Chapter Seventy-Ninth: Dragon Knight

  Dragon Knight?

  In my mind's eye, I imagined a fierce giant dragon with wings on its back, spewing brilliant flames from its mouth. I rode on the dragon's back, holding a battle axe in my hand, as majestic and powerful as a god descending to earth...

  Xia Ya couldn't help but drool, wiping the corner of her mouth: "Dragon Knight... can I be a Dragon Knight? Where did the dragon come from... Ah, are you telling me to ride it?"

  That last sentence offended the dragon's taboo! Don't forget, this dragon in front of us is a female, and when Xia Ya says that word "ride" with her rough mouth, it always seems to carry a bit of a vulgar tone.

  Dora got angry, and Xia Ya suddenly heard a roar of anger from the depths of his mind. He was shocked all over, and a mighty dragon aura enveloped him, exerting intense pressure that made it hard for him to breathe instantly.

  "You lowly human, how dare you humiliate me!!"

  The dragon's fury was ignited, and its aura changed in an instant. Xia Ya felt as if her heart had almost stopped beating, her chest feeling suffocated, and she couldn't help but punch her chest with force before taking a deep breath and shouting: "What are you going crazy for?! You're the one who said something about dragon knights! Dragon knights, dragon knights, without a dragon to ride, what kind of knight is that?! Is there only this one dragon in front of me right now?!"

  Dora fell silent for a while, and Xia Ya only felt that the oppressive feeling had eased up a lot. His chest relaxed, his breathing became smooth, and he couldn't help but feel a little apprehensive: this guy, although only a soul remained, unexpectedly still had such intense dragon aura under anger...

  Dora's momentum has weakened, and her voice also reveals a hint of fatigue, apparently the sudden outburst of anger and release of dragon power was somewhat strenuous for her current weak state.

  "......Alright, stop talking nonsense and listen carefully to what I have to say."

  Dora was filled with grief and indignation, unable to believe that her noble identity had fallen into the hands of such a lowly, coarse, and despicable person... If she were still in her true form, she would have slapped him to death with one swipe of her paw!

  "You, listen up. A special existence like Dragon Knights has already become extinct on the continent now. Hmph, you humans have become greedy and despicable, how can you be worthy of fighting alongside us dragon tribe?"

  "So you..."

  "Shut up! I told you, don't spout nonsense again, listen to me finish! Don't you want to learn martial skills anymore?"

  "......" Xia Ya shut her mouth, thinking: Hum, wait until I've emptied the goods in your brain, and it's not too late for me to deal with you properly.

  "The Dragon Knights have long since disappeared, and our dragon tribe no longer deigns to cooperate with you humans... But about 10,000 years ago, the Dragon Knights were almost the most powerful warriors on the continent. In ancient legends, the ancient continent experienced a catastrophe that nearly wiped out all races in the world. That dark era lasted for hundreds of years, and at that time, all races were forced to unite to resist the strong enemy - the undead tribe from the underworld, which we call a powerful dark race, the Magic Tribe. The undead tribe is a powerful fighting race with almost invincible bodies, led by the Demon God Emperor, breaking through the barrier between the underworld and this world..."

  To resist the powerful undead tribe, 10,000 years ago, a group of brave and powerful warriors were selected from among humans. These selected warriors each possessed great combat power and pure noble souls. Only these truly noble strongmen had the qualifications to receive recognition from the dragon tribe. Some members of the dragon tribe willingly signed soul-sharing contracts with these human warriors, becoming their mounts and forming powerful dragon knights to contend against the undead tribe on the battlefield.

  The Dragon Knight became the world's most powerful warrior, and there are three points that make the Dragon Knight strong.

  Firstly, in battle, the elite warriors among humans and the strong among dragonkind fight side by side, coordinating with each other, which goes without saying.

  "Secondly, each warrior has signed a soul-sharing contract with their own dragon, allowing them to share life force, magic power and soul strength during battles. This enables the knights to unleash dragon-like powerful abilities in combat, even if they were originally unable to cast magic. Moreover, when under attack, their bodies will also inherit the robust defensive capabilities of the dragon's physique, as well as its magical resistance..."

  (Dragon-like power, dragon-like magic, dragon-like defense...... Isn't that equivalent to a human-shaped dragon?) Xia Ya's heart thumped wildly.

  “…Even when injured after being attacked, some of the damage can be transferred to the Wyrm through a soul contract... The dragon tribe's vitality is much stronger than humans, so this way... it's almost as if the knight's own vitality has been strengthened several times over... Although still not comparable to the undead tribe's immortality, it's not far off either.”

  Xia Ya started swallowing saliva again, and the question he immediately wanted to ask was: That soul-sharing contract, is it still available for signing?

  But thinking of the dragon's angry reaction just now, he honestly closed his mouth and hid this idea in his heart.

  "...As for the third point, it is the combat technique of Dragon Knights! Because they ride dragons in battle, their martial arts are vastly different from those who ride horses or other mounts. In order to complement the dragon's abilities as a mount and bring out the strongest combined force of the Dragon Knight, many powerful warriors on the continent jointly created a new martial art that can perfectly unleash the power of warriors with draconic attributes. This combat technique was then called 'Dragon Rider's Technique'..."

  "What did you say? Why am I being called?"

  Dora's voice echoed in Xia Ya's mind: "%￥＃◎×（※."

  This is a series of simple and long-lasting tones.

  Xia Ya was furious and said: "What are you talking about? Is that dragon language? How do you say it in human language?"

  "...I don't know, because I also don't understand this sentence in Dragon language." Dora's tone seemed to be a bit guilty as well.

  "How is it possible?" Xia Ya was furious: "Long Yu, how could you possibly not understand?"

  Dora seemed dissatisfied too: "You're human, can you understand the language of Odin? Do you also understand the language of that Lantis Kingdom on the sea?"

  "......Uh, yeah." Xia Ya was taken aback for a moment.

  "This sentence is the most ancient dragon language of the ancient era, with a difference of 10,000 years from the remote ancient dragon language and now. It is said that this is the language passed down by the Dragon God, and among the dragon clan, only the tribal chiefs can barely understand it."

  Xia Ya rubbed her mouth, tilted her head and thought for a moment: "So... that soul-sharing contract, can you tell me about it?"

  "Hmph! You greedy fool, don't even think about it. After the Great War ended and the undead were thoroughly defeated, humans became increasingly corrupt and greedy, causing a complete rift between humans and dragons. Now, humans no longer have the qualifications to be acknowledged by dragons as worthy of being their mounts!"

  "Hey, tell me about it..." Xia Ya scratched his head: "Even if it's just a story, you have to finish telling it."

  "...I told you, you absolutely can't become a Dragon Knight. To become a Dragon Knight, not only must one have great strength, but also a noble and pure heart! You, a greedy, despicable, and wicked guy, even if you were reborn a hundred times, would still have no hope!"

  "Hey! Just saying, but scolding people is really not right."

  Dora took a deep breath and finally sneered, "And the most important condition is that when they became Dragon Knights, they were the strongest among humans. Those people were called 'heroes' by the humans at that time, and the one who signed the soul-sharing contract with them was the great and almighty Dragon God! Such a contract only existed once! And afterwards, only those who possessed the bloodline of ancient human heroes could retain the contract mark and become the Dragon Knights of later generations. The Dragon God made such an arrangement because the war lasted for hundreds of years, and although the Dragon Knights were powerful, human lifespans were too short. Even among the strong ones, they could only live for over a hundred years, and some Dragon Knights would die in battle. When a Dragon Knight died, if his dragon was still alive, he could let the knight's descendants inherit the identity of the Dragon Knight, become the new master of the dragon, and become a new Dragon Knight to fight."

  According to legend, there was only one such contract, and there would never be another. And in the legend, in the final battle of that great war, almost all of the Dragon Knights were killed, and the bloodline of humanity's ancient heroes had been completely severed. So... without any descendants of humanity's ancient heroes, it is also impossible for anyone new to become a Dragon Knight."

  Descendants of ancient human heroes' bloodline?

  Xia Ya let out a sigh, feeling extremely disappointed in her heart.

  "In the ten thousand years that followed, you humans experienced countless wars, and your race's nature became filled with greed, slaughter, and internal strife. You repeatedly established civilizations, only to destroy them again and again. Now, many of the ancient legacies have been extinguished, even the Dragon Knights' combat techniques have long been lost. Only among our dragon tribe has a part of it been preserved. I am the Azure Dragon of the Earth element, and since our clan had Dragon Knights in ancient times, we preserved some of their combat techniques. Now, I can teach you some of what I know, but..."

  "What else do you want to say?"

  Dora's voice was somewhat hesitant: "However... it's a bit of a hassle to learn. The ancient human heroes themselves had great strength, especially in the use of Dou Qi, which had already reached an extreme level. And the essence of this battle technique is to combine the Dou Qi of human strongmen with the power of the dragon clan and burst out together. You can imagine that when two powers are combined, the physical body will bear a huge burden, and once the power is used excessively, it will make the physical body unable to support itself and collapse... The ancient Dragon Knights could share life force and damage with their dragons, so using this battle technique would allow them to disperse some of the physical burden to the dragon, but you..."

  Xia Ya let out a soft "yi" sound: "You're actually concerned about me, afraid I'll practice myself to death?"

  "Hmph, if you die, who will send me back to the Holy Tomb?" Dora finally sighed: "However, you didn't receive the blessing of the dragon tribe's power, and your own strength isn't great either. I suppose with your physical robustness, you should be able to withstand that burden."

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