It was a guaranteed loss if he went into an inescapable fight shaking in fear. Zich mustered up all his courage and got ready to face the dragon. Yet, as expected, a dragon wasn’t an enemy he could easily defeat with merely self-assurance and confidence. Shaaaa!

The dragon opened its mouth again. This was its third breath, and the dragon was too close to the battlefield for Zich to hope that it would miss its mark again. Its slit pupils inside its bright yellow eyes spotted Zich.

Shaaaaa! As Zich expected, the third breath was aimed straight at him.

“You guys, evade on your own!” Zich said to his companions and jumped sideways. All of Zich’s companions could take care of themselves, so that was all he needed to say to them. Chelsea and Pina were near him, but Zich didn’t bother with them.

‘Glen Zenard’s companions can figure things out on their own.’ Zich let them be since it seemed like they no longer had any will to fight, but it still didn’t change the fact that they were enemies.

Baaam! The dragon’s breath roasted the area Zich had just left. Mana-infused fire burned and penetrated the ground, and Byner’s corpse...