"However, even though the vast majority of evil dragons covet the desire to plunder other dragons' essence, only the descendants of Nidhogg act on their greed so directly. Not many dragons can manifest voluntarily, especially with that black wyrm's greedy nature, which prevents it from sharing power with its offspring. Fafnir is a complete anomaly." 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶

The response from the Water Dragon put Li Ang's group at ease. Even though they had the strength to resist now, as time passed and the team members grew, they would become less worried about such events, though dealing with them every time was still exhausting.

It's true that Fafnir's remnants provided some materials, but minimizing disruptions to their plans was still preferable.

"How was Fafnir an exception?"

"That is..."

Akuya was about to explain when Li Ang stood up and interrupted her.

Through the perception of magic synchronization, Farina had arrived nearby.

Li Ang went outside and brought the Dragon Witch, anxiously searching for everyone, into the room. Seeing that everyone was unharmed, she finally relaxed.

"What happened? I sensed the magical disturbance of a powerful dragon descendant manifesting."

As the Deputy of the Fire Dragon and Dragon Summoner, she could clearly sense what was happening on the ground in the City of the Ship's Rudder, and hurried over.

After roughly explaining what had occurred, Farina stared at Meluna for a long time and sighed, "I didn't expect it. I thought you'd be fighting for much longer, after all, it's Fafnir."

"We were just talking about that," Li Ang said.

He heard this name for the first time when Farina was discussing the mysteries of dragons.

"Let this Chestguard tell the story first," Akuya was happy to be idle, grabbing a bottle of wine, jumping onto a chair, and putting her feet up on the tea table, drinking directly.

"I remember you said then, Fafnir was a Dwarf King?"

Li Ang searched his memory with some doubt, "Can dwarves really turn into wyrm dragons?"

Though the dwarves of Nebis had been extinct for such an ancient time that if Farina hadn't mentioned them, Li Ang would not have been sure of their existence. In any existing civilization or organization, there was no claim of dwarven heritage.

Li Ang only occasionally thought of this fantastical race because some people's stature and appearance seemed reminiscent, but he never knew what they were like, though in his impression, dwarves didn't seem like they had a dragon's bloodline.

"What I know isn't comprehensive, but it's clearer than when I first told you. I only mentioned an external viewpoint for ease of understanding at the time."

Farina spoke of what she knew about Fafnir's past.

Dwarves were a race deeply connected with the Earth, skilled in controlling the Earth Element, and fond of mining minerals, gemstones, and smithing, so they habitually accumulated precious metals and gemstones.

In their stores, mountain copper, now incredibly valuable, could pile as high as mountains, and they particularly loved to decorate their capital with Nebis's precious Magic Metal, earning it the nickname of the "Golden Country" in any civilized records.

As they excavated the earth, they eventually discovered a true mystical treasure, but couldn't mine it at the time, so they began trying everything they could.

The mystical treasure of the Earth was hard to obtain, and all their methods failed, until an advisor suggested to the Dwarf King a summoning ritual for a wyrm dragon descendant, known for its ability to corrode all hard substances.

The Dwarf King performed the summoning, and Fafnir was the one who responded.

"...I only read parts of it while browsing other ancient manuscripts in the Creation Library. Although I am curious, with limited time and more essential materials to find, this is all I managed to see.

"The last thing I know is that Fafnir and the king seemed to have become inseparable."

Farina initiated the story but didn't mention any specific details.

Akuya sat up, "That's really not much help. Let me continue."

"Please go ahead, Lord Water Dragon,"

Taking a sip directly from the bottle, the pink-haired young girl's cheeks flushed slightly, "Before the Bailong Civilization was destroyed, humans and the Dragon Race were closely connected, and dragon summoning rituals were frequently performed; perhaps many ancient families still have these secret techniques."

For some reason, when mentioning ancient families and dragon summoning techniques, Li Angxian first recalled Elaphia's visage, then thought of the mystically intertwined Farlonio and the little green dragon by her side.

"Fafnir, you see, I mentioned that Nidhogg's greedy nature prevents it from creating direct bloodline descendants like other Dragon Ancestors. Powerful wyrm dragons must continually plunder magic power and spirits until reaching the Legendary Realm before Nidhogg even glances at them.

"Thus, in the days when the Bailong Civilization dominated the world, the favorite activity of powerful wyrm dragons was to ravage human cities and nations, harvesting countless souls and magic power.

"Fafnir was outstanding among them. While other powerful wyrm dragons might annihilate a nation, it, it destroyed not just a civilization, but an entire race."

The young girls of the Star Flower Maiden group, with less exposure to grand events, exchanged looks, surprised to hear the destruction of an entire race presented so plainly when they knew Nebis had countless extinct ancient civilizations.

"Were the ones wiped out the dwarves?" Zoe asked earnestly, hands on her knees.

"That's right. Even the Six Dragons have heard of Fafnir's ultimate technique, so Thanatos recorded it. It's the ability to fuse with opponents in a spiritual state—if successful, they become inseparable, and that evil dragon certainly doesn't have any forms of spiritual cleanliness, taking everything from its target to become part of it.