I’m Really Not Trying to Be Chased by the Heroine as the Villainous Playboy! – Chapter 846

Chapter 59: The Sword Against the Dragon Clan

【Title】:

【Sword Against the Dragon Clan】: Drawing your sword to slice through dragon scales, as a knight of humanity you heavily injured one of the Seven Great Heavenly Dragons, the Frost King, proving to humanity that the dragon clan is not invincible, and even the Lord of the Skies can bleed.

【Reputation】: Reputation Points +5000

【Detected Reputation Gain, Converted into Faith Power】

【Divinity】: 3.5%

【Detected Progress in Reversal Node】

【Reward】: Reversal Point +1

【Lionheart · Reversal Progress】: 70%

Accompanying Marigold brought in quite a harvest, with both divinity and reputation on the rise.

Unfortunately, not being able to fully slay the frost dragon at that time meant the reputation gained was at least ten thousand less.

But fully defeating a mythic creature isn’t that easy, and Roy could only dare to think about it, not wanting to wish for too much.

The Reversal Points and Reversal Progress had also increased as usual, meaning the move to rescue Karl was a correct play.

Not to mention the thousands of foot soldiers, saving a hundred griffon knights, as well as Karl, a mid-tier combatant, preserved so many living forces, which was beneficial for the upcoming decisive battle.

However, the Reversal Progress hadn’t increased much, and there were no completion prompts for the Reversal Nodes; unlike previous times, this was clearly a continuous event with no room to catch a breath.

With their current strength, they still couldn’t fully change the battle situation or the kingdom’s fate; there was still much to be done.

After tallying up the panel rewards, Roy went deeper into the cave to check on Karl and Nazz.

Nazz was alright, shirtless and wrapped in bandages, completely ignoring the pleas from several handsome clerics, insisting on sitting up and striking a very manly pose.

Karl was in a much worse condition. Wrapped from head to toe like a mummy, he lay motionless on a pile of grass; if it weren’t for the faint breathing, Roy would really think he had kicked the bucket.

“Father, are you sure you’re okay? Do you need some holy water or something?”

The mummy opened his eyes: “No need, the healing from the holy water is already saturated.”

“Don’t worry, thanks to your potion, this is no worse than the time I fought that fire dragon. For the Ainbrad family, this kind of thing is quite normal.”

Not worse than that?

Back then, were you fried directly into carbon by the fire dragon?!

And what do you mean by “normal”? Is it just an everyday occurrence for the Ainbrad family to get beaten up like this?!

Roy was suddenly very grateful that he had the abilities of the Blood Clan; otherwise, getting beaten up to the point where he couldn’t get out of bed every few days would be way too tragic!

“Hahahaha! I actually thought we were done for!” Nazz said loudly, his expression cheerful despite the horrific situation.

“If I could truly achieve the great feat of slaying a dragon alongside you three, it wouldn’t be a waste of the knight’s honor in the kingdom, and I might even surpass my father, so it wouldn’t be a loss.”

Nazz looked at Roy with bright, determined eyes: “But it seems you have more hope of slaying a dragon!”

Every citizen of Lionheart grew up listening to the stories of knights slaying dragons, and the prince of Lionheart was no exception; beyond mere reverence, he yearned to participate in such legends and surpass his very own father.

In response, Roy could only smile bitterly: “Let’s skip this time and talk about it next time.”

Back then, if the ice dragon had truly gone all out, the best outcome would have been an extreme one-for-one trade.

Slaying a dragon is indeed the utmost honor for a knight, but Roy wasn’t ready to bite the dust so early.

There were still so many lovely little angels, little princesses, and cute little elves at home; who would want to die?

Nazz seemed to misunderstand something, sighing: “I see, this time didn’t work out, but next time for sure! What a bold aspiration, it’s as if you don’t take the dragon clan seriously at all!”

“?”

“Hahahaha, no wonder you’re the man the princess has her eye on!”

Nazz’s loud laughter disturbed his wounds, causing blood to spurt everywhere; he seemed oblivious to the chaos causing panic among the clerics, who were scrambling around.

The prince fully acknowledged Roy and had no objections to him being with Charlotte, which should have been a good thing.

But thinking about the overly complicated emotional entanglements of his own son, Karl felt a headache coming on.

He truly wondered whether Nazz would still be laughing when he learned the truth.

Karl silently closed his eyes and returned to being a mummy.

Roy sat across from the two, recalling the details from back then and feeling a bit conflicted: “Actually, at that time, we were more like we were let go.”

With the blessing of the 【Angelic Cantata】and 【Blazing Extinction】, it was equivalent to a Series 4 strike, no less than the projection of the Blade of the Former King, capable of slaying high-tier projections or godspawn-level foes.

However, against the true body of a mythic creature, it barely dealt a significant blow.

At that time, Marigold’s vitality hadn’t plummeted either; she clearly still had some energy left.

“Actually, she should have had the ability to catch up…”

“I’ll answer that question.”

At just the right moment, a light laugh came from within his mind.

“In my opinion, that creature was probably just scared.”

“Scared?”

“Yup, it likely sensed Bahamut’s aura. The king of races has a natural suppression over lower beings; the dragon might struggle to exert its will against a higher power, even if its dragon might was Series 5, it wouldn’t be very effective against levels like Series 4, but it still holds some power over dragon clans.”

“Unless it’s some individual with astonishing willpower, most lower beings can’t go against the higher-ups. Bahamut is one of the top semi-deities; if you truly reach Series 4 and fully unleash its power, it would be like a dimensional strike to dragon clans of equal rank!”

Although Rollin sounded full of happiness, Roy felt a bit awkward listening.

I understand the reasoning, but isn’t that just a pipe dream?

Easily defeating dragon clans of equivalent level after reaching Series 4?

But before that, he’d have to defeat many dragon clans and collect enough reputation to promote to Series 4.

How to beat more dragon clans and promote to Series 4, how to promote to Series 4 and beat more dragon clans?

Stuck in a loop?

“Fighting dragons… I really regret not participating in the 【Second Dragon War】 nineteen years ago.”

Listening to Rollin’s lament, Roy suddenly felt a bit sad.

The kingdom could be considered Rollin’s homeland; there were her friends and loved ones here. Not being able to help them in their time of need must be quite regretful for her.

Just as Roy was thinking of some comforting words, Rollin suddenly sighed, feeling very regretful: “Slaying dragons is so thrilling! Isn’t it way more fun than fighting those twisted creeps from the 【Evil Dragon Society】?! Being able to face the Seven Great Heavenly Dragons, you kid really hit the jackpot!”

Hit the jackpot, my ass! So you’re just keen on fighting with the dragon clan, huh?!

Come on, you’re a woman, can we maybe think about something other than killing and fighting?!

Roy felt completely speechless.

Fortunately, Nazz’s voice brought his attention back.

“We’ve already shaken off the dragon clan’s chase; we should set off for the royal capital now.”

“However, there’s a small problem right now.”

Roy was a bit puzzled: “What problem?”

Nazz scratched his head, looking embarrassed: “It seems we’ve lost our way.”