Although Shepard already had a lot of ideas on the way here, when she saw the dragon in front of her with her own eyes, she still felt a sense of surrealism ….
"Ah …. Mortals."
Looking at the three dumbfounded little people in front of him, Fangzheng, who had transformed back into the Time Dragon, chuckled in his heart. He raised his huge dragon head and stared at Shepard, Riana, and Tally in front of him. Feeling the gaze of the dragon, even Shepard and the others couldn't help but feel their legs turn to jelly. They almost knelt on the ground.
They had once faced an enemy like the Overlord in space. In terms of size alone, the Overlord was many times larger than the Time Dragon.
But ….. did the Overlord have Dragon's Might?
Although this world was a very high-tech world, at least it was still technology!
As for something as magical as Dragon's Might ….
"Why have you come to my territory?"
"Greetings …."
Shepard was a soldier after all. She was the first to recover from the shock of Fangzheng's Dragon's Might with her strong willpower. Riana and Tally were obviously not so lucky. The moment they saw the Time Dragon, they were knocked unconscious by the Dragon's Might. If it weren't for Fangzheng restraining his Dragon's Might, the two of them might have even turned into lunatics.
"I'm Shepard, a ghost of the Divine Castle Council. We came here to investigate the previous conflict under the orders of the Divine Castle Council."
"Ah …. Those lowly worms …."
Upon hearing this, Fangzheng sneered.
"They dared to invade my territory and attack my people, so they have to pay the price. Is there a problem with that?"
"Uh …."
Faced with Fangzheng's arrogant answer, Shepard didn't know what to say for a while. She coughed lightly and reluctantly pulled the topic back.
"But according to the Divine Castle …."
"What's the Divine Castle?"
"The Divine Castle is an alliance of civilizations in the Milky Way."
Shepard felt that the conversation was getting more and more out of her control, but she still braced herself and answered. After all, not everyone could remain calm when they saw a dragon that was hundreds of meters long talking to them face to face. And to be honest, Shepard was already regretting taking on this mission. She was a commander and a battle-hardened warrior, but she was not a diplomat or an ambassador.
Sherpard had always avoided the twists and turns in politics and diplomacy. But now, she had confirmed that this was a brand new race … Things were going to be troublesome. If she said the wrong thing, would it cause any problems? If a conflict or even a war broke out and the blame was put on her head, Shepard would be speechless.
But if she thought about it carefully, those bastards from the Divine Castles must be watching her make a fool.
"Alliance?"
Fangzheng peeked his head out and approached Sheppard. Being stared at by the pair of golden eyes, even Sheppard felt a little uncomfortable. He hurriedly nodded.
"Yes, about this conflict.... it's true that the Tului attacked first, but at that time...."
It's true that the Tuli attacked first, but at that time …. "Shepard suddenly stopped. She realized that this matter … was not appropriate no matter what she said!
From the very beginning, whether it was the Tuli people, the Divine Citadel, or even Anderson and Shepard themselves, they all thought that the mysterious force that appeared in the Wandering Star System was most likely humans. If they were humans, then this was an internal affair of the humans. All they needed to do was to coordinate with them.
But now, Shepard had confirmed that this civilization had nothing to do with the humans at all. Of course, there were no dragons among the humans!!
Things were going to be troublesome.
As mentioned before, the Tuli and the humans had a grudge against each other. The two sides had only stopped fighting for a few decades, so most of them did not have a good impression of each other. This was also the reason why the Tului people were so angry when they saw Fangzheng. In the Tuli's view, the other party was a human, so their appearance here was a breach of trust and a breach of the treaty.
That was why the Tuli attacked.
But according to the current situation, the other party had nothing to do with the humans at all. They were a new civilization, so the Tuli's attack was an unreasonable act of hostility — at least in the eyes of the other party!
What else could she say?
She was not a Tuli, so there was no need for her to clean up after them!
"Mortals, I understand why you're here."
Fangzheng now had the initiative. He stared at Shepard and continued.
"However, the Tendo Temple is not a place for anyone to humiliate at will. All the races here are my people. Any attack on my people is a declaration of war against me and the entire Tendo Temple! We do not wish for war, but we are not afraid of war either. If those lowly, barbaric worms still dare to invade my territory and harm my people, then I will let those lowly worms personally experience true destruction and death! "
At this point, Fangzheng snorted. He suddenly spread his wings and raised his head. A terrifying draconic aura erupted and enveloped Shepard and the others.
"… ….!"
Feeling the terrifying pressure, Shepard couldn't help but grit his teeth and take a step back. Behind him, Tally was in an even more pathetic state. If it weren't for her grabbing onto Shepard's arm, perhaps she would have collapsed to the ground.
When the three of them could not bear it any longer, Fangzheng retracted his aura and curled up again.
"You've worked hard coming from afar. We will prepare food and rooms for you. We will also help you repair the damaged warship. Now, you may leave."
"… …."
This time, Shepard did not say anything. He just nodded and left with the other two.
"Phew …."
After the three of them left, Fangzheng returned to his human form and yawned.
"This is so troublesome …."
"Is this really okay? Big Brother? "
Tiria, who was eavesdropping at the back, walked to Fangzheng's side with a smile and held his arm.
"Are you sure we don't need further contact with the Divine Castle?"
"For now, it's not necessary."
Faced with Tiria's question, Fangzheng shook his head. In fact, when Shepard and the others entered the Divine Castle, he had already considered this problem carefully. But in the end, Fangzheng decided to keep a distance from the Divine Castle. He would never join the Divine Castle. Needless to say, Fangzheng knew what kind of force the Divine Castle was. To put it bluntly, the Divine Castle was equivalent to the Milky Way's version of the United Nations.
There were currently four permanent members of the United Nations. If Fangzheng joined, the Divine Castle might become one of the five.
However … there were no benefits for Fangzheng to join the Divine Castle Council. At least for now, he did not want the forces of this universe to get too involved with his Tendo Temple.
But it was not that he did not have a solution. At least … the appearance of Shepard and the others gave Fangzheng an idea.
Unlike Fangzheng's relaxed attitude, Shepard, who had returned to the Normandy, was frowning.
She had thought things through too simply!
Shepard was not stupid. Although she did not like the twists and turns in politics, it did not mean that she did not understand the meaning behind it. Previously, the dragon had said, "All the races here are my people" …. Sherpard of course understood the meaning of this sentence. In other words, this time, they were not facing a single alien race, but an alliance of several races, just like the Celestial Citadel!
This was also the reason why the giant dragon had ridiculed her when she introduced the Divine Castle. At that time, she had hoped to use the Divine Castle as an alliance to suppress the giant dragon, but she did not expect things to be more troublesome than she had imagined!
Compared to the Divine Castle, this alliance was even tighter. The Divine Castle Council was like the United Nations. There was no difference between them, and there was no question of who was in charge. However, this alliance clearly had an absolute, supreme ruler. This meant that this was not a problem between the Divine Castle Council and some alien race, but a conflict between two factions.
This was beyond her ability to handle!
"Clown, can the communication system still be used?"
"Of course, Commander, but we're inside the enemy's warship …."
Faced with Shepard's question, Clown showed a troubled expression. It was obvious that he was worried about the security of communication here.
But Shepard did not have the time to care about that.
"Contact Anderson immediately!"
.。 m.
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