(Heartfelt thanks to 'Lei Xiang,' 'Yume no Shouyou,' 'Saber199,' and 'Yunqi Qinggu' for their rewards!)
"Boom!!!"
"Urgh..."
With a dull thud, the floor of the Dragon Room cracked apart inch by inch. Gawain let out a pained groan and collapsed onto the ground, dust and smoke billowing around its body...
"Roar!" Feeling the pain coursing through every part of its body, Gawain cried out in agony, while a fierce anger rose uncontrollably within it.
As a dragon, it had actually been knocked down by a human?...
Even if that human seemed to possess a bloodline even higher than its own, had it really become so weak that it could not even beat someone in a contest of strength?...
How could that be possible?!
Burning with anger, Gawain climbed up from the ground. Yet the moment it moved, it noticed something was wrong.
The person who had just knocked it down was now standing on its chest, looking down at it with an air of superiority. Those wine-red eyes were filled with a pressure that made even Gawain's heart tremble.
"So you really do have a terrible temper..."
Standing on Gawain's chest, Wu Yan slowly raised the corners of his lips.
"Well? Have you calmed down yet? If you have, then let's talk..."
After saying that, Wu Yan sent his consciousness down through his feet and into Gawain's body, attempting to connect with Gawain's consciousness as a rider and see whether he could obtain any information from it.
Gawain clearly sensed Wu Yan's consciousness spreading into its body. Realizing that he intended to ride it as a rider, Gawain's dragon eyes flew open as it began to struggle frantically.
"Roar!!!" The dragon's cry echoed through the Dragon Room, carrying a powerful sense of defiance.
Gawain's consciousness fiercely rejected Wu Yan's, repelling