Under the Red Dragon.

Chapter 326: Wind Rising and Dragon Rage
The sky was covered with dark clouds and drizzling rain was falling. Looking down from the sky, the city above the earth was lit up by moonlight, looking hazy and dreamy.

Above the city of the King's Capital, no creature can fly over the city, except the giant dragons that are the rulers and the soaring wizard towers that form the steel dome of the empire.

These wizard towers, which cruise on the aerospace orbits calculated and designated by the Magic Integration Department, are always hidden in the shadows of magic. They are 3,500 meters above the ground. Even a legendary wizard would find it difficult to discover these aerospace weapons if he doesn't intend to spy on them.

What's more, these aerospace weapons use magic to transform the clouds and colors in the sky into their own hidden colors. Even if they are exposed to the vision of mortals, it is difficult for others to discover them.

Above every city in the empire, there will always be a magician tower that incorporates the city into its own space orbit, patrolling above the imperial cities and monitoring the situation in every city in the empire.

Above the capital of the Golden Empire, there is also a patrolling wizard tower hidden in layers of dark clouds.

The occasional thunder and lightning produced in rainy weather are also absorbed by the energy concentrator on the top of the magician tower, which blends into the same color as the sky, and used as reserve energy for the operation of the magician tower.

The entire tower is painted with magic dyes developed after a breakthrough in the development of magic materials, and it looks like it is constantly changing between black, gray and light blue tones.

The area inside the monitoring zone of the Mage Tower is much larger than it appears from the outside of the Mage Tower.

Energy links of various colors are connected in different directions along the inner walls and underground of the Mage Tower. In the center of this monitoring area, there are magic projection screens that flicker with dim light.

These magic projection screens have cylindrical energy display symbols of different colors. They are tools used to monitor abnormal energy reaction fluctuations in the city of the King's Capital.

Several Green Elves who were promoted to junior natural spellcasters sat in front of the magic projection screen, watching the information waves floating across the control reaction projection. The relevant information was summarized here and screened and reviewed one by one by these elves.

"what?"

An elf made a puzzled sound. The staff affiliated with the Ministry of National Defense's Sky Supervision Department were all specially trained professionals who could easily detect any abnormal phenomenon from the feedback fluctuations of the information.

"According to surveillance, there are energy fluctuations higher than normal near the Leighton Street area," the elf stared at the fluctuations on the projection screen and asked, "Did any powerful guy take action there today?"

Leighton Street is one of the thirty-six main roads that run through the entire capital. There are shops and taverns on both sides of this street, and it is one of the areas with the highest traffic.

Moreover, the Leighton Chamber of Commerce from the Western Continent once donated a large sum of money to the empire's urban institutions and obtained the naming rights of this most prosperous street.

The most important thing is that Leighton Street is adjacent to the central glory arena of the royal capital, so the elf asked such a question.

"How could there be such a powerful guy? You know, the entire arena is shrouded in an inherent independent magic barrier."

Another elf smiled and said, "It may be that the great dragons of the empire have come to the arena, causing the energy fluctuations there to become abnormal."

"No, no," the elf frowned and said, "The energy reaction there is becoming more and more intense. The fluctuations of magic and elements have exceeded the third level normal warning line and are rapidly breaking through the second level warning line."

"This growth is increasing at an exponential rate, which is not normal,"

"Immediately, immediately, immediately, contact the public security office in the royal capital and ask them to send people to investigate!" the elf shouted anxiously.

"Have them contact the city defense chief and act accordingly. If necessary, they need to directly activate the city's defense barrier!"

Inside the underground passage of the King's Capital, Archmage Lor stood on a huge hexagram magic circle. Under his feet, 1,250 magic rune veins were drawn and connected, and the magic rune nodes were lit up one by one.

In the huge hexagram magic circle, an altar inlaid with magic gems and crystals becomes the center of the magic circle. The sealed box placed on the altar is being slowly opened by the great wizard Lor.

The companions who were watching around also looked at the box. Lor took a deep breath and stared at the huge heart in the box. The majestic breath of vitality and the coercive breath of a high-level life form emanated from this huge heart sealed in amber.

The Heart of Nagamat, once a follower of the immortal dragon queen Tiamat, was the heart of an extremely powerful dragon that was dug out when it died.

Even after countless years, Lor could still feel the instinctive fear that arose when he faced this heart.

The evil dragon's real blood stained on the coronary duct of the dragon's heart seemed to still have complete vitality and was crystal clear, as if it had just been squeezed out of the heart in the last second.

But it exudes an aura and majesty more terrifying than any ferocious monster in the material world.

Lor exhaled slowly, placed his hand on the heart that was almost condensed by time, and slowly recited the ancient magic words.

Vast magical power and elements were drawn from Lor's body, unlocking the magical seal of the dragon's heart in front of him.

He didn’t know if it was an illusion caused by being too nervous, but Lor felt that the advanced prophecy technique he had replicated was automatically operating at this moment.

All the surrounding environment was distorted into illusions in his mind. He saw his own body, which was also distorted and blown by the sudden strong wind. Then his body was like a piece of light human skin, blown away by the strong wind.

Boom,
The huge sound sounded like a heavy drum, and the huge dragon's heart slowly beat for the first time, shaking the heart of the mage Lor and the hearts of everyone around him.

Lor woke up from the illusion of prophecy, but could not suppress the feeling of panic in his heart.

Every strong person has his own intuition, especially high-level spellcasters who specialize in mental power, who can sense future dangers to a certain extent.

The advanced prophecy that Lor reproduced has such a specialized effect.

He was about to open his mouth to alert his companions, but he found that he could no longer make any sound.

A distorted and terrified look appeared on the face of the great wizard. He found that not only his voice, but also all the magic power, mental power and even vitality in his body were being unscrupulously drained away by the heart in front of him.

As a great wizard, he had already studied the magic circle he had set up. It was just an advanced magic circle with condensation and diffusion amplification effects, and it did not have the ability to extract his own strength and vitality.

"But I made a mistake after all," thought the mage Lor. He felt that his life was at the final edge, like a candle in front of a strong wind, which would be extinguished in the next second.

Lor turned his head to look at his companions, and found that their faces were filled with tension, worry, and fear, so he opened his mouth with difficulty, "Escape..."

"Lor, what happened..." Jie Xi asked loudly.

Boom,
The second heartbeat sounded, and all the sounds and movements of the mage Lor froze, turning into a piece of light human skin that slowly slid down.

call,
A strong wind suddenly arose.

Boundless magic power and elements began to boil and gather. The magic elements in the 1,250 magic rune veins flowed rapidly, faster and faster. The brilliance of magic power bloomed like dazzling sunlight.

The expressions on all the dragon hunters' faces suddenly froze, and their shouts were even stuck in their throats.

"Go!" The white-armored knight Gore's internal organs were injured by the huge vibration and resonance. A trace of blood flowed out of his mouth and nose. He couldn't help but shout in shock and anger.

These legendary dragon hunters no longer had time to reminisce about their former companions, as they all ran towards the outside of the King's Capital.

The stealth warrior Thor couldn't help but look back. The huge dragon heart began to be slowly lifted up into the air by the power of the huge magic circle.

The dark blood-red light, accompanied by the mysterious and ancient voice of the dragon, rose higher and higher, gradually dyeing the entire space red and spreading to the passages in all directions.

An ancient and unconfrontable majesty began to bloom.

In the void, it seemed as if a pair of eyes opened in the dark, and a deep and vast power began to roar like a storm.

Uh...

The sound of magic horns sounded in the city of the King's Capital, sounding vast and empty, desolate and distant.

Teams of security guards marched in unison along the rainy streets.

"All residents in the Leighton Street area, disperse in an orderly manner to other areas, immediately," the kobold guards ran around the streets telling people to evacuate all residents living in this area.

Some enthusiastic residents wanted to step forward and ask the guards if they needed their help, but were forced back by the guards' cold expressions.

The Leighton Street area was already surrounded by hundreds or even thousands of security guards, who were directing the evacuation of residents and setting up a solid defensive blockade formation.

A team of black-armored Inquisition knights coldly surrounded the increasingly boiling energy area of Leighton Street, like a condensed storm, faintly emitting a deep majesty, which was coming from this area and becoming more and more obvious.

From the vague fluctuations at the beginning, now the knights of the Inquisition can also clearly perceive it.

Centaur Suniya's face changed, "Why haven't those guys from the city defense department activated the forbidden barrier to suppress the magic element yet?"

Although Sonia knew that her request was a bit harsh, as a department that manages the entire city, it is impossible for it to directly activate the magic suppression barrier covering the entire city because of a simple warning. It also needs to conduct on-site inspections to confirm the level of potential danger.

Only with a direct order from the Dragon Lord can this seemingly unnecessary procedure be bypassed and the super magic barrier of the entire city be opened.

"Go, tell those guys in the city defense department to turn on the loudspeaker to announce the incident throughout the city. The situation here may be more serious than we can imagine!"

Sonia looked solemn and gave an order to the captain of the security team beyond his authority.

But the captain of the security team did not dare to neglect it and rushed to the nearest city defense department. The huge city was divided into 16 huge areas. Each area had a security station of the city defense department, which could contact the headquarters.

"Lord Sonia, this violent energy fluctuation is not in any residential building, it should be under the city."

A dragon soldier ran out of the emptied residential building and reported to Sonia.

"Quickly find the shaft leading to the underground passage from Leighton Street. You smart guys, go and see what's going on."

Sonia sent out her most capable assistant. The energy fluctuations coming from underground had already begun to make her feel extremely thrilling.

But before the three black-armored knights opened the lid of the shaft, a deep, ancient, and unstoppable majesty slowly rose into the air, like a giant dragon whose powerfulness was unimaginable in the mortal world appearing in this world.

A strong bloody light penetrated through the ground, and an extremely huge heart surrounded by a thin layer of blood-red light passed through the solid and thick ground easily as if it had no substance, and slowly rose into the air in front of these soldiers.

In front of this huge heart, Sonia even felt that the Black Dragon King Rosani whom she faced every day was so insignificant. Sonia even felt that in front of that vast, twisted and chaotic majesty, even the emperor of the empire, the ancestral red dragon Kalon Gogmora, could not compare with it.

"Is this the will of the ancient dragon, or the heart of the ancient dragon, or..."

Sonia's body wrapped in black armor couldn't help but tremble. The majesty that instinctively emanated made her feel extremely frightened. What made her even more frightened was what consequences this mysterious dragon's heart would bring.

"Go and inform Lord Doss quickly. Only the dragons can handle this matter."

Sonia screamed. She looked at some of the weak monster soldiers around her who were frightened by the majesty emitted by this terrifying wave.

Fortunately, many of the Centaurs among the Knights of the Inquisition had experienced wars in the past and had strong and stable minds. They were not frightened by such majesty and their legs weakened, so they quickly ran away.

Boom,
When the giant dragon's heart that slowly rose into the air miraculously pumped for the third time, Sonia felt her own heart also vibrate violently.

boom,
Sonia slowly turned around and saw the door of a tavern in the distance was completely shattered by a powerful force. Screams of different accents from humans, elves and other races could be heard from the tavern.

A white dragon's head stretched out from the door of the tavern and looked towards Sonia.

A chill like an ice stream frozen from a glacier that had existed for tens of millions of years stung Sunya's coccyx, and instantly spread along her spine, rushing straight to the back of her head.

Because the white dragon's cold and gloomy eyes were covered with a chaotic blood color.

In these pupils, the spirituality and rational wisdom of the past have begun to disappear, leaving only the wildness and bestiality like a beast, as well as naked chaos and murderous intent.

"Roar," the white dragon raised its head and roared to the sky.

"Quickly notify the entire city that all residents must take shelter in residential buildings. No one is allowed to be notified and no one is allowed to go out!" Sonia kicked the dazed ogre soldier away and shouted loudly.

The black-armored knights of the Inquisition gathered behind Sonia and formed a battle formation.

Cang Lang,

Sonia drew out her sword, and the Knights of the Inquisition did the same thing at this moment, in unison, the sounds of swords being unsheathed merged into one.

"Follow me," Sonia looked around, then stepped on her front hooves and began to run slowly.

The powerful domain from the Empire rose up from the body of the Grand Knight of the Inquisition, connecting the wills of all the black-armored knights into an unbreakable will.

All the black-armored knights were silent. The mighty power emanating from the beast-like white dragon could not affect them in the slightest. With their swords raised and cold lights shining together, they took the initiative to charge.

The security guards surrounding the area began to close in, determined to completely eliminate the beast-like white dragon here.

But the roars of giant dragons began to rise and spread around the area.

boom,
The doors of two more taverns and shops were directly smashed down by two giant dragons that were beginning to go crazy. The dragons' ferocious heads and bestial eyes looked particularly terrifying.

But the soldiers of the Security Guard were no longer afraid. At the captain's command, they raised the short crossbows at their waists, aimed at the two mad dragons, and shot arrows like rain.

"You're done,"

The steel dragon Midir played a key card and defeated the opponent in front of him. The lively girl smiled with her eyes narrowed and her hands clapped loudly.

The dwarf on the opposite side was somewhat dejected, and he watched reluctantly as his core rare card was taken away by the quirky girl in front of him.

But a throbbing from the deepest part of his blood made the Steel Dragon Midir stop his movements.

The steel dragon Midir felt his nerves being pricked, and his consciousness began to heat up, as if red-hot oil was poured on his dragon soul.

The dragon blood in her body seemed to be burning under this stimulation, burning her consciousness into a muddle and making her unable to wake up.

The ineradicable negative emotions and powerful blood desire from the depths of the dragon's blood were all forcibly awakened by this invisible throbbing at this moment.

The surging blood lust was urging the steel dragon to transform into a true dragon, slaughtering all the living beings in front of it, trampling their blood, and destroying all obstacles in front of it.

"Damn, this is,"

The humanoid girl form of the Steel Dragon Midil seemed to be broken by an external force. She screamed in fear: "Everyone, evacuate this card room immediately."

She was not worried about herself. After practicing the secret technique of the core members of the Gogmora dragon group - the Testimony of the Dragon, this steel dragon had become highly resistant to such power.

You know, the dragon certificate of the Gogmora dragon group is itself based on the blood-based nature of fighting against the dragon instinct and dragon blood.

This is tantamount to constantly fighting against one's own nature. It is a painful process that almost requires reshaping one's self-awareness, and it also brings unprecedented self-restraint to the dragons of the Gogmora dragon group.

The Steel Dragon Midir was worried about the other dragons in this dragon card hall, because there were nearly six or seven dragons in this largest card hall.

Perhaps other dragons don't know, but as a steel dragon whose goal is to find and pass on knowledge, Midir knows very well what the power that makes him almost lose control is.

It was an ancient dragon-killing spell that had long been hard to find in the material world—the Dragon Madness Chain.

This spell, which is even older and rarer than legendary spells, is rumored to be related to the high elves of the Second Age.

But the Steel Dragon Midir knew that this spell targeting the most fundamental blood source of the dragon was vaguely backed by the ultimate mastermind - the Immortal Dragon Queen Tiamat and the Platinum Dragon King Bahamut.

People in the world cannot discern the truth behind it, and the oldest dragons are unable to explore the secrets, or rather, no dragon dares to explore the secrets.

But the Steel Dragon Midir knew that under the influence of this powerful spell, the dragon would not only become violent and crazy like an unintelligent beast, but would also slaughter and destroy all living beings and objects in front of it.

If the dragon cannot escape the influence of the spell and is affected by this blood-based spell for a long time, it will even degenerate into a simple beast without any intelligence.

Midir controlled the chaotic and terrible thoughts in her mind. An uncontrollable rage ignited in her heart. "Should the truly independent civilization of dragons never exist in this world? This is not what His Majesty the Nine-Faced Dragon God wants to see!"

Veins popped out on the girl's forehead. She stood up and looked at the chaotic scene in front of her.

No one questioned the words of the Steel Dragon Midir. Most people were scrambling to escape from the card hall. Some panicked Pixie elves flapped their wings and flew out of the windows. Shouting and crying spread.

"Roar," the violent dragon roars sounded continuously.

Gigantic dragons with varying scales and colors, emitting a cold, bloodthirsty aura, expanded from their humanoid forms, staring coldly at the tiny, weak creatures before them.

A few unlucky ordinary humans and goblins were even directly crushed and trampled to death by the huge bodies of these dragons that suddenly expanded, turning into bloody meat pulp.

Even the Amethyst Dragon Loya, who was a gem dragon, was affected by the power of the spell and transformed into a giant dragon. He was grinning and shaking his huge head vigorously, suppressing his growing desire for destruction and thirst for blood.

The pupils of the steel dragon Midir slowly turned, and the power from his own talent - the chain of life - appeared, and the form of a young girl appeared behind her.

The Chain of Life, the special talent of the steel dragon species, comes from the common points of the steel dragons.

During their long lives, steel dragons walk the earth as men, women, nobles, beggars, humans, elves, orcs, and various other intelligent humanoid races.

However, these steel dragons do not regard the identities they have played as disguises or masks, but rather regard the roles they play as real lives and as friends of steel dragons.

The Chain of Life is the collection of lives of the characters played by the dragons. In the hands of these dragons, some wonderful abilities can be exerted.

However, the life of the Steel Dragon Midir was still too young, and she only had the form of a young girl, which served as her simulacrum for spellcasting and humanoid form.

The real body of the Steel Dragon Midir and the avatar of the girl looked at the changing dragons at the same time, and an ancient and brief dragon language sounded. That was the magic created by the Steel Dragon Jian by borrowing the magic of the ancestor red dragon. To explain it in the common language of the continent, it was - Fuzhu Jinyan!
The floating bubbles, as beautiful as hibiscus flowers, are a metaphor for a fleeting but tempting illusion.

This is a steel dragon-modified version of the spell of the ancestral red dragon Kalon Gogmora - A Dream of Life.

In the girl's simulacrum form, an invisible wave swept across with the dragon Midir's pupils, causing several dragons to fall into a brief confusion.

The Steel Dragon Midir looked at the tavern leisurely. There were still a few brave warriors holding their weapons, confronting these dragons that had gradually turned into crazy beasts. They did not escape from the dragon card hall like the others.

"You are really brave guys, why don't you run away? Your power can't stop these guys who are going crazy."

The Steel Dragon Midir transformed into his true dragon form. The skinny Steel Dragon looked particularly weak in front of several teenage dragons, but his momentum was extremely high.

"I am proud of this," the young Langden said with a proud smile, "There is no other place in the world where there is a child like me, a street kid from a humble background who once stuttered so hard that he couldn't even utter a complete sentence."

"Finally, through my own efforts, I became the sheriff of this city and ranked as a centurion," said the young man, Langden, holding his sword and puffing out his chest.

"I may be on vacation, but I am still the sheriff of this great city. This is my duty!"

The anger of the Steel Dragon Midir was fading. She looked at the other two young warriors and asked, "What about you?"

One of the warriors smiled and said, "I don't have any reason. I just want to let myself know. Maybe before the end of my life, I can tell myself that I have done my best for the Golden Empire."

The last warrior smiled and said, "Your Excellency Midir, this is my hometown!"

The Steel Dragon Midir smiled and said slowly, "Be careful, my illusion can't control these dragons for long. The real battle is coming!"

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