For the next half hour, Sa quietly held Owl, like a stone waiting for her husband. Not far from Owl and Sa, Jin Dong and Long Na had both withdrawn into themselves.
Meanwhile, Trevor and the Coal-Eating Dragon became fast friends, one man and one dragon sitting together and shooting the breeze.
If this world had possessed the tradition of chopping off a chicken's head, burning yellow paper, and swearing brotherhood as men of different surnames, the two would definitely have become sworn brothers.
"I'm not bragging. Back then, Waterwood Town was full of snakes. Nobody dared turn back to save anyone. Only Owl and I did. We each held a blade, bare-chested, and charged back in. We killed every snake we saw. Wait, Dragon Bro, you don't have any relatives who are snakes, right?" Trevor said animatedly, asking the final question almost as an afterthought.
The Coal-Eating Dragon shook his head. "No. Snakes and I are worlds apart. If I had to compare them, they're probably like rats compared to you humans."
"Then it's fine. That scene was truly soul-stirring. Luckily, my stamina was extraordinary. I saved quite a few children in one go, and before the Black Storm arrived, Owl and I led the children out of Waterwood Town through sheer slaughter. Speaking of that Black Storm, Dragon Bro, even you probably wouldn't have been able to withstand it. It was a phenomenon of heaven and earth. Wherever the storm passed, all things perished. It was terrifying," Trevor continued boasting.
The Coal-Eating Dragon had never witnessed the Black Storm and asked, "Was the Black Storm really that powerful? I don't believe it."
"Dragon Bro, I'm not bragging. Do you know what that Black Storm brought with it? Kunwheel Eels. You know Kunwheel Eels, right?" Trevor grew anxious and