The dragon's harem

Chapter 422 [Bonus ] The True Nature Of Magic

As the sun dawned, the massive ball of darkness resting outside the capital faded. From its shadows, a massive white dragon fell to the ground.

The ice golems in the city faded with the first light, and everyone stared at them, surprised. ”We won!” Screamed a wounded soldier.

”Take that! You fucking ice buckets!” A dwarf growled with a smile on his face, leaning on his hammer.

The city guards rushed to stand on the outer wall, staring as the dragonʼs corpses slowly approached the city. Upon closer inspection, they can see Arad dragging it by the horn.

They started sweating, and one of them gasped, ”He fucking took him down!” He glared at the other guards, terrified.

”Isnʼt that the man that came with Princess Isdis? The one they said drove a purple dragon away?” Another guard mumbled.

”Itʼs him. I think his name was Arad,” The guard stared at Arad, seeing him drag the white dragonʼs corpse toward the city gate. ”I only heard of Alcott doing such a thing before.”

”Stand up! The royal guards!” Of the guards shouted, seeing an armed battalion protecting Isdis and her two brothers as they rushed across the city on horseback.

”Open the gate!” Charlie shouted, waving his sword.

The guards on top of the wall rushed to pull the portcullis up.

Charlie, Thomas, and Isdis rushed out. Seeing Arad almost reaching the gate, dragging the massive dragon corpse toward the gate.

Arad looked at them, his eyes glowing with a purple flame. His magic was still volatile from the fight.

”By the gods, you killed him.” Thomas gasped. He stared at the dragon behind Arad.

”Sweet heavens between Amaterasuʼs tits, the dragon is dead with her dawn!” Charlie jumped out of his horse and approached the dragonʼs corpse. He then looked at Arad, ”You donʼt drink milk, do you?”

”I do. Milk is good for the bones,” Arad replied, staring at the prince standing beside him.

”To be honest, the moment this lizard showed up I thought we were going to lose Isdis. There isnʼt much we can do against such a monster without Alcott around. But that might change with you here.”

”Charlie! Donʼt get too close to that thing. We donʼt know if itʼs really dead.” Thomas approached on his horse. ”Is it dead?” He looked at Arad.

”What does it look like to you? Dead,” Arad kicked the dragonʼs face.

”I mean, we saw no ice explosion.” Arad blinked, ”Ice what?”

CRACK! EirwanKariʼs eyes opened, his claw rushing toward Isdis with a blinding speed.

VROOM! Aradʼs heart rumbled like an engine. His body twisted as he clenched a fist. Thwack! One solid smack to the skull sent EirwanKari rolling back. ”Stay dead!” Arad shouted at the top of his lungs. This dragon is persistent.

BAM! BAM! EirwanKariʼs body stopped rolling, his soul slowly fading. He could remember the mage that raised him from an egg till he grew young, ^You always rambled on and on about spells and their true effect. How we ice dragons actually use heat instead of cold, but your words always seemed meaningless to me.^

CRACK! EirwanKari opened his jaw, ^Selicia, had I known how true your words were. I might have carried you on my back for the rest of my life.^

A spark of flame emerged between EirwanKariʼs teeth.

Cold is the absence of heat. To cool something, you must take heat from it. That was Seliciaʼs theory, and so, she experimented on EirwanKari for decades, trying to figure out where all that heat went.

Ba-dump! Arad could feel it in his heart, this was bad, absolutely bad. This dragon is about to blow the whole capital off.

CLACK! EirwanKariʼs jaw opened wide.

All the heat my cold magic robbed for centuries was stored right here above my heart. A blaze of fire, a revenge for all of my life.

Arad turned toward Isdis, ”Run!” He then turned back toward EirwanKari, rushing to block the breath.

^Tiamat, I only have one wish upon death...send my soul back to my mistress. This time, I shall serve her well.^

A brilliant flash burst from EirwanKariʼs mouth, all the heat his magic robbed for decades, unleashed in one breath big enough to eclipse mountains.

[Void Expansion] Arad unleashed his void, trying to consume the fiery wrath.

The blaze of fire clashed with Aradʼs expanding void. He growled. The fire heated the air increasing its volume, which was rapidly overwhelming Aradʼs void by filling it faster than it can expand.

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In the distance, a tanned woman lay naked on a stone bed, a fair maiden massaging her back.

”Hum?” The woman gasped, opening one of her eyes and looking at the ground.