Chapter 314: Chapter 222: End of a Phase?
Long Yi didn’t delve into specifics, but it was enough to make Crown Prince Kirei gasp. After all, Dasaide had been renowned for so long, especially for his covert assassinations that had the White Dragon Empire’s Dragon Knights living in fear. You say you, a dignified Dragon Knight with a nine-fold Dragon Mark, have become an assassin. Who could possibly escape?
But today, that formidable assassin had met his end here, leaving no body behind.
It sounded unbelievably true, but such an event could not be fabricated.
Seeing that the second prince had many more questions, Long Yi simply told him bluntly.
"That room could prevent the opponent from Dragon Transforming into a mature dragon, while also incessantly absorbing Fighting Aura. As you know, my greatest advantage is that my Fighting Aura is enduring. When the opponent couldn’t compete with me, he desperately tried to escape. Luckily, he found the key to escape. Then, I seized that fleeting opportunity and combined with Little Zi’s mental attack, killed him. Of course, the final blow to the Black Dragon was thanks to the Water Spirits sister’s assistance."
Long Yi looked at the Water Spirits with deep gratitude.
"No need to thank me, it was a trifle. If you really want to thank someone, you should thank yourself," the Water Spirits waved her hand and said.
"Myself?"
"Yes, it was your warning that allowed us to truly understand the microscopic layer of this world. It was because of this we could grasp in a short time how a life is formed by a series of tiny particles. Of course, saving your body just now, I had to use almost all of my strength,"
said the Water Spirits.
Turns out, it was an inadvertent factor from Long Yi. On thinking about this, Long Yi broke into a cold sweat. If he hadn’t initially taught the Water Spirits about the microscopic layer, he might have been done for this time.
"Oh right, Long Yi, when you get some free time, go to the lake outside the city. I have something for you there. Well, I’m leaving now?"
The brawl of the three dragons had roused the entire Academy City. Seeing more and more people gathering around, the Water Spirits chuckled and turned into a steam, floating into the distance!
Long Yi was confused, there was no waterway around, so where did this water crystal come from, only to realize that she had actually vaporized into steam.
Ai Lin rushed over hastily, seeing the surrounding scene and the expression on Long Yi’s face was enough for her to know that this incident couldn’t be disconnected from Long Yi. Mina also arrived with drowsy eyes, accompanied by her guards. Wesley and the two Chef Mosquito brothers also rushed over, their eyes bloodshot, it seemed they hadn’t had any sleep yet.
Seeing the concerned eyes of the people beside him, Long Yi roughly described the entire process.
When they learned that the rider of the Black Dragon was the notorious Dasaide of the Black Dragon Empire, the feared Dragon Knight with nine Dragon Marks, everyone wore an incredulous look on their face.
Of course, Dasaide’s body had been melted by his own Black Dragon. Although there was no body, the Black Dragon couldn’t be faked. The entire incident was less about Long Yi’s good fortune and more about his staggering courage. An ordinary person knowing his opponent to be Dasaide would have stiff legs in the first place, let alone the ability to ascertain the strengths and weaknesses of the opponent in such a tense moment.
At such times, the key issue was the courage to trade!
By trade, it meant to stake his life against the opponent’s!
Dasaide, being the strongest Dragon Knight of the Black Dragon Empire, was trapped here and would certainly treasure his life. Showing the slightest intent to gamble with the opponent’s life, the opponent would never dare to do so.
Of course, the most critical point in this was: to strike! Not be timid!
As a veteran Dragon Knight, Dasaide, facing him, exhibited a bit of cowardice and the whole battle would have ended.
But frankly, everything else was secondary. The only reason Long Yi managed to defeat Dasaide was simply because he was stronger!
Long Yi was too strong!
Whether it was his will; insight; battlefield intuition; or his strength, everything was packed with might!
Wesley asked himself, if it was about insight, he would be far superior to Long Yi, but did he have the guts to compete with Dasaide? Absolutely not! He would probably lose his life in the first round of face-to-face encounter!
The City Defense Army arrived quickly, starting the aftermath.
Long Yi also informed the Dean and Tyl about the entire incident. Despite Tyl knowing about Dasaide, he wasn’t familiar with him. In his memory, Dasaide had always been a coward. Surprisingly, as his age and strength grew, his courage seemed to wane.
It was unexpected that he would die here.
For the Dean, Dasaide’s death meant the White Dragon Empire lost one of its biggest threats. In the future battlefield, there would be no more opponents who could match the Guardian Dragon Knights of the White Dragon Empire, which made the old Dean very relieved. His gaze towards Long Yi also became more amiable.
The incident kept them busy the entire night. Defeating Dasaide, however, didn’t make Long Yi excited. On the contrary, he was constantly summarizing his mistakes. In the face of such a high-level expert, Long Yi reminded himself to be more cautious.
The next day, news of Dasaide, the strongest Guardian Dragon Knight of the Black Dragon Empire’s attempted assassination of the second prince Kirei at the Dragon Knight Academy, being killed instead, started to spread in the Academy City. Then, this news quickly spread across the entire Empire, and disseminated explosively across the world.
In the White Dragon Empire, internal fighting is allowed because people believe that struggle leads to progress. However, betrayal is absolutely unacceptable.
Dasaide, the strongest Dragon Knight of the Black Dragon Empire, attempted to assassinate the Second Crown Prince, Kirei. There is usually only one way to interpret this - that the Third Crown Prince was secretly colluding with the Black Dragon Empire, committing acts of treason.
Such things could happen in any country in the world, but could never occur in the White Dragon Empire. The reason was simple. The power of the Emperor of the White Dragon Empire was checked in many ways. Even if you barely made it to the throne, you would find it extremely difficult to sit securely on it.
However, the angry masses did not care to think so deeply.
This time, the Dragon Knight Academy was leaning heavily to one side.
Even those who had been bought off rejected the benefits offered to them by the Third Crown Prince. They might choose the Third Crown Prince for their own gain, but they would never allow themselves to become traitors for such gain - whether they sincerely believed this or not.
This was the White Dragon Empire, a nation that remained steadfast on its extreme principles.
Order was quickly restored at the Dragon Knight Academy. The grim-faced students chased out those who still supported the Third Crown Prince. They could not tolerate their presence there.
Almost everyone across the country was strongly supporting the Second Crown Prince.
To them, a Third Crown Prince capable of colluding with the Black Dragon Empire would most likely be capable of poisoning his father!
At this moment, the Third Crown Prince, Tilian, was terrified to the core.
To be precise, he indeed had colluded with the Black Dragon Empire. Yet Tilian believed he had it all under control. He was simply waiting for the day he would become Emperor, hold real power, and then he would immediately abandon the Black Dragon Empire and begin purging them nationwide.
His plan was sound, but now, it had deviated significantly.
The deviation was that he never thought that Dasaide, the most powerful Dragon Knight of the Black Dragon Empire, would die!
Of course, Dragon Knights could die, and their dragons could too, but he wasn’t supposed to die there!
The person Tilian had been most worried about was not the Second Crown Prince, not the military, and certainly not Long Yi, but Elsa. Being the strongest Dragon Knight of the White Dragon Empire, Elsa would be Dasaide’s only rival. In Tilian’s view, as long as Elsa did not appear, his reign would be secure. He had already arranged everything to ensure Elsa would not appear.
But today, his dream was shattered.
Elsa did not show up, but Dasaide was dead!
Of course, Dasaide would not have tried to assassinate the Second Crown Prince, Kirei. Tilian was not that stupid. However, it was true that Dasaide had appeared at the Dragon Knight Academy, had run into the Second Crown Prince, and had died. His immense black dragon corpse had already been seen by countless people.
When these events were linked together, one couldn’t argue against their implications.
Colluding with foreign enemies.
This alone was enough to shatter Tilian’s dream of becoming Emperor.
Tilian knew he had to leave. Upon hearing of Dasaide’s death, he found his lover Pella that same night, hoping to leave with her. However, after Tilian drank the water Pella gave him, he drowsily fell asleep. When he woke, he found himself locked in a cold jail!
And standing before him was none other than the very man he’d been trying to destroy - the Second Crown Prince, Kirei!
"Long time no see, brother."
The once formidable storm that was about to engulf the whole White Dragon Empire had ended abruptly with the Third Crown Prince’s imprisonment and the Second Crown Prince’s return to the Imperial City. Barring any unforeseen developments, he was expected to assume the role of Emperor soon.
However, a bigger storm had surprisingly begun without any warning.
At the border, the Dragon Knight Legion of the Black Dragon Empire suddenly launched a surprise attack under the leadership of the Guardian Dragon Knights. The White Dragon Empire army was caught off guard and forced to retreat in a crushing defeat. An inexplicably large force of Black Dragon Empire land troops then began to advance from the border towards the White Dragon Empire!
This was a real war!
The Black Dragon Empire launched an attack without declaring war!
After their hasty counterattack failed, the White Dragon Empire assembled more Dragon Knights to strike back. But the opponents were not ordinary Dragon Knights - they were grotesque half-human half-dragon monsters!
These monsters, possessing terrifying power, were simply impossible for ordinary Dragon Knights to fight! Even more shocking was the presence of two Guardian Dragon Knights amongst the enemy’s troops!
Watching as the enemy’s Dragon Knight Legion penetrated deeper into their territory, the Second Crown Prince, Kirei, had no choice but to hastily ascend to the position of Emperor and immediately declared -
War has begun!
All three Legions and all five Dragon Knight groups were mobilized. An urgent request for allied defense was sent to the Red Dragon Empire overnight.
At the same time, the new Emperor requested the Dragon Knight Tower to immediately send Guardian Dragon Knights to the front line to assist in the combat. (To be continued... If you enjoy this work, please vote and give monthly tickets at qidian.com, your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please go to m.qidian.com to read.)
