Chapter 445 - 199: The True Dragon Appears in the World
Ten days had passed since Xie’an and Lu Hong left the Dragon Pond plane. After joining the military forces of the Optimal Guest plane, the two accepted an invitation from Lord Extreme Star and temporarily stationed their troops on the Ophiuchus plane.
The Ophiuchus was an inconspicuous small plane under the empire’s command. In earlier years, it had been granted to an earl as a fief. Unfortunately, due to poor management, the earl played his family name into demotion, even mortgaging the earl’s mansion— it was likely that the present earl was begging somewhere.
Although the earl had declined, Konstantin did not reclaim control over Ophiuchus. Probably, he looked down on it or maybe he did not want to deal with the local snake of the Ophiuchus plane, Dark God Temple. Thus, aside from the Dark God Temple, the plane was filled with mixed elements, with numerous small forces standing tall here, caught in unceasing annual conflicts.
For the purpose of controlling this plane, Dark God Temple strictly controlled these small forces. As soon as any of them showed a trend of rising to dominance, without a word, about thirty Third Transition assassins would make a round—one killed, one buried.
Therefore, when Xie’an’s hundreds of thousands of troops marched mightily into Ophiuchus, those small forces were basically scared witless, each of them bringing out their treasured possessions from the bottom of their chests to curry favor with the other side.
Xie’an accepted everything, distributing suitable Magic items and precious Magic Potions to his brothers, while he himself kept a broken dagger.
"Hey, this thing is somewhat interesting. Why don’t you keep it?" Xie’an pulled out an inconspicuous grey small sphere from the list of gifts.
Lu Hong glanced at it. "You can’t tell what this is?"
"Yeah." Xie’an nodded, "I can’t guess its origin. It might be an extremely precious treasure; it’s a pity that I can’t find any method to activate it. But it’s also possible that it’s just a worn-out toy. You keep it."
"Give me the junk?" Lu Hong curled his lips and took the small sphere carelessly, tossing it into his Space Ring.