Chapter 204: The Canary's Greatest Victim

Beiqu, Outer Gate 54545, Flame Emperor City.

The Community that rules this place is 【Salamandra】, a Community that centers on Sub-dragons and inherits the legacy of the Taoist Star Sea Dragon King of the Tai Sui God Star.

At high noon, a lizardman wearing armor, holding a letter, rushed into the headquarters building of Salamandra and entered the council hall, shouting as he ran.

"Acting Leader, sir..."

"What is the matter that has you so flustered?"

A youth with short red hair, black dragon horns on his forehead, and dark skin expressed his dissatisfaction.

Mandela Te'erduoleike, descendant of the Star Sea Dragon King, a Sub-dragon species, currently serves as the acting leader of Salamandra because the new leader is young.

"The... the letter..."

Looking at his flustered subordinate, Mandela frowned and asked.

"What about the letter? Take your time and speak."

The lizardman took several deep breaths, then nervously handed over the letter.

"An invitation letter from Arcadia!"

Mandela's expression changed instantly; his hand holding the letter trembled slightly, not daring to open it.

The battle record of Arcadia's new leader, Su Nian, is now known to everyone, even though more than a week has passed.

Yet Su Nian still occupies the headlines in every report.

Canary's successor, the strongest Boundary ability user in the lower levels of Little Garden, the next leader of the Alliance, the one who reclaimed the flag of Arcadia, the battlefield conductor...

And the higher Su Nian's reputation rose, the greater the pressure it brought upon Mandela.

Examining the letter carefully, Mandela looked at the name Su Nian on it and gritted his teeth.

"I was careless... Who would have thought that even after all that, a powerful successor could still emerge."

Just two months ago, Salamandra was still one of the members of the Arcadia Alliance, possessing three fixed seats in the Alliance council hall itself.

In other words, two months ago, Salamandra was still an ally of Arcadia, and the relationship between the two sides was very close.

In fact, Salamandra had long harbored grievances against Arcadia; the Old Dragon King was severely wounded and passed away shortly after Sandora was born.

The inherited Simulated Star Creation Map 【Void Star: Tai Sui】 and the Sun Authority: Chen Dragon were both taken to seal Azi Dakaha, not to mention the massive sacrifice of the original Salamandra fire dragons.

Their bloodline even became weaker with each generation; their dragon Qi was drained to maintain the seal on Azi Dahaka.

A hegemon of the lower levels of Little Garden two hundred years ago, and after allying with Arcadia, the Inheritance Gift was gone, the fire dragon army was gone, and even their own home had a nuclear bomb planted in it—who wouldn't have grievances?

So, after confirming that Arcadia had truly had its flag and name stolen, he chose to betray the alliance without any hesitation and led the members of Salamandra to withdraw from the Arcadia Alliance.

Yet, not even two months later, Arcadia has actually risen from the ashes.

"I still suffered for my lack of intelligence and connections."

Mandela sighed helplessly.

"If only Father were still here."

"Who could have guessed that the recently famous Su Nian would actually be a backup plan left behind by Canary?"

It wasn't just Arcadia where the tree fell and the monkeys scattered; Salamandra hadn't fared any better.

The decline of a major power is often multifaceted, ranging from influence, forces, talent, combat power, connections, to intelligence.

The former Salamandra was a hegemon, the undisputed hegemon of the lower levels of the Beiqu; the invincible fire dragon army, the endless stream of talent, and countless Communities under its banner, while the Dragon King as the leader possessed invincible combat power.

But once a behemoth falls, the impact it brings is enormous.

Just like the Queen of Great Britain facing the decline of Great Britain; things that once took a single word from the Queen now require unknown amounts of manpower and resources after the sun has set.

Mandela suffered from exactly this kind of disadvantage.

As Su Nian suddenly appeared at the ruins of Arcadia after it was destroyed, the attention other powers in Little Garden paid to Su Nian had never been small.

This naturally included the former allies.

It was just that Su Nian and they had a tacit understanding to leave each other alone; they also wanted to see if Su Nian had the capital to carry the flag of Arcadia.

Just like when Leticia was auctioned off; if Su Nian had been willing to lower his face and borrow money from former allies, he still could have borrowed it.

However, Su Nian, being a newcomer, did not realize he could do that, and he was actually Shiroyasha's person at that time, so his relationship with Arcadia was not that close.

Going to borrow money from Arcadia's former allies would have been a loss of face for Shiroyasha.

And those allies also felt this was a test; if Su Nian could gain Leticia's recognition, they would also allow Su Nian to inherit part of the original Alliance's connections.

The Storage Card being a bestseller throughout Little Garden was them giving a secret push, and they also suppressed many prying eyes.

The biggest buyers of the first batch of Storage Cards were the Dragon Horned Griffins, that is, Jialuoluo and Shala and their group.

This is also the reason why Su Nian let them get an assist; otherwise, with so many capable people at the time, and not a few hidden Four-digit beings, why would they be able to get on?

Jialuoluo and Shala, in front of a group of God Kings who had undergone Descent to Human and famous Divine Spirits, could absolutely not be called strong.

And Mandela did not know that Su Nian was the new leader of the No Name after the fall of Arcadia at that time.

Even though Su Nian had indeed already begun to stand out by then.

And then he foolishly betrayed the alliance.

Because it was indeed inconvenient to report on the No Name, the information on Su Nian at the time showed him as the leader of the commercial Community 【Pengluoke】.

It can only be said that decline is like a snowball; once it starts rolling, it cannot be stopped.

It was just that Salamandra had been screwed over too miserably, so miserably that even Su Nian couldn't bear to watch.

To the point where they didn't even have the qualifications to know information that was nearly public, and not even a single person reminded them.

If even one former ally had given a reminder, Salamandra would not have betrayed the alliance.

But this was indeed Canary being too inhumane; she had screwed over Salamandra far too ruthlessly.

Salamandra had truly been hardworking and uncomplaining within the Alliance, only to end up in this situation of bleeding, sweating, and shedding tears in the end.

This is also the reason why Su Nian sent the invitation letter: to help Canary clean up the mess she had once created.

And to establish a persona for himself as someone who cares about allies, is broad-minded, and will not use others as pawns that can be sacrificed at will.

In many situations, especially in a world like Little Garden that emphasizes individual greatness, one's persona is quite important.

"One can only hope that the leader of Arcadia is not coming to settle scores; the current Salamandra cannot withstand any more turmoil."

Carrying his unease, Mandra opened the invitation letter sent by Su Nian.

It was just what Mandra saw written on the letter.

Lily misses her childhood playmate and friend Sandora, and hereby invites the leader of 【Salamandra】, Shandora Te'erduoleike, to visit Arcadia to discuss the matter of re-forming an alliance and returning the former inheritance of Salamandra.

What was the former inheritance? No one knew this matter better than Mandra.

The Simulated Star Creation Map 【Void Star: Tai Sui】 and the Sun Authority: Chen Dragon.

Mandra looked at the letter for a long time, and he let out a deep, heavy sigh and said.

"This is truly unexpected..."

"He is actually willing to return it to us..."

Mandra looked at the envelope, looked at the time written on it, and remained silent for a long time.

It was clearly a very happy thing, but why couldn't he bring himself to smile?

Having retrieved the Inheritance Gift that was as good as lost, and having restored the alliance relationship with the former Arcadia.

It was clearly a very happy thing, but why was it like this?

A bitter smile appeared on Mandra's face.

Finally, he let out a deep sigh.

"Pass on my order."

"Yes!"

"Notify Leader Sandora to head to the East District in three days to attend the victory banquet of the Arcadia leader, Mr. Su Nian."

"Yes!!"

I hope this can make up for it a little... Mandra clutched the letter, his mood complex.

——

In the South District of Little Garden, the Dragon Horned Griffin Alliance is recognized as the largest Alliance Community in the South District.

Inside the conference room.

Staff officer Jialuoluo looked at the letter in her hand bearing the Arcadia flag and remarked with emotion.

"Capable indeed; who would have thought that after only a few days, Su Nian would return from the outside world and prepare to begin rebuilding the Arcadia Alliance."

At this moment, Shala, who was sitting in the main seat, asked Jialuoluo excitedly.

"Boss, did we hit the jackpot this time?"

If Salamandra had taken the wrong side the whole time, then the Dragon Horned Griffin had been paying attention to Su Nian from beginning to end.

A cafe near Arcadia was opened by one of Jialuoluo's daughters, and it had been keeping an eye on Arcadia so that if the noname of that time really encountered trouble, they could provide some care.

This was also the reason why the Dragon Horned Griffin did not miss the opportunity to declare their stance.

"That is not necessarily true; Su Nian might not necessarily inherit the former philosophy of Arcadia."

Jialuoluo poured a bucket of cold water.

In fact, a considerable portion of those who joined the Arcadia Alliance back then were attracted by the dream of Canary.

The dream of establishing the Layer Master Alliance, dedicated to peace in the lower levels, so that the lower levels would no longer be threatened by the Demon King.

Although Canary tricked many people, how many of them did not willingly offer up their own lives?

Although interest-based relationships are secure, they are also very fragile; at the very least, mere interests could not have allowed Canary to gather such immense power.

If not for the descent of the Absolute Evil, perhaps Canary's dream of the Layer Master Alliance would have already been realized?

The hundreds of Four-digit members of the Alliance were already enough to maintain peace in the lower levels.

But just like when Leticia established the Layer Master system back then, the Xuegui Yizu had their home stolen.

Canary also faced the descent of the Absolute Evil just as the Layer Master Alliance was about to be completed.

It is hard to say that it was not some kind of conspiracy.

(End of chapter)