion, attack!"

The gnoll Yug roared, taking the lead, charging ahead like a one-dog army, his iron armor crashing into the bone pile like a sturdy tin can.

He wielded his solid iron spear like a club, creating a tremendous whistling sound as he swung it. One sweep shattered the skeletal undead crowding at the front.

Hundreds of warriors followed closely behind, fearless, rampaging through the tide of bones, smashing skeletons and crushing the ghostly flames in their eye sockets into fragments.

And Caron, transformed into his true form and soared into the sky.

The massive red dragon spread his wings, flying low across the desert, forcibly extracting and gathering the depleted magical energy to fuel his deep breaths.

His eyes blazed with surging flames, and a bright line of fire instantly shot from his abdomen to his chest, then through his throat.

Whoosh!

A violent, destructive dragon flame, burning everything in its path, erupted from Caron's mouth, the raging flames accompanied by a torrent of magical power.

The two forces converged and reacted, scorching the air until it warped, and with a sharp, explosive whistling sound, descended upon the endless tide of skeletal undead.

Rumble! Extremely intense heat and terrifying flames that incinerated everything arrived simultaneously, and Caron's domain bloomed at the same moment.

In that instant, the souls within every bone covered by dragon fire seemed to see a fragment of the sun falling to earth. The blazing flames and intense heat instantly turned all the bones into charcoal, which then scattered into ash in the warped air.

The flames spread along the air and magical energy, and the frigid negative energy acted like grease and dry tinder, fueling the flames. Explosions resounded within the flames, and a line of fire swept along the aura of energy, instantly engulfing a wide area.

The red dragon in the sky was like the grim reaper harvesting these skeletal undead, wantonly sowing the flames of destruction, flying and breathing fire, circle after circle, again and again.

In less than a quarter of an hour, flames spread everywhere across the land. The skeletal undead were instantly reduced to ashes, without even a chance to think about fleeing.

And the skeletal undead in the distance, upon witnessing this scene, scattered across the desolate sandy land like panicked rabbits pursued by hounds, carrying the lingering warmth of the flames.

Countless souls were also liberated from the bones. Many souls showed smiles in the air before being burned into nothingness by the dragon fire. There were also many strange souls that dissipated with the wind the moment the bones turned to ash, as if they were originally attached to the bones.

A fiery hell everywhere, ashes in all directions.