Degradation

It happened faster than anyone could even see it. Alcott pulled his sword and swung at the dragon's neck in a single motion with enough precision to cut right between the countless tiny scales to bypass the defenses. The swing was also targeted to go exactly between the neck bones so the blade wouldn't shatter. A feat only achievable by the dragon slayer Alcott who beheaded countless dragons and it was even more impressive that he pulled it on a great wyrm.

As the gold dragon's head rolled on the ground, his eyes stared at Alcott's back, taking a second to realize his head had already been divorced from his body.

With how much life force dragons have, it wouldn't be strange for the gold dragon's body to still move to attack, but strangely it didn't. It was only then that Ginger and the other dragon noticed the blood marks on the dragon's clothes.