Evil Dragon: The young dragon I picked up keeps planning on becoming an empress

Chapter 334: Chapter 216: Divine King of the Heroic Spirits

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Clap, clap, clap—

Applauding sounds echoed from the sky above.

The Heroic Spirit, shrouded in golden Divine Power, was amused by the words of the Fallen Heroine Elyia, who had been defending herself.

Prevent Elyia from falling in love?

They had never stopped Elyia from falling in love.

All they did was prevent Elyia from liking a dead person, not wanting her to use the forbidden techniques of the Divine Realm to resurrect someone who had been dead for who knows how long.

The reason the Divine Realm issued a warrant for her was not as simple as she claimed.

“You really have fallen, Elyia. Now, you spew lies effortlessly. Your former teammates, to protect you, were willing to give up their Spirit Summoner status. Yet you, for your own dark and perverse objectives, used lies to cover up your sins.

You even let your former teammates stand against the Divine Realm, putting their lives on the line to protect you while you shamelessly used them, pretending to be weak and cute to deceive them.

Elyia, what you dare not say, I shall say for you.”

“No!!!!” Panic filled Elyia’s blue eyes, “Please… don’t do this. Annie, give me some time, I’ll go back to the Divine Realm with you later to stand trial. Really, I won’t run away this time.”

“It’s too late, from the moment you chose to lie to your former friends, you became a Fallen Heroic Spirit.”

Annie, clad in white and gold armor and holding a silver knight’s lance, looked emotionlessly at Elyia, then turned her gaze to Lance.

“The true reason Elyia is wanted by the Divine Realm is that she violated the laws of the Divine Realm and committed a grave offense.

In her early years as a Heroic Spirit, she idled about, never responding to the calls of a Spirit Summoner; instead, she spent her days eating, wandering, and chatting with the Deities of the Divine Realm. At first, we thought it was due to her curiosity, captivated by the scenery of the Divine Realm.

It wasn’t until later that we realized she was searching for a friend who might have become a Heroic Spirit long ago. After years of searching with no success, she frequently started visiting the library of the Divine Temple.

We thought she wanted to read books to enrich herself, but it turned out she was becoming familiar with the Formation of the library, and it was only much later that the librarian discovered that Elyia often sneaked into the library to study Forbidden Techniques.

She studied dark Forbidden Arts like Reverse Life and Death, Resurrect the Dead, and Sacrifice Rituals.

Studying Forbidden Techniques was already a serious crime, and even before becoming a Fallen Heroic Spirit, she had secretly used Forbidden Techniques to help Spirit Summoners resurrect people who were long dead, even going as far to resurrect dead Spirit Summoners.

The dead belong to Hell, and by using dark Forbidden Arts to resurrect the dead, disrupting the operations of Hell, Hell turned a blind eye once or twice. But her repeated use of Forbidden Techniques angered Hell, and she ended up on Hell’s most-wanted list.

Afterward, she became more audacious, in her capacity as a Heroic Spirit, responding to the call of Abyssal Demons and cooperating with them, even using Forbidden Techniques to resurrect dead Demons.

After succeeding, she repeatedly tried to resurrect her long-dead friend in the lands of the Abyss, using Forbidden Techniques.

After several failures, she didn’t lose heart and resorted to Sacrifice Rituals, making offerings to the indescribable Evil God.

Worst of all, she attacked the Divine King with a Hammer, attempting to steal the Divine Scepter, and also schemed to plunder the Divine Artifacts and Heroic Spirit tools from him.”

“The previous claims I accept, but not the last one. I had no idea that he was the Divine King. I simply thought he was a very old Heroic Spirit, and during my time with him, I treated him like a kind and friendly old grandfather.

After spending a long time with that elderly gentleman, I confided my secrets to him. Then one day, he approached me mysteriously and told me the walking stick he held could resurrect the dead, regardless of how long they had been deceased, if only I would call out the dead person’s name at their place of death for three days and three nights.

He even asked if I wanted to give it a try. No sooner had I said ‘yes’, he rammed his head into a column, shoved the walking stick he spoke of into my hands, and then his authoritative voice echoed throughout the Heroic Realm.

‘Heroic Spirit Elyia has committed an act of insubordination, and has been tainted by an Evil God, becoming a Fallen Heroic Spirit. She has attacked me and stolen the True God’s scepter from my grasp.

Heroic Spirits of the Divine Realm… be sure to capture the Fallen Heroine Elyia and bring her to justice.’]

He took the ‘walking stick’ back from me afterward and, smiling, told me to run for my life.”

Speaking of this matter, Elyia’s face flushed with anger. It had never even crossed her mind that she, a common Heroic Spirit, would draw the attention of the Divine King.

Moreover, she had never expected the Divine King to actively approach her, much less frame her.

After being pursued by the enforcing Heroic Spirits for a long time, it dawned on her belatedly that she may have been under the Divine King’s scrutiny since she entered the Divine Realm.

Everything she did afterwards had the shadow of the Divine King behind it.

It was the Divine King who framed her, who silently helped her break the Formation that sealed the Forbidden Techniques when she had sneaked into the library of the Divine Temple to study them.

Feeling the calls of Abyssal Demons in the dark places of the Divine Realm, and even appearing in the Abyss with the status of a Heroic Spirit, the Divine King must have had a hand in it too.

She still remembers the last words the Divine King said to her as he let her leave the Divine Realm: What you like… may not be a person; what you want to resurrect… might be a dark, slippery monster….

Go, I hope you find… or resurrect the little monster you want to see before the enforcing Heroic Spirits bring you back to the Divine Realm.

“To defame and insult the great Divine King is also a grave offense. Spirit Summoner, these are the real reasons why the Divine Realm is hunting Elyia.

Preventing her from loving is merely to keep her from obsessing over someone dead. Now that you know her true nature, will you still choose to give up your status as a Spirit Summoner for her sake and become my enemy, the enemy of the Divine Realm?”

Lance, who had been listening the entire time, was dumbfounded. Everything Elyia had said before might have been an attempt to conceal one thing.

Was she hiding the fact that she liked him?

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What’s there to like about a Potion Master who’s taciturn, straightforward, and earnest?

She even risked becoming a Heroic Spirit just to see him once more.

After that, she repeatedly violated the laws of the Heroic Spirits’ Divine Realm.

Resurrecting the dead with Forbidden Techniques she learned, the Spirit Summoner must have been practicing.

She also communicated with demons and Evil Gods using a sacrificial ritual she had sneaked to learn…

To prevent this kind of thing, he had already taken many measures, so how could a human girl still fall in love with him?

As a pure-blooded male Black Dragon, he was naturally inclined to be close to the opposite sex, an instinct branded into his Dragon Bone and Soul.

Not to fall in love with human girls, first, because he wasn’t interested, and second, because they weren’t in his choice of mates.

Not wanting to fall in love with human girls, his nature made him want to be close when he saw females of different species involuntarily.

Being close didn’t mean harassment or wanting to fall in love, but simply enjoying the company of aesthetically pleasant females of various shapes and looks.

“Heroic Spirit Annie, what’s the name of the person she loved who has passed away?”

“I’ve heard some Heroic Spirits mention it accidentally, it seems to be Lance.”

“Did you hear what she called me just now?”

“She seemed to call you… Lan Lan… Lance….” Heroic Spirit Annie’s eyes showed disbelief, “Are you the dead person Amelia loves and wants to resurrect?!”

“It seems to be me.”

Reg’s lips twitched slightly. Initially, he just found Amelia cute and clumsy, with an adorable child-like face and a disproportionate figure, a naturally ditsy and foolish girl.

He didn’t expect… the naturally ditsy foolish girl also hid a maniacal side.

She had fallen for that old guy, Lance.

A thousand years ago, he was younger, handsomer, and stronger than Lance.

It didn’t make sense. With such a handsome, outstanding, and powerful hero like himself around, why would she fall in love with an old guy?

When he, the captain of the Sol Squad, interacted with the three girls—Amelia, Venus, and Annie—he had considered using his charm to advance his relationship with the three female teammates.

But then… as they spent more time together… he lost that thought, the fantasy of a hero saving a damsel… it never happened.

As time went on, his affection for the three teammates became very pure.

Friendship.

Unmixed with any other feelings.

He didn’t understand.

When Lance interacted with them, he seemed to treat them as companions, but in his eyes, Venus, Amelia, and Annie were just three little girls.

He had absolutely no romantic thoughts about Venus, Amelia, and Annie.

He could sense it.@@novelbin@@

“Were you resurrected by Amelia using a Dark Forbidden Art?!”

“I never died.”

Heroic Spirit Annie glanced at Lance for a few moments, then her gaze returned to Amelia: “My task is to capture Amelia and bring her back to the Divine Realm of Heroic Spirits for trial. Whether you died or not, whether you were resurrected by Amelia using a Forbidden Technique…

To me, it doesn’t matter. My target isn’t you. If you truly were resurrected by Amelia’s Forbidden Technique, then after her trial in the Divine Realm of Heroic Spirits, she will be extradited to hell to face judgment there.

Similarly, if you were resurrected, they would come for you from hell. Now, Amelia, will you surrender peacefully and come back with me to the Divine Realm of Heroic Spirits for trial?

Or will you continue to run and resist?”

“I… I’ll go back to the Divine Realm of Heroic Spirits with you.” Amelia put away her Hammer. She wasn’t going to run or resist anymore. She turned to Lance, “Lance, I became a Heroic Spirit to find you in the realm of Heroic Spirits, without telling Venus, Annie, or Reg…

to secretly tell you that I… I like you… I like being with you. I learned Forbidden Techniques in secret to resurrect you; I wanted to see you once more, to tell you this.

Today, having seen you and knowing you’re alive, I’ve also said what I wanted to say to you, I have no regrets now… my obsession is gone.

Now… I’m going to serve my sentence in the Divine Realm of Heroic Spirits. But there’s one thing I can’t accept—the Divine King of Heroic Spirits framed me.

But I have no evidence to prove the Divine King’s framing. So…”

Amelia’s speech paused, and she looked towards Reg, Venus, and Annie, “So, you’ll have to hurry and become True Gods, then go to the Divine Realm to accuse the Divine King of Heroic Spirits for me, to avenge me.

Whether I can regain my freedom earlier depends on how soon you can become Deities. The Heroic Spirits don’t believe me, but I trust that you will believe me, right?”

“Right, what you said is right, we believe you, but… if you want to serve your sentence in the Divine Realm of Heroic Spirits, you have to ask if Lance and we agree to let you go back,”

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