"I also remember that Her Excellency Veronica was once a Golden Dragon Knight. There is no doubt about that."
"But why is it that the aura I sense from her now is many times stronger than that of Lord Otto? It's truly unbelievable!"
Otto, the Golden Dragon Knight of the Topa Kingdom, in everyone's mind, the combat power between the two sides should be similar.
At this moment, all the people present are high-ranking figures from various countries. They are powerful and knowledgeable.
Many of them have had close contact with lower-level dragon knights to varying degrees, so they have the most intuitive and profound personal experience of the strength possessed by lower-level dragon knights.
Back then, the strength displayed by those lower-level dragon knights was indeed quite powerful, which amazed and impressed countless people.
However, if the strength of the lower-level dragon knights at that time was compared with Veronica at the moment, it was like a faint flickering firefly light encountering the bright and clear moon. All the light was instantly covered up, and it appeared dimmed and insignificant.
These knights and nobles could all see it, not to mention the real top leaders of the coalition forces.
They were all dragon knights, so they could naturally notice the abnormality of Vivian, who was sitting under Veronica's seat.
"Hiss... Could this be..."
Ashadron took a deep breath, and a storm surged in his heart.
As the oldest and most experienced person present, she only needed one glance to see that Vivian's current state was completely different from that of the golden dragon race.
What is particularly eye-catching are the armor-like scales covering its body, which sparkle with dazzling light.
In Ashadron's long life, she had only seen such unique scales on one dragon.
That is the golden dragon!
A noble superior mineral dragon species that had only appeared once since she could remember - the Adamantite Dragon.
Looking back to the past, when the golden dragon was galloping across the land with such majesty, she had not even become a dragon rider.
At that time, the Knight Continent did not have the current pattern of seven separate countries. Instead, it was composed of numerous city-states of varying sizes, independent aristocratic territories, scattered duchies, and powerful kingdoms that fought for supremacy among each other.
Moreover, the Knight Continent at that time had not yet established a complete and mature aristocratic system like the current one, and various administrative systems were diverse and different.
Various systems such as republic, empire, and slavery coexist in the world, and the entire continent is in a chaotic yet vibrant state.
At that time, the Platinum Dragon Knight was the leader of several city federations and was very powerful.
However, his reign did not last long. He died suddenly after only ruling for more than a hundred years.
It is said that the death of the Platinum Dragon Knight was very miserable. There was almost no good spot on his body. Even the Platinum Dragon was dismembered and returned to the embrace of the world consciousness.
Because of this incident, the neighboring countries increased their vigilance for a long time, but the culprit who caused this incident never showed up.
As time passed, everyone forgot about this matter.
The city-state that lost the protection of the Golden Dragon Knight was also destroyed by the surrounding forces and became a new kingdom.
"Everyone, please give your warmest and most sincere applause to this extremely distinguished guest—Her Majesty the Golden Dragon Knight, Veronica!"
At this moment, Alvis stepped forward and took the initiative to shoulder the responsibility of acting as Krober's spokesperson.
After all, among the many superior dragon knights, Veronica has the closest relationship with him and can be said to be a real one.
And Alvis was naturally very happy and wanted to promote his sister vigorously to enhance her prestige.
When the three words "Pure Golden Dragon" reached everyone's ears, there was an uproar at the scene.
"What? It's actually a golden dragon!"
Someone exclaimed in disbelief.
"No way? That's a high-ranking dragon! Could it be that the golden dragon Her Majesty Veronica previously contracted with unfortunately passed away? Is that why she contracted with an adamantine dragon instead?"
The other man's voice was filled with confusion and surprise.
"Mighty Dragon! This is truly a stroke of luck. How enviable!"
"I never thought Her Majesty Veronica would have such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!"
Various speculations are heard one after another.
The knights from other countries whispered and discussed among themselves. They almost unanimously believed that Veronica must have been fortunate enough to forge a contract with this new adamantine dragon after her original golden dragon partner Vivian passed away.
However, only those who also came from the Amethyst Ocean Current Kingdom knew that things were not as the outside world speculated.
In fact, what is amazing is that Veronica's contracted partner, Her Majesty Vivian, was originally just an ordinary golden dragon.
However, in order to achieve this miracle of evolution, Lord Krober spared no effort and even paid a huge price for it.
I heard that the value of what was paid was equivalent to half of the gains from the small world that was successfully conquered before!
Although the high price is jaw-dropping, it undoubtedly fully proves one point:
Lord Krober possesses magical methods that are difficult for others to achieve, which can allow low-level dragons to evolve into high-level dragons.
As soon as this shocking news spread, the knights who had signed contracts with the lower dragons suddenly fell into extreme excitement.
After all, who doesn't want to see their close comrades-in-arms transformed and their strength increased dramatically?
Veronica's transformation might be able to deceive the knights.
However, for those strong men who have been promoted to the level of dragon knight, the situation is not so simple.
Because most of them have had contact with Veronica to some extent.
Especially when Veronica carefully prepared the dragon riding ceremony for Krober and Krober himself held a grand founding ceremony, these dragon knights had frequent exchanges with Veronica.
Although the aura emanating from Vivian is now many times stronger than before, its essential characteristics have not changed at all.
That unique scent still retains its original charm, as if time has left no trace on it.
"Welcome, Her Majesty Veronica."
Strength determines everything.
Even Harold, who had the worst relationship with Veronica before, had to hold his nose and greet Veronica.
If nothing else, this is the respect a superior dragon knight deserves.
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