Dragon Genesis: I Can Create Dragons - Chapter 469: So we finally meet again, Hero Kael.

Chapter 469: So we finally meet again, Hero Kael.

[We see it! A huge cloud of mist moving tow—Bzzz]

Before the sentence could be completed, the communication crystal lost its shine—the connection was cut off from the other side.

“…”

Vishwa Skyhold, the Operation Leader of the Scouts, didn’t say anything. He just stared at his now silent communication crystal with a grim look on his face as he himself sat on his Bond, who was hovering in the air, prepared to move the instant its master gave the orders.

Beside Vishwa was Tyron, riding on his own Bond. Hearing the communication crystal, a grim look appeared on Tyron’s face as well and—

“This is already the eleventh time.”

Tyron spoke in a grim tone.

“And these are the ones who managed to activate the communication crystal before falling. I am sure there were those who didn’t get that opportunity either.”

The air around them was heavy; it was clear that things weren’t going the way they wanted them to.

There was absolutely no information about the enemy—they didn’t even know how many enemies there were in the first place.

The only information they had was—

“Cloud of mist. This is what Saria’s party reported as well, correct?”

Vishwa questioned, looking at Tyron, and the subordinate nodded.

“Yes. When we helped them regain consciousness, one of their party members, who has a Fernazi Eagle, said that his Bond saw a cloud of mist that was moving strangely and it wanted them to check it.

But of course, before they could act, that man attacked.”

Tyron answered.

Yes, this was all the information they had—

A cloud of mist and a man.

And the worst part?

None of this information came from the scouts; it came from their Bonds.

When they found Saria and her party, the scouts who had barely regained consciousness were completely clueless. According to them, they were facing multiple enemies and managed to see none of them.

It was their Bonds who actually saw one of the enemies and, obviously, the Bonds couldn’t properly describe what he looked like, even with the connection they had with their masters.

The only thing they could do was to recognize him if they ever met him but—

It was useless.

The enemy, or the enemies, were like ghosts.

They arrived out of nowhere and took down entire parties. After their first mistake of letting the Bonds go, from that point onwards, not just the scouts, but even their Bonds were found unconscious—some were even greatly hurt because other beasts in the Shrouded Wilds saw the opportunity to attack them.

Yes, things were getting out of hand.

Even after three hours had passed, other than what the beasts had told them, they didn’t have any information about the enemy.

The matter had already risen from being just skirmishes between scouts and some hunting party to something that had now become a matter of pride for the Sky Kingdom.

So much that the Kingdom had already sent the Sky Serpent General as reinforcement to deal with the situation.

The moment Vishwa realized she was coming, he gulped. This news alone was more than enough to tell him how serious the Kingdom was about this.

And it made sense—

After all, the enemy had already taken down more than thirty scouts. It didn’t matter how many enemies there were; if this matter spread—

It would be humiliating.

“…These scouts, where were they located?”

Vishwa questioned as he glanced at Tyron. Yes, the Sky Serpent was coming, but it didn’t mean he could stop working. If anything, he needed to take more action and show everything he had done in these past three hours to her.

The Sky Serpent was known for her fierce temperament. If he said that all he had in these three hours was a cloud of mist and a man he didn’t know, his life back in the Sky Kingdom wouldn’t be easy.

“He was Raya. His party was sent to the south, near the Shrivelled Vines.”

Tyron answered.

“The south…”

Vishwa narrowed his eyes.

Three hours had passed; he obviously wouldn’t be the operation leader if he was this helpless after three hours.

“This is the eighth party that was sent to the south and was attacked.”

He commented. He then glanced at Tyron and questioned,

“How many scouts are in that direction?”

“There are three more.”

“Contact them all.”

“What do I say?”

Tyron asked.

“Tell them to wait for reinforcements. Only use beasts to look around. If they find the enemy, do not engage unless he does.”

Vishwa spoke as he stared ahead with a solemn look on his face.

“Reinforcements?”

Tyron frowned. Vishwa, however, nodded at those words and—

“The enemy is in the south. Send half our forces there. He has been taking our men by surprise; it is time we surround him.”

The Operation Leader spoke in a solemn tone.

Tyron, however, frowned at those words—

“But… doesn’t it seem… too obvious?”

He asked.

“What if he wants us to purposefully focus our attention on the south?”

“Raya mentioned the mist cloud, did he not?”

Vishwa narrowed his eyes.

“What if… what he saw was an illusion…?”

Tyron asked with an uncertain look on his face. Vishwa’s expression changed at those words and, seeing that, Tyron continued—

“Whoever the enemy is, he doesn’t seem normal.

The beasts say there was only one man, but the scouts reported facing multiple strange enemies. The fact that they didn’t feel the enemy’s weight on their swords when they collided makes me suspicious as well.

What if… the enemy has a Bond that has mastery over illusions?”

Tyron let his thoughts out.

“But Saria and her party members said that when the enemies’ attacks connected, they felt the impact. Illusions cannot do that.”

Vishwa countered.

“What if… the enemy had a way?”

Tyron suggested.

“To make… illusions affect reality?”

Vishwa blinked at the absurdity of those words. If something like that was possible, then… wouldn’t the enemy be undefeatable?

But Tyron—

“It doesn’t have to be something out of this world. What if it was some trick?

Not to mention, when Saria and the other scouts woke up, their minds were hazy. What if they do not properly remember?

I also found it strange that they fell one after another and not all at the same time. If they were surrounded by multiple enemies at once, why didn’t they have more injuries on their bodies?

Also, why did the beasts only see one enemy? Where did the others go?”

He explained his thoughts.

“…”

Vishwa stayed silent at those words.

If it was anyone else, he would have dismissed him, but Tyron… Vishwa knew how capable this man was. This was the reason he had chosen him to begin with.

He considered possibilities most did not and had the confidence to question his decisions instead of blindly following his words.

In the past too, because of Tyron’s words, Vishwa had completed many complicated missions—but this time…

Something felt wrong.

“We need to—”

Vishwa tried to say something but just then—

“KRRIIIIEEEEEEKKKKK!!!”

A loud screech was heard, and in an instant, both Vishwa and Tyron stayed silent. The two men slowly raised their heads—

She was here.

The Sky Serpent General, Aurelia Stormborn.

Riding on her fierce Thunder Eagle, she appeared beside Vishwa and Tyron, and in an instant, the two men bowed—

“General Aurelia.”

“General.”

Thunder faintly crackled in the air around her, strong purple sparks trailing in the mist.

“Report.”

The General ordered without waiting.

Vishwa nodded and began giving a detailed report, and after about five minutes, Aurelia’s expression changed.

“So, a single enemy who is capable of taking down more than thirty scouts without having his identity revealed.”

“We do not know for certain if he is alone.”

Vishwa tried to save his face, but the instant Aurelia glared at him, he lowered his head as his body began to tremble.

Aurelia then turned towards Tyron, who reported most of the details and—

“So the enemy uses illusions?”

“That is what I believe, yes, General.”

Tyron nodded.

“And he hasn’t harmed even a single scout yet?”

“He is only knocking them down. The ones who are hurt were attacked by creatures of the Wild. He isn’t actively hurting any of our men.

It doesn’t seem like he wishes any confrontations.”

“Doesn’t want any confrontations? Then what do you think he is trying to do?”

Aurelia questioned as she raised her eyebrow.

“He has been going around targeting our Kingdom’s scouts, and you say he doesn’t want trouble?”

Tyron flinched at her words, but in the end, he still said what came to his mind—

“He… it seems to me that he is trying to protect something… or someone. So much that he is purposefully trying to distract us and lead us in the direction he wants to.”

Aurelia smiled at those words.

“So that is what you think, huh…”

She muttered lightly. Tyron lowered his head and nodded nervously. Vishwa gulped as well, sensing how tense the situation was.

“The three beasts who saw him, where are they?”

The General questioned.

“W-We thought you might want to talk to the first scouts that were attacked, so we held them back. Do you want us to call them?”

Vishwa answered, and Tyron had already taken out a communication crystal. Aurelia nodded at the two, and within five minutes, Saria’s party was in front of Aurelia with nervous looks on their faces.

“So your party was attacked first?”

“Y-Yes, Lady Aurelia.”

Saria nodded with a flinch.

“And your beasts saw the enemy?”

“They did. If you send us, they will recognize him in an instant.”

Saria answered, trying to show that she and her party still had some use.

“No need.”

Aurelia, however, shook her head, making the three party members gulp.

Was this the end…?

What was going to happen to them now…?

Before the three scouts could spiral into their own anxious thoughts—

Aurelia slowly unrolled a small portrait—edges burnt, lines dark.

“Was it him?”

She questioned.

And in an instant—

“””Roaar!!”””

The beasts roared before their masters could even breathe, recognizing the man who had ’attacked’ them.

And Aurelia—

“So we finally meet again, Hero Kael.”

Her grin widened.

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