Summoning the Holy Sword

The Country of Darkness.

Lifting one’s head and gazing at the night sky that seemed like a deep, dark curtain left one breathless. The three scarlet moons hung high in the sky, emanating a faint and slightly-dull radiance on the land. Corina shifted her gaze away and extended her hand to hold her forehead. She was in a terrible state. It wasn’t due to her not being used to the death aura under the eternal night sky as an elf, but she was feeling helpless at the current situation instead.

After mediation from Nalea and Siena, all three parties eventually decided to form a joint investigations team to search for the lost moon princess. As this matter was extremely important, all three parties sent out formidable representatives. Putting Rhode and Ion aside, Lilian sent out Lydia as the representative of the Country of Light after learning from Sonia about the matter. As a result, Corina was also involved.

The Country of Darkness’s representative was ‘The Conqueror’ Garcia, while the remaining two legendary generals weren’t involved. Balende was still recuperating from his injuries, while Charlie, the Angel of Sorrow, wasn’t interested in this matter. Even if Charlie was here, perhaps he would break into a fight with Lydia immediately and toss the investigations to the back of his head. As for Ashvril, there was no point in speaking about the dead anymore.

For Rhode’s side, Alice, as the History Deity Warden, wished to perfectly reconnect and follow the clues left by Erin. Her ability to trace history was essential. Of course, Balende was fortunate that he wasn’t here. If not, he wouldn’t feel good seeing the person who had crippled his arm effortlessly.

Even though Lydia wasn’t the direct party in this incident, her presence was also important because in the entire Dragon Soul Continent, she was the most like-minded with Erin, which was why it was acceptable to have Lydia involved in the search. Well, she couldn’t be blamed since she had unique aesthetics like Erin, ones ordinary people couldn’t understand.

On the other hand, Corina was the representative for the Country of Law and her job was more of mediation to prevent any conflicts during the investigations. Shortly after, Corina realized that this matter was a bothersome one.

Although the four parties sent out their representatives, it went without saying that Dark Dragon Ion and Void Dragon Rhode were the leaders of the investigations team. As a result, what left Corina helpless was that these two leaders who were unpleasant in each other’s eyes clashed from time to time. Either Ion accused Rhode of purposely misleading the investigation content, or Rhode berated Ion for purposely twisting the facts. They were Creator Dragons, but behaved like hooligans instead, as though they were about to break out in full-scale battles at the drop of a hat. This terrified Corina. What made matters worse was that although the Country of Law was in charge of mediation, Nalea and Siena had headed back after leaving the task to Corina. For an elf who had just entered the Legendary Stage, what could she do to stop two Creator Dragons?!

Moreover, their subordinates also didn’t seem to have any reaction to it. As one of the legendary generals of the Country of Darkness, Garcia could only submit to the Dark Dragon’s orders unconditionally, so it was wishful thinking to count on him in persuading the Dark Dragon. On the other hand, Alice seemed disinterested in the whole matter. She wouldn’t hold back if she had to attack, but as long as the Dark Dragon laid a finger on them, she would retaliate immediately. As for Lydia, even though she asserted with a smile that she would do her best, it was apparent that she took advantage of the Country of Darkness whenever there was a chance—the hatred between them wasn’t over yet.

Rhode nodded at his younger sister’s reminder. He also agreed that something seemed to be amiss, which was why he treated it importantly. After all, Order in the Dragon Soul Continent had basically merged with the original system data of the game already. To put it simply, the current Dragon Soul Continent was like a world in The Matrix, supported externally by various data and restructured into a whole new world. In this aspect, Rhode was rather meticulous about it.

“Pardon my rudeness, Your Majesty Rhode.”

While Rhode was pondering, Gaya lifted the entrance curtain and entered the tent. She gazed at Rhode and greeted him.

“Her Highness Lydia discovered some clues regarding Her Highness Erin’s disappearance.”

“Oh?”

Rhode twitched his brows.

“Bring me there.”