CHAPTER 144: One Step Ahead

It was a rotten dragon. Han Shuo cursed under his breath and gave an order. The dark creatures he had just summoned came out from the cover on either side and looked at the dark elves, ready to make a move against the dark elves along with the dark dragon.

"Come on, come on!" The dark dragon leered as his over ten metre long body took flight with a thunderous rumble, sending mud flying all over the swamp.

The naked dark elf girl had panic written all over her face as she ran frantically towards where Han Shuo and Dana were hiding. Her lofty melons swayed in tantalising waves as her slender legs thrashed furiously. Her allure only increased as mud began to coat her lithe body.

When the dark elf girl finally made it to the zone Han Shuo and the others had set up, Han Shuo gave an order to the dark creatures. More than ten zombie and skeleton warriors, as well as a few ghouls, burst out of hiding and brazenly charged at the lecherous dark dragon.

Han Shuo shouted at the same time, and the forest trolls readied their weapons. Aiming at the dark dragon as it attempted to rise into the sky, the forest troll hunters hurled sharp spears and javelins. In the same breath, the dark elves covered the sky with a shower of arrows and dark elf magic.

"Damn you, it's you lowly races again!" The dark dragon roared as it opened its mouth and shot out an awe-inspiring jet of flame, mixed with bits of lava.

"Stay back and avoid." Han Shuo roared as the forest trolls quickly ducked back as the old priest also shouted. The jet of flame scorched where they'd just stood, setting fire to the dry weeds and grass that littered their surroundings.

Attacks from all manner of spears and javelins, as well as arrows and magic from the dark elves, landed on the sturdy body of the dark dragon. They had no effect. Those aimed at the dark dragon's neck, eyes and head were all sent flying in another direction by a wave of the dark dragon's claws.

The dark dragon's huge body soared through the air as it arrived above Han Shuo's summoned zombie and skeleton warriors. Its metal claws suddenly slashed downwards, crushing the skeletal warriors into bone fragments. The zombie warriors fared no better, their bodies falling to pieces with another swipe. They were good for little more than cannon fodder.

The strength of the dark dragon was within Han Shuo's expectations. He didn't feel any pain as he watched the dark creatures disappear into shards and fragments under the Dark Dragon's attacks. He gave the old priest a meaningful look from afar.

The dark elves continued to attack as their archers, with magic bows in their backs, began to fire icicle-like arrows. They also began to use explosive arrows, causing a great deal of confusion and enraging the dragon even more.

"Your pathetic lives will all die before the wrath of I, the Wondrous Gilbert!" " Gilbert the Dark Dragon roared furiously as he continued to fly forward in the face of icicles and exploding arrows. As he flew close to the ground and tore at the ground with his claws, he finished off the rest of the dark creatures Han Shuo had summoned.

The dark elves, following orders from matriarch Dana, all quickly dodged back after firing their attacks and tried to deal with the dark dragon from behind the forest trolls. It was a pity that Han Shuo had long since given his orders that whenever the dark elves started to move, all the forest trolls should forget about attacking the dark dragons and retreat backwards with all due haste. They were even faster than the dark elves in their retreat.

"Bring down the stone wall!" Han Shuo roared angrily in the midst of the forest trolls after they had reached a small mountain valley not too far away.

The old priest gave his orders, and the forest trolls roared out his command. More than ten forest trolls stood at a high vantage point and threw down boulders, instantly blocking off the mountain valley and trapping the dark elves.

When Han Shuo overheard the words of the Dark Elf Matriarch Dana earlier, he knew that Dana had long since made preparations in the surrounding valley. She'd prepared large amounts of boulders and intended to evacuate the dark elves into the area after enraging the dark dragon, leaving the forest trolls to face the dark dragon. They would then emerge after the battle and wipe out the surviving side. In this way, neither the dark dragon nor the forest trolls would escape the grasp of the dark elves.

If Dana's wonderful plan had been implemented according to her ideas, Han Shuo and the forest trolls would probably not have left this place alive. It was a good thing that Han Shuo's hearing was exceptional, and he had caught every detail of Dana's evil plan. This allowed the forest trolls to be one step ahead and hurry to the mountain valley before Dana and the others could react. They then used the stones the dark elves had prepared to seal the valley.

"What do you mean?" Dana finally revealed her panic as she shouted at Han Shuo and the old priest from the other side of the stone wall.

"Nothing much, just that I've discovered that this dark dragon is just too hard to handle. I'm cancelling our deal early, we don't intend to continue this battle. I'll be sure to return the two wagons of gold and jewels after you defeat the Dark Dragon, and I'll compensate you for your losses as well. My deepest apologies!" Han Shuo shrugged his shoulders and spoke sincerely to Dana.

Dana had never thought that Han Shuo would deceive her at the most crucial moment. Although Han Shuo apologised with a sincere face, his eyes were dark and cold, obviously bearing ill will towards her. How could Dana be blind to that? As she thought about what she'd planned earlier, She felt her hands and feet growing cold and a huge headache throbbing at her temples. She was so frightened that she didn't know what to do.

"Lowly, cowardly life, receive the wrath of the mighty Gilbert!" The dark dragon Gilbert roared and spat acid poison from his mouth. More than ten dark elves couldn't dodge in time and let out horrible screams after being covered by the acidic liquid.

"To hell with him!" A handsome elf roared angrily as the exquisitely carved longbow in his hands suddenly expanded, as if sucking in something. His originally slender body seemed to be sucked into the bow as he began to shrink rapidly.

"No!" Dana cried out loudly, her expression a little desperate.

"Hurry and give the order or my sacrifice will have been in vain!" The male Dark Elf howled as his body became stick thin. His life flowed into the strange bow as it emitted a faint, dark light, looking quite evil and strange.

Han Shuo looked at the bow in astonishment, a very curious expression on his face. After the bow had sucked in the life of the dark elf, an arrow magically formed on the bow, with an inky black light surrounding it. As the dark elf's body dried up, the arrow began to emit a dangerous aura.

Even the cocky dark dragon felt the danger at that moment. It began its attack, sending out streams of blazing flame. The back of the mountain valley had been blocked by Han Shuo's orders, so the dark elves could only face the dark dragon's attacks and had no way to retreat.

Since things had come to this, Dana was left with no choice. Gritting her teeth, she gave the order. A few dark elves threw themselves in front of the elf with the bow without hesitation, quickly using all kinds of elven magic to help him defend against Gilbert's attacks. In the blink of an eye, more than ten dark elves were engulfed by the dark dragon's flames, which were mixed with lava and turned to ash in an instant.

A terrible wailing sounded as the arrow finally swallowed the life out of the dark elf and shot towards the dark dragon. Incredibly fast, Gilbert had no chance to dodge the mysterious arrow.

The strange arrow formed by the black light suddenly turned into a black cloud as it approached Gilbert, finally enveloping him completely. A series of crackles exploded from the cloud of black light, mingled with Gilbert's painful screams. It looked as if the dark dragon was suffering an inhuman amount of pain.

But as a super-ranked magical being, the dark dragon still spat out flames and poisonous liquid when attacked by such pain. His body even landed in the midst of the dark elves as the black cloud enveloped him, and his claws tore all the nearby dark elves to pieces.

More dark elves died horribly under the attacks of the flames and the poisonous liquid. Another hundred dark elves perished after a few breaths. Less than a hundred of the original three hundred were left.

As the cloud of dark light dissipated, revealing the Dark Dragon's body once more, Han Shuo discovered blood running down the Dark Dragon in several places. Even Gilbert's flesh and skin were charred and burned. His movements weren't as nimble as before and both of his eyes were injured. He moved around blindly, as if he couldn't see.

"Get ready, we'll be dragon slayers very soon." Han Shuo smiled darkly at the old priest behind him as he gave the order.