Mr. Dragon Knight, the dragon girls are chasing you!

With a flap of her wings, Eluvia unleashed a wave of shadow energy that blasted dozens of pterosaurs at the forefront into fragments.

[Defeat 12 Lv.28 Ironwing Wyverns, gain 4560 experience points]

[Defeat 8 Lv.21 Gargoyle Bats to gain 3280 experience points]

[Defeat 3 Lv.25 Bipedal Wyverns, gain 1050 experience points]

[System notification: Your accumulated experience points have exceeded the upgrade threshold.]

[Level Up: 15 → 16, All Attributes +20]

[HP restored by 15%. Due to the "Shared Fate" contract effect, Contract Dragon Eluvia also recovers 15%.]

A warm current surged from the depths of our soul connection, like the first spring rain on a parched riverbed.

Luo Ye felt the heaviness in her chest suddenly lessen, and her breathing became much easier.

The Black Dragon King beneath him flapped its wings slightly, and its flight, which had been somewhat sluggish due to its serious injuries, became visibly lighter.

Eluvia let out a low, puzzled cry, then immediately understood what was going on, a faint hint of joy flashing in her dragon eyes.

But more flying monsters filled the void, like endless waves, surging in one after another, constantly compressing her range of movement.

But there was not a trace of retreat in her gilded vertical pupils.

"Luo Ye".

Her voice was clearly transmitted to his consciousness through the soul connection, shedding her usual arrogance and awkwardness, leaving only extreme calmness and decisiveness.

"I'll use my dragon breath to blast a path, then I'll charge at the Earth-Splitting Bear King with all my might and lure it to the north side of the valley. You take advantage of this opening to fly in the opposite direction. All the flying monsters' attention will be on me, giving you about a minute to break through."

Luo Ye paused for a moment: "What are you going to do?"

"You're still young, there's no need for that—"

"Shut up, you stupid queen!"

"Our contract stipulates we'll live and die together. If you die, I won't be able to escape either!"

She was silent for a moment, then sighed: "...Idiot, I'm not going to die."

"Even an idiot is better than you rushing to your death." Luo Ye lay on her back, gripping the dragon horns tightly with both hands, maximizing the sensory resonance with the dragon soul.

"You fly your way, I'll fight mine. The rest is up to luck."

Just as the flying monster horde was about to launch its first attack—

A silvery-white light fell from the extremely high and distant night sky.

That wasn't moonlight; it was a silvery-white dragon breath, condensed to its extreme and pure enough to burn one's eyes.

The beam of light, over ten meters in diameter, pierced vertically down from the heavens, like a legendary divine judgment, and crashed into the densest central area of ​​the flying monster horde.

In that instant—

The entire night sky was illuminated as if it were daytime.

Hundreds of flying magical beasts didn't even have time to scream before they were instantly vaporized by that pure, silvery-white dragon breath.

The Iron-Feathered Eagle King's enormous body, with its wings spread, became a brief silhouette within the pillar of light, and then—disappeared.

The gargoyle bats' formation was hollowed out from the center, and debris torn apart by the shockwave fell like raindrops.

The bipedal dragon roared in terror as it tried to escape, but was caught up by the spreading silvery-white light, which devoured and dissolved it.

Just one strike.

The overwhelming horde of flying monsters was cleared away.

The Earth-Splitting Bear King's pupils contracted sharply, and it abruptly looked up into the depths of the night sky: "Who—!"

Then it saw—

A cool and elegant silver-white dragon shadow slowly descended from the clouds.

It was an extremely elegant dragon.

Her size is similar to Eluvia's black dragon form, but her lines are more slender and elegant, like a work of art forged from moonlight and silver.

Its entire body is covered with silvery-white scales, each one like a carefully polished moonstone, shimmering with a soft silver light in the night.

The dragon's horns were long and slender, unlike Eluvia's sharp and domineering ones, but possessed a cold and noble beauty.

A faint silver halo flowed around the edges of her dragon wings, and with each flap, tiny specks of light scattered, like a silver snowfall.

Silver Dragon King - Serafina Moonlight Aria.

She lowered her head, her silver vertical pupils drooping slightly, looking down at the Earth-Splitting Bear King on the ground, who had been so arrogant just moments before.

There was no anger, no murderous intent, only indifference towards the ants.

The Earth-Splitting Bear King's fur bristled, and he involuntarily took a small step back, his voice trembling without him even noticing: "Silver—Silver Dragon King?!"

The Silver Dragon King ignored him.

She slightly turned her dragon head, her clear, cold silver eyes falling on the Black Dragon King, who was suspended in mid-air, covered in wounds and in a sorry state. Finally—it seemed to linger on Luo Ye for a second, almost imperceptibly.

Then, she spoke.

Her voice was clear and melodious, like a stream flowing gently under the moon, carrying a hint of lazy teasing.

"Elvia, you look so disheveled."

Eluvia froze in mid-air.

A hundred complex emotions flashed in his gilded vertical pupils—resentment, frustration, wanting to refute but unable to, and the pain of being seen in such a miserable state by an old acquaintance was worse than being hit by a volley of bullets from a hunter.

"Seraphina... what brings you here?"

The Silver Dragon King, Serafina, gracefully folded her dragon wings and slowly landed on a protruding boulder in the valley.

The silvery-white dragon tail rested gently on the stone surface, its posture as elegant as if it were sitting on a palace throne, rather than standing in a dilapidated valley that had just experienced a battle.

"Sensing that some idiot's aura had weakened to the point of almost disappearing, I came to check it out. But I never expected—"

She glanced at the flying magical beasts that were fleeing in a sorry state, then at the Earth-Splitting Bear King whose face was ashen, and a slight smile appeared on her lips.

"I saw a stupid bear that didn't know its own limitations showing off, and I also saw such a good show."

The Earth-Splitting Bear King subconsciously took another half step back.

If it still dared to utter harsh words when facing the severely injured Elvia, then when facing the Silver Dragon King—the Moonlight Aria, whose status among the dragons was in no way inferior to that of the Black Dragon King, and who was in perfect condition and at the peak of his aura—its remaining courage was evaporating at a visible speed.

Serafina withdrew her gaze, completely ignoring the presence of the Earth-Splitting Bear King, and looked back at Eluvia. Her tone remained cool and languid, yet carried a faint hint of a smile.

"I sensed some unusual contract activity on your end a while ago, and I was wondering which short-sighted male dragon you'd finally set your sights on. Turns out it was the Hunter Alliance, along with a stupid bear."

She narrowed her silver eyes slightly, her smile faded, and the temperature in her voice suddenly dropped several degrees: "Get out of here while I'm still in the mood to settle old scores from hundreds of years ago."