RNP Chapter 124 Seven Horns, Appearance of a Red Dragon
Chapter 124 Seven Horns, Appearance of a Red Dragon
Chapter 124 Seven Heads and Ten Horns, the Appearance of a Red Dragon
On the dragon's back, Elena watched the mountains draw ever closer, and the sense of oppression she felt only increased.
From the moment she learned of her dragonborn identity, she knew that she was destined to fight a black dragon named Aldurian.
This is because it is a prophecy passed down from ancient times, and prophecy often represents another word in the continent of Eternity.
fate.
She had thought that perhaps she could break free from the prophecy's trajectory and ignore the dragon plague and the shadow of the end.
But the reality is that even if she were to let Audurian go, he wouldn't let her go. That lingering feeling constantly reminded her that if she dared to escape, Audurian would definitely hunt her down to the ends of the earth.
According to Mordy, even if she manages to escape for a while, various coincidences will inevitably occur, leading her to run into Audurian.
The oppressive feeling from the other immortal was growing stronger, and she couldn't help but worry:
"The Shadow of the End, Aldurian... Can I, along with the other two, defeat it?"
"Believe in yourself, no, believe in me who believes in you. And why didn't you include me?"
Modi turned his head and said with dissatisfaction.
Although he usually plays a maximum of six cards, it's a different story when he goes all in.
By simply consuming the tainted blood of the Holy Grail, he could leave a huge wound on the hands of an immortal-level demon.
And this is not all of his trump cards.
"Alright, it's my fault." Elena smiled. "I've never seen you go all out before. It seems I'll get to see it this time."
She never quite figured out the mystery surrounding Modi, but from his unintentional words and actions, she had a vague idea.
The three-headed dragon flew over the mountain range and headed straight for the largest and tallest mountain.
Compared to other mountains, that mountain was much larger, more like the difference between a chopstick and a giant tree.
As the two broke through the clouds and the mist dissipated, they suddenly witnessed a wondrous sight.
Above the sea of clouds, the mountain peaks were flattened, and where there should have been towering peaks, a huge temple stood before them.
Even his dragon form could likely be easily accommodated by this temple.
Elena glanced at the temple and then compared it to her own body, sadly realizing that she was probably no bigger than an ant inside.
Looking around, the entire temple appeared as a unified whole. Based on his understanding of the Second Age, Mordi had reason to suspect that it was built by an ancient dragon himself.
Humans under the rule of dragons could never have built such a colossal spectacle.
Even with their extraordinary abilities, they were powerless to build such a thing while being restricted by the dragon.
"Fortunately, as time has passed, the various magic arrays inside the temple have been worn down to almost nothing, otherwise we would not have been able to defeat the enemy here. Although the temple still stands here and looks undamaged on the outside, its interior is riddled with holes and the various magic arrays are dim and lackluster."
Elena stared at the temple for a moment, gripped her greatsword tightly, and said softly, "I smell dragon blood. It seems a fierce battle took place here."
"Could it be that they pre-arranged the deal?"
With some doubt, Modi approached the temple entrance and glanced into the open temple, his vertical pupils shrinking slightly.
There was no bloodshed, nor any trace of fierce fighting.
Inside the Temple of Aldushim, there were only mountains of dragon's chambers.
The corpses of dried dragons, covered in scales of different colors, were piled up like a mound of skulls, deterring any intruders.
Dozens of dragon skulls lay exposed, silently watching the outside world. The cold wind blew into their empty eye sockets, producing strange, monotonous wailing sounds.
The sound was mournful, as if it were their last lament left in the world.
On top of this mound of dragon corpses, a colossal creature was coiled up.
Its body was covered in sharp spikes, its head was covered with numerous horns of varying thickness and length, its body was covered in jet-black dragon scales, and its tail was like a sharp knife, flicking slightly.
Based on visual inspection, Modi estimated that the jet-black dragon was probably over 100 meters long, making it the largest dragon he had ever encountered.
Sensing someone's arrival, the black dragon trembled slightly, opened its eyes, and revealed its scarlet pupils.
It opened its mouth, revealing gleaming white fangs, and spoke in dragon language: "The last dragonborn prophesied, you have finally arrived."
Before he finished speaking, Modi dodged to the side, narrowly avoiding the dragon roar hidden in his words.
These old dragons, one by one, have all mastered the skill of concealing their dragon roars in their words, making them truly impossible to guard against.
"Oh? It can't be underestimated."
Audurian grinned, his face contorted with malice.
"I never expected that one of my descendants would be a freak with three heads like you. Moreover, you even went so far as to ally with the Dragonborn. It seems I need to clean house."
The dragon's voice, like booming thunder, rang out continuously, making it impossible to discern how many dragon roars were mixed in.
A barrage of dragon roars rained down on the two of them. Even though Elena was already using her own dragon roars to counter, Mordy couldn't completely dodge them.
A dragon's roar struck him, and in the misty moment, he felt his flesh and blood stirring restlessly.
Even though he absorbed a lot of dragon blood and kept refining his bloodline, it still couldn't compare to the highest-ranking dragon blood that Aldurian possessed.
The only one who can be on par with it in terms of bloodline is Elena now.
"Mortis, be careful! This is a dragon roar specifically designed to strip away dragon blood and dragon soul!" Elena quickly warned.
"Stripped of dragon blood and dragon soul? I see." Modi breathed a sigh of relief. "I don't have a dragon soul within me, nor is dragon blood the only bloodline."
He actively activated the ancient blood, using its absolute control over the other bloodlines to forcefully suppress the restlessness of the dragon blood.
Seeing that even after being hit by the dragon's roar, he was still like a dragon that hadn't been hurt, Audurian narrowed his eyes, his facial muscles twitching as he carefully observed him.
"How come you're alright? No, you don't have a dragon soul, and you don't have just one bloodline, dragon blood."
It flew into a rage, its pupils turning even more crimson.
"You are not a dragon!"
"You're saying I'm not a dragon?"
Modi's three dragon heads revealed a slightly mischievous smile. "You guessed right, I stole this bloodline. By the way, dragon blood is very useful."
Aldurian grew increasingly furious, just like those self-proclaimed nobles who valued their own bloodline above all else.
During its reign, it even issued a ban that any spellcaster who researched the bloodline of dragons would be hunted down by dragons and the Dragon Cult.
Now, seeing Mordi as a living example of violating the ban, it is as furious as the Crusaders seeing heresy.
It no longer uses language to mask its dragon roar; it goes straight for the real thing.
The moment Audurian revealed his gleaming white fangs, Mordy's ominous premonition rose steadily. He knew very well that the dragon known as the Shadow of the End was about to get serious.
Elena leaped off his back, blocking his path, and with each movement of her lips, her invisible roar materialized into a tangible force.
"*Dragon Language【Unbreakable Barrier】*"
"*Dragon Language [Phantom Spirit Transformation]*"
"*Dragon Language [Dragon Soul Tear]*"
Having been promoted to an immortal, her endurance is much stronger. Several dragon roars that used to consume a lot of energy can now be used at will by her.
A phantom barrier, like a city wall rising from the ground, stood guard in front of her. At the same time, her and Modi's figures behind her blurred into nothingness.
Like a ghost.
Aldurian's dragon roar crashed into the barrier, several dragon roars overlapping, exerting their ultimate power upon it.
Moments later, the thick, city-wall-like barrier crumbled, and the dragon's roar, symbolizing "propulsion" and "disruption of balance," continued its advance.
When the dragon roar touched the two ethereal bodies, the previously invincible roar lost its effect, passed through the two, and slammed into the stone wall of the temple behind them.
The stone wall, which had stood for millions of years without damage, was shaken and blasted into a large crater, with spiderweb-like cracks remaining inside.
"Using the Dragon's Roar to infiltrate another dimension, thereby transforming into a phantom form to avoid damage?"
Audurian sneered, opened his blood-red maw, and was about to unleash a dragon roar that countered the phantom form.
Before it could utter a complete dragon language word, a dragon roar struck it first.
This was Elena's last [Dragon Soul Tear], a dragon roar she suddenly learned after becoming an immortal.
In an instant, intense pain overwhelmed the black dragon, forcing it to swallow back its roar that was about to unleash its full power.
This pain originates from the depths of the dragon's soul, and it has only experienced it once in its long history.
After that incident, it was also banished outside of time and forced to leave the continent of Itnity.
"It's this again... The feeling of death is really unpleasant."
The effect of 【Dragon Soul Tear】 is to make dragons experience the feeling of death, weakening their dragon souls.
Unlike other dragon roars, this one was developed by mortals and was created specifically for dragon hunting.
"I didn't expect you to know even this."
With his dragon soul weakened, Aldurian is now unable to fly or use his dragon roar.
It stared intently at the dragon-born girl, then opened its mouth and spewed out poisonous mist and flames.
Elena had just exited her phantom form when she encountered dragon breath. Just as she was about to dodge, a massive figure blocked her way.
The poison fueled the fire, and the fire contained a strange poison. The fire and poison surged and raged, but all of it was stopped by the three-headed dragon.
Amidst the poisonous fog and malevolent flames, an unusual crimson hue spread, gradually staining large swaths of the fog red, standing in stark contrast to the green that represented the poisonous fog.
Crimson plague gas spread, and in the red and green mist, multi-headed monsters appeared and disappeared.
"Hiss, this is the first time I've used this form. I didn't expect it to be such a burden."
A dragon's head emerged from the mist, followed by a second, a third... until the seventh head, at which point the complete multi-headed monster was fully revealed.
The multi-headed monster was entirely crimson, with seven heads and ten horns, each head adorned with a crown.
He has ten tails behind him and six wings on his body.
As he spoke, his breath dispersed the poisonous mist and evil fire.
The monster's seven heads each display a different look and expression.
Pride, envy, wrath, sloth, greed, gluttony, and lust—the seven original sins can all be found on these seven dragon heads.
Modi grinned. The entire blood-stained book, with all its pages weighing on him, was an immense burden.
This was the first time he had done this, and he hoped there wouldn't be a next time.
Various terms overlapped, and various emotions filled his mind, corresponding to the seven original sins on his seven heads, causing his brain to be in chaos.
The chaotic and intense emotions further stimulated the seed of the mind, causing it to evolve in an even more distorted direction.