Aini stared at the elegant yet powerful white dragon on the mural, and at the war of dragons that had swept across heaven and earth. Her delicate brows drew together as a string of questions spilled from her lips:
"If the black dragon was the Dragon Emperor Nidhogg, then what was that white dragon? Though it ultimately lost, there's no doubt it was a monster capable of rivaling the Dragon Emperor. Was there really such an existence among Dragon Kind?
"What about the Four Monarchs? Why was there no sign of the Four Monarchs in a war that affected all Dragon Kind? With their power, they should have had a powerful presence even in a battle of this scale."
To ordinary students and agents of Kassel College, the White King was a ghost that did not exist. The Dragon Raja genealogy they studied leaped directly from the Vinster King to the Four Monarchs, with that thrilling history of rebellion completely erased.
Only when a Hybrid's status and clearance reached a sufficiently high level were they qualified to come into contact with this buried "forbidden name," one capable of overturning the entire history of Dragon Raja.
The clearance levels of Aini, Liang Chen, and Qiu Hao were still insufficient to reach those sealed secrets.
Arjun took a breath, steadied himself, and answered in as even a voice as possible:
"The White King. That should be the White King... According to the very few ancient artifacts recognized as authoritative evidence, the White King was the most perfect and most powerful creation of the black dragon Nidhogg. It existed even before the birth of the Four Monarchs. Legend says it launched the largest and bloodiest rebellion in the history of Dragon Raja.
"There are very few records concerning the White King, and Dragon