Boom!
The roar was deafening, and the impact generated by the punch sent the surrounding tables and food flying, causing a huge tremor.
Both Yaraal and Yarman were simultaneously thrown back by the shockwave, falling to the ground and tumbling several times in embarrassment.
"Ah!"
Chief Yarman screamed and fainted.
Yaraal felt her blood churning throughout her body. She propped up her upper body, her hair standing on end as she looked at Little Nick, her face filled with disbelief and horror.
Everyone in the Oasis who had been sleeping in the field also woke up, each one frozen in place uncontrollably, filled with confusion and fear.
A terrifying sense of oppression permeated the air!
"You, you are not Little Nick," Yaraal voice trembled.
Little Nick was just an ordinary child!
But the Little Nick in front of her felt too terrifying. Just standing there gave Yaraal a feeling of helplessness, as if she couldn't resist.
It was like the superior suppression of a carnivore over an herbivore, where the only result was to surrender and wait for death.
He lowered his head and looked at his fist.
"The touch is wrong."
Little Nick frowned slightly.
"Chi Burst Palm" does not directly touch the opponent. This is a move to prevent negative effects from contact, but he could still feel the feedback generated by the attack.
Little Nick's face was grim, and he walked calmly towards the position where Minori had been blasted away, completely ignoring the fearful gasps of the Humans behind him and Yaraal's trembling questions.
A group of inferior creatures, who would care about insects?
He appeared to be walking, but in reality, his speed was very fast.
Two or three breaths.
Little Nick's figure had already reached Minori's location, where a large pit had appeared in the soft desert.
Inside lay a body half-covered by sand, with a visible indentation on the chest and large areas of clothing stained with blood.
—A miserable death.
Seeing this corpse.
"There's such Magic? Oh haha, that's too interesting."
"You group of inferior creatures always provide some fun from time to time."
As he spoke, Little Nick's eyes shifted, locking onto a small sand dune in the northwest.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
"Magic Arrow · Fire"
Three streams of crimson light suddenly flew out from behind the sand dune, the piercing sound of them cutting through the air arriving, all accurately hitting Little Nick.
Bang—
The three Magic Arrows shattered the moment they made contact, turning into faint Magic Power and dissipating.
Minori's figure walked out from behind the sand dune.
"Completely unharmed? Is it Magic Nullification... No?"
Minori narrowed his eyes, using "Ninjutsu · Detection" to observe the changes in Little Nick's aura. After being attacked, there was no sign of weakening in his aura:
"Fire attribute nullification? What a terrifying surprise."
Under the detection vision.
Little Nick was wrapped in a layer of flame-like life energy, constantly rising, a life aura far exceeding the Hero Domain level.
This level is... around 45Lv!
Minori was inwardly startled, his gaze sweeping over the information that had just appeared on the attribute panel.
""Aura Sensing"?"
"And the "Chi Burst Palm" just now, that's a Martial Monk System profession build."
Minori quickly made a judgment, feeling a bit surprised and vigilant. There was actually a strong person of this level in this Despair Valley.
Among the strong individuals he had encountered so far, the opponent's strength was second only to the Ancient Fire Dragon and the Lava Dominator!
"First discovering the abnormality of the corpse, then using "Aura Sensing" to determine my location, so he himself also possesses a considerable degree of keen intuition."
Minori, using the Magic Power System [Illusionist], cast the Magic "Feigned Death", creating a fake corpse that was visually completely indistinguishable from a real one.
Not deceiving the opponent was within expectations, but it also indirectly obtained some information.
The information is currently unclear!
With a level around 45LV, resolving the opponent would likely require exposing a part of his strength.
No!
He couldn't confirm the opponent's identity, or if he had companions?
Looking at Minori, who was covered in sand and dust, looking disheveled but not seriously injured, Little Nick's eyes changed.
He had obtained detailed information about this Outsider Human from the Oasis Humans. Logically, the opponent should not have been able to withstand his punch!
These inferior creatures were clearly like dry branches, easily broken in two with a casual strike, yet the opponent was able to withstand it.
Did he use some kind of Magic item?
"What foolish thing are you doing?"
"This kind of fragile Magic, even if you cast it tens of thousands of times, cannot kill us."
Little Nick spoke dismissively, his cold eyes staring at Minori: "This place is very boring, it is indeed worth investigating an interesting Human who has appeared."
"Can you tell us where you came from?"
"You actually dared to ruin Our plan!"
Plan?
What plan.
"You're not a Human, are you!"
Minori's face was serious. He needed to extract information from the opponent. Although he was asking a question, his tone was unusually certain.
He made this judgment because Humans could not exceed the level of an "Anomalous Person".
In addition.
The opponent was disguised as a Human, and Minori had indeed not detected any abnormality.
There was no prompt on the attribute panel either. There was only one possibility for this situation, and that was that the opponent was using a general Magic-like skill, similar to a talent or racial ability.
"How could we be inferior creatures like you! Damn it, damn it!!"
Little Nick seemed to have suffered some kind of insult, his facial expression full of distortion: "It's all because of you damned Humans that We have been trapped here!"
"It's all because of you—you ruined our plan!"
Crack—crack—
The small Human body began to swell at a visible speed. Cracks appeared on the surface of the skin, and the outer disguise completely disappeared.
In the blink of an eye, his body grew two meters taller!
His pupils turned golden, his whole body was covered with a layer of fine dark golden scales, he had well-developed and powerful muscles, and a short tail.
His head was completely bestialized, with upward-curving horns on both sides of his head!
The terrifying aura made the air heavy, and a wave of air rose, causing the desert beneath his feet to form circular ripples that spread out!
Seeing this unusually striking appearance!
"Dragonian?" Minori.
How could there be Dragonians in this place? The question is, does the Otherworld have the Dragonian race!
—It is indeed possible!
Dragon Kings can generally have deep interactions with any creature. For example, the Dragon King's daughter in the Kingdom of Dragons and the Lizardman Cruche Lulu both have Dragon blood within them.
The question is!
The opponent's level is as high as 45Lv, which is already comparable to some older Dragons!
The offspring of the True Dragon King?
That's a lot of information.
Minori's gaze sharpened, he stomped on the ground, making a retreating motion with his body, and at the same time chanted in a low voice:
"Third-Tier Magic · Compound Element Summon!"
"Sandstorm Element Spirit!"
Whoosh—
A whirlwind formed out of thin air, and the sand and dust in the desert turned into a sand-yellow whirlwind-shaped spirit figure, stirring up a large amount of sand and dust, and rushing towards Little Nick.
"Fool!"
The desert beneath the Dragonian's feet collapsed, and his strong body sped across the desert at an extremely fast speed. Wherever he passed, yellow sand splashed up out of thin air.
"Destructive Aura"
A faint white light enveloped the Dragonian's hands, and he charged towards the Sandstorm Element Spirit.
The rotating sand and wind rubbed against the Dragonian's body, making a crackling sound of intense collision, but in the next moment, a beast claw extended from the sand and directly tore the Sandstorm Element Spirit in half.
It clearly had a suppressive damage effect on elements!
"His aura has decreased a bit, although not much, but wind and earth elements should be able to cause him damage. The opponent does not have this kind of resistance."
Minori analyzed as he retreated:
"Also, like normal Martial Monk class professionals, he should lack long-range attack methods."
"He didn't show any surprise upon seeing the Element Spirit because he had already obtained my information from the Oasis Humans?"
Fortunately.
Minori's heart was firm. The information he had revealed in this Despair Valley was only his Third-Tier Magic Chanter abilities and Warrior abilities.
Bang!
After dealing with the Element Spirit, the Dragonian had already charged in front of Minori, the distance was very close.
At this time, activating Magic was no longer suitable, whether it was the chanting time or the distance!
Swish—
Minori swung his hand and drew the Magic Greatsword that was hidden by his cloak and hanging at his waist. It was the one he got from Troll Guu.
His sleeve opened.
The bronze-colored armguard was faintly visible. It was indeed the "Death Guard Armguard". He had already equipped it in advance during the probing process.
Although he didn't think the opponent would have instant death skills, it was still better to be safe than sorry.
""Chi Gathering Impact""
A fist with fine golden scales was reflected in Minori's vision.
""Quick Slash""
The Magic Greatsword swung!
Boom!!
The blade and the fist collided first, and a strong tremor instantly exploded.
In order to prevent the opponent from being suspicious, Minori even actively turned off the [Valkyrie's] "Courage Aura", a move that could produce double damage in the initial collision.
Bang—
Minori's body flew horizontally, heavily smashing onto a sand dune tens of meters away.
The [Ninja's] "Stealth Aura" passive activated, and Minori's face immediately turned pale, his aura weak, looking severely injured.
"Oh hahaha!"
The Dragonian withdrew his fist and laughed proudly when he saw Minori, who had been defeated by his punch:
"Too foolish, seeing Our true form, you actually dared to take Our punch head-on."
"What kind of monster are you!"
Minori showed a look of disbelief and spoke loudly.
"Monster?"
"Ignorant person without knowledge, We are a Dragonian!"
The Dragonian spoke proudly, seemingly not at all surprised by his easy victory, looking as if it was expected.
Lack of combat experience!
Minori evaluated inwardly. The opponents the other party had encountered before should have been too weak, to the extent that he didn't have the slightest suspicion when he feigned defeat.
As expected, it is a Dragonian.
Actually, this was the first time Minori had seen this race, and he was still a bit unsure. Now that the other party had admitted it himself, it was naturally for the best.
This reminded him of Sebas, one of the Floor Guardians in the "Great Tomb of Nazarick", who was also of the "Dragonian" race.
"You, you—the Gray Dwarf Clan's extermination of Humans, you were behind it!"
Minori seemed to have discovered something incredible, his voice weak: "No, with your strength, you could easily destroy Humans."
The Dragonian had mentioned earlier that he had ruined the other party's plan. Minori recalled for a moment, and the only thing that could be related was the actions of the Gray Dwarf Clan.
It's too strange?
This was the point that had been making him feel something was wrong.
"Shut up!"
"Shut up!!"
The Dragonian seemed to have been stimulated, stomping on the ground while shouting, looking somewhat neurotic.
Bang—bang!
Each footstep on the ground caused the earth to tremble.
Seeing the opponent's appearance, Minori felt as if a spark of inspiration had struck his mind.
"I see... cough, cough!"
Minori spoke loudly, then coughed, his aura becoming even weaker:
"With your strength, there's no need to disguise yourself as a Human and suddenly attack the Oasis. You are protecting the Oasis... more precisely—are you protecting the Humans in the Oasis?"
"I heard a rumor from the extinct Gray Dwarves that 'Humans are a cursed race', and that disaster will occur as long as Humans are attacked."
"The so-called 'disaster' is you, isn't it!"
"You treat Humans as inferior creatures, yet you want to protect Humans, and you also manipulate the Gray Dwarves to destroy Humans. This completely contradictory situation—there is only one possibility!"
The Dragonian stopped stomping, his neurotic emotions subsided, and he slowly raised his head, staring at Minori with a pair of golden beast eyes with streaks of blood. The intense killing intent seemed to be about to burst from his eyes.
"You are ordered to protect Humans here by a more powerful being, a being you cannot resist at all."
"You would rather indirectly manipulate the Gray Dwarves to eliminate Humans than do it yourself... What kind of being could make you so fearful, even..."
"The rumor has been around for at least a hundred years, and you still dare not disobey this command?"
The air became strangely silent at this moment!
"Inferior creature!"
The Dragonian's sharp arm covered with dark golden scales moved slightly, and he took a step forward with his strong and powerful legs, walking step by step: "You talk too much."
"I will personally snap your neck."
Minori initially suspected that the Dragonian in front of him might be the offspring of a Dragon King, but now he could rule that out!
How could a being like a Dragon King care about Humans, whom they saw as insects?
In the Otherworld, possessing great strength and having some kind of fondness for Humans, there was only one possibility—a Player!
Could this Dragonian in front of him be an NPC arranged here by a Player who had descended into the Otherworld?
"My name is Mishan Kemplete."
[TL: Not sure]
Minori suddenly spoke.
"An ant crawling on the ground is not worthy of Us remembering its name."
The Dragonian was expressionless, still walking coldly, as if thinking about how to kill this Human painfully.
Alright, not an NPC!
Even less likely to be a Player.
"Seriously."
Minori did a carp flip and stood up from the ground. His weak aura disappeared, and even his pale face regained its rosy complexion.
The Dragonian's intense killing intent paused, staring blankly at Minori, who had recovered from a near-death state in an instant.
"Information gathering complete."
"The investigation is also complete. There are no companions of yours here, only you." Minori patted the dust off his body.
He wasn't just trying to trick the opponent just now, he was also constantly exploring the surroundings. As for the possibility of this area being observed.
That has also been ruled out!
Because if there was any Magic observing this place, the attribute panel would immediately give a prompt.
"I have a lot of confusing questions, I'll just get the answers directly from your mouth." Minori reached out and grabbed the Magic Greatsword that was stuck in the ground nearby.
"—Ee ee ee ah!!"
The dark golden Dragonian let out a sharp roar: "You inferior creature, you actually dared to fool Us!"
Boom!
The distance between the two was tens of meters, and a golden afterimage broke through in an instant. Sharp claws fiercely grabbed towards Minori's neck.
"—Steel Grip"
"Four Light Consecutive Slashes · Magic Slash · Wind!" Minori swung the Magic Greatsword with one hand.
Using Martial Skill in conjunction with the [Magic Swordsman's] professional skills, and then injecting elemental power that could change attributes,
Semi-transparent sharp Magic wind blades formed four elemental slashes under the swing of the Magic Greatsword. Wind attribute Magic was known for its speed!
Before the Dragonian could even get close to Minori, both of his arms and legs were simultaneously hit by the wind attribute slashes!
Puff! Puff! Puff! Puff!
The dark golden scales were broken, and blood flowers burst out on both arms and legs simultaneously.
"—Ah ah ah." The Dragonian roared in shock and anger, flying backward at a faster speed than he had charged in.
Leaving a clear mark on the desert.