Westminster Bank

Surrounding the great pit were countless smaller ones. Just like what he had seen in the cavern before, they were filled with the bobbing corpses of Dragon Descendants and Dragon Devourer Cultists. Clearly, piecing it together with the scene from the cavern, the creation of these Dragon Attendants was a success.

As for what was in the largest Blood Pool at the center, that remained a mystery.

"A Pure Blood Ancient Dragon Cloud Dragon Third Generation Strain Flowing Cloud Dragon. Elder Pence spent a great fortune smuggling it from the East. The Dragon Attendant is complete; all it lacks is a Spirit of the Cultist.

Once it has a soul, and with the help of the Alchemy Array, it can retain at least seventy percent of its original power, making it equivalent to an average Silver Tier Law Enforcer.

There are only two confirmed Silver Tier individuals coming to the auction at Traitor's Cliff: Little Abraham of the Van Helsing Clan and the Silver Faith Knight Amber from the Holy Cross Church. Although the Flowing Cloud Dragon Attendant can't defeat them both combined, it can certainly delay them to buy us some time."

The High Priest noticed that his leader's gaze wasn't on the Blood Pool, but had instead fallen upon Freya, who was accompanying an elder from the Hestia Family. Realizing this, he explained:

"She is the Legitimate Daughter of the Lancelot's Family, not a Cultist of the Dragon Eater Association. She came here looking for someone."

'Looking for someone?'

Baron asked impassively, "Who?"

He had a guess, but he wasn't sure if it was the person he was thinking of.

"You don't know, Leader? This person is none other than..." The High Priest suddenly fell silent.

Baron cursed inwardly. 'Damn it. This Priest must have noticed something.' He secretly infused his Spiritual Power into the Lucky Goddess Necklace and, feeling a bit calmer from the placebo effect, said:

"Could it be for the Alchemy Spirit that Lankao created during the ceremony?"

"She came this time to demand Lankao, completely unaware that Elder Pence already killed him to silence him. His corpse was even refined into a Living Dead by the Alchemy Ceremony."

The High Priest breathed a sigh of relief. He had thought the leader before him was an imposter, but now it seemed he might have been overthinking... Yet, something still felt off. Although the leader was always elusive, why would he appear in Berthelili at such a critical moment?

So, he decided to test the man before him again to see if he was truly the leader.

'If he is, the worst that could happen is a little punishment. If he isn't, then this person was bold and meticulous enough to dare impersonate the leader of the Dragon Eater Association and enter this place; he must be extraordinarily skilled. In that case, I'll secretly send for reinforcements from the Association to capture this guy, use the Immortal Fire to separate his spirit from his soul, and turn him into a catalyst for a Dragon Attendant.'

"I wonder, Leader... is the plan proceeding smoothly?" the High Priest suddenly asked Baron in a low voice.

'Plan... What plan? Just how many plans does the Dragon Eater Association have? Even their own leader is out there stirring up trouble.'

Just as he thought he had bluffed his way through, Baron's heart leaped into his throat. He continued to channel Spiritual Power into the Lucky Goddess Necklace and said ambiguously, "The progress of this matter is not for you to inquire about."

"But Elder Pence is concerned about this matter, and he can never seem to find you, Leader. Today, you have finally graced us with your presence... Many of the Cultists in the Association have seen you and also wish for some reassurance."

'What reassurance? Go eat your Dragon Hearts.'

Although Baron was trash-talking again in his head, his heart tightened. He knew the High Priest was suspicious of him. If he couldn't get past this, the man would probably turn hostile on the spot and call on the Dragon Attendants on the altar to give him a thorough group beating.

Baron had already tested it when he escaped the cavern with the Fierce Dragon Attendant. His Red Dragon Aura and Dragon Mighty had little effect on these Half-Dragon monsters.

Not to mention, aside from these Dragon Attendants, the High Priest before him was not to be trifled with.

Baron could sense his Spiritual Pressure was faintly at the Bronze Tier. He had a Branding on his hand, not a Command Spell, and he was from the Beast Faction.

As much as he wanted to complain about why Demon Hunters were as common as stray dogs here, Baron knew that he couldn't escape this encirclement by fighting alone. He had to figure out what that plan was.

'The Dragon Eater Association has raised a large number of Dragon Attendants in Berthelili and needs to complete their cultivation tonight. Based on what was said earlier, it's most likely because of the auction being held at Traitor's Cliff tomorrow...'

'I don't know what's being sold at the auction, but since the Hestia Family wants to set an ambush for the Dragon Witch there, they probably wouldn't sell anything too valuable... In that case, the most valuable things at the auction, the things the Dragon Eater Association needs most, are very likely the elites from the various Old Blood Clans and even the Law Enforcement Organization.'

'This High Priest was surprised and astonished to see me, the leader, here, but he wasn't suspicious of me at first. That means my appearance in Berthelili is reasonable.'

'What's at Traitor's Cliff? The famous scene of the Fall of the Red Dragon? The ruins of the Dragon Family? An auction targeting the Dragon Witch? And also... no, it can't be.'

Baron shuddered. The guess felt unbelievable, but the more he thought about it, the more possible it seemed.

'Considering this method for creating Dragon Attendants... it might just be for that possibility.'

'This person is not the leader...'

Seeing that Baron didn't answer immediately, the High Priest shot a meaningful look at the Hestia Family's Blood Department member who was with Freya. The Blood Department member understood and said to Freya, "Please wait here a moment. I'm going to get something."

Fla didn't mind. She had only come here for one thing—to make the Dragon Eater Association release Lankao.

Naturally, she wouldn't meddle. She simply glanced at the leader of the Dragon Eater Association across the vast Blood Pool. Although she had never seen the leader before, for some reason, she felt a sense of familiarity from him.

'But when could I have ever gotten involved with a figure like that?'

So she didn't dwell on it. She only wanted to complete her final task here, take Lankao with her, and have Lankao take her to the East to completely sever the "entanglement" between her and Freya.

Ever since she came into being, she had heard Lankao speak of an Alchemy Secret Technique from the distant Taoist Sects of the East, one that could perform a "Good and Evil Slash" on a Law Enforcer who had suffered a Qigong Deviation.

Although Fla didn't understand what a Qigong Deviation was, she guessed it was similar to the backlash one suffered when failing to advance in tier. As for the "Good and Evil Slash," it was similar to the "Soul Splitting" theory once advocated by the Soul School.

Unfortunately, the Golden Mage of the London Tower truly lived up to his Golden Tier title. Unless it was for a major catastrophe that absolutely required his intervention, only the incredibly wealthy Westminster Bank could afford to hire him.

However, she recently heard from her father that Westminster Bank had been having a hard time lately. It was all because its president, Hoover, had been greedy back in the day and was now suffering the backlash. He was completely overwhelmed dealing with Nidhogg, one of the Three Great Dragon Kings, who was infected by [Madness] and dwelled beneath the World Tree. Now, they probably couldn't afford to hire the renowned Golden Mage either.

Baron saw the High Priest's secret actions but pretended he hadn't. He told himself to hold it in, not to laugh, and to stay composed.

He simply scolded, "The matter of the Mad Dragon Seal is a secret within the Association. Do not speak of it again."

The High Priest was utterly flustered, stammering, "Please forgive me, Leader."

'I've passed this test.'

Baron stopped channeling energy to the Necklace of the Goddess of Fortune, but his heart didn't lighten. Instead, it felt heavy. Although his guess had been correct, he hadn't expected the Dragon Eater Association to be so audacious and reckless as to truly target the Mad Dragon beneath Traitor's Cliff.

Baron didn't know much about this Mad Dragon. He had only learned a thing or two by casually flipping through some Alchemy Ancient Texts at Master Bagins's home:

The texts said that no one knew where this dragon came from, nor did they know its true identity. They only knew that at some point in time, this Mad Dragon was sealed at Traitor's Cliff, guarded by a Red Dragon.

According to the Alchemy Scriptures, in ancient times, a Druid was entrusted by the Red Dragon to come and reinforce the seal. After just one encounter, the Druid named it the "Dragon of Devouring Madness," hence its name, "Mad Dragon."

Its appearance was accompanied by the shaking of the World Tree. It was also from that time that the tainted Black Dragon Nidhogg began to gnaw day after day at the roots of the World Tree, and among the Three Great Dragon Kings, the Golden Dragon and Silver Dragon disappeared one after another...

It was precisely this point of suspicion that led later Alchemists and even Dragon Biologists to believe that the Mad Dragon's identity was not simple. It was highly likely one of the two Dragon Kings. However, the Golden Dragon later appeared in the East, leaving only one possibility for the various speculations—the Silver Dragon.

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