"But if it's a seal, wouldn't that make it even harder for us to find the source of the primordial power? Then we wouldn't be able to locate Constantine either."
Leon stood up and patted the snow and water off his hands, "No, it's the opposite. If the ice layer is a seal, and your grandmother and the others obtained some of the primordial power that leaked out, then that means the seal has a flaw somewhere. And this might be our only chance to glimpse this ancient power."
He looked at Rossweise and was just about to continue speaking, but his gaze suddenly fixed on her chest.
"Wife, your chest is glowing," Leon pointed.
Rossweise had just been listening to his analysis with fascination, hanging on his every word, why suddenly start talking about glowing chests?
She didn't think much of it, assuming Leon was talking about the glow of the dragon mark, and casually replied, "You're not getting some kind of feeling for me in this frozen wilderness, are you? No way, if you take it out now it'll freeze."
"..."
Leon was a bit speechless, "The glow of the dragon mark is purple, but right now your chest is glowing white."
Only then did Rossweise lower her gaze, and indeed, there was a faint white light flickering beneath her clothes.
She unfastened the collar at her chest and saw that it was actually...
"The pendant necklace Grandma asked Principal Oullette to give me a while back?"
At this moment, the milky white necklace was emitting a crystalline white glow, flickering on and off.
And when Rossweise slightly turned her body, the light brightened noticeably for a moment, then returned to its flickering state.
Seeing this, Rossweise took the pendant and walked a few steps forward.
This time, the glow weakened slightly.
Then she stepped back, and the glow returned to its previous brightness.
"Did the old lady say what this thing actually is?", Leon asked in some surprise.
Rossweise shook her head, "She only said it was a belated wedding gift for me, made from very rare materials."
"Took her this long after the wedding to remember to give a wedding gift… I always thought that excuse sounded fishy."
Leon thought for a moment and made a bold guess, "You think this thing could be related to the primordial power? After all, the old lady worked in the far north for so many years, and when she came back, she gave you this necklace. No matter how you look at it... it's not simple."
Rossweise agreed.
Previously, they hadn't known that Grandma Veronica had been in the far north seeking Noah's power.
But after learning this, and then considering the timing of when she gave Rossweise this necklace, it was really easy to connect the two events.
"Then... we follow the necklace's guidance?"
"Yeah, it's the only lead we have."
In the wind and snow, the faint white light guided the two of them in search of that ancient and mysterious power.
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"Awooo~"
With a mournful howl, a white figure broke free from Anton's grasp.
And in Anton's hand, only a tuft of fur plucked from the other's tail remained.
The proud young dragon slowly stood up and tossed the fur in his hand into the air, letting it scatter with the wind.
"Anton, the test has already started, why are you still so distracted?"
Yuna walked up beside him, sounding a bit displeased, "The polar snow fox is really rare. If we could capture it, our exam score would increase significantly."
Anton clapped his hands, brushing away the remaining snow fox fur, and said with a nonchalant attitude, "Even if it's rare, it's just a B-level danger species. Catching that level of small creature isn't challenging at all."
"You!"
Yuna was really at a loss with this guy.
The other two teammates nearby quickly stepped up to smooth things over.
"It's okay, Yuna, it's just a snow fox. We'll definitely run into another one later."
The one speaking was a girl named Diane, also a good friend of Yuna.
The other boy hooked his arm around Anton's shoulders and said cheerfully, "My bro here has skills all over. Catching a snow fox is like flipping a hand. Letting it go isn't a big deal."
The boy was named Raymond. He looked a bit rough, but from his words, it was easy to tell he was thoughtful and emotionally intelligent.
Noah stood off to the side, quietly watching the seniors' little spat. This kind of bickering had already happened at least five times since they landed and set off.
Everyone seemed quite used to this kind of light quarrel.
But Noah was only temporarily invited to join this team. Right now, all she wanted was to follow Senior Yuna's suggestion and catch some danger species that would significantly improve their exam score.
Not stand around watching a cocky senior show off.
Helena saw her best friend's thoughts and stepped forward to quietly reassure her, "Don't worry, big kids just like to play rough. They'll get serious soon."
Noah nodded and didn't say anything.
After a bit more discussion, Anton started complaining again, "This is basically the same as last year, can't there be something new?"
"What kind of novelty do you want? We've got two new junior sisters this time, Noah and Helena. Don't go pulling any nonsense."
Hearing this, Anton glanced at the two juniors, then gave a cold snort, muttering, "I said before we set off they'd be dragging us down."
"How are they dragging us down? Anton, weren't you still failing the entrance test at their age?", Yuna tried to defend the junior she admired.
But she clearly underestimated Anton's shamelessness.
He simply shrugged indifferently, "So what? She came here of her own accord. Since she's here, she gets treated the same as everyone else. If she feels underqualified, she should just obediently go back to the teacher. No one's going to blame her."
"Anton, you—"
"The senior is right," Noah's face was expressionless, her voice icy. "Since we're here, we shouldn't delay the exam because of us. Equal treatment. What you do, we'll do too."
Of course, her best friend stood up for her, "That's right, we're going to join the Young Dragon Division next year. Don't underestimate us."
Hearing the two juniors talk like this, Yuna was slightly stunned at first, then smiled warmly.
Senior Diane even clapped her hands, "Our little sisters are amazing~"
Only Anton kept his disdainful attitude, "Talk is cheap. When an A-level danger species shows up, don't go running away with your tails between your legs."
This time, everyone silently ignored his sarcastic comment.
After this little interlude, the team continued on their exam journey.
But what they didn't expect was that the B-level danger species, the polar snow fox Anton just let go, turned out to be the only danger species they would encounter in the next two hours.
The standards for the outdoor field exam were very clear and simple: the rarer and more powerful the danger species a team captures, the higher their score.
If they could take down a large, ultra-dangerous species, then needless to say, the annual scholarship and the honor medal personally awarded by the principal would be theirs.
Students who receive such honors would surely have a bright future ahead.
But... the problem came back to reality.
They had, already, gone, a full, two hours without encountering a single danger species.
If this kept up, the other teams would soon pull ahead in points.
"How could this be? I remember there were lots of danger species in the exam area. Why haven't we seen a single one?", Anton asked in confusion.
Yuna seized the chance to tease him, "Maybe they sensed the mighty aura of our dragon warrior Anton and all went into hiding."
"Hmph, boring woman."
"Stuck-up man."
Teenagers in their chuunibyou phase loved nothing more than trading barbs and bickering.
(But why do a certain silver dragon couple who've been married for five years still love doing this kind of thing? Tsk... quite puzzling, very puzzling indeed.)
After a few more words, the group still had no clues for finding danger species.
And just when everyone was confused, Noah happened to glance at Yuna's bracelet.
That bracelet, said to be made of an extremely rare material, seemed to be emitting a faint light.
Noah narrowed her eyes and pointed to Yuna's wrist, "Senior, is your bracelet glowing?"
Hearing this, everyone looked toward Yuna.
Yuna also lowered her head to check her bracelet, "Wow, it really is glowing!"
Her friend Diane sparkled with starry eyes, "The bracelet Uncle Odin gave you even goes bling bling. So cool~"
Yuna blinked in confusion, "But my dad never said this thing could glow…"
"Ha, maybe it's some cheap trinket from a roadside stand? Ow!"
Yuna stomped hard on that guy's foot.
Then she raised her hand and pointed the bracelet toward the sky.
She had thought it was just a trick of the light, but once she held it up, Yuna realized it really was the bracelet itself emitting light.
The brightness wasn't strong, but the blinking rhythm was steady, alternating every two seconds.
"Yuna, didn't Uncle Odin say where he got this bracelet?", Diane asked.
Yuna shook her head, "He never said. He gave it to me when he came home a while ago. Before that, he'd been away for many years. The clan chief and relatives all said he was doing something big, but when Dad came back, he completely refused to talk about what he'd been up to."
Listening to her description, Noah suddenly thought of her mom.
Some time ago, she had discovered a pendant necklace on her mom's chest, a belated wedding gift from her great-grandmother.
And that great-grandmother had also reappeared after a long disappearance, then gave that necklace.
The little dragon girl scratched her head, feeling like there was something similar between these two things…
As Noah was pondering, Yuna suddenly said, "Eh~ the blinking frequency is changing."
She started pacing back and forth, frequently changing positions.
And the bracelet's blinking frequency also changed.
Sometimes it sped up, sometimes it slowed down.
It was like... it was transmitting some kind of message, or...
'A coordinate.'
Yuna excitedly ran about ten meters in one direction, and the bracelet's blinking clearly became faster.
Obviously, the closer she was to a certain 'something,' the faster the blinking became.
Everyone ran over, and Anton suggested, "Then let's follow Yuna's bracelet. Maybe we'll find something interesting."
"But what if there's nothing? Wouldn't we be running for nothing?", Diane worried.
Anton shrugged and looked around, "It's not like staying here is helping either. Let's vote. Who wants to follow the bracelet, raise your hand."
Anton, of course, raised his hand first.
Then came Senior Raymond.
Yuna and Diane hesitated a little, but also raised their hands.
Seeing that the two juniors hadn't raised theirs, Anton finally found his chance and immediately said, "What's wrong, juniors? Scared? Is that why you didn't raise your hands?"
As expected, little kids are just full of hot air. When it's time to actually step up, they immediately chicken out.
"That's not it, Senior."
Noah's tone was still calm, practically identical to the Silver Dragon Queen.
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