Mang Hou

Chapter 538 Ambush of the Silver Dragon

Chapter 1 The Tea Party

In the room of the inn, Suren and the Imperial Relative Garcia Haydn were sipping tea, discussing topics that were meant to test each other.

Suren had to admit that the guy in front of him was truly someone who could accomplish great things.

Even in his home turf of the royal capital, Ekronessa, with everything seemingly in his grasp, the old fox remained extremely cautious. He kept urging Suren to drink the poisoned tea, putting on a flawless performance.

But what he didn't know was that Suren had the All-Knowing Eye. Any sophisticated poisoning methods were as good as non-existent in his eyes.

The other party seemed to be waiting for something.

Suren wasn't in a hurry either. He asked for information and waited for the opportunity to strike a fatal blow.

Outside the window, on a tall tower, Isabel, the kind-hearted assassin who had warned him earlier, was watching the two in the inn with a gloomy face.

How could she not know Garcia's cunning? Seeing Suren drinking the tea without any precautions, the female assassin secretly spat, "Is this guy an idiot? I told him to be careful, yet he still dares to drink tea with an old fox like Garcia! Why would my brother send me to save such a guy!"

...

Inside the room, the conversation continued.

Although he had seen that the other party was already intent on killing him, Suren was really puzzled: Why would the royal family want to attack him?

He felt that he was a "guest from overseas" who had brought news of a planar invasion. There was no reason to take action without even asking, right?

There was no motive at all.

But the truth was, the old fox had poisoned him as soon as they met, and there were definitely other tricks outside.

"Could it be 'Helen'? No, she's here for a tribulation. She wouldn't need to go through so much trouble to kill me, would she..."

Suren felt as if he was missing a crucial piece of information.

Just then, a loud dragon roar suddenly rang out outside the window.

Even without looking, Suren knew that Princess Becky and the sixth-tier silver dragon had flown over.

The proud princess saw Suren in the room from mid-air, jumped off the dragon's back, and rushed into the room angrily.

Garcia looked at the suddenly barging princess and said with a troubled expression, "Your Highness, I'm discussing important matters with a distinguished guest from overseas, you..."

It seemed like a genuine accident.

Princess Becky interrupted the old man and pointed a dragon spear at Suren, questioning him, "Bastard! Tell me, where is the swordsman who was with you?"

She wouldn't believe any nonsense like "I don't know."

That hateful woman dared to attack her, so she and her companions had to die!

"..."

Suren looked at the dragon spear, which was only a foot away from his head, and narrowed his eyes slightly.

She really was a woman who had never been beaten by society...

Suren also specially caught Garcia's expression out of the corner of his eye.

The old fox was saying that he wanted to stop the princess, but his expression was one of helplessness, as if he had no choice but to let her do as she pleased.

In other words, if Princess Becky really wanted to kill, the old fox would definitely not really stop her.

The tip of the dragon spear was wrapped in Battle Qi, indicating that she would attack at the slightest disagreement.

Suren was sure that the proud princess would definitely stab him with the spear.

"Is this a deliberate attempt to provoke me into attacking?"

Suren immediately realized that the proud princess might have been used as a pawn.

But since the other party was ready to attack, why would they allow a princess to come and spoil the situation?

He immediately guessed in his heart: "So, these guys also want to use my hand to kill this woman?"

No!

Even if I don't kill her, now that she's here, she's bound to die.

He had seen all kinds of political conspiracies among the nobles back in Luying. It wouldn't be strange for a princess to die.

Suren immediately understood some things.

So, what would be the consequences of killing Princess Becky?

A battle for the throne?

Princess Becky, who could tame a silver dragon, did have a great chance of sitting on the throne, but there was no need to use an outsider like him.

Or was Garcia a spy from the Parnia Kingdom or the Akatis Kingdom, trying to shake the foundations of the Silver Dragon Kingdom?

Suren thought of many possibilities in an instant.

But the motives weren't enough.

Suren felt that he didn't know anyone in the Dragon Kingdom, so there was no need for the other party to set up such a scheme.

Unless, they were enemies to begin with.

Enemies? Suren thought about it, and the only enemy who wanted him dead right now was: the people from the Celestial God Plane!

Did Garcia collude with the people from the Celestial God Plane?

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration came to his mind.

He had finally thought of an important detail that he had overlooked!

Across from the princess, Suren pondered for a moment and asked Garcia, "I'm curious, which deity do the wizards of the Haydn family believe in?"

Princess Becky was stunned when she heard this. She was asking a question, but the guy didn't seem to be answering her.

"Hey, hey, hey..."

She was about to get angry for being ignored.

But unexpectedly, Garcia responded calmly, "Oh... Your Excellency is quite perceptive. You actually noticed it so quickly."

The two of them talked to each other as if the royal princess in front of them didn't exist.

Speaking of his faith, Garcia's face showed a touch of piety towards the gods, and he said, "My Haydn family is a descendant of the Celestial Gods, so naturally, we believe in the great omniscient and omnipotent God."

As expected!

Suren finally understood when he heard this.

This guy was a Celestial God believer!

No wonder.

It wasn't a power struggle between kingdoms, and it wasn't just aimed at him.

Instead, those guys from the Celestial God Plane were using Garcia to infiltrate the Silver Dragon Kingdom.

And the Silver Dragon Kingdom also had an eight-tier Guardian Silver Dragon. If they didn't kill it, they would never be able to completely control it.

They were aiming for the eight-tier Silver Dragon on the Rocky Snow Mountain!

...

Today's plan was killing multiple birds with one stone.

If it really succeeded, the Silver Dragon Kingdom would lose its protection, and it would easily become controlled by the people from the Celestial God Plane.

Controlling such a large kingdom would not only increase the number of believers for the gods, but also greatly help those magicians in their search for the Well of Mimir.

However, even though he had guessed the whole truth, Suren didn't feel much of a sense of crisis.

If he wanted to leave, these people wouldn't be able to stop him.

He ignored the people in front of him and asked on the communicator, "Sister Qiantiao, what's the situation on your side?"

Qiantiiao immediately responded, "Someone is blocking me. It looks like someone is also going to make trouble for you."

The two had a tacit understanding, so they knew what was going on.

Suren asked again, "Can you handle it?"

Qiantiiao's dissatisfied mutter came from the communicator, "Oh, they underestimated me. They sent a few teams of seventh-tier dragon knights to surround and kill me without an eighth-tier..."

Suren didn't say anything more after hearing this.

Without an eighth-tier, Qiantiiao's strength wouldn't be easy to defeat.

...

At the same time, in the mountains a hundred kilometers away from the royal capital, Ekronessa.

Qiantiiao looked at the thousands of fully armed dragon knights surrounding her. She didn't have any intention of breaking through. Instead, her face was full of fighting spirit.

Just as she ended the communication, these guys in front of her had already started charging.

Qiantiiao instantly released her domain. The six-armed battle suit was released, and she held a blade in each hand, revealing a fierce appearance.

Thunder rumbled in the sky, and purple-red lightning exploded everywhere.

Unlike a few days ago, her Hell Domain at this moment was like a real hellish world. After drawing her sword, it was a strange blood-red color.

She looked at the dragon knights surrounding her, chuckled, and muttered to herself, "These guys don't really think that trapping me will be enough, do they? Hehe, you don't know how powerful Suren is... The more people there are, the more he can let go of his methods."

As soon as she finished speaking, the six-armed Rakshasa rose into the air, and lightning sword energy soared into the sky.

...

Suren also asked about the situation on the Eternal Night.

Similarly, they saw the dragon knight legion over there.

But the strength of the Dawn Corps wasn't weak, so they wouldn't be easily surrounded and killed without a ninth-tier powerhouse.

Suren informed them and didn't rush to teleport over. His attention returned to the room.

He pretended not to know and asked, "What do you mean by this, Your Excellency?"

Garcia looked at him with a fox-like sneer in his eyes, "You have quite the courage. You're still so calm in this situation."

He looked like he had Suren all figured out, and said, "Are you waiting for your swordsman partner, or are you waiting for the Dragon Hunter, Bartolo? But I'm sorry to tell you that they can't come."

Suren frowned when he heard this.

Did this guy want to plot against Bartolo today as well?

In the room, only Princess Becky hadn't reacted to what was happening. But she also sensed that the atmosphere was strange. She frowned and questioned, "What are you talking about?!"

Still, no one paid attention to her.

In the eyes of the two people in the room, she was already a dead person.

Suren didn't want to save her, and he couldn't.

Garcia dared to come alone, so he must have been fully prepared.

Moreover, he was strong. Suren had been unable to find a good opportunity to attack.

So he was waiting for the moment when the guy killed Princess Becky to have a chance for a fatal blow.

Seeing that no one was paying attention to her, the proud Princess Becky was instantly enraged. She vented her anger on Suren and thrust the spear at his head!

Suren tilted his head slightly and easily dodged it.

He didn't feel any anger towards this proud princess who had really shown killing intent. He just reminded her calmly, "Your Highness, the Imperial Relative is going to kill you. Escape if you can."

Whether he reminded her or not, the princess was bound to die.

Princess Becky was stunned when she heard this, and looked at Garcia next to her with a pair of innocent eyes.

Although she was rude and unreasonable, it didn't mean she was really stupid. She instantly realized that something was wrong.

Garcia was also slightly surprised. It seemed like he didn't want to continue pretending and said, "Hehe, Your Excellency is really impressive. You even guessed this. I'm curious, where did I reveal a flaw?"

He didn't expect to get an answer when he asked, and continued, "Now everyone has seen that Your Highness had a conflict with you. How do you explain this?"

With the crime of assassinating a princess, he would be surrounded and killed by the kingdom's army, and he would definitely die.

Suren asked nonchalantly, "Why should I explain?"

Princess Becky heard the conversation between the two and finally showed fear in her eyes. She suddenly had the intention of retreating and wanted to summon the silver dragon in the courtyard.

But how could Garcia let her leave the room alive?

At the moment she had the intention to move back, the white-robed wizard suddenly shouted, "Corpse Gu Explosion!" (Gu - poisonous insects used in black magic)

Then, with a "boom," Princess Becky's head exploded into a cloud of blood mist. A cloud of impenetrable fog instantly rose in the room.

At the same time, Suren also attacked!

Taking advantage of the moment when Garcia attacked, his Death Domain instantly erupted. His arm muscles bulged and swelled, and he conjured a large black scythe as if by magic, and swung it out fiercely.

In the fog, Garcia was still calm and composed a moment ago, but the next moment, he was overwhelmed by the terrifying death crisis and felt great horror in his heart: "How can it be so terrifying!"

As a seventh-tier white-robed wizard, he was confident that he had the means to fight any enemy of the same rank.

But he didn't expect that he would be suppressed by the strange domain, and he was actually intimidated?

Why was he so ridiculously strong!

Damn it!

In the intelligence, everyone said that the swordsman named Qiantiiao was the one to pay attention to. Why was this person also so strong!

Moreover, why wasn't he poisoned?

If he wasn't poisoned, it meant that the other party had seen through his plan from the first cup of tea when he entered the door?

How was that possible?

Garcia's mind was full of questions. It was the first time he had encountered such a strange opponent.

Suren didn't give him a chance to understand. He swung the black scythe in a wide horizontal cut, cutting him in half.

With a "puff," the sound of the robe tearing rang out.

Garcia's body was cut in half at the waist. A large amount of black blood spurted out from the cut, and a foul, poisonous stench filled the room.

The black crow next to him cawed, and Suren suddenly felt a sense of alertness.

Not having time to follow up with another attack, he instantly teleported out of the room.

At the same time that he was suspended in mid-air, the huge inn was suddenly crushed by a powerful gravity, collapsing into a pit of thousands of meters on the ground.

Suren wasn't affected, but the young silver dragon in the courtyard instantly died and was buried in the dust.

In the distance, Isabel, who was hiding in the high tower, was stunned.

She didn't understand what happened at all.

She had just seen Princess Becky rush in angrily and was worried that the foolish guy would suffer a loss. She was still thinking about making some noise to help him out.

But before she had time to think, the entire inn collapsed in front of her, and even the silver dragon was dead?

Isabel's face turned pale instantly. She didn't understand what happened at all.

But she knew that today's matter was going to cause a huge uproar.

...

Princess Becky and her mount died in the inn, and at the same time, someone shouted, "Princess Becky has been assassinated! Catch the murderer!"

Obviously, it was premeditated.

As soon as this voice sounded, the entire royal city was shaken. Countless royal guards began to assemble, and groups of wyverns flew into the sky above the city.

The most exaggerated thing was that a sorrowful dragon roar rang out from the snow mountain behind the royal palace that was too high to see the top.

"An eighth-tier dragon..."

Suren felt the terrifying pressure and his eyes sharpened.

In this situation, everyone would think that he was the murderer. He had to bear this black pot whether he wanted to or not.

But it didn't matter.

Suren didn't mean to teleport away from the scene. Time was tight, and he couldn't think too much.

He held the black umbrella in his hand and sensed the rapidly moving soul fluctuation a few hundred meters away.

Did he want to escape?

It wasn't that easy.

The wizard inheritance really had some life-saving abilities. He didn't kill Garcia with one strike just now, so he escaped with half of his body.

But once Suren had his eye on him, there was no way for the enemy to escape.

Although the enemy's method of escape was clever, the soul fluctuation had been locked on. Suren also teleported after him.

The scenery around him changed, and when he looked again, only half of Garcia's body was floating strangely in the air, teleporting towards the southeast.

Even without his lower body, he was still flashing frequently, escaping quickly.

With a wave of his wizard staff, another foul black wind blew up, but it didn't stop the pursuers at all.

Suren looked at the spatial fluctuations around this guy's body and only smiled coldly in his eyes, "So he's also proficient in spatial teleportation..."

This level of teleportation was no different from a children's race in his eyes now.

With another teleportation, he had already appeared next to Garcia. Even though this guy still had the strength to resist, Suren easily cut off his head in the face of absolute crushing power.

"Gray Mist" instantly appeared, and Suren decisively extracted this guy's memories.

[You have extracted the soul of 'Garcia Haydn']

[You have obtained the Stone Curse Antidote Recipe and the method of refining wizard potions]

[You have extracted a large amount of wizard inheritance knowledge]

[You have learned some secrets of the Dragon Kingdom]

[You have obtained a piece of information: the encirclement plan of the Ten Thousand Magic Corps...]

[Mental Power +488]

[...]

After searching, Suren not only obtained the complete petrification recipe as he wished, but also knew the ins and outs of the matter.

The process was similar to what he had guessed before.

The Celestial God Plane magicians didn't know what method they used, but they actually arrived at the royal capital, Ekronessa, one step ahead of the Dawn Corps, and then they got in touch with the Haydn family, the believers of the Celestial God.

With the help of this highly powerful Imperial Relative family, a Ten Thousand Magic Corps had already been teleported to the royal city, and a magic tower had been set up.

A god from the Celestial God Plane had issued a divine decree. He needed the believers here.

Therefore, there was this hunting plan.

According to the current intelligence, it wasn't just the Ten Thousand Magic Corps, but also several families led by the Haydn family. They already had the ability to subvert the monarchy.

Killing Suren and killing Bartolo were just two of the links. The most important goal was to hunt down the eight-tier Silver Dragon, control the monarchy, and establish a kingdom of faith in the Celestial God Plane.

However, Garcia didn't know the plan in enough detail. He was just following orders.

Suren knew that the plan was that of the Eighth-Tier Holy Knight Augustus.

After a long while, Suren digested the information and frowned, "They want to lure the silver dragon to kill Bartolo?"

Although the Ten Thousand Magic Corps was strong, they might not be able to do anything to Bartolo, this top swordsman.

As long as he didn't confront them head-on, he could escape at any time.

But if it was a pure-blooded silver dragon with a flying speed, then he really wouldn't be able to escape anywhere.

Suren suddenly realized that it was no wonder the means used to collapse the inn and kill the silver dragon cub just now were a bit familiar.

It turned out that they had deliberately left Bartolo's aura, waiting for the silver dragon to follow the aura.

If Suren went to help, it would mean that he had to confront the eighth-tier silver dragon head-on?