Dragon Island Defense, number one in the world

I returned to the other world and found myself inside a room.

There were only three people in the room.

A Xing.

Sword Saint Cascading Snow.

As well as...

Dragon Girl.

Still curled up in bed.

Seeing Kang De return, A Xing and Hilmeria both breathed a sigh of relief. The Sword Saint Cascading Snow asked, "How was it?"

The Sword Saint Cascading Snow followed Kang De to aid Danfeng Lucerne, experiencing several major battles along the way and fighting alongside Horus. Needless to say, the Iron Son was not only a comrade-in-arms and friend, but also a life mentor who gave her advice on love. When the A Xing Son was seriously injured, both of them were very worried.

"Fine."

Kang De looked at the Dragon Girl on the bed and frowned, "Why are you still here?"

Lily remained wrapped in a quilt, curled up on the bed, looking like Type-Moon poster, the fully upgraded and ever-expanding Saber with more and more clothes. She stared at Kang De with a strange expression.

Then he said, "Your people have surrounded this place completely. How am I supposed to get out dressed like this?"

Maple Leaf Palace was attacked, and the target was Kang De. As Goth's savior and protector, Kang De's every move, word, and safety attracted the attention of the entire country and even the world. In an instant, the Grand Duke personally led the palace guards to surround the palace.

Kang De was eager to take his Iron Son back to the White Mist World to heal his injuries, so he left the teleportation anchor point to A Xing. A Xing and Hilmeria then blocked the people who came to help from outside. After all, with so many people around, it would be difficult to explain such things. The fewer people who saw it, the better. So they simply blocked the Grand Duke and Tina from the outside as well.

So at this moment, a large group of people are gathered outside, waiting anxiously and with trepidation.

The Dragon Girl's identity was awkward, and her attire was awkward too. How could she possibly have the face to flaunt herself in such a flamboyant outfit under the watchful eyes of everyone?

Kang De said, "Why not take it off?"

Lily said indifferently, "So many people are trying to peek in, why don't you try looking in another one?"

Kang De looked impatient. After thinking for a moment, he strode to the wardrobe next to him, opened the door, and put all his changes of clothes there. It was too much trouble to go back to the White Mist World every day.

He reached for a windbreaker, grabbed it, and tossed it over. "Put this on."

Lily's Formidable outfit is quite Formidable, except for the exaggerated exposure of her chest and the rather bold sheer sleeves covering her arms. The rest is nothing special. Her long skirt flows down to her shoes, which is very conservative. Unless you lift up the skirt, you can't see the white stockings underneath.

As long as you wrap your upper body in a thick windproof jacket, you'll be completely covered.

Looking at Kang De's expression, the Dragon Girl sighed inwardly.

She stayed, not entirely out of shame, but to take the opportunity to find out more details and ease the tension caused by tonight's attack.

But now it seems that Dragon Island must provide an explanation.

Or...

She pulled the windbreaker, which exuded a strange, pleasant fragrance, into the blanket and carefully put it on.

Zippers hadn't been invented in this other world, but the Dragon Girl quickly figured out how to use them. After all, zippers had been around for almost a hundred years on Earth, and human-computer interaction was already excellent. She zipped up her windbreaker from the bottom up, concealing her ample bosom under the oversized coat, and then a thought struck her.

--This zipper fastener is really impressive.

She got dressed, pulled back the covers, and because she was hiding under the covers, her skirt was rolled up, revealing most of her calves. They were straight and strong, with beautiful lines, and under the white silk, they exuded a hazy and pure charm.

The Dragon Girl immediately reached out to cover her skirt, shifted her body to the side, extended her delicate arches, hooked her small toes on the ground with her shoes, gently lifted them up, and slipped her slender jade feet into the shoes. Then she gracefully stood up, turned half a circle, her skirt swaying slightly, and faced Kang De with a calm expression.

"Alright."

She said.

Kang De nodded slightly, then looked away. "Let everyone in."

A Xing then opened the door.

Tina rushed in immediately and hugged Kang De. The Grand Duke followed behind, then Princess Stella, followed by the Minister of the Palace Armed Forces, the Knight Commander, the Chief Mage, and several other powerful figures. These men had solemn expressions and nodded to Kang De. There was another person who was firmly sandwiched between them, his face gloomy and ashen.

He is Santos, the Chief Marketing Officer of Dragon Island Defense.

When the attack occurred, the Grand Duke did three things. First, he activated the Maple Leaf Palace defense system to closely guard against any possible attack. Second, he dispatched personnel to support Kang De. Third, he immediately sent troops to surround the residence of the Dragon Clan delegation and detained everyone.

This is both detention and protection, especially for Santos. If, after Kang De is attacked by the dragon-shaped assassins, the envoy from Dragon Island also dies under mysterious circumstances, then no matter how the situation is explained, a great battle between Goth and the dragons will be unavoidable.

So Santos offered no resistance and followed the Goth People here.

Everyone present was a member of the Taidariel Family and their core subordinates. They all breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that Kang De was unharmed, but they were surprised to see Lily, the dragon girl, in the room.

Why the beautiful dragon lady appeared in Kang De's room at night, and why she was wearing Kang De's clothes, were things no one cared about. Now was not the time to talk about such things.

Kang De patted Tina in his arms. The girl hugged him tightly, her body trembling slightly. She was clearly terrified and worried. She couldn't afford to lose anyone else.

"It's okay, it's okay, I'm fine."

Kang De offered a few words of comfort in a low voice, and only after Tina gradually calmed down did he look at Santos.

"Sir Envoy," he asked, "Do you have anything to say?"

The Armored Minister and the Knight Commander stepped aside, Santos stepped forward, saying calmly, "This is a conspiracy. The conspirators want to take this opportunity to sabotage Goth's peace talks with the Dragon Clan and incite conflict."

Before Kang De could speak, Tina, who was in his arms, turned her head.

She gripped Kang De's collar tightly with both hands, her bloodshot eyes revealing a chilling glint as she slowly said, "Although you say so, it's not impossible that Dragon Island could send assassins with scrolls and potions, and after the assassination fails, claim it was a conspiracy against Dragon Island and Goth."

She said in a somber tone, "The Dragon Blood Elixir and the Dragon Transformation Scroll are real facts. The envoy's one-sided words cannot convince Goth."

"I understand."

Santos's face was so dark it was almost dripping with gloom.

No matter how you explain it, the scroll and the potion are irrefutable evidence that are extremely detrimental to Dragon Island.

The dragons must either prove their innocence or, disregarding explanations, simply engage in direct combat.

There is no third way.

Given the pride of the dragon race, the latter would usually be the better choice. I said I didn't do it, and that's it. If you insist that I did it, then I did it. If you want to fight, then let's fight.

--But this style of doing things is despised by the current Dragon Emperor, and Kang De has great power in his hands. No one is willing to easily start a war with a powerful enemy who can conjure Forbidden Spell with his bare hands, and the dragons are no exception.

He took a deep breath. "The dragon race is the eldest son of the Founder, the chosen race. They will never be pawns of schemers. The enemy who plotted all this is not only waging war against Goth, but has also incurred the wrath of the dragons. Dragon Island will become his nightmare, destroying his body, burning his soul, and annihilating everything he has plotted."

Tina sneered, "Then, who is he?"

Tonight's attack must be thoroughly investigated and retaliated against, but the first thing to do is to find out the identity of the attackers before we can have a chance to find out who the mastermind is.

No matter how tough Santos talks, it's all useless if the mastermind isn't found.

The Chief Marketing Officer said coldly, "We'll find out. The dragons have their own methods. Please give us a copy of the ashes and remains of the attackers."

The attacker first used the Dragon Vein Revival Scroll, then drank the Dragon Blood Elixir, and then used some kind of secret technique that burned life force, ultimately resulting in this unstoppable attack. However, after the attack, his own soul and life were burned to ashes, leaving only a pile of ashes, destroying the evidence and leaving no way to prove his death.

But that's what ordinary people do—destroying evidence.

But for Dragon Island Defense Company, which has complete business details and values independent intellectual property rights, corporate interests, and market order, it would be recognizable even if it were reduced to ashes!

It should be noted that the two main products of Dragon Defense are Dragon Clan mercenaries and Dragon Clan products. Among these Dragon Clan products, the sale of dragon skeletons, which Santos mentioned earlier, is only a part of it.

The other large part consists of processed products with independent intellectual property rights owned by the dragon race, such as the dragon blood potion and dragon transformation scroll used by the assassin tonight.

Not to mention other enchanted equipment and divine weapons.

The company has even recently been negotiating with dwarves to outsource some of their low- to mid-range products to them, which will then be rebranded as Dragon Defense products.

As for the processing fee, it was certainly generous. However, once these dwarves took the money, they immediately wanted to buy Dragonblood Wood Brew. Although the Dragonblood Wood Brew was brewed by halflings, the most important ingredient, Dragonblood Wood, came from the Dragonblood Wood Forest on Dragon Island. The price of the raw materials was equally expensive. And although those halflings also received a lot of pay, they were still just laborers because they had to spend a huge sum of money every year to hire mercenaries from Dragon Island...

At this time, Dragon Island Defense Company operates with a tightly interconnected, rigorous system and complete procedures, undoubtedly monopolizing the market for Dragon Clan products. What does such a company hate most?

Of course, this happened when the company monopolized the market and maintained free trade, and a small group of scoundrels within the company sold self-made products at below-market prices for their own petty gains.

These blood products made by members of the Dragon Clan are clearly illegal, lack quarantine and certification, irresponsible to consumers, damage the company's brand reputation, disrupt normal market order, and alienate themselves from all Dragon Clan members nationwide.

To combat this unhealthy trend, the Dragon Emperor traced the origins back to the source and completed a census of the entire clan's dragon mouths twenty years ago. He led his henchmen, carrying the Book of Origin and the Dragon-Summoning Flute, searching high and low, one by one. Whether you were in the deep mountains and forests, the deep sea trenches, or the craters of volcanoes, whether you were high or asleep, wake them all up, record their household registration, issue them identity certificates, draw their blood, and record their soul fluctuations.

If any dragon protests that the Dragon Emperor is meddling too much, the Dragon Emperor will retaliate with his fists, often giving them a severe beating. His iron fist of dictatorship is invincible, beating the wicked dragons into submission and making them all cower in fear.

The results are remarkable. With this household registration system in hand, whenever illegal blood products produced by small workshops are discovered on the market, the market supervision team of Dragon Defense will arrive on the scene as soon as possible.

Even if you drink it, it doesn't matter. Just pluck some hairs and scrape some flesh and blood back to analyze which dragon this unique Magic Power fluctuation belongs to. Then the anti-traitor team will come out in full force, catch this evil dragon that is destroying the company's interests and disrupting the market order, beat it up, and hang it high in the fire copper room.

These crucial details are top secrets within the Dragon Defense, and even Kang De couldn't reveal them in detail. Therefore, Santos only gave a brief overview, indicating that the Dragon Clan possesses its own secret methods.

He was 90% certain that he could extract the dragon factor from the ashes and trace it back to which dragon the dragon blood potion belonged to, whether it was a legitimate product sold by the Dragon Defense, or an illegal product from a small workshop.

If it's the former, then it's very easy. Just follow the sales chain all the way down, and you won't have to worry about not finding the real culprit. If it's the latter, it's not difficult either. As long as it's a dragon on record, just catch it, beat it up, and force a confession.

To be an enemy of the dragons is not only foolish, it's downright foolish.

Santos sneered inwardly.

Even if they meticulously planned and orchestrated this conspiracy, believing that ordering their assassins to unleash a deadly attack that would obliterate them and leave the dragons with no clues... it was utterly foolish.

To try to fight against a well-organized, well-regulated commercial company with one's own wisdom, scheming, and malice is utterly foolish and a recipe for disaster.

The Grand Duke and Tina both looked at Kang De, Kang De nodded and said, "Give it to him."

To the Goth People, this assassin was completely out of the blue, appearing suddenly, then vanishing in a flash, leaving no trace. Even an investigation yielded no results.

Only Kang De was the first to see him appear in Shadow; this power characteristic is probably the only clue. If the other party had a breath left, Kang De could still use the Fire Thief to Extraction and read his memories, but he's already dead and nothing but ashes... The dragons say they have a way, so let them give it a try.

In his view, there is about a 40% chance that the dragons are the masterminds behind this, which means there is a 60% chance that they are completely innocent.

Whether they were innocent or not is no longer important.

Whether someone is innocent or not, politics doesn't care about that.

Politics is about self-interest.

The assassin fought desperately and severely wounded Horus. On the surface, who benefited the most?

Dragons.

Although Horus was severely wounded, Kang De was unharmed and still capable of unleashing Forbidden Spell that terrified the nations; the Sword of Deterrence hanging over the continent remained sharp.

Only the dragons, more than the Forbidden Spell, fear Horus's speed exceeding twice Mach and his powerful dominance over the skies. The reason the powerful Dragon Defense are reluctant to discuss cooperation is precisely because the alchemical weapons described in the battle report, whose speed far surpasses that of dragons, are too powerful. If they were to fight head-on, the losses would be devastating.

So let's talk about that first.

Now, the dragons' greatest fear is the unpredictable extent of their injuries.

In this situation, it's not impossible that the dragons might tear up the previously agreed-upon agreement, propose even harsher conditions, or resort to forceful intimidation...

After all, in this world, things are settled with force.

Kang De said, "Sir, messenger."

"I am here."

He gazed at the dragon envoy opposite him, his expression calm and his tone indifferent.

"Our agreement will be honored as scheduled. I await the arrival of your world-renowned Dragon Rider battle group."

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PS1: Update! You wouldn't believe it!

PS2: Today was tough... Although it's still early and I could continue writing, I don't want to set any more goals. Several times before, I'd say I'd have another update, but then either I'd get writer's block or something came up, and I'd still have to force myself to finish. I could have gone to bed at 11, but I ended up staying up until 2 or 3... Anyway, that's all for today's update. I'll write a little more tonight as a reserve. With a reserve, I can try adjusting my sleep schedule.