Ashen Dragon

Chapter 251: 176 Chapter: Information
 

Very quickly, the news of a spy in the city was reported to the kingdom’s high ranks, and the entire city instantly went into lockdown. The Tiefling guard units were urgently mobilized, appearing at all the major traffic routes in the city, while Bipedal Wyverns patrolled the skies, searching for suspicious individuals.

Several more spellcasters were dispatched to various districts, searching for the intruder’s whereabouts using divination spells.

Ramp was very interested in this uninvited guest. According to “Nocturne’s” description, the opponent was quite a powerful spellcaster, at least capable of casting fourth-tier level spells.

In one corner of the Southern District of Northwind Castle, a Goblin Infantry Troop patrolled past, but they did not notice the illusion before them, mistaking it for a natural part of the landscape.

And behind that very illusion, Olivia was using spells to treat her wounds, calming the toxic fog of necrosis.

Shape-shifting spells worked from the inside out and transforming into a human form was often the most vulnerable moment for a dragon. Many Silver Dragons in history were ambushed and killed while maintaining their human forms; Olivia did not want to become one of them.

Tensely watching the patrolling units passing by, Olivia thought to herself.

In the distance, the roar of a Bipedal Wyvern echoed through the sky. If this kept up, her position would be exposed.

“I must leave this city,”

“Any longer, and it might attract that Red Dragon,”

Olivia’s blue-gray pupils glowed with light, allowing her to see the entire surrounding area and make the most reasonable decisions.

“This bothersome Antimagic Field…”

She casually complained.

After a prolonged construction of a spell prototype, Olivia finally activated the advanced invisibility technique, turning completely transparent once again.

However, just as she concealed herself and tried to pass through the gate to exit the city, the magical detection alarm suddenly went off, and the runes flickered continuously.

The spellcaster assigned to guard the southern gate immediately shouted: “Surround this place! There’s an enemy casting spells here!”

The Goblin Infantry Troops quickly surrounded the entrance, making it impossible to escape, while the mages cast detection spells to reveal the invisible Olivia.

“Damn it!”

Olivia gritted her teeth.

She had to admit that the defenses here were far too tight, even catching her off guard.

The Goblin Infantry Troops found their target and quickly fired, with dozens of bullets whizzing through the air. The Bipedal Wyvern in the sky also swooped down, hoping to claim the honor of capturing the intruder.

The scene had become chaotic.

“Roar——”

Olivia let out a roar that didn’t match her human form.

Finally, her entire body started to shimmer with fine magical aura. The figure cloaked in a robe suddenly expanded, and thick white smoke filled the air.

Silvery, metallic scales, two smooth, shiny horns, and high crests standing atop her head, extending down her neck to the tip of her tail.

When the smoke cleared, the slender girl was gone, replaced by a genuine Silver Dragon, one of the most formidable among the metal dragons, second only to the Gold Dragon.

The Silver Dragon didn’t hesitate to flap its wings, stirring up a gust of wind, ascending into the sky.

“Ah!”

“What’s that?”

“It’s a dragon! That’s a dragon!”

“Such a strong wind!”

The Goblins below were blown off their feet by the gust, futilely shooting into the sky. Meanwhile, the descending Bipedal Wyverns were thrown into disarray, flying chaotically.

Olivia spread her wings and soared, leaving behind the perilous city.

On the city wall, Ramp gazed at the sky, watching the distant silver figure.

“A Silver Dragon?”

“Seems familiar somehow.”

Ramp rubbed his chin, lost in thought.

…

“Boom!”

Dust flew up from the ground.

Olivia landed with a boom, reverting to her human form.

In the territory of the Ashen Kingdom, the form of a Silver Dragon was too conspicuous. If it weren’t absolutely necessary, she wouldn’t have resorted to fleeing in her true form.

“To think I was discovered.”

Olivia frowned. She hadn’t expected the city to be so troublesome.

She removed her hood, revealing her delicate face.

Gazing at Northwind Castle miles away, Olivia couldn’t help but tighten her grip on her magic wand, a serious look in her blue-gray eyes.

“What kind of country is the Ashen Kingdom, really?”

“Even the honest peasants would be bound to their war chariots, becoming accomplices to the evil dragons, and even willingly defend them,”

“Truly unbelievable,”

Olivia couldn’t help but sigh.

Just then, a distant golden light interrupted her thoughts. In the sky appeared a golden illusion, a fireball like the sun, detectible only by dragons.

“This is…”

Olivia’s eyes widened at first, then her face lit up with joy, almost jumping in elation.

“It’s the signal from Angel!”

“Maybe he’s still alive!”

Over the years, Olivia often recalled the words the Gold Dragon once said to her. Those instructions had at times become a burden weighing heavily on her heart.

But this familiar signal undoubtedly gave her some hope that perhaps this fellow kin… was really still alive.

But looking at the source of the signal, Olivia’s expression suddenly froze.

——It was the Steel Dragonwing Palace.

The lair of the “King of Ashen,” rumored to be the most terrifying demon’s lair, from which no one had ever returned alive.

But why would the Gold Dragon’s message appear there?@@novelbin@@

Could it be that the slumber was just an excuse, that the Red Dragon was already gravely injured and could be killed at such a chance?

Or perhaps, he had discovered a way to bind the Red Dragon and save the entire North?

But all of this was merely Olivia’s conjecture, and if anything went wrong and the Red Dragon awoke, she would face certain doom.

Silver Dragons and Red Dragons were natural enemies.

The fierce battle between these two species was intense and deadly, but Silver Dragons usually had the upper hand, often due to having companions to fend off the enemy together.

This time, however, she might be fighting alone.

Olivia stood still, slightly lowering her head, her slender hand gripping the magic wand tightly, her expression tinged with hesitation.

Angel’s radiant figure from before his departure seemed to reappear before her eyes, his resounding voice echoing in her ears once more.

“I will bring true justice and order to Anzeta and all of Erezer. This has always been my goal, even if it costs me my life.”

“…Olivia, when the time comes, I will leave a message here, telling you the intel I’ve discovered about the Red Dragon at the cost of my life.”

She seemed to have made up her mind, muttering to herself.

“I promised you I would complete all this.”

“I am not fighting alone.”

In the end, Olivia raised her head, and in those beautiful blue-gray eyes shone an incredibly determined light, just like the Gold Dragon’s when he bid her farewell all those years ago.