Chapter 370: Night Has Arrived (3)
Translator: miraclerifle
Editor: Borderline Masochist
The half-transparent shield surrounding the white castle.
The numerous magic bombs aiming for the shield.
Cale saw the large shield about to hit the White Star before the bombs detonated.
“Ha!”
The White Star scoffed, and a water wall appeared around him.
Cale could not see anything after that.
Boooooooom-
A large sandstorm appeared because of the large explosion.
However, Cale still got goosebumps on his arms.
‘...There's no...’
There were no changes at all.
He could hear explosions, feel the ground shaking, and see the giant sandstorm, however...
In this area surrounded by the half-transparent white shield...
Nothing outside impacted the white castle at all.
Complete protection.
Cale could hear Raon mumbling to himself.
“...Protection......”
He slightly turned his head to see Raon looking past the white shield with a shocked expression. Raon continued to mumble in shock. It didn't look like he even knew he was talking.
“...This is... mom’s...power......”
Cale and Raon made eye contact.
Raon's eyes focused again before he quickly closed his mouth in shock. He then hid his face on Cale’s shoulder.
Cale started to speak.
“What are you doing? She said to watch.”
‘Take a look.’
Raon recalled what the white Dragon Sheritt had said.
The small Dragon's head slowly looked up.
Shaaaaaaaaaaa-
A gust of wind took the debris of the explosion with it.
Then the results of the explosions appeared.
“Ha, haha-”
The White Star started to laugh.
“How entertaining.”
He brushed his hand off.
It was his left hand that had created the water wall.
There were no injuries nor any blood visible on it.
However, he repeated closed and opened his fist.
His hand was shaking.
There had been a strong explosion when the large shield crashed into the water wall. The aftershock of that explosion was making his hand shake a bit.
The White Star's entire left arm was shaking from the strength of that first attack.
“...Really......”
Of the five main ancient power attributes, the White Star did not have an earth attribute power.
That was why his body was never in balance.
This led to many situations where his insides would twist and make it difficult for him while he was fighting.
‘Yes, there have been many times that happened.’
However, he had never expected his arm to be numb like this from a single shield explosion.
“Really, it’s been a while since I’ve experienced something like this.”
The first attack from ancient Dragon Eruhaben had not even strained the White Star.
In fact, it had never been like this for the past few hundred years.
“I guess even as an illusion you are still the Lord.”
He continued to laugh.
“This much strength...how entertaining.”
He was still looking at his shaking hand in amusement.
There was someone else who was shocked by this situation.
Cale looked toward Raon.
Lord Sheritt. She had said that this illusion grew at Raon's pace and only had Raon's level of strength. That statement and the current situation created a question in Cale's mind.
‘Does that mean that Raon is strong enough to cause this kind of damage to the White Star in a single attack as well?’
Cale could see Lord Sheritt slowly descending to the ground.
She looked fine without any damage. In fact, the smile on her face made her look vicious.
Cale could see Raon looking down at his own paws with a confused expression as well.
‘Is Raon's hidden potential that high?’
It was at that moment.
- Cale.
He heard Eruhaben’s voice.
- Don't look toward me.
He quickly told Cale not to look toward him.
‘Why?’
He soon got the answer.
- Lord Sheritt is putting everything on the line right now.
Cale flinched.
- I'm certain that she must have anticipated that we were not strong enough to win against the White Star's forces without getting seriously injured.
Eruhaben had found that to be weird from the beginning.
He had confirmed that Lord Sheritt's strength was similar to Raon. He found it weird that she still chose to fight alone.
It was weird because she was a Dragon who was once the Lord.
The Dragon Lord was someone who was calm and calculated situations more rationally than anyone else. She should have noticed the difference in strength just now.
‘The Lord stepped up even though she knew we would lose or be severely injured.’
Eruhaben realized what was going on after thinking about it.
- Lord Sheritt is putting everything on the line right now.
The half-transparent woman seemed fine on the outside.
- I think Raon probably could injure the White Star like this if he put his life on the line, if he really put his life on the line to fight.
There was a difference between saying someone would fight with their life on the line and actually having someone fighting with their life on the line.
Eruhaben had no choice but to figure out Sheritt’s intentions.
He had also planned on preparing with his remaining lifespan to fight with his life on the line against the White Star as well.
That was what he planned on using most of this next year doing.
- She is doing this knowing her existence might disappear as a result. She's fighting with no regard for herself.
Sheritt had waited almost 10,000 years to meet Raon.
How would someone like that act?
- The reason she is doing this is probably to protect us to keep us safe and alive.
Cale could see Sheritt remove the half-transparent white shield and stand at the boundary of the open castle gate. That was as far as she could go.
Cale heard a sound he didn’t like as well.
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It was the sound of thunder.
The same thunderbolts that had almost made the Empire’s capital disappear.
It took Cale’s shield, as well as Raon and everyone else working together in order to barely block it.
Sheritt was speaking into Cale's mind.
Cale could not respond and only looked at her back.
- There is a secret that bastard does not know.
A secret that the White Star did not know.
- This gate is not the only way into the castle.
‘...There’s another door into this castle?’
She threw her shields as Cale’s pupils started to shake.
However, Cale could still hear her voice in his mind.
- There is a secret passage that will take you to the Dragon Slayer village. It is a path that only the first Dragon Slayer and I know about.
Baaaaang! Baaaaang!
The two shields that flew toward the White Star crashed into him.
The White Star started to smirk.
“...It’s weaker than last time.”
He blocked the shields with his right arm before looking toward Sheritt.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The Cats, Bears, and Arm members were still fighting against the large number of shields. The White Star licked his lips as if he had found a prey before almost whispering to Sheritt.
“...You're not that strong.”
Sheritt smiled even after hearing that.
She then continued to speak to Cale.
- Go to the secret passage I told you about. Use that to go to the Dragon Slayer village.
However, Cale could not see the smile on Sheritt’s face.
All he could see was her back as she created shield after shield to throw toward the enemies.
She could only attack at the edge of the gate as she could not leave the castle.
Rumble- Rumble-
Cale could hear Sheritt's voice louder than the rumbling in the sky now.
- I'm certain you'll be able to find that bastard's weakness in that village. That bastard can't return to his hometown. That is why that is the safest place for all of you.
Step. Step.
Cale started to move one step at a time.
- His hometown is somewhere precious to him. That is why someone who cannot have anything precious cannot go there. I am certain about that.
He continued to hear Sheritt’s voice.
“...Human.”
He could hear Raon calling him once again.
- Hurry up and go. I can defend them here.
“Haaaaaaaaa.”
Cale let out a sigh after hearing Sheritt’s statement.
However, his steps started to get faster.
But he suddenly stopped.
- I'm sure you were the one who gave a name to my child?
Rumble- Rumble-
White lights started to flash between the dark clouds.
The thunderbolts would strike down soon.
A gentle yet cautious voice continued in his mind.
- Thank you. Thank you very much.
Cale started to walk again.
- Hurry up and go. I will protect this place until you return.
‘What a lie.
She’s trying to sacrifice herself.’
Cale reached his hand out.
Tap.
His hand was placed on the shield in Sheritt’s hand.
He could see the Lord looking at him.
The half-transparent dark blue eyes were staring at him.
Cale continued to speak with a frown on his face.
“But I don't want to.”
“...What?”
Lord Sheritt looked toward Cale with shock.
She did not know Cale very well.
Cale didn't know the Lord very well either, however, he knew Raon very well.
“Raon.”
Raon finally left Cale’s back with a bright smile on his face.
Ooooooong- Oooooong-
Black mana started to quickly gather around Raon.
His small front paw pointed toward the White Star.
Once Raon was ready to battle...
“On, step back with Hong.”
On and Hong left Cale’s arms.
On moved Hong behind her.
“But I don't want to.”
She then started to create a fog. The fog quickly turned red. It was Hong’s poison.
“I, I don’t want to either!”
Lord Sheritt watched all this with shock.
She could see Cale’s scowling gaze at that moment.
He opened his mouth to speak.
“Maybe it is because I am famous for being a trash and having a terrible personality, but...”
This was Raon's hometown, his roots.
This was his home.
He reached out his hand.
“I can’t sit back and watch someone destroy my house.”
Even a trash like him did not destroy someone else’s house.
“Ah.”
He did break the human traffickers’ homes.
However, Cale just feigned ignorance and moved on. It didn’t matter because he was trash.
Cale then turned toward the front.
How could he watch this place and Sheritt get destroyed?
He couldn’t let that happen.
Cale started to smile.
“Attack.”
Choi Han, Ron, and Beacrox started to run forward as if they had been waiting for this command. They rushed out past the half-transparent white shield protecting them.
The White Star could see Cale.
Cale looked back at him and started to speak.
“Burn.”
Rumble- Rumble-
The sky that had been rumbling endlessly...
Baaaaang! Bang!
The White Star raised his head.
The black clouds.
A rose gold thunderbolt started to roam around the cloud with the white thunderbolts.