"Idiot, it should be you who should be running away."
Huh?
The demon warlock was puzzled.
Bluffing, it controlled a giant skeleton and reached out towards Saga.
At the same time, the giant skeleton swung its arm and conjured a wildly exaggerated hundred-meter wind blade out of thin air, tearing through the storm and slashing towards Saga.
Saga stood still, not dodging, just a mocking smile on his lips.
Crack!
The wind blade made contact with the hatchling dragon's scales.
At that moment, time seemed to stand still. A faint but clear sound entered the demon warlock's mind, and even the clans below the island heard the sound of something breaking.
The demon warlock's gaze sharpened.
In that instant, it saw that on the surface of the golden hatchling dragon, a seemingly inconspicuous dragon scale suddenly shattered.
Golden Radiance Shield, activate!
"Do you still have any tricks up your sleeve?"
"How many tricks do you have? You're just a hatchling dragon! Can't you act like one?"
The demon warlock felt a sense of unease in its heart, roaring internally.
At that moment, a terrifying, vast, and oppressive force descended upon Saga.
And.
There was a brighter, more dazzling, and more brilliant golden light shining from the hatchling dragon's scales, like liquid surging out.
In an instant, Saga's body was covered in a layer of golden radiance.
Within the radiance, there were mysterious and obscure dark golden magic patterns that even the demon warlock couldn't understand.
Crack!
In the face of this golden light, the wind blade that made contact with it instantly shattered.
It was dazzling to an unbelievable degree.
The golden light was so radiant that Saga seemed like a golden sun hanging in the dark clouds, spreading and extending the golden light, turning the dim world of rain into gold. Countless raindrops refracting the golden light fell from the sky, covering the clouds and the sea with a golden sheen, creating a beautiful and sacred scene of rain.
"What a wonderful feeling."
Saga's radiant golden gaze narrowed, emitting a terrifying wave of power.
In just an instant, he felt as if he had been fully revived, his previous exhaustion completely gone, and more.
Saga clenched his dragon claws.
A boundless and endless power seemed to be circulating within him, greatly amplifying his attributes in all directions.
He felt stronger than ever before.
He felt that he could easily sink Waxing Crescent Island with a single blow.
Looking down, the movements of the giant skeleton in Saga's eyes seemed to be in slow motion, and his thought process had also been enhanced.
With a flap of his dragon wings, the 'Golden Sun' faced the storm giant skeleton.
In just an instant, it crossed the spatial distance and appeared in front of the giant skeleton's fist.
Saga's dragon claw reached out and collided head-on with it from above.
Crack!
The fist of the giant skeleton, which was harder than steel, was crushed inch by inch, turning into powder and dissolving into the storm.
Roar!
The soul flame in the eye sockets of the storm giant skeleton flickered rapidly, and a cluster of thunder that could instantly kill a mid-level creature and severely injure a high-level one spewed out from its open jaws, landing on Saga's face.
However, Saga was unscathed.
The thunder landed on the golden radiance covering Saga's body, without even a ripple forming, as if a gentle breeze had passed by. The thunder from the storm giant skeleton couldn't harm Saga in his current state.
From an external perspective, it seemed as if a golden dragon shadow had passed through the rain curtain tinged with gold, pierced through the body of the storm giant skeleton, and then—
Crack!
In an instant, the robust body of the storm giant skeleton was torn apart, turning into bone fragments that disintegrated once again in the brilliant golden light, turning into powder and dissipating in the wind, leaving no trace of bones behind.
The demon warlock felt dizzy.
When it came to its senses, all it saw was the golden faceplate in front of it, with a pair of dragon eyes shining brightly, exuding an extraordinary aura.
Saga crushed the body of the death knight, only taking its head.
Well, to be precise, the head of the demon warlock, because Saga discovered that the death knight had actually died when the thunder descended, and the thunder had indeed caused fatal injuries, killing the death knight, which was also the release the death knight had longed for.
"Why did this happen?"
The demon warlock, with only its head left, murmured, the green flames in its eye sockets flickering weakly.
"What kind of spell is this?"
It opened and closed its jaws, asking Saga.
Saga looked down, grinned, and said, "Why should I tell you? Guess."
Silence.
"Legendary spell?" the demon warlock said.
It couldn't understand the dark golden magic patterns on Saga's body, only feeling that they were obscure and mysterious.
With such a powerful effect, the demon warlock couldn't think of any other possibility besides a legendary spell.
Saga didn't answer.
But sometimes, not answering is also an answer.
"No wonder, no wonder. You actually had such a trump card all along. In your eyes, I must be like a clown jumping up and down."
The demon warlock's tone was complex.
But, thinking it had nothing left to lose, it quickly adjusted.
"Hehehe, you have a legendary spell by your side, I don't feel wronged in losing, what a pity, I won't get to use my soul-stealing technique."
"Kill me, hehehe."
It laughed strangely.
Saga gazed at its broken head, half-smiling, "Oh? You want to die? I didn't want to kill you, thinking you might be useful to me, but on second thought, forget it."
Using a Golden Aura Shield on the demon warlock, it would be too much of a loss to kill it so easily.
Besides, such a necromancer had more benefits if kept alive.
As long as he could control and subjugate it.
Saga didn't find this difficult.
Because he saw the state of the demon warlock.
It was a ninth-tier mage, but now it was strong outside but weak inside, mainly relying on the death knight in battle, barely casting spells, especially now that the death knight Alfred was dead, its body crushed by Saga, leaving only the head, the demon warlock integrated with the death knight was also severely injured, its soul fire very weak.
Saga sensed carefully.
Its soul fire strength was now even below fourth-tier, just low-tier.
But, a mage's vast knowledge was also a valuable treasure, dragon inheritance was broad but not deep, covering a little bit of everything, but lacking in depth.
A ninth-tier mage was basically a living dictionary.
"Well, at worst I could sell it, a death knight's living head containing a ninth-tier mage's soul. That's a rare and curious item, many would be interested, even the Red Dragoness might be."
Saga thought.
Meanwhile, the demon warlock was stunned.
"You're not going to kill me?"
Its soul fire fluctuated violently, revealing a desire for life.
Initially so ready to die because it thought Saga wouldn't spare it, after all, it wanted to kill Saga, underestimating Saga's magnanimity. Saga wasn't a strict Red Dragon or Golden Dragon, under the right circumstances, for his benefit, keeping an enemy who wanted him dead and turning them into a dog was possible.
"I wasn't going to kill you, but seeing you're not afraid of death, so calm in the face of it, and with such hostility towards me, I think I'll send you to hell. No, I prefer to eliminate my enemies completely, and I happen to have means to attack the soul, you won't get the chance to go to hell."
Saga spoke slowly and deliberately.
The demon warlock hesitated, then began to say through gritted teeth:
"Don't kill me, I can serve you."
"I don't have any animosity towards you, I just wanted a potential body, and you appeared before me, with an unlimited potential body, so I targeted you."
It really didn't want to die.
Otherwise, it would have died under Alfred's greatsword hundreds of years ago, its last will to live let it perform a half-hearted soul-stealing technique, allowing it to survive in this form.
Good, just like this.
Saga liked the feeling of holding the initiative firmly in his hands.
"Serving me. Hmm. Let me consider, what can you do?"
Saga didn't agree immediately.
"I'm valuable, I know necromancy spells from one to nine, I've dabbled in other spell systems, I deeply understand the mysteries of flesh and soul, I know some secret histories, know the locations of several treasure-filled mysterious dungeons, and with the right materials, I can make magical equipment and spell scrolls. I can do many things for you."
The demon warlock said eagerly.
Saga didn't speak, his gaze scrutinizing the demon warlock.
This silence in the storm tormented the demon warlock.
Suddenly.
Saga's gaze sharpened, turning to the south.
A blue dragon shadow flew through the storm, approaching Waxing Crescent Island, then froze in mid-flight upon noticing Saga.
The young blue dragon stiffened like a statue.
Noticing the brilliant golden Saga, and when their eyes met, she forced a smile on her dragon face, unsure if it was sadness or joy.
A few seconds ago.
Guritiya saw the suddenly golden sky, the dense gold light, not knowing what had happened, driven by curiosity and an adventurous spirit, she approached.
Then, she saw the dazzling Saga, holding an undead head.
At this moment, the aura emanating from Saga filled Guritiya with overwhelming fear, a power level she couldn't match.
"What's with this little hatchling?"
"Why more surprising each time, I'm so unlucky, I shouldn't have provoked it."
Guritiya wailed internally, feeling inexplicably wronged.
Whoosh!
Golden light flashed.
Saga, previously over two thousand meters away, appeared instantly in front of the blue dragon, quietly observing her.
Just when he used the Golden Aura Shield, and its effects hadn't ended, she came for revenge.
This one must be unlucky.
Saga thought.
"We meet again, Blue Dragon."
"Last time you got away quickly, and I let you go. I just didn't expect you to dare come back. What, seeking to avenge your grudge?"
Saga extended his head, drawing close to the other, his faceplate nearly touching.
The sense of oppression intensified.
It was as if an invisible hand was stuffed into her throat, Guli Tiya was almost suffocating.
She gave Saga a smile uglier than crying.
Then she lowered her head, not daring to meet Saga's gaze directly, her tail drooping lifelessly as she spoke in a weak voice, "You've misunderstood, oh, I swear, it was just a damned misunderstanding. Last time, I was too angry because my territory was taken by adventurers, and I vented my anger on you. Now, when I think about how I maliciously targeted you before, I feel guilty and regretful, so this time I came specifically to apologize to you."
Direct eye contact between dragonkind is sometimes seen as a provocation.
There have been such cases when different True Dragons encountered each other.
"What are you looking at?"
"What about it? Fight me."
Without further ado, the battle would begin.
Avoiding eye contact could imply submission.
And the lowered head, the drooping tail, all indicated that the Blue Dragon was yielding to Saga.
Saga chuckled, "Apologize to me? But you see, I don't accept your apology."
Ah?
The Blue Dragon lifted her head.
What met her eyes was a golden, diamond-scaled fist.
"This dragon claw is really beautiful, the color, the texture."
Thud!
Before the Blue Dragon could react, the punch landed, and she immediately blacked out, plummeting towards the sea in a straightforward manner.
Saga controlled his strength, knocking out the Blue Dragon with a single punch.
Then, without waiting for her to sink into the deep sea, he grabbed the Blue Dragon's tail with one claw and descended towards Waxing Crescent Island.