On the sixth and seventh days of the Everyone's Singer eliminations, contestants Annan knew and looked forward to—including the Blue Dragon, Bailey Knight, Su Ni, the Silver Dragon, and the Necromancer—took the stage one after another.
The Blue Dragon opened the day. Annan glanced down at Nocturis's name, then looked up at the stage's trembling and the audience's gasps. A Blue Dragon was climbing onto the platform.
The stage was only a temporary wooden structure. As Nocturis crawled across it, the boards sagged and creaked beneath the dragon. If Nocturis hadn't used Dragon Language Magic to lighten its weight, there would already have been an accident.
Nocturis had learned from the failures of the previous two Dragons and chose to appear in its true form to catch Annan's attention and win votes.
The gamble paid off. When had the audience ever seen a Dragon perform? Their excited cheers rang through every corner of Free City. Even tourists and sailors aboard merchant ships that had just reached the port looked up.
Annan: "Sounds great!"
Falu: "I never thought I'd live to see a Dragon sing."
The Siren: "What on earth is that singing?"
The Skeleton King: "This is why I love Everyone's Singer. It makes the impossible possible. Before today, who could have imagined a Dragon standing onstage and singing?"
The Scarlet Queen: "A foolish Legendary Red Dragon once barged into my Territory. Before I drained its blood, I made it wail for seven days and seven nights..."
"I think Nocturis has a good chance of advancing," Annan said during a break.
"Why do you say that?"
"It's the first Dragon to appear in its true form."
It was the first time the crowd had seen a Dragon enter the competition. Their curiosity alone would surely earn Nocturis votes.
"Wolumanis and