The lord's castle.
On the second floor, inside Alice's room.
The magical chandelier shone brightly.
Xiluo had transformed to a body length of four meters and lay on the floor, looking relaxed and languid.
On the bed beside him, the lady lord panted heavily.
Still catching her breath, she gazed distractedly at the chandelier and said:
"Xiluo... you said you would help me reduce the chaos in the city. When exactly are you going to act? Those Descenders and adventurers have seemed even more brazen these past few days...
A tavern of mine was nearly smashed up yesterday. Worse still, the culprits got away!"
By the end, the lady lord was gritting her teeth in anger.
Her peaks rose and fell even more violently.
"When am I going to act? Today, of course!"
A gleam flashed through Xiluo's eyes as he replied lazily.
"Today?" The lady lord's eyes lit up.
"Don't worry.
I've already sent out my retainers, along with Gordon and the others!
I'm sure they'll solve this problem before long.
Oh, and I need to take two thousand gold coins from the treasury first."
"Are you going to use those gold coins to buy more crystals to improve your strength again?"
Alice paused in surprise before asking.
"Yes. I've already asked Bishop Xiwel to have all the Tornado Pearls and Conch Stone within the Gerlo Kingdom shipped here.
But those alone are still nowhere near enough for my needs..."
The dragon and the human chatted.
Meanwhile.
On a street in the city.
A drunk staggered along, his eyes bleary as he slowly walked in the moonlight.
He kept mumbling to himself.
He seemed to be heading home.
But just then.
A man in leather armor suddenly appeared behind the drunk, raised a wooden mallet, and brought it down