Darian rose to his feet and spoke with respect. “My lord, I have an urgent matter to report.”

He paused, then laid out everything in detail.

From the Celestial Palace’s Grand Elder paying a visit… to the Sky Dragon Clan emerging from seclusion… to the appearance of a young man bearing the Dragon Sovereign Bloodline—he went through it all, step by step.

“…Right now, Roland has already led the Sky Dragon Clan into Cloudhaven City, and that young man has disappeared. The Celestial Palace wants to join forces with my Demon Dragon Lineage to hunt him down. I didn’t dare decide on my own, so I came to seek your guidance, my lord.”

After listening, Mordren—who had seemed as still as dead water—finally showed a flicker of change.

“Dragon Sovereign Bloodline?”

He murmured the words, a sharp light flashing through his deep violet eyes. “Are you certain that young man truly possesses it?”