Dragon and Princess

Chapter 159

Once upon a time, on a vast continent, there was a powerful kingdom.

Under the wise and long reign of the king, the kingdom was beautiful, rich and peaceful, and the people lived and worked in peace and happiness.

But in such a kingdom, there is an old and terrible legend.

A legend about an evil dragon.

In this legend, an evil dragon sleeps in the Misty Mountains at the end of the kingdom.

He's greedy and powerful, and he'll do anything.

Every thousand years, he awakens from his slumber, and unless mankind offers him the most beautiful princesses and vast amounts of treasure, the dragon will burn and pillage, turning the entire kingdom into a sea of flames from which no one can survive.

Before nightfall, mothers would scare their children:

"If you don't sleep like you're supposed to, that evil dragon is going to come and get you later hurt!"

Even the most mischievous child would be frightened into obedience after hearing such a terrible threat.

But legends are just legends after all.

Mothers tucked in their sleeping children and placed a kiss on their angelic cheeks.

How can a dragon that can live that long exist?

However, there are exceptions to everything.

As a hereditary member of the royal family to this day, the king knows very well that this old and absurd legend ...... is in fact true, really can not be more true.

This evil dragon was the most powerful and oldest existence in the entire continent, and all other dragons were weak ants in front of him.

And what's even more terrifying is that it's been 999 years since the last dragon awakened.

The day of the evil dragon's awakening is imminent.

And the princess happens to be about to turn eighteen.

She is gentle and beautiful, with brilliant blonde hair, but, according to a prophecy, on her eighteenth birthday she must be sacrificed to the evil dragon.

The queen wept every day in tears over her daughter's tragic fate.

And the king was just as worried.

He finally made up his mind for the sake of his beloved daughter.

The king enlists powerful warriors from all over the continent, hoping that they can enter the Misty Mountains before the princess turns eighteen, before the dragon awakens, to slay the sleeping dragon and destroy this terrible scourge.

As soon as someone could do that, they betrothed the princess to that warrior.

Wave after wave of handsome youths came to apply for the draft, but they basically all faltered on their way into the Misty Mountain Range, and no one has been able to enter it so far.

As the date drew nearer, the king almost grayed his hair with worry.

Until one day, a new warrior came.

The king received him in the great hall.

This young man from a foreign country had long silver-white hair and blue eyes, with an upright figure and a cold demeanor.

At the first sight of him, the princess couldn't help but blush her cheeks.

The youth raised his eyes to the king in the great hall and calmly inquired, "Is the legendary dragon of your country the strongest?"

The king's demeanor was covered with a cloud.

He sighed and nodded.

"Good." The silver-haired youth nodded, "Then I will help you slay the dragon."

The king was stunned.

The difference between the attitude of the youth before him and that of the other conscripted warriors was too great; he not only inquired about the dangers of the journey, but he did not eagerly show his loyalty and valor to the king, nor did he ask to meet with the princess and tell her in person of his love and determination.

This is just too weird.

The king didn't hold back and asked his question out loud.

"Princess? There's no need."

I only heard the youth reply indifferently, "You only need to wait in peace."

After saying that, the young man named Mu Hang gave a bow and turned to leave the great hall.

After the other had departed, the king called for the schemer, in whom his full of doubts were answered.

It turned out that this young man is the whole continent is famous dragon slayer, so far there have been many evil dragon was killed by him, this powerful dragon slayer temperament strange and withdrawn, the king of a foreign country want to betroth the princess to him, and even hoped that he could inherit his throne, but all were mercilessly rejected by him one by one.

It seemed that for him, it seemed that slaying the dragon itself was the greatest reward of all.

*

Mu Hang did not stay long in the kingdom.

After obtaining a map with the necessary supplies, he set off for the Misty Mountains.

The Misty Mountains, as their name suggests, are covered in dense fog throughout the year, and deep within the fog lie countless powerful and strange demons, waiting for the next victim to arrive, waiting to move in places they cannot see.

The vast majority of warriors were overwhelmed by this level, unable to enter it at all, let alone slay the giant dragon that slept in it.

Even for the mighty Dragonslayer, this treacherous mountain range is an equally difficult challenge.

Still, after a long battle, Mu Hang went to depths no warrior had ever gone before.

In front of him, a huge dark cave appeared.

The cave was so deep that it looked like the open mouth of a giant beast.

Experience had taught him that this was where the dragon slept.

Mu Hang raised his eyes to gaze at the cave not far away, Jean rested his palm on the longsword at his waist, feeling the blade moistened by the dragon's blood tremble and hum under his killing aura, his body accustomed to fighting had instinctively entered a state of excitement.

He let out a slow breath and stepped into it.

The cave was dark and deep, as if no amount of walking would ever bring it to an end, and the human youth's steps were cautious and light, barely making a sound.

I don't know how much time has passed.

The dark and narrow depths of the passage opened up.

Dull daylight poked in overhead, barely illuminating the shockingly large space in front of them.

A staggering amount of gold and silver treasures were piled up inside the large cave, appearing almost shocking at first glance.

Although Mu Hang had visited many giant dragons' lairs, it was also the first time he had seen such a huge amount of treasure. To be able to accumulate and scavenge so much wealth, then the owner of this cave must have lived for a long, long time, and what's more, was still able to keep all these treasures safe and sound, then this dragon must be more powerful than any enemy he had ever seen.

Mu Hang slowly approached forward.

According to the legend, the evil dragon should still be sleeping, but strangely enough, there was no sign of it in the cave.

Is it an early awakening?

It was at this moment that he suddenly caught the sound of crisp metal clashing, a clear and distant sound, coming from behind the tall golden mountain in front of him.

Mu Hang's eyes glazed over as he pressed his hand on top of the hilt of his sword.

The cold blade of the sword flashed with a chilling light in the darkness.

As he got closer, more crisp sounds of gold coins clashing rang out.

But after rounding the hill made of treasure, Mu Hang heard a faint whimpering sound from ahead.

He couldn't help but be stunned, raising his eyes in the direction the voice came from.

The cavern was very dim, with little light, and in the midst of the dark, dark, dark, deep cavern, he glimpsed a flash of dazzling white.

The human girl was huddled in a corner, her long black hair snaking down to half cover her clean and white body, with nothing else on her.

She was whimpering.

When his eyes touched the other party's body, Mu Hang's heart skipped a beat and he averted his eyes almost immediately.

Due to the obstruction of the Misty Mountains, his entry was very difficult and took longer, could ...... it be that during this time, the dragon awakened early and traveled to the kingdom to take the princess captive?

He settled himself, unclasped his cloak, and stepped forward quickly, gathering the other man tightly within it.

The overly shiny white was kept under the fabric, and Mu Hang breathed an insane sigh of relief.

The young girl stopped crying and raised her eyes to him.

Soft black hair half-covered a fine white neck, and a pair of golden-red eyes shone in the darkness as if they had been washed in water.

She's so good-looking.

It was beyond looks, wild and raw and impactful beauty.

At such a close distance, Mu Hang's breath caught slightly, and for the first time, he felt the rate of his heartbeat become irregular.

He asked solemnly:

"Are you okay?"

*

Shi An is a dragon.

A dragon that lived a long, long, long time ago.

He was ancient and powerful, possessing the greatest wealth and the most terrifying prestige in the entire continent.

A long, long time ago, he made a deal with one of the human kingdoms that he would exert protection over the kingdom and make it the most powerful nation on the entire continent, but in return, the humans would have to pay him a huge amount of treasure in tribute every thousand years.

And it will also come with a crying princess for unknown reasons.

Shi An was perplexed, but in the end did not object.

...... Maybe this is some kind of rider that human society must have?

Though impatient, he would dutifully feed these princesses, but for some reason, these fragile princesses were always scared to death of him, and it didn't take long for them to arrive, and they soon died of depression and shock.

Shi An was very annoyed by this.

Because he was worried that because he had raised the princess to death, that human kingdom would ask for the treasure that had been paid in tribute back because the terms had been broken.

But what he feared didn't happen.

As if that human kingdom didn't care about that.

Another thousand years have passed.

Shi An awoke from a long slumber.

But as soon as he woke up, he noticed something strange.

Strange, why had all the gold coins and jewelry around them become much larger than they remembered?

By all rights this should be a good thing, but for some reason Shi An always had a bad feeling about it.

He lowered his head and looked at his body.

"......"

The huge and majestic body, the dark and hard scale armor, and the sharp and sharp claws ...... are all gone.

All that was left was soft skin that was excessively white and fragile, and thin, unintimidating fingers.

-That's ugly!

Shi An sucked in a breath of cold air.

It was at this moment that he suddenly heard footsteps coming this way.

He was taken by surprise so hard that he fell backward, unsteady in his weight, and then rolled down the golden hill.

-Oh, pain, pain, pain!

Losing the protection of his scales, the dragon cried out in aggravation.

Footsteps approaching.

Immediately afterward, the soft cloak unfolded with a clatter and fell over his head.

Human body heat still lingered on the soft fabric that enveloped him whole.

Shi An looked up with a start.

The human in front of him had long, brilliant silver hair and clear blue eyes, which were now looking over with concentration and concern.

After a brief moment of bewilderment, Shi An snapped back to her senses.

I really didn't expect that this time, the tribute from the human kingdom actually came in such a timely manner that it was actually delivered on the first day he woke up, it was incredible.

And with an apparently unusual penchant for confronting the old rules, a princess with long, shaggy hair is still attached to come over.

But ......

The princess looks a little weird this time.

Shi An couldn't tell exactly what was so strange, but he thought this princess was better looking than all the princesses that had been sent here before.

--especially the color scheme.

However, Shi An's mood was low again when she thought about it.

After seeing her true form, this princess must have died in fear and panic as quickly as those others.

It was like tender plants deprived of sunlight being transplanted into a gloomy environment, and no matter how hard he tried to bring them back to life, he could only watch them quickly wither away until they became a handful of dead bones.

But ...... this time the princess is really so beautiful.

Whether it was the long, soft, silky hair like quicksilver, or the blue, clear eyes like jewels, they were the most beautiful Shi An had ever seen, and it saddened Shi An to think that such a beautiful human being would become haggard and lose her vitality little by little, even in the midst of fear and sadness.

Only to hear the silver-haired princess in front of her ask in a low voice Shi An hadn't heard before:

"Are you okay?"

Shi An was stunned, suddenly realizing that he was not now the huge and vicious being he once was, quite the contrary, he had become very human this time ......

And based on visual inspection, he seemed to be a little shorter than this princess.

...... doesn't seem right?

But Shi An can't quite put his finger on what the offense is, so I'll have to pass on that.

But anyway, so that he could maintain this form this time, maybe he wouldn't scare the princess who was sent this time?

Maybe she'll live a little longer this time!

Shi An reached out to gather the cloak draped over her shoulders, then replied wordily:

"Pretty good."

Being gazed at by the other party with those extremely beautiful red pupils, Mu Hang almost completely ignored why the other party's voice was lower than the average teenage girl, and only the other party's deep and clean eyes remained in his mind.

Shi An thoughtfully and cautiously asked back, "What about you?"

Ever feel scared? Sadness?

This princess behind bars had obviously just curled up in a corner and cried helplessly, but she still didn't forget to care about the people who had come to her rescue.

"......"

Mu Hang purses his lips.

Remembering his earlier rude attitude when facing the king, he felt a little ashamed for the first time.

Before traveling to this kingdom, Mu Hang had also heard of the princess's beauty, but as usual, the news meant absolutely nothing to him, so he hadn't even paid attention to it.

But to my surprise, the princess herself was even more beautiful than rumored.

Although he had once rescued quite a number of young girls who had been taken captive by dragons, this was the first time that Mu Hang had developed such a strong desire to protect, and more importantly, for some unknown reason, although this was definitely their first time to meet, he was able to sense that the other party had a kind of affection that he could not describe, causing him to be unable to stop his heart from pounding, and he could not help but control his desire to get closer.

Even his sword was in tune with his mind, vibrating in its scabbard.

Did ......

Is this love at first sight?