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"Young man, do you need help? ..."
A vague, ethereal voice, carrying a trace of teasing amusement, echoed with startling clarity throughout the chaotic space and reached everyone's ears just as clearly.
That voice, belonging to an impossible fifth person, naturally stunned Ash and Eco, while Nabi and Mordred's battle of offense and defense froze on the spot.
This was the Dragon Forging Workshop, a spiritual space created by the great Holy Dragons of ancient dragonkind. It was specifically meant for dragons' spiritual bodies to enter and create works—namely, Holy Knight Armor.
Therefore, this was Nabi's territory.
Nabi was the incarnation of Dragon Kindred Memory, the accumulated knowledge of dragonkind over countless millennia. The dragons had stored all that accumulated knowledge within the Dragon Forging Workshop—in other words, they had stored Dragon Kindred Memory there. As the incarnation of Dragon Kindred Memory, Nabi was naturally the master here.
Normally, only dragons could enter the Dragon Forging Workshop. If Nabi invited an outsider, she could pull that person's spiritual body into the Dragon Forging Workshop as well. But right now, this was absolutely not a situation where a fifth person could appear.
The Avalon Holy Dragon Royal Family and the Nehalennia Nether Dragon Royal Family were engaged in a fateful showdown. Mordred was trying to seize the incarnation of Dragon Kindred Memory in an attempt to obtain the true power belonging to the Nether Dragon King. Under such circumstances, the Dragon Forging Workshop had completely become the battlefield of the two dragon royal families. No other dragons could interfere.
Ash had only been able to appear here because he had already become part of Eco's body. That was why he could witness this battle with his own eyes.
But