Chapter 387

"Please follow me, both of you."

The servant gestured for them to leave, and then led them away from the food street.

About half an hour later, they arrived at a unique detached loft.

"Excuse me for seeing you this far; our lord awaits you both inside."

"Um."

The couple went into the attic.

I had expected a grand and extravagant layout inside, but to my surprise, the huge room only contained a dining table.

Compared to the vast emptiness of the attic, the simple dining table placed prominently in the center of the room seemed rather... eerie.

It's as if this loft was built specifically for this lunch.

Looking further, I saw a middle-aged man sitting behind the dining table.

The other party was elegant and composed.

Upon seeing Leon and Losweiser arrive, he stood up and said,

"We've been waiting for you two for a long time. Please have a seat."

Two chairs were placed on the other side of the dining table, clearly prepared for them.

Leon and Losweiser walked over and sat down. Leon asked in a low voice,

"You are the Twilight Tower Master?"

"Yes, Mr. Casmod."

The tower master merely acknowledged his identity but did not introduce himself.

This made the couple feel a little passive.

But it was also expected, since everyone said that the Twilight Tower Master and the founder of Sky City was very mysterious.

"Please have your meal first, gentlemen," the tower owner said with a smile, his smile very friendly.

However, neither of them glanced at the delicious food on the table.

"Just get straight to the point, Tower Master."

Leon took the initiative, not wanting to relinquish control of the conversation to the other party.

The tower master was slightly taken aback, then chuckled and shook his head, "Silver Dragon Prince is indeed straightforward, which is very much in line with everyone's impression of you."

"Everyone?"

Leon sneered, leaning back slightly. "So, many people have reported my situation to you?"

"Don't make the conversation so serious, Mr. Casmod."

The tower owner removed his scarf from his collar and placed it on the table, thus entering a state of serious negotiation.

"I called you two here to discuss the Dragon King Secret Meeting yesterday."

Sure enough, this guy came because of yesterday's secret meeting.

In that case, Leon and Losweiser knew how to respond.

"What would you like to talk about, Tower Master?" Losweiser asked.

"I heard that yesterday, Mr. Casmod, your proposal regarding Constantine received the support of Odin and most of the people, and was finalized and will soon be officially implemented, is that right?"

"That's right."

When the tower master recounted the voting results, he deliberately separated 'Odin' from 'the majority of people,' which shows that he knew Odin's status was different from that of the other dragon kings.

Leon noticed this, but he didn't say anything and continued to wait for the Tower Master to make his move.

"Actually... Mr. Casmod, according to the usual practice of our secret meetings, the final action plan and measures are determined by the Mountain Sea Dragon King, Alles."

Alles is that old guy who advocates for taking the Primal Power for himself.

"What do you mean by that, Tower Master? Are you trying to get us to support Alles's plan through this private negotiation?"

With the fox's tail now fully revealed, Leon saw no need to continue playing games with him.

But the tower master shook his head; his answer was somewhat unexpected.

"I don't care whether Alles' plan can be implemented or not, and I have never investigated his past use of the Dragon King Secret Meeting to seek personal gain."

"Because Twilight Tower is absolutely neutral, we are simply providing the Dragon Kings with an opportunity to communicate and discuss."

"As for how to act in the end and what kind of situation it will result, that is entirely up to the Dragon Kings themselves."

"And that is why... over the past thousand years, the already fragmented Dragon Race has become even more turbulent."

"But who cares?"

At this point, the tower master shook his head self-deprecatingly and sneered.

"Aren't we all still living for ourselves all along?"

Leon's thoughts stirred slightly. So this tower master wasn't in cahoots with Alles?

Even so, Leon felt it would be better to test the waters again.

"If a person doesn't look out for themselves, they'll be punished by heaven and earth. I don't need to explain this principle further, do I, Tower Master?"

"Of course, everyone looks out for themselves. But, Mr. Casmod, while people can act for themselves, they shouldn't go so far as to affect others and cause consequences that others should have to bear, right?"

Upon hearing this, Leon's slightly furrowed brows gradually relaxed.

The tower owner is good; we can get along.

"Lord Tower, since you have been silently opposing Alles' behavior all along, why do you, as the founder of Sky City with its abundant resources, tolerate or even condone it?" Losweiser asked.

"Silver Dragon King, our Dragon Race needs a neutral camp like Sky City, a transit point where we can sit down and have a proper chat without resorting to force. Or rather... we need order."

The tower master said, "Therefore, if I favor either side, the balance of this order will be broken. At that time, more dragon kings will take this opportunity to start wars, which will surely create a worse situation than it is now."

That makes sense.

If those in power are not fed, those below will be even less able to get a share.

Moreover, as far as Sky City is concerned, neutrality is neutrality. No matter what, it is an immovable scale that will never tilt to either side.

So, after all that talk, the Tower Master expressed his dissatisfaction and helplessness with Alles's behavior, meaning he wanted Leon to help him secretly.

But this doesn't quite align with the Tower Master's idea of absolute neutrality.

"So, Tower Master, you didn't call us here today just to say this, did you?"

"No, Mr. Casmod, I have invited you here today because I have a request."

"What request?"

"Previously, Thunder Dragon King Odin rarely participated in the Dragon King Secret Meeting, and this is also your first time, Mr. Casmod. But even under such circumstances, you still managed to temporarily suppress a Dragon civil war among the dragons under Alles's control."

The tower master said, "Odin needs no introduction. His status among the Dragon Race is even higher than that of Alles. Many people will vote based on Odin's attitude."

"And you, Mr. Casmod, are the complete opposite of Alles."

"The secret meeting needs someone like you to check Alles. Only in this way can the Dragon Race go further."

"Therefore, I would like to request that you attend as many of your future secret meetings as possible."

It turns out it was to counterbalance Alles.

It doesn't necessarily mean that the tower owner broke his own principle of neutrality.

"Why don't you just go directly to Odin? You yourself said that Odin is very senior and many people follow his lead."

The tower master shook his head. "I went to see Odin last night, but he said he only attended this secret meeting to express his gratitude to you."

"Odin's exact words were, 'I find that kid very interesting. I would never have come to this boring meeting if it weren't for him.'"

"So... Mr. Casmod, I can only find you because if you don't come to the meeting, Odin won't come either."

Leon: "..."

So I've become a hot commodity for your Dragon Race, haven't I?

If this were before, killing Odin would have been a super Special Merit, and this this General would have been set for life!

Alas, things have changed. Leon now has to sit with this super Special Merit to counterbalance a greedy creature that only knows how to line his own pocket.

"So, Mr. Casmod, what is your answer?"

Leon stood up. "I need to go back and discuss this with my wife. You'll get the answer at the next secret meeting, Tower Master."

The tower master's eyes flickered slightly, and he nodded in agreement, "No problem, Mr. Casmod."

"Then I'll take my leave, thank you for lunch."

Even though the couple didn't eat a single bite, they still had to express their gratitude.

As the Silver Dragon couple left the pavilion, the Tower Master's friendly smile gradually faded.

Instead, he wore an indifferent expression.

At this moment, the servant who had been there earlier entered and respectfully inquired,

"Master, how is it progressing?"

The tower master narrowed his eyes slightly, looking in the direction Leon had left.

"As Odin said, he's an interesting fellow."

"But being interesting isn't enough, is it?"

"The fact that he was able to fight Constantine, who had obtained the Primal Power, beneath the ruins in the Far North, shows that his strength is extraordinary."

The tower master recalled, "Moreover... the Silver Dragon Clan has been invaded by its own kind many times in the past few years, and he was the one who quelled them all. This shows that Leon Casmod has already acquired the initial qualifications."

The servant thought for a moment, then asked,

"Leon Casmod's origins are unknown. Based on my investigation, he can be said to have appeared out of thin air in the Silver Dragon Clan and married the Silver Dragon King. Could someone like him... become the person foretold in the prophecy?"

"Who knows?"

The tower master withdrew his gaze and looked down at the ground beneath his feet.

He felt the pulse and rhythm of this Sky City, and gently closed his eyes.

"Balance, neutrality, order... these terms are too abstract and ethereal for most Dragon Race."

"If it weren't for the 'prophecy' and the 'ultimate fear,' I wouldn't have bothered to maintain Sky City and Twilight Tower for so long."

"Hopefully, I hope that hot-blooded guy named Leon Casmod..."

"It's the person from the prophecy..."

96 Noa: Respecting the Elderly and Caring for the Young

"That's a very old prophecy."

"Ten thousand years ago, not long after I quelled the Dragon Race, a Dragon Race priest made this prophecy."

The original words of the priest were:

"When the heavens fall and the universe collapses, the end of all things and the fear of all will descend upon this continent once more. At that time, only the one who wields thunder can reverse the tide and save humanity from annihilation."

"In ancient times Dragon Race believed in prophecies and precognitive dreams. Even though these things were not very accurate most of the time, if one or two prophecies came true, they would gain a large following."

"When someone asked the priest how he made this almost world-destroying prophecy, the priest only said that he saw the future of the Dragon Race and even all races on the Samael Continent in the wailing of fate."

"You know, priests and priests are usually like this, all mysterious and cryptic. In your modern kid's terms, they're like... riddle tellers?"

"However, whether it is a charlatan or a riddle teller, the prophecies made by the ancient priests have a certain degree of credibility. Moreover, the 'fear of all things' in his prophecy is likely the same thing as the ultimate fear that I want to stop, so even I have to refer to this prophecy about the end of the world."

Inside the dark golden waterway, Noa leaned against the wall, silently listening to her ancestor explain historical stories to her.

Ever since this Primal Dragon King confronted Noa, besides borrowing her body to go out for fresh air on a daily basis, she would also tell Noa some knowledge that wasn't in textbooks.

Especially in the historical aspects.

After all, no amount of archaeological evidence can deduce the historical truth as accurately as Noah speaking it out himself, a living fossil.

Little Curly King naturally welcomes all kinds of knowledge.

The more you understand history, the more you can comprehend the true nature of this world.