Soul of Burning Steel

The raging flames illuminated the night sky, and the red light could be clearly seen even several kilometers away. Even at the edge of the forest, hunters could still smell the pungent burnt stench.

The smell of sulfur, barbecue, and underburned charcoal was so clear that it shook his heart so violently that he couldn't even think normally.

When the hunter looked around, he could only see the burning village, the houses that had collapsed in the fire, and the broken bodies of the villagers.

And of course... dragons.

The dragons, which are rarely seen on weekdays and almost became legends, gathered in groups and gathered in human villages. They tore the corpses of villagers, destroyed houses wantonly, spewed flames and lightning, and burned everything.

Seeing this scene, the hunter's face was flushed with crimson blood, blue blood vessels throbbed violently around his temples, and his teeth were chattering all the time, whether it was because of fear or anger, the bow and arrow in his hand was tight with blue veins. Hold it tightly, but the hunter's heart is the opposite of his extremely angry body, only a piece of ice cold.

In the mouth of the leading fire dragon was his pre-planned prey, the big wild boar king. He originally decided to distribute its hide and money to the people in the village after the hunt was successful. Everyone has been taking good care of their family, otherwise, the hunter who often wanders in the jungle would not be able to take care of his family.

But now, everything is gone.

The corpse at Xiong Huolong's feet was an old woman who took good care of him on weekdays. She liked her two children very much and often made some pies and sent them to their home.

But now, the corpses of the old woman and her son fell to the ground distorted, burned by the fire, with painful expressions on their faces.

On the other hand, the body of the militia captain who was usually competing with him for the village chief was bitten by a ground dragon. This taciturn middle-aged soldier still held his spear tightly in his hand even after death. He seemed to want to To resist these dragon beasts, it can be seen that there is no success.

The excellent vision that usually makes the hunter proud has now become a source of pain. He can clearly see every detail of the death of the familiar villagers. The devouring behavior of the dragon beasts makes him extremely angry, making him want to attack regardless.

But reason told him that no matter which dragon it is, it has the strength of the silver rank, and he can't win against anyone.

And the remaining sanity is still analyzing the situation.

Male fire dragon, female fire dragon, sleeping dragon, electric dragon, and various other small dragon species. Fortunately, there are no intelligent astral dragons who can release magic among these dragons. But thinking about it, the original dragon and the astral dragon never thought of each other as their own kind. The original dragon regarded the astral dragon as a powerful food, and the astral dragon regarded the original dragon as a lowly bastard.

And these Yuanjie dragons who originally hunted and killed each other, and were even natural enemies of each other, gathered in one place, as close as a family. From the hunter's point of view, this is really unreasonable and completely incredible. I know, not to mention other things, the male fire dragon often preys on other small dragon species, how much meat do humans have? How could it not eat so many movable pieces of meat around it, but hunted the big wild boar king whose meat was as hard as steel, and devoured humans who were almost all bones?

But this is not the time to think about these things. The hunter walked quickly in the woods, and he came to the direction of his home, beside a small river.

On the other side of the river, there was no trace of the dragon for the time being, and a few lonely houses stayed by the bank, forming a sharp contrast with the burning village on the opposite side.

Seeing this scene, a little hope suddenly surged in the hunter's heart.

"Maybe there is nothing wrong! They are all still alive!"

He thought so excitedly, and then quickly ran to the other side of the river, his home.

And on the side, in the small house on the other side of the river.

"Stay inside, don't come out, be good, don't make noise."

A calm voice sounded in the basement of this small house. A strong middle-aged woman lay at the entrance of the basement and said softly to her children: "Little Ivan, take care of Amira, there is something in the basement. Water, food, and if the house catches on fire, pull up the second partition..."

She rambled on a lot, but a deep dragon's roar sounded, interrupting her narration.

"Mom, stop talking, come in quickly!" The boy named Ivan hugged his sobbing sister's shoulders, comforted him, and asked in horror, "I've said so much, I can't remember... "

"Mom, I won't go in..."

Looking at the small basement, the middle-aged woman took a deep breath. How could the air in this kind of place support three people? She understands this very well.

The roar of the dragon sounded again, and the sound was getting closer. The middle-aged woman knew that it was no time to hesitate, so she showed a decisive smile, quickly kissed the cheeks of her two children, and then grabbed them Push into the depths of the basement and close the partition.

"Mom loves you."

As if speaking softly to herself, she felt that the dragon was approaching rapidly, so the mother picked up the iron pot and fire stick at home, and ran directly outside the door.

As she ran, she made a loud noise by beating the iron pot with her stick, and at the same time she cursed loudly at the dragon, "Come on, look at this, you fool!"

The female fire dragon that was approaching the house was startled by the sound, and it looked at the human woman who made the loud noise cautiously, and her attention was completely attracted.

In the forest on the side of his house, the hunter saw this scene.

He saw his wife running out of the house, beating on the iron pot, trying to attract the dragon's attention.

——No need to communicate, just a moment, he knew this woman's plan.

As expected of the woman I love...

Thinking of this in the hunter's heart, he gritted his teeth, the shame of his own inadequacy, and the anger that could burn his reason appeared in the depths of his heart at the same time, biting his reason.

Whether it's shame, anger, or fear, all negative emotions come from the inadequacy of one's own abilities.

Why can't I be stronger? Can protect his wife, children, and village?

But now is not the time for him to blame himself.

Another male fire dragon seemed to be the spouse of the female fire dragon. It seemed to have sensed the change here, and then stepped towards the direction of the small house.

The middle-aged woman sacrificed herself to lead the dragon away.

And a sense of enlightenment suddenly rose in the heart of this man who blamed himself.

Andre, what are you waiting for?

This is the time.

As if aware of the doomed fate, the hunter named Andre was not nervous or panicked, he just suddenly realized, smiled in relief, and then raised the bow in his hand to the fire dragon that was approaching step by step with arrows.

The bow is drawn.

Arrow shot.

The enchanted arrow slid through the atmosphere, bringing a light blue streamer in the dark night, and accurately hit the fire dragon's eyes.

There was a violent explosion, and then an earth-shattering roar appeared in the burning village.

And on the side, the woman who was trying to run to the distance, leading the female fire dragon behind her to a further distance, also looked in this direction

The hunter looked at her.

Then they both smiled.

The basement of the house.

Ivan could vaguely hear the sound of his mother running out, shouting vigorously to attract the attention of those monsters.

In order to lure the dragon away, the mother chose to sacrifice herself.

When he finally realized this fact, explosions and dragon roars sounded not far away. After hearing these sounds, the younger sister beside him began to sob softly again, but the sobbing sound was suppressed by herself, and the boy's eye sockets His eyes were also full of tears, but he covered his mouth, closed his eyes tightly, and controlled his emotions to the lowest fluctuations.

Intense emotions consume more air. And in the basement, air, is limited.

These are some knowledge that his father said casually when he taught him how to exercise. Because of his mother's actions, Ivan recalled it at this time and applied what he learned.

But even so, his heart was still full of doubts and anger that could not be calmed down.

Why, everyone is living a good life, why the dragon that only appeared in the story suddenly descended on our village? Why don't these dragons look for the prey that suits them best, but come to attack humans?

No one told them, just as no one had noticed that the eyes of these dragons were shining with purple-blue light.

... the next day.

The news of the dragon beast attacking the village was sent to the lord's mansion in the main city of Moldavia.

And Joshua fell into a long silence after reading it.

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