95. The High King!
If he snuck in beforehand and snatched the emerald dragon soul fruit, all that would happen would be his soul getting annihilated and devoured by an ancient dragon as his body would be possessed.
Now he had finally arrived at this place after all this planning, how could Lucius hesitate?
He then took off the amulet around his chest that was still glistening with a faint red light.
Lucius looked at the wonderful enchanting ruby in the centre of the amulet and drew his sword without any hesitation, gathering as much mana onto his sword as possible.
Slash!
"Crack!"
With one sword strike, there was now a crack in the centre of the glowing gem.
Fiddling around with the cracked gem, Lucius pulled it out of the holding from the brass amulet and brought it near to his face.
The moment Lucius brought it close to his face, he was hit by the strong smell of blood and, without even realising it, Lucius's body began to react