Ashen Dragon-Chapter 252 - 177 Olivia (I)

Chapter 252: Chapter 177 Olivia (I)

The Steel Dragonwing Palace was still as magnificent as ever. However, due to the Red Dragon’s slumber, much of the steel in the subsidiary hall had gradually melted and flowed down, forming numerous pointed silver pillars. Rivers of solidified metal had also appeared on the ground.

This place looked like a dense forest made of steel, exuding a primitive sense of power beyond its grandeur.

“So, this is the place…”

“The Red Dragon’s palace.”

Olivia concealed herself, holding her breath and hiding outside the palace.

The closer she got to the palace, the stronger the oppressive feeling became. The overwhelming pressure made it difficult for her to breathe. Now, she could barely touch the fourth layer of the Magic Web.

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In addition, she sensed a threat deep within her bloodline.

After all, Olivia was just a young Silver Dragon. Throughout this journey, she had wanted to give up numerous times but bit her teeth and persevered each time.

“I will definitely fulfill your request.”

“Don’t underestimate me.”

She wasn’t sure if it was an illusion, but Olivia always had a vague premonition. She felt that the Gold Dragon wasn’t dead yet, and Angel might be watching her, those characteristic golden pupils always so steadfast and gentle, albeit still with that air of haughty pretense.

Memories could be beautified.

Although Olivia hadn’t met Angel many times nor talked much, his image had deeply rooted in her mind due to the responsibility she bore and some emotional influence, growing clearer over time.

After all, it was a near-death trust that made it hard for her to forget.

“Hoo…”

Olivia exhaled deeply, barely maintaining the Invisibility Spell and Breath-Concealment Spell on her body.

The spells she could easily cast normally now drained her energy. Each time she constructed the spell prototype, it felt like attacking a fortress, and she could only break through the outermost barrier, casting these low-tier spells.

Hesitating for a moment, she passed through the dilapidated gate and stepped completely into the palace.

The moment she stepped on the floor, Olivia felt her hair stand on end, and the sense of danger in her heart intensified.

“What is in here?”

But she bit her lip and, trembling, walked in the direction of the message.

Suddenly, a familiar deep voice echoed.

“Olivia, over here.”

“Angel?”

Olivia looked up in surprise, but found no one there.

But she was certain that it was not an auditory hallucination caused by extreme tension; it was indeed the voice of the Gold Dragon—a kind of voice transmission spell.

She quickly found a delicate agate in a corner, engraved with a rune that recorded sound.

“As expected, it’s here.”

Olivia hurried along the path of the voice, running through narrow, broken corridors until she reached the empty palace hall.

Thanks to a protective array, this area was one of the few places not destroyed by the scorching heat, retaining a simple and solemn architectural style. The carved dome was nearly twenty meters high, supported by several stone pillars.

However, it felt too empty here, with almost no decorations and no daily-use items like chairs or long tables. The floor had patterns with a certain regularity.

It looked like it was prepared for some kind of religious ceremony.

“What kind of secret is this hall hiding?”

Olivia couldn’t help but wonder.

She cautiously walked into the hall, looking around, and found that the source of the message was in the center of the hall, seemingly a red dragon scale.

Olivia couldn’t help but feel puzzled:

“What a large dragon scale. Could it be the scale of the ‘King of Ashen’?”

“How did Angel manage to get it?”

The dragon scale suddenly emitted a faint magical aura, and a rather illusory magical image appeared above it.

In Olivia’s surprised gaze, the familiar figure of the young gold-eyed noble appeared in the magical image—it was “Young Gold Dragon” Angel.

But he had a serious look, and his tone was particularly heavy.

“Olivia, this might be the last chance.”

“I have set up here…”

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“Set up…”

Just as Olivia was listening intently, the image suddenly became intermittent and then extinguished like a snuffed flame.

“Why?”

Seeing the message cut off.

Olivia couldn’t help but frown slightly, feeling anxious and developing a bad premonition.

Had the clue ended here?

Had she risked her life to come here only for this result?

Suddenly, she started shaking uncontrollably, and an instinctual, primal fear rose from deep within her heart.

Olivia felt darkness engulf her, covered by a gigantic shadow. She could smell a suffocating sulfur scent.

What was that?

She felt a desperate premonition in her heart.

Olivia turned her head stiffly and had to slightly tilt her head to see the full view. The sight before her nearly made her collapse.

“By Bahamut…”

She muttered to herself, her eyes wide with fear.

There stood an enormous Red Dragon!

As a racial enemy, Silver Dragons even included Red Dragon weaknesses in their legacy. Olivia thought she understood these powerful and evil five-colored dragons well.

Although she had mentally prepared herself for encountering the unseen “King of Ashen” before entering the palace.

But she had never seen a Red Dragon like this!

Even in the legacy, there were no records of such dragons.

—That ferocious head not only had two swept-back horns but also sprouted spiral, demon-like long horns at the top.

The most striking thing was the red, fiery crystal embedded deep in the center of the dragon’s chest, its surface rippling like flowing magma. The surrounding scales had radiating cracks, continually emitting a brilliant glow.

The massive dragon’s body was nearly thirty meters long—almost reaching the stage of an Elderly Dragon, or even an Ancient Dragon.

Its eyes were like molten lava spheres, with blazing flames, looking down at her from above.

Its wings were not fully spread, but the enormous shadow cast by them was enough to cover the nearby area.

“Impossible, such a creature… could it be unrecorded.”

“It’s absolutely impossible for this to be a Red Dragon that appeared in the past hundred years!”

Olivia’s face turned pale, shaking her head.

She finally understood why Angel had been so solemn back then.

It was clearly an Elderly Red Dragon, perhaps even an Ancient Dragon!

Despite despising the Red Dragon’s irritable shortsightedness, even Silver Dragons had to acknowledge the Red Dragon’s formidable combat skills. Such an age-stage Red Dragon was top-tier combat power in all of Airez, far beyond what a fledgling young Silver Dragon like Olivia could hope to contend with.

But the massive Red Dragon’s body blocked the only entrance completely, cutting off her last route of escape.

“I’ve been waiting for you for a long time.”

The Red Dragon’s mere speech sent scorching breath towards Olivia.

The air seemed to twist, as if it were about to ignite.