The Mighty Dragons Are Dead

This chapter is "Sky Sword Dance" special bonus update.

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Strictly speaking, Juniper Castle is just a holiday castle for the Marquis of Bull, it can’t compare with Bull Castle of Iron Hoof City at all, so there aren’t many valuables here.

Those treasures should have been moved overseas with another son of the Marquis of Bull and his grandson.

There wasn’t much to find in the bedroom; even the bedside cabinet, when opened, contained only sundry items and no books. However, hanging above the bed head, on the wall, was a portrait that appeared to be of the Marquis of Bull’s wife, a middle-aged woman. Around her neck hung a necklace.

Within the vision of the Eye of Magic, the pink gemstone embedded below this necklace was actually real.

He easily prised out the gemstone and stowed it in the Gemstone Space.

After another careful look that revealed no items imbued with magic power, he hurried out, his voice as calm as ever, "All empty, there’s nothing of value left in this castle!"

"This is just a refuge for the Marquis of Bull, there surely wouldn’t be any wealth," Jonas said as a matter of course.

"Let’s go, we’re on to find the magicians of the Goat Assembly!"

Jonas exclaimed excitedly, "Great! Killing a Grand Magician should be enough to cover the losses of this trip!" The merit from downing a Grand Magician was enough to offset the battle losses of the Grey Knight Order.

The two immediately led the Elite Earth Knights in search through the castle, and upon encountering knights of the Wrath Knight Order, they immediately surrounded them and slashed wildly.

The castle was filled with the scent of blood, and the floors at every level were nearly drowned in it.

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From the third floor to the first floor, they found no trace of the magicians from the Goat Assembly, and just as Liszt’s frown creased his brow, Paris’s voice reached his ears, "Baron, follow me!"

Liszt immediately led his knights, following the invisible Paris.

Others might not see Paris, but he could.

Under Paris’s guidance, they quickly reached a deeper area in the castle, a plain storage room. However, one wall of the storage room was adorned with a huge goat symbol that seemed to glow faintly.

Liszt used his Sky-Cleaving Greatsword to lift the curtain-like symbol, behind which was a glittering Magic Array.

Behind the Magic Array lay a dark passage that stretched downward into the earth.

"Liszt, these Goat Assembly magicians probably escaped through this passage!" Jonas furrowed his brow while tossing over a chair.

Crack!

The chair disintegrated upon contact with the light strands of the Magic Array.

Liszt, meanwhile, knocked on the wall where the Magic Array was mounted, and the wall emitted a metallic clanging sound, "It’s a wall poured with metal; unless the castle is demolished, it’s hard to remove the Magic Array. Given its magical intensity, it can’t be broken in a short time either."

"This is troublesome!"

"Let’s attack and give it a try!" Liszt wasn’t ready to give up, as catching a few Grand Magicians would be a tremendous triumph.

But the next moment, he changed his mind.

A loud boom resonated, and the castle trembled as if it might collapse at any moment.

Then came the angry roar of the Marquis of Bull, "A bunch of ants, dare destroy my castle, you’re asking for death... Out of the way! Ramirez, you damned insect, just wait a few more minutes, I assure you, you’ll be a corpse, feeding your damned worms!"

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The castle continued to shake as the Marquis of Bull found an opportunity to charge in, fending off the siege of Sky Knights while slaughtering the Earth Knights.

Paris quickly surveyed the situation and hurriedly said in Liszt’s ear, "Baron, the Marquis of Bull has broken in!"

He reluctantly glanced at the stable magic array, waved his hand, and gave an order, "We must move quickly, leave the castle, the Marquis of Bull has already come back, it’s too dangerous to stay here!"

The thought of the Marquis of Bull fighting alone against a group of Sky Knights sent a shiver down the spines of the Earth Knights as they silently followed Liszt to find an exit and quietly left Juniper Castle. At that time, surrounding the outside of Juniper Castle, there were still large numbers of Knight Orders wanting to charge into the castle, but they had no opportunity.

Liszt returned to the Black Knight Order waiting outside and mounted his landwalker bird Loki, rushing to find Levis and Meioubao.

Not seeing either of them, he directly ordered the knights who followed the two, "Go into the castle and find them! It’s suicide for them to stay inside with the Marquis of Bull being extremely dangerous!"

"Understood, Baron Liszt!"

After all this, Liszt finally breathed a sigh of relief. With the battle having reached this point, he felt he had done his utmost and could no longer influence the outcome of the battle, "Now it depends on whether these Marquises and Earls can defeat Lich Andy... I hope Earl William is safe."

No matter what, Li Weiliam was his greatest support.

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Boom!

Crash!

Juniper Castle was already riddled with holes, and the battle between the Sky Knights and the Lich was still ongoing. As injured Sky Knights were carried out of the castle one by one, the Marquis of Bull’s furious roars gradually subsided. But soon, there was another tremendous roar.

It pierced everyone’s eardrums.

"No!"

"My son!"

"Antus!"

With anger, sorrow, and boundless hatred, the Marquis of Bull roared as he charged out of the window, his huge figure in black armor now battered and tattered, blue flames leaking out of every crack, the flames dimmed considerably. It was anyone’s guess whether the flames were his body or an illusion of magic power.

"I will remember every one of you!" he turned and with one sword thrust, a blue shockwave erupted from the sword, repelling the pursuing Sky Knights. In his other hand, he was holding a person—it was his son, Hurricane Sword Saint Antus Sapphire, his body limp, devoid of life.

"Stupid betrayer Andy, you will embrace death just like Antus!" the First Prince, with two obvious wounds on his body but high in fighting spirits, shouted, "You don’t even deserve to be exiled to the Exiled Lands!"

Boom! Boom!

Several more Sky Knights, having rested, soared into the sky and then plummeted to attack the entangled Marquis of Bull.

The Marquis of Bull gasped and roared, "Wait until I fully master the Sapphire Dragon’s power, no one below Dragon Knights can stop me then. At that time, I will come to reap your heads!" With that, he leapt into the air and flew high up into the sky, speeding away in the distance, ready to escape.

His speed was like a bolt of lightning, far exceeding that of all the Sky Knights.

He left behind only one sentence, "I will be back!"

"The Marquis of Bull has fled!"

Liszt inexplicably breathed a sigh of relief. If the Lich could not find his Horcrux, killing him would likely be difficult, and he might even risk dying once to severely injure most of the Sky Knights.

Now that he had fled, at least for the short term, he would no longer be a threat.

But before Liszt could catch his full breath, the Marquis of Bull, who had fled to the skies, returned at the same speed and crashed to the ground in front of everyone still in shock, the blue flames on his body flickering, nearly extinguished.