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"Roar—"
The dragon floating in midair, with two pairs of angelic wings, suddenly let out a roar. Pain appeared in its pair of red eyes.
"Aaaaah!!!"
At the same time, Ash, who was naked and unconscious as though he had been nailed to a cross like Jesus, let out a pained scream. His entire body twisted as if struggling. The Star Brand on his left hand flickered like a light bulb about to burn out, flashing repeatedly and giving off a dark, evil aura.
Amid the shared cries of agony from the dragon and Ash, a cloud of dark mist suddenly shot over. In an instant, it reached the dragon and, through its wide-open mouth as it roared in pain, seeped into it bit by bit like filthy water.
"Roar—"
"Aaaaah!!!"
At once, the even more agonized cries of the dragon and Ash echoed through the skies above Fontain City.
Then, something strange happened...
The fur that had originally covered the dragon like armor began changing at a visible rate. Threads of black filth seemed to devour something as they slowly spread across the dragon's body. Before long, its entire body had turned black, even its two pairs of wings becoming pitch-black like a raven's.
Of the three horns that had originally formed a triangular arrangement, the sharp unicorn-like horn vanished entirely. The two dragon horns on either side slowly twisted into spirals.
Finally, nine eyes emerged on the dragon's head, radiating savage red light. Its enormous body no longer possessed the same majesty as before, instead giving off a terrifying