Chapter 210: Chapter 155: Am I Not?
Back at the dormitory, Little Zi rushed straight to Bajie’s upper bunk. Long Yi, still alone, decided to redesign another bed in the room into a bunk bed where Little Zi could also rest. Though Little Zi, being a female demon, didn’t possess a physical body and could rest in any position, Long Yi’s superfluous action still won her full admiration. Moreover, the activity of making a bunk bed served as a brain relaxation for Long Yi after his mentally taxing studies.
With a feeling of trepidation, Long Yi slowly opened the book.
After completely reading it, Long Yi couldn’t help but seemed puzzled.
That’s it?
The brief history recorded everything significant that happened from the establishment to the end of the first century of the Royal Dragon Knight College. But what Long Yi really found useful were only a few pages.
"The Dragon God of the upper realms ordered the great human empires to establish the Dragon Knight Colleges, and all the emperors graciously complied."
"The Dragon God of the upper realms ordered the Dragon Clan of the Human Realm to serve as mounts for humans to assist in wars, and all the emperors were grateful to the Dragon God."
"On the day the college was completed, the Dragon God of the upper realms presented statues of the Dragon Clan and a dragon knight each, placing them at the entrance of the college. For all students who enter, the eyes of the dragon statue shine brightly, and the Dragon God presents a bracelet, the symbol of the dragon knight."
This is a summary of the useful contents from those few pages. These ancient texts and tones are very abstruse to read, full of praises for the Dragon God of the upper realms. The so-called Dragon God of the upper realms likely refers to the higher plane. The Dragon Clan on that plane called themselves the Divine Dragon Clan, and they are hundreds of times stronger than the Dragon Clan of the Human Realm.
From this book, it seems correct that the Dragon Knight College was established at the request of the Dragon God Clan. But what Long Yi doesn’t understand is why the Dragon Clan would request humans to ride on their necks?
While everyone knows that the Dragon Clan has powerful Dragon Power that they can’t wield, and humans have the potential to wield this Dragon Power but don’t have it. But with the Dragon Clan’s power, even if they can’t use Dragon Power, destroying humans is as simple as a sneeze. Do they need humans riding on their neck? Long Yi once asked Bajie if he liked humans to ride on his neck? Bajie thought for a while and told Long Yi that he didn’t mind if it were Long Yi himself. Obviously, this was a special case based on Bajie’s personal relationship with Long Yi. Ordinary Dragon Clan members, too proud to keep their eyes on the ground, how could they let humans ride them?
Then, the book describes in detail the process by which the Dragon Clan statue’s eyes shine brightly and a bracelet is awarded. It’s said to be some sort of spatial technology, and the bracelet was also made by the Dragon God. There is even a special line in this book: ’There was nothing unusual about the Dragon Knight statue.’
But for Long Yi, the eyes of the Dragon Knight statue also lit up. This should be a special case pertaining to him.
What was so special about Long Yi?
Could it be the biggest anomaly was his giant bloodline?
Then, if one were to think about it the other way around, what if the statue wasn’t of a dragon knight, but of a giant?
If it’s a giant of the same height as a giant dragon, wouldn’t that make the whole scenario reasonable?
At this moment, in the library, the dean, who looks like Gandalf, is standing in front of a door locked with iron chains along with the emperor. There isn’t any damage to the door, but one part of the chain appears to be twisted, as if it had been forcibly manipulated.
The dean put his hand on the chain. A thin electrical arc flashed but didn’t harm him.
"Rules, a part of them were absorbed... how is that possible?"
The dean, in astonishment, glanced at the emperor, whose brow furrowed ever so slightly. Rules imply unshakeability and certainty. Now that a part of them had been absorbed, it meant that there was a change in the rules. Indeed, as a result of the dwindling rules, the electrical arc on the chains seemed stronger. Had someone rewritten the rules?
This is impossible!
"Please wait downstairs, Dean. As you know the rules here..." the emperor apologized to the dean, who nodded in understanding. The library of the college strictly prohibited dragons from entering. Only through his private relationship with the dean, the emperor had been able to use his imperial bloodline privilege to bring him in. However, even then, they couldn’t stay too long. The place they were about to go to was absolutely restricted for the Dragon Clan.
The emperor watched the dean leave, and quickly climbed up the stairs to the top floor of the library. This was an empty and very tall room, without any bookshelves, only a huge magic array. In the center of the array, an ancient giant sword was inserted. This giant sword was more than ten meters tall, entirely golden, covered in strange and abstruse runes. Tiny electric arcs constantly emanated from the sword and were immediately absorbed by the array. Each time an arc was absorbed, a mournful sound, like a sob, could be heard from the sword.
Almost nobody in this world really understood the origin of this sword. After the college was established, the emperor at that time built this library, and there wasn’t any record about it in any historical document.
But the emperor knows.
Because he is the emperor, he could understand some secrets that few humans in this world have access to.
And today, the emperor noticed that this sword seemed to be a bit too active.
"Ah — I’m just a human. If I were a giant, I would know what you’re trying to do, Giant’s Armament," the emperor said helplessly.
