Destroying the evidence was the easiest thing to do, unless you were going to destroy a dragon.
Without its heart, skin, and dragon crystal, a dragon was no longer immune to magic below level-eight. Even so, Rex had to use a level-seven scroll.
Hellfire Ward — level-seven fire spell.
Hellfire Ward wasn't a useless spell, but it had obvious limitations. On the bright side, the Earthen Fire Barrier had two uses. First, it had strong attack power. The Earthen Fire simulated by the fire element was stronger than most eighth-tier spells. At the same time, the target that was trapped in the Earthen Fire Barrier would be under extreme control, surpassing most seventh-tier water and earth control spells.
The only problem was how Hellfire Ward attacked. Mages could release a burning area with a width of about 45 meters within ten meters in front of them, and the derivative attack range was less than three meters.
In other words, three meters away from the burning area was a safe zone, and the attack height couldn't exceed four meters.
Mages could fly at level-six, and this spell couldn't be cast instantly. No matter how strong the attack power was, it couldn't hurt Mages above level-six. Obviously, a level-eight spell wasn't needed to deal with Mages below level-six.
It was the same for Swordsmen. As long as a Swordsman reached the level of Sword Saint, the height they could jump was purely related to the sword energy they practiced. It had already surpassed the limits of physical strength.
If the Swordsman noticed it in advance, he could jump out of the range of the spell.
If this spell was cast in a closed environment, it would be extremely terrifying, such as in the Armory of a castle. Now, this spell was making the best use of it. The dragon was already dead, so of course it couldn't escape the burning of Hellfire Ward.
Rex unfolded the black scroll. With Tiago's dragon as the center, a large patch of black flames rose from the ground and enveloped the dragon's body. Rex felt a little heartache. The dragon's fat was also a rare material, and now it was all burned up by the flames.
Nelis watched from the side, but she was very happy. Many of the materials in the dragon's body had been dug out by her and kept in her bracelet. Especially the six lung lobes. The dragon's lung lobes and the special laryngeal bone could be used to make alchemy equipment with special attributes.
Nelis wasn't sure if it could spit out dragon breath, but at least it could make defensive equipment that could resist dragon breath.
The Earth Fire burned rapidly, and even the increasingly heavy rain could not extinguish it. The dragon's corpse seemed to have been drenched in oil. If it weren't for the Earth Fire Boundary's concealment and the fact that it was a black flame, one would be able to see the flames from tens of miles away.
In less than ten minutes, the giant dragon was burned to a skeleton without a dragon head. If a necromancer saw this skeleton, he would probably faint from excitement.
Rex kept releasing the Frost Formation to cool down the dragon bones. If it was metal, the internal structure would have been completely destroyed by the heat and cold. The dragon bones, on the other hand, became more and more sparkling and translucent, looking like the most precious Tremolite.
Nelis and Shika began to dismantle these skeletons, while Rex began to cast earth magic to shatter the ground that had been burned into crystals, turning it into soil again. After that, he had to continuously disperse the elements and erase the traces of Advanced Magic that had been cast here.
By the time he put away the broken dragon bones, the sky had already started to clear up. Rex performed Cleanse consecutively to remove the blood and the scent of dragons on everybody. Salin's white magic robe was taken off, and he was replaced by the grey magic robe that Rex gave him.
A lot of dragon blood had seeped into the soil, and Rex had no better idea. She asked Nelis to dig out the soil and put it away. Shika chopped down two big trees, and Rex directly burned them into charcoal. After crushing them, he spread them on the ground and pressed a few huge stones on top of them.
Now, as long as one didn't pay special attention, they wouldn't notice anything unusual here. The corpses of the warhorses were also put away. These horses' buttocks were branded, and anyone who could read would know where they came from. Of course, they couldn't leave them behind.
Finally, after collecting the parts of the construction puppets that had been smashed by the giant dragon, the four of them quickly left the scene of the battle. These methods might not be perfect, but as long as the trackers didn't bring along magical beasts like the demon wolves, it would be difficult for them to notice anything unusual here.
The heavy rain helped Rex and the rest. It wasn't until more than four hours later that a team of mercenaries wearing leather armor passed by. In this team, there were two swordsmen riding magical beasts that were more than four meters tall. The spears in their hands were more than seven meters long. It was useless to disguise these weapons. Only the magical beast swordsmen of the Cloud Flow Empire would specialize in using such long weapons.
Even a beginner swordsman like this could fight against close to a hundred swordsmen on the battlefield. Their magical beasts usually didn't have much talent in magic, but they didn't need it on the battlefield. They could just charge around.
The mounts of these two magical beast swordsmen were obviously not ordinary. They were more than four meters tall and about six meters long. They were a little bloated, and their bodies were naturally covered with thick scales. Only the neck area was covered with metal armor. This should be the weakness of these magical beasts.
The spears in the hands of these two magical beast swordsmen were also very special. The four sides of the spear tip had fine magic patterns, and the spear was emitting a metallic luster. It was extremely heavy. There was also a chain on the spear shaft, which was hung behind the saddle. This kind of spear could only be used by at least a Great Swordsman, or someone born with extraordinary strength like Shika.
If this heavy weapon was driven by the magical beasts, the seven-meter-long spear would be enough to hurt the body of a heavily injured dragon.
The two magical beast swordsmen also had mercenary badges on them. They looked very cold and expressionless. The swordsman in front of them rode a white horse and held a metal device that looked like a compass in his hand. There was a circular depression in the middle of this orange-yellow metal square plate. It was sealed with crystal and covered with magic patterns.
There was a floating magnetic needle in the crystal, spinning randomly.
"Why did you stop?" a man in green metal armor behind the two magical beast swordsmen asked in a low voice.
"Sir, we lost Tiago's direction."
"What?!" The swordsman in green metal armor walked around the two magical beast swordsmen and came to the swordsman with the metal plate. He took the square metal plate. Seeing the magnetic needle spinning randomly on the plate, the swordsman in green magic armor opened his mask and revealed his young face.
It was a somewhat pale face, very delicate and clean. At this moment, the face showed a ferocious expression. He asked in an emotionless voice: "Bao Xian, didn't you say you wouldn't lose them?"
"Sir, we wasted too much time last night …"
"Bao Xian, are you saying that I was wrong to let you take shelter from the rain?" The young man's voice became sharp as he looked coldly at the white horse swordsman. The white horse swordsman shivered and got off his horse. He knelt on one knee and bowed his head: "Sir sympathizes with the troops."
Although he said this, he was cursing in his heart. You obviously love that singing girl in the town, that's why you let us take shelter from the rain. You are the heir to the Count, how could you like that kind of woman? What an idiot.
"Well, it's good that you know." The young man reached out and pressed the two triangular metal protrusions on both sides of the helmet. With a click, the helmet connected to the back armor was taken off, revealing his long brown hair.
"What do you think we should do?" The young man dropped the metal plate and looked around.
The twenty or so swordsmen were also out of ideas. A magical beast swordsman could only say: "Sir, why don't we wait for the magicians to arrive? They have a way to track us."
"Magicians? Hehe … Send four people to block the front and back roads. All of you search nearby. Don't let go of anything within two miles. Let me know if you find any clues. "The young leader gave the order rather arrogantly. The question just now was just for show. The clues had disappeared here, so they had to search nearby. This couldn't be simpler. These idiots still had to wait for the magicians to arrive.
When the magicians arrived, who would get the credit?
Rex and the others had already walked more than a hundred miles. She was injured, so she let Sicar carry her on his back and used the level-three Wind Speed spell. In these four hours, they had run more than a hundred miles.
Sicar didn't feel tired, but Rex couldn't take it anymore. The four of them stopped. They were already far away from Qin Yin's horse path. They were at the ridge of a mountain, and they could see far away.
Rex took a small sip of the magic liquid and pondered. After obtaining Tiago's skin and removing the six sets of equipment given to Salin, the remaining dragon skin was enough for him to make almost a hundred sets of swordsman equipment. Tiago's fine hair could be made into magic robes. He could already form a flag team with swordsmen and great magicians as the main body.
There were many masters in the Bitterwater Army, but their equipment had always been ordinary. Even if they had alchemy armor, it couldn't compare to real magic armor. The sets of armor obtained in Dragon Tooth Town were enough to equip a swordsman battalion. After being soaked in dragon blood, the metal attribute of the armor changed, and it could be permanently enchanted.
Unfortunately, most of the dragon tendons had been burned. The remaining good materials could only be used by Byrne alone.
Killing Tiago was all thanks to Salin and Nelis. Using the God Sieve Ring was the last attack. It didn't matter if he didn't want the dragon crystals, but he had to ask Salin for a few dragon teeth to make daggers and arrowheads.
Dragon bones could be made into hard armor. Salin wouldn't fight with him for it. He really couldn't make so many pieces of equipment without going to Alchemy City. If he relied on the strength of the Bitterwater County alone, it would take Rex a few years to make all this equipment. And this was when the Bitterwater County had a Level-8 Magic Shooter and dozens of returning great magicians. If it were any other city, they would be helpless when faced with these materials.
"Rex, how's your injury?" Salin stood beside a tree and looked into the distance. He didn't even turn his head back.
Rex looked at Salin's back and felt a little emotional. When he first met Salin, he was still a child and wasn't even as tall as him. Now, he was almost an adult. His shoulders were broad, and he had a steady temperament. He wasn't as superficial as he was when they first met.
"It's fine. As long as I keep using Spring Rain, it won't hurt too much."
"Right. Do you think the person who injured the dragon will find us?"
"They will. We caused such a big commotion in Dragon Tooth Town. Our whereabouts will definitely be found. At least we will be suspected. But don't worry. The person who injured the dragon might not be from the Qinyin Empire. Cloud Flow Mages above Level-8 can't enter Qinyin casually. As long as we reach Alchemy City, even if we take Cloud Flow's national treasure, they can't do anything. "
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