Ashen Dragon

The Red Dragon's golden vertical pupils revealed a hint of coldness, sharp fangs showing at the corners of its mouth: "Isdalia...

Have those demons grown so audacious? How dare they launch an attack on my capital?"

Ramp said solemnly, "That's not all, six months ago, when I was giving a speech in the suburbs of Isdalia City, a Soul Eater Demon pierced my ear with an Abyss Arrow."

The Ogre pointed at his right ear, which indeed had a gruesome gap, with only half of the ear remaining.

He gritted his teeth and said, "Master, I have kept this wound to remember the humiliation, to make those abyssal demons pay the price.

But... Master, only you can decide the Empire's course, so I have been waiting for your awakening."

Cassius looked towards the South, seemingly seeing through the layers of mountain barriers, the abyssal portal located deep within the Ancytica Mountains.

"I will crush them."

Cassius said calmly.

In his previous life, the demons also came from the South, provoking fierce resistance from all the Northern People. The Anzeta People paid a bloody price to finally achieve a tragic victory.

But that Vengeful Demon never showed his face from start to finish. In the previous life's "Ashen Remnants," as Cassius was about to die, a giant black claw restrained him and disappeared with the Red Dragon from the Prime Material Plane.

Cassius suspected that his previous life's Red Dragon was possessed by a Demon Lord, and this time, the demon's onslaught would be even more ferocious than before.

However, Anzeta had undergone earth-shaking changes compared to the Northern United Kingdom; the Ashen Empire's military strength could be described as crushing.

Ramp, as if remembering something, suddenly said, "By the way, Master, the Lady Olivia you mentioned has already found aid from Melwood.

When the demons descend, the Silver Dragons should send reinforcements to support the Empire. According to the treaty we signed, their envoy should be arriving soon."

"Oh? An envoy?"

Cassius had anticipated Melwood agreeing to cooperate long ago, but he was still somewhat curious.

Who would that old Silver Dragon, whom he personally broke the wings of, send as an envoy?

...

Isdalia, Gankalo Palace.

This was the place where the Ashen Empire hosted foreign envoys, rarely lavishly decorated but still exuding a strong "imperial atmosphere."

In the hall, Olivia was dressed in formal attire, her silver-gray beautiful eyes showing anxiety.

She lowered her voice, advising, "Aunt, your prejudice is too deep.

Along the way, you must have seen many things, and you surely can see that the lives of the Anzeta People have improved a lot."

She hesitated for a moment before continuing, "Cassius... His Majesty, he may not be kind, but he is certainly not a heinous tyrant."

Next to Olivia was a plump noblewoman in a white dress, looking to be in her thirties, with a cascade of silver hair.

Wisdom, intellect, beauty.

This was the first impression she gave to everyone. In a nobles' banquet, she would undoubtedly receive countless gentlemen's invitations.

This was Jennies of the Merlwood Family, the adult Silver Dragon known as the "Korda Pearl."

However, at this moment, Jennies' beautiful face was full of indignation: "Olivia, have you lost your mind?

That Red Dragon destroyed a kingdom, massacred tens of thousands of humans, and gravely injured your grandfather, yet you still speak for him! You are a member of the Merlwood Family!"

Olivia, however, lowered her gaze, weakly defending, "No, it's not like that, I am doing this for Anzeta..."

Jennies sighed, her tone softening slightly: "Alright, little Olivia, I will consider what you have said."