Chapter 309 Invitation and Cooperation
"But."

Olivia wanted to argue, but she was speechless.

Because she realized once again that what Cassius said was true. She was also angry about the North's behavior of treating people as "animals", but the elders of the tribe only asked her to respect human customs and traditions and not interfere.

Over time, all this oppression became natural, and even she herself did not realize this terrible inertia of thinking.

Silver Dragon fell into long contemplation again.

"Snapped!"

Cassius snapped his fingers crisply, attracting the other party's attention.

As he moved, dynamic magical images appeared in the air, showing ordinary fragments of the daily lives of the citizens of the Burning Kingdom.

Clerks sort documents in archives; guards patrol the streets; workers toil on assembly lines; vendors shout and hawk their wares at morning markets; researchers conduct experiments in laboratories.
They may be exhausted, tired, or even full of complaints, but one thing is certain - everyone is living their best and moving towards their desired goals, which makes Olivia feel a sense of prosperity.

Browsing these scenes and observing Silver Dragon's confused expression, Cassius spoke again to guide him:

“This is the kingdom I built.”

“It’s not about binary good and evil, but about a real, complex society.”

"But here, those who were once regarded as 'gray cattle' can at least survive as 'human beings'. They don't have to die in the cold wind for a bag of wheat, they won't kneel down like dogs to beg for food in front of others, and they won't give away their own children for the orders of the nobles."

Another crisp snap of fingers, and the originally beautiful picture suddenly changed: the skinny serfs shivered in the cold wind; the boy who was sold to the nobles huddled in the corner of the basement; the slaves who followed the army were driven to the front line like livestock under the whip.
This is not a malicious portrayal, but simply shows the dark side of the northern countries.

Cassius knew that his rhetoric was very attractive to the kind-hearted silver dragons, especially the young silver dragons whose worldview was not yet complete.

At least his country still looks decent on the surface, hiding those "man-eating" things in the dark and gaining benefits by manipulating invisible chains. The young Silver Dragon, who has little social experience, is simply unable to realize these things.

However, those northern nobles had such ugly ways of eating that even their "cannibalism" was naked and undisguised that even the evil dragon Cassius thought they were a bit too extreme.

Sure enough, it was just as Cassius expected.

Olivia lowered her eyes and began to waver in her heart.

"Perhaps this is the justice I seek?"

“Is this the order that truly conforms to human nature?”

"So everything I did before was meaningless, or even hindering the progress of history?"

Staring closely at the silver dragon's lake-like eyes, Cassius pursued the victory:
"Olivia, as the supreme ruler of the Burning Kingdom, I sincerely invite you to join the kingdom."

"After the unification of the Anzeta Wasteland, I will not ask you to become a so-called 'dragon's follower'. You can even become a member of the kingdom through due process, speak for the weak, and help the common people who are deeply oppressed by the northern nobles. You can also better realize your ambitions."

The red dragon's voice echoed in Olivia's ears, bewitching her like a devil.

【The Speaker】

Under this extraordinary charm that is enough to distort reality, the Silver Dragon has been deeply bewitched and even at a loss, trapped in a quagmire of hesitation and entanglement.

In the past, she could rely on the glorious image of "Angel" to strengthen her will.

But after that encounter, everything was revealed, and some of the things she had been holding on to also dissipated and turned into an illusory bubble. "I don't know."

Olivia bit her lip lightly and stammered, not knowing what to say.

She had already prepared a plan, wanting to use this opportunity to "save" Cassius, bring him into the camp of kindness and justice, and even have him convert to Bahamut, the "Lord of the North Wind."

But it turned out that this was just her wishful thinking, and she couldn't even convince herself.

During this conversation, Olivia was under Cassius's firm control throughout and fell into a carefully designed trap. Moreover, she had an inexplicable dependence on the red dragon, which made it even more difficult for her to break free.

Cassius came to her and offered her an offer she couldn't refuse:

"The unification of Anzeta by the Burning Kingdom is an irreversible historical trend. I believe that you, as smart as you are, are also aware of this. But you can use your power to speed up this process, so that more innocent people can be spared from sacrifice and they can live better under the order of the kingdom."

As he spoke, reality was distorted, and a hellish battlefield scene appeared before her eyes. The rivers of blood, the mountains of corpses, and the painful wails made Silver Dragon feel extremely heartbroken - she did not want to see such a scene, but this might very well be the near future.

This scene finally broke through her last psychological defense.

"I"

Olivia's lips trembled slightly, and her blue-gray eyes were full of confusion.

Finally, she looked up at Cassius with a complicated expression and sighed with relief.

"I agreed."

"But you can't force me to kill anyone, and I will only carry out orders that I believe are right."

For some reason, Olivia always felt so powerless in front of the red dragon, as if she was always being played around by him, but she couldn't find a way to resist. The additional request was her last bit of stubbornness.

Cassius smiled happily and clasped his two paws, one big and one small, of different colors together.

"very good."

"Then, happy working together."

"It just so happens that there is an important mission right now that is related to the situation in the kingdom, and I think you are the best and only candidate for this mission."

Olivia immediately became alert and frowned slightly.

Her many experiences of being cheated taught her that every time Cassius smiled, nothing good was going to happen.

Sure enough, Cassius's calm voice sounded.

"Your grandfather, Lord Osedro, the Silver Wing, has arrived at Anzeta. Unfortunately, he was blinded by false justice and chose to support the rebels in the North. He will stand in my way of unifying the North, so."

"Casius! You—"

Olivia was so angry that she was shaking all over, and there was even a hint of crying in her voice.

(End of this chapter)