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Chapter 1713: Reunion (Continue to curl up and sleep)

In this way, Duanmu Huai, who killed the superior dragon, became the hero who saved the city and was warmly received by everyone - that was how it should have been, but unfortunately, there was no time for that at the moment.

[Attention, all citizens. Attention, all citizens. This is the Li Ze Kingdom Army. All citizens, a large-scale dragon disaster has occurred in the cities near the border. All citizens, please follow the command of the army in each city and go to the capital for refuge... The capital is safe. If you cannot come for refuge for some reason, please wait for the army to rescue you on the spot and do not approach the border.]

Duanmu Huai sat at the table, listening to the notice coming from the recorder in front of him with a slightly complicated expression, and just felt that... this was too messy.

Forget it, it doesn't matter.

“This is the notification we just received.”

The mayor in front of Duanmu Huai stared at him solemnly and seriously, then turned down the volume of the radio.

"Sir Dragon Hunter, what do you have to say?"

"Um……………"

Duanmu Huai narrowed his eyes and thought for a moment.

"I'm curious, why does the capital think they won't be conquered by dragons? The city walls alone are probably useless."

"That's true, but the capital is protected by a barrier set up by the Sun God Cult, which can prevent the dragons from entering."

"Oh, there really is such a convenient thing, why don't you have it?"

"Hey, Your Excellency, you don't know that the Sun God Cult will only help those forces that they like. As for those that they don't like, they won't care."

"Um……………"

Duanmu Huai knew that there was a religion called Apollo Cult in this world. This was normal. Since the dragons here were afraid of the sun, praising the sun was also an option.

"What are your plans?"

"As it stands now, the safest way is to go to the capital, but..."

As the mayor spoke, he also frowned.

"To be honest, the capital cannot accommodate too many people. Even if we can go there, it does not mean that we can obtain many resources. Therefore, I have a request."

"Oh?"

"Mr. Brave, can you stay in this city?"

As he spoke, the mayor stared at Duanmu Huai.

"As long as you are here, even if this city is attacked by a group of dragons again, we can repel them. Moreover, this is our city. Frankly speaking, as long as we can avoid leaving our homeland, we would rather stay here."

"Even if I can protect you for a month or two, it doesn't mean I can protect you for decades."

Duanmuhuai shook his head.

"I won't stay here for long. At least so far, I have no plans to live here permanently."

"In this case, the only remaining method is to evacuate the citizens and get them out of the city as much as possible before the dragons launch another attack."

“A very sound judgment.”

Duanmu Huai nodded to the mayor's proposal. You can't win against a group of dragons by relying on human wave tactics. It can even be said that it is basically impossible for others to destroy the group of dragons except for the dragon hunters with silver swords. In this way, most civilians become a burden. Staying here is really useless except for causing more casualties.

Therefore, the best way is to evacuate them. As the saying goes, if you keep the green mountains, you will never worry about firewood. No matter how powerful the dragons are, they can't disperse their manpower to search every inch of land. There will always be some lucky ones who can escape.

"In this case, I hope you can stay a little longer, at least until most of the citizens have been evacuated."

"That's no problem, what are you going to do?"

"Those who want to go to the capital will be sent there, and those who want to go somewhere else will be sent there. If they really don't want to leave, they can stay."

It seems there is no other way.

"Ok."

Duanmu Huai thought for a moment and nodded.

"I will wait for you for three days. After three days, I will go to the capital to check the situation."

"Ok."

Hearing Duanmu Huai's answer, the mayor was relieved. At this moment, there was a knock on the door. Hearing the knock, the mayor's face darkened.

"Come in."

"Yes!"

Soon, a soldier pushed open the door and walked in, bowing respectfully.

"What's the matter?"

"Your Excellency, there is a magician outside who wants to see you."

"Magician?"

"Yes, she claims to be the companion of this...hero."

"companion?"

Hearing this, not only the mayor was stunned, but Duanmu Huai also raised his eyebrows curiously.

He remembered that he seemed to have no companions in this world?

"Mr. Brave? Your companion?"

"Let her in."

Duanmu Huai smiled and nodded.

"I'm looking forward to meeting her, too."

He wanted to see who was so bold as to make fun of him.

Not long after, the guards came in with a man wrapped in a cloak. Well, just looking at this appearance, it was really a bit suspicious.

However, Duanmu Huai also felt that the other person's figure did look familiar. Who was this?

However, before Duanmu Huai could open his mouth to ask, the other party chuckled.

"Sure enough, I knew you would be here, Xiao Ai."

"Ok?"

Duanmu Huai was stunned when he heard the voice.

Wait, no way……!

However, as if to verify his guess, the other party lowered his hood, revealing a face that Duanmu Huai was very familiar with. "………………Chiyin?"

"I never thought that Xiao Ai is so famous in this city. Finally, my search was not in vain."

Heichuan Akane stared at Duanmu Huai and smiled gently.

"I didn't expect you to come... Well, this really surprised me."

Although Duanmu Huai had a lot of things to say, this was obviously not the right time, so he was silent for a moment, changed the subject, and then looked at the mayor again.

"Then I'll leave this matter to you."

"Okay, Lord Brave."

After that, the mayor went to evacuate the citizens, while Duanmu Huai brought Kurokawa Akane to a nearby guest room, and then stared at her in silence.

"Why are you here? You didn't come here by chance, did you?"

"Of course not, my Lord."

But before Kurokawa Akane could speak, Princess Nolen appeared quietly from the air and looked at him with a giggle.

"haven't seen you for a long time-----"

However, before Princess Norn could finish her words, Duanmu Huai's face suddenly darkened, and then an incomparable pressure burst out from him!

"Woo————!"

At this moment, even Kurokawa Akane's face turned pale. She had felt similar pressure when filming before, but compared with the terrifying pressure from Duanmu Huai at this moment, the feeling during filming was nothing! Kurokawa Akane even felt as if her heart was frozen. The souls of Freya and Norn who appeared behind her were directly washed away by this terrifying wave, like a sand castle invaded by the waves, becoming blurred and then completely disappeared into the air.

Only then did the pressure from Duanmu Huai disappear again, and Heichuan Akane let out a long breath, sat down on the chair, and kept panting. When she looked at Duanmu Huai, fear was also in her eyes for the first time.

very scary!

Kurokawa Akane could feel that Duanmu Huai just now seemed to be able to kill him without mercy. That kind of cold, murderous fear even froze his blood and soul.

"Xiao, Xiao Ai?"

"As expected of you, Mr. Brave."

However, unlike the panicked Kurokawa Akane, Princess Noren, who emerged from the void again, seemed very happy.

"Sure enough, you still take action immediately when you see a threat. You haven't changed at all from before."

“………………Haaah………………”

Looking at Noren who appeared again, Duanmu Huai sighed silently, then sat down and stared at the two of them.

"So, what's going on? You guys should be dead."

"Yes, that's right. My sister and I died a long time ago. We built a unified empire and maintained its glory for nearly a hundred years, but we are human beings after all, so it is normal for us to die in the end. Oh, please don't worry, my sister and I didn't get married, we just adopted a few children."

"She was so malicious that she made those children fight each other, saying that only the winner could become the next king."

Freya complained to Duanmu Huai with some ill intentions.

"Thanks to her, the empire almost fell into a precarious state of collapse."

"But in the end, the winner was decided very well."

Princess Noren obviously didn't take Freya's complaint seriously.

"If you want to rule a powerful empire, you must have the strength and character to do so. We can't control what happens in the future, but for the parts that we can interfere with, you still have to make a good decision."

"I'm not interested in this topic."

Duanmu Huai waved his hands speechlessly. He was not surprised that Princess Norn would make such a decision. After all, although she looked innocent and cute, she was a cold realist at heart. Besides, no matter what, the empire they had established had already ended hundreds of years ago. There was no point in talking about the past.

"I just want to know, what is your current situation?"

"Um……………"

Hearing Duanmu Huai's question, Freya and Noren looked at each other.

"We are not really sure, actually. How should I put it? Our souls have not left this world. It's as if many people want us to stay and protect this world. We were supposed to fly high and leave here."

As he spoke, Norn also gestured as if he was flapping his wings.

“But those people’s prayers? Or should I say, faith, injected into our bodies, making us feel our bodies become much heavier, and then slowly return.”

“But there’s nothing we can do.”

Freya was obviously unhappy.

"We once appeared before the successors in the form of illusions, hoping to guide them in the direction of the empire, but..."

"Every country will be destroyed one day. Some things cannot be reversed by us, especially after being forgotten."

In contrast to Freya, Noren just chuckled and didn't care at all.

"Then, we were sleeping, and then we felt..."

"Feel?"

"The breath of the brave man, no matter how many years have passed, we will never forget it. So we followed this breath and found this lady."

"Why her?"

Duanmu Huai felt very surprised. To be honest, if they found Ruby, Duanmu Huai would not be surprised. After all, she was his biological sister in that world, and there was the bonus of blood relationship.

But Kurokawa Akane?

"We are not very clear about this either. How about asking the hero to explain it to us?"

“………………Forget it, I can probably guess it.”

Using the process of elimination, there is only one relationship between Kurokawa Akane and himself that does not exist between him and others.

And looking at Princess Norn's expression, it was obvious that she did it on purpose.

"Anyway, this lady is also worried about your affairs. I can understand her anxiety of being weak and powerless and having to wait. So my sister and I helped her and reached a deal with her."

"trade?"

In response to Duanmu Huai's question, Princess Norn did not answer immediately. Instead, she blinked playfully and looked at Heichuan Akane, who hesitated for a moment and spoke in a low voice.

"Actually... they said they wanted to be born as my children..."

"…………………Aha?"