083, King Dragon Banquet (no protagonist)
Many years later, when the vast United Kingdom of Afalon was mentioned, kings would recall the night they accepted Aragon's invitation to an unprecedented feast of dragon meat.
As the king of the city-state of Alba, desperate to get rid of the oracle Talos and conquer the southern plains, David has just suffered two heavy blows.
The first blow was related to the witch Bloody Mary.
David and Mary had a long-standing relationship, and with the help of the witches' evil and shameless methods, the ambitious David was able to swallow up the surrounding city-states one by one with the least number of troops and the fastest speed in a short period of time, and build the most powerful city-state in the northern highlands, Alba.
So when he learns that the witch has been captured at the Temple of Talos, David becomes restless.
The king knew very well that Mary's character would never keep a secret for his collaborator, and perhaps now the half-human, half-snake oracle had learned of who was behind the scenes, and was planning how to eliminate him.
- Of course, if it were him who was captured, David would not have kept his mouth shut about a witch bathed in virgin blood.
At that moment, the last trace of suspicion in David's mind about the oracle disappeared without a trace, but he did not frighten it much, because just a few days later, an even more powerful news was sent by the intelligence officers from the south as quickly as possible.
As a result, Alba lost three of his fastest horses.
In all fairness, this news is definitely worth the price paid by the intelligence officers, the king of the Central Volcano, the Red Dragon Grau, was killed by the Divine Messenger while traveling to Afaron to rescue the witch Bloody Mary!
If it were a normal day, David would have been caught by news like "It turns out that the hostile relationship between Red Dragon Grau and Bloody Mary is fake, and the intimacy is real", but this time it didn't.
Because compared to the shocking news such as "the god slays the dragon" and "the red dragon is killed", all the other information is so insignificant.
Perhaps the words could not be said so absolutely, because the description of "the red dragon disappeared in the palm of the divine envoy" that he repeatedly confirmed, also made David restless and worried.
The Red Dragon Grau, the most terrible creature in the world, disappeared from the continent in a dramatic absurdity, and I don't know how many people lost their voices.
First the witch, then the red dragon, who else in the world could be the opponent of this god who suddenly descended to the earth, and the king of the city-state of Alba was at a loss.
Later, David received an invitation from Afalon to participate in a dragon meat feast unique in the history of the continent, along with the other city-state kings.
It was a night the kings would never forget!
On the temporary platform in the central square, the head of the red dragon Grau is placed to ensure that every king of the city-state who comes from afar can see it at the first time.
Its hideous appearance, sharp teeth, and sharp horns are a constant reminder of its power and horror in life, and by the way, shatter the last vestiges of illusions that many kings still hold onto.
Facts speak louder than words, and dragon slaying is not a rumor, but a real fact.
All the information that could be easily drawn from this made the kings downplay the god who subdued and killed the red dragon with just one right hand, and made the adults even more awe-inspiring.
Looking at the other kings, who were shocked and at a loss because of this, David suddenly thought of such a word.
For more than an hour, the dragon meat feast was a mixture of two very different experiences.
One is enjoyment, which comes from dragon meat.
Red dragons like to live in high and hot places, so volcanoes filled with the smell of sulfur are the first choice for red dragons.
However, the quality of the meat has not been affected by this, in fact, the texture of the red dragon meat is very similar to that of beef in many cases.
The first dish served by the court ladies was braised dragon belly, which was not strictly in line with the tradition of a dinner party with such a dish as the first dish, but who cared about that.
They first realized that it was a veritable feast of all-dragon meat, and then they were immediately captivated by the tantalizing aroma.
Close to the dragon's belly, the meat pieces with many tendons, meat, and oil flowers have been carefully cooked by the chef, and they are fat but not greasy.
The burnt aroma on the surface of the dragon belly, the aroma of the meat, and the salty soup hidden in it all burst out, filling the most primitive desire of the mouth at once, and the aftertaste is endless.
Best of all, it's dragon meat!
Not because of how delicious it can be, but by a strange sense of satisfaction and conquest that the dragon meat itself imparts.
The second dish is grilled dragon steak.
The dragon steak was brushed with a thick layer of sauce, and it was still steaming because it had just been grilled, and from time to time a little bit of golden oil mixed with aroma dripped from time to time, making a slight sound.
The grilled dragon steak has a firm meat, thick juice and thick flavor, and there is a sense of pleasure in opening and closing, and the presence of a small amount of fiber membrane and dragon tendon is more chewy and fun in addition to the rich taste.
The third ......
The other is the reverence, the reverence for the oracle who sits on a high platform and dwells above the kings.
Because of the presence of the oracle, the kings of the city-states from the northern highlands and the southern plains were able to sit together and taste dragon meat as rarely as a group of old friends who had no qualms.
Because of Talos's strength, even though he did not make a tirade that night, everyone obediently savored the deeper meaning hidden behind the King's Dragon Feast.
The continent of Mikalo is about to usher in a huge country, and as for the main body, there is no doubt that Afallon, who is lucky enough to have the support of the divine envoy Talos.
As the king of a city-state, no one wants to be subservient, but no amount of dissatisfaction, unwillingness, and unwillingness to see the head of the red dragon and the dragon meat on the table melt away as quickly as snow in the scorching sun—the last creature who dared to offend the oracle is now being chewed by them.
What's more, as the feast of dragon meat drew to a close, Aragorn smiled and invited a well-equipped team to show them off, each soldier full of spirit and physique, comparable to the elite of their court.
Not only that, but these soldiers have spent nearly a year learning martial arts from the divine envoy Talos.
This became the last straw that broke the kings.
With the combination of dragon slaying, dragon feast, spells and martial arts from the sky, and the will of the divine envoy himself, David could only eat the dragon meat while cursing Aragorn in his heart: Damn the shit guy!
The ambitious king knew that the main reason why Afaron could become a large kingdom was not because of how enlightened Aragon was and how powerful the city-state of Afaron was, but because of the support of the divine envoy Talos.
The oracle chose Aragorn, so that the opponent could become the king of a large kingdom, and if the oracle did not choose him, even if the current Albabi Aphalong prospered, it could only gradually become history.
Everything is only because of the will of the Divine Messenger, nothing more.