Chapter 509: The Black Dragon's Trap

Rod and his group entered Tally's shadow and left the vault outward.

After stealthily sneaking for two or three minutes.

They arrived at the ceiling rock wall at the extreme edge of the safe zone behind the defense system, watching from afar the slightly furtive figure of the giant dragon.

Its deep black dragon scales carried a greasy sheen, with quite a few areas rough and broken on the surface.

Its face bore eerie white markings, drawn on its dragon face into a natural skull.

Ferocious and vicious.

—It was not the red dragon Nars, the master of this dragon's vault, but the black dragon Mikhail who had fought Rod a few days ago.

"Mikhail."

Rod couldn't help but find it a little funny.

A few days ago, when reading his mind through 【Insight Demon Eye】, this guy had clearly said he couldn't beat the red dragon and didn't dare come here to steal.

He hadn't expected that in just a few days, he had snuck over.

The halfling Lily also laughed.

But not at what Rod was laughing at.

She saw the black dragon Mikhail stumped by the first magic trap, and laughed out of smugness.

"That 'Phase Shift Trap' rotates its three-dimensional magic circle once every three minutes. If this guy keeps dragging on like this, even by tomorrow he still won't get past the first one."

Rod looked forward.

It was a magic trap composed of floating rune crystals, with flowing dragon-language runes surfacing on the ground, slowly flowing like lava.

Lily had explained them one by one to them when they first set out.

He remembered that thing was a spatial trap divided into countless independent phases, where intruders would be randomly teleported to different areas.

He didn't go into it too deeply.

After all, Lily had gotten past that thing in a minute and a half.

"After all, he's not Lily."

"Of course! Hehehehe— Hmm, isn't Miss Tally's shadow a little too cramped?"

Hmm.

It really is a bit.

Tally had this time shrunk the space within the shadow to the extreme.

The four of them were pressed together with no space at all.

Rod was in the center, with the halfling Lily directly in front of him.

Even though her height was considered tall among halflings, she only came up to Rod's abdomen.

At this moment the two of them were originally standing face to face, but as the shadow space shrank, her cute little face was already pressed against Rod's abs, and the dark red chest armor on her chest happened to press right against his crotch.

"Tally, what are you doing."

"What? It's Master who said you all wanted to be as stealthy as possible! Stealthy of course means reducing space, reducing spiritual fluctuations! If you don't believe it, ask the halfling!"

"I don't really understand shadow magic, but from the principles of mana, it really is like this. Wah, Rod, the shape of your abs is showing through your clothes!"

Lily was already free and easy by nature, and clearly didn't mind the current scene too much.

Moreover, the person in front of her was her most favorite comrade Rod, and she simply didn't develop any feelings of dislike or disgust.

Instead, pressing up against him made her inexplicably a little happy.

Tally, on the other hand, immediately started grinning.

She was pressed against Rod's side, at the level of his head to shoulder.

Since today she was a flat dark elf, her chest pressing against his side ribs didn't really have any feel to it.

Hmm? That's not right.

She was slowly adjusting with shape-shifting magic.

Gradually gaining a kind of moderately plump and slim feel.

Tally immediately claimed she was stuck and uncomfortable, placed Rod's arm on her own back, as if in an embrace.

"Ehehehe— Master is hugging me~~"

"."

"Even if that's the case, you don't have to squeeze this much—"

The banshee Chris was stuck behind Rod, wailing.

She had originally turned corporeal to happily stomp on Jin Along, but was suddenly dragged into the shadow.

She was also warned by Tally that she couldn't switch back to incorporeal form, saying her switching fluctuations were too great and might cause the shadow to be unstable enough.

Seeing the black dragon had long since scared her out of her wits, how would she dare not listen.

So she just kept maintaining her corporeal form.

Also unlike the two in front and to the side who had become flat girls through magic items and shape-shifting magic.

Chris was a woman who genuinely had ample bosoms.

Combined with her already mature woman figure, although she couldn't compare to the ghoul Pan Ni's outrageous figure, she was definitely a bit fuller than the girlish figures of Vivian and Miss Xiao Ke.

With her squeezing from behind like that, she still insisted on squirming around.

The moment Rod sensed the slightest thought, he immediately held it in, started letting his mind wander, trying to forcibly resist.

Don't even think about it.

And that Tally seemed to be glancing around, seemingly noticing something, and grinningly gave Rod an expression of 'I'll help you'.

Then she turned her face to the banshee Chris and said:

"Hey, stupid undead, didn't you say Master always doesn't walk the righteous path? Now in this scene he can't move, fearing exposure, and has handed his back to you completely unguarded. Don't you feel the offense and defense have switched?"

Chris paused for a moment.

She immediately figured it out, revealing a wicked, cackling grin.

"Oh my, Master, oh Master, I never thought this day would come!"

"Have you thought about what will happen next, right? Chris." Rod warned helplessly.

"So what? I died long ago, just a worthless life; if there's a grudge, I'll settle it~~ Let you taste my flavor too~ Master~~"

Saying this.

She chuckled, reaching her hand into Rod's pants.

"Hey! Can't you two do this somewhere else?! I'm still here!"

Lili couldn't take it anymore.

Even with her carefree nature, she realized what these two evil guys were about to do.

Chris gave up on saving face, panting heavily, her eyes filled with the pleasure of taking revenge on her master.

Dazed, she revealed a leering, foolish smile:

"Little Lili, don't let the guy in front of you fool you with his decent appearance; actually, he loves causing trouble in strange places the most. Once when we went to exterminate the Ratmen, he and this succubus suddenly shut the door and did it right on top of the enemy corpses they had disemboweled and flayed."

"..."

Spreading rumors, are you, you guy...

Unexpectedly, Lili had no reaction, secretly glancing up at Rod, whose face was black with lines.

She smiled:

"I know. Before, when we went to the open-air labyrinth together to save that Dragon Soul targeted by students from Bahadur Magic Academy, he acted alone for a while. He thought I didn't know, but actually, since the time dragged on too long, I went to peek out of worry and found he forced that Dragon Soul to watch him and Miss Tally do that, even saying it was teaching..."

"..."

But then.

Lili could no longer laugh.

Rod stopped wandering in his mind.

The Halfling girl paused for a moment, her smile freezing.

She looked down at her chest, then at Rod.

Then, a flush climbed her cute cheeks at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Hey, hey! Rod! We are friends!!"

"Why don't you see what the Banshee is doing?"

"Chris!"

Seeing the scene about to descend into chaos.

Rod took the initiative to end this farce.

The succubus and the Banshee, the two women, each took a punch to the head, instantly becoming obedient and sober.

The Shadow Space expanded.

Chris knelt directly and kowtowed, pressing her forehead against Rod's shoe to beg for forgiveness.

Lili adjusted her leather breastplate, which had been knocked askew, then went over and punched Rod in the abdomen; however, her small fist hitting his abs made her pause again, leaving her stunned.

Tally leaned over and blinked at him, as if asking if she had done well.

Rod was too lazy to deal with her.

He continued to focus his gaze on the Black Dragon Mikhail.

At this moment, Mikhail was making good progress; he had already dealt with the "Phase Shift Trap" and the "Dragon Fear Suppression Trap," and had reached the "Elemental Purgatory Trap."

Rod shook his head.

"This guy is too leisurely; it doesn't look like he is truly here to steal the treasure."

Lili also recovered her senses: "He was summoned by the Duke of Purgatory, so he should find it hard to escape; besides, he can't defeat the Red Dragon. Would he openly tear up the relationship? Perhaps that's unlikely."

While speaking.

The two saw the Black Dragon stop dealing with the traps; instead, he took out a magic scroll from the gap between the scales under his ribs.

Then he slowly exhaled strong acid, injecting it into the shimmering magic array within.

Rod was puzzled: "What is he doing?"

Lili could already hold back her laughter no longer: "He is creating a strong acid trap. It seems he intends to hide the trap within the Red Dragon's magic trap... It seems I guessed wrong, or perhaps something happened; the discord between the two great dragons of Coral Bay has even been brought to the table. Two male dragons in the same area; conflict is now unavoidable."

The Red Dragon's combat style has always been dominated by frontal assaults.

This leads to their combat power being among the stronger tiers among the Chromatic Dragons of the same size.

This can also be seen from their violent and powerful flame breath.

But the Black Dragon is different.

He is more skilled in ambush warfare, or in weakening opponents using the corrosiveness of strong acid.

Also, due to his cunning and sinister nature, he prefers psychological warfare more than the Red Dragon, that is, using fear and despair to weaken the enemy's will.

This can also be glimpsed from his breath, whose power lies mainly in the corrosiveness of strong acid.

"This also fits his dragon persona."

Rod laughed along.

However, since he has already set up traps, the Black Dragon will surely attack the vault; it is only a matter of timing.

Every single one of the Chromatic Dragons is a greedy and evil creature.

"With this terrain, the power of the dragon breath is too great; I suggest we follow in his wake after he succeeds, and then sweep up the treasure; it won't be too late."

Lili voiced a more prudent suggestion.

Even Chris, who was kneeling below, breathed a sigh of relief.

No need to fight!

She smiled ingratiatingly, floated up, and lightly punched Rod on the shoulder with her clenched fist.

But after seeing her master's expression clearly, her heart gave a sudden thud.

— Rod had fallen into deep thought.

In this situation, hearing such a suggestion yet falling into deep thought?

Chris understood this all too well.

Wasn't this purely rebellious psychology?!

"Um... Master, what are you thinking?"

She swallowed hard and asked with difficulty and disbelief.

Rod paid her no mind.

He turned his head to look at Lily:

"Tell me, if I use the Disguise Domain to disguise my White Dragon War Soul as a true White Dragon, would this Black Dragon Mikhail be able to see through it?"

(End of this chapter)