Master the Abyss, starting from an apprentice priest.

Chapter 501 The Ancient Dragon Returns!
Fafnir City, the central city area.

The dark shadow that blocked out the sun and sky was already hovering over the core urban area.

The headquarters of [Supreme] was completely shrouded in this shadow, and all the expeditionary forces patrolling the streets looked up at the sky with shocked expressions.

Most of the expeditionary forces who had experienced the defense of Fafnir Castle recognized the black shadow hovering over the city.

It was a giant black dragon that blocked out the sky and the sun, and it was emitting terrifying roars - it was the "Ancient Dragon" Quesanx!
His appearance might mean that the "Chief Executioner" and "Dragon of Destruction" Fafnir is also nearby!
At the same time, Lord Gawain, "Knight of Heaven's Proclamation" Stuart, "General Thunder" Albert, and "General Winter" Lansas, who heard the noise and walked out of the station, also came to the street.

They looked up at the giant dragon hovering high in the sky, all with solemn expressions on their faces.

The giant dragon appeared without any warning - its shadow suddenly emerged from the farthest horizon, and then it quickly arrived above the city of Fafnir, leaving the expeditionary forces stationed in Fafnir with no time to react.

"That is……"

Stuart, the Knight of Heaven's Proclamation, looked up at the giant dragon in the sky and asked Albert beside him in a low voice without turning his head:
"Fafnir's ancient dragon... Albert. When Fafnir was defeated by you, you said that this ancient dragon was temporarily out of Fafnir's control?"

"...Yes." Albert looked up at the sky and responded to Stuart:
"At that time, Fafnir controlled Him and was about to completely destroy a section of the wall of Fafnir City, but—"

Before he could finish his words, the giant dragon that was hovering in the sky suddenly folded its wings and soared into the sky higher like a giant arrow!
"--roar!!!!!"

Then, He let out a deafening roar, and a terrifying spiritual aura emanated from His body without reservation, causing the expeditionary forces on the streets of the city to tremble in fear.

"..."

"The Knight of Heaven's Will" Stuart frowned, and at the same time he raised his right hand. A crimson light emerged and surged from his palm, and finally condensed into a giant lance with a crimson glow, and made a throwing gesture towards the giant dragon hovering in the sky.

"In the name of the Most High, with the message from Heaven—"

The muscles on the ferocious face of "Knight of Heaven's Proclamation" Stuart trembled, and he uttered such a low chant, and his spirituality was released from his body like a flame at the moment the chant was completed!
The crimson lance in his hand also burst out with a spiral of red light at the same time. The terrifying spiritual power had quickly accumulated, and in the next moment, with Stuart's huge force, he threw it into the sky and pierced through!

--boom!!!!!

"--roar!!!!!"

The sound of lances breaking through the air and the roar of the dragon overlapped and surged in the sky. Under the gaze of all the expeditionary forces who were looking up, everyone saw that the terrifying ancient dragon opened its bloody mouth towards the oncoming deep red light, and spewed out extremely hot dragon flames!
--boom!!!!!

Stuart's penetration and the burning of the dragon flame collided violently and quickly merged, bursting out one spiritual heat wave after another around!
Stuart's blow, infused with "spirituality" and assisted by "authority", and the dragon flame blasted out by the "Ancient Dragon", the power of both sides finally canceled each other out -

This time, it was obvious that the ancient dragon's counterattack was more powerful - His level was higher than Stuart's, and for some reason, Stuart felt that He seemed to have become stronger than when he was under Fafnir's control!

Stuart's brows furrowed even deeper, but in a short period of time, he was unable to condense the previous penetration again.

However, his dragon vulture was currently in a stable far away from here. Stuart was temporarily unable to ride the dragon vulture into the sky to fight with the terrifying ancient dragon on the same level - the anti-aircraft weapons of Fafnir City had not been established yet. Right now, the terrifying ancient dragon had firmly occupied the air supremacy!

It can be said that if the Sky Dragon spewed out its terrifying murderous breath towards Fafnir City at this time, it would be able to raze half of Fafnir City to the ground in an instant.

This will inevitably be accompanied by a large number of casualties, as well as the destruction of property and resources, and this is the loss that can be caused in just an instant - Stuart and Lord Gawain next to him quickly thought of this, and worried expressions appeared on their faces.

At this time, the other saints of the expeditionary force - "Sun Knight" Davild, "Secret Sage" Dukeler, had rushed to the scene from their respective bases, and were also looking up at the sky with shock on their faces.

"That's Fafnir's ancient dragon..."

Davild said in shock: "Why is it here?"

"And...is Fafnir, the 'Dragon of Destruction', also around here?"

The "Secret Sage" Dukeler remained silent. He and the warlocks he brought with him quickly opened a protective barrier to protect the important buildings and the expeditionary forces that were exposed to the ancient dragon's attack range.

Then, Duke asked Lord Gawain and Stuart, the Knight of Heaven's Proclamation:
"what's the situation?"

“…I don’t know.” Stuart responded solemnly.

He was still looking up at the terrifying ancient dragon, which was still circling in the sky, making deafening dragon roars from time to time, but that was all. It did not lower its circling altitude, nor did it retaliate against Stuart's previous attack.

This is an extremely rare opportunity for Stuart.

He had just asked his throne knights to go to the stable to bring the dragon vulture, and he also asked the knights to go to the armory to move the dragon hunting equipment.

As long as we move the dragon hunting equipment here, set it up, and charge it, if there is only this one ancient dragon in the sky, we might be able to shoot it down.

This is also a remarkable achievement for the Supreme.

Stuart thought about this.

At this moment, his piercing spirit spear was able to charge up power again.

Stuart then stared at the hovering ancient dragon, and at the same time he once again assumed a throwing posture. A surge of crimson light had already gathered in his right hand, and the tip of the spiral spear was already pointed towards the sky.

However, before Stuart could "penetrate" the ancient dragon again, a golden light surged at the edge of his vision, and another figure passed by him.

That is the "Archbishop" of the church - that Rossio Carlos!

At this time, he had already ridden on the golden Pegasus and had rushed here from the church's headquarters.

……

"--roar!!!!!"

The moment Luo Xiu arrived at the scene, he also heard the earth-shaking roar of the "Ancient Dragon" Quesanx in the sky.

And in Luo Xiu's ears, a low voice with the tone of Fafnir also clearly came into his ears.

【follow me. 】

"Ancient Dragon" Quesanx, His roar expressed this meaning to him. Luo Xiu looked around at the other people around him. Their faces were still as shocked, solemn and vigilant as before, and they didn't seem to hear anything from Quesanx's roar.

Then, the ancient dragon that was originally hovering in the sky folded its wings and flew away towards the outside of Fafnir City.

The shadow that enveloped the entire city of Fafnir suddenly disappeared - the faces of the expeditionary forces defending the city were still as shocked as ever, but they also looked more confused.

Stuart stared at the shadow of the ancient dragon leaving in the distance, and his mind suddenly went blank. At the same time, he saw the "Archbishop" Ross Carlos turned around and said to him:
"I'll follow and take a look."

"I have fought with that ancient dragon before, so I might know something."

"You can rest assured, Sir Stuart, I am capable of ensuring my own safety. If the situation is not right, I will come back immediately."

“…” “Okay.” Stuart nodded.

Since Luo Xiu is willing to chase the ancient dragon, it would be the best thing for Stuart.

Because the appearance of the ancient dragon always made Stuart feel that the "Dragon of Destruction" Fafnir was nearby, he and several other saints with the same sixth-level destiny decided to stick to Fafnir City.

And if Fafnir really shows up, with the combat power of the four "Sixth Fate" saints currently in the city, besieging Fafnir would be able to completely block his retreat. This might be an opportunity to completely resolve this major threat.

This is a more prudent arrangement than sending additional "Sixth Destiny" combat power to chase the ancient dragon.

Stuart then agreed to Luo Xiu's proposal, and Luo Xiu then rode the "Golden Pegasus" into the sky.

……

High in the sky.

After riding the "Golden Pegasus" to high altitude, the outline of Fafnir City quickly shrank as Luo Xiu looked down, and soon became small and blurred under the cover of clouds.

On the other side, the "ancient dragon" Quesanx soaring in front of Luo Xiu became clearer and clearer in Luo Xiu's vision.

The giant dragon that covered the sky and the sun had increasingly occupied almost all of Luo Xiu's vision. And He seemed to be deliberately slowing down his speed so that he could keep up with Him.

Luo Xiu stared at Quesanx's back and thought about this.

The speed of the "Golden Pegasus" he rode was not slow. But compared with the great ancient dragon in front of him that had existed since the Age of Gods, it could indeed be called "slow" -

This was especially true for the dragon vultures tamed by the "Knight of Heaven's Word" Stuart and his "Supreme" knights. Luo Xiu knew that if the "Ancient Dragon" Quesanx, who had been freed from Fafnir's control, really wanted to shake off the expeditionary army's pursuit, then no one could catch up with him.

……

After flying at full speed following Quesanx for several hours - the real-time location of Luo Xiu and Quesanx now is nearly a thousand miles away from Fafnir City.

During this period, Luo Xiu kept a distance from Quesanx that was neither too close nor too far.

They had come to a vast, uninhabited mountain range, and the most central part of the mountain range was covered with dragon skeletons. That seemed to be the destination that the "Ancient Dragon" Quesanx wanted to take them to.

"--Roar!!!"

Under Luo Xiu's gaze, he saw the "Ancient Dragon" Quesanx in front of him finally folded its huge wings, let out a loud roar, and then landed in the embrace of the mountains below.

Luo Xiu followed Him and fell into the overlapping mountains below.

The "Ancient Dragon" Quesanx had also landed on the ground first - under Luo Xiu's gaze, he and the surrounding scenery had become clear.

——It was a sunken basin formed by three dragon skeletons as huge as Quesanx.

Quesanx had landed in the center of the depression, and at the same time, raised its slender dragon neck upward.

The pair of dragon eyes, which were even larger than Luo Xiu's body, watched Luo Xiu who was slowly descending on the "Golden Pegasus". At the same time, it raised its dragon claws and pointed to a place above the basin where the dragon head skeleton was buried deep in the ground.

"--Roar……"

【Come here.】

At the same time as he heard the low roar of the "Ancient Dragon" Quesanx, the voice of "Fafnir" once again entered Luo Xiu's ears.

Once again, Quesanx "guided" him - but for some reason, the voice that came into his ears was always Fafnir's.

Luo Xiu thought about it, but he didn't show anything. He just did as Quesanx said and landed at the location where Quesanx pointed.

Then, he descended from Pegasus' back, and the "Ancient Dragon" Quesanx lowered his neck to him.

A friendly atmosphere emanates from Him.

Luo Xiu did not feel any hostility. On the contrary, he felt a warm gaze from Quesanx's dragon eyes.

Then, in Luo Xiu's ears, Quesanx's voice with Fafnir's voice came into his ears again -

"Humanity……"

"You, the human who followed the Light, have freed me."

"I am the Dragon of Authority, the Dragon of Justice, Quesanx."

"This is the grave of the Lost Dragons like us."

"Ancient Dragon" Quesanx did not speak, but just stared at Luo Xiu and made such a sound with Luo Xiu in spiritual resonance.

Luo Xiu also knew that Quesanx was the Dragon of Authority.

It is better to say that all the ancient dragons that have been lost in the world until now were originally dragons of authority. Luo Xiu thought about this, and in front of him, he saw the "Ancient Dragon" Quesanx raise his neck again.

"--roar!!!!!"

He let out a deafening roar towards the sky, and then the dragon skeletons buried in this dragon tomb began to tremble violently. The dragon skeleton in front of Luo Xiu even moved - as if he was still alive, and like Quesanx, he let out a deafening roar towards the sky!

"--Roar!!!"

Then, the second and third dragon skeletons around them also "came to life" like the first dragon skeleton, and roared towards the sky.

"Roar!!!!!"

Boom! ! !
The earth was shaking, and at the same time, the "Ancient Dragon" Quesanx spread his huge wings, and his huge body flew into the sky again.

And on the ground where He had stood before - cracks had begun to appear on the ground, and sand and dust continued to fall inward!
Until the "giant gate" made entirely of red copper, which was buried deeper, came into Luo Xiu's sight.

"This is Fafnir... He stole the tombs of my kin and used them to amass the secret caves of wealth and treasures."

In Luo Xiu's ears, the low voice of Quesanx once again flooded into his ears:
"They do not belong to Fafnir... The wealth and treasures within them, I give them to you, human."

"Authoritativeness will not default on a favor. This is... my thank you gift."

……

(End of this chapter)