At this moment, Falcears suddenly realized what was happening and immediately used his super-fast speed to run away, trying to dodge Lu Ming's Sunlight Spear before launching an attack.
But just as she turned around to run away, she suddenly discovered that Hawkwood had appeared behind her at some point and was slashing at her with the Farron Greatsword.
In the instant that she instinctively used her longsword to block Hawkwood's slash, Falcears suddenly realized something was wrong—the Spear of the Sun was still behind her!
Unfortunately, by the time she realized it, it was too late.
Seeing that Falcelles had blocked his attack, Hawkwood knew that he and Lu Ming had achieved their goal. So without saying a word, he immediately retreated.
At the same time, the Sunlight Spear struck Fal'Selsl in the back. The bombardment of the Thunder Spear, which was even more powerful than the Giant Thunder Spear, caused Fal'Selsl to scream in pain and almost fall to the ground.
But relying on ambition and strong willpower, Fal'Sels withstood the bombardment of the Sun Spear. Although the scales on his back were shattered and his back was covered in blood, Fal'Sels gritted his teeth, endured the pain, stepped forward, and swung his blade fiercely, leaving a deep, bone-revealing wound on Hawkwood's body!
Struck by the longsword burning with black flames, Hawkwood cried out in pain and hurriedly retreated, letting Lu Ming entangle Falcears while he drank a mouthful of the Elemental Bottle to avoid dying there.
Meanwhile, Lu Ming was attacking Fal'Sells with the Farron Greatsword, and while attacking, he would occasionally unleash a lightning bolt at Fal'Sells, forcing her to abandon further attacks on him or Hawkwood.
After drinking a bottle of elemental vial and healing the wounds inflicted by Falcels, Hawkwood joined the battle without hesitation, helping Lu Ming to block Falcels' movements so that Lu Ming's lightning miracle could hit Falcels.
Sword after sword slash, lightning spear, giant lightning spear, lightning pillar, sunlight spear, attack after attack.
At first, Lu Ming and Hawkwood's attacks were very successful, each time tearing open the dragon scales on Falcears' body and causing damage to him.
However, Falcels quickly got used to Lu Ming and Hawkwood's attack rhythm and gradually became able to dodge Lu Ming's miraculous attacks.
Even the most difficult-to-dodge lightning bolts became perfectly dodged by Falcels.
As time went on, Lu Ming and Hawkwood's battle against Falcaires became increasingly difficult. Their attacks were gradually becoming ineffective. After all, attacks that can't hit are meaningless!
With no other option, Lu Ming had to abandon the Farron Greatsword in his hand, kick the longsword of the knight Dukkalion, which had been killed by the giant Smurf, into the air, catch it, and take out the ancient lightning stone that he had kept hidden in his phone, imbuing the longsword with lightning.
Immediately afterwards, Lu Ming used his lightning-enchanted longsword to force Fal'Sels away from Hawkwood, then handed the Ancient Lightning Stone to Hawkwood, and then Lu Ming resumed his attack on Fal'Sels.
Holding the Ancient Lightning Stone, Hawkwood paused for a moment before dropping the Farron Greatsword and picking up an enchanted longsword from the ground, imbuing it with lightning.
Because Lu Ming didn't know the miracle used to enchant the lightning sword, he didn't know which enchantment was stronger, the Ancient Lightning Stone or the lightning sword. But relying on the lightning enchantment, Lu Ming and Hawkwood managed to bring the situation back to a stalemate.
"You two are not bad, but you're still lacking something." Despite Lu Ming and his companion gradually leveling the score, Falcils remained stubbornly defiant. However, she wasn't truly a dead end, as her dragon scales multiplied, her tail grew, her face slowly transformed into a dragon's, and several long horns sprouted from her head. She had become a humanoid dragon, and the blood flowing from her wounds carried an eerie scent.
"Damn it! This guy has completely turned into a dragon!" Hawkwood couldn't help but curse as he saw Falcaires' body further transform into a dragon.
Lu Ming took a deep breath, watching Falcears slowly grow larger, and couldn't help but feel sorry for her. Driven by lust and a thirst for power, she had become a greedy dragon. Yorshka, on the other hand, had stopped her dragon transformation by abandoning lust.
In other words, the reason why Falcels and Eveness were corrupted by dragon blood was simply because their lust and greed resonated with the dragon blood, turning them into monsters.
"Pathetic fellow." With a slight sigh, Lu Ming then gripped the standard longsword in both hands and unleashed the Thunder Palm technique, infusing the lightning from the Thunder Palm into the longsword, transforming the lightning on the longsword into dazzling thunder.
"I am Falcears Latty, and even as a dragon, I will reign supreme and become the Queen of Miracaiser!!" Under the attacks of Lu Ming and Hawkwood, the dragon blood within him began to surge, transforming him into a five-meter-long, two-and-eight-meter-tall dragon. Falcears roared in a voice that was no longer clear and melodious, but almost like a monster.
"Even in this form, can't you stop your ambitions?" Hearing Falcears' roar, Lu Ming smiled and sighed. Then, together with Hawkwood, he rushed towards Falcears, who had already transformed into a dragon.
Upon seeing this, Falcaires immediately flapped his massive wings, which had a wingspan of nine meters, using the strong wind to stop Lu Ming and his companion from charging forward.
However, just as she stirred up a strong wind, Lu Ming immediately used his superhuman speed, braving the wind to rush in front of Fal'Sels and forcefully plunged his longsword into Fal'Sels's dragon body.
The lightning on the sword allowed it to easily pierce through the dragon scales, which were harder than any armor, and penetrate her body.
The longsword pierced her flesh, and the lightning on the sword also rushed into her body, causing secondary damage inside.
The wails and screams, along with the cessation of the gale, gave Hawkwood an opportunity. He rushed to Falcelles' side and plunged his lightning-infused longsword into Falcelles' body!
But at that moment, Falcears suddenly swung his dragon claw, sending Lu Ming and Hawkwood flying!
"You think you can kill Queen Miracaissa with just two little things?!" He forcefully pulled the two longswords from his body and threw them away. Then, Falcels walked step by step towards Lu Ming, black smoke billowing from his dragon-like mouth...
"Oh no, hide quickly!" As soon as he saw black smoke coming out of Falcaires's mouth, Lu Ming immediately shouted to Hawkwood. Then he hid inside a building for temporary refuge.
As soon as Lu Ming ran into the building, he heard a loud bang, and a terrifying flame filled the street where the battle had taken place.
Even while hiding inside the building, Lu Ming could feel the terrifying heat of the flames. He even discovered that the interior walls of the building had been burned and cracked, with dense cracks resembling a giant spider web.
It's obvious that this place is about to collapse!
The dragon's flames can burn houses and armor, turning even the bravest dragon slayer to ashes.
However, Fal'Sels is not a true dragon; her flames must be stopped after a while, or she will suffocate.
Lu Ming seized the opportunity, rushed out of the collapsing house, and returned to the scorching street that had been burned by the dragon's breath. He met up with Hawkwood, who had managed to hide in another house, and prepared to kill Falcelles before she could prepare her second dragon's breath!
"Roar~~!!!" Seeing that Lu Ming had not died under his dragon breath flames, Falserl couldn't help but roar, shattering and collapsing all the houses that were already cracked from the fire.
"Has he already transformed into a dragon to the point where he can even speak?" Hawkwood looked at the furious Falcels and casually picked up two relatively intact longswords from the ashes. After imbuing them with lightning using an ancient lightning stone, he threw one of the swords and the ancient lightning stone to Lu Ming.
Catching the ancient lightning stone and longsword, Lu Ming put the stone away, then brandished the longsword, crouched down, and stared at Falserth like a wild beast. Electric currents crackled in his black hair, which was bound by scarlet ribbons. At this moment, he resembled a beast beneath the ice-blue armor of a war knight, emanating an aura that carried a hint of danger.
"Roar~~!!!!" With another roar, Falcels took a deep breath, preparing to unleash his dragon breath once more to turn Lu Ming and Hawkwood to ashes.
However, at that very moment, Lu Ming and Hawkwood suddenly exerted their strength and shot towards Falcaires like arrows released from a bow!
Before Falcells could open his mouth and spew out deadly flames, Lu Ming and Hawkwood plunged their longswords into Falcells' neck! Instantly, blood gushed out.
The attack struck precisely where the dragon's weak point lay—its reverse scale. While not a fatal weakness, it was extremely close!
The excruciating pain caused Falcels to roar, unleashing his still-unreserved dragon breath, which shot straight into the street and sky.
Unfortunately, Lu Ming and Hawkwood are currently standing in a place where the dragon's breath cannot reach them.
Ignoring the flames spewed by Fal'Selsl, the two gripped the tattered longsword tightly and slashed at Fal'Selsl's neck, leaving two unimaginable, gruesome wounds, until the longsword was completely shattered into powder by the previous dragon breath and now by lightning and dragon blood.
But that's enough.
Lu Ming discarded the hilt of the longsword, which was no longer of any use, and suddenly plunged his hand into the wound on the neck of Falser, who had completely transformed into a dragon.
As he pierced through the sticky, gooey flesh, Lu Ming could feel the dragon's blood corroding him, and he could also feel the powerful pulse of the 'dragon' itself. But none of this could stop Lu Ming's arm from advancing.
Tearing through flesh, trachea, arteries, and so on, Lu Ming's hand gripped Falcels' spine, and then he curled the corners of his mouth into a smile.
"Eat her, Leila!"
"it is good!"
With Lu Ming gripping her spine, the excruciating pain caused Falcaires to struggle incessantly, but no matter how hard she struggled, she couldn't shake Lu Ming off her.
Finally, Falcears let out a wail that sounded neither human nor any other creature, and collapsed heavily, crushing Lu Ming beneath its massive body... (To be continued.)
Chapter 100 - The Post-War Period
Crushed beneath the enormous dragon's corpse, Lu Ming could clearly feel that several bones in his body were broken.
Just then, Leila, residing in the Fran ring on Lu Ming's left hand, suddenly whispered in his ear with a laugh, "That stuff didn't taste good, so I spat it out. Now it's been put into your phone by a cloaked, terrifying-looking skeleton."
Upon hearing this, Lu Ming was startled, but he quickly realized who the skeleton Leila was referring to was.
Lepluto, the god of death.
The only being capable of instilling fear in even undead beings like ghosts is this Grim Reaper who once prepared a dungeon for Lu Ming.
But what was Death planning when he helped put the soul of Falcears, which Leila had vomited out, into his phone? Or was he simply lending a hand?
Lu Ming couldn't understand it, and he didn't have time to think about it; he had already fainted.
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"An unfamiliar ceiling... Ugh! Ugh! Ugh..."
When Lu Ming opened his eyes, he found himself lying in a fairly decent room, but standing beside his bed were not his wife, Ramanlas, but rather Lothric, Mike, and Hawkwood...
“The Duke has gone to a public meeting with Grand Master Harkers, so you don’t need to look for her.” Seeing that Lu Ming was awake, Lothric forced a peeled apple into Lu Ming’s mouth to shut him up, and then said, “I have miraculously healed your wound. But the blood loss caused by the leg injury is beyond my ability to heal.”
"How is the situation?" Taking a bite of his apple, Lu Ming stood up, slowly eating the apple as he asked the three from Losrick.
“This is very bad. Both we and Yaru have suffered heavy losses in the military. When facing the summer invasion, we in Erebus will likely be severely weakened. Moreover, Yaru, due to the Evil Spirit Church, is now sparsely populated, and its agriculture, commerce, and military industry are practically nonexistent. We will need to seek help from Styx and Calxus to survive this period.” Lothric sighed, sitting down in a chair. “Therefore, we cannot obtain any compensation from Yaru, and even the spoils of war captured from the Evil Spirit Church must be returned to Yaru…”
Hearing Lothric's words, Lu Ming frowned and asked again, "Then, what exactly did we get?"
“Two not-so-large viscount estates.” At this moment, Mike spoke up, answering Lu Ming’s question.
"Is it an exclave or a viscountry bordering our duchy?"
“One piece borders our Erebores and will likely be given to Mike later. As for the other one…” Lothric said hesitantly.
"No need," Lothric said, "Lu Ming already knows about the situation in that viscountry."
“An enclave?” Sitting on the bed, Lu Ming pondered for a moment before saying to Lothric, “We can assume they didn’t give us this viscountry. But the problem is, we gave so much, yet received only this little compensation; it’s simply unfair. Besides, it was Yaru who declared war on us, Erebus, first! Our attack on Yaru was merely a counterattack; both morally and logically, we deserve sufficient compensation…”
“However, Styx and Tartarus do not seem to intend to ask Yaru for anything, and it is not appropriate for us Erebus to ask Yaru for anything on our own.”
"Then, how about exclaves are replaced with viscountry bordering Erebus?"
"That's unlikely. That viscountry bordering Erebus is separate from the three count viscountries of Yaru, while the other viscountries are viscountries within the count viscountries. If we were to exchange them, the Yaru side would likely refuse us for various reasons."
Upon hearing this, Lu Ming fell silent.
While eating an apple, Lu Ming pondered for a long time, but ultimately couldn't come up with a solution. He simply gave up thinking about this matter, which didn't really concern him. After all, someone in Erebus would force Yaru to pay even more compensation!
"How long was I unconscious before?" Lu Ming, no longer thinking about that matter, turned to ask how long he had been unconscious.
“You were unconscious for about an hour. During that time, the messengers from Tartarus and Styx arrived in the capital.”
"Was the meeting that Ramanlas attended to discuss postwar matters with them?"
"No, that meeting ended a long time ago. What I'm talking about are the results of discussions at that meeting."
"So what kind of meeting is going on right now?"
"God knows."
"..."
Just as Lu Ming was pondering what kind of meeting Ramanlas was attending, Ramanlas suddenly walked into the room and hugged him tightly.
It's clear she's genuinely worried about Lu Ming. Whether or not it's because of feelings...
"Alright, alright, I'm fine." Holding Ramanlas, Lu Ming smiled and comforted his wife.
“I’m so worried about you…” Ramanlas looked up at Lu Ming’s face and said, her voice choked with emotion.
Upon hearing this, Lu Ming couldn't help but laugh and said, "This isn't the first time I've hunted dragons, so there shouldn't be any major accidents. Look, I'm perfectly fine, aren't I?"
"It only happened two or three times! And when you were carried back, you really scared me!" Ramanlas said angrily upon hearing Lu Ming's joke.
Just as Lu Ming and Ramanlas were blindingly flashing their lights, making the three single guys from Lothric unable to open their eyes, Torres and Haimir suddenly entered the room. Seeing Lu Ming and Ramanlas's indiscriminate flashing, Torres couldn't help but tease, "Alright, alright, we know you two are very much in love, so don't put on a show for us now!"
"..." Although they didn't say anything, Lu Ming and Ramanlas glared at Toures. It was clear the couple was angry.
Seeing that Lu Ming and the other man were angry, Haimir quickly changed the subject, saying, "Now that we have successfully annihilated the high-ranking members of the Evil Spirit Church, and Yaru has returned to the hands of the Grand Duke of Yaru, what should we do next?"
"Wait for the Grand Duke's orders, then go home." Sitting in his chair, Lothric peeled an apple, not even glancing at Haimir and Tures, and said lazily.
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