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

On their way to the cave entrance with Melanthers, who had returned to his true form.

Shuoyang asked with some curiosity, "Where are your teammates?"

"I sent them back."

Melanthers, with her dragon body, has a long neck and a pair of butterfly-shaped dragon wings similar to those of a fairy dragon, which is why she is known as Butterfly Wings.

She explained to Shuoyang, "The trouble in the north this time is quite troublesome, so I sent them to inform Ms. Xilun."

"You also need to be prepared after you get rid of those pests."

"We will head north together to support the Great Glacier."

Seeing her serious expression, Shuoyang immediately became serious and asked, "What exactly happened in the north?"

"Isn't the Great Glacier guarded by the King of Glaciers?"

"He's an ancient golden dragon, who could possibly trouble him? Even a god incarnate couldn't do anything about it, could they?"

“It’s a demon,” Melanthus replied. “A group of corrupted frost giants summoned a half-demon from the abyss, the offspring of the demon lord Koschitch.”

"Under his leadership, the frost giant tribes of those great glaciers began to unite."

"When Elder Puteld discovers this, he will close the portal."

"He has united hundreds of frost giant tribes and, by utilizing his deep connection with the abyss, is continuously summoning demons from all parts of the Great Rift."

"Elder Puteld and his storm giant allies."

"We're already exhausted from dealing with the almost endless demons and the Koschacks that are summoned from time to time."

"So when we were investigating, he appeared directly and told us to come back and ask for help from Ms. Siren, Ms. Ramalantz, and the Knights of the Claw of Justice."

"After Ms. Lamarantz has finished dealing with the matters concerning your territory..."

"You will join the Knights of the Claw of Justice and travel north with your brothers and sisters to provide support."

"Such a big operation?"

Shuoyang was somewhat incredulous. He questioned, "Is that old man Putelde trying to slack off like the Lord of the North Wind?"

"He's just a half-demon. Even if he can summon a demon lord, they can just launch a surprise attack and behead him."

"With him and the Storm Giant joining forces, an ordinary demon lord couldn't stop them, could he?"

"I don't know," Melanthers shook his head and replied, "Elder Puteld must be hiding something from us."

"When we arrived at the Great Glacier, the conditions there were terrible."

"Even some of the white dragons were forced to submit to Elder Puteld."

"Now almost all the frost giant tribes have joined the ranks of that half-demon, while the frost giant god Thorem and the frost maiden Oryl turn a blind eye to this."

"This was almost unimaginable in the past."

"..." Shuoyang fell silent, realizing the seriousness of the problem.

There is only one possibility that could make two deities remain indifferent to the major actions of their mortal enemy.

This means that a deity in human form intervened in this incident.

The Muyun Mountains, where Shuoyang is located, are separated from the Great Glacier only by a relatively small grassland in the clouds.

Therefore, with such a dramatic change happening on the glacier side, it's natural that he couldn't remain unaffected.

"What a hassle!"

Shuoyang grumbled inwardly; he himself didn't want to get involved in such troublesome matters.

But his mother, Ramalante, though usually lazy and eccentric, is always a decisive and impulsive woman when it comes to important matters.

Therefore, he really had no choice but to go to the north.

After all, his mother, brothers, and sisters had all gone, and if he, who was directly affected, continued to hide, he would definitely be kicked out of the family group chat.

Moreover, this kind of joint operation is not all bad for him now.

At least he can take advantage of this opportunity to vigorously promote his Branch and Leaf Source Crystal, making money and fighting the war at the same time, right?

Thinking this way, Shuoyang felt a little better.

Meanwhile, the two of them arrived at their destination.

The Firewood Worm, which has evolved into a Firewood Worm, is leading a group of elves to roast and eat Magic Fruit.

These magic fruits are a byproduct of the white tree's nurturing of elves—the magic fruit tree.

I secretly tried a few myself in Shuoyang. The taste and texture were very diverse, but they weren't filling.

Only pure magical beings like elves can survive by eating this.

Ordinary mortal races would rather eat the divine berries created by magic and the Hero's Feast than eat this to fill their stomachs.

After all, those foods transformed by magic can truly provide mortals with the material nutrition they need.

Rather, it is not this magic fruit, which contains only elemental magic that mortal races cannot digest.

Therefore, when the firewood worm saw the rising sun approaching.

It was overjoyed, munching away as it tried to share the baked magic fruit with them.

Shuoyang raised his paw in refusal, laughing, "We don't need it, you eat!"

"After we finish eating, we'll go downstairs and deal with those bugs."

Upon hearing this, the firewood worm refused to eat the fruit.

He snorted fire from his long nostrils and impatiently shouted, "Hmph! Hmph!"

Clearly, they didn't want to wait a moment longer and only wanted to burn those earthworms to death.

Seeing this, Shuoyang looked helplessly at Melanthers.

Melanthers didn't dawdle; she immediately cast a spell similar to Stone Shaping to open the sealed crypt passage.

Then, in order to conserve her limited Stonewalking abilities.

Both she and Shuoyang first transformed into humanoid forms, and she naturally transformed into the male half-elf.

Shuoyang then transformed into a robust bronze dragon descendant.

He released Vulcan and Ballooncat from the Poké Ball, along with Firebug.

They stepped into the dark cave with Melanthers.

Illuminated by the firelight emanating from the Vulcan, the long tunnel was filled with shadows, giving it a somewhat eerie appearance.

"What a pity, there wasn't enough time."

Shuoyang looked at the three elves beside him, feeling somewhat helpless.

Because the black dragon's corpse has the slowest effect on the ley lines, his territory has not yet nurtured insect-type and ghost-type Pokémon that are more suitable for underground movement.

The Earth-type Pokémon are best suited for underground movement.

Although he could nurture the two dragons through the source crystals of the branches he gave to Serafina and Melanthus, one of them had just built a nest in his territory today.

On the other side, she didn't even have her own nest. Shuoyang was even thinking of recommending the hills inhabited by half-elves to her, so that he could take the opportunity to earn a dragon-type ancient weapon!

Remembering this, he cut to the chase and asked Melanthers directly, "Have you chosen a location for your nest?"

"There are a few," Melanthers said, scouting ahead.

She was a little curious as to why Shuoyang had suddenly brought this up.

So he asked, "Why are you asking this?"

"Are you trying to recommend a place to me?"

"Yes," Shuoyang said without hesitation, explaining, "There are several half-elf villages in the border forest who are seeking the protection of a benevolent dragon."

"They were able to set up a maze, so they were a fairly decent family."

"If you're interested, I can introduce you to someone."