Chapter 1190, Modifying the Contract

Translator: Silavin

 

“If you harbour this sort of thinking when accompanying me to the Valley of Life, I will not allow you to travel with me under any circumstances. The reason I invited you along is that I want you to use your formidable strength to help me. Not to throw your lives away. If it were a necessary sacrifice, and you were willing to fight the Desolate Ancient God to the death, I would respect you as heroes. But if there is no need for such a sacrifice, and you insist on offering your heads to the enemy, I will not permit you to join me.”

 

“If you died over something like that, how on earth would I explain it to your Mother? Since I am bringing you along, I absolutely have to bring you back. If you cannot return, I would have no face left to stand before the Life Dragon King.”

 

The Two Headed Dragon and the Flame Dragon exchanged a glance. In each other’s eyes, they both found the same helpless resignation.

 

Originally, they had felt that this was a hard-won opportunity to come face to face with the culprit responsible for destroying their home. For the sake of their homeland, for the sake of their Brothers and Sisters who had fallen, they were determined to make this culprit pay a price, even if it meant their own deaths.

 

They had never intended to come back from this.

 

So, they had prepared many final arrangements, including leaving instructions for the Wind Dragon on how to protect Shadow Isle in the future, and setting aside as much food as possible for the little Dragon Hatchlings.

 

Now, Lu Fan was telling them not to throw their lives away like this. It made them genuinely unhappy.

 

Only through Lu Fan’s Skill, Dragon Domain, and Xing Chen’s ability to leap between locations, could one freely enter and exit the Dragon Domain. For them to return to the Dragon Domain on their own would require crossing a thousand mountains and ten thousand ranges.

 

So, if they wished to take their revenge themselves, it was no simple matter.

 

They had waited so long for this opportunity for vengeance, and yet Lu Fan was now informing them, in no uncertain terms, that he would not allow them to stake their lives on it. This was something they were truly unable to accept.

 

Surely, they could not truly just cut and run if they could not beat the enemy?

 

To flee in a wretched state before the very foe who had destroyed their home… would that not mean throwing away every last shred of their dignity as Dragons!?

 

A Dragon would sooner die in battle than bow its head to any living creature!

 

Both hesitated, uncertain whether they should agree to Lu Fan’s demand.

 

In the end, the Two Headed Dragon conceded with a sigh. “Since Brother Lu has already said as much, we may as well agree. Brother Lu surely has his own plan for dealing with the Desolate Ancient God. We mustn’t let the impulsiveness of us two throw his plans into disarray.”

 

“But…” The Flame Dragon was still not satisfied, and opened his mouth to argue.

 

*Thud!* The Two Headed Dragon glared at it sharply. The Flame Dragon finally swallowed his words, nodded his head, and said, “Fine then. I’ll just do whatever Brother Lu says.”

 

“Are you satisfied now? The two of us will follow your command at the time. Whatever you ask us to do, we’ll do it.” The Two Headed Dragon turned his large face towards Lu Fan, and a faint smile spread across his features.

 

Lu Fan looked at the Two Headed Dragon, thought for a moment, and then said, “In that case, let us revise the contract we signed just now. I need to add one condition: that whenever I choose to, I can recall both of you into my Pet Sub-Space at any time.”

 

“Ah?” The Two Headed Dragon was immediately startled, and laughed awkwardly. “That… is not really necessary, is it. We have already promised you we will act according to your direction. We won’t do anything reckless. Surely you don’t need to go and modify the contract with us as well? You know as well as I do, modifying a contract is a very troublesome matter…”

 

Lu Fan watched the Two Headed Dragon ‘hem and haw’, and knew at once that he was indeed trying to play tricks on him.

 

The plan was clearly to use a delaying tactic, get Lu Fan to bring them along to the Dragon Domain, and then, the moment they set eyes on the Desolate Ancient God, go charging at it with their lives. By that point, Lu Fan would not be able to hold these two back, and if they truly fought to the death, there would be nothing he could do.

 

Compared to the straightforward Flame Dragon, the Two Headed Dragon did have a few more tricks up his sleeve.

 

It only was a few, not many.

 

At the very least, in front of someone as perceptive as Lu Fan, his intentions were visible at a single glance.

 

Seeing that the Two Headed Dragon truly harbored intentions of disobedience, Lu Fan’s expression turned severe at once. “Modifying a contract is indeed difficult, but simply modifying this one small matter should not be too hard, should it? Since you have so little sincerity in cooperating, then never mind. We will go to the Dragon Domain ourselves. You two can stay here and keep looking after the children.”

 

As he spoke, Lu Fan made a move as if to wave to Ouyang Bai Ge and leave together.

 

The Two Headed Dragon instantly panicked. Knowing full well he could not outmanoeuvre Lu Fan, he hurriedly cried out, “Wait, wait, wait! It’s just modifying a contract, we’ll do it, we’ll do it!”

 

*Thud!* With a drooping head, he huddled together with the Flame Dragon and revised the contract again.

 

This time, Lu Fan was fully able to control when the two were released or recalled, guaranteeing that the moment any danger arose, he could forcibly pull them back from the battlefield.

 

After confirming the contract had been revised to his satisfaction, Lu Fan finally relaxed. Together with Ouyang Bai Ge, he went to find Jian Ying and the others, intending to inform them that they would be setting off for the Dragon Domain very soon to seek out Desolate Ancient God.

 

As the two of them departed, Ouyang Bai Ge smiled at Lu Fan and said, “You look like an honest and sincere young man, but you’ve got quite a few tricks in you. Those two Giant Dragons are completely in the palm of your hand.”

 

Lu Fan smiled wryly. “Is this what counts as having tricks? It’s just that those two are too straightforward. Whether or not they’re hiding anything in their hearts is obvious at a glance. Truthfully, they’ve lived with me on Shadow Isle for so long now, I’ve long since come to think of them as friends. To have them die in battle alongside me is something I still find very hard to accept. And since I’m the one bringing them along, I absolutely have to bring them back!”

 

Ouyang Bai Ge nodded. “En. Same for me. I brought you all here, and I will see you all home again. I hope this journey goes smoothly. No more unexpected complications. If we can secure the Desolate Ancient God’s Divine Seat, our wish to protect this era may actually come to pass.”

 

“But if we are defeated again…” Ouyang Bai Ge shook her head helplessly. “Then the situation becomes a lot more complicated.”

 

“The Holy Mountain Ancient God, the Fallen Corpse Ancient God, both are existences we cannot currently deal with. The Slaughter Ancient God escaped from our hands, and the next time we meet him, who knows what level his power would have reached. If the Desolate Ancient God’s degree of awakening climbs any higher, to a point beyond our capacity to handle, then there will be at least four Ancient Gods we cannot deal with.”

 

“These four High Tier Ancient Gods, never mind joining forces, as long as they refrain from fighting each other, it will be very difficult for us to hunt down even a single one of them.”