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

Lance gave Sophia a few more taps with the ruler, neither too hard nor too light, before he let her go. It was about time; a light punishment would suffice.

"If you still think you've done nothing wrong," Lance said, "then I welcome you to come and seek revenge on me at any time. However, if you're captured by me next time and you want to leave without paying a price, you might find it's not so easy. That includes now. If you try to attack me again and get captured, your War God armor... will belong to me."

The Young Dragon nearby heard Lance's words and fixed its gaze on the armor Sophia was wearing.

War God armor?

It sounded very impressive. But... Sophia's War God armor wouldn't fit on an Evil Dragon—surely Lance didn't plan to put that armor on her, did he?

The moment that thought popped into its mind, the Young Dragon's feelings became a bit complicated. The Evil Dragon had been truly kind to this foundling Young Dragon—in the eyes of the Evil Dragon, there probably wasn't much difference between it and one of its own offspring.

Whenever there was something nice, he thought of her...

But she couldn't take such kindness; it gave her a guilt complex. Being treated so well, she even began to entertain the thought "maybe being human isn't so bad after all."

Such ideas would sometimes spring to mind, and she'd quickly shred them to pieces. If she weren't human, how could she become the Emperor? Without becoming the Emperor, how could she dethrone her stinking royal sister Asina from her reign?

Besides, she wasn't a real Young Dragon; she couldn't live for very long. Even if she followed the Evil Dragon learning how to cultivate, mastered the Dragon Curse, and other skills, growing stronger... at best, she could live two to three hundred years...

If she was formidable? Perhaps five hundred years.

What about the Evil Dragon? As a Pureblood Giant Dragon... it could live for at least ten thousand more years. If she stayed by the Evil Dragon's side constantly, she would eventually be nurtured to death...

The Evil Dragon was so good to her; even if she couldn't make him happy, at the very least... she couldn't let him be sad, right? It would be better to leave the Evil Dragon's side and return to the Phalan Empire sooner rather than later. Once she became the Emperor, she would first secure a fief for the Evil Dragon in the Phalan Empire, then prepare a great amount of gold and jewels for him. After a few years, when she had secured her position within the Phalan Empire, she would find a way to contact the Evil Dragon...

To take him into retirement...

She would take care of the Evil Dragon for as many years as she could.

Until her dying day.

She couldn't think about this anymore...

"My War God armor won't fit you."

"My Dragon Cub can wear it."

Lance pointed with his Dragon Claw to the Young Dragon holding the bamboo basket. Er Gouzi inside rolled his eyes; when there was no Young Dragon, the first recipient of Lance's newfound treasures was always him.

Like the time Lance brought back a hunk of meat from the Deep Sea Giant Monster, he had let it eat first, meat and soup all for it...

But now... if there were another hunk of meat from the Deep Sea Giant Monster, Lance would definitely offer it to the Young Dragon first.

Only this naive Young Dragon could be considered cute; if there were any other Young Dragon, it would figure out a way to drive it off or take it out and abandon it...

"I... won't wear it. I have a thing about cleanliness."

The Amethyst Young Dragon recognized Sophia, but the Black Dragon Youngling did not. She had to maintain the "arrogance" of the Black Dragon Cub.

Sophia glanced at the Young Dragon, and her gaze immediately returned to Black Dragon Lance. She had been ready to fight Black Dragon Lance with all her might. Hearing his comment about taking her War God armor made her hesitate—if she couldn't find a way to counter Lance's strange ability, facing him again, she might end up under his control...

And if he really took her War God armor and gave it to the Young Dragon... she couldn't very well ask the Young Dragon to return it to her, could she? Or snatch the War God armor back off the Young Dragon?

Hmm?

Snatch the War God armor back from the Young Dragon?

That could work.

"Just don't hurt the young dragon and retrieve only my own armor, that shouldn't enrage Black Dragon."

"Move aside."

A massive golden fist plummeted from the heavens, striking the tens of thousands of meters long body of Lance with a punch that sent him flying away.

"You spineless runt, I told you to hit me, and you actually went full force, do you have any idea who I was summoned by from the Divine Realm? You don't even have the decency to save some face for me, I'll beat you to death today!"

Another colossal golden foot descended from above, aiming to stomp wildly on Lance.

This time Lance didn't let the God of Judgement Donnash succeed again; he grabbed the golden foot with his dragon claw and swung to throw it.

Unfortunately, the moment Lance grabbed the golden foot, it turned into golden mist and dissipated.

"Kid, lend me the Book of Wisdom."

The voice of the God of Judgement Donnash echoed in Hammond's mind; before Hammond could react, the Book of Wisdom flew out of his hands and landed on the reappearing, reformed golden hand of Donnash.

The moment the Book of Wisdom appeared in Donnash's hand, it burst into brilliant divine light, and the Book of Wisdom also instantly grew in size.

Lance steadied his dragon body and fluttered his dragon wings, grinning at Donnash who had reappeared before him, that damn sneak attacking him.

With such behavior, still being the God of Judgement, if anyone committed a crime, just stuffing him with money would likely succeed in bribing him.

"Why have you come down again?"

"I never disappeared; don't tell me you actually thought that punch just now killed me?"

"I'm not that cruel; I only dispersed you with a punch. If I really wanted to kill you with one, by now you would be throwing a tantrum in the Divine Realm."

Lance saw Donnash holding the Book of Wisdom, greed evident in his golden-red vertical pupils, "Hammond, by lending him the Book of Wisdom to deal with me, don't come asking me for it once it ends up in my hands."

???

Hammond was shocked.

With the Black Dragon's temperament and cunning, if he really snatched the Book of Wisdom from the hands of the God of Judgement, he feared it was truly not coming back.

Black Dragon actually dared covet his Book of Wisdom.

Hammond looked anxiously at the Book of Wisdom in the God of Judgement's hands.

Donnash read Hammond's gaze; he was truly getting angry. Did this little fellow actually think that Lance, the spineless runt, could steal the Book of Wisdom from him?

He is a Deity, his true strength absolutely stronger than that of Black Dragon Lance.

He and Black Dragon Lance were from the same era…

In the same era, he became a Deity, and Black Dragon still hadn't achieved divinity?

Doesn't that prove he is superior to the Black Dragon?

"Silly boy, don't look at the Book of Wisdom in my hand with those eyes, in my hands, Black Dragon can't steal it....

I... I... damn it, where's my book? Where did the Book of Wisdom in my hand disappear to?!"

Donnash's face turned green; he hadn't even finished his sentence when the Book of Wisdom vanished from his hand.

He had been guarding against Lance, certain Lance couldn't snatch the Book of Wisdom from his hand, but the moment he turned his head to glance at Hammond, the Book of Wisdom was gone...

He didn't see exactly how it disappeared, he only saw a fist-sized black spot appear above Hammond's head the moment the Book of Wisdom disappeared from his hand.

It was like a clean sheet of paper suddenly sprouted a black dot; anyone else, probably would've glanced at it subconsciously, right?

When he realized something was wrong and looked at his own hand, he saw a black spot disappear from it.

He had let his guard down!

No matter how cautious, he had still underestimated Lance's capability.

The Book of Wisdom was now on Lance's dragon claw.

Upon seeing this scene, Hammond's face also turned green. The Book of Wisdom had been with him for so long and had never been snatched by Black Dragon, yet it had been borrowed by the God of Judgement for less than a minute and already appeared in Black Dragon's possession...

He felt like cursing right now...

Sophia, Golden Giant Dragon Austin, Thunder Dragon Erinna, Bronze Giant Dragon Melbourne, Nightmare Evil Dragon Koln, they were all dumbfounded.

How did Black Dragon do it?

How could he stealthily snatch the Book of Wisdom from the hands of a Deity?

The moment Lance got his hands on the Book of Wisdom, he immediately stashed it into the Diamond Talisman, not giving Donnash a chance to snatch it back.

"Heh heh, little Black Dragon, be good and give the Book of Wisdom to me, just to give face to me as a Deity, how about it?"