Chapter 77: How Dare You Hurt Him? (Bonus Chapter 44)

Who did this?

I'm asking you, who did this!!?

Beep-beep-beep…

The sapphire on the Ring of Suffering had turned crimson, emitting a piercing sound—this meant the wearer's spirit had reached its critical limit.

Herbert, seeing Valentina's slit pupils spewing fury, nearly consumed by rage, raised his hand and stammered:

"Uh, don't get worked up, it's just superficial wounds, mostly my own blood…"

Shit.

I might've gone too far.

He wanted to slip away for a moment to let Valentina calm down, but she gripped his collar tightly, giving him no chance to escape.

"... Lead the way."

Valentina's voice was hoarse, brimming with rage and a hint of regret Herbert couldn't understand.

"Valentina, calm down first, I—"

Thud!

Valentina stomped hard, and the entire space shuddered violently, cutting off Herbert's next words.

"I told you to—"

The enraged dragon glared at him and roared, almost mournfully:

"LEAD THE WAY!!!"

In the magma hell, the Magma Giant stood in the lava pool, its upper body towering like a mountain, composed of searing magma and rock, radiating suffocating heat.

The Magma Giant stared blankly at its palm, confused about where that little thing had gone.

The next instant, it suddenly looked up toward the sky, where a door had flashed and vanished.

The beast had arrived.

A terrifying dragon, a hundred meters long, descended from the heavens!

The dragon flapped its massive, resilient wings, stirring a scorching current; its scales shimmered with metallic luster under the magma's glow, like flowing flame.

The dragon's eyes burned like twin flames, fixed on the Magma Giant across from it.

A furious roar echoed through the entire space.

"How dare you hurt him!!?"

No hesitation, no further exchange—the battle erupted violently.

The Magma Giant immediately hurled the magma ball in its hand toward the dragon.

Whoosh—

The dragon didn't slow; it opened its massive jaws and spat a torrent of flame that engulfed the magma ball like a surging wave.

Hiss!

The cannonball-sized sphere melted at an astonishing rate, shrinking to a quarter of its size within moments, then landed harmlessly on the dragon's head.

The Magma Giant raised its massive arm, its magma churning violently under the heat, trying to block the dragon's flame with it.

Flame met magma, unleashing a deafening roar as sparks shot skyward.

"Roar!!!"

The Magma Giant roared in fury and charged toward the dragon, each step cracking the ground deeply.

As it neared the dragon, it swung its colossal fist, smashing through the air with a whistling roar.

The next instant, the two terrifying beasts collided directly.

Boom!

Contact was instantaneous—the dragon twisted its body nimbly after impact, carving a graceful arc through the air and easily evading the deadly blow.

Then, after circling once in midair, it dove again, its sharp claws glinting coldly in the sunlight.

This time, its claws struck precisely at the Magma Giant's head!

The Magma Giant tried to block with its other arm, but the dragon's strength was too great—the claws sank deep into the giant's skull, spewing scalding magma.

The Magma Giant reeled in pain, stumbling as the dragon bit into its head and swallowed it whole!

Crack!

But the next moment, its magma-formed head regrew instantly.

It was merely a conglomeration, not its vital core.

"Roar!!!"

"Roar!!!"

The Magma Giant and the frenzied dragon roared and danced within the lava pool.

Hidden within the bronze fortress, the devil watched everything in secret; she had been sulking moments ago, but now couldn't help clapping and cheering.

"Yes! Yes!"

"Do it like that!"

"Smash her skull hard!"

Boom!

Taking advantage of the Magma Giant's regeneration, the dragon flew behind it and unleashed another powerful blast of flame, directly striking its back and turning its body glowing red.

After much of its body had been melted away, two razor-sharp claws pierced straight into the giant's chest; the dragon flared its wings violently, dragging it slowly out of the lava pool!

Rumble—

Amidst splattering scalding magma, the Magma Giant was truly pulled out like a radish.

It writhed in midair, trying to counterattack, but each time its head was shattered by the dragon's claws.

Finally, after flying up to a height of several hundred meters, the giant dragon changed its direction of flight.

No longer flying upward, it dove downward together with the giant!!!

Whoosh—

It didn't even slow down, but crashed into the lava pool along with it, slamming it down hard on top!!!

Boom!!!

With an earth-shattering roar, the lava giant finally could hold on no longer; its massive body could no longer hold together.

And the giant dragon spread its wings from within the lava pool and shot skyward, letting out a victorious roar in the heavens.

"Roar!!!"

Its figure, reflected in the lava pool, looked incomparably majestic, its dark-red scales gleaming with dazzling light.

And seeing this scene, the demons who had been cheering fell silent.

"……"

Because Kreti suddenly realized that the giant dragon's strength seemed to be absurdly overpowered.

That demon may have been crazy, but its ferocious strength was without any water in it; even if she took action personally, she could not possibly be that demon's match.

But now, that demon was being rubbed against the ground by that giant dragon!!?

And... judging by the giant dragon's meaning, did it seem to have come to avenge Herbert?

"Valentina."

Looking rather bedraggled, Herbert stood atop the bronze fortress and said softly to the giant dragon wheeling in the high sky:

"Have you thrown enough of a fit? Once you've vented, go back."

A massive door appeared in midair, behind which the endlessly shifting scenes of the labyrinth were revealed.

The giant dragon narrowed its eyes, looking down from on high at the weak little human who was trying to command her.

After witnessing the might of the great Valentina, can you still not read the situation!

In response, however, Herbert could only shake his head with some helplessness and say softly: "Be good, listen to me."

"Go back first; I'll come keep you company later."

Kreti: No, what are you saying over there?

How could such a proud and powerful existence possibly, just because of such a light and airy sentence...

"Hmph!!!"

As a result, after hearing these words, the giant dragon rolled its eyes, let out a thunderous snort of anger, and then actually, without looking back, plunged straight into that doorway.

Click.

Once the giant dragon had completely vanished into the doorway, Herbert lowered his hand as well, shook his head with some helplessness, and muttered to himself:

"This fellow is loyal as a dog, but that temper of hers really is like a cat's—explodes at the slightest touch... A perfectly good giant dragon, honestly both cat and dog."

Kreti:???

He paid no heed to the demon behind him whose gaze hovered between wanting to speak and holding back, and instead let his gaze fall to the center of the deep crater of the lava pool.

There, at the spot where the lava giant's heart had originally been, a massive crystalline core had emerged.

And within that slowly shattering crystalline core, there was a small, delicate figure lying unconscious.

"We've finally met again."

Herbert lowered his eyes and whispered softly:

"Young Lady Demon..."

Four updates today, 8,500 characters!

Grand opening special, more content at no extra charge!

The daily base update volume has evolved from 4,000 characters to 6,000 characters!

I hope the update volume can keep everyone following along all the way—this is truly important to me!

Next Monday is the last push for Sanjiang; if we don't make it, it's completely over.

Please, save this child—

PS:

Actually, it's because before this I had actually been secretly double-updating elsewhere, desperately pushing myself, which wasted quite a bit of energy and time.

Now I've temporarily shelved that book and am focusing on writing this side; I can finally bring the update volume up, and probably finally manage to stockpile some drafts... right?

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(End of this chapter)