Chapter 138
Silence.
A moment of complete stillness hung in the air.
No one dared to speak. Eyes were wide, mouths frozen in silent “O”s.
Drayken turned his dragon head toward them and sneered.
Another bolt of lightning coalesced within his core, ready to blast another foe into oblivion.
It happened in the blink of an eye.
And then, chaos erupted.
The humans attacked, and the dragons retaliated without hesitation.
A deafening boom followed, so thunderous it drowned out the world itself.
The battle ignited, with humans swarming the dragons by sheer numbers.
But quantity doesn’t always overcome quality and that truth was becoming painfully clear.
Dragons possessed formidable defenses, especially their scales, which were harder than what their level alone would suggest.
Even attacks that exceeded their own power often failed to pierce them.
Equally terrifying was their offensive capability, wielding devastating spells with deadly precision.
With both near-impenetrable defense and overwhelming attack power, defeating a single dragon required an enormous amount of energy.
Humans, by contrast, had weaker, more fragile bodies. A single flick of a dragon’s tail could reduce them to nothing more than pulp.
Drayken alone faced twenty opponents, unleashing wave after wave of electric beams to obliterate them.
But to his surprise, all his attacks were blocked by a strange electromagnetic defense field.
“Hmm? Interesting.”
His slitted eyes flashed with curiosity as he observed.
He was certainly intrigued by the humans’ telekinetic abilities.
‘Perhaps the main body could dispatch a clone to the human side… We could analyze their powers and repurpose them for our own.’
Even as he strategized, Drayken continued his assault, relentlessly launching beams of lightning. The defenders were already at their limit, their faces pale with exhaustion.
He was moments away from ending them all.
But then, a harsh voice thundered from above:
“Enough.”
A terrifying force crashed down from the sky, locking Drayken in place, completely frozen, unable to move.
Drayken thrashed and writhed, his massive dragon body twisting with all its might—but he couldn’t move. It was as if an invisible barrier had locked him in place, freezing him completely.
He gritted his teeth.
Veins bulged like thick, coiled pipes across his body, pulsing with raw energy.
The harder he struggled, the tighter the force constricted around him. But instead of fear, rage surged within him.
His roar echoed like thunder, shaking the very air.
For the first time, he felt his bloodline boil, like a volcano erupting from deep within.
Since his evolution into the Lightning Saint Bloodline of unknown grade, he had never lost control. Emotions had always bowed to his will, unlike during his time with the lesser bloodline.
But now, for the first time… his bloodline had erupted on its own.
Dark clouds grew in a cluster in the skies, completely covering the sun.
The thunderous roar in the skies grew louder.
And Drayken opened his jaws forcefully and released a terrifying roar.
Boom!
The lightning gathered, coiling around his entire body before it gradually morphed into an armour that surrounded his body.
Covered in lightning armour, Drayken seemed to have gained newfound strength as he wriggled his muscles again and again until he finally broke free.
[You have awakened a hidden feature of the bloodline]
[You have gained the title
…
Any hidden ability in your body would be quickly awakened.
…
Lightning surged in Drayken’s core as he tilted his head toward the sky, eyes blazing with unbridled fury.
“Oh?”
A calm, intrigued voice echoed from above.
“An interesting one.”
“How dare you!?”
Suddenly, a furious roar split the sky. A colossal shadow descended, casting darkness across the battlefield.
Drayken looked up, his pupils dilated. Though he couldn’t sense its presence directly, his bloodline instinctively began to calm, tamed by sheer pressure.
Above, the towering silhouette of a dragon filled the sky, vast enough to blanket the heavens in its shadow.
The oppressive force pinning Drayken down vanished in an instant, followed by a pained scream from its wielder.
“Supreme Dragon Emperor, there are five Paragons here. And you… you are alone. Shall we fight again?”
“Oh? I’d heard a rumor, a human had reached the Paragon level. Seems it was true, after all,” the old dragon mumbled.
“But this is not enough.”
They fought in the blink of an eye.
Drayken looked with stunned eyes as the sky started to shatter in front of him like glass.
And from within the crevices of the cracked skies, a terrifying darkness seeped out.
“Did they shatter reality itself?” Drayken thought in his heart, his heart beating like a drum.
Strangely, he wasn’t afraid of this power; instead, there was a blinding confidence in his heart that he would one day have the same power.
Drayken tightened his fist and closed his eyes, taking a deep breath.
He gradually receded from his dragon form and turned into human form again.
However, the lightning armour still remained, completely protecting his body.
“I wonder if there are other secrets that this bloodline hides?” While he was amused to feel the unexpected boon, there was also curiosity in his heart:
“Welp, if there truly are some hidden abilities that are within my bloodline, then I should get them soon.”
Looking at his title, Drayken tightened his fist. Not only could this help him, but also other clones and the main body.
Then he looked around him.
The battle had already halted for the younger generation, and both of them had tactically retreated.
Actually, Drayken was the only one standing right in the middle of the aftermath because he was trapped by some Paragon expert power…
‘I wonder what Paragon even means…’ While contemplating in his mind, Drayken decided that he would have to gain knowledge about the humans if he wanted to fight them.
As the great one said:
“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles.”
The battle in the sky was extremely frightening, and with each passing breath, the sky’s fractures only deepened.
Drayken looked from the corner of his eyes, looking at the man whose two arms were obliterated with his electric beam.
There was a woman with long red hair tending to him with care and love in her eyes.
“What were you saying previously?” Drayken grinned. Without any warning, his figure vanished from the place, leaving arcs of lightning.
The humans were also focusing on the battle, but some of them were already prepared.
“This mad dragon really attacked.”
“He really is crazy.”
The humans sneered, throwing countless weapons at Drayken in his charging form.
To this, Drayken only uttered a single word with a hint of disdain in his eyes:
“Useless.”
The attacks landed on his body; however, all of them were deflected by his lightning armour.
All attacks turned useless, causing the humans to be stunned.
They watched as Drayken sped past them, heading straight toward the man with severed arms.
Without a word, Drayken yanked the woman by the hand, glancing coldly at the man before turning back with her in tow.
The red-haired woman tried to resist, but against Drayken’s iron grip, she had no strength to fight back.
When Drayken was returning, the humans were stunned but did not attack.
“Eh, why didn’t we attack?” a certain idiot muttered, confused.
“Are you an idiot? You want to kill one of our own? Do you want to be hanged?” another snapped.
“Oh, right,” the idiot nodded, looking suddenly enlightened.
Drayken reached back and gently put the woman on the ground.
Before he could react, a hand suddenly grabbed his ear.
Ahhh—
He cried, feigning pain.
“Hmph, Drayken, it seems you have grown some wings, have you?” Synthia spoke with an icy tone.
Drayken felt a shiver down his spine; his instinct flared on alarm, the impending doom felt nearer than ever.
“We–We can talk about this,” he stuttered. “First, listen to me.”
“You abducted a human girl, what else do you have to explain?” she asked with an expressionless face.
However, being expressionless was scarier than having expression.
Drayken didn’t explain, with cold sweat he leapt towards her and kissed her on the cheek.
“Huh?” Synthia was stunned on the spot, her expressionless face instantly melting into a blushing one. “What did you do that for?”
Heaving a sigh of relief, Drayken explained while pointing at the man in the distance:
“She must be his lover or fiancé. Remember what he told you before?”
“Are you still holding a grudge against him?” Synthia asked with raised brows.
“Of course,” Drayken grumbled with an expressionless face. “I must fulfill what I said, and I will follow it till the end.”
The red-haired woman who was listening to the conversation was pale:
“You demon, what are you going to do with me?” she asked, clutching her chest protectively.
Drayken turned to her and gently flicked her forehead.
“I won’t harm you. But from now on, you will never meet the humans again. I hold no grudge against you, it wouldn’t be fair. I only promise this: once I’ve dealt with that guy, I will return you back.”
“Really?” the red-haired woman asked, her voice laced with doubt.
“You are my captive, do you have a choice?” Drayken shrugged with nonchalance.
“You’re right.” She nodded without bickering or crying.
“By the way, what are you to him?” he asked the important question, seeing the nonchalance of the woman.
“I am his fiancé, of course.”
“Don’t you like him?”
“Hmm, I do like him but not love him.”
“…” Drayken had expected her to overreact or something, but she really was too nonchalant that he was utterly stunned.
Just as he was about to speak further,
the terrifying explosions in the skies suddenly stopped.
Drayken looked up, stunned, as the fractured space started to mend itself, revealing the faint figure of the people who were high above the sky in outer space.