297 The Pride of Brettonia (1/2)

”Bang! Boom!”

Along with the rumbling sound of fireworks, Golden Flash Town ushered in a bustling new day.

At the entrance of the town, the magnificent fireworks and golden dawn echoed each other with dazzling luster, injecting unlimited vitality for the town. In the morning, the town was already filled with voices. The streets, the shops, and everywhere else were full of people. On this day, it was the once in every three years revelry day, the Dragon City Guards selection ceremony.

As the most powerful city in Brettonia, the Dragon City Guards were basically equivalent to the strongest force of Brettonia. To join Dragon City Guards, except through internal recommendation, this external recruitment was basically the only way.

However, it was not known why the selection was held in Golden Flash Town and not in Dragon City itself. Perhaps because Golden Flash Town was well known since ancient time as the cradle of the bloodline, which produced talented people each generation, or perhaps it was because of the superior geographical position of the Golden Flash Town that extended to all directions. But in short, this was a rare opportunity for the Golden Flash Town, so naturally, they need to firmly grasp it.

From the early morning, the revelry has already begun. And when the sun was rising, the atmosphere became slightly cooler—important people from Dragon City were coming soon.

Close to midday, from a distant horizon, a huge shadow came like the rolling dark cloud that threatened everyone. In the people’s view, the shadow rapidly expanded. Before long, someone in the town exclaimed, ”It’s the dragon!”

It was the symbol of the Dragon City, the giant dragon who sat at the apex of all creatures!

The faint dragon prestige has already suppressed the area for over several kilometers, making it somewhat difficult to breath for the townspeople. However, when the dragon flew close, the dragon prestige was instead restrained quite a lot.

Because next to the dragon, there were several slowly blooming golden lights that covered the dragon figure. That rich holy aura made people involuntarily have the impulse to lie prostrate in worship.

”Heh, sure enough, it’s the Holy Light Religion.”

Inside the inn, Wang Lu coldly smiled. ”I probably understand what’s going on with this Dragon City Guard selection ceremony.”

Aya’s face was somewhat gloomy as her green eyes stared straight at the dragon figure that was sandwiched in the middle of several lights, and then she shook her head. ”Dragon City… it’s not supposed to be like this.”

A moment later, the dragon arrived at the Golden Flash Town. First, it circled above the town square before it began to slow slowly descend and then landed. The dragon figure quickly shrank and gradually transformed into human form.

It was a thirty to forty years old looking middle-aged man with a dignified face; he was tall and imposing, which made people’s heart want to submit. The nearest circle of people in the town square even involuntarily bend their knee.

”Tsk, what a terrifying ruler aura.”

In the distant, Wang Lu, looking at the town square from inside the inn, felt that the middle-aged man gave off a touch of pressure. According to his initial judgment, that person’s strength should be between high order and legendary level—in other words, around Deity Stage. With such power, that person should be able to crush Golden Flash Town flat. People kneeling before him just now was just the result of extreme restraint.

”Aya, do you know him?”

Aya’s voice was somewhat muffled. ”He’s the Master of Dragon City, Bedivere.” After a pause, she continued, ”A hundred years ago. At that time, it was impossible for him to tolerate such an affront.”

Wang Lu uttered an ‘oh’ sound to express his understanding. Because there were three white-gowned Holy Light Religion priests that surrounded the Dragon City Master. To say they were there to serve was too far-fetched, but rather it was more like surveillance and control. The fact was that the three Holy Light Religion priests were only at the beginning of High Order—even the three of them combined was not a match to the powerful Dragon City Master. Obviously, the Dragon City Master Bedivere has already wallowed in degeneration. If it were Aya, even if she were only Jindan, she would still dare to face off against three Deity Stage opponents—of course, that’s one of the reasons why her kingdom perished.

Because of the existence of Bedivere, it was inconvenient for Aya to appear, thus she had to quietly wait in the inn. Wang Lu was curious about this, so, together with Liu Li and the others, they squeezed through the crowd towards the town square.

When they arrived at the square, the ceremony had already begun. Bedivere did not like wasting time. After making a simple opening statement, he reached out for the podium and placed a crystal ball on the stage.

”Anyone who has confidence in themselves can come on stage and give a drop of their blood on the crystal ball. If your blood is qualified after being appraised, you can join the Dragon City Guards.”

After giving off a simple explanation, Bedivere turned around and stepped off the stage. Two white-gowned priests were left on the stage to manage the appraisal, while another priest always followed beside Bedivere.

This was not the first Dragon City Guard selection ceremony, so most of the people of Golden Flash Town was already familiar with these procedures. Soon, there was a young lad, full of confidence, who came on the stage, bit his finger, and dripped his blood on the crystal ball.

The crystal ball flashed with a burst of light but eventually remained green. The young man paused and looked at the two priests with expectant eyes.

”Go back,” one of the priests coldly said.

The young lad’s face was drained of color. ”But, but I have the bloodline.”

”Green excellent level of blood is not eligible to become a Dragon City Guard. Go seek your livelihood somewhere else.”

With that, the priest stretched out his hand forward to push, and the young man staggered backward and fell off the stage.

The crowd began to murmur among themselves. ”Alas, excellent level blood is not eligible to join, the threshold of this Dragon City Guard is very high. I’m afraid even the Holy Knight of Holy Light Religion would be like so.”

”Yeah, in other places, let alone green, even white level blood is enough to make the Master of the City put their effort to train him. Even the worst of them, the grey level blood, can at least become a profession. How could they be treated like trash like this.”

”Yes, some of the cities’ Main Guards have nothing but excellent level blood. Being a Dragon City Guard is really not easy.”

During their talk, a brawny man jumped on the stage to be appraised. His strong body exuded an extremely dangerous aura which showed his quite powerful strength. The crystal ball then showed a dark blue color.

”Mm, it’s close to the rare level blood. It’s a defensive type bloodline that favors the shield war route, which is even rarer.” The white-gowned priest nodded. ”Unfortunately, Dragon City Guard does not lack the shield type guard. You should go back.”