Chapter 651: Just... how ridiculous was this!?
After the Sky Army left, after the Steel Dragon had the conversation he wanted with Kael, he looked at the battlefield one more time, then specifically at the Velmourns, then, with what seemed like a disappointed look on his face, he slowly moved towards an open land far away from the blood, covered with thick, clean snow that had no trace of blood on it.
He landed there, folded his wings and... he settled down.
Kael looked at the situation with a somewhat surprised look on his face, but he understood.
This action was the Steel Dragon saying that he wouldn’t be leaving now, he said he would protect him and... that’s what he was going to do.
And that made Kael feel overwhelmed.
Being protected by a Steel Dragon—
It was an absurd feeling, especially when the Dragon in question was as strong as what he was seeing...
Kael gulped as he saw those monstrous stats in front of him.
[Name: Ferrakar]
[Race: Steel Dragon]
[Rank: Mythical]
[Age: 1317 Years]
[Level: 218]
[Strength: 1,483]
[Agility: 1,008]
[Speed: 987]
[Stamina: 1,242]
[Defense: 1,993]
[Mana: 828]
[Intelligence: 1,614]
[Charisma: 1,247]
[Strengths: Extreme Physical Power, Near-Invulnerable Scales, Steel Affinity, Shockwave Generation, Dragon Fear Aura, Exceptional Aerial Mobility, Immense Endurance]
[Weaknesses: Lower Magical Flexibility, Limited Long-Range Options, Reliance on Physical Combat, Slower Mana Recovery]
...
Yes.
These were the stats of the Steel Dragon.
An entity who had decided to now protect Kael.
And he...
He couldn’t believe it.
Just... how ridiculous was this!?
His average stats were 1200!!
TWELVE HUNDRED!!
ONE THOUSAND AND TWO HUNDRED!!
That was AVERAGE!
A level two hundred and eighteen!
A THREE digit number!
It made absolutely no sense!
Kael felt the hair on his back rise when he saw those stats, all this while, no matter how strong an enemy he was facing was, he never felt... hopeless.
Even as he stood in front of Astrael’s bond, the bond who had more than twice the stats he did, somewhere in his heart, he knew that if he went all out and timed his attack well—
He could win.
Even if he couldn’t, he knew that at some point, as he got stronger and stronger, sooner or later, the beast would stand no chance against him.
But...
This entity...?
When Kael saw him, when he looked at those absurd stats—
He couldn’t help but feel... overwhelmed.
He couldn’t imagine himself ever reaching that level and how could he?
That thing was more than thirteen hundred years old, while he, even when he became a Demi God, would only live for about... one hundred and fifty years...
How could he ever reach the level the Dragon had?
Kael felt it.
The difference between a man and a dragon, he felt it loud and clear.
And in the end—
He only closed his eyes and sighed.
This was a good thing that an entity as strong as that had decided to protect him, instead of being so worked up about it, he should celebrate it.
Though right now—
He couldn’t exactly celebrate.
He had more important things to do, so with that thought in his mind, he exhaled, letting all his riled up emotions out, then, he moved and landed on the ground.
"Kael..."
Lavinia walked towards him.
"You should rest."
Kael spoke as he looked at her.
"I am fine now."
She answered. Kael looked at her, her face was not pale because Eira healed her, but still—
"Sit down, Lav.
Please?"
Lavinia looked at him for a moment, then, she nodded. Kael smiled, he gently moved with her and made her sit properly, as if he was worried that if she moved too much on her own, she might hurt herself.
"You should sometimes take care of yourself the way you take care of me."
Lavinia spoke as she looked at him with a small, gentle smile and Kael—
He suddenly kissed her lips.
"!!!"
Lavinia’s eyes widened in surprise, however, before she could experience it properly, Kael moved away, then, he smiled at her.
"As long as I can steal some of these, I’ll be more than fine."
Lavinia lowered her head at those words then—
"You can get these as much as you want..."
She spoke in a very low voice, then, in an even lower voice—
"...get more if you want."
Kael smiled at her.
Eira, who was with Lavinia all this time, looked at the two with curious eyes. Kael then picked her up.
"Can you heal more?"
He asked, completely ignoring what he just did. He did not want to talk about it, especially not with his youngest.
’Look at you, Father~
Way to go~’
Vitaria, who had returned to the Sanctuary right after she was done, teased Kael, he ignored her as well.
"Yes!!"
Eira nodded at him, she was more than ready to heal.
So Kael put her down, letting her go and heal the injured, while he himself turned towards the rest.
Morvain and the other Alliance Leaders were waiting for him, well, it was mostly the other Alliance Leaders, Morvain, along with the other Velmourns were... comparatively silent.
After all, the Steel Dragon’s words still rang in their ears, and they felt... humiliated.
The worst part?
They couldn’t even stand against the Steel Dragon and it wasn’t just because they were scared, it was also because somewhere in their hearts, they too, believed every single thing the Dragon said.
Kael looked at them, he could tell what they were thinking but right now, he had no way to make them feel better—
Instead, he did what was important right now.
"Start moving the injured."
He ordered.
And with that, the battle’s aftermath began.
The soldiers reacted to his words, whatever was being done before everything happened, started again. The soldiers who could move started helping those who could not, shields were turned into stretchers, torn clothes were used to stop the bleeding.
And with that—
With Kael in charge, the battlefield started moving again.
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