Chapter 394: Farewell for now... (End of Volume-4.)

Chapter 394: Farewell for now... (End of Volume-4.)



Dragon Valley Central City.

Two weeks after the picnic.

"Thank you, Princess Selain! Because of you, we got to wander around all over the Dragon Valley and enjoyed these last few days greatly..."

Standing near the teleportation altar located in the garden of the Dragon Palace, Link stretched out his hand for a handshake.

Selain glanced at Link's hand before stomping on his foot.

"Ow!! What the hell?! What was that for?!"

Selain ignored Link's loud wailing noises and shook hands with the rest of the group instead.

"I am glad I met you all. In these past few days, we have made a lot of great memories together. I will never forget about you all. Thanks for teaching me what it means to have real friends..."

Selain glanced at Rio, who was leaning his back on a nearby tree and standing with a calm look on his face,

"It was nice to meet you too, Rio; if opportunity comes, do visit the Dragon Valley again someday! Also, I will come to challenge you again soon; don't forget that either!"

Rio nodded his head at those words and spoke in his usual emotionless tone.

"You are welcome to come any day, but keep in mind that I will defeat you in a duel any day and any time; just try to be stronger the next time you come to challenge me..."

Selain smiled at those words and nodded her head.

"Yes, the next time you see me, I will be so strong that you will be shocked! Hehe..."

Then she glanced at Lia and stretched and patted her on the shoulder.

"Don't think you have won just yet, my dear rival; our battle is long... It will be a battle that will be recorded in the history books! It will be a thousand-year-long battle, Lia!"

"Make sure you are always a step ahead of me, or you might lose!"

Lia shook her head and sighed at those words.

"We are still doing this? Sigh, you are really persistent... Why not find someone else for yourself? You are a princess after all; you can find the best of the best talented people for yourself..."

Selain crossed her arms and shook her head with a smile.

"Tell me, can someone else imitate his 'Sword Intent? No, right... That's why I can't make do with some cheap imitation either, but well, I will accept my defeat for now, Lia..."

"Make sure you don't let me win though... hehe..."

Selain is the type of person to never give up.

After all, she has a life span of thousands of years, and she can live as long as SS-rankers without even needing to reach the SS-rank herself.

If she keeps working hard, there's nothing in the world that she can't achieve after centuries of hard work and training!

Time is on her side; that's why she thinks that there's no need to rush anything.

"Sigh, you really are persistent..."

Lia shook her head in defeat; it's pointless to argue with her as she's not going to listen anyway.

Lia grabbed Rio's arm tightly and declared her sovereignty.

"Hmph, no matter what you say, he's mine and mine alone! I am not letting you take him away at all!"

Although she felt very embarrassed saying those words, she had to make it clear to Selain, so she had to do this!

"Tch! You the upper hand for now, Lia! But don't be so happy! I will beat you someday!"

Sparks of lightning seem to have collided between Lia and Selain's eyes as they glared at each other.

The rest of the group shook their heads at this and didn't bother to stop the commotion.

In the past few days, they had all but gotten used to this kind of thing now. Even Link shook his head, saying,

"Man, Rio really is popular with the dragon... the other day that SS ranker was also talking with him with smiles all over his face... I wonder if it's because all dragons respect 'Sword Intent'?"

Hearing those words, Liam shook his head and said,

"No, I think it's more like they consider him the strongest person in our group... The dragon king favored you because he considers your talent to be the strongest..."

"And that other SS-ranker, Fenix, favored Rio because he has seen Rio in combat and thinks highly of him... I guess that's how dragons are inherently; they respect the strong..."

"I highly doubt that the dragon king himself will start respecting Rio if he sees him in combat..."

"No need to be so down; comrades, friends, and everything else are but temporary, Selain...

You need to get used to parting ways with others and saying goodbyes..."

Selain sighed at those words.

"You seem more concerned than me though, father..."

Idri shook his head at Selain's words and said in a solemn tone,

"I have a bad feeling... My intuition is telling me that there's something really sinister

brewing in the dark... Work hard, Selain, and get stronger; being sad doesn't suit the face of

the future Dragon King!"

Selain was a bit puzzled at Idri's sudden supportive behavior.

"Hmm, why are you being so supportive all of a sudden though?"

Idri sighed deeply at that question and replied,

"I was hoping that Link would accept my offer, but now that he has rejected it, I can only place

my hopes of succeeding me on you...'

"Although I can't guarantee everything, let me be clear: from now on I will personally train

you and support you, Selain..."

Selain started to walk back to her room while saying,

"So, after you got rejected, now you have woken up and chose to finally care for me..."

Idri followed her back to the palace.

"Well, things change in this ever-changing world..."

Selain sighed at those words, and forgave her clueless father as he was never good at grasping

other's emotions anyway.

"Well, at least you came to your senses in the end, that's all that matters..."

'I hope I will get to meet them all soon... Let's work hard and become strong so I can face

them with confidence!'

After that day, Idri will cherish his only daughter more from then on and will not force her to

marry any random guy without her permission.

Turns out, even a stern-faced guy like him still has some love for his only child after all.

Author's Note!

And finally! Volume 4 has come to an end!

This is it for the Dragon Valley guys; it was one heck of a journey though! I enjoyed writing it a

lot, and I hope you enjoyed reading it too.

I never expected I would be able to write this story for so long and in such detail; it's all

thanks to the support of you all that I can continue writing it.

Originally I was planning on ending the whole story by Vol. 4, but due to your constant

motivation, I have been able to get new inspirations, and we still have a long journey ahead. Thanks for everything, guys.

Now that we are finally done with the Dragon Valley, it's time to move on to the next part of

the story!

Next will be the volume that many have been anticipating for a long time-a volume filled

with battles!

The moment when SS-rankers will enter the arena has come!

Now the 'Ascension Spire Arc' shall start from here on!