Ubis was utterly stunned. If no spell controlled the Black Dragon Princess, then didn't that mean this man possessed some exceptional male talent that allowed him to conquer Her Highness?
Well, well, he could do that too. Blushing furiously, he twisted about shyly and said to Onyxia, "Your Highness, I can do it too. I'm definitely stronger than this mortal."
Onyxia understood what this overheated Dragonkin was talking about in a second. After all, she had lived with Deren for so long that she was quite an experienced dragon herself.
And this lowly Dragonkin actually dared to set his sights on her. Her dragon body tensed as she prepared to return to her true form and teach this ignorant piece of trash a proper lesson.
But Deren reached out and stopped her, blinking at her to indicate that he would handle it.
The Black Dragon finally suppressed her anger under her darling's soothing touch. She lifted her chin at him, signaling, Go on, then. Let me see what you can do.
Deren smiled faintly and said to Ubis, "General, do you think you can withstand a full-force blow from Her Highness?"
"Th-this... of course I can!" Ubis struggled for a long while before gritting his teeth and claiming that he could.
"I don't believe you. How about you stand still and let Her Highness try?" Deren, full of wicked ideas, began egging him on again.
Ubis thought it over and over and felt that it was unsafe. If he stood still and let the Black Dragon Princess strike him once, he would likely be crippled even if he did not die. But he had already bragged in front of the man bold enough to hold the Princess, so he could not back down. Torn and hesitant, he finally gritted his