Ashen Dragon

The meeting concluded with the support of Cassius, representing the "Knights of Justice."

Lord Remnant Flame and Grey Hawk had a cordial and friendly conversation, during which both sides fully exchanged opinions and enhanced mutual understanding. Lord Remnant Flame expressed serious concern for the safety of the people of Northwind Castle and was willing to provide as much humanitarian aid as possible.

They agreed to engage in related activities during the second Arcane Priory in a few months.

The spellcasters left one after another, either using some teleportation tools, walking on foot, or having already prepared transportation methods—such as a floating horse, though the floating horseshoes had not sold yet.

Stratholme Fortress was one of the most prosperous cities in Anzeta and the capital of Boske Duchy. Naturally, it was bustling with people and traffic, and the streets even occasionally saw some non-human races.

Moreover, the spellcasters did not attract much attention and quickly blended into the crowd, disappearing from sight.

After leaving the area around the "Trafalgar Deluxe Mansion Spell," Cassius did not immediately leave. Instead, he waited quietly in a city alley.

"Three, two, one."

He counted the numbers quietly.

The space in front of Cassius suddenly distorted, and a spatial rift appeared before him.

First, long, slender, fair legs appeared, followed by a body wrapped in a silver-white long dress.

The dress had a high slit that reached the root of her thigh, revealing magical tattoos on the smooth skin beneath.

Seeing the person he had anticipated arriving, Cassius gave a polite smile:

"Long time no see, Miss Venus."

Olivia, puzzled, replied, "But we just saw each other."

Still smiling, Cassius switched to bard mode, "In my homeland, there's a saying: A day apart feels like three years. Your beauty makes me..."

Hearing the flattery, Olivia's cheeks flushed slightly but she quickly regained her composure and interrupted:

"Lord Remnant Flame, don't try to distract me with these flowery words. I didn't come here to listen to your sweet talk. How did you discover my identity?"

Cassius feigned ignorance, "Which identity are you referring to?"

"I'm talking about... the Silver Dragon identity."

Her tone had a hint of gnashing teeth but she maintained basic etiquette.

Cassius then pretended to "suddenly realize" and replied:

"Oh, you mean the Silver Dragon identity..."

"That's quite simple."

"Who wouldn't know Olivia, the most outstanding youth of the Melwood Clan's younger generation, nicknamed the 'Silver Star'?"

"She was able to cast the 'Crown of Stars' in her youth and single-handedly thwart a Dragon Shaman Cult's plot."

His tone paused.

Olivia's delicate face immediately showed a look of surprise. She had thought it was a flaw in her shape-shifting spell but didn't expect him to know so much about her, including her real name and clan, even detailing her feats.

Cassius continued, "Besides, your demeanor and manner of speaking are too much like a young Silver Dragon inexperienced in the world. You are not good at hiding your thoughts."

"Who exactly are you?"

"How do you know these things?"

Olivia persistently asked.

Cassius, unhurriedly, responded, "I am under no obligation to answer you, Miss Olivia. You only need to know my codename is 'Remnant Flame.'"

He then changed his tone, adding a hint of playfulness.

"Moreover... Pardon me for saying this, but while I may not be your equal in spells, my skill in disguise far surpasses yours."

"You—"

Olivia bit her silver teeth gently.

She quickly realized he wasn't wrong; members of the Arcane Priory were not obligated to reveal their true identities. However, this feeling of being led by the nose made her inwardly frustrated.

Cassius smiled and said, "Miss Olivia, see you at the next Arcane Priory."

After finishing, he lightly touched the pendant on his chest, opening a dimension door, and stepped into the spatial rift along with the "Steel Golem" behind him.

"Wait a minute..."

Olivia stood at her original spot, stamping her feet in anger and her face slightly red, only able to watch the spatial rift slowly close.

But soon, she also noticed some subtle details, such as when Lord Remnant Flame left, the faintly visible golden scales on the back of his neck.

She proudly muttered to herself:

"You're not so good at disguising, after all..."

"At least your shape-shifting spell is riddled with flaws from my perspective, Remnant Flame, or should I say, Lord Gold Dragon."

Combining Remnant Flame's rebuke of Black Hawk when mentioning gold and silver dragons, his uncompromising attitude toward evil forces, and the "accidental" revealing of golden scales,

this Silver Dragon Mage naturally concluded that she had uncovered Lord Remnant Flame's true identity—a purebred Gold Dragon.

She softly muttered:

"Arrogant, self-important, and clever-clever guy."

"I will find out your name."

"Hmph... I'll ask Grandpa. There aren't many gold dragons in Anzeta; they don't like the environment here."

This Silver Dragon Mage never had a good impression of Gold Dragons. In her memory, as the naturally strongest among the Metal Dragons, these Gold Dragons always held a high and mighty attitude, looking down on others and trying to lead everything, often acting as self-appointed enforcers of "justice."

Now, Olivia's stereotypical view of Gold Dragons deepened, adding "smug" and "flippant" to her negative labels.

However, Olivia did not realize that everything she saw was only what Cassius wanted her to see.

...

Cassius stepped out of the dimension door, returning to his warm cavern, eagerly releasing his restraints and reverting to his Red Dragon form.

Ramp followed closely behind, transforming back into his large Dragon Vein Ogre form.

Cassius couldn't help but exhale a breath of sulfur-scented hot air:

"That Silver Dragon was pretty easy to fool. It seems her high intelligence is entirely focused on studying spells."

"Let's see if we can trick her out of that Crown of Stars."

Dealing with good alignment people indeed felt more comfortable. Although there were still conflicts of interest, the other party's actions didn't involve deliberate scheming.

Ramp, excitedly, pulled out a book from the dimensional bag titled [Alchemy Principle].

"Master, this is great! That human doesn't recognize value; we've struck it rich."

This book not only served as a spellbook for several spells but also functioned as a magic artifact, assisting in synchronizing magic power.

Cassius said, "Since we've spent the gold coins, you should learn these spells. I'm particularly interested in the Acceleration Spell. Demonstrate it to me as soon as possible."

Ramp quickly responded, "Yes, Master."

Magicians could learn spells, but they couldn't rely on the runes from a spell scroll to do so. They had to understand the workings of the spell and then cast based on intuition.

For players, the success rate for this kind of learning was minuscule. Stay tuned for updates on My Virtual Library Empire

But at least Cassius had already learned the "Fire Wall Spell" through Ramp's multiple demonstrations, as he was naturally suited for fire-shaping spells.