“Damn it!…” The crossbow noble, whose face had been beaten to a pulp by Jasmine, stared at the deadly kiss coming closer and closer, struggling desperately.
At the brink of death, his will to survive pushed his potential to the limit.
But it was useless.
The girl’s strength was terrifying, like a berserk humanoid beast, pinning him down so hard he couldn’t move at all.
Just as things were about to end, a shield flew over and smashed into Jasmine’s head.
She immediately turned, furious, to glare at the nearby sword-and-shield noble who was still shaken.
“Tch!…” Seeing his attack fail and only draw the monster’s aggro, the sword-and-shield noble tried to run, but Jasmine caught up in two or three steps and tackled him to the ground.
“Aaah!” “Damn it!” With his sword snapped and shield thrown, the sword-and-shield noble was left defenseless.
To save his life, he could only use his forearm to block Jasmine’s teeth.
“Crunch!” In an instant, before he even felt pain, the sword-and-shield noble watched in horror as his wrist—bone and flesh—was torn off by this beast…
“AAAH!!” A second later, the pain hit, and the sword-and-shield noble screamed in agony.
Just as Jasmine was about to finish him off, an explosive arrowhead detonated at the back of her head.
“Annoying worm!” Jasmine glared furiously at the crossbow noble in the distance, who, after escaping danger, had started harassing her again.
Blinded by rage, she lost all sense of reason.
The crossbow noble said nothing, just kept loading and firing.
Explosive arrows burst against Jasmine’s forehead, but she seemed immune to pain, charging forward and tearing his heavy crossbow to pieces, then punching him so hard he was embedded in a tree.
“Cough, cough!…” The crossbow noble grimaced in pain, feeling like every bone in his body had been shattered.
Looking at the white-haired girl closing in, he gave a bitter smile and glanced at Robert, who was still charging up his power.
“Young master, if you don’t do something now, I’m really done for!”
At that moment, Robert opened his eyes.
Lush green energy gathered above his head, then transformed into a massive shockwave that blasted toward Jasmine.
“Huh??” Sensing something was wrong, Jasmine turned around and took the shockwave head-on.
“Pointless struggle…” Jasmine, furious, gritted her teeth and tried to get up, only to find she couldn’t move.
Her limbs were bound tight by thick tree roots, and a sapling had sprouted from her body, as if she were the soil and nourishment for a growing tree.
“Whew, mission accomplished.” Robert walked over, looking coldly at Jasmine, a mocking smile on his lips.
“Stop struggling, little monster.
This is my 【Deep Green Sprout】, released after absorbing all the natural energy in this area.
This tree will treat you as fertilizer, constantly draining your life force until you’re completely dried up.”
Facing Jasmine’s furious glare and roars, Robert’s lips curled in contempt.
He ruffled her hair, squatted down, and let his hand slide to her cheek.
“What a waste of such a pretty face.
Honestly, I was thinking of turning you into a work of art… Too bad.
Now I can only watch you slowly turn into a pile of bones.”
Disgusting… Jasmine struggled with all her might, but the tree rooted in her seemed to know her every move.
The harder she fought, the more it drained her strength, until she was completely exhausted.
Bloodline… it’s the bloodline again.
Her anger slowly drained away, meaning she had no chance left to turn things around.
Jasmine hung her head, her eyes dim.
In the end, she still lost to her bloodline.
‘What a joke.
It’s just a lowly human bloodline.
The only reason you lost is because you White Feathered Dragons are good for nothing but pointless rage.’ That mysterious female voice again.
“You… who are you…?” ‘I can’t let you die here… After all these years, I finally found a White Feathered Dragons.
You’re my only hope for revenge.’ ‘As a greeting, let me teach you how to use the White Feathered Dragons bloodline… Watch closely.
This is the true power of the White Feathered Dragons.’
“Wha…?” Jasmine looked up.
Suddenly, a flood of obscure knowledge poured into her mind.
After a wave of dizziness, she understood its meaning.
‘This move is called 【White Feathered Dragons Judgement】.’
“Whew… That was close, I almost died.
Thanks to the young master.
That monster was so fierce—immune to blades and arrows, and so strong.
We couldn’t handle it at all.” The sword-and-shield noble, having caught his breath, helped the crossbow noble up.
“Two people actually died… Not worth mentioning.” Robert pushed up his glasses.
“But it’s still within my control.”
“Is that so? Then, is this still part of your plan?” The laughter was like poppies—deadly and seductively irresistible.
“Creak, creak…” The tree shell binding Jasmine began to crack and shatter.
“What?!” For once, Robert, always the picture of calm control, couldn’t keep his composure.
“Impossible…【Deep Green Sprout】is my family’s strongest blood art.
How could a mere monster break free?!”
“Is that your last words?”
A wild wind swept through.
The tree roots and crown binding Jasmine’s back were shattered—blown apart by the pair of silver-white dragon wings that burst from her back.
“ROAR!” A dragon’s roar shattered the howling wind, sending shockwaves through the secret realm.
The trembling ground split open with jagged cracks, torn by the force of the roar.
Bathed in moonlight, the girl’s white hair fluttered in the wind, her shadow morphing into a giant dragon.
“Th-this…” The sword-and-shield and crossbow nobles were completely dumbfounded.
“Young master, did we… did we mess with something we shouldn’t have?”
“Run!!” After a moment of silence, Robert’s face went pale.
He turned and ran, ignoring his two subordinates.
The moment he saw the shadow, he understood—this wasn’t some monster.
This was a dragon!
Looking down at the three fleeing figures, the girl’s expression was cold as she formed seals with her hands in the air.
【White Feathered Dragons Judgement】
“Boom, boom, boom!” Three massive, pure white, winged iron maidens fell from the sky.
As they crashed down, the earth groaned in agony, turning the little forest into a basin.
The three unfortunates were knocked senseless and buried under the ground.
But it wasn’t over.
A pure silver, winged iron maiden as tall as a clock tower opened its mouth, unleashing countless iron chains that wrapped around the nearly unconscious trio and stuffed them inside.
The spiked iron doors slammed shut, followed by waves of agonized screams and wails.
Jasmine looked up, circling in the air a few times as her body grew larger, transforming into a silver dragon about five meters long—her true form.
“ROAR!” The silver dragon spewed pure white holy flames like a thousand feathers, soaring over the three iron maidens.
“Boom, boom, boom!” The iron maidens, ignited by the holy flames, burst into white light and exploded seconds later, the released energy sweeping through the entire secret realm…
