Ch.311[Chapter 311] Dragon and Imoogi

“Hahahahaha! This power! This very power! I am invincible! Hahahahaha!”

The dragon’s laughter echoed across the battlefield.

However, the laughter sounded shallow and lacked depth, not at all like what one would expect from a dragon.

Yet, as if to prove it was indeed a dragon, heavy rain poured down from the dark clouds that had gathered around it.

“What on earth… is that?”

Sir Dominica stared at the long dragon with surprised eyes.

Sir Dominic knew well that it was a dragon thanks to Shenlong from the card pack exchange, but Sir Dominica had never seen anything like it even in the parallel world.

“It’s a dragon.”

“Dragon? Aren’t dragons supposed to be thicker and spikier? That looks more like… a snake.”

Sir Dominica was confused by the appearance that was completely different from the dragons she knew, but Sir Dominic spoke to her as if it were nothing special.

“We change clothes too. Think of it as a skin or something like that.”

“Ah.”

Sir Dominic’s shameless explanation!

Of course, if one were to delve deeper, there could be almost endless debates about the differences between Western and Eastern dragons, but in Gachaland, no further explanation about dragons was necessary.

“Then is the evil part the same too?”

“Well.”

Sir Dominic thought about Shenlong.

Wasn’t he more like a wise old man rather than evil?

“Just as people have different personalities, dragons must have different personalities too.”

Sir Dominic said this and glanced at the dragon surrounded by dark clouds.

“Still, that one does seem like an evil dragon.”

“Indeed.”

Sir Dominic and Sir Dominica finished their assessment of the dragon.

Of course, they had long abandoned any thought of capturing the dragon.

Sir Dominic and Sir Dominica had absolutely no means to check or capture a flying dragon.

At best, Sir Dominica had her musket, but it was loaded with buckshot for area suppression and wouldn’t reach that distance.

But just because Sir Dominic and Sir Dominica had given up didn’t mean everyone else had.

The Qingwen Clan Leader, intoxicated by his seemingly omnipotent power, was darting around everywhere.

He attacked the Eastern Alliance’s camp, defeating dozens of people, made it difficult for reinforcements by causing rain on the roads, and destroyed the enemy’s siege weapons with lightning.

Truly an omnipotent feeling!

The Qingwen Clan Leader flew wildly through the sky, laughing maniacally.

“Hahahahaha! -Ugh?”

A sudden shock enveloped his body.

He suddenly realized his body had become heavier.

The Qingwen Clan Leader moved his gaze toward where he felt the weight, and there he saw iron chains with steel weights on both ends wrapped around him.

“…What is this.”

“Fire! Fire! Everyone, pull that dragon down!”

“So it was true. The Qingwen Clan Leader really does have dragon blood?”

The people of the Eastern Alliance seemed to have known in advance that the Qingwen Clan Leader would transform into a dragon, as they naturally began preparing chain launchers.

“Ichiko, if it weren’t for you, we would have been in trouble.”

Next to the chain launcher, Musashi spoke to Ichiko.

“We were quite fortunate.”

Ichiko covered her mouth and smiled brightly, as if embarrassed by the flattery.

“Who would have thought such a confidential document would be lying around so carelessly.”

Ichiko pulled out a piece of paper from her sleeve.

It contained detailed information about the members of the Qingwen Clan, and the paper Ichiko held specifically had information about the Qingwen Clan Leader.

“What an incompetent fellow.”

Musashi spoke while looking at the Qingwen Clan Leader, who was now beginning to descend to the ground with chains wrapped around his entire body.

“To think such a person is a clan leader, it seems the theory that there’s another power behind Qingwen is correct.”

“…Shall we find out?”

“No.”

Musashi shook his head at Ichiko’s question.

“You’ve done enough. If you get hurt by digging deeper…”

“Oh my, you too.”

Ichiko blushed at Musashi’s words and playfully hit him.

They seemed confident that victory was almost theirs.

In fact, not just Musashi and Ichiko, but all members of the Eastern Alliance felt the same way.

If they captured the clan leader, the enemy would lose their focal point and self-destruct.

This was what the Eastern Alliance clan members believed.

Although the situation clearly favored the Eastern Alliance, how could things in this world always go as planned?

Just when everyone was predicting the Eastern Alliance’s victory, variables began to emerge.

…

Unryu Hime met Sir Dominic and Sir Dominica on her way back after completing all her missions.

To be precise, it was Sir Dominic.

“Sir Dominic!”

Hime opened the door of the building and greeted Sir Dominic.

One might wonder what if Sir Dominic wasn’t there, but Hime firmly believed he would still be holding out.

And that belief was always rewarded.

“Ah, Lady Hime.”

Sir Dominic welcomed Hime while wiping his clean, bloodless sword with a handkerchief.

Of course, the reason Sir Dominic’s sword had no blood on it was because the adult filter was turned off, but Hime had no way of knowing such details.

“Have you finished your task?”

Sir Dominic asked, thinking of Hime who had just climbed over the wall.

“Thanks to you.”

Hime looked at Sir Dominic and grinned.

Whether it was because the battlefield was burning, or because the captured dragon was spewing fire filled with anger, Hime’s face was quite flushed.

“By the way, a dragon is surprising. I thought direct transformation like that was inefficient and had been discontinued.”

Hime said this while looking at the captured dragon.

“Efficiency is the issue? When it’s so formidable?”

Sir Dominica interjected between Sir Dominic and Hime.

Hime frowned at the ferocious chest that suddenly appeared before her eyes, but soon pushed aside that terrifying bosom with the back of her hand and said:

“Yes. Since the people of Gachaland are humanoid, transforming into a different form isn’t really a good method. Above all, in Gachaland, appearance, stats, and skills often work separately, and different forms sometimes aren’t compatible at all…”

Ah. Sir Dominica understood Hime’s words.

Almost all skills in Gachaland were designed for human form, so they would inevitably be inefficient in dragon form.

“I see. Then it’s actually quite silly?”

Sir Dominica snorted as if she had been afraid for nothing.

“Well, even so, being able to transform into a dragon means they’re at least 5-tier.”

“…Hmm.”

Hime didn’t intend to spoil Sir Dominica’s confident mood, but her casual remark ended up making Sir Dominica sullen.

“5-tier, you say?”

Sir Dominic turned his head to look at the dragon.

“…It doesn’t seem that strong for a 5-tier.”

“They probably haven’t been 5-tier for long.”

Hime shared her speculation.

In fact, information about that dragon, the Qingwen Clan Leader, had been posted in the group chat, but because she had muted her phone for the mission, she didn’t know the exact information.

“By the way, you speak as if you’ve experienced 5-tier before?”

Hime curiously asked Sir Dominic.

“Usually, 5-tier individuals try not to show their power.”

“I’ve met your father.”

“Ah.”

Hime blushed at Sir Dominic’s words.

Knowing her father Musashi’s personality well, she could imagine how embarrassingly he must have behaved.

“I’m sorry. My father can be a bit overprotective.”

Hime apologized first.

“Well, it was good to witness a new realm.”

After his conversation with Musashi, Sir Dominic had experienced a glimpse of Musashi’s realm.

Despite just swinging his sword lightly, there was a pressure that seemed to pierce the skin, unlike the fake 5-tier dragon before them.

Of course, the power of someone on the verge of transcendence within 5-tier couldn’t be the same as someone at the edge of 4-tier, but even considering that, the two beings were hard to consider as the same 5-tier.

“Anyway, I should head back now.”

Hime said to Sir Dominic, still with a flushed face.

Her inner thoughts were filled with plans to give Musashi a piece of her mind as soon as she got back, but at least on the surface, she hid those true feelings.

“What will you do, Sir Dominic?”

“I plan to stay here until the next orders come.”

Sir Dominic glanced inside the building.

It was packed with people who, despite having respawned, couldn’t move due to the crowd.

“This is unexpectedly fun.”

Sir Dominic blocked an assassin’s attack that appeared suddenly from thin air with his shield without even looking, and grinned.

“I know, right? It feels like being one against a hundred, one against an army?”

Sir Dominica said this while pointing her gun barrel at the assassin’s temple.

The assassin broke into a cold sweat at her killing intent, but Sir Dominica pulled the trigger faster than the sweat could roll down.

The assassin, who reappeared at the respawn point, turned back with a dejected expression and took a number ticket.

They had adapted to the situation so well that they had created their own content about who would defeat Sir Dominic first.

“Well, that’s good then. I’ll be on my way… huh?”

Hime was thinking about returning to the main force, seeing that Sir Dominic and Sir Dominica seemed quite happy.

However, Hime soon had to abandon that thought, as for some reason, an uneasy feeling ran down her spine.

Hime suddenly turned her head toward where she felt the uneasiness.

It was where the dragon, the Qingwen Clan Leader, was captured in chains, and the clan leader was twisting his body with all his might as if making a final struggle.

“You worms! I am a dragon! A dragon, I say! Arghhhh!”

After venting his frustration with all his might, the dragon finally threw off all the chains’ pressure and soared into the sky again.

However, the dragon seemed to have used all its strength to break free from the chains, as it couldn’t fully ascend to the sky and began falling back to the ground.

No, not to the ground.

It was toward the lake below the cliff, near the building where Sir Dominic and Sir Dominica were.

Sir Dominic, Sir Dominica, and Hime suddenly realized they had made eye contact with the dragon.

Sir Dominic and Sir Dominica looked at the dragon without much emotion, but Hime was different.

As soon as Hime met the dragon’s greedy eyes, her already uneasy feeling surged even more.

Why, why?

Hime soon found out the reason.

As the dragon fell into the lake, a huge splash rose.

It sent the pirate ships of the Jiangshui Crew in the lake flying into the air.

The pirate ships jumped high above the water surface due to the impact, soaring high enough to cross over the cliff, and some began to fall down with momentum to attack Sir Dominic and Sir Dominica.

“Ah, aieeeeeeeee-!”

Of course, this applied to Hime as well.