Evil Dragon: The young dragon I picked up keeps planning on becoming an empress

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Something was off.

Valkyrie Sophia was giving him a strange look.

Not only was her gaze off, but she also seemed to be amping up her divinity.

When Sophia had summoned her, she was just a faint phantom. Just now, the Valkyrie—who had been a phantom... Her divine body seemed to have become corporeal, and a suit of armor made from condensed divine power had appeared on her.

No...

Was she gearing up for real?

Was she actually going to hit him?

Didn't she have a conscience at all? Had she forgotten how he used to treat her?

"Just put on a show, don't take it too far."

[Don't worry, I'm getting into this... to fool Sophia. When I hit you later, I won't hurt you... don't run away, and don't dodge, I'll lightly hit you a few times then leave.

If you understand, Sophia is the Saintess of the War God Temple, and the War God... is my immediate superior. She summoned me, and if I return without accomplishing anything, I'll be punished by the War God.

So, when I hit you later, don't resist, and it'll all be over after I lightly hit you a few times.]

The Valkyrie in divine armor now wielded a massive golden hammer and was slowly approaching Lance.

Seeing this, Lance instinctively stumbled backward.

He didn't believe a word Valkyrie Sophia said!

To confuse him, she didn't even refer to herself as "I." Instead, she used "me."

"Just a few light hits?"

[Yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm not fooling you.]

"You're holding a hammer in your hand, do you think I'll believe you?"

[I'll change it then.]

The Valkyrie swapped her hammer for a Wolf Fang Club.

"..."

[This isn't good either? Then I'll change it again.]

She exchanged the Wolf Fang Club for a large cleaver.

"You're thinking if you kill me off, you won't have to pay back the debt, right?"

[That thought never crossed my mind. I even told you... to come to the Divine Realm to get the money; my money is in the Divine Realm. Actually... if I weren't a Valkyrie, I might be able to get Sophia to repay the debt for me. But since I am a Valkyrie, I obviously can't let Sophia know about a debt... wouldn't you agree?!]

As her last word dropped, the Valkyrie leaped high with the large cleaver in hand and viciously chopped towards Lance's Dragon Tail.

Lance had been keeping an eye on the Valkyrie, yet he still narrowly escaped her fierce and sharp blow.

[Don't run, let me lightly chop you a few times!]

"You clearly want to chop me to death!"

[Ha, you figured it out? Then I won't pretend anymore, face your death, you debt-collecting scoundrel!]

Lance ran ahead while the Valkyrie chased after him with the cleaver in hand, swinging at him.

Sophia, upon seeing this scene, was stunned and stood motionless in the void, dumbfounded as the Valkyrie wielded the large cleaver chasing the Black Dragon.

During the fight, the Black Dragon went head to head with the Valkyrie, but was eventually kicked away fiercely by her.

The Black Dragon released Thunder Magic, but the Valkyrie grabbed the incoming bolts with her left hand, molded the fierce and violent thunder into a ball, and threw it onto the body of the Black Dragon...

Causing the Black Dragon to lose his balance.

The Valkyrie grew more and more valiant in battle, switching from one Divine Weapon to another in her hands. She cleaved the Black Dragon's buttocks with the large cleaver, which then broke.

She switched to the Wolf Fang Club which shattered upon hitting the Black Dragon's rear. Then she switched to a large golden hammer.

When the hammer broke, she continued to switch.

The Black Dragon's body was terrifyingly strong; even the Divine Weapons condensed from divine power by the Valkyrie couldn't hurt him.

And the Black Dragon was outrageously bold, seizing opportunities to suddenly lash at the Valkyrie's buttocks with his Dragon Tail.

Sometimes he would even kick at the Valkyrie's waist with his Dragon Tail...

That was way too dirty.

How could the Black Dragon dare to use these tactics to attack a deity?

She had used the Summoning God Technique before and never encountered a creature daring to attack a deity.

The Black Dragon was the first Pureblood Dragon to dare attack a deity...

No, no.

The battle between the Valkyrie and the Black Dragon gave her an even weirder feeling.

Rather than a battle, it was more like... playful fighting filled with laughter and scolding.

It seemed fierce, but in fact, none were killing blows.

It was the nature of their playful fight.

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Misapprehension.

It must have been her misapprehension.

How could a Valkyrie possibly be friends with a Black Dragon?

She must have been overthinking it...

But...

From the reactions of the Valkyrie and the Black Dragon... their battle didn't quite seem like the kind aiming to beat each other to death...

They were both holding back.

The moves of the Valkyrie seemed ferocious, but actually, when they landed on the Black Dragon, they couldn't really hurt him, at most causing him pain.

Moreover, with the divine power of the Valkyrie, if she truly wanted to beat the Black Dragon to a pulp, she wouldn't have given him any chance to escape.

Most importantly, when the Valkyrie fought, she was all business, her expression indifferent, and in her divine eyes, there was only the will to fight.

But the Valkyrie before her appeared to exhibit all sorts of emotions, chasing and beating the Black Dragon as if she was merely venting her spleen.

The Black Dragon... couldn't really know the Valkyrie, could he?

If that was the case... did she still stand a chance to wallop the Black Dragon's bottom?

She had summoned the Valkyrie precisely because the Valkyrie was a deity known for waging wars far and wide, with immense combat power.

She had thought that with the Valkyrie's help, she could easily thrash the Black Dragon...

But the outcome...

Once the Valkyrie descended... she chatted with the Black Dragon for a while, then... started to play-fight with him on her own.

Leaving her forgotten here...

Sophia felt like crying. If she had known that the Black Dragon was acquainted with the Valkyrie, she definitely would not have summoned the Valkyrie. She would have summoned other deities to lend her a hand.

What was she to do now?

She couldn't possibly ask the Valkyrie to return and then summon another deity, could she?

Summons are easy, but send-offs are hard.

Before the Valkyrie had her fill of fun, Sophia feared that she would be utterly unable to send the Valkyrie back to the Divine Realm.

And judging by the look of the Valkyrie, she didn't seem prepared to return to the Divine Realm any time soon.

What to do...

She still wanted to beat the Black Dragon...

Maybe she should try calling out to the Valkyrie?

She didn't dare...

Even though she was the War God Temple Saintess, she didn't dare to command a deity at will. Is this what's called "ignoring the message after reading"?

He wasn't interested in entering the Divine Realm, nor had he ever thought of ascending to godhood or founding a lineage; his only goal was to live a life without sickness or disaster, to die of old age in peace.

The lifespan of an ordinary Pureblood Dragon was tens of thousands of years, and for one like him, who knew how to nurture his health, living for twenty thousand years should be no problem.

In twenty thousand years, he would have experienced all there was to experience, seen all there was to see, and when the time came, he would be ready to go.

If the time to die of old age arrived and he suddenly wished to live a little longer, he would try extending his life a bit.

If he could accomplish that, great; if not, it was also fine. With his abilities, by that time, he should have become a high-ranking Hell Grim Reaper.

Definitely ranking higher than Solomon.

He didn't have the desire to become a deity, but having his own network in the Divine Realm would be quite nice.

Sophia owed him money, was a Valkyrie, and also his friend; if he faced danger, would Valkyrie Sophia really ignore it without lifting a finger?

Summons...

Maybe later he could see if he could coax the Summoning God Technique from Sophia.

Well, considering his relationship with Sophia, he probably could summon the Valkyrie without the Summoning God Technique.

"You know I can't do that, that's why you said so."

"Whether you can do it or not is your business, I've clearly told you where to find Sophia to collect your debt."

Is this what's called "ignoring the message after reading"?

He wasn't interested in entering the Divine Realm, nor had he ever thought of ascending to godhood or founding a lineage; his only goal was to live a life without sickness or disaster, to die of old age in peace.

The lifespan of an ordinary Pureblood Dragon was tens of thousands of years, and for one like him, who knew how to nurture his health, living for twenty thousand years should be no problem.

In twenty thousand years, he would have experienced all there was to experience, seen all there was to see, and when the time came, he would be ready to go.

If the time to die of old age arrived and he suddenly wished to live a little longer, he would try extending his life a bit.

If he could accomplish that, great; if not, it was also fine. With his abilities, by that time, he should have become a high-ranking Hell Grim Reaper.

Definitely ranking higher than Solomon.

He didn't have the desire to become a deity, but having his own network in the Divine Realm would be quite nice.

Sophia owed him money, was a Valkyrie, and also his friend; if he faced danger, would Valkyrie Sophia really ignore it without lifting a finger?

Summons...