Thousand-Faced Dragon

Chapter 75 The storm is coming
How to infuriate a princess with just three sentences.

"You, a princess of a nation, the noble Princess Dania, are you so insecure that you can't compete with ordinary people who have no resources or backing?"

First, question her abilities.

"Are you insulting the spirits of heroes? Do you think they can be so easily deceived? As royalty, do you have the right to look down on them? Ha, how arrogant."

Secondly, her character is questioned.

"Do you also look down on Suer? What would he think of you if he knew?"

Finally, the people she cared about got involved, and their feelings began to become entangled.

"Boom!"

The girl's eyes widened suddenly, flashing with lightning.

She was so angry that her teeth were grinding together, but she didn't immediately throw out the lightning and fireballs, which showed that she managed to control her temper.

Naturally, this private meeting ended unhappily due to Rean's "rude remarks".

Clearly, Rean, the new knight, was far too disrespectful, showing no regard for the royal family or the feudal hierarchy.

In fact, if it weren't for the fact that Rean's knighthood had been revoked at this moment, and that it would have been a loss of face for the newly appointed Dania, the princess would have done so without hesitation!
With her face flushed and her eyes flashing like lightning, Dania didn't even know how she managed to finish her social niceties while her face remained frozen, thus announcing the end of this private meeting.

"asshole!"

She stormed back to her room and started pounding her pillow while yelling.

"You bastard knight! You stinking canned food! I've been so good to you!! You ungrateful bastard."

She continued hitting him, but that didn't stop her from getting angry, so she started taking notes.

"I'm not giving you Suliman! You stinky lizard!"

She was so angry that she wrote a secret letter in a flash.

Then, she simply drew a large face on her own pillow, and her excellent drawing skills (she was also a spellcaster) made the drawing incredibly lifelike.

"Bang!" Long Li slammed down hard.

"Bastards. They're all bastards! Even my dad has never cursed me like that!" The girl grabbed her pillow and threw it around, muttering to herself.

They may appear mature, and their intelligence may be quite advanced, but as Kuku said, the Dragonborn develops very slowly.

Sixteen-year-old Dania is actually just a young girl pretending to be mature.

She was furious with the person she cared about.

She has been targeting Rean because she genuinely cares about him; theoretically, the successor of a hero's soul should be the object of the hero's soul's most profound resonance.

She had no feelings about the temporarily elected Dimon, but she was very unhappy that Rean was qualified to inherit Sue.

Now, I'm even more annoyed.

Even if there were only candidates for Heroic Souls in that small hall, no one else would spread the news that "they were furious with the knights they had knighted," making it the biggest source of amusement in the noble circles.

I have never experienced such humiliation in my entire life.

Who would bully someone like that?
Uh, yes, that stinky old man who was chasing after me and trying to kill me.

Exhausted from the fight, Dania lay sprawled on the bed, staring at the ceiling, but couldn't help but recall the man's words.
"If Suer finds out, what will he think of you?"

"He," Dania couldn't answer, but perhaps she already knew the answer.

Suer probably won't be angry or blame him, but he'll probably be disappointed. He'll just watch him shake his head and sigh, like he's looking at a good-for-nothing idiot.

"No! No!" she cried, even angrier.

But before she knew it, the figures of the two knights vaguely overlapped. She, who had never admitted that Rean was the successor of Sull, was at least certain at this moment that this stubborn and obstinate knight was truly cut from the same cloth.

"Stinky canned food!" In the end, all she could do was pick up the pillow that had been beaten beyond recognition and brush off the down and dust.

In the end, the trash can contained a torn-up secret letter, and she ultimately did not stop the "knight's conferment gift" she had ordered.

If we rewind a little, the princess was furious, and while the onlookers were dumbfounded, the rebellious knight remained completely calm.

I accept your investiture; I am nominally your person, but don't expect me to really be your dog.

"Simps never die a good death; politicians never care about the death of their pawns."

The inexplicable buff made Rean's mind clearer. From all perspectives, he couldn't let the princess run wild.

If I back down this time, these knight candidates will become the princess's servants and form a clique of elders in the Hall of Heroes, where they can really use their power to bully others and rely on their seniority.

So, given her status as a princess, could she really suppress subsequent candidates for Heroic Souls and turn the young talents of the Hall of Heroic Souls into her own private force? This was something Rean could not accept.

"The initiative will definitely be mine."

Having identified this as his primary objective, Rean naturally broke off all ties with her.

From Rean's perspective, if he wanted to keep the Hall of Heroes under his control, he not only couldn't let Dania take the lead, but he also needed to suppress her to some extent.

In the past, he would have hesitated, wondering if he would offend the princess.
"She seems a bit unruly. If she really is that kind of cold-blooded politician, I have to consider whether I should continue to operate under her name, otherwise I don't know when I'll die. Let's test her a little, and if that doesn't work, we'll have to consider moving to a different level."

Rean never overestimates a politician's integrity and moral bottom line. How could he overestimate something that doesn't even exist?

A daughter from a past life is also a daughter from a past life; she might not hesitate to kill you.

What if she knew? Well, she might be even more ruthless!

Perhaps, staying a little further away would be safer for yourself and those around you.

"It's Suliman."

The only slight pity is that Suliman, caught in the middle, will probably suffer from both sides.

Rean could even imagine Dania, furious, grabbing Suliman and unleashing a barrage of attacks that broke her defenses five times in a second. Once he confirmed that the princess was a dragon hunter, Rean understood Suliman's previous predicament and some of her perplexing actions.

Perhaps the princess forced him to come and announce the engagement to protect himself.

"Thinking about it this way, distancing ourselves a bit might actually be a good thing."

If it were before, Rean would have hesitated a bit, but having just received information that he seems to be a "snake mint," it would be a bit too much to have tricked such a good girl as Suliman so carelessly.

Keeping a little distance might be better for both of us.

The "rational" Rean made the most "rational" choice.

In a sense, this was also a test of Dania's magnanimity. If it really didn't suit her, Rean would run away without hesitation; he didn't want to die for no reason in a power struggle between superiors.

Of course, if the inheritance of the Heroic Spirit is suitable for Dania, Rean has no reason to interfere.

"Not suitable! The compatibility is terrible!" Kuku gave the answer directly.

But this time, it seems Dania is going to suffer another setback.

"Mine. Normal people can't use it. It's not an intelligence problem. It's a personality problem!" Uh, this might be a bit problematic. Maybe this batch of candidates will be a bunch of lunatics.

However, considering Kuku's obvious "multiple personality" ability, it is unlikely that a normal person could inherit this power.

Rean himself had tried this mind-body ability and could only say that it was barely usable. He couldn't feel its advantages or disadvantages. On the contrary, the more he used it, the more sluggish his thinking became, as if he had been cursed with a mental curse.

Based on my current abilities, using this Soul Essence would be a negative bonus.

It seems that even if I want to acquire this power, it will take some time.

"Finally, I'm back." Rean breathed a sigh of relief as he returned to his residence in the South Gate District.

I've been working non-stop, so this time I need to take a good rest.

Welcome, friend!

Seeing Lana running towards him in her maid outfit, Rean smiled contentedly.

"Miss Lana is very diligent. Today, she not only ate and dressed obediently, but also took the initiative to help us with housework." The maid beside her said something nice.

Lana smiled happily when she heard herself being praised.

She even stood on tiptoe to hand over the "cat ears" so that Rean could touch and praise them.

"Really? Good girl, good girl." How could Rean refuse!

Rean secretly resolved that if he ever had a daughter, she would want her to be like that!
Feeling a little guilty, Rean decided to play with the little girl until evening. He was surprised to find that Lana had clearly "grown up" a bit, and it seemed that she was going through puberty again.

Previously, playing with building blocks and children's games would bring me joy, but now I have to enjoy playing cards and listening to stories, and even older children have to listen to them. It seems that my mind is starting to develop again.

This made the "old father" both happy and vaguely worried and uneasy.

Fortunately, the favor shown to them at this time was genuine.

As night fell, he returned to his room alone, letting his guard down, and Rean felt a deep sense of exhaustion.

He planned to read a book and then rest.
"Thwack!" Kusla was suddenly kicked from below, and he used his iron leg to launch a sneak attack!
"Sleep?! Get up and party! Get up and catch up on your studies!" The hoarse, synthesized voice was still full of energy, even at night.

"What are you doing! I'm exhausted!" Rean clutched his left foot, hopping on one leg in pain. This little guy really hit hard!
Having just recovered from a serious injury, Rean felt he needed to rest after working non-stop.

"Your surroundings! Your current strength! How can you sleep?" Kuku was a little disdainful. Did you really not want to live anymore?

"What can I do? I'm so safe around here now, I can improve slowly, right?" Rean wasn't making excuses, he was genuinely exhausted.

"Take it slow? You're dead. It'll be over soon."

Kuku thought about it and decided that he should definitely find a less provocative reason.

"Don't you remember? You told me during the day."

Rean recalled that it was nothing much; it was just that the princess used this opportunity to announce her entry into the political arena.

"Underground! War! Fools."

Clearly, Rean underestimated the seriousness of the matter, viewing what was about to erupt into a full-scale war as a political stunt.

With Kuku's explanation, Rean finally understood what the underground ruins represented.

"The power of the beast! Separate it out. Digest it in advance. Avoid an accumulated explosion!"

Beasts are difficult to completely extinct; in a sense, they can be seen as the embodiment of nature, and sealing them is the best choice.

Normal life forms might die after being sealed, but beasts with "infinite life" will continuously accumulate power and eventually break through the seal.

So, a wise man modified the seal, making it constantly draw power from those sealed within. The monsters and demons in the underground ruins of Radiant City, which were used as resource points by the kingdom and the city, were the source of that underground seal, the "deer".

This is tantamount to constantly cutting and bleeding Him; it won't kill Him, but it's disgusting enough.

The orcs' kingdom will also continuously deal with the newly born monsters to prevent them from accumulating too many and getting out of control.

In some places, it is even regarded as a resource point for regular harvesting. In fact, it has become a mature system and a nutritional supply line for the birth of extraordinary individuals.

Nowadays, many underground labyrinths, ruins, monster forests, and other high-risk areas on the mainland not only have dedicated guardians, but also often have large creatures sealed beneath them. And these are not the biggest hidden dangers in this world.

With the return of the demonic tide, the power flowing out is increasing, not only strengthening the beasts' ability to interfere with external forces, but also causing those seals that have reached their limits to eventually become uncontrollable.

Now, if we really want to solve this problem, whether we confront the beast directly or reinforce the seal, we have to fight our way through this underground ruin.

But now, the kingdom's explorers are actually hunting on the surface of the ruins.

The kingdom alone probably can't handle it, so Dania is raising the banner and forming an alliance to carry out the attack.

"You think you can avoid this? The war will last at most three months!"

(End of this chapter)