"Mother, it has been a hundred years. It is time to settle the score for what happened back then..."
Friel's voice erupted with fury. Seraphina paused, a playful glint flashing in her eyes.
"Heh, daring to covet my treasure—this is the punishment you deserve."
"Words are useless. Let the battle begin!"
As soon as she finished speaking, Friel took the lead and charged at Seraphina, who was nearly three times her size.
"Roar!!!"
Not to be outdone, Seraphina let out a roar and charged forward as well.
The male Blue Dragon nearby hesitated for a moment before following the lead of his temporary mate.
Back when Friel had just hatched and finished reciting her true name, her gaze had accidentally drifted toward the pile of gold coins deep within the Dragons Lair.
Consequently, Seraphina believed she was coveting her treasure and cruelly mistreated Friel, eventually driving her out of the Dragons Lair when she was only a month old.
The young Friel, nursing her injuries, left the Regris Forest, passed through the Slumbering Forest, went up the Sam River, and built her nest after reaching the Longxiao Mountain Range.
From that moment on, she swore she would repay all of this several times over.
The battle between the three giant beasts in the Regris Forest was undoubtedly terrifying; the mere aftershocks of Legendary-level attacks killed countless creatures... Three years later.
"Medusa, I can sense that the Great Master seems to be waking up these days."
Medusa glanced impatiently at Blockhead. Over the past few days, Blockhead had been acting quite paranoid.
He often said things like, "What should we say when the Great Master wakes up?" "Will the Great Master kill us in a fit of rage?" "I don't want to die yet!"
But Blockhead wasn't entirely to blame. After all, a few years ago, the black dragon kin had collectively fallen unconscious, the power within them had drained significantly, and the Dragon Lineage Resonance had broken.
All of this indicated that the great existence who had bestowed power upon them had perished.
And just three years ago, a similar phenomenon occurred among the Red Dragon dependents.
Medusa knew that her Great Master cared deeply for these two dragons. Now that they were dead, it would surely cause their Great Master to act irrationally.
Because of this, Blockhead wasn't the only one feeling uneasy; most of the residents of White Crystal City felt the same.
Previously, many dwarves had prepared to leave and return home to wait out the trouble, as they had all been present when the Red Dragon went into a frenzy.
However, their actions were stopped by the Dwarf King, who questioned them loudly, "Do you really want to kick your friends while they are down?!"
It was because of this that the dwarves did not leave.
But as the day of Jona Velli's awakening drew closer, the atmosphere in White Crystal City became increasingly oppressive.
It felt like a sword hanging over one's head; you knew it was there, and you knew it would fall one day, but you didn't know exactly when, creating a distressing psychological pressure.
"Hey, Medusa, do you think the Great Master will show us mercy when she sees our accomplishments?"
"No. You know how dragons are."
Medusa said calmly, continuing to clean Jona Velli's room.
"Then what should we do? We can't just sit around and wait for death, can we?"
"What else can you do?"
"No, no, no. The curse on us Gnomes has only just begun to lift. I am the hope for the restoration of the Gnomes' glory; I cannot die!"
Blockhead couldn't help but start overthinking again; his mind was on the verge of collapsing lately.
After all, the higher the intelligence of a creature, the more worries they have and the more they tend to overthink.
"Hey, Medusa, how about we run away? Anyway, the Great Master is currently..."
Before Blockhead could finish, an Ice Crystal Arrow was already pressed against his neck.
Blockhead looked up stiffly, meeting Medusa's blue-glowing snake-like eyes.
Jona Velli's growth had also benefited these Dependents, and Medusa had consequently become an amethyst rank, awakening the Frozen Magic Eye.
Gulp—
As Blockhead couldn't help but swallow hard, a bone-chilling voice reached him.
"In the end, you're just a Goblin; why so much drama? I swear, if you dare to make any move to betray the Great Master, I will not hesitate to attack you, even if we've known each other for a hundred years."
"This time, I can treat it as you being mentally unstable and talking nonsense. Next time, I will show no mercy, or I'll just inform Little Shunzi."
"Okay..."
Just as Blockhead was speaking, both of them froze simultaneously, their eyes widening as they looked toward where Jona Velli was sleeping.
From there, a wave of coldness emanated, a powerful life aura that could be sensed even within White Crystal City.
"Is that? It's over..."
"The Great Master... has awakened."
Jona Velli's awakening was sudden, yet long-anticipated.
At this moment, within White Crystal City, many monsters' faces were ashen with despair, while others cherished their final moments, saying goodbye to their loved ones.
Meanwhile, Jona Velli's Dragon Vein Followers had already begun to approach her location instinctively.
Cold... a bone-chilling cold. Even though the sun was high in the sky and they were White Dragon dependents, they still felt the chill.
This was a chill in their hearts, as well as the actual cold they felt externally.
From a distance, the Dependents could see Jona Velli sitting silently on the ground.
Her white dragon head was lowered, quietly looking at the two dragon scales in her claws.
"Even though you always bullied me, Older Sister, I was still very happy when I was with you... Older Sister, can I ask a favor of you? If you ever see Sasha again, you must put in a good word for me... It's strange, really. Saying goodbye to you both is actually a bit hard. Am I a masochist? Am I used to being bullied by you?..."
"...Older Sister, I'm going first. You have to keep working hard too!"
"Jona Velli, wait for me. I will definitely come back. I'll come back to help you fulfill your long-cherished wish..."
Familiar voices echoed in her mind. A crystalline tear slid down her cheek and fell onto a black dragon scale, quickly frozen into an ice crystal by the surrounding cold.
"Friel... Gris... you two are really bastards.
To actually choose such a cruel method to punish me? Hehehe~"
"Why? Why didn't you say anything? Why did you stay silent? Are you two mutes?!"
"What a pair of idiots! You got what you deserved! As long as the Three Dragons work together, what couldn't be solved?! What couldn't be solved!!!"
Jona Velli was having a breakdown. She could sense that the Dragon Lineage Resonance between the Red Dragon dependents and black dragon kin in White Crystal City and their masters had broken. This meant that the two dragons were truly dead.
"Greetings, Great Master..."
The Dependents had arrived not far from Jona Velli and all knelt down in unison.
Jona Velli didn't want to care about anything right now. She just wanted to stay here quietly, continuing like this forever.
One day... three days... ten days... After ten days, the Dependents had been kneeling on the ground for ten days, and Jona Velli had been staring at the dragon scales for ten days.
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