A giant shadow moved across the Amberfall harbor.
Valerian, in his proud draconic form, glanced at the crimson fire below and the sheer carnage it had brought as he flapped his wings and soared toward the mouth of the harbor.
His topaz eyes glinted as he witnessed the flas seething and burning n alive.
Beautiful, he wondered.
Anna's brother is more capable than I'd imagined.
The young dragon was truly awestruck when the explosions occurred. It was a dazzling display of might. The screams of n burning to death sounded like music to his ears.
He believed he'd have to step in at so point and aid the Amberfall Magi. But his worries were for naught. Prince Marlow had sacrificed only three thousand n and brought down an army of two hundred ships and twenty thousand n.
Magnificent, he mused with a wide grin on his scaly face.
His gaze shifted to the dozen large silhouettes right outside the mouth of the harbor. Twelve ships still remained there, carrying n who were filled with panic and terror. They were his target.
Oh, well. Ti to clean up the filth.
With another powerful flap of his wings, he had crossed the distance and arrived right above the dozen ships. It was tis like these that he wished he could breathe fire like so of the dragons ntioned in the book.
There were those who could breathe flas, and then there were those who could spew ice and venom. But he was a mind dragon of the Somnia Clan. His Dragon Breath was different. It was subtle. Invisible.
But that didn't matter. Because, thanks to his brother, he had in his arsenal a wide variety of spells. And unlike Magi, he didn't need spell components to cast them. He was a being of magic, a mighty dragon. So all that was required of him to cast magic was intent.
The Haynam Magi aboard the ships noticed a giant shadow looming over them. But between watching the crimson fire burning their allies alive and the incoming threat of a mighty dragon, they hardly had any ti to react.
Before long, the air above them was filled with giant flaming spheres.
Adam's Fireball Barage!
Valerian swiped his claws and hurled a dozen Fireballs at the ship.
They struck in quick succession. Explosions tore through the decks, splintering wood and ripping through hulls. Masts snapped under the force, collapsing into the chaos below. Sails caught fire at once, flas spreading fast as they consud the ships.
n were thrown off their feet. So never got back up. Others were caught in the blasts, their screams cut short as the fire took them.
The young dragon launched another volley of Fireballs at the ships and then dove into the fire. By the ti he had landed on the bow of a burning ship, he had already transford into a gray cat.
Watching the Mana Foundation and Mana Liquefaction Magi scream as they burned, the little guy's topaz eyes glead with primal delight.
"Burn! Burn! Burn!" he said loudly.
So of the n who had survived the blasts, most likely Mana Vortex Magi, turned to the source of the voice and saw a gray cat raising its head to the skies and laughing madly. For a brief mont, they wondered if this was all a dream. They wished it was.
But then, the sound of laughter suddenly died down. Valerian lowered his head, his eyes narrowing. In the next heartbeat, he turned into a bolt of gray light and moved with terrifying speed.
The mont he moved past the surviving n, their eyes glazed over, and they seed to have fallen into a trance-like state. The gray cat jumped from one ship to another, putting all the survivors into a deathly daze. And then he leaped off the railing of the last ship and vaulted into the air.
He spun in midair and transford back into a dragon. With a flap of his wings, he turned around and flew back over the ships. He pointed his claws, and a stream of yellowish-orange flas burst forth, instantly burning the survivors who just stood there in a daze, seemingly waiting to be killed.
In little over a minute, Valerain had killed every Magus aboard the remaining dozen ships.
He flapped his wings and flew back toward the southern wall. Countless Amberfall Magi stationed atop the battlents gazed at him with shock and awe. They'd never seen a dragon, after all.
A dragon was a creature of legend. None of these n had even dread of ever witnessing one, let alone fighting alongside one in this battle that decided the fate of their city.
Under everyone's stunned gaze, Valerian hovered before the wall as he waited for Marlow to create a breach in the shield so he could pass through. A few monts later, he transford back into a cat and nimbly landed on the
prince's shoulder.
He then began to gracefully lick his paw, trying his best not to get carried away
under everyone's revering gaze.
Marlow snapped out of his daze and asked, "Is it done?"
"Of course!" Valerian harrumphed. "They're all dead. Burning. Or drowning."
Marlow let out a sigh of relief.
"What about these scum?" Valerian's eyes narrowed as his gaze locked onto the
port below.
So many ships destroyed, and so many more n killed in the fire.
"They're all dead," Marlow said in a grim voice. His gaze then landed on a
desperate young man. "Well... almost."
Prince Liam Haynam was in an extrely sorry state. Three arrows had pierced
his back, his one arm was missing, and the rest of his body was covered in
ghastly burns.
He sohow managed to cross the bridge of broken ships and land on solid ground. He swayed on his feet, but the grip around his sword never loosened. He took a long, raspy breath as he turned toward the battlent.
Then he scread in anguish, "Fight , coward! Fight !"
The Amberfall Magi on the wall gazed at him with complicated looks. The
Prince of Haynam had arrived here with a massive army, ready to lay siege to their city and conquer it. But now, he was the only one remaining. The rest of the Magi had already died.
Marlow gazed coldly at the man and murmured, "Admirable, isn't it?"
"Hmph!" Valerian snorted in contempt as he raised a paw and cast his magic.
A Magic Missile tore through the air and struck Prince Liam's head.
As Liam's headless body collapsed to the ground, Valerian's cold words echoed
once more.
"The dead have no use for praise."
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