Chapter 227 - 148: Triggering a Hidden Quest, Dragon Realm

Chapter 227: Chapter 148: Triggering a Hidden Quest, Dragon Realm

"Alright!" Xia Wanyin agreed without hesitation, her face glowing with eager anticipation.

Just as Shen Xing was preparing to go down and dig up the grave.

Suddenly,

A weathered voice echoed in his ears.

"Human..."

The voice was mysterious and ancient, carrying a peculiar rhythm, as if it had manifested directly in his mind.

Shen Xing froze instantly, his pupils widening.

He looked at the two women beside him with a puzzled expression and asked, "Did you guys hear anything?"

A hint of confusion appeared on their faces as they shook their heads.

Hearing this, Shen Xing’s brow furrowed even deeper.

He was certain he had heard it.

As an Extraordinary Level expert, it was virtually impossible for him to experience auditory hallucinations.

’But Xia Wanyin and Reina hadn’t felt anything. Does that mean I was the only one who heard that voice?’

And just then, the mysterious and ancient voice resounded once more in the depths of his mind.

"To think that after so many years... the ones to arrive in this sealed land would be a few humans..."

Shen Xing’s eyelid twitched, but he quickly calmed himself.

He mentally asked, "Who are you?"

The voice fell silent for a moment, then let out an aged laugh. "Heh... You have already guessed. Why ask when you already know?"

Shen Xing slowly raised his head. "You are... Kazidorite?"

"That’s right."

The voice chuckled lightly. "I am the great Black Dragon Monarch, Wings of Death, Heavenly Disaster Incarnation, the strongest creature on the surface—Kazidorite."

Shen Xing was speechless. ’You’re already six feet under, yet you’re still so narcissistic.’

’If you were the strongest creature on the surface, why would there be a monument to you here? You’re obviously long gone.’

’Can a dead ’strongest on the surface’ still call himself the strongest?’

"Heh heh... Of course, this Monarch is the strongest existence. It’s just that I encountered a little... accident back then..."

"Hm? You can read my mind!?" Shen Xing was suddenly alarmed, so shocked he almost blurted out, "Holy shit!"

"Are you surprised?" The voice chuckled nonchalantly. "For the great Black Dragon Monarch, reading the mind of an ant like you is simpler than rolling over."

Shen Xing was silent for a moment before asking, "Then what is a powerful figure like you doing, suddenly appearing in the mind of a mere ant like me?"

"Because... this Monarch would like you to do me a small favor..." the voice said, its tone low.

Shen Xing’s heart stirred.

’There it is, a hidden quest!’

Just like with the merchant Garrotte he’d met before, when these natives asked for help, it usually signaled a hidden quest.

And these kinds of quests often came with extremely generous rewards.

What’s more, this was a quest issued by the Black Dragon Monarch, who sounded incredibly formidable. The rewards were bound to be even more outrageous.

However, he wasn’t blinded by the potential rewards.

After all, this was the Black Dragon Monarch. A "small favor" to him would undoubtedly be a task of unimaginable difficulty for any other creature.

Besides, there might be a hidden trap. One wrong move and he could be doomed beyond recovery.

Shen Xing suppressed his excitement and asked calmly, "What kind of small favor?"

As if sensing his vigilance, the voice chuckled. "Don’t be nervous. This Monarch won’t do anything to you."

"I just need... you to help me break the seal on the tombstone..."

"Break the seal on the tombstone? This thing is sealing you?" Shen Xing’s pupils contracted sharply. His first instinct was to have Fried Chicken carry him away and flee.

"That’s right..." the voice continued. "But you needn’t worry. This Monarch is not some Great Demon. I was framed by a group of damnable bastards, which is how I ended up in this state."

"Framed? Who framed you?" Shen Xing pressed.

"It’s a rather long story..."

"It’s fine. I have time now. Take your time and tell me."

Grand Lord Shen said leisurely. Last time, that merchant Garrotte hadn’t told the truth, which almost got him saddled with a curse.

Once bitten, twice shy. He wouldn’t be so quick to trust the words of these natives anymore.

’At the very least, you have to make me understand the cause and effect.’

As for whether it was true or false, he would judge for himself.

"..."

The voice was silent for a moment, then slowly said, "This wisp of my consciousness has been suppressed by the seal and cannot be maintained for long, but I can give you a brief account."

"A long, long time ago, that *** war broke out, dragging the entire world into the flames of conflict."

"Our Dragon Race originally lived in the Dragon Realm, a separate plane, and was not affected by the flames of war."

"At that time, the Human Race and the Dwarf Race pleaded for aid, but the entire Dragon Race, from top to bottom, was against participating in that war."

"But as one of the Monarchs of the Five-Colored Dragons, this Monarch knew that the karma involved in this great war ran deep."

"By the end of the war, no one would be able to stay out of it, not even the Dragon Race."

"Thus, this Monarch overruled all objections and negotiated with the other four Five-Colored Primordial Dragons. In the end, they were persuaded by me and decided to lead the Dragon Race into the great war."

"But on the eve of our departure for battle, a traitor appeared in our midst!"

"A traitor?" Shen Xing narrowed his eyes.

"Yes..." As he spoke, the voice took on a hint of hatred. "That insidious and treacherous Green Dragon: Tilius."

"And the other, the Master of Blue Dragons, Malagus, was the mastermind behind this betrayal."

"Those two bastards colluded with outsiders, opening a planar passage and leading the enemy to the Dragon Race’s home."

"I and two other Monarchs of the Five-Colored Dragons fought back together, but the enemy was too numerous and too strong. Even though we fought with all our might, it was hopeless."

"Watching my kin being slaughtered and the situation about to collapse completely, this Monarch activated a Dragon Race Forbidden Technique and teleported the other two Five-Colored Primordial Dragons out of the Dragon Race’s plane."

"I myself escaped to this region through a spatial rift."

"But in the end, I was caught by those two damned traitors. Against their combined forces, this Monarch was defeated and ultimately perished here."

At this point, the voice let out a forlorn sigh, filled with the sorrow of a hero in his twilight years.

Shen Xing nodded in understanding and pressed on, "And then what happened?"

"Later..."

The voice regained its composure and said slowly, "They annihilated this Monarch’s soul but did not destroy my physical body. Instead, they foolishly attempted to use a seal to completely grind away the Power within it."

"Once this Monarch’s will has completely dissipated, they plan to have their descendants usurp this body, seizing the strongest physical form in the Dragon Race."

"But those two fools could never have imagined that even after surrendering to those... individuals... and willingly becoming their dogs, they still couldn’t escape the fate of being purged."

"They were used as cannon fodder by that group of ***, and more than half of their Dragon Descendants were wiped out in a short time. In the end, they were severely wounded by some ancient existences of this plane, and their fate is unknown."

"Meanwhile, the last wisp of this Monarch’s consciousness, which remained in this physical body, slowly reawakened over the long ages."

After listening, Shen Xing sat silently in his wheelchair, deep in thought.

Xia Wanyin and Reina, who were beside him, seemed to have noticed something and tacitly remained quiet so as not to disturb him, waiting patiently.

’This Black Dragon Monarch, Kazidorite... I’ll just call him Kazi from now on.’

Although Kazi’s account was brief, Shen Xing roughly understood the cause and effect.

To put it simply, a great enemy was approaching, and the Dragon Race was preparing to join the Human and Dwarf Races to resist the foreign invaders.

But at the critical moment, two traitors emerged, dragging the Dragon Race into an abyss of despair.

Those two traitorous dragons also wanted to seize Kazi’s physical body, so they sealed him here.

Now, Kazi had regained consciousness and wanted Shen Xing to help him break the seal and escape.

It sounded reasonable and logical.

However, there were some key words he couldn’t hear, as if they had been bleeped out.

Shen Xing guessed that the system had probably censored these words, or perhaps he couldn’t hear them because his own strength was insufficient.

But it didn’t affect anything.

Shen Xing raised his head and asked in a deep voice, "If I help you break the seal, what do I get?"

"What do you get..." the Black Dragon Monarch’s low voice sounded again. "This Monarch can give you many treasures, far more bountiful than you can imagine."

"Is that so? Then can you make me break through to the Grandmaster Realm immediately, give me a hundred pieces of Epic Equipment and Grandmaster Level Soldier Types, another hundred Hero’s Certificates, a group of kemonomimi, and also..."

Shen Xing reeled off a long list.

The Black Dragon Monarch: "..."

A moment later, his voice carried a trace of helplessness. "Do you take this Monarch for a wishing well? Forget the fact that I’m already dead; I couldn’t have given you these things even when I was alive."

"Haha." Shen Xing chuckled, feeling a sense of relief in his heart.

’If he had actually agreed just now, then this guy was most likely a fraud.’

The fact that he refused, however, actually increased his credibility.

"Hm?"

Just then, the Black Dragon Monarch let out a soft sound of surprise. "This Monarch senses the aura of a descendant on you. Do you possess something from our Black Dragon clan?"

Shen Xing’s mind raced. He quickly deduced that the Black Dragon Descendant he was talking about must be the Demon Dragon Soul sealed within the [Ring of Shadow Demon Dragon].

"I do have something like that. But just like you, it’s already dead, with only a remnant soul sealed in a ring," Shen Xing replied.

"Dead? Alas..."

The Black Dragon Monarch let out a long sigh. "With this Monarch’s death, the line of Black Dragons has completely fallen into decline."