The spray of blood across his chest caused Lyle to be stumped for words.

He had already mentally prepared himself for death as it was an unavoidable strike.

However, what happened was out of his expectation.

The claw that was thrown at him at a speed far exceeding the normal ranges---had almost pierced his chest.

“—away, FROM MY BROTHER—!”

"Aaaaaarrrgghhh!"

Following the sound of an atmospheric explosion, there were two other shouts.

*Guish*— came the sound of a body being penetrated.

Blood sprayed and dyed Lyle in red. His glossy black hair and pure white skin were given a blood-red layer of foundation as a large amount of blood spewed from the punctured organs.

A girl he had never met before but gave him a sense of familiarity was in now in front of him. She had a very beautiful crimson hair and bountiful chest. Her face was untouched by makeup of any kind, and yet, that did nothing to mar her beauty.

She possess a pair of phoenix like eyes, sharp shoulders and an elegant neck. All of which emitted a sense of nobility.

Her fist which was covered by crimson flames had made contact with the black dragon clone’s skull before receiving the strike from the claws and sent it flying.

Her face was certainly beautiful, Lyle was sure of that but now it was twisted in agony and pain, with her breaths coming shallow and rapid, Lyle had turned pale as blood drained out of his complexion.

He was actually save by a girl she didn't know ?

What's happening here ?

Seeming to have seen something that he did not want to believe, he whispered:

“……Who, are you……?”

She had suffered a fatal injury. The claw of the black dragon clone had ripped open her abdomen, puncturing her organs.

"Are ... you okay ?"

However, the girl ignored her bleeding body as she immediately turned around and face Lyle. Her once pained face soften as she gave him a face filled worry.

“……why?”

Seeing that Lyle didn't suffer any injury, the beautiful girl felt relieved.

“…Urgh…”

At this moment, her face was once again covered with intense pain as she covered her abdomen with her hand.

“You…You…”

"I'm fine ..." The girl noticed Lyle's worried look and gave him a wry smile.

"This is nothing ..."

"But ..." Lyle gasped for breath. His throat felt like it was packed with hot coals.

... ...

The black dragon stared at the new intruder. His face twisted in anger and madness.

"How dare ... "

"That's enough ... fake!"

Before he could curse the new intruder, above him stood a little girl. Looking grim and angry. Her eyes swirled with kaleidoscopic colors, like portals to another world.

"You have overstepped your boundary!"

"Who are you ? No, this aura ... undead ?" The black dragon wrinkled his nose as if he smelled a dragon with intestinal problems.

"You should've stayed your claws away from him ..." The little girl turned her swirling eyes toward Lyle.

" ... but now ... you have declared a war between us, fake dragon!"

When the little girl muttered that, faint layers of fog began to leak from her little body.

---Undead Miasma.

Immediately after, the forest burst into a fit of chaos, and the surrounding small beasts that were hiding not far away from them were terrified as they flee from the place.

The plants and trees, even the ground that touched by the black fog began to wither and died. It was comparable to the day of the apocalypse.

Black fog was lingering around, the auras of death were fluctuating, the forest had already changed into the Domain of Death!

"How dare you call me fake!" But the black dragon was not the least bit intimidated as it also began to emit its own black aura.

With regards to the crimson haired girl and Lyle, the undead miasma was unable to affect them and seemed like they were being avoided intentionally.

"I will explain after this ..." At this moment, the crimson haired girl turned her face towards the black dragon.

Her expression was really evil, her fiery red eyes was emitting dense killing intent, she could feel the boiling rage deep in her heart.

“... but for now, I need to make sure that fake bastard pay for everything that he did to you!"

The crimson girl in front of him held a ball of crimson hot fire in her hand. Her eyes were as wild as a cornered animal's.

She glared at the black dragon with flames in her eyes --- quite literally.

Her irises had become disks of orange fire. Her crimson aura flickered dangerously causing Lyle to think that he had never been scared of a beautiful girl like this before.

She was terrifying, of course but Lyle stood his ground. He was gobsmacked when these people appeared in front of him.

He was saved by a beautiful girl he didn't know and it seemed like she was being intimate with him as if she knows him before.

And that little girl who was standing in the air above the black dragon and was emitting this deadly fog ... she seemed to be familiar. And he felt that he had meet her before ...

Although he couldn't clearly see her face because of the black fog, Lyle felt as if he knows her.

“Screeeeeeech!”

A very awe-inspiring and scary sharp screech suddenly resounded in the forest. And from the little girl, a bunch of ghastly ghost appeared.

The screech of this netherworld ghost caused goosebumps to continuously emerge, the screech was extremely bizarre and scary.

The aura of the death was fluctuating violently, it was as if they had just entered the eerie and terrifying underworld!

“Screeeeeeech!”

And yet another bone-chilling whistle of the ghost resounded, endless amount of darkness surged up violently in the twinkling of an eye. That was actually a surge of raging deathly aura!

“This ... you aren't just an ordinary undead.” At this moment, the black dragon's face finally change.

Even though his voice was shaky, he still didn't retreat and looked sharply at the little girl.

"Engraved my name ... fake dragon ..." The little girl spoke. Her voice were splintered and void of any emotions. "I'm Lucia, born under the world tree, the princess of the undead!"

A moment of surprise passed over the black dragon's serpent like face. He then hid it with a smile.

"He! Princess of the undead ? Quite an amusing one, but to call this king a fake. I will make sure to kill you and become my nourishment!"

Lucia's eyes narrowed as she snorted in disgust.

Meanwhile, hearing the black dragon's words, the crimson haired woman in front of Lyle couldn't help but snarled at him. "Impudent fake bastard."

She then thrust out her hand. Flames wreathed her fingers.

"Whoa" Lyle has seen a beauty get angry before, but the burn-your-smile-off attack seemed a little been harsh even for her.

Dozens of fireballs flew towards the black dragon.

"More pests."

Seeing this, the black dragon only snort and in an instant, a black figure appeared in front of him blocking all the fire balls.

This figure was its clone which was sent flying by the crimson woman a while ago.

That became the long awaited signal of the fight, and the battle finally broke out.

Lucia vs. the real body of the black dragon while the crimson woman began fighting with the clone.

Lucia summoned ghosts and specter to attack the black dragon while it was being countered by the black dragon by using its shadow and dragon roars.

Brandishing its claws and tails which was covered by something dark indiscriminately, it slowly erased them little by little.

Seeing this scene, Lucia couldn't help but furrowed his brows in displeasure. She then gritted her pearl white teeth and summoned a huge skeleton.

“You dare? A tiny thing like you!?”

The Black dragon wheeled in midair and controlled the sky, the black dragon then used magic. It was a being which didn’t even need complicated spells or embellishments.

Lightning bolts the size of the its body and huge insects were summoned and fell below. The giant skeleton flailed wildly and Undeads were exterminated.

Though it was a fake dragon, its appearance wasn't for nothing!

... ...