At that moment, the duke rose from his throne and slowly circled Hermes, who was still on the ground, clutching his burning cheek. "I warned you to remain the curse you were born to be," the duke said coldly. "If you had, I wouldn't have been forced to crush you in this kingdom. But you disobeyed me."Hermes slowly pushed himself to his feet. "Tell me," he said, wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth. "Why do you hate me so much? What have I ever done to you?""Oh... your crime?" The duke let out a mocking chuckle. "Your crime was entering that forest and murdering those boys."Hermes frowned. "What?" For a brief moment, confusion flashed across his face before he suddenly burst into laughter. "Hahaha..." The laughter echoed through the throne room before gradually fading."So that's what this is really about," Hermes said, shaking his head. "This was never about those boys. You sent me into that forest hoping I'd never return. You wanted me dead... but I disappointed you."Bef

Seeing what was happening, Vivienne tried to intervene. She turned to Jogan and said angrily, “It is my turn.”Immediately, she stretched out both hands and manipulated all the weapons lying across the training field—the weapons the dead trainees had used while fighting the demon. The weapons obeyed, rising into the air. She then sent them flying toward Jogan.But to her greatest surprise, none of the weapons penetrated him.The sharp enchanted swords, arrows, and knives struck Jogan’s body repeatedly, yet he simply stood there smiling, watching Vivienne waste her effort.When Vivienne realized that Jogan was invulnerable to the weapons, she quickly manipulated the sand beneath the ground. The earth obeyed, building up around Jogan’s legs and rising to his waist in an attempt to trap and sink him.When Jogan saw what Vivienne was doing, he quickly raised his sword to the sky and summoned a great wind. Then he pointed the sword toward the ground.At once, the heap of sand surrounding h

“Why did he come to save me? I'm not special,” Hermes asked curiously.Upon hearing Hermes' words, the dwarf stared deeply into his eyes and replied, “What makes you think you're not special? Look at you. You are the Dragon Knight. You are humanity's last hope. Stop underestimating yourself. The world needs you.”At that moment, the dwarf rose from her seat, walked over to the railing, and rested her hands on it. She gazed at the cities, towns, and forests far below the ship. Smiling, she called out to Hermes, “Hermes, come over here. I want to show you something.”Without hesitation, Hermes stood up and walked over to her. He stood beside her, resting his hands on the railing as well.She then said, “The lives of the people living in these beautiful cities, towns, and villages you see before you depend on you.”She turned to face Hermes and looked into his eyes before continuing, “The time is now, and the hour has come. Zerubaabel is on the move to take over the world and enslave hum

“A great threat has risen to challenge me,” King Alexander continued.His words only deepened the confusion among the witches and wizards. Out of curiosity, Uzak stood up once again and asked,“Your Greatness, who is this threat? Tell us, and we shall destroy whoever it is.”At those words, all the witches and wizards joined him, chanting in unison,“Yes! We must destroy them! Yes! We must destroy them!”Seeing the determination in their eyes, King Alexander smiled and said,“Calm yourselves, my children. I am Beelzebub, and tonight I shall find a solution, just as I always do.”After saying that, King Alexander stretched out his left hand and raised his dark metallic middle finger toward the sky. Suddenly, a cloud of dark smoke mixed with crimson mist emerged from his fingertip and shot into the air. Within seconds, the smoke expanded before transforming into a brilliant white, translucent light. The light then formed a mysterious screen.The screen displayed Hermes, Vivienne, Captai

Thirteen thousand five hundred years in the past, the dwarves gathered deep within the Tamarian Forest.At that time, they had just fought in the Great War, and Hermes, along with his fellow Dragon Knights, was dead. The dwarves and elves had separated, choosing to live apart from one another in the hope of escaping Zerubaabel and his forces forever.Determined to remain hidden from Zerubaabel and his allies, the dwarves decided to conceal themselves deep within the forest. They also planned to create an imaginary city using a powerful magical spell known as Abratoria.Abratoria was a powerful spell granted to the dwarves by the Primordials after the death of Ignis, the dragon who was said to be the ruler of all dragons and the original wielder of this particular magic. Ignis had been murdered by Zerubaabel while fighting to defend the world.Now, the dwarves had already summoned the presence of Mudara, a beautiful goddess known as the Goddess of Life and Nature. All that remained was