77. “It’s Just a Wedding, Isn’t It?”
While it was still early for dinner preparations, Reina went to one of the tall buildings located about ten meters below the Dragon King’s Palace—a place called the Knights’ Territory.
As the name suggested, the Knights’ Territory was where almost all the Dragon Knights of the Azure Scale Knights resided.
They ate, slept, trained, and received orders here.
After Azure and Fire’s reorganization, 71 knights remained in the Knights’ Territory.
The others were either dispatched to the front lines or imprisoned.
The remaining dragons were all warriors loyal to Reina and the Dragon King.
Reina suddenly felt that she had been too gentle with Calysia—but that person didn’t seem to notice at all, her mind preoccupied with the wedding.
Reina remembered that she was also the Commander of the Azure Scale Knights.
Coming here should feel like coming home.
To the left of the Knights’ Territory was the training grounds.
The training grounds were spacious, about the size of ten football fields.
Enough for dozens of dragons to train simultaneously.
As soon as Reina entered the training grounds, she saw Fire Dragon training the new recruits of the Knight Order.
“[Fire Dragon Roaring Slash]!”
The red-haired girl raised her greatsword and slashed down heavily, a fire dragon formed from elemental energy emerging from the blade.
Seeing this, the Dragon Knights being trained quickly dodged, not daring to take Fire Dragon’s attack head-on.
“Be careful! Make sure to dodge Captain Fire Dragon’s attack!”
Seeing the recruits jumping around, Fire Dragon felt a surge of pride, thinking that her status had risen again, but she quickly changed her mind.
Because Reina was standing right in the path of the attack!
The knights had dodged the attack, but if it continued, it would hit Big Sis!
Fire Dragon suddenly felt like her whole body was being stung by bees.
But unexpectedly, Reina simply raised her hand slightly, and the dragon formed from flames was instantly distorted, disappearing as if sucked into a black hole.
[Gravity]
“Big Sis, you… ah, I’m sorry!”
Fire Dragon hurriedly rushed over, looking embarrassed.
At this moment, the knights also noticed something was wrong and quickly turned around, surprised:
“It’s Lord Azure Scale!”
“Captain, was that summoning magic just now?”
Reina had slightly adjusted the ranks within the Dragon Knights.
The original “Elite Knights” were now called “Captains.”
Each Captain led a separate squad of knights, and the current Captains were Azure, Fire, and Ann, who had just finished her “internship.”
Not only that, but Reina had also reorganized the Dragon Knights’ unreasonable shift system.
Therefore, every time these Dragon Knights saw Reina, it was like seeing their goddess.
Reina shook her head: “There’s no need for formalities.”
“By the way, do you, Azure, and Ann have some free time?”
“No problem, just give us your orders, Big Sis!” Fire puffed out her chest and said confidently.
The knights also crowded around Reina, saying:
“We’re always ready to assist Lord Azure Scale!”
Just then, Azure, who had been resting and drinking water, walked over and said with a smile:
“Sister Reina, Ann is currently handling official business in her room. Let’s talk over there.”
Reina nodded in agreement.
But… Sister Reina? What was that?
Reina began to reflect on her recent actions, repeatedly confirming that she hadn’t done anything outrageous.
But she still felt that she was drifting further and further away from her ideal path.
…
In the office, two dragons and a succubus sat around Reina, carefully discussing the plan.
“I think it’s highly feasible,” Ann nodded.
“The path is quite dangerous. I suggest we all go together,” Azure said.
“If we succeed, conquering the entire world will be a piece of cake.”
Hearing this, Reina nodded proudly.
Clearly, her subordinates were very satisfied with her plan.
Reina’s plan was simple.
First, create a [Light Clone].
Have the [Light Clone] find several beastmen strongholds as targets and wreak havoc, using the [Eternal Golden Radiance] mechanic to increase her Light level.
But the road was long and arduous, so Reina planned to have the Azure Scale Knights disguise themselves as men in black and secretly help her clone clear obstacles, ensuring the success of the leveling plan.
After the [Light Clone] gained some fame, she would use Ann’s influence and network in the human world to form a small human squad and spread the news of their achievements… This way, the so-called “Hero of Humanity” would gain recognition.
But the plan didn’t stop there.
Reina wouldn’t recall her clone at this point, but let it continue operating as a human, using its powerful strength to become humanity’s leader—this wasn’t difficult; it was Reina’s forte after countless playthroughs.
Then, when everything was ready, Reina would recall her clone and rightfully return to the human world, becoming an enemy of the Four Kings of the Realms. During this time, Reina would use her clone’s [Eternal Golden Radiance] to level up, striving to reach Light level 80.
That way, with a level of at least 150, becoming humanity’s leader would be a piece of cake.
Wouldn’t it be easy to then overpower Calysia?
This plan was called “Operation Baller Harriman.”
Its purpose was to prevent Calysia’s suspicion.
Calysia was a naive and gullible dummy.
When she asked, “What plan are you carrying out?”, the Dragon Knights just had to answer with the awkward and unpleasant name “Baller Harriman,” and she would definitely lose interest and stop asking.
This way, the plan could proceed in secret.
The only ones who knew the true plan were Ann, Fire, and Azure.
Although they were the Dragon King’s most loyal subordinates, as long as Calysia didn’t ask, they wouldn’t easily reveal it.
Reina was only worried about two things.
The first was the unpredictable Calysia.
If she were discovered, Reina would use “infiltration” as an excuse to get away with it.
The second was what would happen after the plan succeeded.
There was still a wedding waiting for her!
Yes, that wedding was like a prophecy, as if it had been planned in advance, knowing that Reina would betray the dragon race.
If the wedding took place, it would be equivalent to announcing to the world that Reina was Calysia’s wife.
At that time, if Reina left Calysia, both humans and dragons would consider her an ungrateful traitor.
If the humans discovered her true identity, her status in the human world would plummet, and she might even be abandoned. And in the Dragon Realm, she would be utterly despised, losing her authority and trust, with no way back.
—”The hero was actually a dragon in disguise?”
—”What a treacherous person.”
—”Lady Azure Scale, we trusted you so much.”
—”Little Vassal, are you ready to be transformed into my exclusive toy?”
Reina quickly shook her head.
At this point, she could only take it one step at a time.
At least in the initial stages of the plan, the Dragon Knights believed it was flawless, and there were no pressing matters before Queen Sophia’s meeting.
What gave Reina even more confidence was that after the meeting, she specifically went to the [Place of Prayer], found Little Cal, and explained the entire plan.
Little Cal said that the plan was flawless, rigorous, and reasonable.
It’s just a wedding, who’s afraid?
