At that moment.
Xiluo also breathed out, then smiled at the Elf Queen and said:
"We really have you to thank this time, Your Majesty.
Otherwise, Niro City would probably have been completely destroyed, and all eight million subjects would have died."
"You're too kind, Your Highness Xiluo. Given our relationship, this much help is only natural."
The Elf Queen smiled gently as she spoke.
Xiluo's lips curled upward despite himself.
Dealing with these good-aligned people and forming alliances with them really was comfortable.
As long as the relationship was strong enough, he could obtain many things that did not cost them too much.
This assistance, for example.
Since she had suffered no actual losses, the Elf Queen naturally did not mind doing Xiluo, a dragon with boundless potential, a favor.
Xiluo thanked her again.
Then he invited the Elf Queen to stay as a guest, hoping to entertain her properly.
The Elf Queen declined, but left several legendary figures, as well as some Hero Realm elves Xiluo knew better, such as Anna, to stay as guests.
Xiluo had them return to the city ahead of him with the dragon cubs and tell the people there to prepare a banquet.
He himself had people clean up the battlefield and tally the casualties.
As for Niro City's casualties.
Among the dragons alone, two had died, along with 58 demonized Descenders, 817 soldiers, and 38 spellcasters.
Eighteen Arcane Cannons had been destroyed, along with two sections of the outer city walls.
The death toll did not seem too high.
But the number of lightly and severely wounded was several times greater.
By Xiluo's rough calculations, compensation, repairs, and rewards would cost over 40,000 gold coins.
Compensation and rewards accounted for the bulk of that.
With dragons among the dead, he had to