It didn’t believe it. Such an insignificant human.

But with the Catastrophe Level Giant Dragon, Astra, present, it was willing to communicate with this human.

It was willing to take a chance.

"Human."

A cold, weary, yet faintly proud female voice echoed in Raylo’s mind without warning.

"You say you know where my child is?"

Raylo’s heart seized.

It was the voice of the Flowing Wind Giant Dragon.

Raylo didn’t answer right away.

He knew this was the most critical moment of the negotiation.

He had to provide evidence sufficient to convince her.

"Yes, great dragon. I came across news that your Dragon Egg had been stolen. I made a point of asking Astra to come with me, hoping I could help you find your lost egg."

"Then, human..."

"Where is my child?"

Raylo paused for a few seconds before speaking slowly.

"At Storm Cape. After the thieves stole the Dragon Egg, they hid deep beneath the sea near the cape to evade your pursuit."

"Beneath the sea?"

The Flowing Wind Giant Dragon’s voice returned, tinged with both fury and dawning realization.

BOOM!

An indescribable, utterly savage spiritual storm erupted from the dragon!

It was an invisible tsunami that seemed to sweep across the very heavens and earth, instantly swallowing Raylo’s consciousness.

Raylo felt as if his head had been viciously struck by an invisible Giant Hammer.

A frantic ringing exploded in his ears.

Just in time, a gentle yet powerful will, filled with the aura of thunderbolts, enveloped him.

It was Astra.

Its immense Spiritual Power, like the most Solid of Barriers, shielded Raylo from the Spiritual Shock born of the Flowing Wind Giant Dragon’s rage.

Only then did Raylo’s consciousness clear.

His face was pale, his forehead was beaded with cold sweat, and he gasped for breath.

He stared in horror at the Flowing Wind Giant Dragon below, which had descended into a complete rage.

’So this is the awesome might of a Catastrophe Level powerhouse?’

’The spiritual aftershock from a mere loss of control was enough to easily obliterate a Domain Level being.’

"My... child!"

The Flowing Wind Giant Dragon’s voice, filled with endless sorrow and boundless rage, roared wildly in Raylo’s mind.

It believed Raylo!

It had searched for months, scouring thousands of square kilometers of the sea, nearly turning the entire southern end of the Continent upside down.

It had thought its child had already met a terrible fate.

That was why it had grown so violent, turning the entirety of Storm Cape into a forbidden zone for all living things.

It was how it vented its pain, and how it proclaimed its rage to any living thing that dared to draw near.

"ROAR!"

An earth-shattering roar, like a hundred million thunderclaps detonating at once, boomed out!

The very heavens and earth trembled violently at the sound.

The roar shattered the dark clouds, blasting them into fragments that filled the sky.

On the surface of the sea, terrifying waves a thousand meters high surged up like colossal walls reaching for the sky.

The Flowing Wind Giant Dragon, Airelia, had gone completely berserk.

’She could never have imagined it. The child she had painstakingly searched for over months... was hidden right under her own nose!’

’Those damned, despicable, ant-like thieves were hiding in the very Sea of Storms she had created, mocking her incompetence and foolishness!’

’This humiliation was more painful than death itself!’

"GRAAAH!"

Its colossal, thousand-meter-long body, like a mountain range of jade, suddenly shot toward the heavens!

Its azure scales reflected a cold luster in the dim light.

Without a moment’s hesitation, it flew directly over the turbulent sea.

Then, it unfurled its massive, azure Dragon Wings, vast enough to blot out the sun.

With a mighty flap, it beat them down!