Clenching his teeth, Kode slowly stood up; he had to leave, he couldn't die here.
But accompanied by another sharp cry, the Iron Pattern Sword flew towards him with slightly less momentum than before, severing Kode's right leg.
Just as Kode stood up, he collapsed to the ground once again—even though his Heart Light Body could phase between incorporeal and corporeal, forming a new pair of legs, there was no time left for him.
Both the shadow of the dragon and the human arrived before him.
——Defeated.
The word flashed through Kode's mind, and he was acutely aware that there was no chance of turning the tables. Ian alone was a match for him, and with a True Dragon whose strength was feared to be even greater than his own in support, Kode's chances of victory were zero; fleeing, on the other hand, left him a glimmer of hope.
But now, even escape was impossible; he was destined to die here, beneath the Iron Dragon Nest.
