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"I have always been here. How can there be any question of returning or not returning?"
The young god responded softly.
"Always been here is fine too. Then what have you been watching in this world? And why have you returned now?"
Indra asked directly.
Mm...
He had stolen Odin's question.
However, Odin did not mind. He merely stroked his beard, coughed once, and looked at Indra with his eye.
Honestly, young people these days...
He had brought Thor with him, all right?
Could they not give him a little face?
Did Indra believe Odin would not lose his temper and have Thor smash him with a hammer?
Of course...
Those were only words.
Odin was long past that age.
"Just like the dragons beside me, I hope the gods of every pantheon can lend me their strength."
The young god spoke.
"Lend you our strength? And this is the way you ask to borrow strength?"
Indra pointed at the sky.
Unfortunately, judging from the results of the gods attacking the barrier just now, it seemed that even he did not possess the power to force his way out.
As expected of that person.
He handled things flawlessly.
"If you have any dissatisfaction, you may tell me. Or you may vent your dissatisfaction toward me directly."
"Of course, I will not guarantee that I will not retaliate."
The young god conveyed that will.
"You..."
Indra narrowed his eyes.
He did want to act directly.
But he knew that the Biblical God was an existence with no opponent beneath the Infinite Dragon God. It was not impossible that even compared to the Infinite Dragon God, he might be above her.
"How about leaving it to me?"
A grand voice came from the sky.
"Oh?"
Indra raised his head and saw the Red Dragon Emperor with emerald gem-like eyes.
"How about leaving this god to me? I have only just revived, so I would like to stretch my body a little."
Ddraig continued.
"No, leave him to me. Ddraig, you really know how to sneak ahead. How can you monopolize such a good thing?"
Albion, who had been flying around out of boredom, noticed Ddraig's little move and also began competing for the right to fight Indra.
Indra was indeed an extremely powerful transcendent, but he was basically still a step weaker than the three strongest gods of India, and even more inferior to Shiva.
If it was Indra, then Ddraig and Albion still had confidence that they could fight him using the special characteristics of their revived state.
"It seems you have already tamed these two dragons?"
Indra grinned.
This was the first time he had experienced the feeling of being treated as prey and fought over by others.
This sense of humiliation...
It was fresh.
At the same time...
It also made him very angry.
"They were not tamed. We are merely advancing on the same path."
That was the young god's answer.
Taming.
The so-called act of taming was an emotion built upon recognition.
If that recognition was one-sided, with one side strong and the other side weak, then perhaps calling it taming would not be wrong.
Aside from the relationship established by using the World Dragon's Jewel to subdue the two dragon souls, Anos's relationship with the two Heavenly Dragons was more like this: Anos had fulfilled their wish, and they had also acknowledged his path, so they followed him.
"Are they currently in a revived state? It should not be a problem if I slaughter one, right?"
Indra smiled.
In his eyes, the young god's words were as good as saying nothing.
He said something dangerous in every sense while wearing a smile.
Those words could be considered tearing away all pretenses, but they could also be considered not tearing them away.
If he had truly broken off relations, he would probably have attacked the young man before him directly.
If he had not broken off relations, he would not have chosen to act and educate these dragons.
As for what choice he would make, even Indra himself knew that perhaps...
He would only find out after fighting.
After Indra said those words, the argument in the sky seemed to conclude.
"You two, shut up. I will do it."
While the red dragon and white dragon were arguing fiercely, such a voice came from behind them.
Compared to Ddraig and Albion's deep voices, this voice sounded slightly younger and clearer.
"Step back."
As stardust particles spread, Ddraig and Albion, who had been about to fight each other, stopped almost instantly.
They...
Really were not opponents of the owner of that voice.
Between the Red Dragon Emperor and the White Dragon Emperor, stardust particles gradually gathered and condensed into a girl wearing crystal armor.
Four red spheres floated around the armor, circulating with crimson radiance.
Her name was Savior Star Dragon.
After the girl transformed from Savior Star Dragon and revealed her form, both Ddraig and Albion wilted.
This girl was truly not someone they could provoke.
They had already been educated by Savior Star Dragon before, confirming her status as the First Dragon.
"An unknown female Heavenly Dragon? This really is a pleasant surprise."
Seeing that Savior Star Dragon seemed to have suppressed both the Red Dragon Emperor and the White Dragon Emperor, Indra's eyes grew even brighter.
This girl in crystal armor was definitely stronger than the Red Dragon Emperor and the White Dragon Emperor.
Otherwise, with the pride of Ddraig and Albion, they would absolutely never lower their heads to an opposite-sex dragon of the same race.
"Remember to hold back a little, Stella."
The young god reminded the crystal dragon who had taken the form of a girl.
Savior Star Dragon was only a little weaker than Shiva.
Adding Savior Star Dragon's absolute suppression against existences weaker than herself, Anos did not even need to judge the outcome of Indra's battle.
He already knew it.
Savior Star Dragon herself was a female dragon. This was something he had already known.
However, at the beginning, even after Stardust Dragon evolved into Savior Star Dragon, she did not possess the ability to change her own form.
This ability was only obtained after she evolved again through the Heart of Stars.
"Mm. I know."
Savior Star Dragon nodded lightly.
She would definitely listen to the young god's words.
"Hahahaha. Interesting!"
Indra laughed like that and stepped into the space opened by the young god together with Savior Star Dragon.
Right now, this place was sealed by the [Ten Directions Sealing Formation]. Even he did not possess the ability to open it.
However, even so, it did not matter.
As long as he could fight, everything else was irrelevant.
Although he estimated that he was not a match for the Biblical God, he was not the kind of person who would lose his will to challenge because of that.
As long as he dealt with this dragon, the Biblical God would also lose face.
Afterward, no matter what he wanted to discuss, things would become easier to talk about.
Unfortunately...
Indra's preliminary judgment on this matter was wrong.
"It seems that side has also begun."
After sending Indra away, the young god looked toward the moon in the sky.
Tonight's moon was somewhat different from usual.
However, the moon always faced Earth with the same side.
Simply relying on sight would not reveal the abnormality on the moon.
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