Lawson did not witness the entire process of the fire dragon's descent.
The [Curse Descent] Magic Scroll from the Molton Family's knight captain, "Terry William," reduced all his physical attributes by thirty percent.
Perhaps he could make up for it somewhat with his combat experience and technique, but against Terry William, whose strength had only been slightly weaker than his to begin with, such a weakening was already enough to tip the scales of victory completely toward the other side.
Being driven into a desperate situation, together with the utterly terrible things he had experienced these past few days, made his extremely radical nature push him toward an almost self-destructive method, trying to drag his opponent down with him.
His choice was a "Signal Crystal" that had been enchanted by a Spellcaster.
The crystal itself possessed no real power. Its function was to fire a dazzling crimson beam into the sky, one visible across a radius of more than ten kilometers.
Under normal circumstances, no one knew what that beam was for. Even if they saw it, they would at most be puzzled for a moment, without understanding what it represented.
But Lawson knew perfectly well that when he crushed the crystal in a situation where death was certain, and the crimson beam lit up the heavens...
Fire would bring destruction to himself and to his enemies.
A few days earlier, when Dog Tooth Squad had lured the Red Dragon "Klaogbari" out of its lair in order to escort Bogu safely into the Dragon Nest...
The light released by this "Signal Crystal" had been its signature feature.
Lawson could be ten thousand percent certain that when that four-legged lizard, which considered itself noble and had an extremely violent, irritable temper, saw the signal beam again...
It would absolutely be unable