The Fractured Mage

Chapter 77 - Fire Dragon Lord

I was completely frozen in fear, unable to move a muscle or utter a single word, the Ether projectile I was charging up fading as my mind blanked and my concentration disappeared, drowned by the immense terror my body was wracked with as my realization of what the creature before me was sunk in.

The Dragon was massive, his body covered in fiery red scales and towering over us. He had long, pointy black horns on his head that curved backwards slightly, a row of narrow, curved spikes down his back and along his tail, razor sharp fangs and claws, and his body was emitting an ominous, stifling heat across the area.

"I asked you a question, human. Did you not understand me?" Inquired the Dragon menacingly.

"I-I, uh...," I trailed off as my voice got stuck in my throat, the fear keeping me from speaking.

Hm? Is that blood?

There was a shallow puncture wound on the Dragon's right shoulder, blood trickling down from it. W-wait, don't tell me...did the attack I used to kill that Minotaur en