Chapter 46: Chapter 46 Olivia Runs Away from Home
[Location: Dragonbone Prairie]
On the carriage.
William handed a spatial bag to Louis.
"Your Highness, it’s ready."
"Thank you."
Louis replied and directly hung the spatial bag on the waist of his armor.
Reaching into the spatial bag, he grabbed an ellipse-shaped pebble that appeared in his hand.
Louis said to William beside him, "Let’s start."
"Alright."
William stepped into the carriage.
A few seconds later, he came out holding several pebbles.
Clad in armor, his right arm exerted force, and a pebble was thrown a hundred meters away.
Louis’ face remained impassive as he flicked his wrist.
The slingshot, loaded with the pebble, spun rapidly like a windmill.
Whoosh!
Accompanied by a snapping sound, a faint whistling came from the sky.
The members of the Moonlight Cat Cat Group and Grace only had time to glimpse a nearly invisible gray trajectory that dragged a long white vapor trail, catching up with the pebble in a blink of an eye.
Fireworks burst in the sky!
William’s actions didn’t pause.
One by one, the pebbles were thrown with all his might in different directions.
However, the slingshot in Louis’ hand didn’t fall behind.
Pebbles were taken out from the spatial bag one after another.
Then the sky would blossom into a gray firework.
Louis immersed himself in the training that was precise yet explosive, with a mix of [Hunting Instincts] + [Perfect Mind], elevating his perception and attention to the limit of the current stage.
Even the Jino breathing technique underwent subtle changes.
Beside him, William’s eyelids twitched wildly.
The Iron Guard had a set of arm strength explosion breathing techniques.
He was astonished to find that along the way, Louis seemed to have grasped the Iron Guard breathing technique, integrating some parts into the Jino breathing technique.
Even with high regards for Louis’ learning talent, witnessing it firsthand still stirred his heart and mind.
Precise yet violent.
Moreover, the modification based on the Iron Guard breathing technique prevented Louis from feeling muscle soreness all over after a few uses, unlike when using the Jino breathing technique fully activated.
—It was as if it was modified specifically to maximize the slingshot’s damage and combat time.
Alice shouted from inside the carriage:
"Caesar, Grace’s house is coming up."
Louis stopped his movements, rubbed his arm, and his eyes faintly flickered.
"It seems quite lively at your place."
Grace curiously stuck her head out to take a look, and her eyes widened:
"Dad!"
Before the words were even finished.
Grace joyfully jumped off the carriage and ran towards the figure at the house entrance.
Louis suddenly raised his head.
Looking at the two people behind him, he asked, "Is it an undead?"
Alice had already taken off a monocle she had worn at some unknown time, and said in a deep voice:
"Not an undead?"
Louis laughed, "This is really interesting."
The two didn’t understand why Louis was laughing.
But only Louis, who possessed the future diary, understood that there were too many questions within.
According to the diary recordings.
On the 6th day of disappearance, the investigation team searched the Burning Smoke Mountain Range to no avail and had to return.
On the 7th day of disappearance, Grace’s father returned home.
On the 8th day of disappearance, Grace’s parents were murdered at home.
But now, what’s happening?
The reality is—
On the 1st day of disappearance, the Moonlight Cat Cat Group arrived at Grace’s house and went to the border to hunt tree demons.
On the 2nd day of disappearance, Louis planned for Grace’s kneeling event in the Imperial Capital.
On the 3rd day of disappearance, Louis arranged for extensive publicity of the matter and released a number of tasks to find Grace’s father at the Adventurer Guild, a plan to secretly mobilize adventurers.
On the 4th day of disappearance, Louis and his group set off on the road to Dragonbone Prairie.
—And then Grace’s father returned.
It should be noted that, at this time, very few adventurers had come to the prairie to search for Grace’s father.
From the time the information was released until now, only a day had passed.
It took almost half a day just to travel on the road.
But now, the person had returned.
Was there any variable that could have allowed Grace’s father to return early?
The answer was... almost none.
This was the power of the strongest form [Hindsight Wisdom].
Obviously, someone didn’t want a large number of adventurers coming to Dragonbone Prairie.
But Louis didn’t understand why, since Grace’s father wasn’t controlled like an undead.
What was the reason, then, that allowed him to be influenced by the mastermind?
Was he colluding with the mastermind?
It shouldn’t be.
If he had spoken to Grace in advance, such a major flaw would not have happened.
...
At the same time.
In the Ense Imperial Palace.
Olivia leisurely flipped through the book in front of her.
The Royal Library was vast, with an extensive collection of books.
Some secrets unseen elsewhere could often be answered here.
"Ah, found it."
The little swan tiptoed.
Took down a thick parchment book.
On the parchment book were written several large words—
"Catalog of Gem Dragons"
Her slender fingertips slid over the parchment, and lines of tiny text and images entered her view.
[Sapphire Dragons have a strong sense of territoriality, especially hating other dragons that invade their territory]
[Their kind does not like to interact with any race and would consider those evil races enemies, even starting wars]
[This type of dragon rarely chats idly with humans unless the topic concerns military strategy; they seem particularly fond of this subject]
[In fact, if you could provide them with some kind of military strategy-related competitive game, Sapphire Dragons would be very pleased—as long as you don’t let them lose too badly]
[They mainly reside in the Elemental Plane of Earth, occasionally dwelling in dry caves on the Star Continent]
[They like to ambush opponents using "Spider Technique" or "Teleportation", and their Dragon Breath is a sonic energy, covering a wide area]
...
Olivia frowned.
Her gaze fixed on phrases such as "strong sense of territoriality" and "consider evil races as enemies, even starting wars".
"Does that mean the two Sapphire Dragons on the Burning Smoke Mountain Range encountered an enemy they felt they had to wage war against?"
"And this enemy is likely an evil race?"
"So to wage war against an unknown enemy, they spread the war across the Burning Smoke Mountain Range?"
The little swan hesitated to determine what exactly this enemy was.
Until half an hour later, while chatting with Sister Wang, she heard a piece of surprising news.
"What? Louis discovered undead in Dragonbone Prairie and found prairie giant rats that migrated from the prairie in the Imperial Capital’s sewers?"
A chill swept through her entire body.
"No, I was wrong!"
"The Sapphire Dragons weren’t fighting an unknown evil race on the Burning Smoke Mountain Range."
"Their enemies weren’t on the mountain; they were below, on Dragonbone Prairie!"
"These dragons were compelling monsters to leave their habitats, using them as cannon fodder, to assault the stronghold of an evil race."
Naturally, her mind jumped to the first area where monsters had attacked in a past life, where the Libra Saintess never returned to her homeland—
Dragonbone Great Prairie!
Doomed!
Oh no, the nation is in peril!
I have to save him!
Later that afternoon, a scream rang through the palace from the maids:
"Oh no! Her Highness Olivia has run away from home, heading to Dragonbone Prairie!"
The Royal Guard immediately responded to Beatrice’s orders, rushing towards Dragonbone Prairie.
The target!
—To bring back their royal little swan!