The Lord of the Rings: Lords of Middle-earth.

Chapter 867 Dragon Battle
"Bang!" Kurt's head was hit squarely by a flying rock. The rock, imbued with a skill effect, exploded right next to Kurt's head, and Kurt, whose flight path had been steady, instantly began to sway as if he were drunk.

"Kurt!" Dos Anthony anxiously communicated with his dragon using his mental powers to check on the extent of its injuries.

"Awooo!" But Kurt, clearly enraged by the ants, did not respond to Dos Anthony's spiritual call this time. Instead, he suddenly turned his head and swooped down.

"Doss!" Ajax shouted, turning her head. The sudden descent of the thunderous dragon puzzled Ajax, but she did not hesitate and pulled on the reins, leading the fiery dragon Renoir back.

"Is that a dragon falling?" Ismir, who was leading his troops in retreat, looked at Dos Anthony in surprise, as if he were playing a free fall in the sky, and asked with some concern.

“Pah! Stop saying such ominous things! That’s a sign of a dragon’s swooping attack! I mean melee! That big guy is about to land!” Ymir grabbed a Nature Guardian whose legs were trembling and turned to Ismir.

"What?" Ismir spread his hands, still not understanding the seriousness of the situation.

"Run! Run! Run as fast as you can!" As the dragon drew closer to the ground, Ymir saw the lightning enveloping its entire body and the tearing air currents created by its claws.

"Let's go!" Although Ismir didn't understand what had happened, he knew that listening to Ymir wouldn't be wrong!

"Boom!" A terrifying shockwave came from behind, and Ismir was directly pushed back by the terrifying force. The shockwave swept through the entire forest, uprooting countless trees! Many soldiers were thrown away by the shockwave, and the whole scene was a mess.

"Roar!" A furious and resounding dragon roar echoed throughout the forest. Kurt, descending from the sky, used the skill Magnetic Blast! The falling dragon caused terrifying destruction like a meteorite—a pinnacle of dragon magic and skill application, standard procedure in dragon land combat!

Releasing area-of-effect debuffs and damage skills from the sky before landing is a combat instinct and awareness for every dragon. This allows them to quickly create a suitable battlefield and avoid being surrounded and attacked upon landing.

Sure enough, when Kurt landed, he wasn't met by a swarm of Cyclopes, but by a pack of defeated dogs lying on the ground howling in pain!

"Roar! Tear!" Fine lightning crackled up Kurt's dragon claws. With a sudden swing of the lightning-condensed claws, the cyclops that had been climbing up was instantly reduced to pieces in a flash! A burnt stench emanated from the wounds!

"Roar!" Kurt roared excitedly, venting his anger.

"These bastards! I'll skin them alive!" Kurt roared as he rolled into the horde of Cyclopes like an unstoppable dump truck.

"Damn it!" Dos Anthony cursed under his breath, drew his dragonslayer sword, gripped his shield, and jumped off the dragon's back.

"Ah!" Dos Antony, who descended from the sky, raised his sword with his back to the sun and slashed down. The Cyclops, who looked at him, couldn't help but raise his hand to shield his head from the blinding sun, but was cleaved in two by Dos Antony, along with his head.

"Roar!" The Cyclops roared and hurled his giant axe at Dos Antony, but Dos Antony nimbly ducked and slid in, his longsword slicing through the Cyclops's calf. Losing his balance, the Cyclops clutched his leg and fell to the ground.

"Awooo~ Crack!" The shrill wail abruptly stopped. Kurt raised his dragon claw, shook off the brains and blood, and with a casual turn, lashed out with his tail, sending a Cyclops flying. "Roar! Awooo!" In the midst of the battle, taking advantage of Kurt's momentary lapse in attention, a Cyclops grabbed his dragon saddle, climbed onto his back, and raised a sharp stone axe, ready to strike him in the back.

"Aaaaaah!" Kurt cried out in alarm, just as he was about to turn around and bite back, when the Cyclops had already flown higher and higher and become a tiny dot.

"Ouch! Snap!" Then it quickly grew larger and embedded itself into the ground.

"Roar!" A scorching dragon's breath brushed past Kurt, the dragon flames from the fire dragon helping to divide the battlefield for him! This allowed Kurt to lean against the dragon flames and properly communicate with these cyclops!

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"My dragon god! The sheer number! Have all the Cyclopes in the entire Dark Forest come?" Ajax frowned.

"That's uncertain, but the largest Cyclops tribe in this region will be wiped out today!" Renoir, the fiery dragon beneath him, said with absolute confidence. After all, these dozens of Cyclops were almost the total number in this area, if not the entire population.

"Kill!" Covered in blood, Dos Antony, like a raging dragon, charged around his dragon and fought the Cyclopes, the two of them displaying the might of a thousand armies! The thunderous dragon, wielding its claws and spewing its breath, reminded these Cyclopes of the fear deep within their genes! The dragons that had suppressed them for countless years had merely gone into hiding, not vanished!

"Roar!" Kurt roared as he tore the Cyclops in his hand to pieces, transforming into lightning as he pounced on his next target. The Cyclops, who had been so imposing, finally collapsed. The fear in their genes and memories overwhelmed their anger and courage. In their panic, the Cyclops dropped their weapons and fled into the forest.

"Kill! We can't let them get away!" Dos Anthony roared. Everyone knows the principle of eliminating the root of the problem. If they are allowed to leave today, Windhelm will still be under threat in the future. Dos Anthony has no reason to leave any future trouble for the kingdom.

"Roar!" A rain of fire poured down, and the master of crowd control, Ajax, manipulated her dragon to create a forbidden spell that drew a barrier in the sky! The falling dragonfire became an insurmountable chasm, making their escape route virtually impossible...

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"Cough cough! What a waste!" Two days later, after the wildfire subsided, Ismir led his men to the battlefield. The traces of the dragons' battle covered the entire land, and the scorched earth showed the terrifying destructive power of the dragon flames!

"Huh? What nonsense are you spouting?" Ymir, shocked by Ismir, stared at him in horror. Wasn't this dragon knight someone you summoned? Baron!

"I'm really sorry for all these flowers and plants! Such fertile land! Although it wasn't directly hit by the forbidden spell, this scorched land won't be usable for a year or two!" Ismir shook his head with regret and sorrow. A large area of ​​forest had been turned into scorched earth; soil baked by dragon flames simply wouldn't grow! In other words, the ecosystem of this vast land had been completely uprooted!
“Well, there’s nothing we can do about it. We can’t let those Cyclopes get away, can we?” Ymir shrugged.

"So what are we doing out here? I don't think there's anything here that can be recycled. Are we supposed to collect Cyclops bones to use as chew toys for our dogs?" Ymir said helplessly.

"I overestimated the environment's capacity to withstand the dragon flames, and I underestimated their power!" Ismir said with a helpless and indignant expression. The dragon flames that burned for two days and two nights left him with nothing! Even the cyclops were reduced to ashes by the dragon flames!
"Damn it! What a wasted trip! It's disgusting in the dead of winter! Let's go home!" Ismir waved his hand with a sullen look and turned to leave first.