I am a wicked dragon, and you want me to fall into goodness?

Chapter 113! Shall I go and kill the Blue Dragon? (3k)

Elia territory one month later.

The castle is perpetually shrouded in darkness; the damp, chilly air seeping from the cracks in the stones makes even candlelight burn dimly, and a gust of wind casts shadows throughout the room.

In the council chamber at the highest point of the castle, there was a blackened animal skin carpet.

Count Constance leaned back in his ebony chair. He looked to be in his early thirties, with silver hair, fair skin, and dark red eyes characteristic of bloodline.

After all, he is an immortal descendant who has lived for thousands of years. No matter how young his appearance is, the malice and viciousness in his bones can never be hidden.

He toyed with a blood jade ring that gleamed with a dark light between his fingers. This thing was tempered with blood and bone and refined with alchemy techniques. It could transmit messages over extremely long distances using secret methods.

But in the past month, his loyal subordinate Linus has not contacted him again.

Count Constance remained silent, while the bloodline servants standing on either side bowed their heads, none daring to provoke him.

Just then, the wooden door of the council chamber was suddenly pushed open, bringing in a gust of cold wind from outside and shattering the dangerous atmosphere inside.

The servant Abel entered.

His face was filled with anxiety and fear, and his knees buckled as he knelt on the animal-skin rug: "My lord! Something terrible has happened!"

Count Constance paused in the act of caressing the blood jade ring with his fingertips, and glanced at him.

His dark red pupils held little emotion, but when his gaze fell upon Abel, it sent chills down Abel's spine, making him stutter even more.

"My Lord Earl, I—I tried to find our clansmen in Starfall City, but they've all disappeared in the past month! I've completely lost contact with them!"

"Can't get in touch?" Count Constance finally spoke, his voice low and hoarse. "Say it again, how come you can't get in touch all of a sudden?"

Linus's disappearance is one thing, at most it's considered a betrayal, but none of the bloodline members in Starfall City can be contacted.

Could it be that they've all betrayed us?

Abel lay prostrate on the ground, his forehead almost touching the carpet, daring not to conceal anything, and blurted out the truth: "My lord, I sent more than thirty of my clansmen to infiltrate Starfall City to gather intelligence on the Starshine Kingdom."

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"But starting about two weeks ago, all the traces of our kind suddenly disappeared. At first, I thought they had been discovered by human professionals while they were hiding, so I tried to send a message to the core members of our kind in the city, but no one responded at all!"

In fact, they had all been killed by Puse a month ago, but there was a gap in their communication, so they didn't realize what was happening.

"I was so panicked that I thought I'd sneak into Starfall City to check things out. I flew in under the cover of night, and guess what happened?"

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Abel's voice rose slightly as he spoke, filled with lingering fear, "There's absolutely no trace of our people left in the city!"

"Their old hideouts, whether they were dilapidated houses in the slums or abandoned warehouses in the west of the city, are all empty! Not a trace was left, as if they had never existed!"

Count Constance gripped the blood-jade ring on his finger tightly, coldly saying, "Useless! Even if the aura of one of our kind dissipates, it will linger for seven days. Didn't you even try to investigate along that aura?"

"I've investigated! I've investigated!" Abel replied hastily, his tone full of helplessness.

"I followed the faint traces left in the stronghold and found that in several alleys, only some ashes of the same kind remained."

Upon hearing this, the other servants in the council chamber couldn't help but gasp and exchange horrified glances.

Although immortal bloodlines have gained long lifespans and strong physical bodies, making them difficult to harm with ordinary swords and blades, they are not truly immortal.

It seems that our kind, who are lurking in Starfall City, are being targeted!

Abel swallowed hard and continued, "I also found some scale fragments in one of the deepest alleys; they were dark blue."

"My lord, I am certain that all our kin who were lurking in Starfall City were killed by that blue dragon!"

"Not only in the city, but I later went to the wheat fields and dense forests outside Starfall City."

"Some of our clansmen hid in the homes of farmers outside the city to facilitate the transmission of messages. As a result, all those farmhouses were burned down, and the houses collapsed everywhere."

"The surrounding vegetation also showed signs of burning, and there was charred ash on the ground, clearly indicating that our kin outside the city had not escaped the dragon's pursuit either!"

Count Constance's face darkened completely, and the candlelight in the hall was instantly dimmed, causing the temperature to drop several degrees.

The people he sent back then weren't ordinary blood descendants; several of them were veterans who had lived for hundreds of years and were skilled in stealth and assassination.

Linus, in particular, is one of the best among the bloodline, and he possesses a dagger forged from the venomous fangs of a serpent dragon, a dagger that can even poison a true dragon.

He clearly instructed Linus to find the right moment to strike, so how did Linus end up getting caught up in the mess too?

"Where is Linus?" Count Cons asked through gritted teeth, his voice almost overflowing with murderous intent.

"Linus went there with the Serpent Dragon Dagger, and we can't contact him anymore?"

Mentioning Linus, Abel lowered his head even further: "Yes—Lord Linus has also disappeared without a trace."

"My subordinates found numerous signs of a fight in the dense forest outside the city. The ground was riddled with deep pits, and there were still many traces of lightning. Clearly, that blue dragon had been hunting something there."

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"I found a few fragments of a serpentine dragon's fang in the scorched soil. It must be Lord Linus's dagger that broke, so—"

"So Lord Linus was probably killed by that blue dragon, and even his dagger was destroyed."

"Useless! All of you are useless!" Count Constance stood up abruptly, his ebony chair sliding backward with a jarring sound.

"More than thirty of our lurking kin! They've all been found, including Linus! He possessed the venomous serpent dragon! And they all perished at the hands of a single blue dragon! Were they all incompetent?!"

His aura surged dramatically, and the servants on both sides trembled with fear, kneeling down and not daring to breathe.

Abel was terrified and prostrated himself on the ground, kowtowing repeatedly: "Your Excellency, please forgive me! Please forgive me!"

"No one expected that blue dragon to be so powerful; Lord Linus's assassination attempt actually failed."

"Lord Linus clearly said that the serpent dragon's venom would injure even an ancient dragon."

Count Constance was panting heavily, his chest heaving violently. He had lived for over a thousand years and had never suffered such a great loss.

He originally intended to take advantage of the immortal bloodline's stealth to quietly eliminate Puse and undermine the trend of unification of the Starshine Kingdom.

But now things have turned out badly; more than thirty of their own kind have been wiped out, and even Linus is dead.

The assassination plan completely failed, and even news from Starfall City was cut off. This was truly a double loss.

"That blue dragon—what is its origin?" Count Constance muttered to himself, his eyes filled with malice and doubt.

"Even an ordinary young blue dragon with a powerful bloodline, it's impossible for him to make Linus fail."

"It's even more illogical to kill over thirty immortal bloodlines in such a short time without leaving a trace!"

By now, Count Cons only suspects that Linus made a mistake.

He was unaware that Linus had successfully assassinated Puse and injected the serpent dragon's venom into him, though it had no effect.

Seeing that Earl Constance's expression had eased slightly, Abel quickly added, "My lord, I have also learned that the blue dragon enjoys extremely high prestige in the Starshine Kingdom."

"Moreover, Starfall City's defenses have become increasingly tight over the past month. It's clear that the blue dragon has sensed the assassination attempt and has therefore strengthened its vigilance. It will probably be very difficult for us to send someone to carry out the assassination again."

"Will it be difficult?" Count Cons sneered, a ruthless glint flashing in his dark red pupils.

"My men from Constance didn't die in vain! More than thirty of our kind, and Linus too—I must settle this score with that blue dragon!"

He walked to the window, pushed open the heavy black curtains, and saw a blood-red moon outside, exactly the same moonlight as the day Linus died.

The moonlight shone on his pale face, making his expression appear even more sinister: "Linus is useless, he didn't choose the right opportunity! No matter how powerful that damned blue reptile is, it can't be without weaknesses!"

"His alliance with other ethnic groups is ultimately aimed at expanding his own power. Since that's the case, I'll start by targeting his power!"

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"Your Excellency, what do you mean?" an older bloodline servant asked cautiously.

"The Levi and the Long-Eared Clan only united because they were coerced by Puse; they may not necessarily be truly subservient to that blue dragon."

Count Conse's eyes flashed with calculation: "Go and make arrangements. Send people to contact the opposition of the Levi and Long-eared tribes, incite them to antagonize Puse, and cause them to fall into internal strife."

"If the opportunity arises—we should organize another assassination attempt!"

The Crimson Empire may let its lambs graze freely, but it will not allow them to unite.

Only when the races within the Starshine Kingdom fight amongst themselves will the surviving lambs not only not be afraid when the Crimson Empire's sword falls, but will instead gloat on the sidelines.

"Ah, me?" Abel said, pointing to himself. Something Linus couldn't handle, he could handle?

Count Constance, seemingly oblivious to the shock on Abel's face, continued, "Assemble the elite Crimson Knights once more."

"No need for infiltration, go directly to the outskirts of Starfall City and harass them, kill their people, destroy their farmland, I will make sure the Starshine Kingdom never has peace!"

"Also, investigate! Find out everything about Blue Dragon, at all costs! Find out how powerful his bloodline is, whether he has any weaknesses, even the smallest clue!"

Count Conse reprimanded his subordinate: "I'll show him what happens when you offend an immortal bloodline, when you offend me, Conse!"

Abel immediately accepted the order: "Yes! I will arrange it right away! I will definitely find out Puse's background and gather elite bloodlines to harass Starfall City!"

Count Constance looked again at the blood moon outside the window.

He could sense that the aura belonging to Linus and his kin on the ring had completely dissipated, leaving not even a trace of its original essence.

After leaving the council chamber, Abel sent people to investigate Puse's background while gathering the elite bloodline of his clan to prepare for the outskirts of Starfall City.

As for the assassination attempt, Abel simply ignored it and told him that it had been in the works all along.