Chapter 63: Chapter 63: Punching Ranyan Nursing Home, Kicking Dragonbone Kindergarten
Louis couldn’t help but laugh and cry.
The human who instantly defeated the Sapphire Dragon King was the emperor of that time.
Beatrice and Olivia didn’t quite understand this, after all, they hadn’t been born yet then.
But William knew.
To be precise, it was William’s grandfather who knew.
They were participants in the war back then.
William only found out the situation after specifically asking about it at home.
After informing Louis, Louis pieced together a complete picture based on the statements of the two ancient dragons.
No wonder almost no magical creatures enter the Dragonbone Prairie.
No wonder the King of the Living Dead and the clandestine villain chose this place to create the undead.
It turns out this place was once the bloody battlefield of the Dragon King and his personal guards.
These two Sapphire Dragons were two of the Dragon King’s personal guards at the time.
They were also the only two dragons to survive back then.
Dragons, well, everyone knows.
The bloodline of dragons is widespread across the Star Continent, even among humans and beasts, and Dragon Vein Mages are not uncommon within the Bloodline Mages faction.
This is due to the dragons’ vigorous reproductive drive, comparable to that of the Greek Mythological God King Zeus.
The two dragons, just upon arriving at the Dragonbone Prairie with the Dragon King back then, couldn’t wait to hide in the mountain crevices to breed.
This was a stroke of luck, completing the reproductive quota in a hundred years, and they were just climbing out of the Burning Smoke Mountain Range to report their work to their superior, feeling pleased.
Little did they expect, they witnessed the scene of their superior’s demise in person.
At that time, the two dragons were directly locked onto by the Emperor and didn’t dare to flee.
In the words of this male dragon, "It’s only normal to lose against the Emperor, whoever thinks they can do better should try."
Back then, the Emperor, seeing that the two dragons were focused on breeding during that period, didn’t go for the kill.
He merely prohibited them from crossing the Burning Smoke Mountain Range and entering the prairie.
As time passed, this unknown prairie where a king was buried gained a new name.
The prairie where many Sapphire Dragon remains were buried — this is the Dragonbone Prairie.
As for the two dragons, they left in panic, not even taking the eggs with them.
It wasn’t until a few years ago that they quietly returned.
As the personal guards of the previous king, they acknowledged the death of the king and his subordinates, but out of loyalty, the two dragons still hoped to take their bodies away and bury them in the dragon’s tomb.
However, even upon returning, they did not dare to cross the line set by the Emperor.
Louis seemed to understand clearly.
The fear of the Emperor had seeped into the bones of the two dragons.
So much so that they didn’t even dare to secretly cross the border, appearing both timid and brazen like little female brats.
Moreover, the battle of that year had changed the terrain of the Dragonbone Prairie, and on such a vast prairie, they couldn’t find the precise location of the buried dragon bones.
They could only vaguely sense that a large amount of dragon scent and souls permeated the land.
Ultimately, they could only remain on the Burning Smoke Mountain Range, looking longingly at the prairie below, occasionally threatening some adventurers to go up the mountain to help them find the bones.
In the beginning, it was going quite smoothly.
There was even a pitiful titled adventurer they coerced.
— Yes, it’s the "Battle Flag" that the Colossus had seen.
But later, they discovered that a group of uninvited guests had already arrived on the Dragonbone Prairie.
They were a group of the Mad King’s followers.
They had quietly dug an underground tunnel on the border of Dragonbone Prairie, causing a large number of magical creatures living underground on the prairie to be driven from their original habitats.
The King of the Living Dead and the Corpse Legion were too strong, wiping out these adventurers in one night.
They even added new soldiers.
Thus, the two dragons continued to rely on adventurers to search for them.
— Don’t ask why they didn’t notify the Ense Empire.
What if the Emperor misunderstands?
The result was like the tale of calabash boys rescuing their grandfather, one after another got sent in.
Not only did the bones fail to come out, but the Undead Legion had a new squad.
What angered them even more was that they sensed the fluctuation of their bloodline.
That was a cursed dragon hatched by cultists using the ’Book of the Dead’ with a twisted form from the dragon eggs left uncared for.
To make matters worse, the Undead Legion seemed to have found their compatriots’ remains some days ago...
...
At this point, Louis understood everything clearly.
He looked at the two ancient dragons.
The male dragon flared his nostrils with an unfriendly "What are you looking at" expression and bared its teeth and said:
"Human, hand over my compatriots’ remains, or I will..."
William took off his helmet and looked at him, raising the sword in his hand.
Louis shouted, damn.
Brother, you’re truly my brother!
You’re only level 11, how do you have the guts?!
However—
"...As a merciful dragon, I will surely give you an appropriate reward."
The old dragon quietly turned his face away.
It seemed to Louis that he saw tears of humiliation on his face.
He couldn’t help but think of the Sapphire young dragon that was already thoroughly digested.
"Not good, why do I have the illusion of punching the Burning Smoke Elderly Home and kicking the Dragonbone Kindergarten?"
"What if I say no?"
Louis chuckled.
At first, the male dragon seemed to think Louis was generous and easy to talk to, but upon hearing this, his expression began to change.
He quietly watched Louis, remaining silent for a long time, and then suddenly said:
"Is there really no chance?"
"Hard to say, but for the Sapphire Dragon clan invading our land, disturbing the Empire’s order, killing them was justified."
"...We just want to take them home."
"To this, I express condolences to your side, but if we just hand it over like that, how can we explain to the compatriots who died at the hands of dragons back then?"
"So, you want a fight?"
The male dragon snorted coldly.
In the next moment, the two cloaked men standing behind Louis stepped forward.
Louis raised his hand, stopping their actions, and said under the watchful eyes of the two dragons:
"I’ve heard that the Sapphire Dragon clan loves to study military strategy and often engages in military strategy competitions."
"Why don’t we have a match using a game from our hometown?"
The male dragon, easily provoked, immediately snorted coldly: "Sure, but if your game isn’t fun..."
"Then I’ll take the liberty of gifting you a personal guard’s remains."
Louis took out a rectangular grid-style board and two cans of black and white pieces from his dimensional bag.
If anyone could see, they would surely recognize it as Go from the previous world.
As one of the longest-standing and most complex intellectual games invented by Great Xia, Go undoubtedly qualifies as a top military strategy game.
Louis said, "Then let’s start with a fun round first."
The male dragon took a deep breath.
He believed he wouldn’t lose too badly in strategy games.
"Crafty human brat, it’s time for you to taste the iron fist of the ancient dragon lord!"
Then...
The person and dragon crouched by the board and played Gomoku.
... Twenty minutes later...
The male dragon sneered:
"Human, you call this a military strategy game?"
Louis smiled and said, "Can you guess why I called it a fun round?"
Louis’s expression turned serious.
He began to seriously explain the actual rules of Go to the male dragon.
As he continued, the two dragons’ gazes were drawn, and their expressions became grave.
Seeing the expressions of the two dragons, the others realized that Prince Louis had truly revealed his trump card.
Thus, the standoff between the two sides lasted for several hours, until dusk settled, and the Sapphire Dragon barely won by half a piece.
The dragon laughed: "Oops, I won!"
Louis wiped away his cold sweat.
Vile beast, what did you win? Do you know how hard I worked to let you win?
However, he had finally achieved his goal.
Seeing the old dragon laughing heartily, he showed an aunt-like smile and said:
"Mr. Long, did you find it fun?"