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Chapter 47 We Still Don't Know the Name of the Evil Dragon We Saw That Day
Chapter 47 We Still Don't Know the Name of the Evil Dragon We Saw That Day
Lucia hadn't forgotten what the Evil Dragon said about using her as bait to fish for deep sea beasts.
Given the Evil Dragon's temperament, once he was in the mood for fishing, he might indeed use her as "bait." Even Er Gouzi had been used as bait, and using young dragons picked up from the human world would be even less of a psychological burden.
She absolutely did not want to become bait for the Evil Dragon's fishing. Even if the Evil Dragon could ensure her survival, she didn't want to take a trip inside the mouth of a sea beast...
She was fine with eating grilled squid, but being used as bait was out of the question.
"With you as bait, we could catch a big fish," he said.
"How big could the fish be?" she asked.
"About four or five times your size, maybe even bigger than I've described," he replied.
"Can't you just not use me as bait and let me raise pigs to feed you instead?" she bargained.
"....."
Who is raising whom?
A young dragon raising pigs to feed an adult Black Dragon might still be feasible.
"Get up, it's time for your lesson."
"Oh."
Learning Dragon Script was fine, as long as she wasn't made the emperor of the Giant Dragon Clan or used as bait.
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In the human world, at the Imperial Capital Palace of the Farolan Empire, within the Blue Moon Palace.
This was where Princess Asina, the second imperial daughter, resided, preferring to stay here while researching and handling state affairs.
A loyal Cursing Master had been staying here for the past two days, poring through historical records borrowed from the temple, attempting to find information about that particular Evil Dragon.
Unfortunately, after two days, the loyal Cursing Master Eva... still hadn't found anything.
There were plenty of records about Evil Dragons in the temple, but none of them referred to the Evil Dragon that had abducted the failed younger imperial sister. Stay updated with empire
With no results in two days, she began to suspect... the Evil Dragon that had taken the failed sister, Lucia... had it just awoken from a long slumber?
Otherwise... with the nature of Evil Dragons, it was impossible for them not to have left a significant mark on human history.
If the books on Evil Dragons in all the great temples of the Imperial Capital lacked records of the one that took Lucia,
Then the difficulty of finding that Evil Dragon... could be described as having no limit...
"Eva, you're nearly done with the books sent by the temples. How's it going? Did you find any information matching that Evil Dragon?"
"Nothing. However, among the books sent by the Temple of the Goddess of Wisdom, there's a brief record:
In a certain year, month, and day of the Creation Calendar, a Black Dragon, seemingly newly matured, intruded near the headquarters of the temple, clashed with the Saintess out for a walk, wounded her, and then faced the collective assault of numerous Holy Knights from the temple headquarters. The Black Dragon was overwhelmed and fled..."
Among all the books related to Evil Dragons from the great temples, only the Temple of Wisdom documented such vague information.
This information caught Eva's attention because the temple used the term "Black Dragon," not "Evil Dragon."
Evil Dragons are named.
The Black Dragon that took away Princess Lucia... had no name.
The record in the Temple of Wisdom might seem valuable but is actually worthless because there are only a sentence or two about that Black Dragon.
Even the name of the Black Dragon was unknown, let alone its whereabouts.
Not knowing the Black Dragon's name or whereabouts makes it of no value to her as a Cursing Master.
"Your discovery isn't very helpful. On my side, I've uncovered some interesting things. Are you interested in hearing about them?"
"Are they related to that Black Dragon?"
"I don't know, but the record in the book... concerns a Black Dragon."
"Which book? An unofficial history?"
Eva looked up from the stack of books; she had read through all the books about Evil Dragons in the Imperial Capital and hadn't found any information relevant to the Black Dragon.
Had she missed something earlier?
Did Princess Asina come across some information about that Black Dragon in apocryphal history?
"An autobiography, of the strongest emperor in history. And this emperor... is also the person I admire the most, without equal."
The strongest emperor in history?
The person Princess Asina admires the most?
Brude Donahue?
The name popped into Eva's mind, Princess Lucia had once instructed her to investigate this name, and then she learned from some historical records the deeds that this person had done.
He was indeed very powerful.
He was also indeed an emperor.
But he had another identity, the first pope of the Temple of War.
Besides these two identities, he also held the title of "God Devourer."
The official history has complex records about this person... Using his name in the Temple of Light is forbidden.
Whoever mentions it gets punished...
Such a powerful being.... wrote an autobiography?
Aren't autobiographies written by those who are... not so serious?
Do serious people write autobiographies?
"Is it the autobiography that the princess discovered in apocryphal history?"
"It's a treasure that I bought for a large sum of money from a pile of ancient books. It's an autobiography personally written by that mightiest person."
"Is it credible?"
"The credibility is extremely high, because no one dares to impersonate that person, and no one dares to use his name lightly. His name... can be mentioned, but there's absolutely no one who dares to impersonate and take advantage. Moreover, this autobiography includes a lot of his dark history...
Only he himself would dare to expose himself like this..."
After thinking, Eva felt that Princess Asina's words made sense. Brude Donahue, this person... indeed, no one dared to slander him...
The Temple of Light didn't look kindly upon him but only referred to him as "God Devourer."
They didn't dare to truly slander him to death because he was the first pope of the Temple of War, earning the recognition of the War God.
To question him was to question the War God.
The War God is still one of the deities worshipped in the Temple of Light.
"Did that mighty person's autobiography mention the Black Dragon?"
"Yes, it's described like this: I encountered a young Black Dragon in the mountains, and I once attempted to deceive the Black Dragon into signing a Dragon Knight contract with me. Unexpectedly, the young dragon said: If I called him 'Daddy,' he would sign the Dragon Knight contract with me.
I naturally would not agree to such an excessive request. After a round of negotiations, I said: What if I call you Black Dragon Brother? Would you be willing to sign a Dragon Knight contract with me then?
The young Black Dragon refused, saying he only wanted to be a 'Daddy,' not a 'Brother,' and added that only pretty human girls were qualified to call him 'Black Dragon Brother.'
Later, I told the Black Dragon that as long as he signed a Dragon Knight contract with me, if I had a daughter, I would allow him to court her.
The young Black Dragon refused again, saying... that a human being who sells his daughter's happiness... does not deserve to sign a Dragon Knight contract with noble him.
The young Black Dragon gave me a slap and flew away, and since then I have never seen that young Black Dragon with such noble dragon values again.
Even his name remains unknown to me, making it a regret of my life."
"These words come from the 'Young Black Dragon' chapter of Brude Donahue's autobiography."
"???"
How is this different from the information related to the Black Dragon in the Temple of Wisdom?
It seems valuable, but in reality, for them... it holds no value at all.
"So... we still don't know the name of the Black Dragon we saw that day?"
"It seems so, doesn't it..."