Chapter 227

Upon hearing this, Leon tentatively asked, "Then... should I excuse myself?"

Grandmother shook her head. "It's alright. Leon can stay here and listen too. It's fine."

"OK."

Losweiser sat up straight. "Grandma, you tell me."

Grandmother spoke earnestly and slowly.

"Actually, I planned to come back three years ago. I heard that the elite Dragon Slayer Army of mankind was planning to attack your territory, and the leader was that person wearing black armor. He was said to be the strongest Dragon Slayer among Human's strongest, and several dragon kings had already fallen at his hands before him."

Leon: Maybe I should avoid this?

Old lady, you really don't stab people lightly, but when you do, you stab them right where it hurts.

The couple exchanged a glance.

Losweiser shook her head almost imperceptibly, meaning 'It's okay, keep listening.'

"Upon receiving the news, I immediately planned to return. However, at that time, I and several dragon kings were still conducting surveys in the Far North of the continent. Even if we flew at full speed, it would take at least a month to return to the Silver Dragon territory."

"Fortunately, 'Star Wandering Dragon King Ravi' was there at the time. He said he could use his spatial teleportation magic to take me a part of the way, which would probably save half the time."

"But it will take a few days to prepare the teleportation array. I agreed."

"However, just as Ravi's teleportation array was ready, news came that the Silver Dragon Queen had defeated the human Dragon Slayer Army."

"So I gave up the idea of coming back."

The old woman squinted slightly, recalling the scene carefully. "At the time, I was thinking, that person in black armor didn't seem as powerful as the legends said. How did he manage to kill so many dragon kings in succession? Was it a coincidence?"

General Leon: Shall I demonstrate for you right here? Men, bring me my Black-Gold War Chariot!

Seemingly sensing the slight displeasure of the scoundrel, Losweiser quickly tried to smooth things over.

"Ah, actually that guy is very powerful. I was just lucky to be able to hold onto the territory."

Losweiser was indeed pleased that her grandmother had always been concerned about and cared for her, but if she continued on this topic, someone might get into trouble.

If it were a normal day, Losweiser would continue to tease him and cause trouble.

But now that Grandma is here, it wouldn't be worth it if I said something wrong because of my emotions and she noticed something.

So... it was just to avoid being found out by my grandmother, not to protect that scoundrel.

"The next time I hear news of you will be during the invasion of the Crimson Flame Dragon King Constantine."

At this point, the grandmother looked up at Leon across from her.

"The messenger said that the Silver Dragon Queen did not personally go to the battlefield; instead, someone who used Lightning magic took her place. Lightning magic is not common among Dragon Race; probably only some... survivor of a minor Dragon race can use Lightning magic, right, Leon?"

'Survivor of a minor Dragon race' is the identity and background that Losweiser gave to Leon. He just introduced himself to the old lady with this persona.

However, this explanation might fool some outsiders, but it didn't seem to be very effective in front of my grandmother.

Judging from the old lady's tone, she didn't believe Leon's background as he had described during his self-introduction.

But instead of directly pointing it out, she posed the question to Leon, wanting to see how Leon would answer.

Losweiser then realized that her grandmother had indeed not noticed Leon's human identity, but was skeptical of the claim that he was a 'survivor of a minor tribe'.

So... when the old lady said she didn't mind her grandson-in-law's background, was she just teasing her granddaughter?

"Sigh, as expected, experience counts," Losweiser sighed inwardly.

"You're right, I killed Constantine."

To Losweiser's surprise, he admitted it so directly.

But that's fine too. There's nothing to hide anyway. Hesitating and beating around the bush would only arouse my grandmother's suspicion.

"Because Losweiser was about to give birth at the time, Constantine's mole within the Silver Dragon Clan tipped him off, so he took advantage of this opportunity to launch a surprise attack. In order to protect Losweiser and my unborn child, I risked my life in that battle and barely managed to defeat Constantine."

"To risk one's life" refers to risking Constantine's life;

"Barely" means that it took ten minutes to barely defeat it.

If you can save the blue bar, five minutes should be enough?

Yes, that's what I mean.

Grandmother smiled and replied, "Leon, you don't need to be so nervous. I won't pry too much into your past. Since Little Los chose you, it means she trusts you."

Leon breathed a slight sigh of relief and took the opportunity to glance at Losweiser again.

The beauty smiled, her smile tinged with pride.

Foolish dragon, what are you so proud of? Tune yourself up.

Grandmother continued,

"Within just three years, the Silver Dragon Clan has suffered two large-scale attacks, which gives me a bad feeling."

"I thought that once the survey in the Far North was finished, I would rush back immediately."

"Fortunately, in the days that followed, I did not receive any more news of war from Little Los's side, and my heart was somewhat at ease."

"But... not long after, Star Wandering Dragon King Ravi suddenly withdrew from the exploration mission in the Far North for unknown reasons."

"Without Ravi, who is skilled in spatial magic, our exploration is difficult to continue, so we have to take a break for now. I took this opportunity to come back and visit you and Ischa."

"On the way back, my spies also found out a lot of interesting information."

"For example... besides Ravi, there are two other dragon kings who are skilled in spatial magic—'Black Sun Dragon King Blai' and 'Disorderly Dragon King Jaggs' —who have also suddenly disappeared without a trace, yet their clans remain peaceful."

The grandmother looked up and glanced at the couple who were listening attentively, but did not continue speaking.

Losweiser immediately understood and continued her grandmother's words, "The fact that the tribe's dragon king has disappeared but the tribe is still operating smoothly means that they made arrangements in advance before leaving."

Grandmother nodded in satisfaction. "That's right. Although I'm not sure if Ravi and the other two dragon kings' secret operation is related to the recent frequent attacks on your Silver Dragon Clan, I think you still need to know such important information."

The fact that several dragon kings suddenly gathered together in secret is not a good thing.

Grandmother's information was indeed crucial, at least giving Losweiser time to prepare in advance, so as to avoid encountering any sudden crisis.

Losweiser asked some more questions about Ravi, and her grandmother answered them all.

Meanwhile, Leon pondered the three dragon king names the old lady had just mentioned:

Ravi, Blair, Jaggs.

All...

Never heard of it.

Just like... he had never even heard of Constantine.

"It's really hard not to connect these old monsters..." Leon thought to himself.

In the evening, Leon went to Losweiser's study.

Instead of working overtime as usual, she was writing to her sister Ischa, telling her that their grandmother had returned and would be staying with them for a few days before going to Isa's place, and asking her sister to prepare in advance.

Leon, arms crossed, leaned against the doorframe of the study, watching Losweiser bent over her desk writing a letter, and slowly began to speak.

"The old Dragon King said she has a reconnaissance mission in the Far North. What does that mean? What is she reconnaissance mission?"

Losweiser didn't look up and continued writing the letter, "Dragon Race don't have a hereditary system like you humans, so my grandmother wasn't some old Dragon King."

After correcting the scoundrel's use of the term "elder," Losweiser picked up the written letter, carefully placed it in an envelope, and continued,

"As for the exploration in the Far North that Grandma mentioned, I don't know anything about it. I only know that she seems to have started working in that area many years ago."

The far north of the mainland can be described as a barren land, covered by ice and snow all year round, and rarely visited by people.

Even Dragon Race cannot survive there for long, let alone other races.

It is said that the ice in the Far North is so thick that even the Crimson Flame Dragon King Constantine, who represents 'burning', cannot burn through it.

This claim is debatable, since no one knows whether Constantine could have actually done it even if he had tried his best.

But we'll probably never know (laughs).

Therefore, in Leon's view, there was nothing in the Far North that was worth the old lady and the other dragon kings exploring there for decades.

Losweiser's thoughts were actually similar to Leon's; she felt that her grandmother was probably just using the reconnaissance as an excuse.

Grandma wouldn't go into detail about what she actually did in the Far North.

Of course, since the old lady wouldn't say, the couple didn't press further.

After packing the letter, Losweiser got up and went to the balcony in her dragon-winged slippers.

Leon followed behind her.

The Messenger Dragon on the balcony railing had been waiting for a long time. Losweiser placed the envelope into the bamboo tube on the Messenger Dragon's back, then patted its head.

Messenger Dragon responded and flapped its wings, flying into the night sky. Lin

"Do you have any leads on the 'Star Wandering Dragon King' and the other two dragon kings that the old lady mentioned earlier?" Leon asked from behind her.

Losweiser leaned against the railing, gazing at the stars and the moon. "Those three are all very ancient dragon kings; Ravi is even older than Constantine."

Leon nodded thoughtfully. (No further information provided)

They are indeed a group of old monsters. (Digging)

These three dragon kings were also ones he had never fought against in his entire military career.

I don't know how strong they are.

But if they're all similar to Constantine... then there's no need to worry too much.

The fact that a single blue bar can instantly kill Constantine doesn't mean that this Crimson Flame Dragon King truly requires Leon to use all of his Magic Power.

A simple example will make it clear.

A top student and a genius student took an exam together. The top student scored 100 points, and the genius student also scored 100 points.

The top student proudly told the genius, "See? We're at the same level!"

The academic genius calmly replied, "No, your limit is a hundred points, but for me, a hundred points is the limit of the exam paper."

It means that with this one mana bar from General Leon, I can one-shot Constantine, but if a few more Dragon Kings come along, I can try my best to one-shot them all at once.

However, this only applies to raw power. What really caught Leon's attention was "spatial magic," which he hadn't heard much about before.

"The old lady said that Ravi suddenly withdrew from their reconnaissance mission, and shortly afterward, the other two dragon kings also disappeared. What they had in common was that they all used spatial magic."

Leon asked quietly, "Can you tell me what this spatial magic is all about?"

Human research into magic has only been going on for a few hundred years.

But the Dragon Race has existed for a thousand years.

No matter how knowledgeable Leon is of ancient and modern times, he could never learn knowledge that has never appeared in human history.

Take this spatial magic, for example.

"Oh, that... For Dragon Race, spatial magic is still a relatively new thing. Three hundred years ago, Star Wandering Dragon King Ravi became the dragon king of his tribe by relying on his own unique spatial magic."

"Later, some of the Losweiser Kings also began to follow Ravi's example and study this kind of thing. So far, it has been somewhat successful. As you can see, although we don't know exactly what Grandma and the others are doing in the Far North, they definitely need Ravi's spatial magic. With Ravi gone, the operation has been put on hold."

"Oh, is that so...?" Leon stroked his chin, lost in thought.

Losweiser turned around, leaned against the balcony railing, and looked at Leon. "You seem to have something on your mind?"

Having lived together for so long, she could easily tell what a scoundrel looked like when he had designs on her.

Leon smiled faintly, "It's not really an idea, just... a gut feeling."

Losweiser tilted her head. "Intuition?"

"Hmm. Constantine is a dragon king I have never heard of or fought before. Even in your Dragon Race, he has not been active for many years. And as soon as he showed his face, he was exposed, which proves that he is secretly colluding with the empire."

Leon said, "And the three dragon kings of Ravina, I had never heard of them before. Are they also relatively low-profile in your Dragon Race?"

Leon's words made Losweiser's eyes light up, and her thoughts suddenly opened up. "It's true that Ravi and the others rarely show themselves within the Dragon Race. Everyone thought they were engrossed in researching spatial magic. But now that you mention it... it's really easy to connect them with Constantine."

Leon shrugged. "The line of reasoning is sound, but we need some evidence to prove it."

Losweiser knew what he was referring to. "The one I mentioned before, the confidant of Constantine."

"Hmm. We've been waiting for four months now, the turmoil within the Crimson Flame Dragon Clan should have subsided by now, right?"

He was getting a little anxious.