Academic gathering with a lich-Chapter 607 - 560 Giant Dragon Form (6/6)

Transformed from a strong to a weak being, the swiftness of this shift in status was so sudden that Kolosis was completely unprepared. Even his nearly insane mind felt discomfort and resentment in the face of such a situation.

"Morocoy..." Kolosis looked up at the man who once stood at the pinnacle of the Dragon Priests, as unruffled and composed as he remembered, every gesture exuding a king’s bearing. This was a king that could make others feel ashamed, the powerful being who once subdued all Dragon Priests. Kolosis couldn’t be certain whether the fall of the Giant Dragon had inflicted the same damage on this Dragon Priest, but the magical aura radiating from him was still like the fiercest dragon in his deepest memories, not to be provoked.

What did that little thief say earlier, that Morocoy was his mentor? Now it’s too late for regrets. Indeed, he couldn’t contend with Morocoy, but his dragon could. At the expense of the reassembled Gemstone Dragon Bone of the Manu clan, the physical strength of the Giant Gemstone Dragon should be enough to withstand his magic. Giant Dragons have strong magic resistance. For now, he must pretend to obey and quietly order the Giant Gemstone Dragon to ambush.

Kolosis channeled his magic power, manipulating the Giant Gemstone Dragon that was battling in the pit with the Sea of Skeletons to slowly climb up. Because of the concealment of the pit, Morocoy did not detect the ascending Giant Gemstone Dragon.

But he didn’t need to.

"Hm?" It was only then that Kolosis noticed another person next to the scholar, a tall Lich he originally thought was a servant or thug brought by Morocoy.

That supposed thug shattered the ground, leaped into the air, and dug out a massive leg bone, then fiercely descended into the pit.

"Give me... some peace!!!"

The small figure in comparison to the Giant Dragon exerted tremendous force, striking the head of the Giant Gemstone Dragon with a club. The seemingly indestructible gemstone skull fell instantly, the ground shook, and Kolosis, feeling the vibration from under his feet, looked on apprehensively at the being who made the dragon bow with sheer physical strength. The Giant Dragon fell into the deep pit, beginning its descent.

Kolosis felt somewhat tongue-tied.

"What is that monster?" A being capable of physically contending with a dragon’s body?

"That is Mr. Giant Dragon, a Lich, Andrey’s chief professor of White Bone Spirit Summoning Studies, my friend," the scholar said, tapping the ground with his magic wand. The Magic Locks coiled around his body tenderly lifted Lyle and moved him to a farther spot.

"Andrey? Lich?" The reclusive mad Dragon Priest found this world so alien.

"A new power of the sacred light era with astonishing potential. That’s why I was assigned by the Dragon Priests Council to oversee them. Ah, it’s hard to say now who’s overseeing whom."

Despite the Giant Dragon’s stunning debut, Kolosis still believed in the power of the Giant Gemstone Dragon. The strength of the Firstborn of the Dragon in life was about peak of the Seven Locks, even if only the skeleton remained, that was enough for the Seven Locks. Add to it the magic resistance granted by the powerful gemstone physique. All these were Kolosis’s reliance, he had just observed, the magic power flowing through that Lich named Mr. Giant Dragon was merely at the pinnacle of the Six Locks. He absolutely couldn’t contend with the Giant Gemstone Dragon, meaning he only needed to hold off Morocoy.

The madness of sacrificing his own kind made Dragon Priest Kolosis discard his past cowardice, allowing him to stand confidently even before his former leader.

"Morocoy! You’ve broken the rules you set yourself! Dragon Priests must not be antagonistic toward one another! Yet you collude with traitors, and you even instigated your apprentice to steal my Dragon Crown! My life’s work! Is this the law of the Dragon Priests Council!!!"

The scholar was first taken aback by Kolosis’s shameless rhetoric, shocked at his boldness, then understood the ravings of a madman. Without some crazed outburst, he couldn’t prove he was a madman, and if he wasn’t a madman, there would be a bit of a psychological burden when beating him later.

Fortunately, everything was progressing smoothly.

The scholar cleared his throat subtly, his aura shifting to the detachment of a Lich. 𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶

"Indeed, my rules apply to Dragon Priests, but only to those who submit to the Dragon Priests Council. You say I’ve broken the rules, that Dragon Priests cannot oppose each other? You remember that so clearly, do you also remember, I wanted you to gather at the council once a week? That you should treat your own kind well, inherit the will of the Giant Dragon? Support each other? Which one have you accomplished!!! You’ve driven your own tribe to near extinction!!! For your personal delusion, you’ve taken the lives of your people!!! You’re no longer a Dragon Priest, Kolosis, you are my enemy."

Kolosis was provoked and roared loudly, the Mercury Stone magic wand trembling with the force of his grip.

"You have no idea the pain I’ve suffered!!! My Giant Dragon died!!! My close friend!! My mentor!!! The spiritual pillar I adored, I loved!!! It mercilessly crumbled right before my eyes!!! Why should those wretches, those weak Manu, share the power of the Firstborn of the Dragon!!! I will resurrect him, I will reclaim his power! I will fulfill his last wish!! I will bring about a new Giant Dragon! A new era!! Morocoy! You won’t stop me! You can’t! Not you, nor the council behind you!!!"

Facing Kolosis’s madness, the scholar sighed.

"Mad, your insanity is beyond redemption... but not incomprehensible. Do they also see me the same way, what a superfluous thought," the scholar’s robes fluttered without wind, magic locks coiled around his body, and Dragon Priest Morocoy unleashed his magic power, condensing into a tower of light reaching to the heavens.

"As a member of the Dragon Priests Council, I, leader of the Arcanists, Blue Dragon Priest Morocoy, decree. King Manu, Gemstone Dragon Priest Kolosis, you are utterly derelict in your duties! You will endure a punishment far more severe than death!!!"

Kolosis howled to the heavens, and the shadow of an enraged dragon appeared within his radiance.

"I am not wrong!!! No one can judge me!!!!"

At that moment, a blinding light erupted from the sandpit, the Giant Gemstone Dragon unleashed a brilliant light, scattering all the gravel.

Kolosis was overjoyed, pointing the tip of his magic wand directly at the scholar.

"The time has come, Morocoy. Tolerating a Six Locks Lich presumptuously contending with a giant dragon was the most foolish decision you made."

The light of the Giant Gemstone Dragon surpassed that of the scholar, who, under the brilliance, actually nodded in agreement.

"You’re right, the time has indeed come."

"Kolosis, you can’t possibly think that you’re the only one biding time."

"Indeed, I have tolerated that dragon’s reckless acts, but it was his own request. The era of assessing combat power through the grade of Magic Locks is over, and you should not underestimate a high ranking professor of Spirit Summoning Studies from Andrey. What am I saying, you haven’t seen it, so what’s to underestimate, that would be blindness."

Mr. Giant Dragon, the taboo creation: Sea of Skeletons. The Sea of Skeletons inherited the giant dragon’s talents, as the highest achievement of a Spirit Summoner. The Sea of Skeletons directly affected the giant dragon’s level and abilities, one of which is called Imprint.

Each time the giant dragon reached a new level of strength, the Sea of Skeletons would grant him a chance to imprint. Mr. Giant Dragon could imprint any creature he had ever faced, creating their White Bone versions, inheriting their abilities.

And the giant dragon was a perfectionist who adored giant beasts.

The reason he was Six Locks was that he had not yet found the ideal imprint subject.

But now, he had.

"This is my first step into becoming a Giant Dragon."

"Sea of Skeletons, Imprint, Gemstone Bone Dragon."

The storm of white bones viciously slammed into the surface of the Giant Gemstone Dragon, the shattering bone fragments sealing his entire body. The Giant Gemstone Dragon struggled incessantly, but in the end, was encapsulated within the white bones. Minutes later, the white bones fell away, and the Gemstone Giant Dragon collapsed into the sandpit, decayed.

Meanwhile, those white bones in the sky constructed the form of a giant dragon, the ascending Mr. Giant Dragon was grabbed by the white bone dragon and mounted the skull of the bone dragon.

Mr. Giant Dragon ascended to Seven Locks.

Seven Locks ability, Giant Dragon form.