Thinking of this, Cecilia suddenly felt extremely ashamed.
It directly slapped her face. She had just used her status to suppress the other person, but when the other person revealed their trump card, she became utterly ashamed, yet couldn’t utter a single word in rebuttal.
The atmosphere became tense. Primrose stood to the side, watching these two girls fight over her, and felt helpless in her heart.
“What is all this nonsense…”
Now was the critical moment to find the Hero’s equipment. How could she have time to watch them put on this palace drama? Primrose quickly stepped in to mediate.
“Alright, alright, stop arguing.”
She looked at Cecilia on the verge of crying with grievance, then at Dolores’s stubbornly infatuated expression, and sighed.
“Let Dolores come along for now.”
Primrose set the tone. She turned to Dolores.
“Since you said the Church Nation divined the Final Crisis, I’ll rely on you to provide more detailed information about that crisis later.”
Hearing Primrose’s extremely fair words that gave them a way out, the elder Augustus and the soldiers kneeling in the snow behind all heaved a long sigh of relief.
As long as they didn’t anger the Goddess, that was enough.
Although Cecilia was unwilling in her heart, since the Goddess herself had spoken, she couldn’t say anything more.
She could only angrily put away her staff and silently retreat to Lin Naiyue’s side, no longer speaking.
Dolores, standing at the very back of the team, had a satisfied expression.
“Thank you, Goddess.”
She bowed deeply to Primrose and then obediently followed behind the team.
“Oh, right, Goddess.”
Dolores suddenly spoke.
The Ice Snow Dragon Clotilde, who had been about to turn and lead the way, had already relaxed and was even about to step away.
Upon hearing this, its massive body stiffened, and the two front paws it had just lowered were raised high again.
The voice was not loud, but it was exceptionally clear on the quiet snowfield.
Hearing this, Augustus and the surviving soldiers behind them had their breathing stop instantly.
The sword-and-shield soldiers had sacrificed their life essence to cover the army, and even the Divine Light sent down by the Goddess couldn’t resurrect them.
This was a complete dead end, an irreparable tragic loss for the Church Nation.
“Um… that was self-defense!”
Clotilde jumped up and down in anxiety, explaining in a clear girlish voice:
“They attacked me first!”
“I was sleeping peacefully when a bunch of inexplicable spells came crashing down on me, so I fought back. I really was acting in self-defense!”
Clotilde shouted while secretly glancing at Primrose. It was truly scared now.
Afraid that this deity, who couldn’t even see the status panel clearly, might, in a fit of anger to vent for the humans, directly obliterate it.
Dolores watched the ice dragon explaining anxiously and continued speaking.
“Yes.”
Dolores nodded.
“This is a misunderstanding caused by the Church Nation. It can’t really be blamed on you.”
Actually, Dolores knew very well in her heart.
If the Holy Radiance Church State’s divination skills hadn’t been insufficient, mistaking the power underground for the power within the Ice Snow Dragon, the Church Nation wouldn’t have gone to such great lengths to send a punitive expedition.
Without this expedition, those sword-and-shield soldiers wouldn’t have died.
Ultimately, all the fault lay with the Church Nation’s judgment.
In front of the deity, Dolores would never lie, nor would she cover up mistakes for the Church Nation’s sake.
Primrose watched all of this. She also thought it over.
This matter, in the end, was indeed a complete misunderstanding.
The Church Nation wanted to help her find power to counter the Final Crisis, but they found the wrong target and needlessly sacrificed the lives of elite sword-and-shield soldiers.
However, a more practical issue now lay before her.
This was a world-destroying level monster over 20,000 levels.
Its danger level was no less than the Demon King.
Even if it usually just slept in the Miracle Snowfield, it was an extremely dangerous time bomb.
Not that the Ice Snow Dragon would do evil.
Simply put, she was afraid that later someone might come to hunt the Ice Snow Dragon for some reason, triggering a butterfly effect that could indirectly lead to a great disaster.
Leaving it unchecked was absolutely not an option.
Moreover, such an incredibly powerful combat force beyond human cognition would be an excellent asset to counter that so-called Final Crisis or to deal with the Demon Army in the future.
Primrose made her decision. She looked at the ice dragon still trembling with its claws raised, and set the tone:
“In that case, the responsibility for this conflict indeed does not lie with you.”
Clotilde let out a long breath, and her tense muscles instantly relaxed. Her life was finally saved.
“But.”
Primrose changed her tone.
Clotilde’s heart once again shot up into her throat.
“Regardless of whether it was out of hostility, you still harmed innocent lives.”
Primrose looked at it, her tone leaving no room for argument.
“And if I leave you here, no one can guarantee that you won’t cause bigger trouble in the future.”
“From today onward, you will be under my supervision and guarantee, directly assigned to my team.”
Hearing this, Clotilde was completely petrified. Her mind was buzzing.
She, the overlord of the Miracle Snowfield, a dragon, had just been dreaming of finishing the guiding and going back to sleep.
Now, instead, she had lost herself entirely!
Recruited?
Guiding was just a temporary loss of face.
Being recruited meant losing all future freedom!
She would be ordered around wherever she went!
A huge dragon face was full of grievance.
She curled her mouth and muttered with a crying face:
“Can a dragon refuse?”
“Well…”
Two lines of tears welled up in Clotilde’s eyes.
Yuna cooperatively drew her longsword.
“What do you think?”
Primrose asked calmly in return.
Cecilia also aimed the tip of her staff at the ice dragon’s head.
Dorothy stood behind Lin Naiyue, a cold smile curving at the corner of her mouth.
If she weren’t afraid of revealing her identity now, she would definitely teach this clueless reptile a lesson on the spot.
Clotilde looked at Primrose, then at the group of people staring at her menacingly, and immediately put away her aggrieved expression, stretched out her claw, and pounded her chest with a loud thud.
“Being able to follow the Goddess is the greatest honor of my life!”
Clotilde answered extremely loudly.
Lin Naiyue looked at this huge dragon and found it somewhat amusing.
“So, Miss Dragon, what’s your name? We can’t keep calling you Ice Snow Dragon, can we?”
Clotilde looked at her.
“My name is Clotilde. Everyone can call me Cloti from now on.”
“Ohh, then little Cloti-chan, from now on you have to be a good girl and not do anything naughty.”
Lin Naiyue habitually wanted to reach out and pet it, but suddenly realized that the height gap between her and Cloti was too great.
“L-Little Cloti…chan?!”
Hearing this address, Clotilde felt as if she had been electrocuted, discomfort everywhere.
She was a dragon!