A Shocking Entrance (Fourth Update, Bonus Chapter for 160,000 Recommendation Votes)

"Cough, cough..."

As the smoke and dust dispersed, Marquis Bull coughed weakly, unable to get back up.

The Sky Knights formed a circle around him, but no one was focused on Marquis Bull anymore. Their attention was fixed on the edge of the dark clouds to the northwest.

There.

A flying creature, like a bird yet also like a bat, was drifting leisurely toward them. Judging from its flight path and silhouette, many hearts had already begun pounding wildly.

Liszt included.

"This..."

Levis's cry rang out beside him. "It's a dragon!"

That approaching creature truly possessed the outline of a dragon, almost identical to the Invisible Dragon Liszt had once seen.

"A dragon!"

Someone suddenly shouted it aloud.

Wave after wave of cheers immediately erupted. "It's a dragon!"

"The Sapphire Dragon!"

"The Grand Duke has finally come!"

"The dragon is alive!"

The First Prince, who was surrounding Marquis Bull, burst into loud laughter. "The Sapphire Dragon—the authority of the Sapphire Family—is still alive! Traitor Andy, your end has come!"

"No... cough, cough... How could this be... My strength... is fading away... How can the Sapphire Dragon... still be alive!" Marquis Bull spoke in broken fragments, the blue flames around him scattering toward the direction from which the dragon was flying, as though blown by the wind.

The Second Prince threw back his visor, looking almost mad.

"It's Father! Hahaha, Father has come riding the Sapphire Dragon!"

He abruptly raised his longsword and pointed it straight at Marquis Bull. "The humiliation you forced upon me—I'll reclaim it all today! Hahaha!"

"Impossible... impossible... impossible..." Marquis Bull did not even look at the Second Prince. His blue-flame-burning eyes were locked on the ever-growing flying creature. "That familiar magic... It really is it... Impossible... Why isn't the Sapphire Dragon dead!"

Following his gaze, everyone