The day the third-year students of Eun Gwang High School climbed Mt. Halla, the Dragon Palace surrounded by colorful clouds.

The Dragon Palace looked grand, beautiful, and peaceful on the outside, just like usual, but the inside was different.

The Hwangryong was noticeably depressed due to the sadness of sending his descendants to a dangerous place, and the Cloud Dragons seen here and there in the Dragon Palace had their shoulders drooping and hugging the clouds.

The female priestesses of the Dragon King God, who had known Yeom Jun-yeol for relatively little time, were worried, but they were not so out of their minds.

In particular, Yoon Yeo-rang, who had no doubt that Yeom Jun-yeol would return safely, cheerfully walked around the Dragon Palace.

The female priestess of Hyun Hong spoke to Yoon Yeo-rang.

“Yeo-rang, is school today?”

“Let’s rest! Teacher Gong Cheong-hwon will be sad, but it’ll be okay because there are other kids in our class besides me. The Yonggung members are feeling lonely right now. It would be good to have one more person.”

I should hear Gong Cheong-hwon’s opinion on this, but unfortunately, Yoon Yeo-rang couldn’t hear it because she was planning to notify her homeroom teacher later.

As Yoon Yeo-rang said, the atmosphere in the Yonggung was somewhat lonely.

Since the Yonggung had become unstable not long after moving, other dragons stayed there besides Hwangryong to help stabilize it, but today, only Hwangryong was there.

The Yonggung clan was determined to protect Yeom Jun-yeol with their lives at stake for this school trip, so they decided to leave a minimal amount of troops in the Yonggung clan.

And the mastermind also knew this fact.

‘The Yonggung clan really knew his moves.’

The mercenary player thought as he checked the situation in the Yonggung clan.

The Dark Side was tied up with numerous groups, masters and servants, rulers and ruled, and equal trading partners.

The mercenaries and him were tied up in an employment relationship, and they respected him enough to refer to him as “that person.”

To the mercenaries, chaos and fighting were the seeds of money, and he knew how to sow and grow those seeds.

‘If the Dragon Clan is shaken and falls this time, chaos will come to the Korean Peninsula.’

The mercenaries did not know what he was aiming for, but they could tell that the more he accomplished his requests, the more this society would become chaotic.

The mercenaries, who were treated as shameless money losers despite their considerable skills, were secretly hoping that the structure of this society would collapse.

If society became chaotic and even the standards for measuring dignity collapsed, the mercenaries would be able to gain not only wealth but also honor in this society.

That is why the mercenaries willingly accepted this dangerous request.

It was a dangerous request at first glance, but it wasn’t without a chance of success.

‘You pushed your descendants into that dangerous land even though you knew it. How bold. However, you didn’t have enough courage to properly distribute your forces, which was poisonous.’

The situation of the Dragon Palace, which had been covered by the five-colored paint, was now clearly visible to the mercenaries.

It was partly thanks to the mercenary’s outstanding abilities, but the biggest factor was the replica of the Dragon Seal in his hand.

The rebellion of the former Dragon King’s female priestesses who brought forth the Imoogi god ended in failure, but Nabi-ryeong succeeded in copying the Dragon Seal’s information.

The Dragon Seal, which was made by the Dragon King’s God from the bones of the blue dragon and yellow dragon, and which had the powers of the female priestesses of the past generations engraved on it and had received the energy of the Dragon Palace for a long time, was not simply a seal that served as a certificate of entry and exit.

The dragon bird was also the key to the barrier that protected the dragon tribe, and it was a symbol of the dragon palace, or rather, a dragon tribe itself.

The mastermind who succeeded in copying the dragon bird thoroughly analyzed the dragon bird’s structure and obtained dragon bones, scales, and blood traded on the black market to create a new dragon bird.

And the result was now in their hands.

“I hope the other dragon tribe members are doing well? I also want to go to Jeju Island. There are still two years left until the school trip, so I hope we can go to Jeju Island then.”

“When Junyeol returns safely and things are settled, do you want to go by ourselves? I can’t leave for long, but I think we can go for a day trip or two days and one night.”

“Really? Junyeol sent me a picture of hydrangeas, and they were so pretty. I want to see them in person.”

Yoon Yeo-rang’s lively smile and conversation with the shamans could also be clearly heard through the dragon bird.

As the mercenary figured out, all the dragons were headed to Jeju Island.

The school trip was three days away, and today was a hike, so it was obvious that the dragon tribe had set up camp on Jeju Island to avoid the weather change.

‘In other words, the only ones currently in the Dragon Palace are the Yellow Dragon and the female priestesses. The Yellow Dragon, the manager of the Dragon Palace, would not be able to respond properly if the Dragon Palace were shaken, and the female priestesses were only young children who had not even been in office for a year. And the Dragon King God was not in a state to descend.’

The defeat at the Dragon Palace was bitter, but it did not mean that he had learned anything.

In order to subdue the Yellow Dragon, the Dragon Palace had to be shaken first, all of the Dragon King God’s female priestesses had been replaced, and since the Dragon King God had descended for a long time, it would be difficult for him to intervene in the present world for the time being.

And the Dragon Clan was affected by changes in the Dragon Palace.

With a lot of information, he grabbed the dragon bird and used Yeom Jun-yeol as bait to disperse his forces, and now he had a golden opportunity to take down the dragon tribe.

Not only the dragon palace, but also the Red Lion Building, another stronghold, was practically empty, so after subduing the dragon palace, he planned to take the bodies of the yellow dragon and the female shaman as hostages and attack there right away.

‘Are you ready for the sea?’

‘Okay. Send me a signal and I’ll release the poison right away.’

After moving, the dragon palace came from the deep sea to the coast.

Although it was far from the sea, the dragon palace was still connected to the sea.

So before entering the dragon palace, he wanted to pollute the surrounding water and let the dead water reach the dragon palace.

The dragon palace in the deep sea was difficult to touch, but now that it was close to human society, he could use this method.

Just like the mastermind used numerous tricks against Eun Gwang-go, who was mixed in human society.

The mercenaries, who were planning to thoroughly hide their existence until the structure, ethics, and values ​​of society changed, thought the Jinjok's choice was foolish.

The mercenary captain raised his hand to send a signal.

Whew!

The mercenary group, who recognized the signal mixed with the sound of the wind, moved quickly and neatly.

The mercenaries who were hiding along the coast materialized the poison they had received from him, and the mercenary captain manipulated the dragon seal to release the five-colored barrier.

The seal made with the dragon seal only had the power to allow entry and exit, but the dragon seal itself contained more than that.

Even though the tightly closed gate of the dragon palace opened, the yellow dragon and the female shamans were just playing around peacefully in the yellow dragon palace.

'Subdue the yellow dragon first. Move carefully so as not to be noticed by the cloud dragon. The patrol route is as announced in advance.'

The mercenary captain gave instructions with only his lips moving silently, but all the mercenaries understood his meaning.

The structure of the Hwangryong Palace changed every moment, including the Yonggung Palace, for security reasons, but they were able to figure out everything with the Yongsae right before they entered, so things went smoothly.

They couldn’t use the Yongsae while moving, but they knew that the Hwangryong was meditating alone in Hwangunho (黃雲湖) or playing the obsidian flute at this time.

As expected, the Hwangryong was standing alone on the lakeside without a single Cloud Dragon.

The Hwangryong, whose eyes were covered with a blindfold, could see through the Yonggung Palace, but the being that had intruded with the power of the Yongsae could only be recognized as part of the Yonggung Palace.

The mercenary captain held the Yongsae in his hand and prepared to shake the Yonggung Palace.

In the card holster he was carrying was an item card containing evil darkness.

‘If the Yongsae is immersed in evil darkness, the Hwangryong will also be affected. Whether it’s being consumed or using force to resist, it’ll be easier to deal with the Yellow Dragon from this side.’

Yellow Dragon still stood motionless.

The mercenary captain took out an item card in the gentle breeze and tried to infuse the ability wave.

However, the moment the ability wave was about to be placed on the card, the heavens and the earth turned upside down.

Kwaaaaah!

The mercenary captain couldn’t tell what had happened for a moment.

All he could see was yellow clouds and the shape of the Dragon Palace changing and recombining.

The Dragon Palace was changing its shape to confine and isolate the mercenaries according to Yellow Dragon’s will.

“Our priestess suggested that you watch what moves you make a lot to help your benefactor. However, I can’t let that evil and evil thing be used inside the Dragon Palace.”

Yellow Dragon’s voice was heard.

Only then did the mercenary captain realize that he had made a mistake.

However, the mercenary captain was not foolish enough to immediately lose his will to fight and surrender.

He still had a replica of the dragon bird that held more authority than the blue dragon or the yellow dragon within the dragon palace.

The [N O V E L I G H T] mercenary captain resisted the violent movement of the dragon palace structure that had imprisoned him as if shaking water in a jug, but he added strength to his hand holding the dragon bird.

It was when the mercenary captain was about to squeeze the power wave and load it onto the dragon bird.

“You can’t use that!”

A cheerful voice was heard from somewhere.

He realized that the owner of that voice was the youngest and strongest sulfur shaman, Yun Yeo-rang.

At the same time that the sulfur-colored power wave burst out, a loud ‘pa-ang!’ wind sound was heard.

‘Even so, there’s no way a single priestess could stop the activation of the dragon bird!’

The other mercenaries screamed or fainted one by one, unable to withstand the yellow dragon’s attack, but the mercenary captain was still able to move.

However, he stiffened when he saw the dragon that appeared before his eyes.

There was a dragon with five-colored scales in front of him.

You could tell at a glance that it wasn’t just a simple dragon.

The Dragon King was in front of him.

Pah!

As soon as the Dragon King’s claws brushed the mercenary captain’s hand, he lost the dragon bird.

That’s understandable, it’s the Dragon King.

It was inevitable that the mercenary captain could not resist the master of the dragon palace, the one who created the dragon bird.

While the mercenary captain was staring blankly at the five-colored scales, the Dragon King disappeared like an illusion.

Before it disappeared, the yellow dragon received the dragon bird from the dragon in the form of the Dragon King and spoke.

“This is your first time using the Dragon King’s Descent Fan. Aren’t you tired?”

“I’m fine. It feels like I’m meeting the real Dragon King, so I feel better!”

Yoon Yeo-rang said brightly, showing off her Rim, hugged the shaman fan that was implemented as ‘summoning ritual instruments’ tightly.

The Yongwanggangrimsun was a new ritual instrument that Yun Yeo-rang had devised after much thought and consideration, to the point of consulting with Jo Ui-shin.

Jo Ui-shin advised her to do what she wanted instead of limiting the ritual instruments she wanted to summon based on her abilities or knowledge.

So Yun Yeo-rang came up with the power to implement her favorite Yongwangsin.

Yun Yeo-rang in the Plumago thought of the Ilwol Cheongryongsun after meeting the Cheongryong, and the Blue Hwangryongsun after seeing the Yellow Dragon, so Jo Ui-shin was able to use that wireless.

However, the Yongwanggangrimsun created by the real Yun Yeo-rang, who witnessed the Yongwangsin’s descent in person, was something only Yun Yeo-rang could summon.

“The Dragon King God, despite the difficulties caused by the interference of the Imugi, came down and protected us. It’s not hard at all to embody the appearance of the Dragon King God!”

Hwangryong restrained all the mercenaries while looking at Yun Yeo-rang with warm eyes.

During the school trip, Yun Yeo-rang noticed something observing the Dragon Palace.

It was a gaze that not only Hwangryong and the other dragons, but also the other female priestesses failed to detect.

Since everyone trusted Yun Yeo-rang, they were able to figure out that the power was copied from the dragons and fight against it.

“The dragons outside are safe.”

“If we want to interrogate them one by one, we’ll have to arrest them separately. Tell them to take the ones we captured outside to the Black Dragon Palace. They recently renovated the torture chambers, so there should be plenty of space.”

“Understood.”

The mercenary captain trembled when another female priestess appeared and reported to Hwangryong.

It was unbelievable that the Dragon King who had taken his soul was an illusion recreated by a shaman, and that all the tricks he had performed outside had been seen through.

However, Hwangryong still had a worried expression on his face.

“Just to deal with these guys, I brought the water dragons back from Jeju Island and kept them here. I feel bad for Jecheon Daeseong, Mujigi, and my benefactor’s friend.”

“Since Uishin said he would leave the Dragon Clan to you, he must have come up with a plan! The sea side will be fine.”

Yoon Yeo-rang spoke brightly, but her words trailed off as if she had something on her mind.

Even in the midst of a big operation, Yoon Yeo-rang, brimming with energy, took the time to look at the sky over Jeju Island.

Yoon Yeo-rang, who was thinking about the appearance of Mt. Halla, said.

“I’m more worried about the mountains than the sea. I saw something really bad there.”