Sakasugi was a red dragon.
Or rather, it used to be a red dragon.
Being the most greedy and arrogant of the Pentashade dragons, Sakasugi was the standard template for the 'evil dragons' in every knight's mind.
It was passionate about seizing the treasures of humans and other intelligent races, and when it was out of interest, it would even burn the victims and their villages to the ground, forcing the weak creatures to become its servants so that it could seize more treasures and anything that could attract its interest.
Such arrogance naturally drew discontent. Now that Sakazuki's actions had greatly affected humans — or indeed the interests of the gods that humans worshipped, it finally reacted.
In the era when Sakasugi was active, the boundary between the divine realm and the Prime Material Plane was not as firm as it was now. Although gods would have to pay a great price to cross the World Barrier, it would not be as difficult as it was now, where it could not even descend in its true form.
Naturally, descending to the mortal realm to slap a red dragon to death was too demeaning for the gods, which was why the god that Sakasugi angered chose one of its believers as the Chosen One and infused him with divine power.
Then, he commanded the high-ranked believer to lead him to a divine weapon specifically used to slay dragons, and with the bearing of an otherworld protagonist, he went straight to Sakasugi's doorstep and killed it, returning triumphantly with the dragon's treasure and becoming a hero in human legends.
"I see … I'm already dead …"
Sakasugi opened its decaying eyes, but there were no eyeballs in its eye sockets.
A dragon's frightening physical ability would still show its effects even after death. Moreover, Sakasugi had died high up in the mountains, and although its corpse wasn't sealed in ice, it decayed very slowly. Even after a thousand years, less than half of its body had decayed!
Apart from soft tissues such as the eyeballs that had rotted away, every other part of its body was basically intact.
That also meant that Sakasugi's strength and defenses were far superior to its close kin like bone dragons!
"The familiar energy flowing in my body is definitely not magic … Although I don't know its essence, it must have freed me from the shackles of death and awakened from the darkness once more."
Sakasugi was puzzled.
Logically speaking, its soul should have been taken away by the God of Death after it was killed, and it shouldn't have revived with self-awareness after so long.
"Speaking of which, which god did that damned human who killed me believe in?"
There was a weird feeling in Sakasugi's heart, as if it had forgotten something very important. But now that its brain had long since rotted away, it naturally couldn't remember what it had forgotten.
In fact, if it wasn't for the fact that the Dragon's Soul Fire was somewhat similar to the Divine Spark of the Gods, which also had a certain degree of recording ability, even if it could be resurrected, it would probably become a low-energy monster that didn't understand anything and only knew how to follow its instincts to destroy.
Before Sakasugi could figure it out, its resurrection had raised the temperature and melted the snow on the mountaintop, causing a violent landslide. As a result, the mudslide easily destroyed the human village at the foot of the mountain.
'Humans are always so weak no matter what era it is.' Sakazuki sighed inwardly as it watched the scene unfold.
Not long after, fully armed human soldiers began to march up the mountain.
They noticed the resurrected Sakasugi at once.
One must say that Sakasugi, resurrected with its half-rotted body, had an air of wickedness and curiosity aside from the majesty of a dragon. Standing on the mountaintop where the mudslide had just passed through, it had the air of a supervillain boss …
The human soldiers who called themselves believers of the God of War naturally attacked Sakasugi, only to be easily wiped out by it. One should not underestimate a dragon — even in its current state, Sakasugi was still much more powerful than most draconic beasts.
After killing the humans, Sakasugi used one of the few spell-like abilities it had after turning into a zombie dragon to summon several humans whose corpses were still intact as undead creatures, and from their conversation of 'My Lord, times have changed', Sakasugi learned a little about the present era.
It appeared that another divine war had broken out after its death, and the civilizations of intelligent races were almost completely cut off, ushering in a new era.
Since then, no other gods had descended upon the Prime Material Plane.
Even the original God of Death had become a different god.
Moreover, those damned gods' ability to bestow blessings upon humans seemed to have weakened as well …
There was no doubt that the news came as a pleasant surprise to Sakasugi.
"I see. After the gods could no longer descend, I became one of the most powerful beings in this world. So, you resurrected me to use my power?" Sakasugi couldn't help grinning ferociously, before it simply reared its head and bellowed a draconic roar. Rotten flesh and pus dripped incessantly as it did so, but it didn't seem to feel anything at all, and was simply feeling immeasurably carefree.
Hahaha! Who asked you fellows to always be so high and mighty, pointing fingers at me? Great! You've finally become the dust of history just like I was in the past!
"Although I don't know who resurrected me or what their intentions are, I'm not going to become someone else's puppet! From this day forth, I'm going to reclaim my former territory! "
Sakasugi the red dragon roared.
In the end, before it could completely patrol its own territory, another group of humans rushed to their deaths.
They were different from the human soldiers who called themselves believers of the God of War. At the very least, the believers of the God of War were wearing standard metal armor and appeared to be armed to the teeth. Moreover, almost every one of them was a warrior who had awakened combat aura, and they would have been a fine small army even in the last era.
On the other hand, the second group of humans were wearing all sorts of equipment, and most of them weren't even wearing complete sets. They were clearly wearing heavy plate armor on their upper bodies and a full metal helmet that resembled a spittoon, but their lower bodies were wearing a checkered skirt that exposed two hairy legs. It was a sight to behold — even if Sakasugi no longer had eyes.
Some of the humans were even wearing fish-shaped masks over their heads, which made them look so comical that Sakasugi had the impression that they were trying to make it laugh itself to death.
"You're provoking me! Great Red Dragon Sakasugi! "It slapped several humans to death, and as they cried out in surprise ('Marni's dead again!') Roared, "Is that all you've got?! Come at me from the front! "
As soon as it finished speaking, it discovered that more of these seemingly miscellaneous soldiers had appeared at the foot of the mountain, and they began to surround it from all directions like marching ants.
Being surrounded by over a hundred humans was no trouble for Sakasugi. What really made its scalp tingle was the look in the eyes of those humans when they saw its terrifying form.
It was as if they had seen a treasure, a gaze that was immeasurably greedy.
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Chapter 233:
Dead Red Dragon
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