Volume 4 Chapter 142

Volume 4 + Chapter 142: Save Me!

The vampire airships had already come within visible range and were rapidly approaching this direction.

Xia Yi also sounded the assembly call, gathering her troops and preparing to respond.

At this critical moment, the little green dragon maid stepped forward.

“Your Highness, please grant me the chance to charge into battle!”

Everyone’s gaze immediately focused on Elly.

“A mere vampire airship—watch me destroy it in a single strike!”

Elly had long made up her mind to put on a strong performance in front of Xia Yi. If she fought bravely in this war against the vampire, she would surely earn great merit, and becoming an official member of the Royal Maid Corps would only be a matter of time.

How could she not deliver a few bold declarations first?

“Elly, can you handle it?” Xia Yi asked.

“Don’t worry, Your Highness. I’ll be back in no time!”

Elly flew up into the sky and began her solo charge straight toward the vampire airship fleet.

“Hahaha! I’ve finally been waiting for this moment—my chance for promotion is here!”

Elly rapidly closed the distance to the vampire airship formation. They were about to collide.

At first, she considered whether she should release dragon breath from long range.

But after a moment’s thought, she decided that if she only used ranged attacks, even if she defeated the enemy, it wouldn’t be impressive enough.

She had to charge in alone, penetrate deep into enemy lines, fight her way in and out, and take the enemy’s head from amid tens of thousands—only then would it have enough visual impact and truly prove her strength.

At that point, the princess would surely look at her with newfound respect.

“Alright!”

Elly abandoned the idea of using dragon breath and resolved to engage in close combat.

“I refuse to believe those vampire airships can do anything to me! I could charge in with my eyes closed and still slaughter them!”

Whoosh!

The green giant dragon beat her wings, increasing her speed, and under everyone’s gaze, plunged straight into the vampire airship fleet.

“Take this, you foolish vampire!”

Elly locked onto one of the airships, raised her claw, and slammed down hard.

In her expectations, that airship should have exploded in midair under her overwhelming strength—but what actually happened was—

Bang!

A massive ancient magic array flared to life on the vampire airship, blocking Elly’s strike and dispersing most of its force.

The airship she struck did not explode on the spot. Instead, it swayed violently and was flung far away.

“Huh?”

Elly froze. What she had expected did not happen. She even felt a dull ache in her claw from the impact.

Why did the vampire airships feel… kind of hard?

At this very moment, Elly had been completely surrounded by the vampire airships, like falling straight into a den of thieves.

Boom boom boom!!

Ancient magic arrays activated on the vampire airships, locking onto Elly and unleashing brilliant magical blasts.

“Aaaah—wahhhhhh!!”

Magic bombarded Elly relentlessly. She clutched her head and fled in all directions, but the vampire airships seemed to possess a targeting function—no matter where she flew, she kept getting hit.

Although Elly was considered quite strong among the dragon clan and naturally tough and durable, with thick scales resistant to damage, her dragon-scale armor wouldn’t be broken anytime soon. Still, under such intense firepower suppression, she couldn’t do anything at all.

“Your Highness, save me!”

“…Sigh. This Elly really is an idiot.”

Xia Yi pressed a hand to her forehead, almost unable to bear watching anymore.

It was the classic case of bold words at the start, nonsense by the end.

But Elly was her subordinate, and Xia Yi was not about to let her keep getting beaten. She immediately issued an order to the soldiers.

“Anti-Vampire Special Operations Unit, move out. Provide support for Elly!”

“Yes, Your Highness!”

The dragon clan troops awaiting orders took off together, flying toward the battlefield. As they advanced, they gathered power, and once they closed in to a certain distance, they unleashed the dragon clan’s roar.

The combined roar of the dragons was like an invisible tidal wave crashing into the vampire airship fleet, forcing the airships to halt their attacks and even causing them to sway violently under the sonic impact.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The dragon soldiers at the front struck away the airships surrounding Elly, relieving her from danger.

“Damn vampire! Making me look this pathetic—today I’ll make you pay!”

Having been beaten one-sidedly for so long, Elly’s anger meter was completely maxed out. Her subsequent attacks showed absolutely no mercy.

“All units, follow orders—begin extermination operations!” the squad leader commanded.

Thus, under the leader’s direction, the Anti-Vampire Special Operations Unit and the vampire airship fleet began a chaotic aerial battle.

The vampire airships unleashed magical attacks, while the dragon clan countered with dragon breath. For a time, the sky was filled with dazzling streaks of light, and even the clouds were obliterated by the clashing waves of power.

“This is really… incredible,”

Yue Liu’s forces murmured as they watched the battle in the sky.

For the fox clan soldiers seeing dragon combat for the first time, the sight was profoundly shocking, making them keenly aware of the gap between races.

These dragon soldiers not only possessed formidable offensive power, but also had high resistance to magic and superior mobility compared to the vampire airship fleet. They clearly held the upper hand in battle, suppressing and defeating the airships was only a matter of time.

Among all the races of this land, perhaps only the dragon clan possessed such astonishing combat capability in the skies.

“Fox carrot, well? Impressive, right?” Xia Yi asked smugly, looking at Yue Liu.

The little fox had nothing to refute. She had to admit that the dragon clan truly could counter the vampire airship fleet—something the fox clan forces here simply couldn’t do.

“This time… I’ll grudgingly admit that you dragon clan are impressive.”

However, the little fox also noticed something strange.

Wait.

Why was it that all the dragons had released their true dragon forms, yet her destined nemesis was still standing here and hadn’t joined the battle?

The little fox began to think.

Given her nemesis’s attention-loving personality, there was no way she would just stand by and watch.

“My destined nemesis, why haven’t you released your dragon true form and joined the battle?”

“I…”

Xia Yi’s expression suddenly froze.

“Your strength should be greater than those soldiers’, right? Why aren’t you going?” the little fox pressed.

“Because… uh… well… I… actually…”

Xia Yi’s gaze started drifting around—she was clearly feeling guilty.

“You’re not the type to stand aside and do nothing. Could it be… that you have some unspeakable difficulty, my destined nemesis?”

The little fox narrowed her eyes, watching Xia Yi carefully, suspicion growing.

“I haven’t even seen what your true dragon form looks like.”

“My true dragon form is very tall and very big,” Xia Yi said stiffly, forcing herself to bluff. “If I released it, I’d easily end this battle, and it would become extremely boring! I don’t think it’s necessary. Besides, my true dragon form is far too terrifying—it might scare you. I’m also thinking of your soldiers, you know. I’m worried they won’t be able to withstand the pressure after I release my true form!”

“Really?”

“Really! Once, I accidentally released it in front of an enemy, and—well—by accident, I scared them… to death!” the little princess declared with absolute confidence. “My true dragon form is the most terrifying giant dragon among the dragon clan!!”