"Yes, this will be useful," Archer said while approaching the treasure and holding his hand
out.
He sucked everything into his Item Box until the chamber was empty, which shocked Nyx even more. Following that, Archer turned to the dragon woman with a big smile, "Now let's go hunt down the Swarm that is infesting Pluoria."
When the duo made it to the surface, they both transformed into their dragon forms, but he overshadowed her. He looked down at the black dragon with glowing scales, which reminded him of chaos.
"What kind of dragon are you?" Archer's deep, rumbling voice resonated through the valley as he stretched out his gigantic wings, casting long shadows over the landscape.
Instead of answering immediately, Nyx leaped onto his back, nuzzling her head against his. Confused but instinctively responsive, Archer returned the gesture with a gentle head bump, which made the dragon woman happy as she answered, "Tiamat said I'm a chaos dragon. I am the one who is meant to aid the White Dragon in his future wars."'
Following that, the two dragons flew around northern Pluoria, burning any Swarm hordes they found. Archer only returned to his humanoid form to fight the stronger Terravians that appeared to stop them.
Archer enjoyed the power boost because now he could stand toe-to-toe with any enemy against him. He quickly tore Terravians apart, forcing them to flee back into the Underrealm, trying to escape them.
While he watched Nyx battling with a Swarm Mutant Giant, he scanned the chaos dragon, which caught his interest.
[Nyx Drakebane]
[Race: Chaos Dragon]
[Level: Sovereign Mage]
[Rank: 781]
'Oh she's strong,' Archer thought when seeing her rank and level.
After that, he watched Nyx tear apart the Giant before fighting another who appeared. She was going wild and used her claws to render flesh from bone, covering the landscape in blood.
Archer looked around and noticed the Swarm's smaller creatures were fleeing into the distance. Without thinking, he cast Stone Warden, which summoned hundreds of constructs that started chasing after the monsters.Yôur favorite stories at novelhall.com
He watched this with a smile before taking a deep breath and releasing his dragon's breath in another direction that annihilated every Ratling, Blightborn, and Mutated creature in its path.
Archer looked in the direction she was pointing and saw one of the waystations he designed for travelers. With a smile, he explained, "That's a Draconia Waystation. I created them as
rest points across the kingdom."
He turned to the black-and-white-haired woman and asked, "Do you want to see it? We can get a carriage to Dragonheart City."
Nyx's red and yellow eyes glowed with fascination before she nodded, "Yes, please."
He smiled before the duo descended to the road just outside the Waystation. When the guards spotted him, they all knelt, but he waved them away, "Can you guys organize a carriage to the capital? I want to see the new palace."
One of the guards jumped up and rushed through the opened gate while the other stepped forward, "It is a glorious building, Your Majesty. I heard all the queens are either there or working across the kingdom," he reported respectfully.
Archer nodded, "Thank you, soldier. How has the kingdom been overall?"
"We have many refugees flooding into the port cities, but thanks to the Kingdom Oath and the strict security, the newcomers have assimilated and adopted the Fireheart Faith as their own," the guard revealed. "Your company, Wyldheart Industries, has been recruiting as many people as they can and has started mining in the mountains."
'Aisha's done brilliantly,' Archer thought to himself. 'Maybe one of the girls will be good at running a company. I can't ask Hecate as she runs The Dragonheart Company, I'll speak to them when I see
them.'
Following that, Archer gave Nyx a tour of the Waystation, which amazed her. When she saw all the stores and the hotel, she asked what the point of this place was, and he said they were for traders and merchants to rest instead of camping along the road.
He also told her that the government-controlled them and earned coins through them, which went back into the kingdom to improve everyone's lives. By the time the tour finished, the soldiers had a royal carriage ready for travel.
Archer led Nyx on board and they traveled through the kingdom which shocked the dragon woman. When they passed through a small town, she witnessed the citizens, which surprised
her because they were all smiling.
She had never seen people so joyous, and he couldn't help but smile warmly at her reaction. Archer sincerely explained, "I deeply care for my people. I want them to thrive until their past hardships are mere memories."
"I want them to embrace their dreams and live their lives to the fullest, Nyx. In this unpredictable world, what else could truly matter? I live by my principles and follow my heart. If that means lifting millions out of poverty, then that's my mission. I've spared no expense, spending billions of gold coins to ensure no one goes hungry or lacks essentials." Nyx looked at him with a curious gaze, "Do you need bodyguards when you walk the streets of
a city?" Archer shook his head, stood up, and banged on the carriage roof before turning to her. "Come. I'll show you the Draconians' loyalty to their royal family."
The dragon woman joined Archer outside as he signaled to the man on the carriage, "We'll
walk driver," he said, tossing him a gold coin.