Thomas called out to Thea, snapping her out of madness in time.

She did not strike a deadly blow. Instead, she only knocked the Thunder King away.

Thomas had his own selfish reason for stopping hers.

He knew the dragon was powerful and would not be easily slain.

Losing a strong asset now would make slaying the dragon a more precarious task.

The Thunder King possessed considerable strength and was not weaker than a martial artist who had reached the Skyward Stairway’s Ninth Stair. Such stre