A sea breeze carrying the salty, fishy scent blew over the water. A moment later, a rift appeared in midair, then returned to stillness. Yet Liszt, rider of the Invisible Dragon, had already stepped out of the natural node and flown swiftly westward, constantly sensing for any traces of dragon aura drifting through the surroundings.
"The Eagle Kingdom truly went all out—Silver Dragon, White Cast Iron Dragon, Brass Dragon, Copper Dragon, and Alonso Cyclamen, rider of the Bronze Dragon. Five dragons in total, all just to destroy one of my Magic Gates... Perhaps they think Magic Gates are costly to build?"
Magic Gates—or rather, magic teleportation arrays—were indeed costly. The materials required for a single magic teleportation array could account for one-twentieth of the Flame Kingdom's annual income.
But the public claim was that Liszt had spent every last coin of his family fortune to construct a magic teleportation array.
Perhaps because of that, whenever Liszt completed a magic teleportation array, the Iron-Eagle Allied Army dispatched dragons to strike at Liszt's purse. The kings of the two kingdoms probably found the bargain worthwhile—dragons and dragon riders were bored sitting at home anyway, so they might as well be taken out for some exercise.
After the Iron Ridge Kingdom and Eagle Kingdom formed their alliance, the dragon riders stationed in opposition along the border no longer needed to remain on guard and could move freely.
They simply had not expected the battle to turn out so brutal. Figo Iris, rider of the Purple Gem Dragon, had died on the spot.
And now.
The force sent to strike at his purse had no idea that Liszt was already waiting along their route home. Though he still did not know which region the five dragons would pass through, that did not stop Liszt