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

Adela, accompanied by several kobolds, searched the mountains for most of the day.

However, since most of the first batch of elves had already hatched, the coordinates provided by Shuoyang only covered a general area.

So after working for most of the day, she only found two unhatched elf eggs.

The two elf eggs were placed in the kobold's animal skin backpack.

These little dwarfs, who can't even speak a common language fluently, are called dog-headed people, and their heads do indeed resemble dog heads.

But they are actually a dwarf version of the Dragonborn.

They are short in stature, with scaly skin and light-colored short horns.

Their limbs were thin and weak compared to their distant relatives—dragons and dragon offspring.

Therefore, carrying the rather heavy fairy egg, he followed Adela for most of the day.

Those two kobolds carrying eggs were exhausted.

They were panting heavily, whimpering and complaining in a dragon language that sounded like dog barks.

Adela heard the sound and turned around to look.

Although they were carefully protecting the egg, their steps were somewhat unsteady.

So, for safety reasons, she glanced at the sky and stopped.

He said to the kobolds, "Let's take a break!"

That's all for today. We'll continue the search tomorrow.

Upon hearing this, the kobolds cheered in unison.

Because this place is located in a mountain valley, with a small stream formed by snowmelt nearby.

So after consulting with Adela, some of them started fires on the spot, while others went to find food.

Adela took the two leather bags containing the eggs, found a large tree to lean against and sat down to examine the two elf eggs.

One of them is a combination of earthy yellow and creamy white with dark brown W-shaped patterns. The other has the same color scheme, but with a bright red triangular pattern resembling a scarf.

Adela placed her hand on the eggshell and carefully sensed the magic.

She discovered that the two eggs were full of elemental power, but had no trace of necromancy.

Adela was filled with doubts about this.

She frowned and took out the Poké Ball containing the giant skull dragon.

Staring blankly into space, he wondered, "What kind of creatures are these?"

"And what is your relationship with the lord?"

"Why doesn't Your Lordship consider them undead? You seem quite familiar with them?"

Adela thought and thought, but still couldn't figure it out.

So she looked at the Poké Ball in her hand, and her curiosity could no longer be contained.

He then pressed the button and released the giant skull dragon.

As soon as the giant skull dragon appeared, it began to look around, searching for Shuoyang's tail.

But after searching, it only found Adela holding a Poké Ball.

Seeing this, the giant skull dragon seemed to understand something.

Its head was lowered, and its wings and tail drooped down, looking inexplicably aggrieved.

Adela felt a little soft-hearted seeing its pitiful appearance.

She didn't care whether the giant skull dragon could understand her or not.

He comforted it, saying, "Don't be afraid, the lord has not abandoned you."

"I just want you to stay with me for a while."

"Coo coo? Cluck cluck!"

Upon hearing this, the giant skeletal dragon tilted its head and looked at Adela.

Seeing her kind face, unlike the gnoll chieftain whose eyes were filled with a fanaticism it couldn't understand.

The druid-like, animal-friendly aura emanating from it also pleased the giant skull dragon.

So it felt a little more at ease, and slowly and cautiously approached Adela, poking its big head in front of her.

"Does this mean I can touch it?"

Adela was taken aback by its ingratiating behavior.

Although she witnessed Shuoyang subduing and teasing the giant bone dragon, she assumed it was because Shuoyang's power was too great, forcing the undead creature to submit and save its life.

This giant skull dragon is actually more affectionate than any living creature; it's like a clingy big dog.

This doesn't resemble the way undead creatures hate living beings at all.

"Could it be as the lord said? Is it truly a spirit-spirit magical beast?"

Adela couldn't help but feel a little self-doubt.

She forced herself to ignore the necromantic aura emanating from the giant skeletal dragon, and slowly reached out her delicate hand to touch the dragon's short horn.

But the faith that sustained her through her long years of hardship under her mother's rule is not so easily overlooked.

So just as her fingertips were about to touch the giant skull dragon, her hand paused and she quickly withdrew it.

She apologized to the giant skull dragon, saying, "I'm sorry."

"My hands weren't washed, they're a bit dirty."

Hearing this lame excuse, Big-Skull Dragon didn't suspect a thing.

It took this as Adela's permission and immediately buried its head in Adela's arms.

It nuzzled affectionately against Adela's chest.

Then he made a contented gurgling sound to show that he didn't mind her.

Caught off guard, Adela was helpless in the face of this.

Looking at the big head resting on her lap.

The initial resistance she felt was eventually gradually disintegrated.

Adela placed her hand on the head of the giant skull dragon and gently stroked it.

And just as she was beginning to accept this giant skull dragon.

The two kobolds who had gone to gather wild fruit returned in a panic.

They barked at Adela in the language of dragons, "Lady! There's a soft-skinned giant!"

"There are... there are adventurers!"

Adela looked up at the sound and saw a young man and woman behind the two kobolds. They were dressed as wandering knights, carrying bows and swords.

They followed the kobold at a leisurely pace, walking towards them as if no one else was around.

Upon seeing this, Adela quickly stood up to be on guard.

She entrusted the leather bag containing the elf eggs to her kobold subordinates for protection.

He then stepped forward to block the giant skull dragon.

He called out to the two men, "Please stop, we mean no harm."

"This is the territory of the true dragon, so please do not cause trouble."

While she spoke, she secretly prepared her hand gestures for casting a spell, ready to strike at any moment.

The reputation of these adventurers was simply too bad for these former dragon servants.

Thieves, robbers, speculators, vandals...

Even Shuoyang, who tends to act in a benevolent way, is extremely annoyed by these locust-like adventurers.

After all, his appearance is too similar to the legendary Yellow Salt Dragon.

They'll be harassed by these ignorant bumpkins, who'll treat them like pushovers.

Therefore, after Shuoyang occupied the Muyun Mountains, he made Adela reach an agreement with the caravans passing through the area.

In exchange for charging 70% less of the original toll fees and guaranteeing the safety of the trade routes, several merchant guilds stopped employing adventurers in this area.

But as the most unpredictable beings in the world, adventurers are naturally impossible to eradicate. They are like the goblins in these mountains, always popping up from time to time.

Adela, as a half-green dragon elf, has only small green scales left of her half-dragon characteristics due to her mother's wicked spellcasting.

Judging from her appearance alone, she is not much different from an ordinary wood elf.

But the adventurers didn't care about any of that. As soon as they saw Adela with the evil kobolds, they would naturally regard her as a monster as well.

Not to mention the Big-headed Bone Dragon, a true "necromantic creature".

Adela knew she couldn't explain herself, so she didn't. She only hoped that the blazing sun would scare the two adventurers away and prevent a conflict.

Unfortunately, these two wandering knights were not up to the task.

They all frowned when they saw the giant skull dragon behind Adela.

Then the female ranger asked the male ranger, "What is that? A dragon lich, a black dragon hatchling?"

"It looks somewhat similar," the male ranger said, though he wasn't entirely sure.

He suggested, "Why don't we ask her first? Find out the details before we take action?"

"Never mind," the female ranger rejected his suggestion.

She said coldly, "Agripa is far too lazy."

"Whether it's a green dragon bastard or this damned skeleton, how could he allow them to pollute his territory?"

Having said that, she drew her longsword and asked her brother, "Can we solve this using this form?"

"No problem," the male ranger said, unbowing his longbow.

He asked again, "Aren't we going to say hello to Agrippa first?"

"What if this is a misunderstanding and makes him angry?"

"What if I get beaten up...!?"

"Shut up!" the female knight-errant snapped at her brother.

She said earnestly, "I believe in our brother; he wouldn't stoop so low."

Upon hearing this, the male knight-errant could only shrug helplessly.

His sister is good in every way, except that she is influenced by their paladin guardian and her actions and beliefs are somewhat extreme.

Meanwhile, Adela watched as the siblings chatted idly, oblivious to everyone else around them.

My heart sank; I knew conflict was inevitable.

The giant skeletal dragon behind her naturally sensed the female ranger's undisguised hostility.

Its eyes immediately gleamed with bloodlust, and it darted out from behind Adela, shielding her behind it and letting out a low growl that threatened her.