384: All for love and peace

Looking at the polite and kind Knowledge Witch, Yang Dian couldn't help but smile, "If the Dragon Witch were as reasonable as you, there wouldn't have been such a misunderstanding just now."

As he spoke, Yang Dian raised a hand, retracting the Five Finger Mountain that was suppressing Griffin.

The now-free Griffin trotted on its short legs and hid in a deep pit, leaving only a pair of vertical pupils staring intently at Yang Dian, fearing he would hit its tonsils again.

It couldn't win, and he had no bottom line; Griffin was truly terrified of Yang Dian.

Thinking this, it shook its head, shaking out the Dragon Witch that was Fused onto its head.

"Isn't your world just experiencing a surge of demonic energy? How could such a pervert appear? Why didn't you tell Griffin earlier?"

"This world isn't fun at all."

"Griffin wants to go home!"

The Dragon Witch, receiving Griffin's mental message, glanced at the Red Dragon.

Before the fight, it was arrogant, as if it was second only to the heavens, dismissing everything, believing one Dragon could cause a great cataclysm on Earth.

After the fight, it immediately transformed into a timid rabbit.

That gaze, it couldn't be clearer.

'Indeed, just as that Curse Witch said, this is a useless Dragon.'

Just as the Dragon Witch was sighing in her heart, Yang Dian spoke to the Knowledge Witch again.

"I was originally prepared to have a good chat with you, but the Dragon Witch immediately started shouting threats at me, which really scared my young heart."

"Croak?" The Curse Witch, who had hopped to Yang Dian's side, tilted her head and scrutinized him, then hopped away again.

Yang Dian, without changing his expression, continued, "Those magical herbs in the garden will serve as my compensation, to mend my little heart that was frightened by the great Dragon."

The Knowledge Witch was silent for a moment.

She had seen shameless people, but never one so utterly shameless.

Who was scaring whom, exactly?

Who, upon appearing at someone else's doorstep, immediately created a giant underwater cavity without a word, causing a tsunami hundreds of meters high?

Who, without the owner's permission, directly tore open the door and broke in?

Yang Dian had directly forced his way in; the Dragon Witch's actions were merely a normal reaction.

How did he, in his telling, become the victim?

The Knowledge Witch scanned the devastated secret garden with the corner of her eye.

'Who is the victim here?!'

Her heart was wailing, but in reality, circumstances were against her.

She could only nod in agreement, "What you say is very reasonable."

"I am very sorry about the Dragon Witch directly attacking Your Excellency without understanding the situation."

"Those magical herbs as compensation for you are very reasonable."

The Knowledge Witch's attitude confirmed something for Yang Dian.

That is, they definitely kept seeds of the magical herbs, or perhaps had more than just this one plantation.

'The Witches' foundations seem quite impressive.'

Just as Yang Dian was deep in thought, the Knowledge Witch continued, "Besides that, may I ask why Your Excellency has come to our garden?"

Yang Dian's expression became serious, "For love and peace."

"To protect Earth."

The four Witches—Knowledge, Potion, Transformation, and Astrology—standing in front of Yang Dian, simultaneously tilted their heads.

The Dragon Witch, who was resting her eyes and adjusting her mindset against a Dragon horn on Griffin's head, opened her eyes.

The Curse Witch, who had hopped far away, turned her head, "Croak?"

She seemed to be getting better.

She was gradually regaining her sanity.

They all understood Yang Dian's words and had some capacity for thought; they had learned to question.

Yang Dian extended a hand and flicked a gust of wind at Griffin's head, saying, "This Red Dragon is not an Earth species; you found it on the remnants of a planet that fell to Earth, didn't you?"

Seeing the Witches remain silent, Yang Dian continued, "When you found it, you also obtained a Spatial Pearl, and under Griffin's enticement, you wanted to use the Spatial Pearl to travel to another world."

"Am I wrong?"

The Knowledge Witch glanced at Helena behind Yang Dian, then spoke, "We also knew Griffin was enticing us to open a passage to another world."

"We had no intention of opening the passage."

"We agreed to Griffin's request to open the passage and set up the ritual only to gain more information and knowledge about other worlds from Griffin."

Hearing the Knowledge Witch's reply, the Red Dragon's eyes immediately widened, "Roar!"

"Damned otherworldly beings, how dare you deceive the great Cataclysm Dragon, Gri—"

"Hiccup~"

Under Yang Dian's death glare, Griffin covered its mouth with its short, stubby front paws, let out a burp, and buried its head in the dirt.

Yang Dian withdrew his gaze from the Red Dragon and looked around at the Witches in front of him, who were all displaying expressions of 'The Knowledge Witch is right, we weren't going to open the passage.'

"It's good that you're still clear-headed enough to know that spatial passages of unknown origin shouldn't be opened casually."

Saying this, Yang Dian extended his right hand to the Knowledge Witch again.

"However, to be safe, the Spatial Pearl cannot remain in your keeping."

The Knowledge Witch was silent for a moment, then took a deep breath and slowly exhaled.

"You can have the Spatial Pearl, but you must promise me one thing."

Yang Dian's eyes narrowed, "You are not in a position to negotiate with me."

"I know we are not in a position to negotiate with Your Excellency." The Knowledge Witch sighed.

"Consider it our request."

As she spoke, she took out a transparent, spherical pearl, seemingly engraved with some circuit diagram inside, from a multicolored magical bottle in her hand and offered it to Yang Dian.

"We would like to ask Your Excellency to help England overcome this Machina disaster."

"For this, we are willing to offer another treasure obtained from the planetary debris."

After handing the Spatial Pearl to Yang Dian, she took out a silver-brown sphere the size of a basketball and held it in front of her.

"We wish to exchange this treasure for your help."

As soon as the silver-brown sphere appeared, Griffin, who had buried its head in the ground, immediately lifted it, its two vertical pupils fixed on the silver-brown sphere in the Knowledge Witch's palm.

Sensing Griffin's intense mental fluctuations and the faint life aura within the silver-brown sphere, Yang Dian raised an eyebrow with some curiosity.

"You seem to know what's inside the sphere."

Griffin said nothing, only burying its head in the dirt again.

"You think playing ostrich will solve everything?"

Shaking his head with a slight chuckle, Yang Dian extended his right hand and curled his fingers, grabbing towards the Red Dragon.

The Golden Dragon Claw reappeared, directly pinching Griffin's neck and lifting it into the air.

"Dragon claws and Dragon teeth can be forged into weapons, Dragon scales into armor, Dragon blood can be used to boil old duck vermicelli soup, Dragon meat can be grilled, steamed, fried, or boiled, and Dragon bones can be used for soup."

"Oh, and it's a young male Dragon."

"Dragon penis and Dragon eggs can also be used for virility."

"I heard Dragons recover very quickly, but I wonder if they'll grow back after being cut off."

"Even if you don't have that self-healing ability, it's fine; I can find a healer to help you, striving to make you grow three penises a day..."