"Mm."
At the same time, the opposing Iron-Winged Dragon King · Fel also stepped forward, "I will also lend Senior a helping hand."
However, Constantine raised his hand to stop him, "This is a grudge between me and Casmodeous, no one else is allowed to interfere."
Upon hearing this, Fel's thoughts shifted slightly.
He understood Constantine's temperament well, he meant what he said, otherwise he'd fall out.
Alright, then it could only be a true 1V1 battle between real men.
"Senior."
"What?"
"Will you lose?"
"Nah, I'll win."
The two once again stepped forward, preparing to begin the second round of confrontation.
But just as both sides were about to make their moves, the entire ruin suddenly began to tremble.
Everyone slightly bent over, lowering their center of gravity to maintain balance.
Soon, the stone statue giant that had just been shattered by Constantine began slowly to reassemble.
Not only that, but heavy footsteps also echoed from beyond the gate of the ruins.
Following the sound, dozens of stone statue giants crowded at the gate of the ruins. The white crystals on their foreheads sparkled, and their massive bodies seemed enough to flatten everything before them.
Before Leon and Constantine could react, the first stone statue giant charged toward them.
Leon knew well that his lightning magic had little effect on such stone, so he immediately chose to evade.
While Constantine activated his Primordial Magic again to shatter it.
But this time, the stone statue giant self-repaired at a speed visible to the naked eye, and then continued its assault on Constantine.
"Did Noah's power being stolen cause this group of stone guards to go berserk..."
Facing this kind of opponent that could continuously self-repair, Constantine dared not engage in prolonged combat, retreating to the side.
And the giants behind him also slowly pressed forward.
Fel ran up, spreading his dragon wings, and facing the densely packed giants ahead, he hurriedly asked, "Senior, what do we do now?"
Constantine observed the ancient ruin slightly. Earlier, they had directly burned through the ice layer from the surface and flown down, so they were unfamiliar with the internal structure of the ruins and had no idea there were stone statue guards here.
Now, faced with the giants' rampage, if Constantine went all out, he could indeed resolve it.
But he wasn't sure if that guy Leon would take the opportunity to take his life.
Although based on Leon's usual behavior, he disdained doing such things, after all, this was a life-and-death battle, and he couldn't gamble his own life on someone else's character.
Meanwhile, after analyzing the situation, Leon came to the same conclusion as Constantine.
One man and one dragon stared at each other across the stone statue giants, as if they both saw the same thoughts in each other's eyes.
Leon withdrew his gaze and turned to look at Rossweise.
At this moment, she had already dealt with that group of Crimson Flame Dragon guards, protecting the children under her dragon wings.
"Hey, kid," Constantine called out.
Leon turned his head toward him.
"We're not finished yet."
After saying that, Fel behind Constantine instantly transformed into his dragon form. He spread his iron-blue dragon wings, taking Constantine and soaring toward the breach at the top of the ruins, that was the hole they had burned through on the way down.
Leon and Rossweise looked up at the gradually receding figure. They had the ability to pursue, but the most important thing now was to leave the ruins and ensure the safety of the children.
Leon looked at Constantine who was shooting up into the clouds and softly said, "You're right, Constantine, we're not finished yet."
The stone statue giants surrounded them, and Rossweise quickly transformed into her dragon form, taking Leon and the children and flying straight up through the hole burned by Constantine.
After bursting out of the ruins and reaching the surface, the extreme northern cold instantly enveloped everyone.
Rossweise activated a protective shield on her back, shielding everyone inside, resisting the frigid wind.
Leon held Noah in his arms, and the eldest daughter slowly woke up at this moment.
"Daddy... did you beat Constantine...?"
Leon gave a bitter smile and shook his head, "Something unexpected happened. That guy and I made a truce."
After a pause, he added, "But it's only temporary."
"Mm... as long as Daddy isn't hurt, that's good."
'She really... I'm crying to death here. Even though she herself is shaken dizzy by magical energy, the first thing she did after waking up was to worry about her dad.'
Leon affectionately rubbed Noah's cheek, "I heard from your senior that you protected everyone again this time."
Noah showed a tired smile, "I thought, if it were you, Daddy, you would definitely risk everything to protect your companions too, right?"
Everything she did was to become someone like her father.
She didn't care if anyone thought she was a snot-nosed brat, or a burden dragging down the team. She just wanted to follow in her father's footsteps and do what she could.
That was all.
Helena dragged her exhausted body over and sat beside Noah.
"Thank you, Noah-chan."
"You're welcome, Helena."
The other senior brothers and sisters also came over to express their thanks.
Even Anton hesitated for a moment and then came over.
"Th-Thank you, Noah. And also... I apologize for what I said to you earlier. You weren't a burden, you're really awesome."
"I'm not mad at you, Senior. You don't have to apologize."
"Noah, just accept it. Hearing Anton apologize is rarer than the sun exploding. If you don't accept it, he probably won't be able to sleep tonight," Yuna said with a chuckle from the side.
Noah also smiled helplessly, "Okay, I accept your apology, Senior."
"Mm...", Anton scratched his head and silently stepped aside.
"But we still let Constantine take the power of the Primordial Dragon King."
Helena sighed and said, "Who knows what he'll do with that power now."
Hearing this, Leon blinked and asked, "Constantine took all the Primordial power?"
According to his previous understanding of Primordial power, Leon believed that this stuff could be "divided."
Back then, the Empire used a portion of the stolen Primordial power to create the Special Blade Unit and Constantine's fusion technique.
So in the ruins, it was possible that Constantine didn't take all of the Primordial power.
Helena shook her head, "I'm not too sure... but he did absorb a lot of power at the time."
"Mm, I see. Let your mother know too when we return."
"Okay, Uncle Leon."
Leon didn't continue with this serious topic, instead shifting the conversation to the children's practical combat test this time.
Once the topic started, everyone became very talkative. The children all had a good impression of Noah's dad.
Besides the heroic aura of descending like a divine weapon and saving the day just in time, this uncle was also great at chatting, there was never an awkward moment, and he always talked about things everyone was interested in.
Noah listened to her dad chatting with her classmates, gradually growing sleepy, exhaustion sweeping over her.
She leaned into Leon's arms, feeling the warmth of his embrace, and slowly drifted off to sleep.
She didn't know how much time had passed, or whether she was in a dream, but Noah seemed to see a white... giant dragon.
It crouched in front of Noah, its inverted dragon pupils radiating an ancient and dignified aura.
———
The journey to the Far North had ended.
The good news: Leon's guess was correct, Constantine was indeed after the Primordial Power;
The bad news: in the end, the Primordial Power still fell into Old Con's hands.
However, judging from the intensity of the brief clash with Constantine in the Noah Ruins, he probably hadn't obtained the complete Primordial Power yet.
With Leon's current strength, in full mana state he could still fight Constantine in a one-on-one battle.
It was just that no one knew exactly when that battle would happen.
And it was uncertain whether anything would occur during this time that exceeded their original expectations.
In any case, before that happened, Leon, Rossweise, and Tiger's side had to make thorough preparations.
At the same time, this trip to the Far North had made the eldest daughter grow a lot.
Brave, daring, composed, and calm, she was becoming more and more like Leon.
General Leon expressed great satisfaction with this.
Because the baby girl's talent path clearly leaned toward that of a warrior like him, completely different from the speed-type mage style of the big mother dragon.
Using this as a pretext, Leon had already been showing off in front of Rossweise for several days.
One week after returning from the Far North, Rossweise was handling work as usual.
Constantine had obtained the Primordial Power and could cause trouble at any time, so they had to remain vigilant. The entire clan had been mobilized from top to bottom, and additional personnel had been stationed at the borders.
The scout team led by Shirley had also all been dispatched to gather intelligence, striving to stay one step ahead and gain the upper hand in future conflicts.
As a result, Rossweise's workload had increased significantly.
Lately, the pressure had also become somewhat heavy.
Of course, part of the pressure came from that idiot prisoner who was freeloading food, drink, and lodging at the Silver Dragon Sanctuary, and who would occasionally deliberately provoke her.
"Good morning, dear Queen Your Majesty."
A familiar voice came from beside the throne.
"If you've got something to say, just fart it out."
Rossweise didn't even lift her head.
"Noah's summer vacation is about to begin. This is the training plan I've prepared for her. Please take a look."
Leon solemnly handed over a list with both hands.
Rossweise glanced at it and became a little curious, so she reached out to take it.
Upon opening it, the Queen's face was immediately covered in black lines.
"Wake up at eight, one hour for washing up and breakfast."
"At nine, begin warm-up at the training field. At nine-thirty, review of lightning magic."
"At eleven, basic theory class on combat."
"At eleven-thirty, lunch. One-hour nap."
"At one in the afternoon, close-combat training."
"At three, learn a new lightning spell."
"At five, run three laps around the practice field."
Rossweise put down the list, looked up at Leon, and asked, "Can you tell me why it's all lightning magic and close-combat training? What Noah needs to be learning now are some long-range spells. All your lightning magic is just brute-force melee."
"Why should she learn long-range magic?", Leon spread his hands, "It's useless."
"Eh, how is it useless?"
As a classic turret mage type, Rossweise was instantly displeased upon hearing this.
"Enemies these days are all super cunning. By the time your spell chanting is done, they've already run far beyond your attack range." Leon explained seriously
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