Dawn of Vengeance — Chapter 62

Full house! Oh yeah!

HUH...?

YOUR MAJESTY!

IT'S THE ASH GORGE!

THEY SAY THOSE ARE ALL SCORCH MARKS FROM WHEN THE FIRE DRAGON PASSED THROUGH!

FASCINATING.

THE INSIDE OF THE VALLEY REALLY IS COMPLETELY BLACK.

HUH? IS THIS YOUR MAJESTY'S FIRST TIME SEEING IT TOO?

I'VE ONLY HEARD THE STORIES. THIS IS MY FIRST TIME SEEING IT WITH MY OWN EYES.

KEEP YOUR FACE AWAY FROM HER MAJESTY. YOU SMELL LIKE A DOG.

WHUT UR YUU DOIN', YUU CRUZY BUSTURD!!

It's just like white noise at this point.

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WOW...

SO THAT’S...

THAT’S A DRAGON...

Gah! How is that even...

My god, wow, seriously!

THAT'S GENUINELY CHILLING.

I HEARD THERE USED TO BE MORE DRAGONS IN THE ANCIENT TIMES... IF THERE WERE SEVERAL OF THEM, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN CATASTROPHIC.

AGREED. JUST IMAGINING IT IS... PRETTY TERRIFYING.

OH, ABSOLUTELY.

AFTER ALL, THAT DRAGON IS THE WHOLE REASON DOPANE'S LANDS TURNED INTO A DESERT IN THE FIRST PLACE.

NO MATTER HOW INCREDIBLE THAT DRAGON MIGHT BE, HOW COULD A SINGLE CREATURE CHANGE AN ENTIRE ENVIRONMENT?

Honestly, Zen..

IT'S THE TRUTH!

DOPANE USED TO BE COMPLETELY COVERED IN LUSH GREENERY! I'M TELLING YOU, IT ALL BURNED TO ASH WHEN THE FIRE DRAGON DESCENDED!

Yeah, yeah. If you say so.

SEEING THE DRAGON...

...MUST MEAN DOPANE ISN'T FAR NOW.

I HOPE WE GET THERE SOON.

YOUR HIGHNESS.

SHALL I HAVE THEM BRING MORE HOT WATER?

NO NEED. THIS IS FINE.

WHEN DID THEY SAY THE ESTEEMED GUESTS WOULD ARRIVE?

THEY HAVE JUST BEGUN TO ARRIVE.

THE REST SHOULD ALL BE HERE WITHIN THREE DAYS AT THE LATEST.

AND THE QUEEN OF PARNASSUS?

WORD IS SHE CROSSED THE IREM MOUNTAINS THE DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY...

...SO I EXPECT SHE WILL ARRIVE WITHIN TWO DAYS.

HMM...

WHAT A SHAME. I WAS HOPING TO SEE HER SOONER.

YOU SEEM PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN THE QUEEN.

IS THERE A SPECIFIC REASON?

I HEARD SHE'S FROM THE WEST, JUST LIKE ME.

THEY SAY SHE'S A BEAUTY. I'M JUST CURIOUS TO SEE IF IT'S TRUE.

NO MATTER WHAT THE RUMORS SAY...

...COMPARED TO YOUR HIGHNESS, SHE IS SURELY NOTHING MORE THAN AN ANT BESIDE A PEONY.

NOW THAT IS A FITTING COMPARISON.

THE BEAUTIFUL NARKEHATRA.

TO LIVE AS A MERE, IMPOVERISHED NOMAD...

...NARKEHATRA WAS FAR TOO BEAUTIFUL.

SHE FUNDED HER ESCAPE FROM THE WASTELAND BY SELLING HER OWN MOTHER AND SIBLING...

...AND IN LESS THAN A YEAR, SHE BROUGHT THE MEN OF DOPANE TO THEIR KNEES.

ANYONE WHO DARED TO DISPLEASE HER...

...WAS BRUTALLY SLAUGHTERED BY HER FOLLOWERS.

PATHETIC.

YOUR FIANCÉ WAS THE ONE OBSESSING OVER ME.

WHY TAKE IT OUT ON ME?

IF IT FEELS SO UNFAIR, YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN BORN LIKE ME. WHO TOLD YOU TO BE SO UGLY?

YOU STUPID GIRL..

YOU ACTUALLY THINK THE WORLD WILL BE YOURS FOREVER.

YOU LOW- BORN BITCH.

AN UNEDUCATED, UNCULTURED, LOW- BORN BITCH...!

...LOW- BORN?

SHE WHO HELD THE WORLD BENEATH HER FEET HAD ONLY ONE WEAKNESS.

THAT SHE WAS BORN OF THE UNCIVILIZED WESTERN NOMADS.

YOU TOO... ONCE YOU GROW OLD AND HIDEOUS, YOU WILL BE CAST ASIDE.

MORE MISERABLY...

...THAN ANYONE ELSE!

HOW DARE YOU!

WHO?!!

WHO DARES ABANDON ME?!