"Wait a minute."
Ed suddenly interrupted Noya's speech:
"What do you mean you were confused and then ate them all? Shouldn't you have tested them first, or arrested them for questioning?"
Noya shook her head:
"No, I was just confused, and then I got hungry."
Okay, so it turns out the stomach controls the brain...
Ed was concerned about Noya's conjunctions and logic, but gestured for her to continue.
"Those guys attacked me too, and the wounds they inflicted are hard to heal and make me feel extremely disgusted."
"Wait a little longer."
Ed interrupted Noya again:
"Was that Blood Corpse that attacked you?"
"Yes, later on there were a few that could talk, claiming to be vampires, which should be the Blood Corpse you mentioned."
Ed asked in confusion:
"So you were infected too, why didn't you turn into Blood Corpse Blue Dragon?"
Willow nudged Ed, indicating that she could answer the question:
"The rate at which the Blood Corpse become infected is also related to the difference in strength between the two sides."
"It takes a long time for the Blood Poison of Low Tier Blood Corpse to infect Middle Tier being. Similarly, dragons are born at High Tier, and unless the Duke or Grand Duke personally intervenes, it will take a long time to infect them, let alone a race like the Blue Dragon that is Psionic Energy."
"My mother had already contracted Blood Poison before she passed away, and even lost part of her body, yet she still persevered for a long time."
Ed frowned:
How long did she stay healthy after being infected?
"Twenty years."
Willow hesitated for a moment before answering,
"The wounds on her body came from a desperate sneak attack by a high-ranking marquis who was feigning death. At first, they were just small wounds, and my mother didn't die from infection. I think she could have held on much longer."
Ed nodded, understanding why Noya had survived for so long after being infected without turning into Blood Corpse Blue Dragon.
But he also had another problem:
"Isn't there a way to completely eliminate the Corpse Poison?"
Willow shook her head:
"You know, it's impossible unless you switch bodies."
Ed gestured for Noya to continue, and the Blue Dragon then said:
"After eating them, I sensed a strange familiar quality in the Psionic Energy within them, and I also realized that something had been etched into my body, as if a pair of eyes were constantly watching me."
"Is this referring to Blood Curse?"
Ed asked, Noya nodded:
"Yes, I later learned that the Blood Corpse I ate were demon Blood Corpse from the York Lineage."
" The York Lineage hunted me for a while; those were the days I ate my fill in the Demon Realm..."
"Later, I don't know why, they stopped sending Blood Corpse to hunt me down, and life became difficult again."
Willow thought about the time described by Noya and said:
"During that period, the York Lineage was attacked by the remaining demons, resulting in the death of a duke. They then began a frenzied revenge, which may have slowed their pursuit of you."
Noya nodded noncommittally and continued:
"After the York Lineage stopped hunting me, I returned to the area where I was born and stayed there for more than a decade, only occasionally getting to eat some infected Blood Corpse."
A few months ago, I discovered a very special group of people. There were many of them, and they made a lot of noise when they walked.
"After a closer look, I discovered that those 'people' were all hollow metal shells, metal shells imbued with strange Psionic Energy."
"Their movements were much more organized than those of the Blood Corpse. After discovering my lair, they recorded some information about the surrounding area and finally chose to retreat."
"I had just eaten a large meal at the time, and since I don't eat metal, I didn't choose to give chase."
At this point, Noya sighed:
"This is the worst decision I've ever made."
"After some time, those self-proclaimed dragon-slaying warriors from the expedition arrived..."
When Ed heard about the hollow metal can, Ed knew it must be the vanguard of the Eternal Domain.
After the Demonic Tide swept through, there is no place in this world that is 100% safe.
Both the Eternal Domain and the Second Holy See use a combination of advance teams and expedition teams to explore the outside world.
Even the Graycast Corridor was like this in a sense. These guys, who were merchants in name but intelligence gatherers in reality, naturally did not forget to collect all the important information along the way while transporting goods to various places.
If Noya had chosen to kill all the vanguard teams from the Eternal Domain, perhaps the subsequent events would not have occurred.
However, that's just a hypothetical scenario, and if the Twin Kings are determined to slay the dragon, then killing the vanguard will be pointless.
Noya recounted how Xilǐ'er's expedition slew the dragon:
The well-dressed mages stood in neat rows, working together to suppress her and prevent her from flying away.
Those knights clad in iron armor were fearless in the face of death; no matter how many times they were killed, they could always organize another charge.
An already powerful knight summoned even greater power, ultimately knocking Noya down and beheading her.
Blue Dragon's blood splattered onto an unconscious knight. Noya seized the only opportunity to complete the Soul Reaper's work, ultimately using a certain amount of power to secure her a chance to be sent to the Second Holy See.
After hearing the brief biography of the Blue Dragon, everyone present—humans, dragons, and liches—fell silent.
In terms of both appearance and personality, Noya is an even more innocent young dragon than Seraphina, almost as if she is in the transition from childhood to adolescence.
Even if Ed's signing of the unequal treaty with her constituted child labor, he also provided protection for her soul.
Even though Seraphina couldn't tolerate other dragons entering her territory, she chose to forgive and let go after hearing about the unfortunate child's short life.
Although the lich also hated the Blood Corpse to the core, he simply couldn't understand why the Twin Kings of the Eternal Domain had any reason to slay the dragon.
After all, the notes left by my mother mentioned that both the Eternal Domain and the Graycast Corridor were human forces on the side of order...
After a moment of silence, everyone turned their attention to Ed, Ed in turn looked at Noya:
"Don't you have any guesses about the source of the power that killed you?"
The Blue Dragon ghost, resembling a holographic projection, thought for a moment and said:
"Actually, I've already roughly guessed it."
She said somewhat sadly:
"From the moment that knight summoned that power and unleashed his first sword strike at me, I already knew what was going on."
"That sword struck my wing, but it did more than just tear open the wing membrane."
"At that moment, I only felt an illusory wedge pierce through my wings, pinning me to the spot where the sword struck."
"My wings seemed to be locked there by something unseen, and I could barely move them with great effort."
"The same applies to other attacks; once hit, the target will be forcibly anchored in place."
Only one kind of creature can do this—
" Amber Dragon."