Pioneer Wizard's Notebook

Chapter 91 The End of the Celebration

"Loving Heavenly Father, Almighty and Eternal God, Your glory fills the heavens and Your love extends to the earth."

"You lift up the sun and moon with grace, and sustain all beings with mercy."

"Today, we gather here in Your witness, to give thanks and pray for the celebration of the glorious dragon. Thank You for the redemption You have given to this city, washing away our sins with Your divine love."

The high platform of Dragon Shadow Square is the center where city residents and travelers gather.

Bishop Vlad of the Church of the Sky held up the Gospel and sang celebratory blessings.

In previous years, this task was handled by Viscount Yacintos, the lord of Windcliff City.

However, this year was a special case. Bishop Vlad took over the prayer in place of the acting city lord Jason, citing his poor health. This was not a big deal in itself.

As the highest-ranking official of the Windcliff City Diocese, Bishop Fratt had extensive experience in organizing large-scale masses. Although the Winter Solstice celebration was large in scale, no one doubted his ability to do so.

But now, listening to this old man spouting praises of the Heavenly Father, as if the radiant dragon were a subordinate of that god,...

The veiled disparagement was evident in the expressions of the residents of Fengya City, who gradually grew impatient.

In recent years, the Hyacinth family has intentionally promoted the faith in the Radiant Dragon in order to reduce the number of times residents visit the church in order to eliminate the local influence of the king and the church.

The dragons are closely associated with the hyacinth family, and the local residents are very fond of this, taking pride in the special status of being the dragon's offspring.

The Sky Church had previously maintained a conservative stance and had not reacted much.

Unexpectedly, something big happened at this moment, taking the lead at the dragon's celebration and leading everyone to pray to the Heavenly Father.

Many tourists in the surrounding area, unaware of the truth, thought this was a normal part of the celebration and prayed devoutly, which only made the local residents feel more irritated.

Unfortunately, the current acting city lord remains silent, allowing the church to run rampant, leaving them filled with anger but with nowhere to vent it.

Behind Bishop Vlad.

Jason closed his eyes in deep thought, as if everything here had nothing to do with him.

Beside him, Sir Armand of Triumph City yawned, feeling bored.

"My goodness, how long is this old man going to keep rambling on? He's been talking for over two hours already, doesn't his throat get dry?"

"Isn't your throat tired? It looks like it's about to burst from listening to you."

Armand couldn't stand it any longer and kept pacing back and forth.

His gaze swept around, having arrived in Windcliff City full of anticipation, only to be greatly disappointed by the so-called Glorious Pilgrimage.

Ultimately, it's just a group of people carrying dragon crystal lanterns, parading around the city, which is utterly unpleasant.

"A dragon's celebration! Can't a dragon appear so I can see it? Stop torturing my ears with that old man."

Armand complained to Jason, not expecting him to respond, but simply wanting someone to talk to.

However, at this time...

The ground in Dragon Shadow Square suddenly shook.

"What happened? An earthquake?"

"Oops! Move aside, you're stepping on me!"

"Damn it, stop pushing! Where are the Knights?! Someone's stealing my stuff!"

The sudden tremor plunged the square into chaos, with people jostling and trampling each other.

Fortunately, the surrounding soldiers and knights intervened and maintained stability in time.

However, not long afterward, an even more intense panic erupted in the crowd, with shouts going on and on.

Because of the location of Radiant Prison in the distance.

The once-shining sun disk went out, replaced by a ferocious dragon's head engulfed in burning black flames!

The dragon roared to the sky, and the crowd in the square screamed along with it.

"Netherfire Dragon? Damn it, these bastards, at a time like this!"

Bishop Vlad cursed angrily, disregarding the celebration, and hurriedly led his priests to cast a divine spell, flying quickly towards the prison from which the dragon had emerged.

Armand let out a strange cry and whistled in celebration.

A fierce wind howled above the square as griffins took flight.

"I'm going over there to join in the fun. You can handle things here by yourself, right? See you later."

Armand jumped onto the griffin, waved to Jason, and then flew into the sky.

In the blink of an eye, most of the church and the Knights of Glory left for the prison, leaving only a small number of knights to stabilize the crowd.

Jason reopened his eyes and looked toward where the Netherfire Dragon was.

There was no surprise in his eyes, but rather a hint of unexpected relief.

"The Hyacinth family rules this city in the name of the dragon, and it will continue to do so in the future."

Jason whispered.

With no surveillance around him for the first time in a long time, a faint smile appeared on his face.

"Oh, right, I almost forgot about you guests."

Jason said, extending his palm and clenching his open fingers forward.

The golden light of judgment coalesced, transforming into three tangible, radiant swords that pierced the shadows.

Blood flowed from the empty air.

The Shadow Order assassin, pierced through the heart, lost his cover and collapsed to his knees in disbelief, lifeless.

Not far from the square.

The leader of the opposition party, Baron Oliveira, was leading the knights in creating chaos when he saw this scene. He stood there stunned, not even noticing that his longsword had fallen to the ground.

"This farce should end."

Jason said calmly.

The sounds of knights and soldiers clashing and fighting echoed around him, but he paid no attention to them.

The roar of the Netherfire Dragon Kasius echoed from afar.

"What a pity."

Jason looked around and saw that the Netherfire Dragon had completely broken free, and that it would take Bishop Vlad and the others some time to arrive. He shook his head and sighed for the city's souls who were about to perish under the dragon's flames.

"Um?"

Before the mourning had even begun, a second sun suddenly shone in the distance.

Fireballs erupted from the chest of the Netherfire Dragon.

The intense light made Jason squint, his expression strange.

Glorious Prison.

Linde picked up the radiant crystal from the sun disk.

This includes a main crystal the size of a fist and six secondary crystals the size of a fingernail.

The crystal contains surging magic power and was originally used as a seal to connect the earth's veins and suppress the Netherfire Dragon.

Now that the seal has been broken, the surface of the crystal has gradually darkened, as if it has turned back into ordinary transparent quartz.

If Linde hadn't used his Eye of Insight to observe, he would have almost been fooled by its concealment.

"I've secured the minimum return, and it looks more valuable than I expected. Not bad."

He put away the radiant crystal and felt happy.

Regardless of the outcome of the assassination attempt on Jason on the other side, he's not at a disadvantage here.

Whether it's creating extraordinary-level Sun Riders or conducting other research on Sun Runes, everything can be carried out systematically using crystals.

It's a pity that we couldn't take that dragon with us.

Linde looked regretfully at the location of the crack.

Judging from the aura emanating from below, the Netherfire Dragon was not dead, and it wasn't even seriously injured.

Its noble dragon bloodline, combined with its high-level and extraordinary strength, makes its defense terrifying.

The Sun Spear was not enough to kill it.

He was simply too weak from being sealed for too long. He was stunned when Linde hit him with a spear shortly after he came out, so he was afraid and hid back underground.

"It's time to go."

Linde looked up at the sky. The Sun Spear had consumed most of his magic power. Seeing that the people from the Sky Church were about to arrive, he did not hesitate and left with Kayla.