On this night, most of the people in the Realukalia Magic Academy heard the loud and angry moans coming from the southwest.

There is no doubt that it was the sound of a giant dragon, and it sounded like the thunder in spring, which shocked many people for a long time and could not sleep again.

Anyone who hears the sound knows without guessing that someone must have been going to provoke the Lienian region, the 'pyroxene' Smarag, south of the Crystal Forest.

As for whom they provoked the dragon, they didn't mind.

They all knew that no matter whether it was a pyroxene magician or someone else, if anyone dared to challenge the dragon, there would be only one result, that is, either becoming a dragon's mouth food or a rotten unknown corpse near its nest!

So, after hearing the roar of the 'pyroxon' Smarag, they silently began to count down the last remaining life of a certain lifeless guy.

About ten minutes later...

The roar of the dragon and the roar of the dragon like thunder finally gradually subsided, which made everyone breathe a sigh of relief.

And the end of the dragon roar of the "Phoctron" Smarager, which proves that the life of a person who dares to "slay the dragon" or "disturb the dragon", no longer exists in this world.

"call!"

"That's great, I finally calmed down. It seems that another unlucky guy died tonight!"

"It's really tormenting to hear that sound."

"yes!"

"It's just a stop, otherwise many people wouldn't be able to sleep tonight."

In the main entrance of the Magic Academy, on both sides of the fortress gate above the stairs, I kept listening quietly to the dragon roar from a distance. Until the thunderous roar was completely calmed down, the two pyrox magicians guarding both sides of the academy gate finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"but……"

"What you just said may be wrong, maybe there may be more than one unlucky guy?"

Immediately afterwards, one of the gatekeepers listened for a while and found that there was indeed no dragon roar, then suddenly sighed with a smile.

“??”

"How do you know more than one?"

"Is there any evidence?"

Upon hearing this, the other mage guard naturally disagreed and asked back, his expression looked relaxed and casual, and he didn't look like he was on duty at all.

Think about it, too!

After all, the two of them are now only responsible for the gatekeeper work within the barrier. The long night and the guardian of the magic barrier outside the gate, they do not need to care too much or be vigilant. They just need to stand here and occasionally stare at the door, paying attention to those who use the pyroxene key to come in.

So, if they just stand here and chat like they are now, then there will definitely be no one to meddle in other people's business.

Under the protection of the magic barrier of the academy, almost no one has ever entered for many years, even the sarcastic dragon just now, because without the pyroxene key, no one can step into the south gate ahead!

Of course, the same is true for the main entrance to the north.

"evidence?"

"Of course there is!"

"Did you not pay attention just now? Last month, there were also times when the dragon roared like it just now in the past few months. Some were time long and some were short."

"So I just want to..."

"Can those who are long, are they because the people who challenge it are stronger or the number of people? And the shorter ones are because the number of people is relatively small and weaker?"

"You heard it just now. It has been screaming for a long time and it is also loud. It is the longest lasting time in these years! So I am sure that there are probably no fewer than ten people who challenge it, otherwise, I will never last for that long!"

The guard was as if he had seen it with his own eyes, and he was speculating with strikingly, and at first glance it seemed to make sense.

"pity!"

"Now they are all dead, it is impossible for mortals to successfully kill dragons!"

"A while ago, wasn't someone in the academy going out to kill the dragon with the pyroxene key? But look, until now, I haven't seen those guys come back, and I don't know what's going on."

After saying that, the guard sighed again with emotion.

"Okay."

"Don't bother them to die or not, and how many of them are dead. Anyway, the dragon cannot enter. Let's just stay here and guard against some irrelevant outsiders who get the key and sneak in."

At this time, the other guard became a little impatient and said indifferently after stretching his body.

"outsider……"

"Then what kind of person is considered an outsider?"

"Is it the royal family, or the ones from our college..."

“!!”

"Stop!"

"Okay, I won't discuss that topic anymore, just like that!"

I don't know if it touched on some sensitive topic, but another guard interrupted the other party without waiting for his companion to continue.

"The Academy and the Royal Family..."

"well……"

"That's right, I won't say it!"

The guard who pulled the slogan obviously knew why his companion suddenly had that attitude, so after pausing for a while, he had to smile bitterly, then shake his head, and quickly shut his mouth.

“…”

“…”

Then, the two of them continued to stand boredly on the steps inside the main gate of the college, standing on both sides of the fortress, and continuing their work of vigilance.

In fact, without them discussing the sensitive topic just now, almost everyone in the Reala Lukariya Magic Academy had already known it. It was nothing more than the friction between the academy and the royal family, and that was no longer a secret.

Over the years, or countless years, there has been friction between the academy faction and the Cagliar royal family. Although the Lienian region is nominally the territory of the Cagliar Kingdom, it is actually jointly managed by the Magic Academy and the royal family. In this lake area, the academy has great power, such as building the academy's town and implementing 'local autonomy'.

but……

The ambition of the Magic Academy is far more than that. Some senior leaders of the academy even secretly trained a private soldier, namely the Cuckoo Knights, and had some plans for the royal family.

Similarly, the Kariya royal family, who noticed the intention of the academy, would naturally not sit still and wait for death. They counterattacked and directly built a "Calya Imperial Guard" composed of magic knights.

It is said that the abilities of every magic knight can be comparable to the heroes of the Golden Tree, that is, those powerful big tree guards?

The responsibility of those magic knights is to beware of the Magic Academy. Therefore, the magic resistance of those Knights of Kariya suits is very considerable and targeted.

Later, the conflict broke out between the two sides, and in the end, of course, it ended with the failure of the Magic Academy.

Then, in order to suppress the power of the Magic Academy, the royal family arranged for the Full Moon Queen Lenara to suppress it. Later, the Full Moon Queen and the son of Radagang, the "Star Broken Star" Rattan cut off the connection between the stars and the magicians at the junction, and completely suppressed the Magic Academy.

It was the darkest moment at the Real Lukaria Academy…

Fortunately, with the departure of Radagon, the Queen of the Full Moon began to sink, which directly led to the decline of the Calia royal family. As a result, the factions against the royal family in the Magic Academy began to move again.

but……

Although the lower-level mages like them are aware of those things, they do not dare to discuss them casually!

After all, this is still the Real Lukariya Magic Academy under the control of the Cagliar royal family. The Full Moon Queen is still here, and the "Star Broken" Rattan is still covering the light of the stars, so there are some things that they must not dare to do rash things.

Anyway!

The current conflict between the Magic Academy and the Cagliar royal family is nothing more than the result of certain ideological conflicts and contradictions.

For example, most of the actual senior executives of the college believe that it is not advisable for the college to continue to maintain neutrality and maintain an externally closed barrier. It should turn to the golden law as soon as possible, that is, the royal city Rodel. Should the college face this world with an open attitude?

However, the Calia royal family, who had been competing with the Golden Tree before the Elden Ring of Farge was broken, did not think so. In addition, the current Full Moon Queen was in a madness because of Radagan's betrayal, so it was even more impossible for the royal family to agree with the academy's approach.

As a result, the gap between the two sides in certain issues and decision-making became increasingly larger, so that both the two goalkeepers could see the problems and the brewing storm in the academy.

Even as far as they know, some senior officials have already done a lot of big and small actions, but because of the closure of the academy, they have not made it public. However, no matter what, they should not discuss too much casually, so as not to cause trouble for themselves.

And at this time...

Shortly after the dragon roar stopped, in front of a pyroxene dragon nest not far south of the Crystall Forest, what was happening was completely different from what the two gatekeepers imagined based on their voices.

There are not one or more corpses of the "Dragon Slayer" and the "Dragon Disturbator". Here, there is only one of them that has been beaten to the point of bruised face. At this time, it is just a huge pyroxon that is lying in the lake and swollen waters that are not deep or shallow.

That's right!

For a little girl who was worried, she didn't know, nor did she want to know how much trouble she had caused to the people in the Magic Academy not far away, and how many people's sleep. She only knew that after a while of toss and play, she finally successfully convinced a irritable dragon.

"snort!"

Q(`⌒′Q)

"So you should be honest now?"

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"Look at you, you are covered with pyroxene all over your body, and you are infected by a hot external god so much that you are not honest?"

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After first examining the ugly stones on the head, body and wings of the dragon, Annie took a step forward in anger and kicked the other party's big nose.

What she knew was that the dragon in front of her, this protozoa, must have been infected by the so-called star "gods", and the so-called pyroxene is probably the boring fragments of starlight, which is the trace of influence the external gods exerted on the world here.
To be continued...