Assassinating a dragon rider was not difficult. The difficult part was assassinating a dragon.
Because dragons had an invisible mutual awareness, especially when their dragon magic was running at full force. At such times, the sensation between dragons was particularly intense.
Unless an Elemental Dragon possessed someone, there was no way to evade that awareness.
Assassinating a dragon rider, on the other hand, only required the rider to temporarily leave their dragon, deprived of the dragon's warning and timely support. After all, a dragon rider could not possibly remain with their dragon at all times—not even while sleeping or eating.
"If I sneak onto Hot Spring Island, the Invisible Dragon will likely be sensed. The dragon riders will react immediately, and I may have to face two dragon riders... Facing two dragon riders head-on isn't very safe. I'm not afraid of them, but I might not be able to stop them."
Liszt was currently riding Bard, the Invisible Dragon, with Rio, the Little Fire Dragon, possessing his body. The magus A Ke had also been living with him the entire time.
Only the Light Green Gem Dragon could neither hide nor pursue over vast distances, so he had left it behind on Jade Mountain to keep guarding the jade mine and sleep.
With his current combat setup, he could barely manage to kill one dragon rider in a sneak attack. But openly ambushing and killing two dragon riders was truly difficult. Especially since he still did not know who those two dragon riders were, or whether one of the dragons would be as powerful as the White Cast Iron Dragon.
Besides, if another dragon rider arrived while the battle was in full swing, he would fail to steal the chicken and instead startle the snake.
After thinking it over carefully,