“Yiluo Enya, take a quick look. Is this wall from your home?”
Zhu Qiu was extremely excited. But after taking one look, Yiluo Enya could only shake her head helplessly.
“This is way too different from my home’s walls. Mine aren’t this shabby.”
Hearing that it wasn’t, Zhu Qiu was deeply disappointed.
‘Why?!’
‘I tried so hard to imagine it.’
‘In the end, I still failed.’
Just then, a human suddenly appeared before the two of them.
“D-D-D-D-D-Dragon! A dragon!”
After spotting Zhu Qiu’s unmistakable dragon tail, that human’s face turned purple with fear, and he scrambled away.
“Zhu Qiu, the place you teleported to this time seems to be human territory. We should leave quickly before any misunderstandings happen.”
“Good idea.”
Zhu Qiu never expected she’d return to human territory in such a way.
But she was about to leave right away anyway.
She grabbed Yiluo Enya’s hand and began to chant silently in her heart.
“There’s a dragon! Come catch the dragon!”
Another person passing by Zhu Qiu began screaming and shouting.
Because almost no human had ever seen that legendary race — the Dragon Race.
Gradually, many people, driven by curiosity, wanted to come over and see what the Dragon Race truly looked like. But once they got close and saw the real dragon, they’d scream and flee in terror again.
The noisy surroundings and the constant shouting made Zhu Qiu feel anxious and on edge, which ultimately affected the Fixed-Point Teleportation Magic.
A full five minutes passed, yet Zhu Qiu still couldn’t release her next Fixed-Point Teleportation.
Yiluo Enya was getting a bit anxious, but being anxious was useless at this moment, and she absolutely couldn’t speak.
Because the one casting Fixed-Point Teleportation Magic must not be disturbed — that was a strict requirement.
As time dragged on, the surrounding humans, seeing this bizarrely appearing dragon and the elf beside her, began to lower their guard and slowly approach.
“Yiluo Enya, we’re screwed.”
At this moment, Zhu Qiu’s forehead was covered in cold sweat, and she was beyond nervous.
“What’s wrong with you? Are you okay?”
“I… it seems like I can’t release the Fixed-Point Teleportation Magic anymore.”
“Then what do we do now? Should we run first? These people don’t look like good sorts.”
Yiluo Enya and Zhu Qiu looked around together.
When those people saw the dragon looking at them, they screamed again and ran off without looking back.
“I think these people might just look scared of us. Who knows what strange things they’re thinking inside.”
Zhu Qiu held Yiluo Enya’s hand tightly, making sure that during the escape this time, things wouldn’t go like last time.
That is, like when she’d fled while carrying her old father on her back and accidentally dropped him.
‘The more I talk about it, the more it’s just embarrassing history.’
‘Forget it. Escaping is what matters.’
Just as they were about to flee the Human City, a familiar voice came from behind them.
“Where do you think you’re going, my dear dragon?”
All of a sudden, a wall of earth rose up in front of Zhu Qiu and Yiluo Enya, sealing off their escape route.
Zhu Qiu instinctively turned around and saw a robed figure floating in midair.
The robe covered that person entirely, from head to toe, not even leaving the face exposed. Yiluo Enya looked puzzled.
‘Who is this guy? Why is he blocking us?’
But Zhu Qiu knew very well. With such an outfit, such a tone, such a voice — she didn’t even need to think. Who else could it be other than the President of the Human Mage Association, Dinksway?
Just then, Dinksway pulled open his robe, revealing the black cloth that covered his eyes, and locked eyes with Zhu Qiu’s vertically slit pupils — one purple, one red.
The next second, Dinksway’s pupils constricted sharply. The agitation inside him grew stronger and stronger, more and more intense.
‘These eyes are exactly the same as the ones I saw before.’
‘So the dragon before me is the very same one I encountered previously.’
‘In other words, she’s the dragon who helped the Sword Saint Soran back then.’
‘But since she chose to help Soran, Soran would definitely protect her well and wouldn’t let her appear in the Human City carelessly.’
‘Just like before, when I couldn’t find the dragon Soran had hidden away no matter what.’
‘Then…’
‘There’s only one reason that can explain this dragon’s appearance.’
‘The Sword Saint Soran is nearby.’
‘They’ve come back for a fight.’
This conclusion frightened Dinksway into hastily scanning his surroundings, yet he found no trace of the Sword Saint Soran.
‘He must be hiding in some dark corner. I can’t be wrong!’
‘Do you think you’re so clever, Soran?’
‘I’m smarter than you.’
“Dragon, and this elf as well, you have trespassed into the Human City. The facts are clear. According to human rules, any illegal entrant who hasn’t been approved should be locked in prison for one day, then released.”
Dinksway had come up with a scheme — first trick them into going to his place, then make his move at night when everyone was asleep.
‘That way, even the Sword Saint Soran won’t be able to do anything to me.’
“Goblin, why should we listen to you?”
Zhu Qiu pulled Yiluo Enya and ran off in a different direction.
‘Are you kidding? Such an amateur scheme — I saw through it at a glance.’
‘Since when do I know of humans having such a rule?’
“You!”
“Earth Wall Spell!”
Dinksway summoned another Earth Wall, sealing off Zhu Qiu’s escape route.
“Dragon, don’t refuse a toast only to be forced to drink a penalty. This is human territory, and my people are everywhere.”
“Breaking the rules will only bring trouble upon yourselves. I advise you to surrender obediently.”
Before his words even faded, Zhu Qiu continued pulling Yiluo Enya and used Flight Magic to soar into the air.
“I don’t give a damn about you.”
‘Do you think putting up Earth Walls on the ground to block us is useful?’
‘I’m a dragon. I can fly, you know.’
“Bye-bye now. This princess can’t be bothered to play with you. I still have more important missions to handle.”
“Don’t you dare leave!”
Seeing he couldn’t trick them, Dinksway simply dropped the act and chased straight after them, releasing magic to block them.
“Freezing Ray!”
He pulled out his Crystal Ball, rapidly chanting the magic, trying to freeze Zhu Qiu so he could capture her for his own use.
However, as a dragon, Zhu Qiu’s Magic Power was quite dense, and her flight speed was nothing to scoff at. A single human Archmage couldn’t catch up.
At the same time, Dinksway also realized this.
To keep the duck that was already in his mouth from flying away, he quickly diverted a portion of his Magic Power to communicate with the captain of the Magic Squad he had created.
Because of his magical attacks, Zhu Qiu couldn’t flee in peace and had to keep dodging, which naturally slowed her flight speed.
‘Now I just need to maintain this state and wait for reinforcements to arrive.’
“Ugh, are you annoying or what? Can you stop sticking to me like glue?” Zhu Qiu complained irritably.
“Then stop running, will you? If you run, I’m obviously going to chase you.”
“If I don’t run, should I just let you catch me? You damn goblin, you’re truly insane.”
Zhu Qiu flew through the air, dodging Dinksway’s Freezing Rays left and right.
She figured that at this pace, she’d soon leave human territory and finally shake off Dinksway.
But who would have thought — just at that moment, a Freezing Ray suddenly shot out from below.