Chapter 281 - A Brazen Extortion (2) (1/2)

Chapter 281: A Brazen Extortion (2)

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After a short while, an ashen-faced Lei Qin returned with two guards in tow. The guards were carrying a big, heavy wooden case between them, which they then placed before Ji Fengyan.

“Grandfather…” Lei Qin refused to even glance at Ji Fengyan, even as she looked imploringly at Lei Kai.

“Open it.” Lei Kai waved.

Biting her lips reluctantly, Lei Qin instructed the guards to open the big wooden case after much dawdling and procrastination.

Enclosed within the wooden case was another longish box. The two guards carefully lifted that box and placed it on a nearby table before slowly opening it.

Inside the box laid a heavy, silver-colored s.h.i.+eld. Although one could not tell the material it was made of, its design and craftsmans.h.i.+p was exquisite. A life-like dragon was carved upon the s.h.i.+eld, its wings spread out to both ends of the weapon. Two deep, blue jewels made up the dragon’s eyes. From its head to its slightly protruding sharp teeth, the entire dragon was carved with expert detail and precision.

Legends on the origins of the Kingdom of the Sacred Dragon had been around for a long time. It was said that at the very beginning, thousands of years before the ancient dragons were driven into extinction, the founding father of the Kingdom of the Sacred Dragon had encountered a ma.s.sive egg by a river. Purely by chance, he managed to hatch that egg and an ancient baby dragon emerged!

Thinking back to those days, when heaven and earth were one and the human race weak—that was the era of the dragons and other bizarre creatures. But with the s.h.i.+fting of time, those dragons who once dominated the world gradually disappeared until they became extinct.

Nonetheless, their power and mystery continued to live on in legends within humanity.