Hope also watched Sonia's memory in real time. When he saw the Dragon Slayer mage who avenged Sonia, his comment was:
Wow!
It turns out that Xiao Hei has a human side!
Meanwhile, somewhere, Acunorokia sneezed.
Chapter 385 A Fleeting Absurdity
The flood of memories recedes.
Sonia stood beside the shattered throne, tears silently streaming down her cheeks.
I remember my grandmother's smiling face, my father's strong hands, my mother's warm embrace... and I also remember that massacre, that sea of blood, those screams...
"Hahahahahaha!"
The gem dragon Amnis laughed maniacally, his massive body writhing in the half-collapsed hall. "Remember now? Good! I was afraid you'd die without ever knowing what happened to you!"
He lowered his head, his two jewel-like eyes fixed on the sorrowful girl. "For the past 400 years, your body, your identity, your life have all been tools I've manipulated, a vessel for healing!"
Sonia didn't speak, she just closed her eyes.
"But now, none of that matters anymore."
Amnis turned to look at Hope, his eyes flashing with cruel light. Although Hope had stopped the "Soul Dragon Technique," his fatal injuries had healed after 400 years of recuperation.
Next, after eating these two humans, we'll go absorb the starlight vein.
The four-hundred-year wait is finally coming to an end today!
The Gem Dragon licked its lips. "Speaking of which, I ran into Acnologia before I could eat Sonia. Now that I've raised her to adulthood, she'll definitely taste better than that little brat who barely had any meat on her bones."
He opened his enormous mouth, and a blinding light shone from deep within his throat.
That's the dragon's signature move, the prototype of the Dragon Slayer Mage's "Roar" skill, and the "Dragon Breath" that can instantly turn an entire palace to ashes.
"Once I absorb the power of the starstone vein, I won't be afraid even if Acnologia comes in person!"
"When the time comes, I will restore the dragons' rule to this land! All humans will be nothing more than slaves to the dragons, and food for us!"
The Gem Dragon's voice grew louder and more unrestrained, as if it could already see itself ruling the world.
"I will rebuild the world of dragons! I will avenge myself on that damned human Acnologia—"
The sound stopped abruptly.
Amnis sensed something.
A gust of wind.
It felt like a very light breeze brushed past his neck.
Then, he saw his lower body.
The enormous, jewel-encrusted body remained standing, its dragon breath still brewing deep within its throat, but it was missing a head.
Where's the head?
As the gem dragon thought this, it immediately felt up, down, left, and right, as if the whole world was starting to spin.
No... it's not the world that's spinning, but its head.
It tumbled through the air, tracing a parabola, before crashing heavily to the ground.
thump.
The enormous dragon head, adorned with jewels, bounced twice on the ground, rolled a few times, and finally came to a stop in front of the throne steps, right in front of Sonia.
Those jewel-like eyes were wide open, their pupils contracting violently, filled with astonishment, terror, shock, despair... and a deep sense of bewilderment.
His mouth was still opening and closing, and the dragon's breath in his throat had not yet been released, but his body was already out of control.
Blood gushed out like a fountain from the severed neck, staining half of the throne room crimson.
"How...is this possible..."
The gem dragon's lips moved, his voice becoming weak and indistinct. His gaze moved with difficulty, finally landing on the person who had suddenly separated his head from his body.
"It's...you..."
Hope stood in the same spot, without moving an inch, her right hand hanging casually at her side, except that she now held a longsword.
The sword was entirely golden, radiating a soft light, like a solidified ray of sunlight. There wasn't a trace of blood on its surface; it was so clean it looked as if it had never been used.
The Divine Golden Sword.
A living Dragon Slayer weapon forged from the concept of the Golden Dragon, using the golden owl that was once transformed from its body.
Using the power of a dragon to fight another dragon is the perfect solution.
"He rattled off a bunch of incomprehensible gibberish. Go talk to my sword."
This was the last sound the Gem Dragon heard.
It opened its mouth as if to say something, but its head, separated from its body, could no longer make a sound.
Consciousness was rapidly fading.
The light in those jewel-like dragon eyes dimmed little by little until only one color remained.
Will to die.
It died just like that.
The death was so sudden, so absurd.
One second he was boldly declaring his intention to dominate the world and launch a magnificent revenge against his enemies, and the next second he was decapitated and became a bloody corpse.
Gem Dragon Amnis.
The ancient dragon clan, who had lived for countless years and was the mastermind behind the creation of the Kingdom of Stella for over four hundred years, ultimately left without even a last word, thus making its complete exit from the stage.
Hope sheathed the Divine Golden Sword, staring blankly into the gem dragon's unseeing gem eyes, his face expressionless.
It was as if slaying a giant dragon was a trivial matter.
However, on the other hand, the Gem Dragon, which looks mighty but is actually quite weak, is far less powerful than the Five Divine Dragons and is just a lowly, insignificant dragon.
Killing it casually is indeed a minor matter.
Perhaps it was precisely because the Gem Dragon was so weak that Acnologia overlooked it when it was on the verge of death 400 years ago, giving it the opportunity to use the "Soul Dragon Technique" on Sonia.
Hope turned and walked toward Sonia. The girl's cheeks were still wet with tears, and her brown eyes, still filled with sadness, were now filled with a sense of bewilderment at the astonishing sight before her.
Sonia looked up, her eyes blurry with tears, at the stranger she had only recently met. Her lips trembled as she tried to say something, but she couldn't utter a single word.
Whether it's the worry about the crisis of the Starstone mine, the grief of learning the truth about one's origins, or the shock of the Gem Dragon dying suddenly in an instant.
What happened today was far beyond what she could bear.
As a result, Sonia is now somewhat mentally unstable.
Hope picked up a piece of gravel, used magnetic force to reassemble it into a handkerchief, and handed it to Sonia. Sonia took the handkerchief and held it tightly in her hand.
Having lived for over 400 years, she was ultimately resilient. She quickly calmed down and looked at the Gem Dragon, the culprit who had destroyed her family, with only a sense of relief.
More than four hundred years of solitude, more than four hundred years of deception, more than four hundred years of being used as a tool by an evil dragon, having one's life manipulated at will...
All of this has finally come to an end today.
In the distance, the last rays of the setting sun slowly faded from the island's natural cliffs. Amnis was dead, and she was about to begin her own life.
Chapter 386 The Fourth Generation Dragon Slayer
The collapse of the royal palace could not be hidden forever.
The Gem Dragon's earth-shattering roar echoed across almost the entire island.
Pedestrians on the street stopped and looked up in horror at the huge dragon corpse exposed from the ruins in the direction of the palace. The waves crashed against the cliff, as if providing accompaniment for this sudden change.
Sonia had just wiped away her tears and hadn't even had a chance to say a word when a flurry of footsteps came from all directions.
The clanging of armor against metal, the rhythmic thud of footsteps, and the urgent commands of officers drew nearer, quickly surrounding the entire ruins of the palace.
Hope looked and saw hundreds of fully armed soldiers surging in from all directions, with spears like a forest, shields like a wall, and archers occupying the high ground, their arrows gleaming coldly in the sunlight.
The army is quite efficient.
But thinking about it, it's normal. If such a big commotion happened in the core of a country, the royal palace where the ruler resides, and there wasn't even a reaction time, then that country would have perished long ago.
The soldiers lined up outside the ruins, making way for each other.
A tall man walked out of the passage.
He had a rugged appearance, regular features, and a chin that looked as if it had been sculpted with a knife. Paired with his meticulously trimmed beard, he did indeed have the heroic air of a soldier at first glance.
But his eyes betrayed him.
It was an ambition that could not be concealed, like two burning flames, greedily sweeping over the ruins, over the dragon corpse, over Hope, and finally landing on Sonia.
The new Minister of Defense of the Kingdom of Stra - Chai Xiu.
Hope glanced at Chaise in the distance, recalling the locals' comments in the tavern, and muttered to himself, "That's the guy. He definitely doesn't look like a good person."
Chai Xiu walked closer, his gaze first falling on the corpse of the Gem Dragon, his pupils suddenly contracting.
The dragon was covered in jewels, and even though it was decapitated, it still exuded a suffocating sense of oppression. Its huge head rolled to the side, its ruby eyes wide open, staring in disbelief.
A look of horror flashed in Chai Xiu's eyes.
But soon, that shock was replaced by another emotion.
ecstatic.
Chai Xiu hid his ecstasy very well, so well that the soldiers around him didn't notice at all, but Hope could see it clearly. This guy probably came to the Kingdom of Stra with the intention of rebelling.
Chai Xiu took a deep breath, his face quickly switching to a grief-stricken expression. He strode through the soldiers and came to Sonia, his voice carrying a deliberately suppressed anger.
"Your Holiness, I need an explanation."
Sonia looked up at the ambitious man, his hypocritical face reflected in her brown eyes.
She opened her mouth, as if to say something.
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