Chapter 567: What Kind of Dragon Are You, Exactly?!

【Aio Logistics】headquarters, the Dragon's Nest.

"Saisi, next time you need my help, give me a heads-up first, okay? Do you have any idea how much money I lose on a single run like this?"

On the dragon takeoff and landing platform, a purple-haired old man whose face was pierced with holes rivaling Pain's spoke with dissatisfaction to another middle-aged man.

Hearing this, Saisi rolled his eyes, then said expressionlessly: "Three hundred years ago, because you suddenly wanted to dye a scale, our order timed out and the conglomerate fined us, and we spent two whole years paying off that fine."

"A hundred years ago, you said you wanted to with some little she-dragon—"

"Stop, stop, stop!"

Seeing that his old secrets were about to be fully exposed, the purple-haired old man's eye twitched as he called his old friend to a halt, then sighed helplessly: "I give up, you win, but can't we stop dragging up these old stories?"

"Heh."

Saisi smiled without warmth, clearly not taking the other's words to heart.

But the purple-haired old man was only grumbling casually; they were all brothers who had risked their lives together, so having him do one pickup run wasn't really a big deal: "Well, I'll head off first. Contact me when you're ready to head back."

With that, not waiting for the dragon before him to react, he revealed his giant dragon form, and in the blink of an eye vanished amid a sky full of stardust.

Seeing this, Saisi shook his head slightly, then turned and asked: "Iris, you still remember the way to the Tiamat branch, right?"

"Mm."

Iris nodded, then revealed her true form and wobbled her way flying eastward.

Maybe it was an illusion, but Li Ang always felt the little dog-dragon seemed to have gotten a bit fatter, even though she looked no different when in human form.

'Could it be because she's been eating too well lately?'

These past two days he had been feeding her metal blocks kindly provided by the Ba Xie Ghost God Fleet, which were quite a bit better than those refined from ordinary metal—probably because of this that Iris had momentarily failed to keep her figure in check.

Still, he wasn't planning to dock the little dog-dragon's rations for this reason; after all, the metal she ate would ultimately be converted into the lava core she had condensed when fighting Manfred earlier.

Just as Li Ang's thoughts were wandering, Saisi spoke up: "Let's go. Once things are wrapped up, we'll come pick her up."

Before setting out, the two had already asked Iris whether she planned to stay at the Dragon's Nest afterward, or follow Li Ang back to the planet Morabis.

Her answer was undoubtedly the latter; after all, in this entire universe, the only one who could completely destroy metal was Li Ang alone, so naturally the little dog-dragon wouldn't pass up such fine fare and stay at the Dragon's Nest eating dirt.

Hearing this, Li Ang immediately came back to his senses: "Then I'll trouble Grandfather to lead the way."

Since this was his first visit to 【Aio Logistics】headquarters, he naturally had no idea where their destination was.

Although 【Great Luo Dong Guan】could see the planet beneath his feet with perfect clarity, Li Ang had no intention of following in Gu Gu Jiting's footsteps; after all, who knew what terrifying beings might be hidden here—he certainly didn't think the headquarters of a grand cosmic enterprise would lack an existence of the Eighth Energy Level.

While he was thinking, the two had already flown an extremely long distance, yet the situation along the way was somewhat strange.

Looking at the crooked giant dragons all around, Saisi felt a twinge of confusion for a moment.

'I didn't even reveal my giant dragon form.' But it didn't take long for him to realize what was going on, and he turned to look at the youth beside him. 'Is it because of this little guy?'

Since their reunion, Li Ang had given him a strange feeling, yet he couldn't quite put his finger on what was off.

Just as Saisi was about to ask, a voice suddenly drifted from the distant horizon.

"Saisi!"

As the words fell, an emerald-green giant dragon swept in on a howling wind and appeared before the two of them.

However, when he saw that his old friend was not in giant dragon form, he clearly froze for a moment.

Before the emerald-green giant dragon could speak, Saisi said with a twitching mouth: "This time it's got nothing to do with me, Chimera."

Saying so, he introduced the other party to Li Ang: "This is Chimera. The airspace around the takeoff and landing platform falls under his jurisdiction."

Hearing this, Chimera said somewhat awkwardly: "Sorry, I thought you'd forgotten my warning again."

As if to change the subject, the emerald-green giant dragon hurriedly turned his gaze to Li Ang: "You're the little guy Saisi keeps going on about, right?"

"Indeed... uh..."

But halfway through his words, Chimera suddenly faltered.

At that moment he finally understood why Saisi had reacted that way earlier when he had asked what kind of dragon this little guy was.