Lords of Hegemony: Conquer from the Mermaids

Chapter 124 Dragonborn
Meng Zheng was secretly amazed in his heart. The material and forging technology of these iron bricks were obviously beyond his knowledge.

Don't think any more. There is a dragon waiting deep in the cave. You can't waste any more time here.

Swinging his tail, Meng Zheng led the way and swam quickly.

Along the way, Meng Zheng saw the battlefield where Gulugua and others had fought. The corpses of cave stone crabs and thorny hunting seals were spread all over the ground, showing how fierce the previous battle was.

Suddenly, a low roar came from the front. The sound was like the roar of an ancient beast, which made people feel scared.

Meng Zheng and others immediately stopped, gripped their weapons tightly, and looked vigilantly towards the source of the sound.

"It seems we're getting closer and closer to that entity," Meng Zheng whispered, a hint of nervousness and determination in his voice. "Everyone, be careful and be prepared for any emergency."

Continuing cautiously forward, they suddenly saw a huge cavern in front of them. A large figure seemed to be wriggling in the center of the cavern. Meng Zheng and the others immediately held their breath, staring intently at the figure, afraid to miss any details.

However, when they got closer, they found that it was not a real dragon, but a huge stone statue in the shape of a dragon.

There was a faint green light flashing in the eyes of the stone statue, as if it had some kind of mysterious power.

And around the stone statue, there is a strong breath of dragon.

"So this is just a dragon-shaped stone statue, not a real dragon." Meng Zheng breathed a sigh of relief, but his heart was still filled with vigilance. "However, this dragon's aura is still extremely powerful. We must not take it lightly."

They explored around the dragon-shaped stone statue and found that it was engraved with ancient runes and patterns, which seemed to hide some secrets.

Meng Zheng and others carefully studied these runes and patterns, trying to unravel the mysteries contained therein.

However, at this moment, there was a sudden violent vibration from the depths of the cave, and a fierce fighting sound came from the front, accompanied by splashing water and the roar of creatures.

"Everyone be careful, there is a battle ahead!" Meng Zheng immediately became alert. He quickly exchanged glances with Li Gen, Cangyue, Cangjing and others, and prepared to fight.

They approached the battle scene cautiously and found that a group of unknown marine creatures were fighting a group of cave stone crabs and sharp-toothed hunting seals.

These marine creatures are agile and have strange light flashing on their bodies. They are obviously not ordinary creatures.

These marine creatures are agile and strong, like elves in the ocean, and each one exudes a faint dragon breath.

Their bodies are covered with scales that shine with pearly luster, and the unique patterns of dragon scales occasionally appear between the scales, highlighting their deep connection with the dragon clan.

"Chief, this is a dragon descendant!" Cangyue whispered to Meng Zheng from the side.

"Dragonborn?" Meng Zheng was curious. He knew about dragons, but he didn't know much about dragonborn.

However, looking at the appearance of these guys, they do have the characteristics of dragons. Apart from their human-like bodies, they can breathe fire, and have dragon horns and dragon heads. Meng Zheng doesn't believe that they have nothing to do with dragons.

"Yeah, these are the products of being assimilated by the dragon's breath. Living near a dragon for a long time, not only will the bloodline slowly change, but the body shape will also gradually become synchronized with the dragon." Cang Jing said in detail.

"So that's how it is!" Meng Zheng nodded, indicating that he understood!

These dragon descendants must be closely related to the stone statue we saw before. Given the dragon aura of that stone statue, it will naturally affect other creatures over time.

I just don’t know how long these dragonborn have survived here?

I don’t know how I managed to persist?
While Meng Zheng and others were communicating, the situation at the battle scene became increasingly tense.

The dragonborn warriors were using their speed advantage to shuttle between cave stone crabs and thorny hunting seals, cutting the enemy's shells with their sharp fin claws, and occasionally releasing jets of dragon breath, turning some slower enemies into ashes in an instant.

The battle intensified within the narrow caverns, the Dragonborn warriors darting between the enemies like ghosts. Their fins and claws were incredibly sharp, and every swing was accompanied by a crisp sound, the sound of their shells being cut open.

Although there are many cave stone crabs and thorny hunting seals, they appear clumsy and slow compared to the speed of the dragon warriors.

These dragonborn warriors use their flexible bodies to constantly look for flaws among the enemies and deliver fatal blows.

Meng Zheng and others stood aside, quietly observing the battle.

Suddenly, a dragonborn warrior was caught by the tail by a giant cave crab.

The stone crab was obviously the best among this group of monsters. It was not only incredibly powerful but also extremely large in size.

The captured dragonborn warrior roared in pain and tried to break free from the stone crab's grip.

The flames spilling from his mouth showed how angry this dragonborn warrior was.

At this moment, another dragon warrior rushed over quickly, opened his mouth and spewed out a stream of hot dragon breath.

The flame instantly ignited the stone crab's shell, and the raging fire spread across the stone crab's body.

Even though they were in the water, they still couldn't extinguish the flames. This was the dragon's flames. Instead, countless streams of water were evaporated by the flames, and a large number of bubbles emerged.

The water temperature in the entire cave was constantly rising, and as the battle intensified, the dragon warriors spewed dragon breath more and more frequently.

Meng Zheng felt that if this continued, the high temperature underwater environment alone would be enough to cook the stone crabs.

Scorched by the flames, the stone crab struggled in pain and finally released its tail that was holding the dragon warrior.

The dragon warrior also took the opportunity to break free from his restraints, opened his mouth and spit out a highly concentrated dragon breath bomb, which directly hit the cave stone crab wrapped in flames.

With a loud bang, the huge stone crab, which was already charred black by the dragon's breath, was blown into pieces by the dragon's breath bomb, and the fragments were scattered all over the cave.

Then, the warrior suppressed his anger and rejoined the battle.

At the same time, other dragon warriors were constantly killing more monsters. No matter how these monsters attacked, they could never hurt a dragon warrior.

The scale defense of these dragon warriors is very terrifying. Meng Zheng saw it clearly. Although they were hit by the stone thorns of the cave stone crab, only a few scales fell off. There were still countless layers of dense armor covering them.

In this way, the dragon warrior relied on the scales on his body as defense and was not afraid of the enemy's attacks at all.

On the contrary, no matter whether it is a cave stone crab or a thorny hunting seal, as long as they are hit by a dragon warrior, their armor will be shattered and their feet will be broken in an instant, leaving them with no power to fight back.

If the cave entrance had not been blocked by several dragon warriors, these monsters would have wanted to escape long ago.

But it was obvious that the Dragonborn Warrior didn't want these guys to leave, so they had no choice but to fight to the death with the Dragonborn Warrior.

In this way, under the claws, tears and kicks of the dragon warrior, he would release dragon breath from time to time, bombarding the monsters.

Over time, the numbers of cave crabs and ratchet scorpions have dwindled.

The dragonborn warriors gradually gained the upper hand, their attacks became more and more fierce, and every swing of their fins and claws was accompanied by the wails and screams of the enemy.

Finally, with a deafening roar, the last cave stone crab was completely destroyed by the dragon warriors.

(End of this chapter)