Chapter 1 Dragons are Arrogant

Dragons were inherently arrogant.

This young silver dragon was pampered in the Silver Dragon Kingdom by Princess Becky, a being no one dared to provoke or offend.

But just now, they had been intimidated by someone's domineering aura and fallen flat on their faces?

They weren't injured, but she felt greatly humiliated.

In all her life, no one had ever spoken harshly to her, and now someone had dared to attack this princess?

Princess Becky snapped out of her daze, her anger ignited. She roared at Bennett and his group of kingdom knights, "You dare attack this princess! Why aren't you killing her!"

Hearing this order, Bennett looked troubled and tried to explain, "Your Highness..."

He wanted to explain that this was an overseas guest invited to the royal capital, and could not be killed.

And he also wanted to say that even if their Miracle Legion wanted to stop her, they might not be able to.

Having seen Qian Tiao spar with Bartolomeu the "Dragon Hunter," he knew that this person was no ordinary seventh-order swordsman.

He also saw that she had no intention of killing.

But Bennett knew the princess's temper; if she was offended, even a kingdom minister would be killed on a whim.

That was why he was so troubled.

…

At the same time, Qian Tiao wouldn't tolerate this princess.

Before these dragon knights could hesitate, she placed her hand on the hilt of her sword and stomped on the air, shattering her figure in place with a "snap."

Apart from Suren, no one saw her movements clearly.

When everyone refocused, Qian Tiao's figure was already on the dragon's back.

The Hell Domain was like a tangible thing, making people feel as if they had been dragged into hell, their eyes filled with a raging sea of blood. Where had Princess Becky ever seen such a scene? Her skin under her armor was instantly covered in cold sweat.

Being so close to death for the first time, the princess's mind went blank.

This "genius dragon knight" who had grown up being praised by countless people had even forgotten all the combat skills taught by her court fighting instructors.

Qian Tiao really didn't intend to kill her.

Otherwise, if she really wanted to kill, this sixth-order young dragon couldn't protect this young princess.

She had thought that the legendary "dragon knight" might be able to exchange a few moves, but seeing this rigid reaction, she completely lost interest.

This kind of opponent, with such a high rank but no real combat experience, wouldn't even be able to withstand a single strike from her in a real fight.

She casually slashed, leaving a mark on Princess Becky's armor, and the infused domineering aura instantly stunned her.

At this moment, the silver dragon reacted and quickly ascended, flying towards the sky.

Too damn scary!

Dragons weren't stupid. It knew that the person on its back could really kill it!

…

The silver dragon rapidly ascended into the sky, with Princess Becky still hanging on by the reins.

Qian Tiao, looking like she was going to chase to the end, stepped into the air and followed.

The silver dragon's reaction was very real; it flew faster and faster, fleeing into the distance!

The only thought in its mind was that staying would certainly mean being killed by this human swordsman.

Qian Tiao watched as the silver dragon turned into a silver speck in the sunset clouds and then landed on the ground with a bored expression. She said into the communicator, "Suren, you accompany them to the royal capital. I have some insights into swordsmanship and want to walk alone."

A few kilometers away, Suren received the communication and replied, "Okay."

Although there were many magical beasts in this forest, Qian Tiao's strength meant that there was no need to worry.

Looking again, the knights in the camp also seemed relieved.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when the arrogant princess left.

Captain Bennett had known that Suren and the others had no intention of killing Princess Becky. Now that she was stunned and gone, it was the best outcome.

Before he could speak, Suren cleared himself of suspicion, saying, "Ah... that Miss Qian Tiao seems to be someone Mr. Bartolomeu knows. I'm not very familiar with her; we just met on the road. I don't know why she attacked the princess."

Qian Tiao didn't speak the common language of the Dragon Kingdom and had never communicated with anyone, so she wasn't familiar with anyone. This explanation was barely acceptable.

Captain Bennett understood immediately.

A hint of gratitude flashed in his eyes, but he couldn't say it explicitly. He nodded and said, "Yes. I will report the truth."

There was a smell of burning in the air. Several brothers had been killed by the dragon's breath, and the knights were in a bad mood.

But they were royal knights, and loyalty was above all else, so no one said anything. There was only a silent helplessness.

Suren also noticed the strange atmosphere. Under the deformed monarchical system, there were always some deformed class relationships, so there was nothing to say.

At this moment, the first ray of morning sun shone into the forest, and the sky was a clear blue.

The "crackling" sound of wood burning in the bonfire, and the marks left by the divine dragon's breath, remained in his ears.

The knights continued to clean up the camp, preparing to set off again.

At this moment, someone suddenly shouted, "Captain, something's wrong! The rune black cloth is torn!"

Suren followed everyone's gaze and saw that the rune black cloth on the prison carriage in the distance had started to burn.

The silver dragon's breath was not a simple light; it was a holy light that could burn almost anything.

The rune black cloth on the prison carriage could prevent all auras from leaking and was extremely tough, but it couldn't stop the holy light from burning.

Having been sprayed twice before, the black cloth was already very brittle. It had just been hung up by the knights, ready to be suspended on the flying dragon and taken away, when it suddenly tore and burned, exposing the person inside the prison carriage.

In the same instant, Captain Bennett roared, "Everyone close your eyes! Don't look!"

He himself didn't know why, but that was the order from above: no one was allowed to peek at the prisoner in the carriage during transport.

Suren had previously sensed that the soul fluctuations in the prison carriage were intact, so he didn't dare to be careless and closed his eyes.

But the black crow on the branch in the distance was sharing its vision.

When the black cloth tore, it wasn't some terrifying monster inside, but a blonde woman in a large, light-blue priest's robe.

Perhaps stimulated by the sunlight, she also looked around, shielding her eyes from the stinging light.

The crow's eyes reflected a stunningly beautiful face; this was "Helen."

In terms of facial features alone, she was a beauty on par with Pandora.

Her skin was snow-white and flawless.

She looked impeccable and harmless.

But Suren had seen too many beauties; whether it was Pandora, Yekaterina, or Mr. Mirror, their beauty was not inferior.

So, he wasn't too amazed.

But apart from her facial features, this woman's eyes were very special!

Even through the crow's shared vision, Suren was instantly shocked: "What beautiful eyes! What a powerful soul!"

He hadn't sensed it before because her soul was sealed in this body.

Only those eyes were the outlet for her soul.

Seeing them at this moment was like seeing a clear, pure, and wonderful world, or like an endless and profound starry sky.

Suren immediately recognized that it wasn't just beauty, but also a very high level of mental bewitchment.

So high that people were caught off guard without even realizing it.

Suren had only seen this kind of enchanting feeling on one person: Pandora after advancing to a high-level pseudo-god.

In this instant, he was sure that this must be the "Medusa Queen" undergoing tribulation that Mr. Mirror had mentioned.

As soon as the thought arose, Suren felt the cold sweat returning. He muttered to himself, "No wonder the Silver Dragon King would start a war for her..."

Fortunately, it was only for a moment. Captain Bennett quickly took out another piece of black cloth and covered the entire prison carriage again.

Everyone then reopened their eyes.

Suren also looked grave.

This "Helen" couldn't be killed, and it seemed like there was no way to deal with her at all.

He didn't dare to do anything with this kind of time bomb, nor could he persuade others to do anything.

The only ending that came to Suren's mind was, "Could it be that in the end, she can only wait for a warrior to kill her and turn into Medusa, just like in the legends?"

There were many bizarre prophecies in myths and legends. They seemed outrageous, but in the end, they all pointed to the destined outcome.

Suren couldn't think of any solution and could only remain silent.

After two accidents in a row, the Miracle Legion didn't dare to delay any longer.

Captain Bennett escorted the prison carriage to the royal capital, Ekronessa, first.

Suren followed Lieutenant Johnson's team, flying north at a leisurely pace.

…

The next afternoon.

"Mr. Suren, we're almost there. The city ahead is Ekronessa."

Suren, who was meditating on the dragon's back, opened his eyes after hearing the reminder.

He looked up and saw a huge city surrounded by white stone walls built against the mountain.

The architectural style of the city was similar to that of Atlanta, dense and low. In order to accommodate more people, the city area was very large.

Especially when viewed from the sky, it was indeed quite shocking.

Johnson, who was riding with him, looked proud and introduced, "The royal capital Ekronessa is the largest city in the three kingdoms. By the way, Mr. Suren, are the cities on your side big?"

"They're quite big too."

Suren didn't say it directly, but not to mention the highly mechanized giant city of Mafa, many cities in the Luyin Empire were much larger than this.

Looking around, the houses in the slums were low, but the royal palace at the foot of the mountain was magnificent. The white domes were painted with gold, and even from a distance, they looked luxurious.

Suren looked up again, the city relied on a huge mountain range, and behind the royal palace was a towering snow mountain that disappeared into the clouds.

Johnson introduced, "That's Mount Loki, the guardian silver dragon is in a cave on the top of the snow mountain. If you're lucky, you might see it soaring in the sky. But it only happens once every few years, and most of the time it's hibernating."

"Oh."

Suren listened and took another look.

An eighth-order silver dragon was already one of the strongest creatures in the world. It was also because of this silver dragon's protection that the Gracie family had been able to sit firmly on the throne for a thousand years.

The Miracle Legion's flying dragons landed in the outer city, where the royal knights raised their flying dragons.

Suren saw tens of thousands of dragon knights. The strength of this Silver Dragon Kingdom was not weak.

After asking someone, he learned that Captain Bennett and the others had arrived with the prison carriage last night.

Lieutenant Johnson took Suren to the city behind the high walls.

The royal city was crowded and lively, but everything for the common people here was very primitive, just a larger version of Atlanta, and there was nothing to see.

After wandering around, Suren was taken to a high-end post house for receiving VIPs to rest, saying that he was waiting for the royal family to summon him.

He thought that Bennett should have told the king about the matter and thought that waiting wouldn't hurt.

After all, the petrification antidote formula he needed was still in the hands of his uncle, the white-robed high wizard Garcia Hayden.

He didn't expect to wait for three days.

…

In the post house, Suren woke up from meditation with a look of doubt on his face: "It's strange, Bennett hasn't shown up yet..."

Originally, he was thinking about how to euphemistically explain the problem of "Helen" to His Majesty the King, but he didn't expect that he was thinking too much.

It was too difficult to wait for three days. Not only did he not receive a summons from the king, but even Bennett didn't show up again.

Even any of the Miracle Legion members he had seen before didn't appear.

This made Suren very strange.

He had agreed to come to the royal capital, and Bennett said that he would send him some of his family's treasured ancient books and sea charts, and even introduce him to the royal library to borrow some materials.

He didn't expect that after three days, he hadn't even seen a shadow of him.

Although the contact time was very short, Suren felt that Bennett was a very trustworthy person.

If something was delayed, one or two days could be understood.

But on the third day, there was a problem.

Even if he didn't come, he would definitely send someone.

Moreover, with the "plane invasion" being such a serious matter, no matter how extravagant and lewd the Silver Dragon royal family was, there shouldn't be no reaction.

In this situation, something must have happened.

"It doesn't make sense, what could have happened..."

Suren looked out the window, his eyes showing thought.

The lively and noisy streets in the distance were no different from usual.

The post house he lived in was very high-end, usually used to receive nobles from the other two countries. In the past three days, he had not only not been neglected, but had also been served with good food and drink. There were no restrictions on traveling, and a notice would bring attentive arrangements for carriages and servants from the post house officials. There were also beautiful maids serving close to him, meticulous in every detail. If anyone else came, it would definitely be a beautiful and sensual life, and they might not even notice the passage of time.

However, Suren didn't have any needs and had been meditating almost all the time, so he could more clearly feel that this feeling of being "forgotten" was very abnormal.

He always felt that there seemed to be some undercurrent hidden beneath this calm.

He asked on the communicator, and Qian Tiao said that everything was normal on her side. She was walking across the beast-filled Rotten Forest, honing her sword skills along the way.

And the Yongye was leisurely heading north along the coastline, although they encountered some sea monsters, they had all been dealt with smoothly.

Suren looked at the crow in the house again, it was very quiet, everything was normal, and a thought suddenly arose in his mind: "Could it be that I'm thinking too much?"

But it seemed that other than waiting, there was no other way to get the formula in this royal capital Ekronessa.

It was also a coincidence.

Just as Suren was thinking, he suddenly sensed someone sneaking into the post house.

The reason he said sneaking was that the person was lying on the bottom of the post house guard's carriage and came in.

Suren's perception covered a large area near the entire post house, so he clearly sensed everything and guessed: "Eh... a professional thief? Very strong..."

The person's concealment method was very clever, and they had sneaked in all the way past the soldiers.

Suren didn't expect that the guy would actually climb up the outer wall to his room?

A fourth-order assassin, Suren didn't feel any threat.

He watched the window with interest.

After a few breaths, he saw someone wearing a hood and dressed as an assassin burst in.

She directly lifted the hood, her appearance was not bad, it was actually a female assassin?

Seeing that the person in the house was so calm, the assassin seemed slightly surprised: This person didn't react at all after discovering that an assassin had entered the house?

Before Suren could speak, she directly introduced herself: "I am Isabel, Bennett's younger sister."

As soon as Suren heard this opening, he immediately realized that something was wrong.

Taking a closer look, this female assassin did have six or seven similarities to Bennett.

Isabel saw that Suren didn't react and asked again: "Are you Mr. Suren?"

Suren nodded lightly: "Yes."

Isabel always felt that the cold reaction of the person in front of her was very strange, but she said concisely: "My brother was imprisoned after he came back, and I don't know why. But I got a message that he managed to get out through connections. He told me not to tell anyone, find you, and then remind you to 'be careful'."

"Be careful?"

Suren frowned when he heard this, but he wasn't very surprised.

So Bennett was locked up, no wonder he didn't show up.

But... why?

Because of that Princess Becky's matter?

It didn't seem likely.

Isabel saw that Suren was "stunned" and said anxiously: "The situation is unclear now, and I don't know what happened. But my brother told me to make sure you're safe."

After a pause, she added: "I mean... I think you should leave here now. It's best to avoid everyone, and I'll take you away."

"Leave?"

Suren was lost in thought when he heard this.

He came to the royal capital Ekronessa for the petrification potion formula and sea charts. If he was really hiding, how could he get those things?

Besides, if he wanted to leave, where would he need someone to take him?

…

Suren thought about it and asked directly: "Do you know where I can get the petrification antidote formula?"

Isabel didn't know why at this urgent moment, the guy in front of her was not only not anxious at all, but also asked such a strange question.

But she also replied: "It is said that the formula is only in the royal treasure house and in the hands of the Queen's brother, Garcia Hayden."

"Oh."

Suren didn't plan to leave after hearing this.

Isabel looked at his cold and indifferent expression, and she was also very anxious, and said: "You don't plan to come with me?"

Suren shook his head, sensed something, and said: "It's too late. People have already come."

Isabel's expression changed when she heard this. She realized later, leaned sideways at the window to observe, and was shocked: "Not good, that's Garcia's carriage!"

Suren was also slightly surprised when he heard this, not surprised but happy, and asked: "Is that the Queen's brother, Garcia Hayden?"

He also said that the person who came was very strong and guessed who it was, but he didn't expect it to be this person.

"Yes!"

As Isabel said this, she frowned and asked doubtfully: "It's strange, why would he come..."

Although Suren didn't know what this person was here for, since someone was here, all the mysteries would be solved.

He glanced at the woman who came to give him the message and said: "You go first."

Isabel said: "What about you?"

Suren's eyes gradually deepened and said meaningfully: "It's okay. That Lord Garcia may be here to bring me a message."

Isabel felt that it was definitely not that simple, otherwise her brother would never have brought the message out specifically, and said: "But..."

Suren shook his head disapprovingly, stopped her from persuading him, and asked: "Didn't your brother tell you who I am?"

Isabel's expression froze slightly and said: "No. He is at the bottom of the royal prison and can't be contacted at all. The only message he brought out was to let me save you."

Time was tight, and there was no time to collect them, she frowned tightly, "Forget it, be careful. I'll hide first."

Suren didn't say anything when he heard this.

At this time, Isabel made a light leap and quietly left the room.

She instantly restrained her aura and fell into a stealth state. If it weren't for soul perception, you really wouldn't be able to see any flaws.

Suren carded, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he didn't say anything.

…

A group of people came outside the post house.

It wasn't long before there was a knock on the door.

Tap, tap, tap!

The waiter at the post house reminded outside the door: "Sir, Lord Garcia is visiting."

Suren replied: "Please come in."

The door opened and the scene was grand.

A group of guards and maids surrounded a middle-aged man wearing a white wizard robe, a mustache, and a gloomy expression.

After an introduction, this was the Queen's brother, the high wizard Garcia Hayden.

"Your Excellency is the adventurer from overseas? On behalf of His Majesty and the Silver Dragon Kingdom, I extend my sincerest welcome to you. I'm sorry, there were some things in the court that were delayed these few days, neglecting the distinguished guest..."

"What about Captain Bennett, why haven't I seen him these days? He said that he would take me for a walk around the royal capital."

"Oh, he has been entrusted with a new urgent task by His Majesty and is not able to return yet."

"Oh."

"Bennett has already told me about some of the situation, but there are some specific questions. His Majesty has arranged for me to communicate with you personally..."

"..."

The two had a brief conversation.

This Lord Garcia looked very kind, but as soon as they met, he gave Suren a stern warning.

Suren listened calmly, his left eye shimmering.

At this time, the maid also poured the tea.

Two cups were poured together. There was no problem coming out of the pot, showing [Dragon Scale Blood Tree Tea].

But when it fell into the cup, it became [Poisonous Tea].

It was a colorless and tasteless high-level poison, and the method of poisoning was flawless. Anyone who came would probably be caught.

The old fox in front of him had a harmless smile on his face and greeted him warmly: "Oh, please try it quickly, this is our Silver Dragon Kingdom's specialty [Dragon Scale Blood Tree Tea]. It is only produced on the top of Mount Loki and is as precious as the dragon's breath fruit. I am only willing to take out a little of it to entertain the most important guests."

Since the host was so enthusiastic, Suren picked up the cup and drank it all in one gulp.

After drinking it, he smiled slightly and asked: "I heard Captain Bennett say that Lord Garcia knows how to make the petrification curse antidote?"

"Of course."

The old fox watched him drink the tea and asked the maid to pour it again. He seemed to have no scruples anymore and said proudly: "This is the unique formula inherited by the wizards of my Hayden family. Only our family knows how to formulate the potion in the entire Dragon Kingdom."

As he said this, he pretended not to know and asked: "I heard that Your Excellency Suren has a friend who has also been cursed with petrification?"

Suren smiled when he heard this, "Yes."

But he was thinking in his heart, it's good to know.

The formula obtained elsewhere may not be complete, isn't the most complete one being sent to him now?