Chapter 102 - 97: Compensation
Forget it, this time I’ve more than achieved my modest goal. For today, I’ll let you shameless Drow off the hook.
As David, soot-stained from the Destruction Flame of Barto Hell and keenly aware that his trump cards were nearly spent, rationalized a retreat, he prepared to make a quick exit with a flick of his tail.
Twelve enchanting and gracefully distinct silhouettes stepped out from the shadows.
Damn it! The twelve matriarchs from Drogsin’s Spider Nest City have all come out to seek revenge against me! This was the first thought that sprang into David’s guilty conscience. He was so shocked his scales nearly flew off.
"Do you bunch of dark-skinned runts dare to show your faces?!"
Then, nearly on instinct, he raised his head high, clenched his right claw before him, and the once-dim Dragon inscriptions on his body stubbornly began to glow anew.
Although he knew that after this massive display, the significantly altered "Protection of Tiamat" likely wouldn’t possess the same heaven-defying, terrifying power as the previous "Wrath of Tiamat." But, since it was called ’Protection,’ surely it could shield him, a young Red Dragon, from the assault of a mere twelve Drow, right? The most crucial part was that his opponents were unaware of this change!
Indeed, the moment they saw David about to unleash another ’big one’ without warning, the Drow matriarchs who had arrived together nearly wet themselves in fear. If he were to unleash another Divine Flame at such close range, especially with their power link to the Spider Queen severed, none of them would escape.
This was to avoid provoking the Sed Ponga’s reckless nature any further and to prevent an unnecessary spiral of suspicion.
Under the divine intimidation, the twelve Drow matriarchs, with surprising unison, dropped to their knees before David with a THUD.