<h4>Chapter 282 Escaping the Dragon</h4>


    *ROOOOOAAAAAARRRRRRRR!!!*


    The roar of the dragon shook the forest. Every person that heard it was paralyzed in fear.


    Its hatred, anger, and killing intent was so intense that it seemed to freeze the heart itself of its victims. With just roar, it showed the might and pride of the ruler of the skies.


    "... Damn." n’s face paled when he heard the roar of the monster. Involuntarily, he took three steps back.


    Then–


    *WHOOOOOSH!!!"


    A powerful dragon breath lit the entire hill on fire.


    "Your highness!" The three beyond-twelfthyer powerhouses acted instantly. They stood in front of n, Bryan, and Christine and used their powers to resist the breath of fire.


    But unfortunately, they were unable to protect all the men n brought with him. Half of them were instantly killed by the high temperatures of the fire.


    "T-This is...!" n stuttered.


    "Take the princes and miss Christine away!" The fourteenthyer powerhouse shouted. He then took a step forward and shed towards the dragon.


    *ROOOOOOAAAARRRR!!!*


    The dragon let out a roar of pain. Blood flowed from its wound, and its body was pushed several meters away. But in the next instant, it used its tail like a whip and attacked the group.


    "Damn it!" The fourteenthyer powerhouse hurriedly used his sword to stop the attack. But unfortunately, his physical strength was far from beingparable to a dragon.


    *BOOM!* with an explosion-like sound that made the forest tremble, the fourteenthyer powerhouse was sent flying away.


    Even although his cultivation was two manayers higher, no dragon was easy to defeat.


    "Your highness, let’s go!" The two thirteenthyer powerhouses did not hesitate. They grabbed the two princes and n’s fiancée and ran away.


    But the dragon did not want to let them escape. It roared in fury and attacked then with a ray of fire.


    Fortunately, the fourteenthyer powerhouse returned at that moment.


    "Stop!" With a cry, he shed the ray of fire into two, sessfully protecting the others.


    The two thirteenthyer powerhouses nodded in thanks before resuming their escape. Although they were confident that theirpanion could defeat the dragon, they knew it was not going to be an easy fight, and the aftershocks of the battle were enough to kill n and the others easily.


    Thus, they needed to take the princes away.


    n gritted in hatred. His n, the n he had worked for so many days and nights, had been destroyed just like this!


    "How in the hell did he escape!?" n bellowed. "What happened!?"


    "It was probably the rock he crushed," Christine said while trying her best to not show her fear. "Probably a teleportation stone or something like that."


    "Damn bastard!" Bryan’s face waspletely purple of the fury.


    His hatred for us was as high as the skies. He hated the bastard that was always causing him trouble. He hated the bastard that dared to steal his woman. He wanted to cut his skin in a thousand pieces.


    However, he knew it was impossible now.


    Now, he could only wait for the next opportunity.


    "Let’s go!" The two thirteenyer practitioners retreated orderly. One of them grabbed n and Christine, and the other grabbed Bryan.


    Then, they lead the remaining ck-dressed men to escape from the dragon’s attacks.


    But at that moment, they discovered something terrifying.


    The monsters that until now had been watching the hill in a daze, were growling towards them.


    As soon as they saw the ck-dressed men, the monsters bared their teeth and attacked.


    "That damn dragon! He ordered them monsters to attack us!"


    "Forget about them! We need to leave this ce now!"


    The other thirteenthyer man nodded. The two thirteenthyer practitioners then released their mana in the shape of a barrier and used it to cover themselves and the princes they were protecting.


    The next instant, they kicked the ground and rushed towards the monsters, using the barrier and the power behind their charges to crush them into meat paste and open a path between the monsters.


    The other ck-dressed men, though, were not so fortunate.


    Many of them were ganged up by several monsters that used their teeth and ws to tear their bodies apart, making the area surrounding the hill into a festival of blood and flesh.


    n cursed in his mind again when he saw that scene. His men, the men that he, his mother, and his uncle had spent so much effort into training, had been so severely crushed that no more than a few of them remained.


    ’All of this is that bastard fault!’


    n swore he was going to kill him as painfully as possible. Remembering that bastard smile when he left filled him with rage.


    The fourteenthyer practitioner was still fighting the dragon. Unfortunately, it seemed as though the dragon did not care for its life. Instead, it wanted to bring as many people down with it as it could before it died.


    Due to it, although the dragon was fighting the fourteenthyer practitioner, it attacked several times in n’s direction and continued chasing after them. It probably knew it could not kill the fourteenthyer practitioner, so its goal became to kill as many of the others as it was possible.


    At that moment, one of the thirteenthyer practitioners scowled. "Dammit! The dragon is focusing its attacks on us! I think it’s better if we separate!"


    "Good idea!"


    Thus, the two thirteenthyer practitioners parted ways. One went to the right, and the other went to the left.


    Strangely, nobody seemed to doubt that decision.


    In such a situation, remaining together would have been the best choice. That way, they could support each other in case the dragon attacked.


    But it was as though nobody thought of that. Even n and the fourteenthyer powerhouse fighting the dragon seemed to find that choice normal.


    It was such a strange phenomenon.


    The thirteenthyer practitioner protecting Bryan frowned. Since a while ago, he had the feeling something was wrong.


    ’What is it?’ He thought about everything that had happened trying to find anything wrong. But no matter how he tried, he could not find the origin of that feeling.


    At that moment, he heard Bryan screaming.


    "Stop! Stop right now!"


    "Prince? What is it?"


    "I just saw Iris," Bryan said with crazed eyes. "That slut, I’m sure I saw her!"


    The thirteenthyer practitioner frowned. The feeling that something was wrong was bing stronger and stronger.


    "I’m sure! She was in that direction! Let’s go before they escape again!"


    The powerhouse frowned. However, he could not think of any reason to refuse.


    Besides, there was certainly a reasonable chance of the teleportation stone Prince us crushed teleporting him around here.


    Thus, the thirteenthyer powerhouse nodded.


    "I understand."


    Then, he rushed in the direction Bryan was pointing.


    And just after one minute, he found them.


    us, Daisy, and Iris were standing in a clearing as though waiting for them.


    And when Bryan and his bodyguard arrived, us turned towards them.


    "You finally arrived, brother."