Chapter 78: Little Dragon Daughter’s Grand Adventure!

After Liliya won the throne and expanded her somewhat inexperienced 【Shadow Guards】 into the 【Shadow People】, the organization underwent significant changes.

As of now, the foundation under Miss Queen was no longer what it once was; it was no longer a situation where arming a few hundred elite guards required selling off all possessions, struggling to even produce a legendary warrior, and having to rely on personal connections with Fiery Blossom…

Even so, becoming the ruler of a top-tier nation like the United Kingdom of Humans, which ranks among the top five on the continent, still didn’t mean that legendary warriors were easily found or cultivated, let alone those who could become the core of the 【Shadow People】 and serve as the true Queen’s shadows.

This girl seemed to be just over twenty, having emerged from the United Kingdom of Humans, and probably possessed no strange bloodline. Back when Liliya was still a princess, she had never seen her. This girl was likely nurtured with great resources over the past few years, now considered one of Liliya’s most trusted aides.

Reaching legendary status solely as a human at this age, her 【Shadow】 talent might even surpass the three legends of the City of Courage! It’s impressive that Liliya was able to find and recruit her.

Oh dear… Unknowingly, that young girl who was once struggling to survive in the contest for the throne has now grown into a great queen matching the status of a country’s ruler. Even Miss Vilyric is starting to have trouble seeing through her cards; it’s truly a nostalgic thought.

While pondering, the Priestess cast another glance at the blue-gray short-haired girl who had been kneeling low with her head down, motionless since earlier. Although that tight-fitting shadow guard outfit on such a robust girl seemed a bit inappropriate, it definitely conveyed a sense of competence and reliability.

Since this helper was specifically sent by Liliya with much effort, it’s time to make good use of her strength.

“Shadow… right? You came just in time. How many members of the 【Shadow People】 are in the Coastal City of Leila? If I want you to help investigate some matters here, will it affect the organization’s operations?”

Without lifting her head, the Shadow Guard succinctly replied.

“The Coastal City of Leila is one of the top-priority targets for the information network, with a branch established for two years and three months. Currently, there are twenty-seven core members within the city, with a total of one thousand and nine peripheral and shadow branch members. Excluding the core members, the rest are all unconnected and have limited knowledge of the organization, so they can be easily cut off at any time. Please rest assured, Princess Vilyric.”

“You started infiltrating that early? Liliya that woman, well…”

After a moment’s thought, the Priestess took out some paper and a pen, jotted down a few names, and casually handed it to Shadow.

“Look into these individuals, especially any unusual activities they might have recently, like social interactions. Also, I want to find clues about the Church of Truth, but without alarming them. Can you manage that?”

Glancing at the delicate handwriting on the paper, the Shadow Guard girl responded with an unchanged expression and a slight nod.

“No problem. Do you have any further instructions?”

“No… oh, I may have to go out for a while. You…”

“Please don’t worry, as long as I’m not actively avoiding it, I can be by your side at any time.”

After leaving this reassuring guarantee, the Shadow’s body melted slowly into the shadows, quickly disappearing from sight.

“Hmm… hiding and moving through shadows? What a convenient and fitting method for her title, hehe. It’s rare to have such a reliable ally, I’ll just take it easy and wait in anticipation…”

“Liliya and Xiao Guang too, each becoming more independent and reliable; it feels like there’s hardly anything left for me to do~”

The black-haired girl chuckled, shaking her head as she muttered to herself while heading out of the alley.

Only after she left did the shadows from the night gradually begin to writhe, swallowing everything behind her as if no one had ever visited.

…

Xiao Guang confirmed one thing.

This interesting little ant organization was perhaps even larger than she had imagined.

This was Little Dragon Daughter’s first experience of the entire process of the “Poacher” selling biological offspring. Previously, all her knowledge about such professions came solely from books and the travel stories told by Mistress Vilyric. Although the latter was also fascinating, the real-life feeling was entirely different.

For the past three days, she chose to stay in the shed to not disturb those little ants, yet she could still catch glimpses of the constantly changing outside scenery and hear many various sounds through some little tricks.

In this caravan, she was not the only one being trafficked; more than half of those large barrels that seemed to contain wine were actually empty. What they contained were young creatures like her that had been drugged into a coma, and they came from various races.

This, Little Dragon Daughter had confirmed by quietly opening the seals one by one.

Only those still undeveloped in size could be hidden inside barrels barely over a meter tall. It seemed those outside had given them some kind of potion that not only allowed them to remain unconscious for a long time but also suppressed their physiological functions to a minimum, eliminating the need for eating or drinking, making them conveniently transportable like falling into hibernation.

According to the knowledge from the books and Mistress Vilyric’s teachings, such a merchant caravan should have been checked by guards at the city gate of the place called Leila, revealing these secretly taken young ones. However, strangely enough, they left the city without any inspection; it appeared there were collaborators among those city guards as well.

Perhaps this was related to the “agreed time” mentioned by that self-proclaimed bishop.

Because time was pressing, those strange robe-wearing folks did not even check Little Dragon Daughter, this “unexpected catch,” until they had left the city, merely giving her a simple inspection and then proceeded to inject her to also enter “hibernation” state.

At that moment, Little Dragon Daughter almost followed her instincts and turned those audacious little ants who dared to offend the higher-ups into mush, but recalling her Mistress’s previous teachings, she ultimately suppressed that urge for violence.

After calmly considering for a while, Little Dragon Daughter decided to cooperate and see what their so-called “headquarters” truly was.

Although she didn’t know much about those potions, judging by the previous situation, her body possessed strong resistance to abnormal states. She should be able to withstand their influence to a certain degree, not losing consciousness completely.

Compared to her Mistress, who had recently been born, she was indeed deficient in strength. Yet compared to most low-tier creatures, she still held overwhelming power. Up till now, Little Dragon Daughter had not sensed any danger from any being other than her Mistress, which was the main reason she dared to take the risk and “experience life.”

But that didn’t mean she would be arrogant or careless.

Taking off her dragon-scale defense and allowing that comically weak needle to prick her body, Xiao Guang cautiously felt the influence of that liquid spreading within her, always ready to react—if something seemed off, she would immediately turn everyone outside into ashes to ensure her safety.

But… what to say, perhaps because she was still too young and needed plenty of sleep to assist her growth, the effect did indeed trigger her body’s instincts, making her feel slightly drowsy due to the resistance. However, soon, another power within her, which she did not fully understand, erased that sensation.

Like venom evaporating under dragon breath, by the time Xiao Guang finally reacted, there was already nothing but remnants left.

   

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