"Run?"
A faint, delighted smile appeared on Dunn's face. "Why would I run? Now I know why you sensed an opportunity to advance here. It turns out this is a dragon's lair."
As dragons were among the very greatest Transcendent creatures, encountering and recording one would undoubtedly provide tremendous help with Annie's ritual to advance to the Fourth Tier.
"Forget advancing right now. Let's retreat while its attention is on the others."
Annie spoke urgently.
She wanted to advance, too, but she could still tell which mattered more, advancement or her life. Even if she missed this chance, it would only mean visiting a few more places.
Suddenly, Annie froze as she looked at the smile on Dunn's face and the eagerness in his eyes.
Then her expression changed drastically. "Dunn, don't tell me you want to..."
"That's right. I want to try being a Dragonslayer."
Dunn licked his somewhat dry lips, his eyes gleaming with bloodlust as he watched the Red Dragon flaunting its might in the sky.
Dunn had a strong premonition: if he killed this Red Dragon and drained its blood, he could reach old Pearl's level and truly stand at the very pinnacle below Legendary!
"You..."
Annie was momentarily speechless with anger. She pointed at Dunn, unable to get a word out for a long while. She also knew that once Dunn had decided on something, she could not change his mind.
So she could only grit her teeth and fly away on her own in a huff.
After all, once these two started fighting, there was no telling who would win, but the creatures within the volcano's vicinity would likely suffer terrible casualties.
So she definitely had to get out of the volcano's vicinity as quickly as possible.
After killing the only male human who