Chapter 28 - 27: All Set
The Drow thought their flawlessly executed assassination operation had temporarily fooled the High Elves, but how could they escape the watchful eyes of David and Tania, the two dragons?
The main reason was that the first wave of pursuers, especially those annoying Pegasus Knights, were primarily taken down by the two of them working in tandem.
The Drow’s not-so-covert ’assassination’ operation appeared to them as though a fox, hunting rabbits under the gaze of hawks, was flaunting its butt, its strong scent almost palpable from two or three kilometers away.
This differed from David’s previous attitude towards Tania, the sky-born Dragon ’sister’—the enemy of my enemy can temporarily be my ally.
Even though this group of Drow had already aligned themselves with him against the High Elves in practice.
Because even a Silver Dragon that had serendipitously fallen into evil often did so because it was still guarding something and couldn’t turn out too badly no matter what.
So even though David knew next to nothing about Tania, he could still, after her short and sweet ’confession,’ temporarily suppress his curiosity and urge to explore, and confidently turn his back to her.
But the Drow were different; if a Silver Dragon was a symbol of trust and resolve, then the Drow were synonymous with conspiracy and betrayal.
Keeping company with something that might bite back at any moment was like a farmer playing acrobat with a poisonous snake wrapped around his neck—purely seeking death.
Thus, upon seeing this group of Drow, David decisively ’extinguished his flame,’ glided half a mile through the sky, and then, moving like agile cheetahs, he and Tania silently approached them.
Just as cheetahs enter their hunting range, at this distance, with the two young dragons confronting two Drow, the latter—being only two-legged—had practically no chance of escape.