Chapter 1022 - Awakening
“Sonia!”
Gazing at the pale young lady lying in a pool of blood, Lilian yelled, pounced on her, and extended her trembling hands. All she felt was warmth fading away from her body. Blood flowed out of the young lady’s chest, smearing the ground in red. Lilian raised her head in a daze. The ball of white flames in front of her extinguished all of a sudden and three to four soldiers clad in white robes and armor appeared from the darkness. They were like ghosts. Despite the area being brightly lit by the surrounding torches, the air around them was dark. One of them was burned from head to toe and was seemingly miserable. It was apparent that he was the one who ambushed Sonia.
Lilian shivered at the sight of them. She knew who they were. Before leaving Casabianca, Sonia once told her that they were Nakvard’s subordinates. They were incredibly strong and she couldn’t defeat them. Lilian didn’t expect to meet them here…
“Sir! Sir!”
The militias yelled, surrounding Lilian and Sonia completely. Shortly after, three militias went up and subdued Lilian. At the same time, the soldiers clad in white robes sauntered toward Lilian when suddenly, an elderly man scuttled out of the crowd toward them. It was the elderly man whose grandson Lilian had treated. The elderly man displayed a fawning smile to the soldiers.
“You see…”
“Yes.”
The soldiers nodded, before tossing a bag of money to him. The elderly man took the bag, turned around, and left quickly. Lilian stared at the scene, dumbfounded. She couldn’t decipher her exact mood and emotions anymore. But she felt regretful for the first time. If it weren’t for her stubbornness, Sonia wouldn’t have agreed to stay for the night and eventually be tracked down by these men. But now… now… why? Lilian lowered her gaze, looking at Sonia foolishly who laid beside her with closed eyes like she was in slumber. Lilian tried to extend her arms, but the soldiers gripped them. She couldn’t budge at all.
Why? Why do they want to capture me? Am I not the Creator Dragon? I’m the Light Dragon: the dragon soul heir of this continent. How dare the humans treat me this way? Is it because I’m powerless? They are under the protection of my power and yet, they treat me with no respect at all and even hurt the people around me? I’ve tried so hard, but it seems like my efforts are pointless to them. No matter what I do, I always end up in such a miserable plight. So what purpose do I have for doing this? Why must I do it? Why must I continue to protect the bad guys who betray and harm the people around me? Why must I do it? They have always treated me this way and even killed my closest friend. Do I still need to protect these people? Why must I protect these people who are hostile toward me? Why must I be the one to do it? This is it. I’ve had enough. I don’t want to continue doing it any longer! I no longer wish to do it anymore!
“… Don’t touch me…’
“… Big Brother Rhode…”
“It’s me, Lilian.”
Rhode answered gently. He knitted his brows, gazing at Sonia’s corpse lying in front of Lilian. Her body was washed clean by the rain. There were no traces of filth or liveliness. It seemed like I came too late.
Rhode sighed. In fact, he couldn’t be blamed. If it weren’t for the explosion of Lilian’s dragon soul power, he wouldn’t have been able to locate them through the map interfered by Chaos. Back then when Gillian told him that Lilian’s dragon soul power erupted, he had a bad feeling, which was why he came here as fast as he could. But it seemed like he was too late.
Fortunately, this wasn’t an irreparable mistake.
Rhode extended his arm to Lilian at this thought.
“Come with me, Lilian.”