The Correndo Kingdom was a newly established nation, only ten years old. Its king was Prague Correndo, one of only two Legendary Experts among the human kingdoms.
There were currently thirty noble families in the kingdom. Besides the nobles of the Kingdom of Lucanir who had originally opened up the land, there were several nobles who had joined later, as well as those who had drunk Hero's Water, accomplished great deeds, and become Heroic Nobles.
Cleon had become a noble as well. He had fulfilled his lifelong dream: slaying a dragon!
Though it had been a Wyrm that could not fly and was not particularly intelligent.
But a Wyrm was still a dragon! Eight years ago, a powerful and vicious Wyrm had appeared from who knew where, ravaging several villages and an entire town.
Every subjugation force sent by the kingdom had been wiped out. When King Prague learned of it, he had been furious enough to prepare to act personally. More than twenty Knights had led the subjugation force, several of them his trusted subordinates!
The evil Wyrm had rampaged everywhere. Other than lacking Legendary Abilities and being unable to fly, its combat strength had not been inferior to that of an adult dragon in the slightest.
The Wyrm had invaded Marcus's territory, and Marcus had led all his Knights and several hundred elite soldiers into battle against it.
Marcus had never been someone willing to retreat or run away. Any other noble would certainly have waited for King Prague to intervene.
The battle had been extremely brutal. The Wyrm had been no weaker than the Half-Legendary Centaur Commander from before. Even after drinking Hero's Water, Cleon's combat power had only been about on par with Tiona back then, and he had been unable to contend with the Wyrm