Crossing the true dragon realm, and you call me Little Locke?

A little earlier, on the mountain south of the Hanque River Valley.

The half-elves, along with Shuoyang and his three-headed dragon companion, arrived at the secret camps in their villages that served as refuge.

The area is densely wooded and has a small maze set up.

From the outside, it looks like a dense jujube grove with so many bushes that it's hard to find a place to step.

Once inside, Shuoyang glanced at the rune pillars along the edge.

He chuckled at the half-elf elder beside him, "These magic locks are from the elves of the Endless Forest, used specifically to defend against dragons, right?"

Upon hearing this, the half-elf elder named Finrod Stoneheart gave an awkward laugh.

Although they have all declined and are no longer the absolute rulers of Casillas.

However, due to certain historical reasons, dragons and elves still dislike each other to this day and are extremely at odds with one another.

As the core area of ​​the former Elf Empire, the Endless Forest naturally suffered many attacks from dragons.

Those elven kingdoms that split off from the empire naturally inherited some of the empire's legacy in resisting the dragons.

The residents of these half-elf villages in the border forest are mostly of mixed blood between the Endless Sea Elves and the Farosians.

Compared to elves, they grow too fast and are too rough.

Compared to humans, they mature too slowly and are too naive.

So these half-elfs, who were neither accepted by human society nor recognized by elven society, combined the strengths of both to establish their own half-elf community in the relatively remote border forest.

The magic locks used by the tree-sea elf kingdoms to defend against dragons were naturally also used here.

But unlike their long-eared relatives.

Although half-elves are relatively solitary, they do not possess the arrogance of elves, which surpasses even that of dragons.

Therefore, Shuoyang did not hate these half-elves as much as he hated those with long ears.

He chatted and teased Stoneheart while patiently playing with the half-elf children who were curious about him.

Until Violet awoke from her coma.

Before she could even fully process what was happening, she was already hoarse, enduring excruciating pain as if being stabbed or hacked.

He immediately asked, "Where is that evil dragon? Where is she?"

Upon hearing this, Shuoyang's eyes darkened, and his colorful beard fluttered.

I wanted to beat her up right then and there.

Fortunately, Violet spoke up just in time, asking, "Where's Agrippa? Was he not disturbed?"

Hearing this, Shuoyang's heart softened.

He looked at his younger sister, who had narrowly escaped death, and felt both angry and helpless.

He could only calm his breathing and softly reassure her, "The green dragon and the red dragon are both dead, and I'm alright too."

"You still have a neck injury, so don't talk."

Violet finally realized what was happening.

She looked at Shuoyang, whose eyes were full of helplessness, and Elliott, whose face was full of concern.

She remained silent for a long time before finally speaking with some remorse, "I'm sorry, it's my fault."

"I didn't recognize the blue dragon and even saved her."

"Sigh," upon hearing this, Shuoyang let out a long sigh.

He was truly powerless to help his younger sister.

All I could do was continue to soothe them, saying, "Stop talking, what did you do wrong?"

"If you hadn't held her back, she would have used the floodwaters to escape and reunite with Red Dragon and the others."

"With her brains, the four dragons working together, plus the earth goblin army..."

"Escape is a problem for us, let alone killing them."

Violet was still somewhat unwilling upon hearing this.

Then he asked, "Did you find their lair?"

Is she still there?

"Enough, Violet!"

Seeing her chatter on and on, Shuoyang finally couldn't hold back.

He angrily retorted, "No matter how many evil dragons you kill, Alvin will never come back."

"Please respect his last wishes, let yourself go, and value your own life, okay?"

But Violet was stubborn and wouldn't listen to any advice.

Instead, they focused intently on the problem and immediately realized what was happening.

She was filled with shock and anger, and asked with eyes full of disappointment, "You didn't go to the dragon's nest!"

Why?

"Ha," Shuoyang laughed in anger upon hearing her question.

Violet, however, saw the answer to the question in Elliott's evasive gaze—herself.

This further disappointed her in Shuoyang, and she roared, "Agripa, you're too weak!"

Despite being the strongest among his brothers and sisters, Shuoyang was always worried about this and afraid of that.

As long as those four evil dragons can be killed, what does it matter if she dies?

With this thought in mind, Violet ignored her numb and powerless body.

She struggled to her feet and flapped her wings in an attempt to take off.

Seeing this, Elliott quickly stepped forward to stop her: "Violet, stop!"

"They also have a three-headed dragon; you'll get yourself killed doing this."

Shuoyang watched coldly from the sidelines as his disheveled sister desperately tried to control her body.

However, due to the residue of the green dragon's venom, its limbs and wings could not work together.

After struggling for a long time, Violet finally couldn't hold on any longer and collapsed to the ground with a "thud".

Seeing this, Shuoyang revealed a cold smile, "Hmph."

He knew that it was right to guard against Violet's death.

The snake fang venom residue in Violet's body was intentionally left untreated by Shi Xin and the others.

The remaining drop of venom is just right; it paralyzes without harming the body.

At least for the past few days, Violet hasn't had the energy to get up and go to her death.

Once these few days are over and their injuries have fully healed...

Even without Violet saying anything, he was going to go and cause trouble for those evil dragons and reclaim his spoils.

He could wait, but Violet couldn't.

She collapsed to the ground, utterly helpless, the thought that her actions might have allowed the evil dragons to escape.

She wished she could die right now to atone for her sins.

As she thought about it, she couldn't control her emotions, and tears the size of a ball streamed from the corner of her eye.

As a proud true dragon.

She shamelessly pleaded with Shuoyang through tears, "Agripa, I beg you, please leave me alone."

"Go and hunt down those evil dragons!"

"Didn't you value wealth and reputation most? Now those two things have been taken away by that blue dragon. I beg you, go after her and take back everything you have, okay?"

"Tch, you're even resorting to reverse psychology now?"

Shuoyang looked at the crying Violet with a gloating expression, but also felt a strange sense of satisfaction in his heart.

It's amazing how this stubborn little sister has been driven to such a state of frustration.

The satisfaction and sense of accomplishment this brought him were incomparable to the mere evil dragon treasure.

Besides, what's more important than life?

What if that blue dragon has some hidden tricks up its sleeve and they get killed by its schemes? Who can they complain to?

As for whether he will break off all ties with his sister after she is fully recovered?

He doesn't care; he just wants to have fun first.

So he scoffed even more contemptuously, "Sigh, I'm not going. I'm going to just hang around in front of you."

"It's no use begging me; I'm going to keep showing up in front of you."

Seeing his obsequious manner, Violet was so angry she almost vomited blood.

Meanwhile, Stoneheart and the other half-elves were looking at them with strange expressions.

They were filled with doubt: were all the kinship ties between these dragons so twisted and unique?

Noticing their curious and inquisitive gazes, Elliott awkwardly dug a hole with his claws, wishing he could dig out a dragon's nest and crawl into it.

He screamed inwardly, "Don't look at them!"

"They're all crazy! We dragons aren't like that!"

Then, just as Elliott was almost mortified and Violet was almost furious.

Rat, hidden in the Poké Ball with the scales on Violet's chest, sensed Violet's intense resentment and despair.

It actually blew up the Poké Ball and rushed out on its own.

"Crack!"

As Rat looked at its limp and weeping master, its entire body began to crackle with electricity.

Amidst the frenzied, blinding golden lightning, its body grew larger, and a yellow arrow-like tail emerged.

The pointed horns and crescent-shaped hair on his head were transformed into columnar horns and lightning bolt-shaped mohawk hairstyles, respectively.

It evolved; it actually evolved into Kurapika ahead of schedule.

This sudden scene left Shuoyang dumbfounded.

He looked at Violet, his face full of astonishment.

No, we've only been together for a little over a month, and you've already started playing with bond evolution with me?

"Crack!"

Kurapika glanced at Violet, then said nothing more.

He immediately used his skill, Superconducting Acceleration, transforming into a bolt of lightning.

In the blink of an eye, it disappeared into the western horizon.

"No! Little one!"

Violet's shouts came belatedly after it had flown away.

While she wouldn't mind sending herself to her death, Kurapika is different.

This innocent little fellow is unlike her; she is someone who should atone for her sins.

It was innocent, so innocent that Violet overlooked its appearance.

Although Violet was unwilling to admit it, she did see a reflection of herself in Kurapika.

Courageous, kind, and hating evil, just like that young and ignorant self.

Violet knew she had gone down the wrong path, and she didn't want to see another version of herself born.

Therefore, she tried her best to protect Lark, so that it wouldn't end up like herself, causing a great disaster due to recklessness and then twisting itself out of guilt.

To protect the little creature, Violet did not release it to fight, even when she was about to have her neck bitten off by the green dragon.

As a result of her extreme obsession, Rat deliberately shattered the Poké Ball and rushed out.

If something were to happen to her because of this, Violet would truly break down completely and lose the will to live.