414 Scammer (1/2)

Perhaps it was thanks to their cruel environment, where they were tempered through numerous battles and baptized by unforgiving nature, that the Northlanders didn't know of despair or giving up.

I didn't show only certain people the scenes of the battle between the Titans and the dragons. Instead, I showed everyone.

”They'll have to face these almost undefeatable enemies sooner or later. They might as well learn the difference between themselves and the enemies so that they can start working hard as early as possible to surpass them.”

Seeing such high-level battles astonished the young Northlanders, but it also ignited the fire within them.

In the battleships, I could see passionate training scenes everywhere. No matter if the person was a cannoneer or a mage, they appeared to have imaginary enemies and training goals.

Only by knowing one's insufficiencies would one be able to make up for them. Those who'd shout out loud about how they were already the number one in the world would be killed off by a dark horse.

Meanwhile, my research team arrived at a conclusion about the situation on that battlefield, especially thanks to the Myth-rank earth element archmage Kaid. He had joined them as he had too much free time on his hands. I trusted in his judgement.

”This entire world is the seal on the Titans. In that case, if the Titans want to break free from the seal, there's only one method: to cause the entire world to collapse. And if I'm right the imbalance of the Elemental Tide on the Ash Plains was caused by the Titans.”

Evelyn's information served to confirm this hypothesis with more circumstantial evidence.

”…You want to know when the Elemental Tide started becoming unstable here? It started suddenly a few decades ago. Everything here was normal before that. In fact, I even heard that before this was one of the most popular places for dragons to go on dates because of those statues.”

Should I be astonished about how the dragons were so care free, not even thinking about any potential danger? They actually treated the Titans' bodies as excellent dating scenery? Perhaps they even did various types of censored actions right under the Titans' eyes. Treating others' bodies as a hotel bed? No wonder the Titans weren't able to take it anymore… Cough—cough—I seem to be going off topic yet again.

Anyhoo, no matter if the Elemental Tide was high or low, it would normally be balanced. This was like how water in a cup would always be level. Even if you shook the cup or tilted it, the water would still return to a level position.

But right now the problem wasn't only about the Elemental Tide. The fact that this place was losing its very color meant that the world's natural laws were collapsing. The dimensional tears were the best evidence that even the most foundational Concepts of Space and Time were being shaken. That was the biggest problem.

It was just like drilling a tiny hole into a dam. Perhaps the water leakage wouldn't be significant at first, but eventually it would cause the collapse of the entire dam. The Elemental Tide's unpredictable fluctuations here was only a side effect of the true core problem.

Of course, forcefully going against the world's natural laws was no different from fighting against an entire world's dimensional will. This was, most obviously, a foolish idea. Easier methods definitely existed out there, but evidently the trapped Titans didn't have any available to them.

The dragons had to have noticed what the Titans were doing. The bigger problem was that there was no effective way to stop the Titans.

Actually, there was a relatively easy method to delay the Titans' revival: continuously send veteran Supreme Immemorial Dragons to attack the giants, which would force the Titans to act and save their giants. Naturally, the Titans would no longer have the free time to destroy the natural laws of this world. But, first of all, this would only be a band-aid cure—it didn't address the foundational problem. And the bigger issue was that the dragons weren't united in the least. The matter of which Supreme Immemorial Dragons went and who went when would be a huge problem.

”Helping the Bardi Empire fight against the Holy Church? I'm sorry, you can see our current situation for yourself. Our own combat strength is already insufficient. How can we possibly send combat strength to the outside world?”

As I expected, the moment I made this request to Halos during our discussion the Gold Dragon unhesitatingly refused.

And so I nodded and shrugged.

”How regrettable. Since I can't accomplish the duty the Mage Country sent me here for, let's talk about personal matters.”

”Personal matters?”

”Right now, your biggest hurdle is of course your lack of combat strength. And if you know anything about me, you should know that I have some combat strength under me that's not suitable for seeing the light of day…”

I smiled as I casually pointed at the sky, as it happened to be dark outside. I also mouthed the word ”Yongye,” not saying it out loud.

I didn't need to do anything more except hint at things as Halos' eyes instantly lit up.

”You're referring to Undead Emperor Yongye. But… how much combat strength do you have on your hands, and can they really be used…?”

”Xiluo is a mega empire. You should know just how powerful mega empires can be. It's not too convenient to use undead armies in the mortal plane of Eich, and it's also time that I give them something to do. This is an excellent location that makes even me want to settle down here.”

”…I will never open up our dragon graveyards to you.”