477 A Dragon’s Story

After the dragon was repelled, the commotion in Academy City quickly settled down.

In just a few hours, the monsters wandering the city were completely killed, and the people trying to take advantage of the situation to cause more chaos were apprehended. Before nightfall, Academy City had returned to its usual peacefulness.

Only the injured people lying in the hospitals, the houses and buildings destroyed during the chaos, and the dead bodies being picked up to be buried or incinerated were proof of the tragedy that happened here during the day.

Wave was observing the entire situation from the Great Library. When she saw how many places had been damaged during the chaos, she could not help but sigh.

"… Is Academy City really destined to be destroyed?" She could not help but murmur to herself.

Suddenly, she felt someone appearing behind her. Without turning around, she knew that it was her good friend, Eve Moonglow.

"Still thinking about what happened today?" The foxkin demigod asked.

Wave smiled bitterly. "How can I not? This city is my everything. It's the culmination of my dreams. However, it looks like the entire world wants to see it destroyed."

"I don't. And Moonlight Glow neither."

"Yeah, perhaps you are the only ones that don't mind the existence of this city." Wave replied self-deprecatingly.

Academy City was her dream. She had struggled for many years to build it and sacrificed a lot to make it the ideal city.

A place where neither race nor status mattered. A place where anyone could accomplish their dreams as long as they had enough talent and determination.

Finally, after many years, she managed to turn this city into what it was today.

However, to her surprise, she realized that her beloved city was surrounded by wolves.

It had become a thorn that many people wanted to get rid of. The city that she loved so much had become something that must be destroyed.

Moreover, even the people that this city helped before refused to help it back. How many demigods lived in Academy City and benefited from it? But, how many of them helped today?

Even though many of them managed to become demigods thanks to Academy City, they only watched as the city sank into chaos.

Wave could not help but become heartbroken when she thought of that.

At that moment, she felt a hand on her shoulder.

Looking behind her, she saw Eve staring at her with her usual expressionless look.

"Academy City has not been destroyed yet. And I'm sure that many people want to see Academy City prosper. It's just that they are hesitating now."

Wave smiled wryly and nodded. "Perhaps."

"Don't get discouraged, Wave. The situation is not that bad yet. We managed to repel Number Eight without losing a single demigod. I'm sure that right now, many people are revaluating Academy City's strength. At least for a while, the city should be peaceful."

Wave smiled wryly. "I hope so."

At that moment, Wave felt a slight mana fluctuation. She hurriedly took out a mana stone from her storage artifact and put mana into it.

Immediately, a figure of a middle-aged man was projected from the stone.

"… Grandfather," Wave muttered.

[My child, I saw your message.] The figure sighed. [I'm sorry for what happened. However, if you are really determined to protect that city, you must be prepared to face something like this again.]

"I know grandfather. This is not enough to discourage me."

[Sigh… I wonder why you are so stubborn.] The figure chuckled. [Well, I was like that when I was younger as well.]

Wave smiled wryly.

"Grandfather, do you know anything about the dragon that attacked the city?"

The figure did not reply immediately. Instead, he put on a reminiscing expression.

Finally, after several seconds, he heaved a long sigh.

[Many years ago, a dragon was born. He was amazingly talented, just like you. And he was very hardworking. Many people called him the next transcendent of our race.

[But unlike you and I, he was very belligerent. He believed that as the strongest race in the world, we should make the other races our slaves. He wanted to make dragons the rulers of the world.

[I don't think that is bad. Many dragons think like that as well, and I don't care. However, the truth is that if we try to conquer the world, we will lose, and many of our kind will die.

[There are already very few of our race in the world. A war could bring us to extinction.

[However, he did not understand that.

[Drunk on his pride, he incited many of our kind to wage war against the humans, elves, demons, and beastkin. They burned villages down, pillaged cities, and destroyed armies.

[Eventually, the other races became angry and sent subjugation squads against us, killing many of our kind in the process.

[When I learned of that, I became enraged. I injured that young dragon gravely before exiling him out of the wilderness.

[I did not hear of him from then. To be honest, I thought that he was dead. However, it looks like I was mistaken. You said that he died, right?]

Wave nodded.

The figure sighed heavily.

[I see. What a pity. He was really talented.]

Wave was about to ask something else, but at that moment, Eve started to cough fiercely.

Wave was startled. Turning around, she realized that her friend was coughing blood.

"Eve…!?"

"… I'm alright." The fox girl replied expressionlessly. "These are just the injuries I suffered against the dragon."

[It's not just that.] Wave's grandfather stared at Eve with a heavy expression. [Little fox, you don't have much lifespan left, right?]

Eve fell silent.

[I'm right. I remember that you were already alive during the war against the Blight. That was one hundred years ago, and the lifespan of a peak demigod of your race is around 150 years. You should have no more than twenty years of life left.]

"… I won't die so easily."

[Perhaps.] The dragon nodded. [If you manage to surpass the limits, then, you will have a chance.]

Eve fell silent as her eyes were filled with silent determination.

"… I will."

…

At the same time, a young demon was also using a communication stone.

[Are you sure?]

"I am, father. I don't know how she managed to hide her aspect, but today, she revealed her true aspect for an instant. It was unmistakably a Chaos Titan."

[I see. Then she really is the little princess.]

The young demon nodded.

"What should I do, father?"

The figure on the other side fell silent for a moment before replying.

[Get close to her, Mu Quan. If she is really the little princess, then this could be the opportunity that we needed.]

Mu Quan, the strongest student in the city, nodded with a determined expression.

"Understood, father."

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