Chapter 104: Running Away with an Egg

Wen Chu marched out menacingly. Before he could step out of the palace, he saw Juliana walking towards him.

Juliana’s brows showed fatigue; clearly, she had also been woken up early in the morning and hadn’t rested well.

Before Wen Chu could say much, Juliana spoke first: “I already know the situation. Xiu has now gone deep into the Human Empire. The teleportation array we set up within the range of the Human Empire can only reach the border city. I’ll take you to the teleportation array now. Someone will meet you there.”

Wen Chu didn’t hesitate much: “Okay.”

Juliana led him towards the teleportation array while explaining: “After I fell asleep, the Elven Race stopped communicating with the outside world completely, so the intelligence personnel sent to various races back then were gradually recalled. Only this teleportation point remains, secretly left by an elf who eloped with a human back then, used for trading with some elves in the clan. I’ve always known, just turned a blind eye.”

Juliana felt somewhat fortunate as she spoke.

It was lucky she turned a blind eye, otherwise, they could really only be anxious now.

Listening, Wen Chu became curious about this elf who eloped with a human.

The Elven Race has such a rebellious elf?

Could it be Alice 2.0?

Wen Chu, who already knew Alice’s home-wrecking ability well, thought silently. At the same time, he decided that no matter how that elf was, he must endure and not conflict with the other party.

While talking, Juliana brought Wen Chu to the front of the array.

Wen Chu stood at the center of the teleportation array.

Juliana activated the array and instructed Wen Chu in the blinding white light: “No matter what, life is most important. Whatever dispute you and Xiu have, put it aside first. You three must return safely.”

Wen Chu: …

Only then did Wen Chu remember he forgot to tell Juliana that he and Xiu didn’t quarrel.

He woke up to find Xiu had run away with the egg. He was more wronged than anyone.

If he had known, he wouldn’t have treated Xiu. Once healed, he runs around everywhere.

Wen Chu thought about it and felt that with Xiu’s constitution, even if he didn’t treat him, the result might still be Xiu running around covered in marks.

…The constitution of the Dragon Race is really unreasonable.

Wen Chu’s figure disappeared without a trace.

Juliana looked at the empty array and sighed worriedly.

Having lost her sleepiness, she simply returned to her laboratory to continue studying Xiu’s blood sample.

Before leaving, Lance had sent her all the information about Wen Chu’s research. Juliana was so shocked last night that she couldn’t sleep until late into the night.

Now, Xiu’s blood sample also seemed to show some abnormalities.

It looked like pregnancy, but not entirely.

Thinking of the guess about Wen Chu, Juliana faintly felt that Xiu’s current condition wasn’t as simple as pregnancy.

Fortunately, Lance had managed the Elven Race methodically during her absence, allowing her to spare a lot of time for Wen Chu and Xiu even in the current wartime state.

“Hope I can figure it out before they come back…”

Juliana looked at the table full of papers and rubbed her forehead with a headache.

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On the other side.

The white light of the teleportation array gradually faded.

In the few seconds of teleportation, Wen Chu had already conceived countless scenarios of communicating with that audacious “eloping” elf, fully prepared for battle.

But after seeing the scene in front of him clearly, Wen Chu was stunned.

Wind chimes at the door, shelves full of goods, an ordinary female shopkeeper… This was strikingly the grocery store in the border town where he and Xiu first met.

Wen Chu remembered that the female shopkeeper who communicated with Xiu was a human.

Teleported wrong?

Seeing the female shopkeeper looking over, Wen Chu’s brain immediately started spinning fast, trying to find an excuse.

Unexpectedly, the female shopkeeper directly said his name: “Wen Chu?”

Wen Chu paused for a moment and nodded.

“As expected.” The female shopkeeper walked in to size him up, muttering, “Juliana said Xiu quarreled with his lover. I was wondering who could be his lover. Sure enough, it’s you. Looks like he finally succeeded?”

As the female shopkeeper spoke, the appearance on her face began to change.

Those ordinary features gradually turned into the uniquely exquisite and beautiful brows and eyes of the Elven Race, emerald green eyes, and long golden hair cascading down.

This was clearly the appearance of a female elf.

Wen Chu was stunned by this change and only made a sound after a long time: “You…”

“I’m Mary.” While introducing herself, Mary didn’t stop her hands, pulling out a carriage with an elf flag from behind the store, “You should have heard Juliana mention me. I won’t talk nonsense. Get in the carriage. I’ll take you to find Xiu now. We’ll talk in detail on the way.”

Although full of doubts, Wen Chu knew now wasn’t the time to delay and quickly climbed onto the carriage.

Familiar magic arrays were drawn on this carriage. Wen Chu was only wearing pajamas, which would have been a bit cold in the morning, but after entering the carriage, he felt a rush of warmth.

Mary also got in the carriage. Seeing Wen Chu staring thoughtfully at the magic array, she took the initiative to explain: “This is the carriage Xiu helped me repair before.”

She said with a pained expression: “Asking him to draw a magic array, he wanted more than three hundred pounds of herbs from me.”

Wen Chu: …

Wen Chu remembered asking Xiu to renovate his entire carriage for one silver coin back then, and his heart skipped a few beats unworthily.

He asked softly: “Have you known Xiu for a long time?”

“En.” Mary said, “About over a hundred years. He often came to me to buy herbs. Plus, I suggested he write poetry before. His first subject was me and my husband who died early. We got familiar back and forth.”

Having stayed in the human world for too long, her tone sounded more like a human than an elf.

The carriage sped along. Wen Chu asked doubtfully: “You advised him to write poetry?”

Mary nodded, taking it for granted: “Yeah. His mental state was too poor at that time, going crazy at the drop of a hat, couldn’t even maintain human form. I thought elves rely on singing to calm their minds, so I let him try writing poetry.”

“You should already know he is…” Mary hesitated a bit, not knowing how much Wen Chu specifically knew.

Wen Chu continued: “I know, Alfred.”

He didn’t expect Xiu’s poetry writing to have such a story. Lowering his eyes, he said: “Tell me more about Xiu.”

Recalling old matters, Mary amusingly exposed her old friend’s shortcomings to Wen Chu: “He has so many stories. You probably don’t know, this dragon is very narcissistic. After the poetry collection was published, he bought a study full of them himself, running to admire them whenever he had nothing to do.”

“He cherishes this poet identity quite a bit, always separating himself and Alfred very clearly, just to not let the Dragon Race’s bad reputation taint Alfred.”

“Also because of this, he doesn’t operate outside as ‘Alfred’ much. I was quite surprised when he struck up a conversation with you. Didn’t expect he would risk exposure to know a strange demon.”

The hands Wen Chu held tightened.

He didn’t know the significance of the identity “Alfred” to Xiu. Even a few days ago, he hadn’t thought that Alfred and Xiu would be the same person.

Although feeling a bit familiar, the illusion of changing appearance wasn’t within Wen Chu’s knowledge scope.

He was too unfamiliar with the magical world. Many things were understood later through half-knowledgeable exploration. Before meeting Mary, he never thought a person could have two faces.

Wen Chu’s hands trembled slightly, and his heart began to ache.

Alfred’s preference and caution towards him, recalling now, were thoroughly obvious at a glance.

And what did he say to Xiu?

He said he hated Alfred.

Alfred wasn’t just a pen name, but all of Xiu’s spiritual sustenance before he arrived.

Xiu almost relied on the obsession of managing this identity well to forcibly suppress the mental disturbance brought by pollution and strove to live until now.

This could even be counted as half of Xiu’s soul.

Putting himself in Xiu’s shoes, if Xiu said such things to him, Wen Chu felt he might choose to give up the mission and die the next moment.

Wen Chu started to feel breathless. He suddenly understood why Xiu broke down like that last night and why he had nightmares every day.

He ate Xiu’s nightmare, then became Xiu’s nightmare.

It was he who personally hurt Xiu.

“Wen Chu?” Seeing Wen Chu’s ugly expression, Mary was somewhat nervous, “What’s wrong?”

Wen Chu forced a smile: “Nothing, just a little worried about Xiu.”

Mary expressed understanding: “Indeed, don’t know what madness Xiu is in, running to tear down city gates early in the morning.”

“Lance was still attacking the fourth city at that time. I was wondering whether to bring some things to sell in the chaos. As a result, in the blink of an eye, Xiu came directly and burned down the city gate.”

“He doesn’t hurt people either, leaves after burning the city gate, then goes to burn the next city. Lance and the others’ speed of stationing and appeasing the masses can’t keep up with Xiu’s speed of attacking cities. Now they are heading straight inside, about to approach the Royal Capital soon. We’d better hurry.”

Mary shook her head uncontrollably as she spoke.

Dragons are truly siege weapons. Just this one dragon threw the entire Human Empire into chaos. She sort of understood why the King insisted on slaying dragons back then.

But this had nothing to do with her.

Not to mention she was an elf, and the relationship between the Elven Race and Xiu was okay. Their Elven Race didn’t have city walls at all, and after the last forest fire incident, they strengthened the layout of fire-extinguishing arrays.

Wen Chu listened with mixed feelings, his heart tightening: “Lance and the others didn’t keep up? Xiu went deep alone?”

“Pretty much like that? The dragon flapped its wings and flew away directly. Lance and Alice dragging so many troops couldn’t catch up with Xiu even whipping their horses.”

After Mary finished speaking, seeing Wen Chu’s face turn abruptly pale, she was startled.

She subconsciously comforted: “But you don’t need to worry too much. Xiu is a dragon, not that easily injured. Besides, you are here; he can’t ignore his own life.”

“At that time, after sending you off, Xiu came back and told me you…”

Mary recalled for a moment.

“He said you were like a beautiful dream. Because of his poor mental state, having nightmares every day, he hated dreaming the most. I had never seen him describe someone like this. He cares about you very much.”

Wen Chu’s lips trembled, fingernails digging several crescents into his palms.

“…Can we go any faster?”

He was a little uneasy.

Mary didn’t know Xiu was pregnant. Such things shouldn’t be spoken of carelessly. Wen Chu could only hide his worry and finally uttered this somewhat implicit sentence.

Mary scratched her head, also anxious: “This is the maximum speed. Faster would require double energy consumption. I don’t have enough crystal cores here.”

Wen Chu quickly took out a pile of crystal cores and handed them to Mary: “Can these be used?”

Mary looked at the crystal cores in her hand in astonishment: “Sixth-tier Wasteland Ice Wolf crystal cores? Use this as energy? Are you sure?”

That meant they could be used.

Wen Chu continued to take them out. The high-level crystal cores confiscated from the Dragon Slaying Squad were stashed in the cave by him. The remaining crystal cores weren’t of high quality.

Wen Chu took out all the Wasteland Ice Wolf crystal cores Xiu gave him when they first met, piling them all inside the carriage.

“I’m sure.”

The unease in Wen Chu’s heart grew stronger, clutching the crystal cores in his hand tightly as if grasping a life-saving straw.

If the crystal cores were gone, they were gone. He would just go kill a few more wolves to return to Xiu.

As long as Xiu was in danger for a second, he couldn’t rest assured for a second.

He wanted to see Xiu, see him right now.

Amidst the rising flames of war around, a carriage with an elf flag suddenly accelerated, speeding rapidly towards the deepest part of the war.

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On the other side, Alice, forced to work overtime all night, was about to go crazy.

“Where is Wen Chu? Arrived yet? Beg him to drag Xiu back quickly!!”

Heaven knows, she originally planned to rest after taking down the fourth city.

The result? Now Xiu had fought to the fourteenth city! Seeing that he was about to press straight to the Royal Capital and kill her cheap father!

Alice hurried to catch up to the eighth city, and this was under the premise that she was a princess and could use the princess seal to quickly appease the people.

Lance was also exhausted: “Mother said Wen Chu has been sent here via teleportation array and is rushing here.”

They hadn’t tried persuading Xiu, but Xiu didn’t listen to them at all, flapping his wings and flying away.

They ran on the ground while Xiu flew in the sky. Alice even left behind a group of soldiers halfway to chase after him, asking Xiu to calm down and think about the child, but failed to stop the crazy giant dragon.

Alice spat out her soul: “Although I am eager for revenge, not that eager.”

Fighting to the Royal Capital in one day… this is not in the plan!

Lance suddenly became thoughtful: “Right, why is it so smooth?”

Even if the King didn’t set up too many defenses at the border, the core circle near the Royal Capital should be heavily guarded, and magic protective shields should be layered one after another.

But Xiu’s journey was almost a bulldozing battle. Let alone guards, they didn’t even see many protective shields.

In just over an hour, toppling more than ten cities, this weak defense provided at least half the assistance.

It was just that they were dazzled by the joy of victory at first, then worried and exhausted from running around, only realizing it now.

Alice’s expression condensed: “Something’s wrong.”

The two looked at each other and finally said in unison: “Where is the Dragon Slaying Squad?”

They didn’t have time to prepare much before sending troops because they suddenly learned the news that the King sent heavy troops to crusade against Xiu.

But after leaving the Moonlit Forest, they only encountered that army from afar, and the other side retreated directly, allowing Alice to attack cities so smoothly.

The empire’s construction was ring-shaped, radiating outward with the Royal Capital as the center, ring wrapping ring.

Looking at the breached cities leading all the way to the Royal Capital, this breach like a sharp sword now looked more like a lonely sword being surrounded.

Luring the enemy deep.

The same phrase appeared in Alice and Lance’s minds.

Alice’s face changed instantly, saying immediately: “Lance, watch the rear. Prepare a carriage for me. I’ll go to the front line now to pull Xiu back.”

Lance didn’t say much, nodding quickly: “En.”

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“Still luring the enemy deep now? He-he-he-he is about to attack the Royal Capital soon.”

In the Royal Palace of the Royal Capital, the King sat on his chair, holding the scepter with a slight tremble, looking at the demons around him, and asked in a low voice.

He had none of the majesty he had in front of Wen Chu back then, submissive, seeming afraid that speaking a bit louder would annoy the demons around him.

The glamorous female demon sat on the table, red horns drooping, hooking her lips in a light smile: “Of course.”

“But…”

The King wanted to say something more but was interrupted impatiently by the woman directly.

“You should have been clear when you gathered the remaining eleven city lords of ours. In front of the demons, you have no right to speak.”

As she spoke, thick black demonic energy emerged on her hand. The ten demons behind her also showed expressions of watching a good show.

The King instantly fell silent out of fear.

At this time, even if he felt something was wrong, he could only remain silent.

“Alright, Daisy.” The demon next to her patted the glamorous woman’s shoulder, “Let’s prepare too. Don’t know where that idiot Louis died. Asked him to scout the Light Continent first, and he actually disappeared before we came.”

Daisy sneered: “Didn’t we establish the twelfth city lord position specifically to find a scapegoat for scouting? It’s just that he’s also useless, sending no effective information at all. Probably capsized on this continent.”

Hearing this, that demon couldn’t help laughing: “A sick dragon, a group of elves with a polluted Tree of Life, what waves can they make?”

Daisy wagged her tail happily, smiling like a glamorous poisonous snake: “Of course. The seeds buried a hundred years ago can finally be harvested now.”

The demons were severely damaged after the war with the gods, shrinking in the Demon Realm to recuperate and wait for an opportunity.

And the Dragon Slaying War a hundred years ago was their entry point.

They appeared to provide assistance to humans, borrowing dragon flames to burn the Moonlit Forest. Taking advantage of the elves’ panic, they polluted the Tree of Life and left the King with Moon Breath Grass tainted with demonic energy.

Leaving the last dragon egg was no accident.

But the demons said they had a way to tame the Dragon Race.

As long as the dragon ate the herbs they gave, within a hundred years, that dragon would collapse, eventually becoming foolish and used by others.

The King at that time naturally couldn’t refuse such a temptation, agreed, and spared the dragon egg’s life.

Daisy originally wanted to reap the benefits after the dragon and humans fought. By then, the sickly Elven Race and the Dwarf Race without robots, which equaled zero threat, would naturally be easy pickings.

But they waited and waited, yet didn’t receive news of Xiu going mad.

Finally, they had to frequently leave the Demon Realm, inciting the King to establish the Dragon Slaying Squad to intensify the conflict.

Daisy looked at the firelight in the distance, eyes flashing with excitement.

Although not knowing why it was delayed for so long, Xiu was finally crazy.

Letting Xiu destroy for a while longer. When Xiu broke the barrier of the Royal Capital, they would activate the demonic energy deposited in Xiu’s body for many years.

Even a dragon would die suddenly under such pollution.

Daisy narrowed her eyes: “Wait another twenty minutes, then we prepare to harvest.”

The surrounding demons all stared covetously outside the city, surrounded by thick demonic energy.

Eleven demon city lords, the density of their demonic energy could be imagined. Even Xiu, venting his tangled emotions outside the city, sensed it.

He roared, looked doubtfully inside the city, somewhat surprised.

Why so many demons at the border?

Wrong.

Xiu looked at the broken city wall under his sharp claws, only then realizing that unknowingly, he had actually come all the way near the Royal Capital.

His thoughts were really too chaotic; he was even spacing out while tearing down walls.

One moment it was Wen Chu’s peaceful sleeping face, the next Wen Chu’s disgusted expression, and then Wen Chu’s smiling appearance holding his hand…

Xiu’s mind was full of Wen Chu, even having no will to fight because of this, dismantling one city and moving to the next.

But—

Even if he dismantled walls day and night, he shouldn’t have dismantled to the Royal Capital so quickly?

Is the human border defense made of paper?

Xiu looked back, seeing no one behind him, and finally became vigilant.

Wrong, the current situation is completely wrong.

Xiu just wanted to vent, not seek death. He was still carrying Wen Chu’s egg; he couldn’t let two lives end at once.

He felt some intention to retreat and immediately wanted to withdraw his claws and leave.

The demonic energy in the Royal Capital became even thicker.

Xiu flapped his wings. Just as he was about to take off, a black stream of demonic energy rushed straight at him, accurately hitting the dragon’s softest lower abdomen.

A cold feeling spread up. Xiu’s slightly protruding lower abdomen cramped with pain, emitting an angry roar.

He flew up, enduring the severe pain in his lower abdomen, spat a mouthful of dragon flame at the city wall, and was about to fly high away.

However, the dragon flame didn’t spit out.

Only a tiny flame, completely extinguished as soon as it came out.

Xiu was stunned. Immediately after, he felt a familiar stinging pain lingering between his temples.

His magic power suddenly disappeared, and his head also ached violently.

“Boom—”

The giant dragon crashed to the ground.

All these changes happened too suddenly. Xiu only had time to adjust his posture before falling to protect his constantly cramping lower abdomen.

“Roar—”

Who is it? Why is it like this?

Xiu finally felt fear belatedly.

Once he was a dragon living alone. Even when chased until bruised all over, head aching until bleeding from knocking, Xiu had never been afraid.

But now, he was afraid.

He still had Wen Chu; he was still carrying Wen Chu’s egg.

Wen Chu was even still in his sleep. If something happened to him, what would Wen Chu do?

He was so small, so weak. Would the next husband he found be as rich as him? Would Wen Chu inheriting his legacy be targeted by gold-digging men?

Who could patiently accompany Wen Chu shopping? What other creature could withstand Wen Chu’s playing like that?

The more Xiu thought, the more annoyed and regretful he became.

He was already a dragon with a family; he shouldn’t have been so impulsive.

The demonic energy grew thicker, and the city gate of the Royal Capital opened abruptly.

A burst of blatant laughter came.

Xiu raised his head with difficulty, pupils constricting upon seeing Daisy.

“Hahahahahaha!”

Daisy laughed, walking provocatively in front of him.

“Finally waited for this day. Xiu, you eventually fell into my hands.”

The demons behind her also started chattering: “Is he completely stupid like this? His mind should have been completely destroyed, right?”

“Should be. After all, invaded by demonic energy for so many years, even a dragon should be stupid.”

Daisy clapped her hands.

“Don’t rush, won’t we know if we try?”

She said to Xiu: “Now, get up, help us capture the human cities.”

Xiu with cramping lower abdomen and severe headache: ?

Crazy, do they think he’s a fool?

Without dragon flame, his body size was still here. Just as Xiu was about to open his mouth to bite the demon closest to him to death, he suddenly heard the young man’s angry voice.

“Take your dirty hands away, stay away from him!”

Xiu blinked blankly.

Did he hallucinate from pain? How did he hear Wen Chu’s voice?

Xiu’s action of preparing to bite turned a corner. He turned his head with difficulty.

Only to see the white-haired young man sitting on the carriage, heading straight for him.

He was even still wearing pajamas, hair messy from the wind, obviously just climbed out of bed, looking at him with red eyes.

Why crying? Who bullied Wen Chu?

Just as Xiu wanted to growl to comfort Wen Chu, he saw the other party take out a tuning fork.

The demons were stunned at first, then burst into laughter upon seeing the tuning fork.

“What is this? A nightmare?!”

“Do humans have no reinforcements? Even finding a demon for reinforcement? Or coming to lull to sleep?”

Wen Chu’s expression was cold.

“Ding—”

The crisp sound of the tuning fork, wrapped in terrifying magic power, swept through the entire Royal Capital.

This time, not only did Xiu not fall asleep, but his head cleared up, waking up completely.

Even the cramping sensation in his forehead and lower abdomen disappeared. Xiu’s whole dragon body felt much lighter, fatigue swept away, even feeling he could dismantle another ten cities.

He heard several continuous sounds of falling to the ground. Looking back, he saw the surrounding demons actually fell all over the ground.

Not just demons.

The entire Royal Capital, the King, guards, and all the common people fell asleep together at this time.

The surroundings instantly became silent; even passing birds fell with the sound.

The white-haired young man’s gentle magic power spread across the entire city, like an airtight spider web, firmly circling them in this silent land with him and Xiu as the center.

When did Wen Chu’s magic power cover such a wide range? Who sent Wen Chu to such a dangerous place? What on earth is going on?

Xiu was still out of it.

Full of doubts, just as he wanted to stand up, he suddenly heard Wen Chu’s cool voice.

“Xiu, you are very good.”

“I wake up, and you ran away with the egg? So much energy with nowhere to vent?”

Wen Chu looked fierce, but only now approaching did Xiu realize the other’s voice was trembling, carrying a crying tone.

Xiu’s movement to get up stagnated, freezing in place at a loss.

Seems like he made Wen Chu cry.