Chapter 250: Chapter 251: Unexpected Explosive News (6400-word mini chapter)

Dawn City.

Lide stared in disbelief at Harrison, who was reporting to him, his expression becoming incredibly animated.

“What did you say? Did the adventurers from the Lost Plane really bring the goblins to Green City?”

Harrison looked at Lide somewhat puzzled, not understanding why his reaction was so intense, and naturally nodded in affirmation.

“Yes, Clan Leader, these adventurers are indeed surprising, but it’s normal, after all, they are not afraid of death.

However, the adventurers didn’t bring all the goblins to Green City, just the goblin elders. Grot said that the goblin wants to meet you.”

Despite this, Lide’s expression remained quite animated.

He hadn’t expected the players to actually complete this task that even he had found troublesome, realizing that the power of fools was indeed infinite. As long as they were given enough rewards, they could indeed come up with some tricks.

His initial idea was to have the players gather information about the goblins and stay undercover, so that once Risier City was breached, he could profit from this information.

But he hadn’t expected these players to be so fierce; after setting the plan into motion, they not only transmitted a lot of useful information, but also directly abducted the goblins.

I really wasn’t wrong about these fools.

Feeling very pleased.

“I’ll head back to Green City immediately. You take control of the overall situation in Dawn City. The population raids must not stop; under any circumstances, the population issue must be our top priority.”

“Your command is my direction,” Harrison bowed respectfully.

Lide nodded, his face showing a trace of contemplation.

It was now November 27, a week since the battle at Risier City had begun.

According to the think tank at the City Hall, Risier City could last at most another 5 days, perhaps even less before this once glorious city would fall.

At this point, Green City simply no longer had the capacity to focus on both Risier City and the Beastman conflicts, as the Undead from the North had already conquered Sorins City at the border of the Southern Province and Thorns Province. This city, with a population of over 500,000, had now become a realm of the Undead.

The civilians who hadn’t escaped had all turned into new Undead; these horrifying beings were not content with just one city’s fall and were redirecting their forces to invade the Southern Province and Thorns Province; the frontline battles were extremely intense.

Compared to this, the threat from the Beastmen seemed so insignificant.

Even if Risier City were taken by the Beastmen, the treaties once made between the two nations would prevent the Beastmen from slaughtering the city’s inhabitants.

But the Undead were different; they were the enemy of all living beings, and once a city was occupied by the Undead, no life could survive.

Thus, choosing the lesser of two evils, the threat posed by the Beastmen was undoubtedly far less than that of the Undead.

“Also, immediately recall Lord Withered Bones from Dwarf Valley. At this point in time, having Kosso alone holding the fort is enough.”

Castro was strong, but after all, he was only Level 15, while the Bone Dragon was a combatant at Level 18, on the same level as Beastman King Kapp.

Meeting with the goblins could lead to uncertainties, and he needed to have stronger power.

Harrison, upon receiving the order, immediately went down to convey it.

At dusk, with battered Dragon Wings, Withered Bones, spanning twenty blades, appeared above Dawn City.

His majestic and imposing body immediately caused a great shock among the numerous residents at the square, but seeing that the Security Team below had not reacted, everyone relaxed and watched excitedly as Withered Bones soared freely above.

“Oh my, that’s a giant dragon!”

“No, that’s an Undead Giant Dragon!”

“Is that Bone Dragon our enemy??”

“What a massive body! Uncle Jie Ke, come out and see the Bone Dragon!”

“Aunt Mary, look, that’s the legendary Bone Dragon!”

Conversely, the new residents appeared terrified, with many even screaming as they ran backward.

“Run, fast, a Demon Beast is coming!”

“The giant dragon is here, hurry back home to take cover! By the Goddess above, that’s really a giant dragon!”

“…”

The frightened demeanor contrasted starkly with the leisurely old residents, many of whom laughed heartily at the excited newcomers.

“Fools, the Security Team hasn’t issued an air raid warning, nor have they rung the battle signals for an enemy invasion; this Bone Dragon is not an enemy.”

“You youngsters, why the panic? The Lord of the Holy Light Bloodline is here, if there’s a problem, the Holy Light Bloodline will solve it at once…”

“This is Dawn City! New friends, there’s no need to panic, nothing can harm us under the rule of Kachar City Lord.”

“…”

Soothed by the surrounding residents, the panicked new residents gradually came to their senses, and after seeing that neither the Security Team nor the Lords of the Holy Light Bloodline showed any reaction, they felt somewhat ashamed.

This was embarrassing.

But when they looked up again and saw the Bone Dragon soaring in the sky, their hearts filled once more with indescribable awe.

That was a Bone Dragon, and they were fortunate enough to witness such a powerful being, only known from legends.

This magical city truly held wonders beyond belief — dwarves, beastmen, Bloodline, One-eyed Giants, Undead; was there anything they lacked?

Many residents with ulterior motives were doused in the most direct manner.

To oppose a city that could enslave giant dragons…they weren’t yet mad.

“Gahahaha~ lowly peasants, now you see that the great Lord Withered Bones did not deceive you!!

I am the Bone Dragon!! The eternal and only Bone Dragon!”

The grating voice of Withered Bone petrified the long-term residents in the square,

because… the old residents present had all heard this voice before.

Wasn’t this the voice of that little skeleton confined by Kachar City Lord in the corner of Dawn Square?

What that little skeleton liked to do most was brag about having a Bone Dragon, tiringly so, and everyone in Dawn City knew about it.

At first, many residents believed and swarmed daily to hear the skeleton’s stories, but later, they realized that the little skeleton was just too verbose to bear.

And the boasted content was extremely unreliable, something about a Level 18 Bone Dragon, being the Vice President of the Dark Contract, easily destroying the formidable Mage Tower within Green City…

Later, fewer and fewer residents went to see this undead life, they became indifferent, only some brave children went to play with the verbose little skeleton.

From initial curiosity to accustomed indifference, that little skeleton instantly became the quietest corner of Dawn Square.

Now, hearing that familiar tone from Withered Bone, the faces of the residents were instantly filled with shock.

“You can’t be serious, did Lord Kachar actually imprison an undead with a Bone Dragon in Dawn Square for us to view??”

“By the Goddess above, this is unbelievable, that verbose undead actually has a Bone Dragon?!”

“Praise Dawn, the great lord has even enslaved such a powerful Bone Dragon, and also imprisoned it in the square for all subjects to view, this truly is divine grace.

Praise the Lord of Dawn!!”

“…”

Hearing the discussion below while flying in the sky, Withered Bone felt even more smug.

With a flap of his wings, his massive body swiftly dove towards Dawn Square and then, amid a clamor of shock, rose again, kicking up a gust of wind.

“Great Lord Withered Bones is the invincible Bone Dragon, residents of Dawn City, loudly praise the greatness of Lord Withered Bones!

Those who sing my praises will receive Lord Withered Bones’s blessing.

Shout out the name of Lord Withered Bones…”

Lide arrived at the square just in time to hear this, his face instantly stiffened.

This damned undead, making such a commotion upon returning.

Just as the crowd below was genuinely preparing to shout Withered Bones’s name, Lide’s chilling words caused the Level 18 undead life, covered in solid white bones with a flickering blue soul fire inside its skull, to tremble.

“Withered Bones, come down.”

Then, amid the astonished gazes of all the residents, the terrifying giant dragon that had just been so arrogant and invincible dove and landed on the ground, then took a few steps forward with limbs sporting sharp, massive claws, extremely meekly pressing its head in front of Lide.

Like a little kitten, it behaved in a manner utterly incongruous with the mighty Bone Dragon.

“Great master, your most humble servant Withered Bones welcomes your arrival…”

The surrounding residents all stared slightly stunned at this scene, then one by one, their gaze fervently shifted to the figure who could subdue the Bone Dragon—the great Lord of Dawn, the mighty Kachar City Lord!

Everyone bowed in unison.

“Good day, great Lord Kachar…”

“Good day, great lord…”

“My lord, your most loyal followers humbly greet you…”

Lide’s gaze swept over the crowd, and except for a few new residents, all were bowing.

With a slight smile, a dark boss receiving extreme adoration and recognition from ordinary humans felt somewhat magical.

“Stand up, my people,” Lide’s lofty tone echoed above Dawn Square, the old residents filled with expectation, new residents hearing the city owner’s speech for the first time.

“The Holy Light Bloodline is currently fighting outside for Dawn City, shedding blood and battling for every resident.

You should feel fortunate and honored because you are the people of Dawn City, my people, which is why you have all this.”

Lide’s tone softened slightly.

“Many things will happen in Dawn City during this Frost Month, we will welcome more civilians displaced by war back to Dawn City, they are like you, civilians who lost their homes to Beastmen.

Dawn City has the capacity to lead more residents to a better life.”

As he ended, his tone paused slightly before he finally announced the closing words. “I hope you can help them integrate into Dawn City as quickly as possible.

Please, my people, as the Lord of Dawn and patriarch of the Holy Light Bloodline, I thank all the citizens of Dawn City.”

After speaking, Lide bowed to the residents.

Then.

Ding ding ding~

If Lide looked at his attribute panel at that moment, he would find that after this action, the number of general believers had increased by over five hundred, and faithful believers by hundreds.

Far more effective than his Divine Priest Niluo’s half-month effort.

No wonder the residents were moved; when had high-nobility ever shown such respect to these lowly civilians?

Expressing gratitude to a group of humble civilians was unimaginable in the outside world.

Instantly, through just this gesture and a few short words, Lide swiftly gathered a large number of followers.

All residents, both old and new, paid the highest respect to him.

After Lide finished speaking, his gaze slowly swept across the crowd with encouragement. The residents he looked at were immediately excited, especially as Lide kept nodding. Many residents thought he was gesturing to them, and tears were nearly falling out of excitement.

Having such a respected city lord was truly a blessing from the Goddess of Luck to them. Praise Dawn City, praise Kachar City Lord!!

Once the number of believers surged once again, Lide contentedly withdrew his gaze.

He did not say more. Under everyone’s watchful eyes, he stood directly on the head of a bone dragon.

With a wave of his hand,

“Take off, let’s go.”

At the instruction, the Withered Bone immediately stood up and its dragon wings fluttered with Twenty Blades.

Whoosh~ A gust of wind rose.

At this moment, the surrounding crowd couldn’t even stand steady.

The majestic bone dragon took flight, and even more eye-catching was the figure standing on the giant dragon’s skull, making this terrifying bone dragon submissive.

The great Kachar City Lord.

Under everyone’s gaze, his black Mage robe fluttered in the wind, his handsome face and deep eyes all filled with indescribable charm.

Spreading its wings, it flew.

The bone dragon thus left Dawn City.

As Lide left, far from calming down, the crowd became more excitedly discussing.

Whether a small skeleton on Dawn Square really owned a bone dragon or the powerful bone dragon directly submitting to their city lord, or the great lord Kachar bowing to thank everyone, all these were filled with topics.

And today’s scene would surely leave a deep impression on the new residents who previously had no great image of this city’s master.

That was indeed a great existence that could make a Bone Dragon kneel in submission!

After the Withered Bone flew out of Dawn City, Lide directly threw out the Castro hidden in his pocket.

Whish~

The armored bronze giant beast appeared in the air.

Lide stepped forcefully on the bone dragon’s head and leaped onto Castro.

“Withered Bone, follow Castro.”

After saying this, he hurriedly rode Castro towards Green City. He had not yet experienced supersonic flight,

Castro, clad in extraordinary armor, instantly accelerated~

Boom~

The air behind burst, a white mist surrounding it and then, in a blink of an eye, vanished from Withered Bone’s sight.

The Withered Bone stared at the scene before him for a long time unable to recover.

What the heck??

Did I just see things??

Did he just disappear??

Once it regained its senses, it frantically flapped its wings trying to catch up. It was an 18th level bone dragon, how could a 15th level bat leave him behind??

But no matter how hard it tried to flap its wings, it still couldn’t catch up with the still-vanishing shadow, and the Withered Bone became infuriated several times in frustration.

This cannot be endured, the great Lord Withered Bones was actually bullied by a 15th level bat!!!

Finally, after howling for a while, the Withered Bone could only honestly follow the scent left by Castro, coupled with sensing their direction through the mental imprint left by Lide in his mind, and chased after them.

Meanwhile, the heart of this undead mage was unbelievably frustrated.

Wasn’t it clear what power Castro had?

Lide must have done something, recalling the armor on his body that obviously exhibited power fluctuations exceeding the Perfect Level…

Instantly his heart filled with envy… Extraordinary Level armor, I want it too.

Though Withered Bone had been around for many years, it truly had never possessed Extraordinary Level armor—it wasn’t that it didn’t want it, but anything attached to the word “Extraordinary” would become incredibly rare.

The armor on Castro had cost nearly 80 pounds of Mithril, personally forged by a Dwarf Forging Master, and further refined by the Power of Faith, which only a Divine could possess, thus making it Extraordinary Level armor.

Extraordinary★ and Perfect★★★ were just a step apart, yet Perfect Level armor couldn’t even catch the dust behind Extraordinary.

But Withered Bone could only envy because Castro was obviously the favored son.

As Lide sat on the back of Castro, he experienced supersonic flight for the first time, and Castro, clad in Extraordinary Armor with bat wings, would cause the air itself to burst.

The earth swiftly disappeared under his eyelids.

Moreover, Castro’s body was extremely agile, capable of freely performing flips and sharp turns even under such high-speed flight, truly formidable.

It had to be said that the Extraordinary Armor worth 500,000 Gold Pucks was too powerful; after Lide released the Dragon Scale Shield on himself, he too enjoyed the thrill of racing.

The distance from Green City to the Far Mountain Range was about 500 kilometers, and from the edge of the Far Mountain Range back to Dawn City was almost 600 kilometers,

So calculated, the straight-line distance from Green City to Dawn City was approximately a thousand kilometers.

In the tempest raised by Castro, it took less than a Sunshine Hour before Lide spotted the monumental city walls of Green City, towering like mountains in the distance.

And the Withered Bone had long vanished from sight, clearly outdistanced by leagues.

Another nearly half a Sunshine Hour passed before the Bone Dragon with a wingspan of 20 blades, carrying an aura of desolation, appeared in view.

Lide gave the approaching Withered Bone a nonchalant glance and, without much ado, waved his hand.

“Enter the Dimensional Plane, your appearance is not suited for the public eye.”

After taking a few breaths, Withered Bone turned its head to look at its colossal body, its frustration from being outdone by Castro instantly dissipating.

Arrogantly, it said, “The great Lord Withered Bones will certainly terrify those soft eggs in Green City—I am a Bone Dragon! A mighty Bone Dragon!! Ha ha ha~”

Lide’s expression darkened; this high and mighty creature would try to climb to heaven if given a ladder.

Not bothering with this Undead any longer, he had Castro place it on the ground and then rested the shrunken Castro on his shoulder.

As Withered Bone howled in arrogance alone in the sky and realized no audience was present, it felt somewhat bored. It then quietly tore through space into the Dimensional Plane, stealthily following behind Lide.

The headquarters of the Dark Contract, Black Rose Manor.

Lide appeared at the formidable garden gate, reminiscent of a city wall, while Grot had already been long awaiting.

“Lord Ilo, Grot welcomes your arrival!”

The Northern Warrior bowed deeply, clutching at his breast.

Lord Ilo, the feared dark legend that even the 19th-level Heart-eating Demon, Wales, the chairman of Demon Heart, would tremble before, returned.

The crowd of Dark Contract around burst into a fervent frenzy upon seeing Lide’s sharp fanged smile.

Lord Ilo; this was indeed an Extraordinary Existence verified by the Heart-eating Demon Wales, and of course, their sovereign.

Lide nodded slightly, making no further comment, gesturing for Grot to lead the way.

He was not here for small talk. The sudden appearance of a goblin was his true concern.

After entering the mansion, large as a palace, and winding his way through, he finally arrived in front of a massive room.

Grot pushed open the carved white door adorned with giant dragon reliefs and invited Lide inside.

Stepping into the hall, Lide’s eyes narrowed slightly. At first glance, he saw sitting at the center of an oval long table, a goblin, looking somewhat panicked.

This goblin, dressed in a neat leather jacket and barely 1.3 blades in height—smaller than even a dwarf.

With a disproportionately large head, its facial features were not much different from humans. It had two black eyes shimmering with timid light,

its pale green skin, and ears like a bat’s, fluttering, which made it clear at a glance that this creature was markedly different from humans.

On seeing Lide, the goblin stood up, a worried expression as it glanced behind at Grot.

Clearly, the fanged Lide posed a significant threat to it.

Vampires are beings of profound darkness; they do not only hunt humans, but any life form they displeasure is subject to their whims.

Humans fear the Bloodline, and other races’ fear and animosity toward the Bloodline aren’t inherently lesser, especially among races with weaker innate powers.

Goblins lived in the Underworld but were essentially neutral, belonging neither to darkness nor goodness—they were their own.

Grot advanced a couple of steps, bowed once more towards Lide, then turned to face the speaking goblin, his towering 2.2 blades stature oppressively looming over the petite creature.

“Yul Grey Mountain, standing before you is the master of the Dark Contract, the Vice President of Demon Heart, the great Lord Ilo.

Speak to His Highness with utmost reverence,” Grot commanded, his tone uncompromising, even somewhat threatening.

Dare not to obey? Disobedience would get you eliminated, weakling, with no right to choose.

Hearing this, Yul Grey Mountain, the meek goblin, shuddered immensely, casting a terrified glance at Lide before immediately kneeling with his skull touching the floor.

“Great Lord Ilo, I, representing the Grey Mountain Tribe, extend the most respectful greetings to you…”

The name “Ilo” held a full 10 Legend Points in the underworld of Green City, and such high Legend Points awakened several powerful characteristics, rendering most beings weak-kneed upon encountering Lide. The moment Yul heard this name, he was thoroughly frightened.

The goblin race combines enormous pride with cowardice, and at this moment, this short creature hardly had a right to be proud.

“Rise, Yul Grey Mountain, have you come to seek an audience with me for some reason?”

Lide, having taken his seat of honor, scrutinized the goblin, appearing utterly unaware of how the creature had arrived.

However, the next words from this timid goblin on their first meeting shocked him profoundly.

“Great Lord Ilo, the Grey Mountain Tribe sincerely beseech you to rescue our tribe and our ally, the Risier family.

You’ve attained the Transcendent status and certainly possess the power to stop those detestable Beastmen.

In exchange, I am willing to share information about the twelve Magic Scroll Artifacts known to the Grey Mountain Tribe with your magnificent Highness…”

Twelve Magic Scrolls?

Weren’t those the artifacts of Green City’s Extraordinary Mages that the enigmatic Viscount Bernard, former head of Dark Contract, had gone to great lengths to steal?

Why would a goblin also have information about the Twelve Magic Scrolls?

Lide immediately became restless, utterly astonished that this little dwarf brought such explosive news. What a completely unexpected development.

Those were Divine Artifacts after all, worth five hundred thousand Gold Pucks. Extraordinary Equipment would seem beggarly in comparison at the Transcendent level…

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