"Demon Dragon? As in, the divine guardian of the Demon Dragon Citadel, that Demon Dragon?!" Heavenly Beast Princess suddenly thought of something after hearing the familiar name.
Within the vast lands of Sun Land, there has only been one beastkin superpower called Demon Dragon Citadel.
Although it was the biggest city of the Dragon Cloud Kingdom and kept a true dragon as the citadel's divine protector, the citadel still fell before the Boln Kingdom's military.
On the day of the kingdom's assault on the citadel, the battle took no more than 8 hours to kill off all the disciples, high elders, the sect master, and the ancestors of the citadel.
The emergence of their divine protector still resulted in the absolute annihilation of the citadel since the Boln Kingdom came prepared and had an SSS-rank Dragon Slayer with them.
The dragon slayer only needed a slash with his hand to decapitate the Demon Dragon King, thus lowering the morale of the citadel's army.
The destruction of Dragon Cloud Kingdom came after even the kingdom's strongest city fell within the 1st day of the Boln Kingdom's 1st military campaign.
The annihilation of an entire kingdom shook Sun Land by storm, fortifying the Boln Kingdom's military prowess and prestige as the only kingdom whose main military force is only composed of high ranking adventurers..
Thus, when the Heavenly Beast Princess recalled this piece of history, she instinctively took a step back as she stared at the young man in front of her in horror.
If her memory served her right, the remains and belongings of the Demon Dragon King were taken away by the dragon slayer after the kingdom's successful military campaign.
And now that there was a juvenile demon dragon right in front of her, she suspected that the man in front of him was either a friend of the dragon slayer or was the dragon slayer himself!
Ryuda on the other hand, merely acted dumb when he was asked about the Demon Dragon Citadel.
He put on his best confused look before replying, "Demon Dragon Citadel?? Where's that? It sounds familiar..."
"Haiya Ryuda, you've been in the woods for far too long! You should take a break from teaching one day and explore the continent first before coming back to teach..." Several aunties immediately surrounded the young Ryuda and lectured him for spending all his time within the town's borders.
"Despite being the most knowledgeable teacher of our academy, you're surprisingly bad at history! What use is knowing all the strongest spells without understanding the history behind them?"
"Ahahaha, I'm sorry everyone. It seems I've let you all down." Knowing that these people were actually caring for him, Ryuda couldn't help but awkwardly laugh since he was just trying to act dumb before the Heavenly Beast Ridge duo.
"Forgive me for being an insolent neet but, could you explain to me about the history of the Demon Dragon Citadel with my pet dragon?? I had randomly picked up this egg back when I was doing an A-rank mission for the town so I'm not clear on the bigger picture." Ryuda politely cupped his fist at the Heavenly Beast duo while maintaining a friendly smile.
Despite seeing the clueless look of the young man in front of her several times already, her gut was telling her that he was lying.
Thus, despite seeing his friendly appearance, the Heavenly Beast Princess remained vigilant.
"Uh, miss...miss....we're late." Uncle Ballus suddenly remembered their original purpose for coming through the town and quickly reminded his young miss.
"Oh? Huh? Oh!" Having been reminded of their original purpose, the Heavenly Beast Princess became flustered since their horses have turned into meat paste previously.
Uncle Ballus too, was acting like he was a dead man as he started prostrating on the ground while mumbling "I'm sorry." over and over again.
"Of the various forces here in the eastern part of the Boln Kingdom, I can only name one place that possesses a higher status as well as greater military might that could even make 1st tier forces feel threatened....You're planning to go celebrate Azure Dragon Valley's old man's birthday, right?" Cupping his chin, Ryuda casually guessed.
"Old...old man??" Although the mortals were clueless about the mentioned old man of Azure Dragon Valley, the Heavenly Beast Duo were beyond frightened when they heard Ryuda's way of calling the Azure Sage of Azure Dragon Valley old man.
The Azure Sage was a famous SS rank Sage that ruled the last generation with his profound knowledge and devilish beast tamer skill.
Back when he was still active, all other Grandmasters had to take the long way around before the Azure Sage.
Even her father, the Heavenly Beast Ridge Master, had to call Azure Sage as Grand Ancestor despite him not being at the level yet.
But now, a small S rank within a rural town situated at the border of Azure Dragon Valley's territory, called the Azure Sage old man.
If they hadn't seen his pet dragon, the Heavenly Beast duo would have called Ryuda insane for disrespecting the Azure Sage.
Without wasting another second, Ryuda grabbed the arms of Uncle Ballus and the Heavenly Beast Princess before teleporting them towards the main door of Azure Dragon Valley.
Half a breath later...
"Huh?" The sudden shift in time and space left the two breathless as they now stood before a majestic tree with guests everywhere.
Their sudden appearance had also attracted a lot of attention since they just popped out of nowhere.
But before they could process what just happened, an old man dressed in an azure robe suddenly appeared before them.
The Heavenly Beast duo immediately bowed respectfully towards the old man while everyone else, the guests and disciples alike stood there dumbfoundedly.
"Heavenly Beast Princess of Heavenly Beast Ridge greets Azure Grand Ancestor!"
"Elder Ballus of Heavenly Beast Ridge greets Azure Grand Ancestor!"
"Hahaha, please ignore my valley's lack of reception, Princess...please, come in and take a seat." The Azure Sage who was respected by the entire eastern side of the Boln Kingdom immediately put on a friendly smile as he invited the two to his abode.
This in turn shocked everyone at the venue, including the Heavenly Beast duo since they didn't understand what was going on.
A young man from a rural town had suddenly grabbed their arms for a moment.
They then found themselves here, being treated as guests by the Azure Grand Ancestor himself.
"No way...that young man knows Senior??" The Heavenly Beast Princess finally realized something.
Seeing their shocked expressions, the Azure Sage old man simply smiled back.
He thought that it was best to respect his teacher's wishes.