In the main hall.
The king was a silver-haired old man dressed in a gorgeous robe with a large red cape draped over his shoulders. He had a short white beard on his chin and wore a crown inlaid with sapphires on his head.
Although he was old and his hair and beard were all white, there were not many wrinkles on his face. He seemed to be in good spirits and looked well taken care of.
"Captain Knight? You've returned so soon? How was the tide dealt with? "
The white-haired king sat on a chair, his gaze sweeping over Ryuga and the rest before landing on the captain. He asked in a low and deep voice, "Who are these people?"
"Reporting to Your Majesty, before our knights arrived, the waves in the Saiat Domain had already been repelled."
The captain stepped forward and bowed slightly to the king before respectfully saying, "The ones who repelled the tide were the daughter of the Saiat Territory's lord, Agley Saiat, and this powerful adventurer, His Excellency Yin-yang."
"Oh?"
The king was surprised and bewildered. The calmness on his face quickly disappeared and he could not help but ask, "You mean, it was them? A noble's daughter? And an adventurer? And they repelled the first tide? "
"Your Majesty, you flatter me."
Agley stepped forward and bowed respectfully to the king. "As a member of the Saiat Territory, resisting the tide is my duty. His Excellency Yin-yang is the true hero who repelled the tide. If not for him, the Saiat Territory would have been destroyed long ago and wouldn't have been able to hold on until the arrival of the Knight Regiment."
"Oh … So you are the daughter of the Saiat Territory's lord."
The king shifted his gaze to Agley.
When Agley bowed her head, for some reason, a trace of disgust flashed through the king's eyes as he looked at her. However, it quickly disappeared and he became as calm as before.
"So, the Saiat Territory hasn't been destroyed … Captain Knight, is what she said true?"
The King turned his head to look at the Knight Commander and asked.
"Yes, Your Majesty."
The knight commander nodded and couldn't help but sigh. "Sir Yin-yang is indeed a very powerful adventurer. Not only is he a magus who can release high-level magic, but he also has a pure-blooded dragon that is over twenty meters in size. He was the one who happened to pass by the Saiat Territory and repelled the tide."
As soon as the Knight Commander finished speaking, the entire main hall burst into an uproar.
"What?! He's so young, yet he's already an Advanced Mage? "
"I can still believe it if he's an Advanced Magician, but it's impossible for him to raise pure-blooded dragons!"
"That's right. Even the Kingdom can only raise an ordinary Flying Dragon. How could an adventurer raise a pure-blooded dragon? And it's over 20 meters tall? "
"This is simply a fantasy!"
In the main hall, several officials standing below the king could not help but discuss loudly. Their expressions were full of distrust, and their words even faintly revealed their contempt for ordinary adventurers.
Pure-blooded dragons basically stood at the top of all magical creatures. They themselves were synonymous with strength and power.
So far, it was not that there were no countries that had attempted to raise pure-blooded dragons, but almost all of them had ended in failure.
The way this world raised magical creatures was through a special pattern called the [Magical Mark].
As long as this [Magical Mark] was planted on a magical creature, the magical creature would become unable to disobey its master's orders. Once it disobeyed, it would be punished by the Magical Mark, giving it unbearable pain. Generally, magical creatures without intelligence could only bow their heads and submit.
The Earth Dragons and Wyverns owned by the Knights were only obedient to the Knights because they had been implanted with the magic runes.
However, the strength of pure-blooded dragons was extremely terrifying. No matter how high-level the Magical Mark was, it would not be effective on them. This made it almost impossible to forcibly tame them.
Furthermore, the pure-blooded dragon species already possessed intelligence. It was impossible for them to be subdued by the small favors of humans. Even the dragon eggs that were occasionally laid would be guarded very tightly, causing those who wanted to raise dragon cubs to return empty-handed.
Therefore, the success rate of raising pure-blooded dragons was infinitely close to zero.
Similar to the [Magical Mark], there was also the [Slave Mark], which had the exact same effect. After the master planted the slave mark on the slave, the slave would not dare to resist because of the fear of pain. It was used to control the slaves that one bought.
"Are you all doubting my words?"
The Knight Commander coldly looked at the several officials in front of him. "Right now, the pure-blooded Flying Dragon is in the open space of the castle. If you all don't believe me, you can go and see for yourself."
After he said this, the officials looked at each other for a while and remained silent.
The Knight Commander's position in the Kingdom of Merlomark was similar to the marshal of the army. In terms of status, he was even higher than them. If he said it so confidently, then the news was most likely not fake.
"Hmm … … I didn't expect there to be such an excellent adventurer among the people. Being able to repel the waves is a great contribution. I should indeed reward you."
The King could not help but look at Ryuga a few more times. Then, as expected, he felt a lot better. He even selectively forgot about the fact that he had not bowed to him.
"If you are willing, I can also make the decision to make you a high official of the kingdom … … But things are always first come, first served. The matter of the reward will be discussed later. You all can come with me and see the heroism of the Four Heroes first!"
A high-level magician who had a pure-blooded Flying Dragon.
This was indeed a very outstanding talent. Even if you searched the entire kingdom, you might not be able to find one. If he could use this talent, of course, it would be a good thing.
But in comparison, the Four Saints Hero was more important.
After all, this talent could only repel one wave, but the Four Saints Hero could save the world. It was obvious who was better and who was worse. There was no need to consider at all.
Ryuga did not care about his attitude and silently retreated to the side.
Just like the King, he was now more concerned about the Four Saints Hero.
After all, the Four Saints Hero could be used to help him complete the spirit base mission, and the King … … Looking at his incomparably weak aura, Ryuga could control his life and death at will. In the King's eyes, he was an insignificant person.
He did not have any opinions. Esders and Dotya, who did not understand, could not have any opinions. They just retreated to the side together with Agrid. Then, they looked at the Four Saints Hero.
Suddenly, the four young people standing in the center of the main hall became the focus of everyone's attention.
Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, the four of them revealed completely different reactions.
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