Many powerful figures had emerged throughout the history of the Qio Continent. Almeric Cotton and the other two had all been figures who transcended their era, and the three had once played extremely important roles on the continent's stage. However, the Ancient Giant Dragon felt that their existence disrupted the normal order of the Qio Continent, so he had imprisoned them beneath Dragon Valley.
Although the three were powerful, there was still a considerable gap between them and the Ancient Giant Dragon, the guardian of the Qio Continent. Before the Ancient Giant Dragon intervened, they could stir up trouble and do whatever they pleased, but once he acted, they could only submit to capture.
As the guardian of the Qio Continent, the Ancient Giant Dragon had not exterminated the three of them. After capturing them, he had merely imprisoned them rather than taking their lives.
After listening to Almeric Cotton's account, Han Shuo learned that the Forbidden Land in the Dark Forest was where the three had been captured back then. Within that Forbidden Land, many other unruly magical beasts had been punished with death by the Ancient Giant Dragon for challenging his authority.
"I'm going to settle the score with that old dragon," Gassos said furiously after listening to Almeric Cotton briefly recount what had happened.
Han Shuo looked at Gassos disdainfully and chuckled. "Even ten of you together would be no match for the Ancient Giant Dragon."
Gassos was a manticore who had encountered one extraordinary opportunity after another. Though he had not been a super-tier magical beast, good fortune had once brought him the Magic Cores of two super-tier magical beasts killed in battle. After absorbing their Magic Cores, Gassos had undergone a mutation. He had then trained hard for many years, breaking through his own limitations