Red Dragon Descends

Wagnerd took a step forward, instantly teleporting in front of Lang Pu, past the mirror's cover, and gently tapped the medal on his chest.

A powerful spiritual force suddenly enveloped Lang Pu.

Dominate Person

But Lang Pu, enveloped by that power, remained calm and showed no reaction whatsoever, even waving his staff to unleash Fireball.

Faced with the incoming fireball, he summoned a black energy shield, which once again completely annihilated the fireball. Wagnerd's voice from behind the black curtain was initially surprised, but then became excited.

"I see."

"Hahaha, you're not human! So you're not human after all!"

Lang Pu's disguise was just to waste Wagnerd's Spell Slot, because he knew that "Dominate Person" was this guy's frequently used spell.

Upon realizing his true nature had been exposed, the Ogre Mage roared and instantly tore off his disguise, revealing his hideous true form.

Suddenly, the corridor went dark, and the huge shadow almost covered Wagnerd.

A six-meter-tall Dragon Vein Ogre stood in the dim tunnel. Its massive and robust body was covered with dragon scales, and sharp bone spurs were on its knees, elbows, and back. Small, bone-white horns had even grown on its forehead, and the snout of its ugly face protruded unnaturally forward.

"After being bound for so long, I can finally be free. Let me kill you!"

Lang Pu looked down at Wagnerd, two plumes of sulfurous smoke billowing from his nostrils. The staff in his hand, glowing with a mixture of blazing heat and emerald yellow flames, slammed down toward Wagnerd's head—it was the [Magic Weapon] and the [Emerald Flame Sword].

For some reason, Wagnerd stared intently at Lang Pu, without looking away at all.

The spell, imbued with magical flames, slammed into his head. [Trigger Spell] chained [Otiluke's Resilient Sphere], and a shimmering spherical force field instantly appeared, which, along with Lang Pu's staff, protected Wagnerd within it.

Lang Pu was thrown back by the reaction force, his massive body crashing to the ground with a loud thud.

But Wagnerd remained mesmerized, gazing at him as if he were the finest work of art, muttering to himself, "I've finally found it, I've finally found the perfect piece."

Then, trembling all over, he covered his face and burst into wild laughter.

"Hahaha, it's not the kind of thing that you can't grasp or touch, it's a truly perfect work of art."

"You're not one of those 'players,' are you?"

When the Dragon Vein Ogre saw that the other party's eyes were filled with greed and drooling instead of fear, an inexplicable rage surged into its heart.

Lang Pu gritted his teeth and said, "He really is a madman."

However, Wagnerd is inside the force field sphere, and it is difficult to break through without Disintegrate Spell. Even Lang Pu has no way to deal with him for the time being.

After a long while, Wagnerd finally took further action.

He casually deactivated the [Otiluke's Resilient Sphere] on his body and walked straight over, swaying slightly.

Lang Pu couldn't help but turn his head to look at the Calamity Dragon Eye beside him, only to see himself frozen by the spell. He hurriedly waved his staff, trying to cast Counterspell in advance, but Wagnerd gave him no chance at all, and with a light tap of his hand, released a purple spell beam.

[Monster Immobilization Spell]

The spell was extremely powerful. The light spread throughout Lang Pu's body the moment it touched him, turning into a shimmering membrane that made the Dragon Vein Ogre's massive body freeze, still maintaining the motion of trying to cast the spell.

Wagnerd strolled over slowly, laughing wildly, his mouth almost reaching his ears.

He approached the Ogre, flew into the air, and whispered, "You think I'm just a test subject delivered to your door? You think I only know how to control humans with magic?"

"I've conducted thousands upon thousands of dragonification experiments. As the ' Dragon Mad Black Wizard,' my specialty is controlling monsters like you!"

"Click. Click"

A faint, crisp sound was heard.

"Oh?"

A look of surprise appeared on Wagnerd's face.

The light membrane on Lang Pu's body suddenly shattered, and a skull on his body automatically released the [Dispel Magic] spell after detecting that his body was under control.

"Prepare to die!"

The Dragon Vein Ogre, freed from its restraints, roared and unleashed several more scorching fireballs. These fireballs, with their unpredictable trajectories, attacked from different directions, attempting to incinerate the unsuspecting Wagnerd at close range. The Ogre's staff, swung with all its might, followed suit, aimed directly at Wagnerd's head.

Faced with this sudden and overwhelming attack, Wagnerd calmly disappeared from the spot, leaving only a cloud of silvery smoke.

He grinned at Lang Pu from afar and gently raised his hand.

[Dragon Vein Binding]

Countless chains resembling the limbs of a giant dragon rose from the ground.

That's a seventh-ring spell; Dispel Magic and Spell Invalidation Barrier have no effect on it.

Unexpectedly, Lang Pu's swung staff seemed to have anticipated this, changing direction and pointing directly at Wagnerd, while the [Bennett's Wisdom] on his chest released a pale purple magical beam.

[Monster Immobilization Spell]

However, this time it was Lang Pu who released it.

The instant the light was emitted, Lang Pu was trapped by the [Dragon Vein Binding], bound to the spot and unable to move. The hideous chains resembling the limbs of a giant dragon slowly writhed on his massive body, seemingly greedily drawing dragon blood from the Dragon Vein Ogre's body.

But Lang Pu's Monster Immobilization Spell also hit Wagnerd, freezing him completely in place.

But even in the last moment before he was frozen in place, a look of contempt and defiance flashed in the Black Wizard's eyes, as if to say, "What can you do to me?"

It's important to know that the [Monster Immobilization Spell requires "Spell Focus" to maintain. If Lang Pu can't concentrate on maintaining the spell, it will quickly lose its effect.

However, as a spell specially made by Wagnerd to target dragon vein monsters, [Dragon Vein Binding] is like a living entity, constantly drawing dragon blood from the target to sustain itself.

From the perspective of this "Dragon Mad Black Wizard," he undoubtedly had the upper hand in this exchange of blood, and the shrewd Wagnerd was extremely pleased with himself.

In that brief moment, the Immobilization Spell barrier on Wagnerd's body, which had been maintained without focused effort, began to crumble and crack, and he was about to break free from the spell's control.

Little did he know that just before he was about to be restrained, a sinister smile of triumph appeared on Lang Pu's face.

He also has the [Calamity Dragon Eye]! Wagnerd simply thought that the eye that was following the floating creature was Divination Spell cast by Lang Pu, and that he could deal with the Ogre while he was binding it.

But he never expected that the true owner of the [Calamity Dragon Eye] was Keosius, who was thousands of miles away, and was silently watching all of this through this eye.

And this was the moment Keosius had been waiting for! In an instant, blinding flames erupted from the invisible eyes suspended in the air, releasing all the immense elemental power stored within!

"Boom--"

A blazing white pillar of fire erupted from it, shooting straight towards Wagnerd's temporarily immobilized head! [Maximized Flame Breath]

At the same time, the giant claw covered in red scales tore through space, creating a Space Rift nearly ten meters long with flames wrapped around its edges.

Keosius's enormous and ferocious dragon head emerged from it.

"Roar--"

Tomorrow's still 8k, making up for last month's missed leave. Still a bit of a headache, feeling numb.