Evil Red Dragon

The forest was as black as ink under the night sky, the dense canopy of trees blocking out the moonlight, with only a few scattered rays of light filtering through the trees.

Two figures, one in red and one in purple, swept past, stirring up waves of trees.

"You can't escape, my true form is almost here."

Helena's voice was echoing, making it difficult to distinguish between reality and illusion.

Alecto's face darkened.

Bad luck! Bad luck! Bad luck!

Can't you just let me easily achieve my goal and then leave happily?

If even a clone is this troublesome, it would be really difficult to escape safely if she were to come over.

We must act quickly; we can't afford to expose ourselves.

Having made up his mind, he suddenly folded his wings and swooped down into the forest, leaving only a fleeting afterimage.

The purple light pursued relentlessly from behind, and the clone transformed into dozens of fine threads, exploding like a celestial maiden scattering flowers, blocking all directions.

With a thought, countless fireballs appeared around him, swirling and crashing towards the silk threads.

The silk thread was engulfed by the flames, making a sizzling sound as it burned.

"You're really fast! Don't be that fast in that area too, or I'll be disappointed~"

Helena's clone reformed, her purple robes fluttering slightly in the wind.

She raised her hand, her slender, white fingers spread out, and countless purple light spots flew out from her palm, scattering into the forest like fireflies.

The light spots penetrated the trees, the ground, and even the air, making the entire forest seem to come alive, with every leaf becoming Helena's eyes.

Alecto's inner alarm bells were ringing.

This is a domain perception that only a level 7 mental mage possesses. As long as one is within this range, one's every move will be monitored by the other party.

This woman is a level seven mental mage?!

If I remember correctly, she said she was only a level 5 mage...

Sure enough, the more beautiful a woman is, the more likely she is to lie.

Alecto's mind raced.

If you can't create distance, then engage in close combat!

With a flap of his wings, he charged forward instead of retreating, heading straight for Helena.

Dragon scales appeared on his right hand, and he smashed towards the opponent's face with a whooshing sound.

Helena chuckled softly, her figure vanishing like smoke, only to reappear 10 meters away.

"A mage in melee combat? Interesting."

Before she finished speaking, Alecto's body suddenly swelled up.

In the blink of an eye, Alektor's dragon body was completely freed.

The dragon raised its head high, its vertical pupils locked onto Helena, its wings flapped suddenly, and its claws shot out, emitting a sharp whistling sound in the air.

The speed is more than twice as fast.

Helena's clone froze in mid-air, a look of astonishment appearing in its eyes for the first time.

"Red Dragon?"

She said incredulously:

"How could you...?"

Before he finished speaking, Alecto had already arrived.

The clone retreated hastily, but it was already a beat too late. The dragon claw slashed across, and the phantom exploded violently.

"The price of underestimating the enemy."

The moment the phantom exploded, Alector didn't pause at all. His dragon body spun rapidly in the air, his wings whipping up a gale.

We cannot give her time to react. We need to completely annihilate the clone's spiritual imprint and create a sufficiently powerful energy disturbance to interfere with Helena's tracking and perception.

Within his body, two magical corridors began to operate at an unprecedented speed, with surging magical power flowing forth.

Seventh-level composite magic, sevenfold fire realm.

This is a war magic passed down through generations, combining the elements of fire and earth. It uses flames to construct a cage and the earth to bear its power, with seven layers of barriers stacked together to incinerate everything.

For Alector, casting a seventh-level spell beyond his level was extremely difficult.

However, the Magic Corridor offers the possibility that, under overload operation, it can result in an explosive increase in magic output power in a short period of time.

The dragon's claw pressed down on Helena below, and dragon language rolled out from Alecto's throat.

Dragon language magic is far more efficient than human spells.

He abandoned all fancy techniques and devoted all his energy to constructing this complex magic.

This is a life-or-death moment. If Helena can reassemble her clone faster than he can, then he will be at Helena's mercy.

"It's no use..."

Helena's voice was intermittent, and she was trying to distract Alecto.

"My true form is already..."

Breathe!

Two breaths!

Three breaths!

The Sevenfold Fire Realm is complete!

"You've lost your chance."

He's faster.

The illusory figure, which had already condensed to almost full size, let out a barely audible sigh:

"I will find you..."

The magic circle pattern emerged from under Alecto's claws, rapidly expanding to a diameter of 100 meters and imprinting itself onto the earth.

The trees, rocks, and soil enveloped by the magic circle instantly turned bright red, and the temperature rose sharply.

Four earthen walls, each a hundred meters high, rose from the ground, forming a square enclosure with Helena at its center.

The ground cracked open, magma gushed out, and countless blazing fireballs poured down like a torrential rain, stirring up a sky full of fire waves.

Then all the flames, magma, and fire rain began to contract, compress, and merge inward.

"Destroy".

The dragon claws suddenly clenched.

boom--

The Sevenfold Fire Realm erupted completely.

Within the barrier's range, all colors were swallowed up.

Flames, magma, rocks, air...

All matter was instantly ionized under unimaginable high temperatures and energy fluctuations.

A semi-circular blank area with a diameter of 100 meters appeared in the forest, and the ground sank by a full ten meters.

The edges are smooth as a mirror, and the inside is empty.

Helena's clone vanished completely in absolute energy annihilation without even a ripple.

At the same moment that the clone was completely annihilated.

About a hundred miles from the battlefield, a purple streak of light was hurtling through the air at an astonishing speed.

Helena's true form, amidst the flowing light, suddenly paused, her languid smile instantly freezing into icy coldness.

"My clone was forcibly erased?"

A flicker of disbelief crossed her eyes:

"Even the last bit of information feedback has been completely cut off?"

The scattered images transmitted before the clones finally dissipated showed the dragon's wings suddenly unfolding and its body expanding.

She now understood that the red-haired youth using the alias Alec was not a human mage at all, but a red dragon!

"Red Dragon...Alex...Alexto?!"

Helena suddenly remembered what Isa had mentioned about another red dragon hatchling with unusual behavior that appeared in the fragments of Cinsera's memory.

"It's that? It's grown so fast? And it even came to Graystone Town?"

Beyond the shock came an even stronger interest and a hint of anger at being mocked.

"You little brat, how dare you lie to me and destroy my clone."

Helena's lips curled into a dangerous smile, and her speed surged once more:

"It seems I'll have to personally invite you back for a proper talk."

She could sense the approximate area before the clone was destroyed.

The opponent used a very powerful area-of-effect spell, and the residual energy was extremely noticeable.

At the same time, Alecto, who had just released the Sevenfold Fire Realm, instantly weakened, and even the flapping of his dragon wings became sluggish.

He was panting heavily and muttered to himself:

"We really lost a lot of money this time..."

Forcibly casting a spell beyond one's level puts a tremendous burden on him. Not only did he consume more than half of his magic power, but fine cracks also appeared on the two corridors, requiring time to heal and repair.

But he dared not linger for even a moment.

With her clone destroyed, Helena's main body must have sensed it and has likely already located this area.

"Are we just going back like this?"

Alecto suddenly had a flash of inspiration:

"Now that Helena's here, won't the Knights be vulnerable?"

His eyes flashed, and he made a decision in an instant, immediately changing direction and flying stealthily towards the abandoned mine.

The safest place right now is the most unexpected place.

Helena never expected that he would turn back, and her intuition told her that a very important secret was hidden there.