"What did Vermillion Bird say to you, Red Dragon?"
Above the forests of East Cave, two figures hovered in the air.
Cloud Domain.
Cloud Tiger, dressed in white robes fluttering in the wind, stood level with Southern Continent's airship. Earlier, he had been using mind-voice communication with the archbishop sent by the Holy City, discussing the specifics of hunting the Beast Tide.
Now, the trivial matters were over.
He turned to look at Red Dragon. Vermillion Bird had left the Great Hunt alone and gone to the outer ring to resolve the loss of the Child of Divine Grace, yet there had been no word from him since.
Although Cloud Tiger and Vermillion Bird were rivals.
They had both come from Source Tower, after all, and had climbed up from the bottom together back then.
The path to becoming a Divine Envoy was filled with countless bitter hardships that could not be shared with outsiders.
Only the other truly understood what they had been through.
"Nothing." Red Dragon said calmly, "Vermillion Bird went to burn down West Cave and got caught by Jia Wei."
"That idiot."
Cloud Tiger sneered. "So he came to ask for help?"
Of the four Divine Envoys, Vermillion Bird would ask anyone for help before asking him!
And Black Tortoise was responsible for guarding the main city district and would not leave.
So Vermillion Bird's only possible choice was Red Dragon... Red Dragon was strong enough, and selfless enough. As long as something fell within his duties, whether it was reasonable or not, he would agree to it.
"Mm."
Red Dragon said evenly, "I told him to go east of Tanyao... I'll meet up with him."
"Well, no wonder the Air Domain barrier shattered earlier. So he used the token again." Cloud Tiger smiled mockingly. "He