Online Game: I Started with Max Charisma and Caught the Goddess's Eye - Chapter 523

523: Chapter 523: Rendezvous in the City 523: Chapter 523: Rendezvous in the City Luca, after running at full speed, threw himself into battle as soon as he arrived at the southern gate of Dragon Bone City.

At that moment, the gate was guarded by a small squad of Dragonkin Berserkers.

When they were attacked by Luca, they couldn’t react in time.

With the swing of Luca’s Dragon-Slayer Greatsword, the Dragonkin Berserkers stationed at the gate were swiftly eliminated.

After clearing all the enemies, Luca was finally able to return to Dragon Bone City.

However, Luca didn’t immediately enter the city.

He stood at the gate, gazing at the sky filled with flames inside the city, seemingly hesitant.

“What are you still hesitating about?

Do you have other concerns?” Sophia asked, somewhat confused.

Luca nodded.

“What if Crimson King has already been killed by the enemy?

If that really happens, wouldn’t all our actions be meaningless?” He said, his voice filled with worry.

Sophia didn’t immediately respond.

She, of course, understood that Luca’s concern wasn’t unfounded.

But at the same time, she didn’t think it was likely that Crimson King would be so easily killed by the Dragon King.

From the current situation, it seemed that the Dragon King had not directly participated in the attack on Dragon Bone City.

“So, we should speed up our actions!” Sophia said naturally.

“We need to ensure Crimson King’s safety.

If you keep hesitating, we might not be able to save him.

There’s no need to think about anything else right now.

Our only choice is to quickly rescue Crimson King.” Luca listened quietly and then nodded silently.

He then gripped the Dragon-Slayer Greatsword and charged toward Dragon Bone City.

Once inside the city, he followed the main road, heading towards Crimson King’s palace.

Around the main road, there were large numbers of Dragonkin warriors.

Some were patrolling the area, while others were fighting against the remaining soldiers of Crimson King.

The moment they encountered Luca, the Dragonkin warriors reacted in unison.

They immediately grabbed their weapons and launched an attack on Luca.

However, their strength was simply too weak, and Luca didn’t need to expend much effort at all.

He swiftly eliminated all the Dragonkin warriors blocking his path.

In less than a quarter of an hour, he had reached the entrance to the central district of Dragon Bone City.

The entrance to the central district had once been very wide, but after the Black Dragon’s attack on the city, the iconic dragon skeleton of Dragon Bone City had collapsed.

The remains of the dragon skeleton fell directly onto the entrance of the central district, narrowing the passage significantly.

Taking advantage of this, the Dragonkin that had infiltrated the city seized control of the narrow passageways.

Using the terrain to their advantage, they blocked Crimson King’s subordinates from entering the central district to provide support.

Due to the intense battles that had already taken place earlier, the entrance to the central district was littered with the bodies of soldiers from both factions.

When Luca arrived, the Dragonkin stationed at the narrow passage immediately launched an attack.

A barrage of poisoned arrows came flying from the dark corners of the narrow passage toward Luca.

Luca easily dodged the arrows.

Thanks to the Shadow Perception ability granted to him by the Goddess of the Night, he didn’t need to focus too intently to sense attacks coming from the shadows.

After evading the first volley of poisoned arrows, he gripped the Dragon-Slayer Greatsword and charged toward the narrow passage at the entrance to the central district.

His signature move caused panic among the Dragonkin warriors guarding the passage.

The Dragonkin warriors immediately responded.

The Dragonkin archers began retreating while continuing to fire at Luca, while the Dragonkin Berserkers positioned themselves right at the front of the narrow entrance, preparing to block Luca’s assault head-on.

These Berserkers intended to take Luca’s attacks directly.

Meanwhile, other support-class units, such as Dragonkin assassins, hid in the shadows, waiting for the moment when Luca and the Berserkers engaged in direct combat, so they could ambush Luca.

To be fair, the Dragonkin warriors guarding the narrow passage had exceptional combat skills and strategies.

If it weren’t for Luca, they could have easily held their ground.

But they were facing Luca, whose strength far exceeded anything they had imagined.

The moment Luca collided with the Dragonkin Berserkers, the Berserkers were immediately killed by the overwhelming force of his Dragon-Slayer Greatsword.

Luca didn’t even pause for a moment as he charged into the narrow passage.

This action threw the Dragonkin soldiers into chaos.

The Dragonkin assassins, who had been waiting for an opportunity to ambush Luca, immediately decided to flee.

They realized that staying here would not only fail to defeat Luca, but they would also soon be caught in a huge crisis, so fleeing was the most reasonable choice.

The Dragonkin assassins, having been hiding in the shadows all this time, managed to escape without trouble.

However, the Dragonkin archers had no way to escape.

Luca continued to charge forward, quickly closing the distance between him and the Dragonkin archers.

The archers, in despair, launched their attacks, but not a single arrow managed to hit Luca.

When Luca finally reached the Dragonkin archers, they had lost their last means of resistance.

When the last of the Dragonkin archers was killed by Luca, the passage to the central district was once again cleared.

At this point, it had been less than an hour since Luca had first returned to Dragon Bone City.

After eliminating all the enemies, Luca looked up toward the sky, in the direction of Crimson King’s palace.

He saw Black Dragon Marcel standing guard at the palace entrance.

At that moment, Black Dragon Marcel also turned his gaze toward Luca.

Their eyes briefly met.

In that instant, both of them realized that the other was their greatest opponent.

Luca was the first to look away.

Once the enemy’s identity had been confirmed, it was clear that immediate action was needed.

Luca decided he would quickly head to Crimson King’s palace and eliminate the massive black dragon.

Just as he was about to move, Lucas’ voice suddenly called out from a distance.

“Luca, is that you?” Accompanying the voice were the heavy footsteps of Lucas and Andrea.

Luca turned in the direction of the sound.

A disheveled Lucas and Andrea appeared in his line of sight.

It was obvious that the two had been through several battles.

However, neither seemed injured; there were no visible wounds on their bodies.

The blood on their faces and clothing appeared to be from the enemy.

“It’s good to see you’re alright!” Luca said, his tone cold.

“The situation is extremely critical right now.

We can’t waste a single moment.

We must head to Crimson King’s palace as quickly as possible.” As he spoke, he looked back toward the direction of the palace.

Andrea and Lucas both followed his gaze, focusing on the same direction.

Neither of the two opposed Luca’s judgment.

However, both of them were slightly concerned.

After Luca finished speaking, Andrea immediately asked, “Weren’t you on a mission to clear the Dusk Wharf?

Have you already completed the mission?

Or did you abandon it midway just to come back and assist us?” In Andrea’s view, the mission to clear the Dusk Wharf was not something that could be completed in a short amount of time.

He also had some understanding of the Dusk Wharf.

Once inside the Dusk Wharf, all communication with the outside world would be cut off.

So if Luca hadn’t completed the task of clearing the Dusk Wharf, there was no way he could have known about the attack on Dragon Bone City.

How could he have returned early otherwise?

In this situation, the only explanation would be that Luca had already known Dragon Bone City was going to be attacked, so he intentionally avoided entering the Dusk Wharf.

This would mean Luca was Andrea’s enemy.

This was Andrea’s greatest concern.

Luca quickly nodded.

“I’ve already completed the task of clearing the Dusk Wharf!

And while I was there, I found this!” He pulled out the Dusk Seal, which glowed with a dim yellow light.

The moment Andrea and Lucas saw the Dusk Seal, they both immediately realized that Luca was indeed telling the truth.

Although neither of them knew much about the Dusk Seal, the immense power emanating from it was something both of them could sense.

Such a powerful item could only be found in the deepest parts of the Dusk Wharf after completing the mission.

“Then let’s move out!

We need to hurry and assist Crimson King!” The sight of the Dusk Seal dispelled the last bit of doubt in Andrea’s heart.

Without further hesitation, the three of them set off at full speed toward Crimson King’s palace.

At the same time, Black Dragon Marcel at the palace entrance retracted his massive wings.

“You fools don’t know when to quit!

Since you don’t value your lives and are coming to challenge me, I’ll show you just how powerful I truly am!” Black Dragon Marcel’s form shifted from that of a massive dragon to that of a Dragonkin.

Although his dragon form was incredibly strong, he couldn’t fully utilize his advantages when facing human enemies.

The Dragonkin form was the most advantageous when facing humans.

In this form, Black Dragon Marcel could fully utilize the immense physical strength of his dragon form, while also being able to cast spells throughout the battle.

Although Black Dragon Marcel appeared very confident in front of his subordinates, deep down he harbored some concerns.

However, his worries were not due to Luca’s presence but because of Crimson King.

After all, once Luca and the others reached the entrance of Crimson King’s palace and engaged him in combat, Crimson King would inevitably succeed in breaking the seal that Black Dragon Marcel had set.

At that point, Black Dragon Marcel would find himself surrounded by Crimson King and Luca’s group.