Chapter 88: Is it funny to hide in a mountain cave after being defeated?

The setting sun, red like blood, stained half the sky.

Countless fireballs streaked across the heavens, utterly blasting the palace built high on the mountain.

Numerous Dragon Knights in azure armor charged into the dilapidated palace. Instantly, blood sprayed everywhere, dyeing the palace red.

“The Red Dragon King is over there! Charge, brothers!”

Following the Knight Captain’s command, a squad of Dragon Knights rushed into the depths of the palace.

A man wearing a crown and sporting a red beard drew his sharp sword, leading a small team of royal guards to engage in battle with the knights.

“I’ll hold them off! You take the Princess and run!”

Under the man’s command, a few maids hastily grabbed a blonde girl and rushed out the back door.

“Your Highness, hurry and leave this place!”

“But Father is still back there!”

The blonde girl insisted on staying and leaving with her father, but she couldn’t overpower the maids.

Under the Red Dragon King’s fierce fighting, the Dragon Knights were at a loss for a time.

Just as the siege formation was about to be broken, a blue-haired man suddenly descended from the sky. Like a phantom, he flashed behind the Red Dragon King.

The Red Dragon King’s body instantly froze in place.

“Red Dragon King, you’ve lost completely this time!”

The blue-haired man spoke casually, as if catching up with an old friend.

The Red Dragon King stared ahead in disbelief, then revealed a look of acceptance.

“As expected of my rival, Blue Dragon King. You’ve won this time! But we won’t lose to you next time!”

After saying this, countless sword energies suddenly burst from the Red Dragon King’s body, spraying blood everywhere. The Red Dragon King’s body slumped to the ground.

“Don’t worry! There won’t be a next time for you!”

The Blue Dragon King turned to look at the Red Dragon King’s corpse, his eyes devoid of pity.

“Father!”

Not far away, the blonde girl suddenly screamed.

Overcome with emotion, she ignored the maids’ restraint and desperately tried to rush toward the Blue Dragon King.

Noticing the commotion, the Blue Dragon King raised his right hand, aimed it at the blonde girl, and instantly fired a volley of ice arrows.

Faced with such a swift attack, the blonde girl froze on the spot.

She only heard a cry of “Look out, Your Highness!” before realizing that the maids beside her had used their bodies as shields to protect her, being instantly pierced by the ice arrows.

Blood splattered onto the blonde girl.

“Your Highness… run!”

The maids used their last remaining strength to shout at the Princess they had to protect.

The blonde girl instantly broke down, fleeing the scene in a panic.

Watching the blonde girl run, the Blue Dragon King did not rush to pursue her. Instead, he turned to the Knight Captain beside him.

“You may dispose of the Princess as you see fit! Make sure you don’t let her escape!”

“Yes, my King! I will make sure she leaves this world in utter despair!”

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A drop of water fell from a stalactite, landing in the pool below and making a crisp drip sound.

The blonde girl, having recovered her senses, wiped the tears from her face, tore a piece of cloth from her skirt, and bandaged the wound on her right arm, barely managing to stop the bleeding.

However, she still had three more wounds to bandage, especially the one on her back. That wound was severe and shocking. Even if she tore off all her clothes, she couldn’t stop the bleeding completely.

Recalling her past, the blonde girl felt nothing but bitterness.

She was once the most honorable princess of the Red Dragon Clan, living a very happy life under the care of her father and the surrounding maids.

However, that happiness was shattered a few days ago by the King of the Blue Dragon Clan.

The Red Dragon Clan and the Blue Dragon Clan had always kept to themselves, yet the Blue Dragon King had led a large army to sneak attack their palace, killing everyone inside.

Only she managed to escape.

But the Blue Dragon King had also dispatched a very formidable person to hunt her down.

That person seemed to be treating her like a toy, frequently inflicting non-fatal injuries to make her run around like a desperate mess.

Now, she could only hide in this dark cave, bandaging her countless wounds.

The sacrifices of everyone, including her father and the maids who had watched her grow up, were all made so that she could survive and one day restore the glory of the Red Dragon Clan.

But this responsibility was simply too heavy for a young girl who had just lost everything.

How could she possibly shoulder such a monumental responsibility?

“Father…”

The girl let out a soft sigh of sorrow.

Just then, a powerful magical pressure suddenly surged, and the girl, sensing it, immediately looked terrified.

‘An enemy!’

‘That person has come to hunt me down again!’

Although she was still lost about her future, the girl would not sit and wait to die.

She stood up, channeled all her remaining magical power, and instantly transformed into a massive red dragon.

However, she forgot that she was inside a narrow cave.

After transforming into a red dragon, not only did all her previously bandaged wounds tear open again, but the stalactites above her head also pierced into her body.

The red dragon let out a shrill wail of pain.

Undoubtedly, that wail immediately exposed her location.

Realizing this, the red dragon burst out of the cave, preparing to fight the approaching enemy to the death.

However, when she burst out of the cave and flew into the air, she was startled to find that the enemy before her was not the blue dragon that had been chasing her, but a silver-haired little witch riding a broomstick and floating leisurely in the sky.

Seeing the colossal creature suddenly appear before her, the little witch also looked surprised.

“Eh? A red one?”

Although the red dragon didn’t understand why this little witch was here, the intense magical pressure she had just sensed was undoubtedly emanating from this little witch.

Regardless, she was an enemy she had to face.

The red dragon let out a deafening roar, opened her blood-red maw, and a stream of scorching flames poured out.

However, since her magical power was nearly depleted, the flame was as thin as a thread. The little witch dodged it with a slight tilt of her head.

The little witch looked confused, but quickly became excited.

Since the opponent had launched an attack first, she didn’t need to be polite. After all, she had never fought such a huge creature before!

Instantly, three fireballs materialized beside the little witch and slammed into the red dragon’s body.

Although the red dragon’s scales had hard, fire-resistant properties, and the fireballs were merely like an itch, the red dragon still let out a painful roar.

The reason was that the three fireballs had landed precisely near her existing wounds.

“Hmm?” The little witch frowned slightly, seemingly noticing that the red dragon’s condition was not good.

But the red dragon endured the severe pain and continued her fierce battle with the little witch.

She swung her claw at the little witch, but the little witch easily dodged it on her broomstick.

Even when she breathed fire again, the weak flame could not harm the little witch in the slightest.

“Is this thing really that weak?”

After calculating the red dragon’s combat strength, the little witch decided not to waste any more time.

She flew above the red dragon and raised her right hand to charge a spell.

A massive orb of light quickly expanded in her palm, growing larger than her own body, a truly stunning sight like a Spirit Bomb.

Seeing this, the red dragon charged at the little witch, seemingly intending to interrupt the little witch’s powerful spell, Holy Light Burst, with a Dragon Rush skill.

However, halfway through the charge, the red dragon suddenly ran out of strength and collapsed on the spot.

Her body plummeted from the air. As she fell, the red dragon transformation reversed, and she turned into a ragged, blonde girl.

Seeing this, the little witch looked surprised. She quickly canceled her attack, flew over on her broomstick, and caught the blonde girl’s body.

“No way, such a huge dragon was actually transformed from such a cute girl?”