Thousand-Faced Dragon

Chapter 17 Waiting for the Truth
With the arrival of dawn, the exhausted candidates disappeared one by one.

It seems that everything ends here?

Rean stood up and stretched his body. All the seeds that needed to be planted had been sown, and all that was left was to guide and finish them.

"With them, my plan can be carried out."

Yes, a plan. Rean actually already had an idea about the tail-cutting case.

However, he had neither the fighting power nor strong enough executors, so no matter how good his plan was, it was just empty talk.

And now, if nothing unexpected happens, he will soon be able to gain combat power and some very useful chess pieces.

He had originally planned to disappear at this moment, but at this moment, he vaguely noticed the gaze.

A very familiar look.

At the entrance of the hall, a short figure's vertical pupils suddenly changed, trying to strip off his disguise!
"Heh, you've figured out how to play this dream. You know you can reconnect after disconnecting? That's pretty interesting."

She secretly re-chained the dragon hunter, hiding in the shadows, trying to see the truth with her gifted eyes.

What she didn't know was that as the master of the dream, Rean already knew it the moment she connected.

She didn't even know that the pair of eyes looking at her were very familiar to Li En, very familiar, too familiar.

"Little one, little dragoness, didn't your father teach you that you can't casually use your dragon eyes to look at people among the Dragonborn? The party that reveals the dragon eyes prematurely will be regarded as launching an attack."

The voice of the heroic spirit rang in the little girl's ears, and the sound that echoed around her body seemed to be right in front of her.

She was suddenly startled. Dragonborn were not a good thing that could be made public in this kingdom, not to mention that her identity was extremely special.

Fortunately, she looked around and made sure that there was no one else in the hall. She was the only one who heard the voice, so she breathed a sigh of relief.

The next moment, she glared back fiercely.

"My father died a long time ago." The girl spoke word by word, and Li En read her lip movements.

Soul shrugged, muttering a low "sorry" that lacked much sincerity.

And why his father? Because according to Sur's experience, with such a high blood concentration, the possibility of direct dragon bloodline is quite high.

If it's maternal, it's most likely half-dragon rather than dragonborn.

In fact, there are too many sources of dragonborn in the supercontinent. Everyone knows that dragons are lustful. There are so many types, branches, and subspecies of dragonborn with a little dragon blood that it is impossible to count them.

There is actually a hellish joke here. In most cases, direct dragon descendants have no father, because dragons are born by mothers but not raised by them.

This was obviously beyond Rean's knowledge. His understanding of the dragon clan should be zero. It was just the prompts given by the "virtual AI prompter" based on the apprentice's knowledge.

"AI Sur" constantly gives Rean the right to choose every action, every thought, and every word, and Rean only needs to make decisions based on instinct.

Even if it was something he didn't understand, he understood it as Yinghun kept talking.

Li En noticed it, and it seemed like he could also learn some knowledge from it.

It seems that I can only get some from interacting with the disciples.

"Perhaps, I can guide these disciples to ask the questions I want to know the answers to."

At this moment, Rean was even more grateful for Soul's arrangement. If there wasn't a backdoor candidate, he wouldn't be able to interfere much in order to maintain his powerful heroic spirit persona.

Facing the angry little girl, Rean remained unconcerned.

"Why haven't you left yet? It's daybreak." Although he asked, Rean, who took out a barbecue grill, obviously didn't care about the answer.

If she comes to have barbecue with me, well, let's eat together.

The barbecue was cooked unreasonably quickly, and the sacred temple was filled with the aroma of meat.

The little girl obviously didn't have so much free time. After making sure that there was no one else in the hall, she gritted her teeth and asked a question, a question she had always longed to get the answer to.

"The former hero, the kingdom's former hero, Lex Thorne, has also become a Heroic Spirit?!"

"I don't know." Li En said casually, but when he looked up, he saw a puffy face.

The little guy was quite rude. He just grabbed Li En's barbecue and stuffed it into his mouth.

Seeing this scene, Li En also smiled and continued to grill the next skewer.

The old man roasts it and the child eats it, looking like a grandfather taking care of his grandson. Considering this inexplicable resonance and sense of intimacy among the same race, Rean did not feel any aversion.

The girl ate more and more. She discovered that it was delicious and she didn’t have to worry about her figure or diet. She was instantly overjoyed!
"Slow down, no one is going to snatch it from you." As he said that, Rean also handed over a glass of water. This was really not Rean's operation, it was the suit's fault the whole time.

Looking at the little girl with blood all over her face after eating, Li En smiled and spoke.

"Lex Thorne."

"Ugh!" The girl stopped suddenly, and the next moment, she covered her throat and choked.

This really wasn't a prank by Rean. Feeling both angry and amused, he patted the other person on the back to help him calm down.

But the other party stopped to cough, but stared at him intently, expecting an answer.

"I know a little about his abilities and story. He should be qualified to become a Heroic Spirit. But before we Heroic Spirits are awakened, we cannot recognize each other. At the moment of death, our lives end and stagnate. So I really don't know."

In an instant, the girl's expression fell, and then she turned her attention to the barbecue dinner.

Eat, I will eat all your meat! Drink all your water!
"I thought you would ask the current hero Lena." Suddenly, he came again.

"Cough cough cough!" The sudden sound interrupted the girl's eating again.

This time, she covered her neck and lay on the ground for a long time before she came to her senses.

She looked at him with resentment, but this time, she was not so excited.

"Do you know her whereabouts?" "Oh, who knows? Maybe I know, maybe I don't." Li En smiled and continued to tease the other party with ambiguous words.

As the girl's expectations were dashed once again, she ignored the old man with bad taste and lowered her head, concentrating on eating her fill.

I have to say, although the taste of the meat is a bit strange and I have never eaten it before, and so are the spices, it is really delicious.

The dream was destined to end. The girl, who was thoughtful and full, gave the old man a middle finger and made a face when she disappeared.

Rean himself didn't care. He noticed the other person's sudden look and knew that his goal had been achieved.

"He, the Heroic Soul, has spies outside, otherwise there is no reason for him to know about the second-generation hero Lena." It seems that the smart girl has already grasped this information.

The next step is to provide further guidance and let your true identity enter.

It might be safe to stay outside and watch the show, but it's not my style.

"Tsk, looks like I should wake up." The palace began to crumble, and the longest night was over.

When he said wake up, Li En woke up.

"The familiar ceiling."

Waking up from his sleep again, Rean instantly picked up the sword beside the bed and subconsciously became alert to his surroundings.

This was the habit of Sur's newly stripped body, which required him to be prepared for battle at all times.

No one can be sure whether it is the shouts of friends or the backstab of enemies that wakes them up.

The next moment, he shook his head. This was not a wilderness full of monsters and bandits. He needed some time to adapt.

Looking out the window, the scenery was the same, his body and strength were almost unchanged, but Rean's mood was completely different.

Before, it was as difficult as a moth to a flame in hell, but now, it seems that there is a way to solve the problem.

"Dragon Hunt, Shadow Cutting, Moth, and Broken Bones."

At Rean's request, they eventually got used to each other's "nicknames".

Afterwards, they will only be allowed to use aliases in dream instruction, and preferably in reality as well.

After all, the easiest way to monopolize the Heroic Spirit is to eliminate all competitors in reality. Rean even hinted that they were not among the first group to be chosen, and strange things had happened before.

Is it true? I don't know, but Rean has woven a story in which he seems to have found a solution to his identity problem.

For the sake of the story's authenticity, he did not intend to tell it himself. He waited for the younger generations to "dig out the truth" themselves.

This is also a temptation and trial.

To be chosen by "foolish justice", their moral values ​​should not be low, but overly fanatical justice can also make "sacrifices".

It’s not that Paladins can’t do bad things. As long as it’s for “great justice”, they can sometimes be incredibly cruel.

“It’s a little bit beyond expectations, but still within control.”

At the beginning, the little dragon girl tried to take the lead by using intelligence.

The heroic soul Sur used his strength to tell everyone who has the final say here.

Golden race? Is there any difference? Under that door-plate sword, all beings are equal.

Rean in that state is another Soul, a heroic spirit who has reached the extreme and becomes explosively powerful.

After suppressing the disobedience, Rean initially gained trust and prestige, but did nothing.

This was the first time of training, and several of them were forced to come in, so they were very vigilant. Li En didn't intend to get any results or agreements.

In the last time, he just borrowed Sur's body to chat and deepen his understanding.

They casually mentioned some interesting stories and past events from the era of the Theocracy. As for whether they were able to verify them, that was their own business.

".They all have their own personality, or perhaps too much personality."

Apart from the director who came in through the back door through Rean, the other three have really tough personalities. They can start a fight on the spot even if they are lying down.

Rean's original idea was to let them test each other in the dream and play the game under the mask in an adult way.

But now, the identities of two of them have become clear and they have become enemies of each other. If nothing unexpected happens, the identity of Shadow Judge (Talia) will also be revealed soon.

"Um, I'm in urgent need of the Holy Power Relic and the Cursed Gloves of Power."

When the heroic soul Suer "casually" mentioned that the assessment would not be limited to dreams, and that you could cooperate in reality and trade with each other, she suddenly woke up.

“I don’t have money, but I need it urgently.”

Just as Li En expected, she decided to try her luck and directly asked to buy these two rare items on the spot.

As a tool, this girl is quite qualified.

"The purity is so high that I feel embarrassed to use it."

However, this undoubtedly puts it in an extremely dangerous situation. When you receive the goods, your true identity will naturally be exposed.

Opening the back door to let this chess piece in is also because Rean needs someone around him who can disrupt the situation and obtain first-hand intelligence.

".We need to be nicer to her." Such a good tool person is quite difficult to find.

A righteous person should not shed blood and tears.

"What she wants most right now is probably to solve the Tail-Severing Case. If everything goes well, it will be almost done in a week."

Well, there is one more update today.



(End of this chapter)