The Magic Empire for 20,000 years

Chapter 129 The Deception of the Mastermind Dragon
Fine……

In Cassandra's mind, the images of the soldiers lying in pools of blood she had just seen flashed by.

Did the scene she just witnessed terrify her or strengthen her resolve?

Cassandra didn't know.

She swallowed hard, steeled herself, and stepped out of the heavily guarded bunker. She took off her glasses and let the cool evening breeze lift the bangs from her forehead.

"Follow behind me."

Ahead, Gutt's eyes were sharp as an eagle's, his temperament was sharp and aggressive, and his face was full of fighting spirit.

The chief of energy manipulation rose into the air, transforming into a shooting star, and hurtled towards the chaotic battlefield before the riverbank, leaving behind only one sentence that echoed across the night:

“Cassandra, you haven’t forgotten the oath you swore before His Majesty at the black wooden table in the first year of the Empire!”

The former leader of the prophetic school lowered his head, as images flashed through his mind.

……

"Cassandra, you mean you're not going to participate in the assassination attempt against El-Erian?"

Gutt stared intently at the gloomy, timid woman in front of him, his sharp gaze seeming to pierce through Cassandra.

"Uh... yes..."

Cassandra lowered her head, her face grim, and rubbed the crystal ball in front of her on the table:
"My only responsibility is to provide Elian's location information, including when he will leave the protection of the Guardian Mages to act alone..."

Snapped.

Guter slammed his hand on the table, sending up a cloud of sawdust.
"You bastard, are you still thinking of leaving yourself a way out—if our assassination attempt on Elian fails, can you still happily welcome His Majesty Elian's safe return and pretend that nothing happened?"

Cassandra's gloomy face darkened further.

You can't exactly say, "Yes, that's what I think," can you?

After the assassination attempt.

Cassandra was completely bewildered when she saw Elion return with three traitors.

"Don't worry, I won't expose your treason, nor will I do anything to you."

"However, there is one condition..."

“Make a vow according to what is written on this paper.”

El-Erian handed over a note.

Cassandra took the note, read all the terms, and her gaze lingered on one of them:

"When Eldoron faces a crisis, fight with all your might for Eldoron..."

……

Beneath the main peak of the Emerald Mountains, deep in the dark underground.

Emerald, now transformed into the Brain Dragon, displayed terrifying and overwhelming psychic power, shattering all attacks aimed at it and stunning numerous powerful humans and elves into silence.

One by one, high-ranking human and elven warriors hid behind the impenetrable [force field wall], panting heavily, their legs trembling, still shaken by the terrifying power that the Green Dragon Lord Emerald had just displayed.

As for the wild elf civilians who had no fighting ability, they were completely reduced to blood and gore in that burst of psionic energy.

The usefulness of these wild elves has long been exhausted. The mastermind doesn't care about the loss of such a small number of weak slaves.

"how is this possible?"

"Is this... a high-level legendary?"

"What exactly is that brain on the Emerald Dragon Lord's back that grants him such high-level legendary power?" A sense of despair welled up in the hearts of many humans and elves, including Prince Elf and the moon elf Seymour.

If Emerald were only a mid-tier legendary, the people present could easily defeat him.

However, faced with the overwhelming power of a high-level legendary, they had no chance of winning, let alone escaping...

"Well, what do you think, lowly humans and elves...?"

"This is the boundless power I possess after merging with that great master and becoming one with that higher will!"

"Submit to me, conquer the great master who is one with me."

"In that case, I might take pity on you and spare your lives."

Emerald, the Green Dragon Lord, grinned wickedly, his cunning gaze sweeping over the crowd.

Sensing something amiss, Elion immediately interrupted Emerald:

"Don't believe what that green dragon says!"

"He is not a true high-level legend."

"If he is truly that powerful, why did he only display his strength for a fleeting moment to defend against one wave of attacks, instead of defeating us all in one fell swoop?"

Humans are so annoying...

Green Dragon Jade frowned slightly.

Just now, quite a few people clearly wavered...

For masterminds and mind-stealers who are adept at manipulating people's hearts, these deep-seated fears and anxieties could be amplified a hundredfold, ultimately causing the enemy to surrender without a fight.

At that moment, Elian's voice resounded simultaneously in the hearts of many elves and humans:

“I just noticed that the Emerald Dragon Lord is not using the power of himself or the brain on his back.”

"The power he drew upon came from the cliff behind him!"

"Moreover, this power had been accumulating below the cliff for a long time, and then it burst forth in an instant, all of it converging on the jade."

"Jade uses this illusion to pretend that it is a high-level legend. It creates the illusion of ease and tries to plant seeds of unease and doubt in our hearts."

"Right now, that energy is still gathering beneath the cliff behind the emerald."

"I estimate that after a while, the jade will be able to briefly unleash the power of a high-level legendary item again."

Elian's words seemed long, but within the telepathic channel created by the [Mind Link] spell, all the information was transmitted in an instant.

"I see. I knew it. Even if Emerald had a brain implanted in its back, it couldn't possibly become this powerful."

Seymour raised an eyebrow, his emerald green eyes flashing with the anger of someone who had been deceived.

"The Green Dragon truly lives up to its reputation as the most cunning of the five-colored dragons. I almost fell for its trick!"

Prince Elf asked eagerly:

"So what do we do?"

"We can't just sit and wait for the Green Dragon Emerald to unleash its high-level legendary power again, can we?"

"Wouldn't it take a few more times for him to wipe out our entire group?!"

For some reason, this Sun Elf prince, who had always been hostile to outsiders, instinctively sought the opinion of Elian, the human monarch, in this moment of crisis, regarding him as the leader of the team.

We can't just listen to Seymour, right?

(End of this chapter)