Traveler of the River of Time and Space-Chapter 449 - 51: Ancient Dragon Summit 2

Can Prince Lorien still stand?

Su Ziyu’s gaze involuntarily fell on the newly resurrected Prince Lorien. There was no doubt about the prince’s strength; he was definitely one of the top warriors of the era.

But no matter how formidable a warrior is, losing both legs would greatly diminish their strength, let alone Prince Lorien, who is inherently a knight adept in close combat. In the recent battle, Prince Lorien had to rely on his knees to move, sometimes even crawling with the help of one arm. Yet, despite this, he completely anticipated Su Ziyu’s attack directions, blocking all attacks, while the second prince was only collateral damage due to the lightning’s uncertainty.

Prince Lorien held a sword with one hand throughout, using the other hand to aid his movement. His speed was considerably slow, and he lacked agility, relying entirely on rich battle experience and a robust body to withstand attacks.

If he could stand again, Prince Lorien’s strength would at least double.

"Alright." Su Ziyu nodded and said, "I will help you retrieve the soul of the Nameless King."

It was clearly unrealistic to expect both the princes of Lorric to crawl to the Fire Transmission Ritual Site. Before coming, he didn’t expect these two to deteriorate to such an extent due to the curse.

"Then I leave everything to you, sir." Lorric’s second prince slightly bowed his head and then softly said, "You’ll need some ceremonial secret techniques to reach the peak of the Ancient Dragon."

"They can be found in the Demon King Courtyard in Lothric Royal City."

"If possible."

"I hope you can kill the mad Demon King. He is the one who brought the plague to Lothric Royal City."

Kill the Demon King?

Su Ziyu thought for a moment and said, "I understand."

He lingered briefly in the Lorric prince’s chambers before temporarily leaving with Sister Fried.

"The second prince cannot be fully trusted," Sister Fried said cautiously.

Su Ziyu nodded in understanding and slowly said, "But we still need to give it a try. Too few people in this world retain their sanity."

"Tell me about the Demon King."

Sister Fried recalled for a moment and then softly said, "The Demon King Oslorais, he was once the king of Lorric."

"But later, he became obsessed with the dragon faith and fixated on transforming into a dragon."

"It is said that Human Pus was brought about by his evil research. I’m not entirely sure of the specifics. He’s been confined to that area for a long time."

A madman.

Many assassins once tried to assassinate the Demon King Oslorais, but they all failed in the end.

Since then, the Demon King Oslorais sealed off his courtyard and devoted himself to studying dragon transformation magic under the protection of knights who remained loyal to him. This continued until the outbreak of the civil war in Lothric Royal City. Believing his research to have succeeded, the Demon King spread some strange glowing substances into the royal city, and soon after, Human Pus began to spread on a large scale.

Without a doubt.

The Demon King Oslorais’s research failed, bringing forth a terrible plague.

Demon King Courtyard.

As Su Ziyu approached this area, he immediately noticed that the pollution here was much more severe than other places. Grey-black mist hovered above the ground, mixed with unsettling bizarre vegetation amidst the withered plants.

"Alert! Alert!"

"Pollution source detected!...Detected Human Pus pollution!..."

Two undead soldiers wielding swords appeared ahead.

Before Su Ziyu could get closer, their bodies began to swell rapidly, and a disgusting black viscous substance surged forth, gradually forming a gigantic claw.

Human Pus.

Unlike the Human Pus infectees encountered outside, the infectees here exhibited dragon-like claw features. Their bodies were completely covered by the black Human Pus and transformed instantly upon detecting someone approaching, flinging aside nearby corpses and rushing towards them.

——"Thunder Spear!"

A mass of golden electric light appeared.

Su Ziyu raised his hand and hurled the Thunder Spear. Compared to at the start, dealing with these Human Pus infectees had become much easier, as the power of lightning was effective against them.

"Gained 3 Source Power Value."

"Gained 2 Source Power Value."

The battle didn’t last very long.

Su Ziyu and Sister Fried each dealt with one infectee, quickly ending the fight. However, there were more Human Pus infectees near the Demon King Courtyard, with many targets emitting red spiritual light within his sensing range.

Rumble!

A loud noise echoed from a distance.

Sister Fried cautiously stepped half a pace closer to Su Ziyu, whispering, "It’s a dragon!"

There was a Flying Dragon infected by Human Pus here.

Su Ziyu had seen it before coming here. It attempted to fly but then fell back down.

"Let’s go take a look." Su Ziyu said softly.

Since arriving in this world, he had seen many giant dragons, but most were dead. He hadn’t fought a living Flying Dragon yet, so now was the perfect time to check it out.

Clang.

Su Ziyu drew out his Dragon-Hunting Spear.

As the two of them crossed the palace ahead, at a relatively empty courtyard, a massive Flying Dragon lay on the ground, its expression seemingly pained, occasionally struggling. If any undead approached, whether they were Undead or Human Pus infectees, they would be burned to a crisp by the searing Dragon Breath it exhaled.