Chapter 197 Walking on Fire (1/2)

After receiving the news that the draconic beast was attacking the village, Moreila and Nostradamus temporarily put down their work at hand and readied to pay the warrior in the main city of Moldavia a visit.

As a result, in the living hall of the liege's residence, they had seen Joshua who seemed to be fully loaded and ready to head out. Well, they could not tell what Joshua was attempting to do though.

”Joshua, what are you trying to do?”

The person who arrived first was Moreila. He was staying just at the inn located not far from the center of the main city. Before that, he was plotting the architectural drawings of the rune factory. Upon receiving news about the village being attacked by draconic beast and the high number of casualties, he immediately went over to pay Joshua a visit.

It seemed that the old dwarf was expecting to see the warrior getting infuriated, jumping around in rage sulking in dissatisfaction. However, he had not expected to see Joshua with his calm face. He only saw that the warrior was fully equipped with his battle gear. Joshua had also brought along all sorts of items. He seemed to be ready to make a big appearance. He seemed to be ready for a big fight!

Well, he was no newbie. As a dwarven warrior who had lived more than a hundred years, of course Moreila could see it. That was the lightest and yet the most serious battle gear a warrior across the Mycroft continent would wear other than heavy armor and weapons.

Meanwhile, Ying and Ling were standing right behind Joshua. The two of them were whispering to each other. The silver-haired was also asking her brother as her face was riddled with doubt, ”What is Master trying to do with this?”

Meanwhile, Ling appeared helpless, as he looked at the calm warrior. Then he spoke softly, ”My sister, don't get deceived by Master's calm-looking face right now. Although he seemed very calm and rational by the look on his face, the truth is that he is so angry that he's about to explode into madness… From the moment he walked out of his study room, he had been mentioning that he wanted to go to the northern ice land to slay dragons. I've completely no idea how to stop him from going…”

Fortunately for them, it seemed that Joshua had already calmed now.

No matter how softly the two Divine Armaments were whispering to each other, their words had not slipped by the ears of a Gold-tier warrior. Moreila was also standing not too far from the three of them since he came in. So naturally, he overheard the dialogue between the young man and the young lady. He was shocked. The rings on his beard kept on trembling. The old dwarf instantly walked up to Joshua and spoke with a surprised tone, ”My friend, you're not joking, are you? I know you're very upset with the attack on your territory, however, why do you even think about slaying dragon?”

His voice was filled with confusion. At the same instant, Nostradamus came into the living hall as well. He was also considered to have caught wind of that conversation in a timely fashion. After hearing the conversation between Ying and Ling, the white-haired mage also tried to persuade Joshua out of it immediately. ”That's right, Joshua. Although the draconic beast is responsible for the attack on one of your village, however, it has nothing to do with the white dragons on the northern iceland.”

”Also, there are at least a dozen of adult white dragons in the iceland of the North, there is at least one gigantic leader of the dragons over there. Even though there are no old dragons that are Supreme tier, but if you are going to act so rashly, you will certainly encounter some problems.”

Meanwhile, Joshua was standing right at the doorstep ready to depart. However, he revealed a helpless look on his face after seeing so many of them blocking the entrance of the mansion. They were all there to dissuade him from his initial decision. Joshua could not help but let out a sigh. Then he calmly explained, ”Master Moreila, Master Nostradamus, I'm not mad about the incident. I'm not acting rashly as well. I've given it a lot of consideration and thought before deciding to prepare myself for what's coming. That is why I must take my leave.”

If you've given a lot of consideration and all, then you should not have thought about setting a foot out of your mansion!

Although no one had said that, however, the expression on the old dwarf and the old mage were clearly trying to say that.

Nostradamus remained silent for a moment. Then he frowned, with a look of hesitation on his face. After that, he said, ”Joshua, as far as I know, even though this draconic beast attack has involved a wide range including the four territories in the North, however, this is something that has not happened over the entire history. There are no similar incidents had happened before as well. It was just like the continuation of five Dark Tide that happened over two hundred years ago in the land of the North. And not to mention that there were also draconic beast flying through the sky, getting around the fortress and attacked the village… so why are you so sure that you must find fault with that bunch of white dragons over there?”

Meanwhile, the old dwarf nodded in agreement. This was also a problem that plagued him.

In the meantime, Joshua reached his hand over to touch the gigantic nail that was hanging across his waist. The nail was as long as the length of an arm. The sharp end of the tip of the nail was engraved with countless runes that were flashing with strange colors. There were also obvious traces of poisonous liquid all over the nail. These sort of nails were usually used to bleed large sized creatures. At some point, they were gears specifically for dragon slaying.

Joshua turned his head and looked at the old mage. After having some thoughts for a moment to see what he should say, he shook his head and said, ”Master Nostradamus, perhaps Moreila and the others do not know the reason that caused the incident to happen. However, you, on the other hand, should know this better than anyone.”

He paused for one brief moment and spoke in a very serious manner, ”Spawns from the Abyssal Sea.”

Without waiting for the old mage to reply, Joshua lifted his head up and looked at the ceiling with his red eyes. He continued to speak, ”In the previous Dark Tide I've obtained a piece of 'Spawn from the Abyssal Sea out from a gigantic mammoth. That thing was obviously remolded by Chaos. Meanwhile, one of my trusted men had confirmed it for me. Among these Chaos creatures, the scent of the white dragons of the North was also present there. Meanwhile, in light of the rumors about the pentashade dragons colluding with Chaos, I believe that things had become rather obvious than ever.”

The warrior lowered his head and looked directly into the eyes of the old Mage who remained in silence. After that, the warrior sneered and said, ”Why would the draconic beasts attack humans for nothing? Their wisdom is much higher than most beasts which only possess basic surviving instincts. Besides, eating humans would only bring them more harm than good. And how is it possible that humans are tastier and nicer than the mammoths and the herbivorous dragons? I'm never going to believe if you say that there's no one hiding behind the shadows orchestrating this draconic beast attack.”

”How do you know… It is obvious that the Royal Mage Guild are still researching those… That information is definitely highly classified…”

After listening to Joshua, the old mage subconsciously asked a question. However, Nostradamus had also quickly recalled about Joshua's Class.

The Chaos Guardian, the most sensitive Class that could sense and detect the presence of Chaos in this world. After all, he also had the Azurite on him—that would explain it.

However, the old mage still had some doubts about him though… Joshua was a count in the land of the Northern Empire in the North. He was one continent far away from the far South kingdom that was located on the furthest side of the South. Even the information about the pentashade dragon species in the far South that Nostradamus knew came from the information network of the royal agents who had been operating to gather intel for over many years. A count should not possibly be able to obtain so much information.

So how did he know all these things then?

However, even though Nostradamus was puzzled with many questions in his heart, he still had to try to persuade Joshua from going out, ”However, my friend Joshua, what you said might be possible. But you're just guessing and making assumptions. There's no evidence to support your assumptions.”

Upon saying that, the old mage could not help but brush his beard with his hand. Then he looked a little troubled. ”The white dragon species is unlike the other normal dragon species. The pentashade dragons are an entire race. They have their very own civilization and wisdom. They have their words and inheritance. They even have their own city on Dragon Island. They do live in territories all around the world. These are all because of the negotiations made between the dragon king and the other kingdoms all around the world. You'll be the one to destroy the good relationship between them if you get over there to attack them. The Empire had just annihilated the orcs in the plains of the Northwest. There is an urgent need for the Empire to take a break and recharge. The Empire will not have the energy to go up against the Dragon Island…”