Chapter 50: We meet again
The entire battlefield was soaked in chaos.
The soldiers who had come to escort the Sage to the summit were now locked in a deadly struggle against high-ranking dragons. Blood painted the ground, and flames danced across the horizon.
Elder-rank dragons typically required four to five elite warriors just to survive against. If not for Hades’s newfound abilities—awakened through his draconic side—and the progress he had made thanks to the system, there was no way he could’ve slain one with only Rinne at his side.
Everywhere he looked, the world was burning.
And the tides of war were clearly favoring the dragons.
If he didn’t act soon, it wouldn’t be long before he and Rinne were the only ones left... hunted and cornered.
They were crouched under a slab of collapsed stone pressed against a ruined wall, using the hollow beneath it to catch their breath. It wasn’t ideal, but for now, it shielded them.
They had already taken down two solitary-ranked dragons after the Elder-ranked one, but the cost had been steep.
While Hades could still return to the fight, Rinne was running on fumes.
She had sustained injuries in the battle, and her mana had been nearly drained protecting the soldiers they had come across during their retreat. She hadn’t hesitated—but now, it showed.
"Rinne..." Hades turned to her, voice low but urgent. "I know it’s a lot to ask, but can you cast an invisibility barrier around us? I think now’s our best chance to escape."
Half of the dragons had already been slain. The skies weren’t swarming with Elder-ranked threats anymore, and the solitary-ranked wouldn’t be able to pierce through Rinne’s barrier.