ushernet Chapter 216 Preparing
Chapter 216 Preparing
raistlin exchanged looks with the other two green dragons before speaking in his booming voice once more."you disappoint me, my child! after all, as a half-dragon with a sheltered upbringing, you have never experienced the bloody and savage plane war! did you think you could rule over everything else in this plane with the fourth grade you achieved through your dragon blood? wrong. you are wrong."
raistlin straightened his body and roared in anger.
"fourth grade is nothing! a fourth grade being can only barely qualify as a proper recruit in a plane world! who are the ones invading this time? mages! the evil mages!
"i'm sure you have heard of the cruelty and savagery of the mages! and given that to be the case, do you think we should still enter this war for the sake of some meager human offerings? when the evil mages have already cast their gaze on this unfortunate plane?"
willis' face was one full of pain and struggle when faced with questions of the green dragon clan leader raistlin, his father.
"but... but father, the invading mages this time are extremely weak. if we gather all of the dragons in dragon valley, we can still chase them out of this plane!"
"haha... my child, you are too naive! you have spent too much time on this peaceful and warm material plane, so much time that your thought process is confined within the narrow perspective of those pathetic humans. so what if you fight off this wave of mages? the mage clan invading this time might just be a small force. however, if they fail in their invasion, they would most definitely sell the coordinates of our plane to other forces and organizations. then an even more powerful mage force will be the one to invade this world.
"we, the dragons, have already dealt with the evil mages in countless other plane worlds. their greed and cruelty is rarely seen even amongst the few powerful large planes. if we had sufficient prowess, we could naturally keep them outside of our territory once and for all. but we do not! we are only green dragons, an insignificant branch of the emerald dragons of the dragon's plane
"even if we mobilize the strength of the entire clan and force a stalemate, it still wouldn't be any good. the breeding and development of a dragon is counted in thousands of years. a new batch of mages will invade before our new members have even come of age!
"when this world's coordinates were exposed before the evil mages, its fate had already been determined!"
willis closed his eyes in agony.
as the offspring of green dragon clan leader raistlin and a native human girl, willis had the mixed bloodline of human and dragon. on one hand, he was a citizen of dragon valley; on the other, he was the highest authority of all witcher-knights in the human's kingdom and the most reliable right arm of the human king.
now he came here bearing the trust and faith of the king, yet he could not convince his conservative and stubborn father. the pain he felt in his heart, as someone split between two factions he loved dearly, was indescribable.
"father, i know you have no attachment or feelings for those humans. however, your son has travelled hundreds of kilometers to ask of you just this one request! are you willing to let him go back with empty hands? please, i beg of you, save the humans and the lives on this plane!"
raistlin was obviously put in a difficult position when confronted with willis' emotional appeal. he turned around and argued loudly with the two clan elders. the atmosphere was tense.
finally, raistlin turned around once more and roared loudly at willis, "i respect your decision. if you wish to fight for the humans, you may leave. if any dragons in dragon valley wish to follow you, i will not stop them. remember, the doors of dragon valley will always be open for you. i'll welcome you back with open arms any time you are tired, my child!
"you can leave now!"
willis nodded in anguish when he heard his father and clan leader's words, before turning and leaving the meeting hall.
a short moment later, willis' impassioned war declaration rang out from above the skies of the tall dragon cliff.
for a moment, the dragons raised a commotion as they roared in reply.
half a day later, three green dragons trailed behind willis as he dashed across the sky
and disappeared at the horizon's edge.
green dragon clan leader raistlin, who had transformed into a human with ultimate transfiguration, stood at the large cave entrance of the meeting hall. he gazed at the silhouettes of the disappearing dragons and spoke softly.
"singe, did we make the right decision?"
fourth grade green dragon elder singe walked to his side. his massive dragon eyes were steeped in age and glowed with the light of wisdom.
"i've tried my best countless times to divine the future. the leader of the invading mages is a terrifying sixth grade great mage. it is virtually impossible to defy him with the power of our clan. even if we tried our very best, the most we could do is delay the fall of this plane by one or two hundred years. such a result is meaningless for us green dragons!
"unless you are able to ask for reinforcements from our progenitors–the emerald dragons–we cannot do anything by ourselves. we will only be defeated along with this plane.
"i am only referring to the future vision i've seen through the dragon altar. this is only the image that has occurred the most among the myriad possible futures. as for what is to be done, that is up to you, the clan leader, to decide! after all, the fates of all forty clan members in the dragon valley lie solely on your shoulders!"
raistlin gazed into the distance, the light in his eyes dimming and growing faint.
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it had been thirteen days since the last great battle.
the witcher-knights that retreated from the forest gave their base up, redirecting their army to the outskirts of blue hillock city.
the conclusion of this bloody battle also gave relief to the mages.
they took advantage of this rare resting opportunity and swarmed into the depths of the woods, massacring the animals and creating new voodoo beasts en masse. some mages with unique tricks up their sleeves were also sent to blue hillock city, relentlessly harassing the knights' base.
leon took this opportunity to hide in his underground lab, conducting all sorts of re
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