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“Look, what is that?!”
The still-shaken Barrier Masters, who had just put out the flames on their bodies, screamed in panic, pointing diagonally upward.
Everyone looked up and saw that the magical power from the already overflowing massive magic circle was rapidly converging onto the dragon bone on the altar.
As if injected with an excessive growth hormone, the dragon bone quickly stretched and expanded, and a massive skeletal frame materialized.
However, the dragon bone’s evolution didn’t stop there. With the injection of magical power, fresh red muscles, nerves, blood, and joints grew on the skeleton. Finally, a thick layer of black scales covered the outside. A colossal black dragon, capable of easily destroying a six-story building, stood before them.
Seeing this, everyone was plunged into panic. It was the first time they had seen a giant dragon. They didn’t know how to react and could only stand frozen in shock.
But the newly born black dragon wouldn’t wait for them to recover. It let out a furious roar that echoed deafeningly in the narrow cave. Instantly, the entire cave began to shake violently, making it impossible to stand steadily.
After letting out its piercing roar, the black dragon lumbered its colossal body toward the flustered Barrier Masters.
But because the cave was too narrow, the black dragon’s slightest movement caused countless falling rocks to plummet from the ceiling and side walls, falling heavily around the Barrier Masters.
Sensing an unprecedented threat to their lives, the inexperienced Barrier Masters began to scatter in a panic.
“Help! I don’t want to die!”
The scene instantly became chaotic.
As the Barrier Masters ran wildly, one of them tripped over a rock and fell. A massive falling rock headed straight for his body.
Just at that critical moment, a magic bullet suddenly shot out, blasting the falling rock to smithereens.
The person who fired the magic bullet and saved the Barrier Master was Charlotte.
Although she wasn’t sure how this dragon had suddenly appeared, her rich combat experience kept her calm. She knew exactly what needed to be done.
She gently raised her right hand, and several magic bullets shot out in a volley, instantly shattering the falling rocks above the heads of the Barrier Masters, who were only focused on fleeing.
On the other side, Alice and her men were not idle. Seeing the situation, Alice immediately issued commands to her soldiers.
“Quick! Protect our Barrier Masters!”
Following that, Alice led the charge, rushing to the Barrier Masters’ side and swinging her longsword to deflect the flying rocks.
The remaining soldiers guided the panicked Barrier Masters toward the cave entrance along the stairs.
After successfully covering the Barrier Masters’ retreat, Charlotte and Alice met up.
“Hey, the commission didn’t include slaying a giant dragon! You added an unscheduled task!” Charlotte complained to Alice while shattering falling rocks with magic bullets.
“I apologize, Witch-sama. I didn’t expect this to happen either!”
Alice looked up at the massive black dragon.
“I can’t believe it actually managed to resurrect.”
Although the enemy was incredibly powerful, this did not deter Alice’s determination to fight it.
However, just as Alice was about to charge the black dragon with her longsword, Charlotte suddenly stopped her with her magic broomstick.
“Wait a minute! This place is about to collapse! You’re not thinking of staying here to be buried with it, are you?”
Reminded by Charlotte, Alice suppressed the urge to immediately strike the dragon.
“Then what should we do?” Alice, who had no experience fighting dragons, humbly sought advice from the combat expert beside her.
“I’ll hold this thing off. You hurry and lead everyone out of this cave! Don’t worry, I’m an omnipotent witch. Stalling this giant dragon and escaping the cave in a short time is child’s play!”
Saying this, Charlotte instinctively mounted her broomstick, ready for battle. But the next second, she winced and hopped off the broomstick, clutching her butt.
“Oops, I almost forgot I can’t ride it like that.”
Alice, beside her, stared suspiciously at the witch’s strange behavior.
Although this witch was extremely weird, she was correct. The task of stalling the giant dragon was perfect for a witch.
“Alright, I’ll leave this giant dragon to Witch-sama. I wish you victory!”
With that, Alice turned and rushed toward the cave entrance.
The task of holding off the giant dragon fell solely on Charlotte. However, Charlotte felt no dissatisfaction or fear. Instead, her face was filled with excitement.
She got to fight a giant dragon again! Charlotte was thrilled!
A few years ago, she had fought an azure giant dragon. Unfortunately, that little azure dragon was too fragile. She took it down in a few moves.
But the black giant dragon before her was much larger than the azure one. It seemed like a worthy opponent that would require her to go all out.
Countless falling rocks rained down around Charlotte, but she ignored them. With an excited expression, she raised her right hand and aimed at the rampaging black giant dragon.
“Let me see if your body is developing unnaturally!”
Like summoning a Pokémon, Charlotte shouted confidently.
“Go! Crimson Judgment Bullet!”
However, the Crimson Judgment Bullet showed no reaction to Charlotte’s command.
“Eh?” Noticing that the familiar red light did not burst from her fingertip, Charlotte looked confused. She tried again, but nothing happened.
Her magical power was like stagnant water. No matter how much she commanded it, it remained completely unresponsive.
“What in the…”
Just as Charlotte was utterly confused about her inability to use the special-grade spell Crimson Judgment Bullet, she suddenly realized a terrifying fact.
She couldn’t sense the existence of magical power in her body.
To be precise, her magical power hadn’t completely vanished. Instead, it was like hardened cement, unable to flow freely.
If her magical power couldn’t flow, she couldn’t use any magic.
Furthermore, under the immense magical pressure of the giant dragon, she couldn’t move an inch.
She was like a scarecrow, frozen in place, watching helplessly as the black giant dragon charged toward her.
“Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey…” The only thing Charlotte could move was her mouth. Realizing this, she started to panic.
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