Chapter 413 Shyvana's Determination
Shyvana's mother, Iva, is a very rare elemental dragon nowadays.
As the daughter of an elemental dragon, Shyvana was supposed to be a dragon, too.
A fat lizard body with two large bat wings, a mouth several meters wide full of sharp fangs, which could easily eat a cow in one bite - this is how she should look.
But fate played a joke on Shyvana.
Before she was born, when she was still a dragon egg, a greedy mage adventurer broke into her mother's dragon nest and stole her from the nest.
The wizard originally planned to take this priceless dragon egg to the auction house in Piltover and sell it.
As a result, the dragon egg hatched before he could get his wish.
But, perhaps because the dragon egg had been with him for too long and had been contaminated by human magic , after the dragon egg hatched, what came out of the shell was not a baby dragon, but...
A purple-skinned "human doll".
Thus, Shyvana was born.
In the form of a human baby girl.
The mage found that he could not bear to abandon her, so he took the baby girl back to his hometown on the border between Demacia and Noxus and raised her as his own child.
More than a decade passed peacefully, and Shyvana grew up safely into a big girl in the human world.
Until recently, trouble struck:
Shyvana's biological mother, the elemental dragon Iva, has finally come to look for her missing daughter.
It sounds like a heartwarming story about a long-lost mother and daughter being reunited.
But that is not the case.
When Iva arrived, she not only brutally killed Shyvana's adoptive father, the damned "dragon dealer";
Moreover, she wanted to kill Shyvana as well.
Yes, this time Iva is not here to look for his daughter, but to clean up the mess.
It's just because Shyvana was tainted with human breath when she was born - her strange half-human, half-dragon form was considered to have tainted the pure bloodline of the elemental dragon clan.
So Iva was determined to kill this freak, this deformed monster in her eyes.
So, in the following weeks, Shyvana tried hard to avoid being hunted by her mother.
However, due to her mother's relentless pursuit, she was forced to flee all the way from the border of Noxus to Demacia.
Finally, a week ago, in a place called Lunwall, Shyvana was caught up by her crazy mother again.
Shyvana had no way to retreat, so she had to activate her bloodline to transform into a dragon and engage in a life-and-death battle with her mother Iva.
The result of this battle was that both Shyvana and her mother Iva were injured.
Iva was wounded and fled into the sky.
Shyvana was seriously injured and flew into the forest.
Both mother and daughter are still alive. But when gods fight, mortals suffer.
They were too close to Fort Lunwall when they fought.
Because the war was over and the main force retreated, there were only a few human soldiers left in the Lunwall Fortress.
Unfortunately, they were all dragged into this battle between mother and daughter, and ultimately, they were annihilated by the indiscriminate and brutal attack of the giant dragon Ivar.
Shivana was heartbroken by this tragedy, but she was unable to protect herself at this moment and had no power to care about others.
With almost fatal injuries, Shyvana desperately flew far away.
In the end, no one knew where it flew to.
After completely losing the ability to sense her mother's dangerous aura, she finally fell from the air exhausted.
…
Another week passed.
During this week, Shyvana has been hiding in the mountains and forests to recuperate.
With the strong physique given to her by the dragon blood, she recovered from the fatal injury. Although she is still very weak now, she can move freely in human form.
So, Shyvana went down the mountain.
She wrapped her conspicuous purple skin tightly with a cloak, disguised herself as an ordinary human, and ventured to the town at the foot of the mountain - for no other reason than to find out where she was now.
Shyvana knew that Demacia was not friendly to magical creatures.
She was chased by her mother all the way and was forced to go deep into the German border.
If possible, she wanted to find out where she was as soon as possible and find a way to leave Demacia.
However, when Shyvana arrived at the town, before she even had time to ask for directions, she saw this lively scene in the town:
"The dragon... bounty?"
I saw a group of townspeople crowded in front of a street bulletin board, pointing and talking at a newly posted bounty.
"Demacia Demon Hunter Corps, General Eldred's personal order:"
"Anyone who can provide key intelligence and assist the Demon Hunter Corps in hunting down the Demon Dragon will be rewarded with 300 coins;"
"Anyone who can provide effective clues and inform the Demon Hunter Corps of the whereabouts of the demon dragon will be rewarded with 100 silver coins."
“…”
After someone who could read murmured the contents of the notice, the atmosphere immediately became heated.
"One hundred silver coins for telling me where the dragon is? That's so much?"
People rushed forward excitedly, as if they saw hope for a turnaround.
But some people calmly snorted: "Don't even think about it!"
"Did you see the two dragons drawn on this bounty? Forget it. Is it that easy to make money?"
The size of this bounty notice is exaggeratedly large compared to other notices.
This one bounty poster alone covered almost half of the bulletin board.
Therefore, the portrait of the magic dragon painted with exquisite painting skills on the bounty order also appeared as a very impactful image in front of the small town residents who generally had never seen the world.
"Hiss...how big are these two dragons?" someone exclaimed.
"It's probably several thousand meters long." Soon, someone else answered in a horror story-telling tone: "I heard from the bard in the city that when the dragon appeared, it swallowed up half of the castle in one gulp!"
"Uh..." Shyvana, who was standing on the outskirts of the crowd, twitched her lips slightly when she heard this.
She was not that big. Both she and her mother were only a few dozen meters long.
Besides, castles are made of stone. Why would she swallow that stuff?
Miss Dragon Girl was secretly complaining in her heart.
At this time, people only heard people say: "I also heard those bards say -"
"It is said that these two dragons were summoned by the evil demons who colluded with the Noxians."
"Otherwise, why would they attack our border fortress as soon as they appeared? This is obviously a premeditated terrorist attack!"
"What, the Demon-Infected?" someone immediately responded.
"The Demon-Infected Ones dare to summon dragons to attack the fortress, so why don't the Demon-Seekers do anything about it?"
"Ah, they really want to intervene!" Soon, someone else, enjoying the surprised and curious looks of the people around him, talked about the news he had heard from the bard:
"It is said that Commander Eldred immediately suggested to His Majesty the King that all forces should be mobilized to conduct a comprehensive search for the infected who might be colluding with the dragon in the eastern part of the kingdom."
"What a pity, Prince Jarvan won't allow it." Those who understand sigh deeply.
"Why doesn't Prince Jarvan allow it?" People who don't understand asked curiously.
"Prince Jarvan is against the ban on magic. I heard from the bards that just a week ago, on the same day when the dragon appeared, Prince Jarvan led a group of demon-tainted sinners and swaggered into the Arc de Triomphe under the triumphal ceremony presided over by the king."
“What? Let the demon-tainted sinners enter the Arc de Triomphe?” A cry of surprise rang out from the crowd: “Prince Jarvan is crazy…”
"Ahem..." The royal dignity must still be respected: "What on earth is he thinking about?"
"That's right! Taste it carefully..."
"Oh——" Someone has already tasted the flavor.
But some people still want to ask.
So the people who "understand" can only say: "Everyone who knows about this matter knows it. Don't ask me what happened. I can only say that the water is very deep and many big people are involved..."
“…”
The conversation continued, but Shyvana could no longer listen.
She was really just passing by!
And she had tried hard, luring her violent mother away from the human settlement in the fight.
However, when the soldiers in the fortress saw two dragons fighting in the sky, they were so frightened that they took the initiative to shoot out giant crossbows to attack.
This time, not only did they fail to achieve any results, but they also completely angered the giant dragon Iva, who was already hostile to humans.
Then, tragedy happened...
In short, it's all coincidence.
How did the story spread like wildfire and turned into a conspiracy between an extreme wizard gang in Demacia and foreign forces in Noxus to deliberately carry out a terrorist attack?
What about Prince Jarvan, whether he bans magic or not, what does he have to do with this matter?
Shivana was speechless, but when she squeezed to the front of the crowd and read the notice carefully...
She now understood why these Demacians said that the appearance of the dragon was an organized and premeditated terrorist attack.
This was because the dragon attacks listed on the bounty warrant were far more than the one she knew about.
"One day, the dragon appeared for the first time, and the fortress of Renwall fell."
"On the second day, the demon dragon attacked Stream City and burned dozens of granaries."
"On the third day, the demon dragon slaughtered Pingze Town and killed hundreds of local soldiers. The victims were all burned by the dragon's flames, and no remains were left;"
"On the fourth day, the dragon invaded Tobysia and burned ten arsenals and armament warehouses;"
"On the fifth day, the dragon slaughtered Okbao and killed hundreds of local soldiers. All the victims turned into ashes, and no bones were left..."
“…”
Shyvana was shocked to discover that during the week she had been recuperating, the dragon had been attacking Demacia almost every day.
Moreover, the targets of the attacks were mostly local garrisons in Demacia , such as silver vaults, granaries, and armories...
Over the past week, many places in the eastern part of Demacia were attacked. Not only did they lose countless money and food, but they also killed thousands of local garrisons.
No matter how you look at it, this looks like an organized, premeditated terrorist attack against Demacia officials.
People would suspect that this was done by an extremely antisocial group of mages, and it is not groundless.
"But I've been recuperating in the mountains." Shyvana was confused.
"Could it be the mother?"
Her mother's injuries were less severe at the time, so she might have had enough strength left to continue causing trouble.
But the problem is... As an elemental dragon connected to her by blood, Iva can remotely sense the location of her daughter through a special kind of telepathy.
Since he knew the location, was not seriously injured and had some strength left, why didn't Iva come directly to her to "clean up the mess", but instead went to attack those Demacians who had nothing to do with the matter?
“Could it be…” Shyvana’s heart sank: “She wants to use this method to retaliate against me, the humans I want to protect?”
You know what, this is really possible.
Perhaps because her child was once stolen by humans, her mother Iva hates humans as a species.
And a week ago, Shyvana fought a desperate battle with her mother to protect the humans in the fortress.
Seeing a half-human, half-dragon monster raised by humans fighting with himself to protect humans - perhaps this increased Iva's hatred for humans.
Driven by such negative emotions, she, with her extreme personality, might lose her temper at those innocent Demacians.
After all, Iva is a giant dragon who regards humans as worthless.
Shivana still remembers how this so-called mother brutally killed her adoptive father a few weeks ago, and how she burned her hometown where she had lived for more than ten years, along with those innocent villagers, to ashes.
"Mother..." Shivana clenched her fists secretly.
Although this is her biological mother and she is related to her by blood, but...
"I can't let more people die innocently because of me."
Shyvana felt an endless fighting spirit in her heart.
However, her weak body quickly brought her back to reality.
Shyvana looked at her slightly trembling hands:
She can barely maintain her freedom of movement now, let alone fight for her mother's life.
In this situation, she was like a clay Buddha crossing the river and could not save herself.
Not to mention saving those Demacians, when Iva has killed enough people in Demacia, she will follow her "breath" and come to her...how can she deal with her?
There is only one ending: death.
Not only is she going to die, but many others are going to die as well.
Shivana could only see this tragic ending.
unless……
"I can find an ally." Shyvana looked up at the bounty and the eye-catching emblem of the Demon Seeker Corps.
Commander Eldred's autograph was printed in a flamboyant style on the notice.
In the notice, Eldred expressed in an extremely sad, emotional and indignant tone his hatred for the dragon and the demon-tainted forces behind it, as well as his deep condolences for the dead Demacian warriors and his deep concern for the people of the East who had suffered from the dragon's tyranny.
Everyone who reads this notice will know that Eldred is the one who always stands on the front line to fight against the invasion of the dragon and is a brave warrior they can trust.
"Demon Seeker..." Shyvana grew up in the human world and has always lived on the Noxian border near Demacia.
She knew very well how the Demon Hunter Corps treated a magical creature.
but……
Shivana took a last look at the bloody crimes recorded on the bounty warrant.
So she hesitated for only a second, then turned around and left resolutely:
"Mother, come to me."
"I...will stop you!"
