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Ordinary dark creatures naturally didn't know the identities of Geralt and Algerta, but for those who served under the higher-ranking black dragon, this was no secret.
"If they don't want to, our priest has proposed a way to break through this magic forest!" The lizardman leader suddenly said.
"What method?" The two goblin leaders were surprised and looked at Red.
"The unicorn is a sacred guardian, and her celestial realm covers the entire forest. If we capture some mortals, bless them with magic, and let them charge into the sacred realm, it will definitely work!" said Red, the leader of the lizardmen.
Mortals are the most beloved creatures of the gods, and unicorns also like those kind humans.
Like angels, they are born to detect good and evil.
As long as there are enough dead mortals, and some other wild animals are driven away, and their blood is used to soak this forest, the unicorn will definitely reveal its flaws!
"But we are temporarily in a truce with the human kingdoms around, and those humans have formed a joint army to guard against us. If we capture a large number of humans at this time, it will definitely cause them to counterattack, so we may not be able to complete the Lord's order!" the leader of the hobgoblins analyzed calmly.
If this method is used, the number of mortals required is absolutely terrifying—at least 100,000.
For dark creatures, they have no emotions such as good and evil, only the strong dominate the weak or act from the perspective of interests.
"This is a backup plan!" several leaders finally decided.
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At this time, by a lake in the Larkana Mountains, Algerta was looking at a tall, silver-haired woman in front of him with embarrassment.
"Aunt Jesinia, I live very well here and don't want to go back to Dragon Island for the time being!"
"Algerta, do you know what you are doing?"
Jesinia felt that she was about to vomit blood in anger. She had thought that Gerald and Algerta had gone to a human kingdom to play, so she was not too worried. After all, their magical life force was still very strong.
It showed that the two had grown up quite well.
But she never thought that Algerta would actually work under an evil black dragon!
And that guy Gerald—when he was on Dragon Island before, she felt that he was quite mature and stable, and his strength was not bad, so she had handed Algerta over to him. But she didn't expect that he would actually take Algerta to the black dragon's lair.
If it weren't for the fact that the monster army under the black dragon had made too much noise recently, she wouldn't have come here.
Fortunately, she didn't miss it! Otherwise, she would regret it for the rest of her life!
"As for Gerald, I have to ask him how I ended up in the lair of an evil black dragon when I promised to take you out to experience life in human society," Jesinia said, staring at Algerta with a cold face.
"Aunt Jesinia, don't blame Brother Gerald, and Lord Barbatos is not evil!" Algerta looked up at Jesinia and said.
Jesinia's human form was quite tall, standing at two meters.
But her figure was exceptional. Among humans, she was a one-in-a-hundred-billion beauty, with flowing silver hair and red eyes.
This appearance was extremely attractive, which was why she covered herself with a black robe in human society.
"You actually speak for that evil dragon? Isn't that guy enslaving you?" Jesinia thought that Algerta's reluctance to leave meant something was wrong.
It had to be that evil dragon doing something to her, but now it seemed that it was that idiot Gerald who hadn't taught Algerta well!
Roar~
At this moment, a golden light flashed, and a handsome blond man appeared in front of the two dragons.
It was Gerald, and he looked at Jesinia and Algerta excitedly.
"Aunt Jesinia!"
"Gerald!" Jesinia looked at Gerald in front of her and instantly became furious.
"Aunt Jesinia? What are you doing..." Gerald hadn't reacted yet before he was punched away by Jesinia, who rushed in front of him.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Gerald's figure rolled on the ground like a broken sack and finally knocked down a big tree.
Algerta stared at the scene in amazement—the power of the old silver dragon was fully displayed at this moment.
"Brother!!"
Algerta hurried over to Gerald.
"I'm fine!" Gerald shook his head. Even in human form, a golden dragon was still thick-skinned, and Jesinia obviously hadn't used most of her strength.
"Aunt Jesinia, don't do this!" Algerta protected Gerald.
"Gerald, I need an explanation!" Jesinia walked up to the two siblings and demanded.
Jesinia felt that she had been very restrained.
"Aunt Jesinia, it's like this..."
Gerald could only recount their experience, with the situation in Voltan City being the most critical part.
"So the black dragon saved you? It also helped heal your injuries and even strengthened you in some way?"
Jesinia asked in shock after calming down.
"Are you sure you're not talking about an old metallic dragon?"
Because no matter how she looked at it, this was not something a sinister and cunning black dragon would do.
Instead, it sounded like the actions of a metallic dragon.
"Although Lord Barbatos looks a little fierce, he is really good!" Algerta said from the side.
Jesinia looked at the two siblings with some suspicion. "Forget it, no matter what the black dragon looks like, you two must follow me back to Dragon Island now!"
No matter what conspiracy the black dragon had, as long as she brought the two siblings back to Dragon Island, everything would be solved.
"Aunt Jesinia, we have important things to do. Lord Barbatos ordered his men to expand toward the Larkana Mountains before, but now they are blocked by unicorns. We must help them solve this problem!" Algerta said.
"What? You still want to deal with unicorns, the sacred and kind guardians placed by the gods in the material world? As the people of the Metallic Dragon God, you actually want to deal with unicorns?!" Jesinia exploded instantly.
Unicorns were truly the darlings of the gods, incomparable to ordinary creatures.
The relationship between metallic dragons and unicorns was good—after all, they were both of the good and lawful alignment.
"But we are just asking the unicorn to move to another place to guard, not to kill her," Algerta said as if it were natural.
Gerald, standing beside her, did not refute. After all, in his opinion, since he and his sister had received the black dragon's favor, they had to repay it.
What his sister said wasn't wrong—they were just asking the unicorn to move to another place to guard.
Jesinia suddenly felt like she was about to lose her mind. This was no longer a matter of the black dragon enslaving or controlling them.
There was a fundamental problem with these two siblings' way of thinking.
Thinking of this, she immediately used a detection spell on them.
A few seconds later, Jesinia's face darkened. The results of her magic showed that the two siblings' souls and consciousness had not been invaded or controlled. In fact, they were unexpectedly strong.
"This..." Jesinia felt a little uncomfortable. Were these two going to drive her insane?!
"Before, the black dragon broke into the human kingdom. Hundreds of thousands of humans died because of him, and millions were displaced..." Jesinia tried to correct their distorted views.
"Those humans overestimated their abilities and captured the black dragon's children. If those humans had captured young dragons from our Dragon Island, I believe you would be more anxious than the black dragon," Algerta said seriously.
"I..." Jesinia was speechless. Even though she had lived for thousands of years, she found herself at a loss in this situation.
At this moment, a terrifying aura descended from the sky, and Jesinia looked up.
This oppressive dragon aura!!!
"I heard that you are going to take my family away?"
At this moment, a massive figure appeared behind them.
"Black... Dragon!!"
Jesinia had lived for thousands of years—she was almost past her prime. At this age, she should have seen a lot.
It wasn't as if she had never seen a black dragon before. On the contrary, she had seen seven or eight.
In her memory, those black dragons were like skeletons, dwelling in rotten and stinking swamps.
They plotted conspiracies in dark, humid places.
But what was the situation with this black dragon now?
That enormous body rivaled the size of many ancient dragons.
Its extremely strong muscles and ferocious appearance, along with the sharp bone spurs on its body, gleamed coldly.
A pair of scarlet eyes stared at her like the god of death.
This appearance is countless times more exaggerated than those red dragons. Even the strongest gold dragon among the metallic dragons will not look like this when it reaches old age!
Except for the black dragon scales, other aspects are already a hundred thousand miles away from the black dragon!
'And when did he approach me just now? I didn't even notice such a huge body!!'
Jesinia took a deep breath and then whispered, "You are the legendary Despair, the extremely powerful black dragon!"
"Yes, it's me!" I thought that the silver dragon was going to fight me so that I could press her to the ground and teach her a lesson.
But the other party seemed to be quite polite.
My gaze fell upon the woman before me—her human form impossibly elegant, yet carrying an unmistakable draconic majesty.
By the standards imprinted in my inherited memories, she was the pinnacle of silver dragon perfection. Every movement held an effortless grace, her silver hair cascading like liquid moonlight, her eyes gleaming with wisdom accumulated over centuries. She radiated a presence both serene and untamed, a being who had long transcended mortal beauty.
Algerta, while undeniably stunning in her own right, was still in the bloom of youth—her charm yet to fully mature. Sandy, on the other hand, was an entirely different kind of allure. Petite and seemingly delicate, she exuded an eternal innocence, a thousand-year-old L*l¡ta whose small stature belied the depth of her ancient knowledge.
"It's like this, if these two brothers and sisters have offended you, then I apologize to you on their behalf!" Jesinia bowed her head.
And Algerta was stunned. Aunt Jesinia, who usually had a hot temper, would actually bow to Lord Barbatos?
Didn't she hate the Chromatic dragons the most?
Jesinia also felt extremely humiliated at this time, and her fists were clenched tightly.
The huge body of this black dragon could approach her silently, which meant that he was absolutely sure he could kill her.
The combat power in the form of a silver dragon was much weaker than that of her original body. If the opponent had just attacked her casually, she might have died.
Of course, she was not afraid of death.
True dragons are all proud. If it were a normal situation, she would definitely fight to the death with the black dragon in front of her.
No matter how powerful he was!
But now, there were Gerald and Algerta around, especially Algerta—she was the daughter of her best sister.
When her good sister died in the last Crimson War, Algerta was entrusted to her. No matter what, she had to protect these two descendants.
The other party's attitude surprised me for a while. After all, I could see that the other party was trying her best to restrain herself.
Sometimes, it is more difficult to bow than to raise your head, especially for a silver dragon that thinks itself elegant and noble—and the one she was bowing to was a black dragon!
"No, these two are among the most capable subordinates of mine. I believe that Gerald and Algerta will become great true dragons in the future. Their deeds will spread throughout the astral plane, and their names will make countless creatures tremble!"
"Gerald, Algerta, now that we have finished reminiscing about the past, let's do business!"
I ignored the silver dragon after speaking and instead spoke to the two siblings.
"Yes, Lord Barbatos!"
Algerta excitedly jumped directly onto my front paws and hugged a sharp bone spur tightly.
At this time, some of her emotions seemed to be slowly released.
I flapped my huge wings and flew up. In just a moment, my massive body took Algerta away.
Gerald looked at Jesinia hesitantly, "Aunt Jesinia, don't worry, I will take good care of Algerta. I'm leaving first!"
Gerald's body flashed with golden light. He wanted to follow but, after thinking about it, his golden eyes became firm.
He lifted the transformation spell and directly turned into a gold dragon in his original form.
Roar~
The golden dragon roared at the sky, and after looking at Jesinia once more, it flew in the direction where the black king had left.
Only Jesinia was left.
"Gerald just did that..." Jesinia finally noticed Gerald's abnormality.
Normally, Gerald would have to wait a long time before he could reach adulthood, but the dragon power he had just restored to his original form and his completely different body shape all showed that this was a golden dragon with a well-developed and extremely strong physique!
Jesinia gritted her teeth and followed.
After leaving, I was actually paying attention to Gerald and the silver dragon behind him.
I was a little surprised to find that Gerald had directly restored his original golden dragon state. It seems that Gerald is quite smart.
The identities of the two siblings have always been known only by me and a few tribal leaders.
Other dark creatures, including the surrounding human kingdoms, do not know their identities.
And Gerald has been deliberately hiding them. After all, the fact that an evil black dragon has a true golden dragon and a true silver dragon under his command would shock the entire continent.
It's not that there were no Chromatic dragons who had tried to enslave metallic dragons before, but the character of metallic dragons is extremely strong.
They would rather lose their lives than be enslaved.
Because in the beliefs of metallic dragons, they will enter the kingdom of Bahamut, the metallic dragon god, after death—which is what every metallic dragon desires.
But if they are enslaved, especially by a Chromatic dragon, they will lose the chance to enter the kingdom of the Metallic Dragon God forever...
So most metallic dragons voluntarily sign equal contracts with humans.
Now that Gerald has recovered his true form and is still following behind me so openly, he must be aware of the consequences, yet he still did it.
And I also understood his thoughts. Is this his way of proving that he will always be loyal to me...?
"Lord, don't worry, I will never leave you!" At this time, Algerta, who was in my claws, spoke.
Although we were flying, I had the ability to control the wind element, so there was no air resistance.
I could also hear Algerta's words clearly.
"Algerta, in fact, even if you and your brother had followed the silver dragon to leave just now, I would not have stopped you," I said.
This was my true thought. After all, the two had completely merged with the seeds of distortion. Even if they returned to Dragon Island, as long as I gave an order, they would be my most loyal subordinates.
Dragon Island has been run by those metallic dragons for so many years, so there must be some good things there...
"Lord, you are so kind!" Algerta said happily.
She stroked my cold bone spurs but felt a warmth in her heart.
Hehe!
I knew what Algerta thought of me, but I would not touch her until she came of age, and I would not stay with a silver dragon forever! Ultimately, there are thousands of maids, merely in Castle Black alone, waiting to be loved by me.
Soon, I brought Algerta to the temporary camp of the dark monsters. My extremely massive figure and the dragon power made the monsters present both excited and fearful.
During this period, many new monsters only knew that they were loyal to the great Lord Black King, the Disaster of Despair, but had never seen my true face.
But now, all the monsters looked at the black dragon in front of them with awe.
After flying around and surveying my monster army, I flew to the top of a small mountain nearby—the highest point of the entire camp.
I placed Algerta beside me, and my scarlet dragon eyes stared at every creature present.
Algerta's figure was very small compared to mine, but the creatures below still noticed her. After all, a being who could stand beside the great Lord must be extraordinary.
And Algerta, looking at the vast number of various creatures below, then at the majestic black dragon beside her, felt her heart surge with excitement.
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