"Miss Asuka, are you all right?"
"Jin?"
Russell climbed down along the broken part of the tree. He was alone now; it seemed he only borrowed Pest's power in emergencies.
After all, he was only a ten-year-old child, and his own strength was inherently weak. He naturally had to be extremely cautious whenever using the power of such a powerful demon lord.
"By the way, weren't Kasukabe Yō and Leticia with you?"
"No. Although Leticia and I are in the same dormitory."
There was something off about Russell's tone. He seemed a little embarrassed.
Everyone instinctively looked up at the sky.
At that moment, an earth-shaking roar came from above.
A dragon's roar, powerful enough to shake heaven and earth, echoed throughout Andouward.
Though no one could understand its meaning, that roar conveyed an overwhelming and absolute presence.
Struck by that powerful roar, everyone could only stare at the scene in the distant sky with astonished expressions.
"Jin, what was that just now?"
"Pure-blooded dragon? How could that be? Why would one of the strongest species appear in the lower levels?"
Russell's words were full of fear.
Everyone had witnessed all manner of beings in Hakoniwa World, but a dragon was still an existence far beyond anything they had encountered before.
Emerging from the thick cloud cover blanketing the night sky was an enormous dragon whose full length could not be estimated.
Cold sweat began to form on Asuka's back. It was an instinctive reaction to the fear she felt.
"Russell, let's regroup with everyone as soon as possible. I'm worried about everyone other than Su Yang."
Russell nodded, and the group began running along the relatively intact stairs on the rock wall.
The dragon within the thunderclouds roared again, then released countless scales toward all of Andouward like bullets.