If you think I am feeling joyful right now, then you are mistaken. On the contrary, I am far from pleased to see the Elven Queen at the moment.
Because she has made clear two things: first, that the current situation is becoming increasingly significant, and second, that I will be held accountable for surreptitiously taking the elves away. Although Chelia ran away on her own to find her sister, it is indeed a fact that she ended up fleeing with me.
Well, for now, I can only assess the situation and decide what to do next.
Moreover, the people who have arrived today are all quite big shots - dragons, elves, and even the Law Keepers... I can't help but wonder, why is the leader of Snake Eye still a Law Keeper? How was that even decided? Did they consider their levels or something?
And looking at Elliot's smiling face, I really can't figure out what he is up to.
Also, I really detest people who are always smiling like that, it looks oddly terrifying.
"Sylvena."
Although the dragon Sol just lost face a moment ago, he still speaks coldly and arrogantly.
"This is a meeting between us and humans, what are you doing here?"
"But the discussions you are having are related to the ancient agreement, aren't they?"
Queen Sylvena says with a smile, then casts a glance around, pausing briefly on me.
I've lost count of how many times I've broken into a cold sweat today, my clothes are practically soaked.
I swear, if I make it out of here alive today, I'll go level up by hunting monsters. Let's see how arrogant you can be when I'm max level, huh?
"Since it's related to that agreement, then it's related to us elves, isn't it? Moreover, I'm quite interested in the images that human just projected, seems like your peculiar dragon penchant for collecting things hasn't changed. If I'm not mistaken, I saw our unique treehouses just now, right? And that emblem, it appears to be the Seventh Library that disappeared overnight a thousand years ago."
I know elves love treehouses, but what's up with the library? Can't you just have the library built on flat land properly?
And if it was already the Seventh Library a thousand years ago, then what number was the one I sneaked into before? Was that just a rare glimpse into your elven magic?
"I have no knowledge of any Seventh Library."
Sol takes on an indifferent expression.
"Donna, Ling, do you know anything about this?"
"I have no idea."
Just after Sol called out their names, their names appeared alongside their levels.
The elderly man in Tang suit who answered earlier is named Ling.
And the female dragon named Donna simply shook her head.
"As you can see, we don't know."
"Sol, I never expected the dragons to become so shameless in just a few years. The evidence is right in front of us, yet they pretend not to see!"
The smile on Queen Sylvena's face gradually fades, replaced with a serious expression.
Beside her, the elderly elf pats her shoulder and chuckles.
"Don't be tense, I think it's understandable that they don't know, after all, these dragons are just kids."
Kids?
I glanced at Ling upon hearing this statement, and surprisingly, his eyes met the elderly elf's gaze.
"Otherwise, how could their Law Keeper be a brat."
Boom!
Although I didn't know what kind of attack it was, the moment I saw Ling stand up from his position just now, I immediately raised my defenses.
Meanwhile, Dale, Mary, Taishi Xi, and two black-clad guards beside the two emperors also took action. They appeared only after the recent attack, probably because the Imperial Guards had been completely wiped out. Nonetheless, I saw the shield that Taishi Xi and I were behind shattered into pieces.
"These guys are too reckless," said the Emperor of the Ais Empire.
"Starting a fight even during a meeting."
"Hey hey hey, Your Majesty, can you not make jokes at this hour? What a time for this."
I looked around wryly. It seemed that the royal families of a few small countries were about to change, while several major powers, like us, had opened protective shields. It appeared that humanity had indeed weakened a bit. The residual effects of others' fights were like this; what would happen if a direct hit landed?
Human territory would probably not be secure anymore, right?
"Who are you calling little brat?"
As soon as I heard that voice, I knew things were not good. It was completely different from their voices just now, and I knew under what circumstances the dragon race's voice would change. It was like with the Black Dragon before. Yes, the old dragon now had transformed into dragon form.
"Damn it... all of you, capture me!"
I urgently told everyone. Aliyah and the others reacted quickly, grabbing my arms, followed by the two emperors and the princess. The two black-clad individuals hesitated for a moment but also reached out to grab my back.
*Flash*!
The next moment, we were instantly transported collectively to the side of the airship!
"Space magic?" one of the black-clad guards asked with awe in his tone.
"Where in the world are you..."
"Stop chatting. If you still want to leave alive!"
Before I could finish my sentence, there was a loud noise from the top of the castle, and a full-body bronze-colored Eastern dragon flew out while spiraling. Beside it, an elf with eight wings held two magic arrays in its hands and followed suit.
"Dale, stop staring; hurry up and start the airship."
I saw several waves of humans escaping from inside, some even teleporting out like me. It seems that the transmission of space magic was not completely lost... However, everyone was desperately fleeing, justified because the castle had begun to collapse.
Meanwhile, the sky above was filled with intense battles, the magic arrays in the hands of the old elf acting as formidable weapons, releasing all sorts of dazzling magic as if it were no big deal, with some even hitting the ground.
The fleeing people, upon seeing the magic falling near them, exerted even more effort in running, showcasing various acceleration magics in a cool manner.
Of course, the dragon individual of the dragon race was not a friendly type. He continuously spewed lasers from his mouth, slicing the distant mountains into halves. These two were like skilled demolition personnel; terrifying.
Seeing this scene, everyone unhesitatingly rushed onto the airship. Realizing that this place was absolutely not somewhere to stay long, I knew I wouldn’t waste time showing off and promptly boarded the airship.
The airship quickly took off, and as I watched the fierce battles still unfolding in the distance, I thought to myself, tomorrow... no, this afternoon, I'm going to level up.
"Oh."
Suddenly, the cabin door swung open. Looking up, Elliot was unexpectedly on our airship!
My heart, which had just calmed down, was hanging in suspense again. When did this guy board the airship?
"Don't be nervous, you know, none of you can beat me, being nervous is just a waste of energy."
Elliott still maintained a smile, then sat down on the sofa opposite.
We exchanged glances, and then all looked at me for the outcome.
Hey, hey, why are you all counting on me? Just because I like to show off doesn't mean I like to take risks.
Well, never mind, I'll do it.
"I say, Elliott."
"Yeah?"
"The incident today, you probably planned it, didn't you?"
"...You never fail to impress, you're truly clever."
"Even if you praise me, I won't be happy, I'm not gay."
I chuckled.
"If I'm not mistaken, the elves you summoned, right? Proud elves and arrogant dragon clan, it's not going to end well when they meet."
"Exactly, especially when they are irrational."
Elliott responded with a smile.
"I just placed a provocative spell on each of them, didn't expect it to work so well."
Indeed, this guy is dangerously cunning...
"In that case, what do you really want to do?"
Upon hearing my words, the smile on the other person's face grew even more pronounced.
"Guess what?"
"The Snake Eye who contacted me before told me that you want to make humans stronger. Indeed, these recent events clearly revealed one thing, that is, humans' combat power is too weak compared to elves and dragons, they need to become stronger. But your methods are too ruthless, inciting wars in the Eastern Continent? Revealing the secret of the underground ruins to King Chelfa? Allowing large magical beasts to appear in human living areas? And the resurrection of the Black Dragon this time. It always feels like you are stimulating something."
Upon hearing my words, Elliott clapped his hands.
"Exactly!"
Elliott said as he clapped.
"I, personally, have strived to know this secret, which eventually led me to become a Keeper. And then I gathered the Snake Eye to decipher this secret. You must find it very strange, right? It feels like we are terrorists, disrupting the peace here. Yes, we are causing destruction, but we are destroying false peace."
Elliott spoke with particular excitement, if it weren't for the fact that I was also quite edgy, I would have locked up this guy in a mental hospital right now.
Well, who knows if such a place exists in this world.
"What's the point?"
Aliyah beside me couldn't help but sarcastically ask.
"Well, okay, the point is..."
Elliott spread out his hands.
"The Eastern Continent we are in is actually a discarded continent, there are actually several continents on this planet, and the humans there are stronger."
Then, Elliott clasped his hands together, and except for me, Aliyah, Bai Yueguang, Mary, Dale, and Taishi Xi, everyone else was suddenly isolated.
"The secret I discovered is that, although we have forgotten the reasons and methods of coming to this planet originally, somewhere on this planet, there is a way to another world. And our ultimate goal is to find a way to leave this world."