Chapter 741: Chapter 730: Tastes great! Is there more? Chapter 741: Chapter 730: Tastes great! Is there more? “Mr. Mu, these are the fruits just picked from the orchard, please enjoy.” Ten servants placed a giant fruit platter large enough for a human to lie on and roll around in front of Muria. There were all kinds of oddly shaped fruits on it, each of which radiated a dazzling spiritual light visible to the naked eye.

“Hmm!” Muria picked up a fruit carved like a purple jade, chewed it into pieces in a few bites, and swallowed it. The attending servants couldn’t help but show envy in their eyes. They were ordinary people with a bit of aptitude.

Having served in this castle for so long, they naturally knew the value of these fruits. Each one could change their destiny. However, these fruits that could change their destinies, they didn’t dare to touch.

Because they knew the value of these fruits, Lord Bernard, a Dragon Knight who was the master of Thorn Castle and had already obtained the title of Marquis in the duchy, didn’t dare to enjoy them at will. Only on holidays or special days would he pick some to share and taste with the Sea Spirit, Miss Akko.

But these rare fruits, Lord Bernard let Mr. Mu in front of him take as he pleased. It was unimaginable what kind of identity this man had, that he required Lord Bernard, a Dragon Knight who was bound to become the ruler of the country in the future, to please him so much.

Naturally, the servants could not understand their master’s actions. Of course, neither Muria nor Bernard cared about their thoughts.

Muria sat at the dining table, and aside from the giant fruit platter in front of him, a variety of delicious dishes made from powerful beasts were being served to him like flowing water.

“Eat quickly, eat quickly.” In a secret room of Thorn Castle, Dragon Knight Bernard, wearing golden armor, watched Muria eating anxiously. His eyes were tightly fixated on a fruit in the platter, which was shining with colorful light. Under the cover of other rare fruits, this colorful fruit was not dazzling, it even looked very ordinary.

Muria, however, seemed to be intentionally teasing him. During his eating process, the colorful fruit on top of the platter kept rolling down to the bottom. The process made Bernard in the secret room anxious and exhausted, almost impulsive enough to rush into the dining room and stuff the fruit into Muria’s mouth.

However, the Dragon Knight endured. Under his eager gaze, Muria picked up a colorful fruit from the platter with a few rare fruits left, chewed it into pieces as if he didn’t notice anything special about the fruit, and then swallowed it.

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“Bewildering Dragon Heart Fruit, a sinful fruit nurtured with dragon’s fresh blood. So this is what it tastes like?” After eating the colorful fruit, Muria smacked his lips and even took a moment to savor it.

The moment he saw this fruit, Muria recognized it. The Inheritance Memory of the Golden Dragon had records of this fruit. It was one of the peculiar plants that the world cultivated specifically for giant dragons.

However, this fruit is only effective for ordinary giant dragons, it has a slight effect on giant dragons whose bloodline is above the strong dragon level, and it has no effect on ancestral giant dragons. For Muria, it was naturally just a fruit that tasted pretty good.

“The taste of this fruit is pretty good. What is its name? Do you have more?” Muria looked at the old butler serving by his side. According to the discussion he heard from the servants, this was an old man who had been following Dragon Knight Bernard since he was on his last legs.

“Mr. Mu, these fruits were collected by our young master from various parts of the wilderness. Many of them have not been named, so I suppose this is one of them. If you like it, I will have the servants bring you some from the orchard later.” The old butler responded with a cheerful smile, appearing as clueless as usual.

“Hmm.” Muria neither accepted nor rejected the butler’s answer, continuing to enjoy his meal. His calm demeanor left a massive impact on Bernard in the secret room.

“I originally didn’t want to make a move against you,” Muria tasted his food with an indifferent expression, “but now you’re courting death, delivering evidence into my hands. Don’t blame me for showing no mercy when the time comes.”

“He’s clearly eaten it, why hasn’t there been any reaction?” Bernard fixedly stared at the screen in front of him, which clearly reflected everything in the dining room. Muria acted as if nothing had happened, showing no signs of fainting.

Unsure if it was an illusion, Bernard seemed to see Muria look up in his direction once. But when he looked back at him, he couldn’t spot any abnormalities.

Time passed slowly, and regardless of Bernard’s unwillingness, Muria never fell as he wished. Yet because of this strong resentment, especially when he achieved nothing after paying such a price, Bernard took a risk and sent three more Bewildering Dragon Heart Fruits to Muria.

Under Bernard’s watchful gaze, Muria swallowed all three extremely valuable Bewildering Dragon Heart Fruits. He chewed and swallowed all the fruits, with no reaction at all.

This action made Bernard give up completely, completely dismissing any thoughts he had about Muria. At this moment, he truly understood the meaning of the two words – Ancient Dragon. It was an existence that he was currently unable to touch.

After the fruit that could easily bewitch the Giant Dragon was swallowed by the Ancient Dragon, as if it were simply a fruit of a different flavor, such a fact caused him to revere Muria. Consequently, Muria was treated and respected as a true lord.

As time flowed like water, the advancing step of the giant Legion encroached closer to the Thorns Territory due to the existence of Muria. And the sign of the giant Legion’s imminent arrival in the Thorns – the Beast Tide, had also arrived in the midst of the Thorns Territory.

Beasts instinctively seek good and avoid harm. When facing a creature they cannot resist, they will flee to other places. Under the spearhead of the giant army, the ferocious beasts originally living on the Evil Dragon Peninsula began to frantically flee in all directions.

Therefore, when the giant Legion approached the Thorns Territory, wave after wave of Beast Tide attacked the Thorns Territory, and this was just the beginning.

“Mr. Mu, the Beast Tide is attacking my territory. I would like to plead with you to take action and help my land resist the Beast Tide.”

Because the defensive baseline of Thorn Territory was too lengthy, even though Bernard had the ability to resist the Beast Tide, he was unable to divide his attention due to the long battle line. He had no choice but to turn to Muria, whom he had enshrined as his ancestor.

Bernard wanted to enlist the help of this unfathomably powerful Ancient Dragon to help his territory survive this crisis. That way, his previous investments would yield some return.

“Sure.” Hearing the Dragon Knight’s request, Muria gladly agreed. Thorn Territory has been considered his by Muria, naturally, he would not allow the Beast Tide to trample this well-developed territory at will. This was his territory.

“But there’s no need for me to take action.” Muria pondered for a moment, took out a radiant dragon scale as large as a basin, and then drew a few rune marks in mid-air on the dragon scale, handing it to an expectant Bernard.

“Take this dragon scale and patrol around the border of your territory, the beasts will naturally avoid the Thorn Territory.”

“What is this?” Bernard looked at the radiant dragon scale somewhat puzzledly, looking towards Muria. If it were golden, he would naturally guess it was taken off by Muria himself, but this was a green one.

“This is an ancient dragon scale, you idiot, and it’s from a green dragon. Damn, I knew this guy was a monster.” A voice filled with astonishment and reproach resounded through Bernard’s mind, it was coming from the Red Dragon with whom he already had a soul contract.

“Then, thank you, Lord Mu.” Even though he knew this was an ancient dragon scale, he still had doubts. If the Ancient Dragon himself walked around the border of his territory, he would naturally believe that no Beast Tide would dare assault his land again. But what good would a single scale do?

With a skeptical attitude, Bernard held the ancient dragon scale handed to him by Muria, rode the Red Dragon, and patrolled his territory border. Then, something incredible happened. When he passed by, any panicked beasts that entered the border of the territory would immediately dash towards other directions in fright, not daring to trample the Thorn Territory again.

Actions speak louder than words. No matter what Bernard thought, the fact was that his territory had escaped the danger of the Beast Tide. Thus, once the territory no longer had to worry about being hit by the Beast Tide, Bernard began to think about other things.

What caused this Beast Tide? What was it that made these beasts that originally lived elsewhere flee towards his territory in panic? What was driving them?

With a strong sense of curiosity and anxiety, Bernard rode his Red Dragon mount out of the territory, plunged into the Beast Tide alone, and caught a golden-tier Sword Lion. He began to question this colossal feline beast whose wisdom was not inferior to that of humans.

“What are you afraid of?” The knight riding the Red Dragon, looking down from high above, asked the golden Sword Lion that lay prostrate on the ground, looking like a small kitten.

“The giants are coming.” This golden Sword Lion had grown up on the Evil Dragon Peninsula since it was young. It had never seen a human, but it had seen the flamboyantly ferocious Red Dragon, so it was filled with awe for any creature that could ride on a Red Dragon.

“What giant?” Hearing the panicked tone of the Sword Lion, Bernard’s heart skipped a beat and he hurriedly pursued further.

“They are huge creatures with bodies as tall as mountains. Their skin is as white as the clouds in the sky. They herd wolf packs, bring along giant Griffins, line up in a row, and hunt us,” the Golden Sword Lion replied tremulously.

“Nobody can stop their footsteps, not even the giant dragons. I saw with my own eyes a giant dragon being captured under their siege. I suggest you run away as fast as you can!”

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