Intruders

While Elric transformed, the merfolks and the princesses scrambled to find their late King Mahar only to confirm that it was the last time they will see him with the remaining energy spent to summoning the Soul Cleansing Pearl.

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Far away back at the entrance to the water realm, Five Dragons that emanated with dark auras have arrived. They have an eastern Dragon body shape bulging with power and energy. Magnus called them as Northern Elemental Thagda.

These are the five elemental Dragons dispatched by the Northern Queen Dragon to the Elemental realm in search of Elric. A result of a thousand years of experimentation led by Magnus. A mixture of Dragon and Elemental that surpasses their expectation. (See Chapter 53)

One must know that the reason Dragons are unable to enter the Elemental realm is because of their incompatibility itself. The atmosphere and pressure of the Elemental realm is something that was designed so that Dragons would not be able to endure. Their body would rapidly deteriorate once they happen to enter the elemental realm and in just mere minutes, their body would collapse in dissipating into nothing.

Only the elementals, who are designed to their every cell, are capable of living in the elemental realm, and chosen humans who are permitted by the Elemental Lords, thus Elric, despite having a Dragon blood, is an exception.

Before the five dominant Elemental Dragons are the Giant Guardian Eels that protect the Water Elemental Realm from outside intruders. baring their sharp fangs and sparks of electricity bursts around them from time to time threatening the three dragons trying to get in.

"Khyaaaaa~" The heads of the Giant Eels shrieked with a deafening voice to warn the Thagda's but the latter quickly reacted with their scream in an even louder frequency.

"KYHEEIIIIIIK!!!~"

Right after the resounding scream, the five elemental Dragons charged towards the Guardian Eels at an unbelievable speed.

"Khyaaa!"

Bzzt- Bzzt! BZZZZZZT!

The Gigantic Eels quickly reacted to the charging intruders with their powerful lightning bolts.

Wooom~

The five elemental Dragons suddenly blended in the water as their body took on a sudden color transformation. With their innate blood from the native water elemental that was harvested from their host, they have also gained the transforming ability that allows them to blend in water, making them invisible on the water!

The lightning attacks of the gigantic Eels missed the five dragons despite its wide range. Followed after are the bone-cracking sound of their heads falling out one after another.

Slash!

Slash!

Slash!

Slash!

Slash!

Like a farmer cutting weeds with an incredibly sharp scythe, all the heads of the Gigantic Eels had been sliced into two in an instant. Despite their powerful jaws and ability, it was nothing compared to the Elemental Dragons specially designed to hunt its prays.

The Thagdas are breeds that closely resembled the eastern Dragon's body but shorter in length and have long sharp tails inspired by Southern Dragons.

The Gigantic Eels tried to recover their body with their crazy regeneration ability but the cut wounds left behind by the Thagdas seem to bring in poison that slowly corrodes their body, melting them until nothing is left!

KHYAAAAHKKKKK~~~~~~~~

The agonizing cries of the Gigantic Eels echoed across the ocean of the water realm. Slowly, their cries faded as their body completely disintegrated into muddy pulps due to the poison from the Elemental Dragons.

And with that, the guardians of the water realm had been disintegrated and the five elemental Dragons continued on their journey to the long tunnel.

The scent of Elric still lingered around the tunnel which they used as a guide in finding him. Their eyes remained sharp and emotionless. The battle against the Water Elemental Realm guardians did not even cost them too many efforts.

"He is close." The biggest but the youngest one of the five Thagdas spoke via Dragon language, in a way, only dragons can hear their conversation as well as communicate in a certain sound frequency. He was the last to have been successfully born and was the most perfect of all of them.

While he was the last to be created, all the imperfections of the first four born had been fixed in his creation leading him to be the perfect Thagda. As a result, he had dominated all the other older Thagdas thus claiming the spot of being the leader of the five.

"Finally." The fourth one replied in excitement. "I am getting hungry from all of those travels. The water snakes of this realm don't taste good compared to the human sacrifices of our creator.

"Indeed. Humans are delicious. They are like delicious mini snacks. And their cries as I plunged my fangs into their soft squishy bodies and as they slid towards my acid-filled throat ... Ooooh, the sensation! The spilling of their delicious blood. So satisfying. Too bad, they have very small bodies."

The firstborn added with ecstasy coming out of its eyes.

Growing up in a hidden place in the north, their creator had given them human sacrifices as foods since giving them another Dragon for their development could lead to possible complications to their foundation and they might be rejected by the Elemental realm instead.

"I heard that the half-breed taste beyond wonderful considering that he is half human and half dragon with a smear of royalty as well."

"A human with royal Dragon blood?! He must be incredibly delicious!"

"Guess it doesn't hurt to get a little bite off him right?"

"A bite or two should not hurt."

"Make it five."

"I hear he has insane recovery too. Do you get what I mean?"

"Unlimited... human with royal dragon blood! This is a jackpot!"

"Hahahaaha!"

"Brothers I see water elemental soldiers ahead...."

"How about this, the most number of soldiers he kills, he gets the first bite off the half breed!"

"That's a deal!"

"Whahahahaha! Let's turn this stupid realm into worthless ruins!"

"Leave no one alive! except that half-breed!"

The five eager Thagda's raced towards the incoming group of the water elemental soldiers.

Little did they know, a different "Half-breed" is waiting for them.