Don't Mess with That Dragon-Chapter 524 - 078 The Royal Palace

In the chaotic Nivo City.

At this moment, the Frost Giants in the city were rushing about, rescuing their companions buried in the ruins.

Austin silently glided through the streets, feeling a bit hesitant inside.

The numbers didn’t match.

The entire Ice Crystal Royal City was so vast, yet the number of Frost Giants seemed insufficient.

Simultaneously, he seemingly sensed that something was hidden beneath this city built with splendid ice crystals...

"Is it something like an underground city?"

With doubt in his heart, Austin began to spread his Spiritual Power, which, like a tide, silently enveloped the entire Nivo City, meticulously exploring every corner.

"This is..."

Austin’s face suddenly changed, and his figure vanished from the spot like a phantom.

Moments later, his figure appeared in front of a darkened entrance concealed by towering buildings at the center of the Ice Crystal Royal City.

All around, the towering structures built from ice that had been frozen for who knows how many years cast shadows as if they obscured even the radiant royal city beneath them.

From the perception that came from his Spiritual Power, this dark entrance seemed to lead to an immense underground space.

In the depths of the dark cavern, a force hid that even made Austin’s heart pound.

"Could it be the hiding place of that Ancient King..."

All along his path, Austin had not found the traces of the Ancient King of Frost Giants he had learned about before, not even any presence at the Legendary Realm due to the actions of Casares and others.

The population of the Frost Giant tribe also seemed a bit off.

It was as if something had shifted among them.

Austin fell into contemplation.

Should he go inside?

There could be great dangers lurking inside.

Even though he had made some preparations, it was not necessarily foolproof.

Just then,

a sudden sound of footsteps echoed from not far away.

It was the patrolling Frost Giant Guard!

The external attack hadn’t drawn away this nearby patrol but instead tightened security even more.

Yet, this little patrol force was essentially useless against Austin, who had various techniques up his sleeve.

Moreover...

A gleam flashed in Austin’s eyes as he thought of something, and his figure gradually melded into the darkness.

Moments later.

The patrol of Frost Giants passed through, their massive forms causing the ground to tremble.

As they passed a large ice crystal pillar,

suddenly, the surrounding void seemed to waver like a mirage, with subtle and invisible ripples spreading out.

It appeared as if nothing had occurred.

But upon closer perception, one could sense that this area felt slightly illusory, like scenes from a dream realm mingling with the reality around them.

The entire patrol of Frost Giants felt as if their heads grew foggy for a moment.

This moment of confusion flickered by.

It was akin to a fleeting drowsiness, leaving the Frost Giants feeling a bit strange but indifferent.

Meanwhile, unbeknownst to them,

the space around the Frost Giant walking at the end suddenly grew illusory, silently transforming into a vast, clear vortex that dragged him into a surreal world.

The Frost Giant guard exhibited an extremely terrified expression, crying out loud.

However, to his utmost fear, there wasn’t a sound.

The cries he uttered were wholly devoured by some invisible presence, and even the power he unleashed was absorbed by the viscous space, not a whisper escaping.

In such eerily chilling scenes, the last Frost Giant vanished into thin air with a breath.

As if some indescribable existence thoroughly erased him from the world.

From start to finish, the other Frost Giants were utterly oblivious, quickly fading into the distance.

At this time,

in a place where fantasy and reality intersect in the darkness.

This was the space Austin created using the Dream Realm Law combined with the Four Spirits Sword Array — the Sword Realm.

This Sword Realm space overlapped with the real space, extremely concealed, to the point that even if the patrolling Frost Giants walked right by, they wouldn’t detect anything unless they were entities who understood the Space Law, allowing them to "see" the hidden world beneath the surface of reality.

Within the Sword Realm space, that vanished Frost Giant lay slack on the ground, his eyes rolled back to reveal the whites.

At the same time, one of Austin’s hands rested on the head of the Frost Giant.

Profound and mysterious forces invaded the Frost Giant’s mind through Austin’s palm, seizing some of its knowledge.

In the span of a few breaths,

Austin’s eyes opened.

"The Royal Hall... it seems the Ancient King is indeed hiding here..."

Through the Dream-Entering Secret Technique developed via the Dream Realm Law, Austin easily plundered the Frost Giant guard’s memories.

Among them lay information about this place.

This vicinity belonged to the Royal Hall’s area, completely barring outsiders from entry.

It’s said that during the Dolan White Dragon’s reign, this was once the Ice Crystal Palace where the Dolan White Dragon royal family resided, which after the Frost Giants captured Nivo City and drove away the Dolan White Dragon, became the heavily-guarded Royal Palace Hall.

Combining this with what he perceived as an immense hidden power below.

It might be that during the Dolan White Dragon’s rule, there were secrets here as well.

"I must go in and investigate!"

After a brief contemplation, Austin made his decision.

The power of the Space-Time Law is an essential checkpoint on the path to an Epic level.

Now, with such a golden opportunity before him, Austin didn’t want to let it slip away lightly.

Moreover,

"This might be an opportunity!"

From that Frost Giant guard’s memory, Austin learned that apart from appearing in that decisive battle decades ago, which determined the destiny of the Frost Giants and Dolan White Dragon, the Frost Giants’ Ancient King had not been seen again.

There might have been an issue, or he might not have escaped unscathed from the battle back then.

Their strength, possibly, was at its lowest.

This was the best chance!

Not to mention, within Nivo City at this time, the Frost Giants’ strength had plummeted to the lowest point in decades.

From the memory of the Frost Giant guard, several years ago, the Frost Giants’ King Laufey had led some Legendary Level Frost Giant warriors into the heart of the Kawa Great Forest for combat.

The result was that the Frost Giants taken did not survive, and Laufey himself did not escape back.

At that time, symptoms of unrest had already surfaced within Nivo City.

Later, several Legendary Level Frost Giants began to disappear quietly without a trace.

No one knew if they left Nivo City or for some other reason.

Anyway, ever since the fall of Frost Giant Laufey years ago, the number of Legendary Level Frost Giants within Nivo City had continually decreased.

Alongside the last attack on the forces of Dolan White Dragon’s descendants, the strength of Nivo City’s Frost Giants had fallen to their lowest in history.

This was also the reason why Casares Three Dragons had been able to hold on until now.