About three hours later, the Elf King, the Fairy Dragon Grand Elder, and Chen Rui appeared before everyone. All the dragons and knights felt a stir in their minds as the contractual power controlling their lives was lifted.
Immediately afterward, Grand Elder Meriya announced that Dragon Valley and Storm Island had officially formed a strategic partnership. From now on, Storm Island would become a fixed trial ground for the Dragon Race and Dragon Knights, and this Dragon Knight trial would be conducted in an entirely new format.
The formation of this strategic partnership came as a surprise to many dragons. They had come intending to wipe out every Titan Giant and wind elemental on Storm Island, even summoning the Griffin Legion of the Dragon Brilliance Empire—yet the outcome was a dramatic alliance with Storm Island. Though they did not understand the details of the negotiations between the Grand Elder, the Elf King, and that "Richard," being freed from the contract's control was enough for the dragons and knights to finally breathe a sigh of relief.
Grand Elder Meriya's authority among the Dragon Race was second only to Dragon Emperor Pargoris. Therefore, no one, including the Red Dragon and Gold Dragon elders, questioned the decision. As for the inside story... there definitely was one.
Through their conversation, Chen Rui learned why Lola had run away from home twenty thousand years ago. Honestly, that "escape" from marriage had been truly fierce—and the way her father-in-law had later come knocking to smash, loot, and seize things was even more embarrassing.
The Elf King title of his father-in-law did not mean he was the supreme ruler of the elves. Since the deity worshipped by the elves, the Moonlight Goddess, was female, every elven sovereign throughout history had been a female elf. No matter how