Despite her outwardly curious and childlike demeanor, and her often-coquettish tone with Queen Halloween, Azi, when addressing outsiders ser
Despite her outwardly curious and childlike demeanor, and her often-coquettish tone with Queen Halloween, Azi, when addressing outsiders seriously, exuded an authority and presence that caused involuntary trembling.
The shop owner, an unremarkable middle-aged man, had already noticed the unusual pair of Queen Halloween and Azi and swallowed hard.
Like Queen Halloween, he saw Azi's restless tail and horns, confirming her identity.
A pure-blooded dragon!
Swallowing hard, summoning immense willpower to avoid prostrating himself, the shop owner spoke slowly.
"I… I am truly sorry, esteemed customer, but this item has already been reserved. We were about to deliver it to the buyer in the Seventh Outer Layer."
Azi frowned slightly. This small movement almost made the man's heart leap out of his throat.
Bargaining with such a terrifying figure and refusing her—at that moment, the shop owner had mentally prepared himself to die.
But even so, he didn't regret it. He would die without regret, having defended his commonality's honor.
"Price is no object. Ten times, a hundred times—whatever you ask, I'll pay!" Azi didn't get angry at the refusal, instead offering a condition no one could refuse.
"I'm truly sorry, but this isn't about price. It's about the reputation and honor of our commonality, 'Perseus.'"
He wanted to agree, but after a moment of hesitation, the man refused the tempting offer.
He gave up the chance to curry favor with a pure-blooded dragon, choosing instead a path that might offend her—all to uphold his commonality's reputation and honor.
It was undeniably foolish, yet the man stood proudly.
"How boring… these Little Garden people…"
Azi muttered under her breath, but she clearly didn't intend to give up. She leaned against the golden cage, staring at the golden-haired girl inside.
The inherent majesty of a dragon made the girl shrink back slightly. This cute action elicited a giggle from Azi.
"What should we do, Little Q? I really want this girl."
"Then… seize her. Initiate a Gift Game."
Queen Halloween said coldly. The already terrified man's heart pounded faster.
Initiate a Gift Game… Their identities were now clear.
They were Demon Lords!
"Idiot… have you forgotten what that guy said when he let me down here? I finally have the freedom to play in the lower layers, and you're not allowed to do anything strange."
Azi said unhappily, swishing her tail, clearly resentful towards the aforementioned "guy."
"Excuse me, my ladies, changing the buyer isn't impossible. This transaction was our leader's idea, so if we obtain his consent, selling the girl to you wouldn't be a problem."
The man, knowing what he had to do to rectify the situation, said this. Azi blinked and nodded slightly.
"Then where is your leader? Let him come and talk."
"The leader went down to the Fifth Outer Layer to prepare for the transaction; the goods will be transported soon. My ladies, please rest assured. I will contact the leader immediately. Go to the 26745 Outer Gate of the Fifth Outer Layer—the eighty-eighth branch of 'Thousand Eyes.' If the leader agrees to the transaction…"
The man breathed a sigh of relief. If a Gift Game had been initiated, not only would their commonality, 'Perseus,' suffer, but 'Thousand Eyes' would likely tremble under the wrath of a pure-blooded dragon.
"Ugh… so troublesome."
Azi grumbled unhappily, but seemed to accept the man's proposal.
"Thank you for your understanding, my ladies." The man also breathed a sigh of relief at Azi's concession. He was genuinely afraid she would use her Demon Lord authority to initiate a Gift Game. In that case, it wouldn't just be about one commodity; 'Perseus' might be destroyed entirely.
"What's your name?"
Having accepted the shopkeeper's conditions, Azi focused on the girl in the cage again. She leaned closer, staring into the girl's crimson eyes and asked.
"…"
After a moment of silence, the girl spoke softly.
"Leticia Draculea…"
"Hmm, a pretty name. You're my exclusive maid now, Azi." Azi happily stroked the girl's soft golden hair. At the mention of her name, Leticia's crimson eyes constricted sharply.
The name Azi might be unfamiliar to some, but not to Leticia, a former Little Garden knight and Layer Ruler.
She knew exactly what this small, seemingly harmless girl—with her innocent smile—truly was.
A pure-blooded dragon. Indeed, one of Little Garden's three strongest races. Even within the pure-blooded dragons, who inspire despair in many simply through their bloodline, there were different levels of power.
Azi, a cute name perhaps unknown to many, but the girl had another name known throughout Little Garden!
A name that was a taboo among taboos, a name that one dared not speak. As a former Layer Ruler, Leticia had the misfortune of witnessing her reign of terror.
That overwhelmingly oppressive, immense, pitch-black form, that low, hoarse voice—even now, they were deeply etched in Leticia's mind, unforgettable.
I am Deathwing, the Destroyer of Fate, the End of All Things, unstoppable, inviolable, I am the Cataclysm!
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