[Fire Demon]
Within the canyon.
Every time Stark swung his axe, a dragon would fall, bleeding profusely.
Unfortunately, the dragon horde was too large, and even though he could kill one dragon with each axe blow, many giant dragons still rushed to his side.
Nearly ten giant dragons surrounded him completely, leaving no room for escape.
A strange sphere made of dragons appeared in the canyon.
In the center of the strange sphere, Stark, holding Poleaxe, watched as the fangs and claws, blocked by the pale blue light, did not attack but tried to tear him apart.
This can't go on.
' Rienta said that his Defensive Magic doesn't last long against physical attacks either.'
Defensive Magic is not a panacea.
They are particularly vulnerable to purely material attacks.
Rienta had told him about this more than once.
Stark let out a long breath and raised the Poleaxe high in his hand.
A dazzling golden light swept past the dragons surrounding him.
"[Sky-Splitting Strike]!"
Stark's furious roar soared into the sky, and the strange sphere in the canyon scattered.
But the danger was not over. A dragon pounced out, its huge mouth opening to bite at his head.
Although it did not harm Stark, the menacing fangs, carrying a foul stench, rushed straight at his face, slowing his movements for a moment.
Taking advantage of the opportunity, the dragon swung its head and tossed Stark into the air.
The other dragons also took to the sky, each lunging at Stark's head, hands, and legs.
Unable to gain leverage in the air Stark felt a deep sense of desolation.
Why haven't you made a move yet?!
Fern!
Frieren!
And that guy Rienta too!
Just as Stark was pondering what the revolving lantern that Rienta had mentioned actually looked like.
Several blazing white beams pierced through the giant dragon that was attacking him.
At the same time, a longsword, after piercing through the head of a giant dragon, stopped at his feet.
With a foothold, Stark did not hesitate at all, turning around and using the momentum to rush towards the dragon horde flying towards him.
In the canyon.
[Ordinary Offensive Magic], Three-Foot Sword, Tang Straight Saber, and Poleaxe complement each other.
The battle ended in just a few seconds.
The entire dragon herd was reduced to chunks of flesh and blood, scattering across the canyon.
The battle ended so quickly thanks to the fact that when Stark was thrown into the air, all the other dragons rushed straight at him.
Rienta flew to Stark's side, cast [Magic That Heals Everything] and [removing the stains from his clothes] on him, and then looked solemnly at the Palace.
Frieren and Fern remained silent, following Rienta's gaze to look at the strange Palace.
Looking around, the entire Palace is tens of meters high.
Golden glazed tiles, blue and gold dotted paintings, and white jade steps.
Bronze tortoises and cranes, corner towers with flying eaves, and vermilion-lacquered wooden doors.
There was even a plaque with the three large Chinese characters "Divine Capital Prefecture" written on it.
This... is this supposed to be here?!
Rienta stared blankly at the plaque, a wave of emotions washing over her.
Beside her, Frieren's gaze swept over the Palace before landing on the plaque.
However, she didn't recognize the meaning of those words.
Frieren tilted her head; as an elf, she had seen many kinds of writing.
She could even decipher Grimoires from the Mythical Era, given enough time.
But she had never seen this kind of writing before.
Fern and Stark exchanged a glance, both noticing that something was wrong with Rienta.
Normally, Rienta should strike a cool pose and look stylish at this time.
Just as Fern was about to ask a question, a series of muffled but rhythmic footsteps came from inside the Palace.
'Thump, thump, thump...'
Frieren, Fern, Stark all gripped their weapons tightly, staring at the vermilion gate.
It didn't have the teeth-grinding sound I'd imagined.
That door was opened just like that.
What followed was a gigantic figure with a dragon's head and a human body.
"Finally cleared out the mobs, Rienta?"
"You are... Divine Capital?!"
Rienta looked at the Divine Capital in front of her, which she remembered as the [Fire Demon], with some shock.
Before anyone knew it, Frieren had moved closer to Rienta, and after hearing him call out the name of the Magical Beast before her, she whispered:
"Rienta, do you know this Magical Beast?"
"..."
Magical Beast, they do seem pretty much the same.
Rienta suppressed the chaotic thoughts in her mind and glanced at the Divine Capital standing not far away.
Heiterge chuckled and waved dismissively at Rienta.
Rienta frowned and began to whisper information about the 'Divine Capital' to Frieren and the others.
After a while...
Rienta and the others scattered and surrounded Heiterge.
Heiterge glanced at Frieren, then looked at Rienta and said in a flippant tone:
"What? You just finished gathering information about me and you can't wait to start fighting the boss?"
Before Rienta could answer, Heiterge raised his right claw and clenched it tightly.
A massive Magic Array Pattern instantly appeared beneath its feet.
Then, black flames rose from the ground and engulfed the entire canyon.
Above the canyon, a Magic Array Pattern covered the entire sky.
After doing all this, Heiterge gave Rienta grin:
"In that case, I hereby declare..."
"[Fire Demon] Limited-Time Dungeon, officially begins!"
As soon as Heiterge finished speaking, the pieces of flesh from the dragon horde that had been slain by Rienta and the others turned into bare white bones under the scorching black flames.
Immediately afterwards, bursts of black flame landed in the eye sockets of the Bone Dragon Horde.
In just a few seconds, the entire dragon horde swayed and stood up, roaring at Rienta and the others.
'The dragons have come back to life?!'
Stark murmured in a trembling voice.
Ever since Rienta uttered the word "boss" in "Divine Capital," she had a bad feeling.
The subsequent resurrection of the entire dragon horde was completely unexpected.
Rienta, sword in hand, activated [High-Speed Movement Magic] and charged toward the nearest ancient Ancient Dragon.
At the same time, he shouted urgently, "All the information I provided earlier is null and void!"
As Frieren, Fern, and Stark charged out from Rienta, they also launched an attack on the Ancient Dragon beside them.
Hehehe.
Heiterge couldn't help but laugh when he saw the bewildered expressions on the faces of Rienta and the others after their attacks passed through the Bone Dragon Horde.
After realizing that their attack was ineffective, Frieren and the others flashed back to Rienta's side.
All four of them looked at 'Divine Capital' with solemn expressions.
Heiterge sighed first, then slowly said:
"So rushed, Rienta?"
"The opening CG animation isn't over yet."
"Go on," he said, looking at Rienta with a playful expression.
"When you're doing Dungeon run, the monsters don't even have Health Bars yet, how could you possibly deal damage?"
"Don't you think that makes sense?"
Rienta tightened her grip on the sword, frowning as she looked at 'Divine Capital'.
Wrong.
I first encountered 'Divine Capital' during the First-Class Mage exam.
At that time, the two were teammates, Divine Capital referred to himself as Heiterge.
There was another guy on the team named Honoroy.
Later, at the secret hot springs, he also called himself Heiterge.
Rienta frowned, his expression serious, and he said in a cold voice:
"Heiterge, I don't know what you're trying to do."
"But this isn't a game."
Upon hearing this, Heiterge's amused expression froze for a moment, then he burst into laughter.
"Ha ha."
After laughing for a while, Heiterge suddenly looked at Rienta, his expression ferocious and his tone sinister.
"Rienta, so you knew this wasn't a game after all!!"