At the same time, another battle was unfolding some distance away from the three villages while the intense battle in Blade's Reach came to a standstill.

"You fossils! Have you two gone insane?! Why must you target me?!" Thalia, or rather the dark dragon attached to her, roared at the two old men behind it.

One of the old men wore a gray robe belonging to Mudstone and had long black hair. The other wore a pure white robe, sporting a head of white hair and a white beard. Both of them were calm as they pursued Thalia through the wilderness.

"Your dragon soul makes the most delicious tonic," Fynn answered nonchalantly.

Thalia’s expression was furious. After leaving this place, it had no intention of returning. After all, these three neighboring villages had changed considerably while it had been slumbering all those years. Although destroying them before leaving this world was a trivial matter, it had to consider the secret techniques the three old men possessed. They cause even a dra