Don't Mess with That Dragon-Chapter 739 - 125 Truth and Lies (Second Update)

The situation is chaotic, getting muddled in the mess, with the risk of unknowingly becoming someone's target.

This matter revealed an eerie aura from the very beginning.

When Princess Sarah and Austin's doppelganger traveled across the Dolan Glacier Plateau to return, shortly after entering the realm of the Elran Kingdom, they were ambushed by a team. If not for the strength of Austin's doppelganger, Princess Sarah and her entourage might have met a tragic end, if not severe losses.

Following this,

there were several more attacks,

all aimed directly at their group.

Austin believed that the attacks targeting him were unlikely, for the one accompanying was only his doppelganger, whom nobody had seen, not to mention his main self hadn't provoked anyone, especially in the ancient kingdom of Central Earth World like Elran Kingdom.

It can basically be deduced that their true target must be the center of the group — Sarah Plantis.

However,

Princess Sarah, though beloved by the people, was not greatly valued among the old king's numerous children, nowhere near as much as the First Prince, Second Prince, or even the eldest princess.

Within royal relations, the old king wasn't solely affectionate towards Princess Sarah.

Yet why,

would there be persistent attacks on her?

Even the legendary have taken action.

Princess Sarah couldn't comprehend, and Austin, who knew little about the royal family's strife, was even more confused.

But Austin didn't need to understand it.

Rather than waste energy on scheming against others, he preferred to focus on cultivation, then crush those who dared to connive against him.

Strength is the foundation of everything.

As Princess Sarah hurried to the Royal Palace, she was unaware of the events unfolding after her departure, nor did she know about the "insane" plan Austin harbored in his heart.

If she knew, she might risk all to persuade Austin in person, to alter his exceedingly dangerous idea.

Of course, the persuasion would inevitably fail.

Princess Sarah was ignorant of the happenings behind her.

By now, she had entered the Royal Palace in a carriage.

Guided by attendants,

she arrived before the old king.

Gazing at the frail figure on the sickbed, the old father whose power was gone, and whose original appearance was almost indistinguishable, Princess Sarah's eyes reddened, her tears barely held back.

"Father!"

Sarah knelt, holding the old king's cold hand, forcing her tears to stay within.

Yet in the next moment,

seeing her father struggle to open his eyes, his muddled gaze searching until it seemed to find the figure before the bed.

Whoosh!

Tears flowed unchecked, like a tidal collapse.

The father in her memory, even when she pleaded for a hug as a child, would lift her high with powerful arms, with a face often serious yet rarely smiling, still held the supreme majesty of a ruler.

At that time, she thought,

her father's strong shoulders were the safest harbor in the world.

In the eyes of others, the father was a strict king,

but for Sarah,

he was the father who gave her love and care, accompanying her growth.

Commonly, it's said, royal families are heartless.

But Princess Sarah knew, beneath that stern visage,

their father's love for them never changed.

"Sarah... I didn't expect... you would return..."

The old king's awareness slowly returned, his voice hoarse,

"You shouldn't have come back..."

"I thought the Dolan Frost White Dragon, many years ago allied with our Plantis family, that over there, you could at least stay safe... Yet unforeseen changes came... Could even the Dolan White Dragon not escape? Perhaps that is fate..."

The old king sighed, barely raising his hand,

wishing to habitually pat Sarah's head like in her childhood.

However,

he paused midway, lacking the strength to lift his hand fully.

With a sigh,

his face, aged and full of wrinkles, reflected a dull expression in his eyes.

"Go, Sarah, while I still have some strength, enough to protect you, the mission held by Ireland for eight thousand years is not yours alone to shoulder... Its existence is bound by an ancient promise made by our ancestors... Now, it meets its destined end..."

"Do not sorrow over this country's demise, for from the day it was founded, its end was foretold... It's just the time has come now..."

If the old king's words at this moment spread outside, it would spark an earth-shattering upheaval!

Understand this,

though current chaos grips the entire Ireland Kingdom, both the upper and lower classes view it only as turmoil before the throne struggles. Once the new king ascends, all disorder will resolve.

Yet, for this old king, who ruled Ireland Kingdom for over forty years, to claim that Ireland faces a certain doomed fate!

If others heard such words, they might think the old king had gone mad in his illness.

It's also true,

as Ireland, built eight thousand years ago, has endured till now, counted among the Seven Ancient Kingdoms, its history fraught with countless upheavals, none causing the nation to face "death" in such a manner.

Even in the direst moments, like when enemy forces besieged the Royal City gates, Ireland successfully resolved each threat.

Though uttered by the dignified old king, outsiders might only think the old king had lost his sanity.

Yet among those people, Princess Sarah was excluded.

"Father, what is happening?"

Seeing the seriousness in her father lying on the sickbed, showing no hint of madness,

Princess Sarah, her eyes red-rimmed, hesitated for a moment,

worrying this was not the old king simply senile, but a future destined reality.

For a moment,

Sarah's grief was overshadowed by confusion.

"Did Master Merlin's astrology reveal something?"

Suddenly,

Princess Sarah seemed to realize something.

Years ago, she ventured south, crossing the Dolan Glacier Plateau, reaching Kawa Great Forest, and meeting Austin to seek external aid.

This was because her teacher, Elran Kingdom's greatest astrologer, burned his remaining life to glimpse Elran Kingdom's destruction, with hope found only in the southeast.

Thus, Princess Sarah set off with a group of Royal Knight Order members.

But according to the old king's words just now,

was it a ploy by the old king to distance her from the Elran Kingdom, sending her to Dolan Glacier Plateau, under the Dolan White Dragon's protection?

Then,

what of the prophecy that cost the grand astrologer his life?

What was it?