Chapter 55: Visiting the Dragon Mother

The day after the giant dragon council ended.

Lai Ang and Sai Jia, along with their five young dragons, followed the original route toward Emerald City.

With the detailed map provided by the academy, marking all dangerous places, Lai Ang and company this time only spent nine days to safely reach Emerald Giant City again.

Last time encountering that sixth-stage Violent Gold Bear monster was actually just bad luck.

Because most powerful monsters have relatively fixed territories, but the Violent Gold Bear monster is different; they are wandering-type monsters.

They are the wanderers and rangers among monsters.

The towering hundred-meter-high tree wall wards off all external dangers and disturbances.

Unlike when he first came to Emerald City, Lai Ang, who now has some accomplishment in the spellcaster domain, discovered this time that the seemingly ordinary tree wall is extraordinary.

In magical sight, the soaring spiritual light covers this ancient tree wall that stretches on for an unknown length.

What Lai Ang saw was just such a 'light wall'.

"How many alchemy formations and solidified spells must be bolstered," Lai Ang felt a chill in his heart.

On this 'light wall' lie countless magic and alchemy capable of killing it.

This is what Lai Ang can perceive; what he cannot perceive is likely even more terrifying.

"Powerful spellcasters possess mage towers; inside a mage tower, a spellcaster is nearly invincible against peers. This encircling, stretching tree wall might be equivalent to the Emerald Dream's 'mage tower'?" Lai Ang pondered.

"Big brother, what are you looking at?" Ai Di and the other dragons about to enter the city felt doubtful, turning their heads to gaze at the contemplative Lai Ang.

Lai Ang came to his senses and followed his entourage into the city.

Those who can reside in Emerald Giant City are all elites.

The streets are wide and clean, the buildings tall and majestic.

The monster residents walking back and forth all wear clean clothing, some leather armor or metal armor, with a faint smell of blood.

It looks nothing like a monster city at all.

If all races were replaced by humans, there would be little sense of incongruity.

Lai Ang is not the first time strolling through Emerald City, but each time he walks inside the city, he feels some emotion.

Indeed, civilization is the strongest.

The ground trembled slightly as a huge-bodied red-scaled Asian dragon slowly walked over.

On the back of the red-scaled Asian dragon sat a warrior ogre clad in gold-red armor.

Seeing each other, the monster residents and warriors on the street respectfully stepped to the sides, clearing the path.

Although the strong cannot do as they please and slaughter freely in Emerald City, this holds only when the weak do not provoke the strong.

Provoking the strong results in being killed on the spot, after which the strong only need to pay for building damage and road cleaning fees.

As Lai Ang and company approached from the other side, they met the gaze of the Asian dragon rider.

A pressure similar to dragon might emanated from the Asian dragon beneath the ogre, making Lai Ang feel it was far stronger than the sixth-stage Violent Gold Bear he had encountered, and much stronger.

This red-scaled Asian dragon is at least seventh stage!

"This Asian dragon has a very high purity of red dragon bloodline," Lai Ang thought secretly, his heart startled.

The ogre warrior capable of forming a partnership with such a mighty Asian dragon also does not know what level of strength he has reached.

Lai Ang led Sai Jia and the others slightly aside to make way; such a strong one need not be provoked.

They are indeed giant dragons, and it is true that giant dragons hold a fairly high status in Emerald City.

But the strong likewise possess an extremely high status in Emerald City.

Moreover, among the strong in Emerald City, most stand behind a far more terrifying giant dragon.

The ogre riding a huge Asian dragon swaggered through the market; when passing Lai Ang and the other dragons, he merely glanced a bit more before withdrawing his gaze.

Obviously, a group of feeble young dragons is not enough to draw this powerful ogre warrior's extra attention.

As for novelty? There is none either. The ogre has seen over a hundred years far more giant dragons than Lai Ang and company have—likely tens of times more.

What has it not seen—big or small, alive or dead? Even the Green Dragon Queen, it once observed from afar.

"Little ones, who are you looking for?"

At the heart of Emerald City, the dream entrance guarded by heavy troops.

Lai Ang, Ai Di, and Sai Jia, the three young dragons, sat obediently under the watch of the Dragon Tooth Soldiers.

They had to be obedient, for the Dragon Tooth Soldiers were created by the Green Dragon Queen; in strength and status they are not much inferior to ordinary adult giant dragons.

Even in status, to some extent higher—they can often audience the great queen, whereas ordinary adult giant dragons, even if they request an audience, the queen may not be willing to see them.

"We are the offspring of the black dragon Xi Er Wa Na Si; we have come to find our mother," Lai Ang said.

"That adult female black dragon who recently joined the Emerald Dream a few years ago?" the Dragon Tooth Soldier recalled after a moment's thought.

"Yes." Lai Ang nodded.

"Alright, I'll take you in." The Dragon Tooth Soldier did not make things difficult for Lai Ang and company, though his attitude was neither warm nor cold.

Whether warm or not, this is proportional to the giant dragon's strength.

If Lai Ang's dragon mother were a ninth-stage red dragon overlord, the Dragon Tooth Soldiers might be extremely enthusiastic.

"It seems Mother's status in the Emerald Dream is not so great."

Lai Ang, Ai Di, and Sai Jia exchanged a quiet glance.

They are not as ignorant as newborns; over these years of experience and study, occasionally glancing at the vast sea of knowledge in the dragon clan's heritage, they have roughly known their mother's strength level.

Eighth stage.

Stronger than a newly adult giant dragon by quite a bit.

This is about the highest stage a giant dragon can reach under normal circumstances.

To reach ninth stage requires talent or a very long time; ordinary giant dragons basically stall at the eighth-stage limit and cannot break through.

The three brothers, lost in thought, followed the Dragon Tooth Soldier's steps into the vast emerald-green vortex.

In the next moment, they were sent to the Emerald Plane.

Extremely rich elemental power filled the entire heaven and earth.

Towering hundred-meter ancient trees, even several-hundred-meter ancient trees, are commonplace here.

It resembled the forest of ancient times.

"Stay close to me; if you run about recklessly and intrude into another prince's territory and get punished, I won't be able to help." the Dragon Tooth soldier warned.

Lai Ang and the others naturally wouldn't be that stupid.

They silently followed the Dragon Tooth soldier in flight; after about half an hour, before a pitch-black lake, the Dragon Tooth soldier came to a halt.

"That is the residence of Princess Xi Er Wa Na Si in the dream realm; you can stay here for three hours; after three hours, come here, and I will take you away."

"Remember, at most three hours!"

"We will definitely keep to the time." Lai Ang nodded, then he and Ai Di, Sai Jia and the others flew toward the pitch-black lake.

*Soul-transmigrated to an island nation, becoming a low-level company employee Ji Tianchuan Ping, to avoid workplace bullying, decided to teach these awful female supervisors the proper way to be human.

First step, seize that female supervisor's leverage, then hand it over to her.

"Do you want it?"

"Want."

"Then don't keep hemming and hawing!"

(End of chapter)