Meanwhile, high in the sky.
The Red Dragon, originally arrogant and aggressive, was now covered in wounds, whimpering softly, her body scarred with deep gashes that glowed with a golden light, constantly eroding the wounds.
Her wing membranes were like torn rags, each flap creating a whistling sound from the rips, making her appear exceptionally miserable.
But she merely considered this a troublesome enemy, not believing the other party could completely defeat her, as she was a Red Dragon, she still possessed power from Tiamat, scorching hot flames, and various other means she had yet to unleash.
“Boom!”
The Red Dragon landed heavily on the mountain peak, causing the rock face to rumble and loose stones to fall.
For the first time, her tone showed hesitation: “Half-elf, you are very powerful.”
“Unlike those mortals, your strength far surpasses theirs, thus you are worthy of the attention of a noble True Dragon.”
“Become my subordinate, and you can rule the Anzeta Great Wilderness with me!”
But the Half-elf Paladin did not reply, only slowly raised the silver sword in her hand, her gaze resolute. Her silver armor, somewhat charred, still faintly shimmered.
“To hunt down sworn enemies, or to expel minor evils, I desire to challenge greater evil.”
“And sworn enemies, no pity.”
Rhea gracefully leaped up, the silver sword in her hand emitting a spiritual glow like the afterglow of a setting sun.
Though not dazzling or intensely bright, it held an unyielding resolve, as if to say, “Even if darkness falls, I shall still shine brightly.”
This was the origin of the “Twilight Blade.”
“Revenge Angel!”
With a crisp roar, countless ethereal souls appeared around the Half-elf Paladin.
They were children burned to death in the great fire, mothers crushed by collapsing houses, men who bravely raised pitchforks to fight but were turned to ashes by dragon fire, warriors who stood against evil but were crushed into paste by sharp claws, and also—the Paladin’s burning will for revenge.
Rhea actually began to fly in the air, ethereal black wings sprouting from her back, making her resemble an angel born for revenge.
At this moment, she was already higher than the mountain peak.
“Roar—”
And Ake roared, the Red Dragon’s absolute arrogance not allowing any lesser creature to dare look down upon her.
At this moment, all the power surging in her bloodline was unleashed, with the most primitive and brutal physical strength, with the melee combat method the Red Dragon was most proficient in—
She lunged with an unparalleled momentum!
“Boom!”
The might generated by the impending collision of two powerful forces caused the mountain to shake incessantly and the entire Anzeta Great Wilderness to tremble.
This made Ke Xiu Si, who was desperately fleeing, unable to resist turning his head to secretly peek at this terrifying scene.
“Holy Strike!”
Rhea exerted all her strength, gripping the silver sword in her hand and leaping down to strike, completely disregarding the Red Dragon’s ferocious, gaping maw that lunged to bite.
The silver longsword, imbued with twilight radiance, merely sliced diagonally.
“Swish—”
The longsword, like a hot knife through butter, effortlessly cut through dragon scales tougher than armor, tearing open the Red Dragon’s hot, surging blood vessels and flesh.
The ethereal souls surrounding her were like a vast army; the Revenge Angels roared and bellowed, impacting the wound on the Red Dragon’s neck.
Each impact deepened the scar by several feet.
Under immense pain, Ake suddenly threw her head back, letting out a painful shriek. But this instinctive action further exacerbated the tearing of the wound, and hot blood spurted out like a fountain.
“Ow—!”
The Red Dragon could still emit painful sounds at first, but once her throat was completely severed, she could not even make a sound.
Everything happened too fast.
So fast that the Red Dragon didn’t even have time to swing her mighty claws or lash her thick tail.
She didn’t even have time to use her unparalleled power from Tiamat.
But the silver sword mercilessly cut through her throat.
This adult Red Dragon, tens of meters long, struggled in mid-air, then her wings drooped powerlessly, and she crashed heavily onto the mountainside.
“Boom!”
The ground trembled, and her massive body rumbled down the slope, ending her sinful and greedy life.
Perhaps her soul would be taken by Tiamat, or perhaps it would be shattered by the Revenge Angels.
But one thing was beyond doubt.
This Red Dragon was dead.
…
At the same time, at the foot of Cloud Peak’s southern slope.
“A Revenge Angel with wings on her back, almost the highest-level Black Knight, truly terrifying.”
“I’m out of here.”
Ke Xiu Si couldn’t help but sigh.
Sub-legendary combat power, even in the 4.0 version of his previous life, was top-tier; among tens of millions of players, only a few hundred could reach this level.
And those capable of stepping onto the legendary path were even rarer.
Thinking of this, the young Red Dragon further solidified his determination to escape, hastily using the ability of the nimble mage’s ring he had swallowed to cast a spell on himself:
“Grease!”
Immediately, his speed became even swifter.
Ke Xiu Si fled like a red bolt of lightning, heading towards the distant dense forest.
As for flying?
He didn’t dare much now.
If he was unlucky and noticed by this sub-legendary warrior’s perception, a casual Holy Strike from hundreds of meters away could send him straight to Tiamat.
One must know that was a sub-legendary Paladin.
Having divine perception was only natural.
Ke Xiu Si was busy fleeing in a panic, with no time for anything else.
But he didn’t know that the Half-elf Paladin was currently standing atop the mountain, her body covered in still-warm dragon blood, looking down from above at the southern slope of Cloud Peak—
—which was the direction the young dragon fled.
There was a hint of confusion in Rhea’s amber eyes.
Because in her evil-sensing spiritual vision, the distant young Red Dragon was not covered in the black representing the evil alignment like ordinary Red Dragons.
Instead, it was colorless, representing the neutral alignment.
“A neutral Red Dragon, how is that possible?”
After only a moment of thought, she still raised her silver sword, pointing it remotely at the young dragon, determined to investigate the matter thoroughly.
“Monster Immobilize!”
As the silver sword pointed, a magical aura flew into the distance.
Once it hit, that Red Dragon would be immobilized by the spell, unable to move at all.
But just as that light was about to touch the Red Dragon’s scales.
An invisible barrier suddenly emerged from Ke Xiu Si, completely blocking the Monster Immobilize spell, then shattered.
【Spell Invalidation Barrier】
Ke Xiu Si was horrified at the sight, as this magic nullification amulet could only be used once a day, and he had no second chance.
“Run!”
Under the pressure of life-or-death crisis, the young dragon frantically flapped his still-tender wings, flying with all his might regardless of everything.
He fled desperately, and in the blink of an eye, he plunged into the forest, disappearing into the depths of the dense woods under the cover of tall trees, completely vanishing.
Rhea looked down at the endless Bokara mountain forest, her brows slightly furrowed, then she shook her head in understanding.
A neutral alignment Red Dragon.
Perhaps she had created a terrible enemy for her future, perhaps she would bring better changes to this world, or perhaps nothing would happen.
Yes.
She would not kill the other party for potential evil, but if that Red Dragon committed heinous crimes, Rhea was equally confident that she would—like today—slay it completely with the incomparably sharp silver sword in her hand.
This was the creed of a Vengeance Oath Paladin.
“To evildoers, no mercy.”
“Or perhaps… show grace to a common enemy.”
The Half-elf slowly removed her helmet, revealing a cool and beautiful face, murmuring to herself.