A mage's journey begins with a battle mage.

Chapter 546 Nidhogg

"There are tiny bugs everywhere, they're so delicious!"

Nidhogg grinned maliciously as he looked down at the civilians who were scattering and fleeing.

"Lord Nidhogg, according to the contract, shouldn't you...?"

A sweating official from the empire offered a reminder from the side.

"I know, wait a minute! Can't I even have some fun?!"

After saying that, Nidhogg ignored the official and grabbed dozens of people with his claws. Then, like eating French fries, he stuffed them into his gaping maw and chewed them up.

"Ah, this tastes so nostalgic. I used to eat it when I was a kid, but I don't know why I haven't been able to find it since. I never thought..."

The official standing nearby felt a chill run down his spine as he looked at the monstrous black dragon.

Without a doubt, he's a madman.

Of course, it's a fact without him saying it; after all, you can't expect a black dragon to be mentally sound.

Watching the black dragon reminisce about the taste of his childhood, the official felt a pang of sadness, and at the same time, some other thoughts arose in his mind.

This empire is no longer safe to stay in. If the empire allows the other side to eat people now, then he will be the one to be eaten in the future. Don't be fooled by his current prestige as an official of the empire; what will become of him in the future?

What about his descendants?

Do we have to live in a place like this too?

The moment the thought of surrender arises, one suddenly feels the vastness of the world.

Why even think about the revival of the empire and your own future? You might as well surrender and at least live a decent life, instead of staying here living hand to mouth.

Of course, he hasn't shown any reaction yet. Although he wants to surrender, he'll only do so if the other side can defeat the dragon.

"Great! Let's do it again!"

Nidhogg became addicted to the food and began to slaughter the people without any restraint.

Everyone remained silent on this matter.

He quickly grew tired of it.

"Give me the map. Where is that Jiang something-zhou?"

Although Nidhogg lived a long time, he was illiterate, did not do good deeds, and loved killing and arson.

He doesn't read books at all, he's bound to do evil, he's always thinking about food, and he's always fighting.

"Honorable Dragon God, your enemy is here."

"Huh? I can't read!"

"what?"

The officials standing nearby were dumbfounded. "You're so capable, yet you can't read?"

Fortunately, Nidhogg is illiterate, but he is a Moonlit Legend, which theoretically gives him the ability to translate languages.

"Where is this place called 'An' or 'Something'?"

As he spoke, Nidhogg casually scooped up a bunch of people and put them in his mouth.

"..."

"Lord Dragon God, let me take you there."

There was no other way; in order to complete the mission and minimize casualties, the official decided to take some risks himself and bring Nidhogg over.

In the short time it took to talk like that, the other party had already eaten more than 10,000 people. That's outrageous.

"Then let's go!"

After saying that, Nidhogg grabbed the other with its claws, flapped its wings, and took off.

Then... he ate the official whole.

"I just blurted it out..."

This was awkward. Nidhogg, having just gotten used to the food, hadn't even noticed and stuffed the official into his mouth. By the time he realized it, it was too late; the official had already been digested.

Left with no other option, Nidhogg found another officer who knew the way, and then, with the officer's resolute gaze, grabbed him and flew towards Jiang Shuzhou's location.

This time, however, he restrained his desires, did not make a move, did not exert force, and did not eat the person, so the other party was unharmed.

maybe.

Looking at the officer who was being squeezed half to death, Nidhogg thought to himself.

But now that we've arrived at the destination, the other party is no longer of any use to us.

With a casual toss, Nidhogg looked at the magnificent city in the distance, his eyes gleaming with excitement.

"Roar! Go forth, my servants, slaughter everything here!"

Immediately afterwards, Nidhogg let out a sinister laugh.

Countless black, twisted dragon beasts charged madly toward the city, intending to trample it down and then kill, burn, and loot everything!

However, they were ultimately overthinking it.

This time, no army came to fight, and the soldiers defending the city acted as if they hadn't seen anything and did nothing.

"What happened? Did they give up?"

Some dragon beasts had an idea, but they quickly gave up thinking about it.

Why think so much? Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill!

A land dragon beast ran wildly alongside the main force, its mind filled with bloodlust.

However, sometimes the roles of predator and prey are reversed.

it's dark.

Then, to the disbelief of the dragons, they saw a crimson expanse.

One after another, enormous tentacles, as if scooping up food, precisely pierced through the dragon army.

With a soft thud, the earth dragon's body was pierced, then a second, a third, and a fourth.

Four earth dragons, strung together, were sent into a gaping maw.

"This is... an alchemical behemoth?!"

Despite being uneducated and incompetent, Nidhogg still knew about mages and what they were capable of.

"No, that's...that's a floating city!!"

The adjutant beside him spoke in a trembling voice, his expression panicked.

A living, floating city!

High in the sky, Jiang Shuzhou controlled the floating city, devouring these dragon beasts. The dragons and dragon beasts below were like skewers of meat, their bodies pierced by sharp tentacles and then sent into the countless gaping maws below the floating city, where they were slaughtered and their flesh separated from their bones.

"Sure enough, I told you we wouldn't need to expend any materials or effort. Isn't this just a gift delivered to our doorstep?"

Although Jiang Shuzhou could do these things too, he wanted to save as much as possible, since someone was offering it to him anyway.

The flesh and blood city below is slowly growing stronger under the nourishment of countless dragon beast flesh and blood, and little by little, the city is expanding.

Although the cost of this expansion is countless lives.

"Main gun charging, let me see its power!"

The enormous floating city drifted on the water, its countless tentacles reaching out to prey on the dragons below.

Now all the dragon beasts knew why the other party hadn't left the city; it turned out there was a deadly weapon hidden there.

"Lord Nidhogg, what do we do now?"

"..."

At this point, Nidhogg was honestly considering running away.

When did the other side acquire the floating city? Was it in the main plane?

Moreover, this thing looks really powerful.

How could he possibly fight it? Even ordinary floating cities are not something that can be dealt with by ordinary mid-level divine power, let alone this one, which is obviously not an ordinary thing.

Who provided this intelligence? Who said there weren't any floating cities on the other side?

The most dangerous thing was that the enemy's cannon was already aimed at him, and at the same time, a strange feeling of being watched came over him.

Nidhogg understood that he had been marked.

This way, he can no longer run away at will.

"Hmph, attack! Don't stop!"