Volume 1 Village Story Chapter 166 Challenge

  The barbarian held up his warhammer in front of me, and although he was disheveled from dodging the dragon's breath, he still looked intimidating as he blocked my path. Dakuru also summoned a totem to grant him various shamanistic auxiliary magic, while Freya waved her staff and two massive vines burst out of the ground, wrapping around the giant dragon's legs in an attempt to prevent it from taking off again.

  And I summoned a giant rock puppet, hoping to share some of the attacks with the barbarian hammer, and wrapped it in a magical shield. What I was most worried about wasn't the dragon's huge claws and wings' attack, because I knew that physical attacks could be blocked by the barbarian hammer and my rock puppet. However, once the dragon's breath was released, there were hardly a few people who could withstand it head-on. Just look at those people from the Church, and you'll know. In fact, not many people died under the dragon's claws, but most of them died under its breath.

  But things started to go downhill, the giant dragon was briefly stunned by my mental shock but quickly regained its composure. It easily deflected the barbarian's hammer and rock puppet's attacks with one claw and effortlessly dispelled Frey's vine disturbance. When I saw the dragon's eyes regain their clarity in an instant and casually resolve these attacks, I knew that everything was over. At this moment, the giant dragon could easily fly into the air and burn most of us to a crisp with its dragon breath just like it did to those people from the temple.

  However, the development of things turned out to be somewhat beyond my expectation. After dissolving a series of attacks, the giant dragon did not fly up, but instead lowered its head and looked at me, with two huge dragon eyes staring at me without blinking.

  At this moment, my mind is a complete blank, staring blankly at the giant dragon's next attack. The giant dragon stared at me for half a sound, suddenly opened its mouth and spoke in the mainland's common language: "Magician, you come to my face with your master's token, tell me what you want."

  Token? I looked at myself in doubt, and at this moment, the only thing I held in my hand was that Staff of the Gods. Could it be that this is the token that the legendary giant dragon recognizes?

  "Great Dragon, is this the token you spoke of?" I asked, holding up the Staff of the Gods in my hand.

  The giant dragon let out a low rumble, and a massive gust of air blew my wizard's robes into a fluttering frenzy: "Human, I have no patience. Don't ask questions you already know the answer to. Tell me what you want."

  I felt a thrill of excitement, and indeed I had guessed correctly! Since that's the case, I might as well speak directly to it about my purpose. Thinking this way, I nodded my head and said: "Alright, giant dragon, currently the continent is in crisis. A woman with power close to that of a god wants to control the entire continent, thereby fulfilling her own ambition to become a god. If she succeeds, it would be a huge disaster for all life on the continent. We're trying to prevent this disaster, and so we were sent out to obtain the divine artifact you guard to deal with this crazy woman."

  The giant dragon fell silent for a moment, as if deep in thought, before speaking: "At the time, I indeed made a promise that once the person holding my master's heart appeared before me and wanted to retrieve the divine artifact, my task would be considered complete. After handing over the artifact, I could return to my own world. It has been 1,000 years... I have waited for 1,000 years for this promise!"

  My heart leapt with joy, feeling hopeful: "Then, revered dragon, what are you hesitating for? Hand over the divine artifact to us and you can also extricate yourself from this affair."

  The giant dragon shook its massive head and said, "Don't forget, when the master handed over the divine artifact to me for safekeeping, there was another requirement, that is, it must pass my test, and it's a solo battle against me!"

  I shrugged and said, "I don't know what kind of test the Dragon Clan is talking about."

  I clearly saw the giant dragon smile, although its smile was even more hideous than human tears.

  But in front of the giant dragon, no one dares to do so. Those who dare to challenge the giant dragon head-on are either dead or crazy. It can be said that there is almost no one here who truly understands this giant dragon, except for me, who barely understands what the giant dragon says.

  "Face my three Dragon Breaths alone, without anyone's help. Of course, you can use any means to prevent me from using the Dragon Breath on you. As long as you are still alive after my three Dragon Breaths, you can take this divine artifact and complete your mission, while I will be able to obtain relief and return to my own world." The giant dragon said.

  "No, Ayrick, give up! No one can survive under the dragon's breath. This evil dragon wants you to die!" Ciel hurriedly stopped me after hearing the giant dragon's demand.

  "Yes, Alick, don't accept such a request, this is an impossible test, don't listen to it." Fure also said.

  I looked at my companions, then at the giant dragon, and turned to the two of them and said: "If I don't accept its request, do you think we have any hope of getting what we want? If we can't complete the task that the person who sent us here wants us to do, how are we going to get back to our respective places?"

  Xī Lù shook her head and said: "I don't care, I don't care about any mission, I don't care about the crisis of the continent. You're dead, everything is meaningless."

  Frey also said: "A task that can be completed is called a task. The person who sent us here didn't want you to go and die, give up, Arik!"

  Mohan and Dakuru didn't say a word, they just looked at me with firm eyes, nodded to me, indicating that they also supported Xilu's view.

  Aivan said more directly: "Alick, without the divine artifact, it won't be the end of the world. We can still think of a way to stop that crazy woman."

  Hearing their words, I was torn for a long time, whether to give up or persevere. This is a question. But I know that once I give up on this challenge, not to mention the fate of the mainland's living beings, first and foremost, it would be myself who would never be able to make any progress again on the path of magic due to this act of escapism. A strong heart and the courage to face any challenge are essential qualities for becoming a great magician; escaping will only lead me down a path of downfall from now on.

  What's more, Losamine knew how difficult it was to obtain the divine artifact from the giant dragon's hands, yet he still sent me here, which already shows how bad the situation has become.

  "I said to my companions around me, 'In terms of strength, we are not yet confident enough to defeat this giant dragon in front of us. If I give up on facing the challenge, do you think this dragon will let us leave? Unable to return to our hometown, it will surely put all the blame on our heads. Think about it, if we don't accept the challenge, our fate won't be much better than that of the people from the temple. If we accept the challenge, we still have a glimmer of hope.' Evan and the others fell silent as soon as they heard my words."

  Then, I lifted my head and looked at the giant dragon firmly, saying word by word: "Alright, I accept your challenge! However, whether this challenge is a success or failure, I hope you can spare my partner! Can you do that?"