Others Summon Dragons, I Summon Legendary Knights novel Chapter 174

Chapter 174: Paradise Watchman

When the television came on, the news anchor was already speaking about the crisis in Brooklyn, with short clips of the situation.

"The situation in Brooklyn has gotten worse, and the threat can already be classified as a red gate disaster. Despite the large number of freelancers, the monsters from the dungeon are able to keep growing in numbers. We think their numbers are already over twenty thousand, with the weakest of them being a mid-level Elite Tier."

Isolde frowned.

The anchor stretched her hand to a clip of the Brooklyn Bridge.

"As we can see, a mass evacuation is currently going on, as several high tiers and lord tiers have been brutally torn apart by the swarming army of ents that is supported by an actual forest. The fight is in their terrain, hence the disadvantage."

The clip showed a view of Brooklyn. Some portion of it was swallowed by tall green trees.

"The death rate is rapidly rising by the moment, but fortunately, one of this region’s biggest guilds, the Gate Defender’s Guild, has promised to attack this threat, stating that their guild master will be present. Thankfully, Justice Guild’s Vice Guild Master has promised to also take action with the Justice Guild’s secondary combat team, as the primary team is out on raid with the Guild Master to face the biggest blue gate yet in Antarctica."

The anchor said the next words with relief.

"It seems Gate Defender’s guild master’s refusal has turned out to be one of the deciding factors of Brooklyn’s survival. The criticisms toward him will surely see a turn."

The female doctor gasped inwardly, trembling softly as she remembered her husband, Charles, who had been made the head of the secondary combat team after his summon’s evolution due to the mana fruit.

Knowing he was heading for such a place made the doctor uncomfortable. She quickly rose to her feet and excused herself as she brought out her phone.

***

Two days later...

"Thinking about Isolde?" Percival’s voice made Godfrey tilt his head toward him. They both stood on the north wall, Godfrey in a white top, black pants, and sneakers, while Percival wore a white top, pants, and white sneakers, but his facemask was black.

He lifted one of his eyebrows as Godfrey began to chuckle.

"I consider myself lucky. I got a girl great-looking guys like you dream about."

He snickered and squatted, surveying the landscape beyond the wall.

"Who told you she’s yours? Have you told her about your feelings?"

"Of cour—!"

"Explicitly. Isolde, I love you. Have you said that?" Percival snickered as Godfrey stared at him, at a loss for words.

"You live with two women and still haven’t understood that word work wonders on them." Percival shook his head, smiling softly behind his mask.

"I’ve made enough declarations to insinuate my intentions," Godfrey retorted.

"I know. You don’t need to shout, I’m just a few feet away," Percival replied in his usual calm and collected tone.

Godfrey sighed. "Alright, I know you’re jealous."

Percival scoffed.

"Hey, I think I need to tell you something. I’ve been pondering about it for some days now." The sudden gravity in Percival’s tone made Godfrey rise up.

Percival shut his eyes. "I saw the mana tree."

"What?!"

"After my fight with Leander, I suddenly found myself before this tree that pierced right through the sky. It was so big I couldn’t even see how wide it was, and the roots are even bigger than Leander’s serpent. It seemed like that entire planet was just for that tree." Percival began to explain softly. The gentle wind rustled his blue hair.

"I thought thousands of king/queen tiers ate tens of thousands of those fruits and brought even more back, but when I saw that tree, it was filled with fruits like it hasn’t been touched since forever." Percival looked at the landscape filled with tall grass and back at Godfrey.

"Then two fruits fell before me. I could tell they came from above, as the clouds were torn apart by their fall. I came back after feeding them to my summons." Percival concluded.

Godfrey was silent. He thought the mana tree was a one-time thing, but it had appeared again, and this time a little more selective.

"I could feel the vast potential opened up for King and Levi. King can almost bring the sea right here. He can call for it and it will answer, he can command most of the evolved sea beasts, and there’s more my leviathan can do. I can feel the pump of growth surging within me for the past few days. Once their evolution is done, we’ll ascertain their tier"

Godfrey blinked. This was the first time Percival sounded so emotional about something other than his family.

In that moment, the very space before them tore, like it was cut open by a knife. They knew only one person who could do something like this.

Gabriel, Paradise watchman.

The tear grew wider, and a voice rang.

"Come."

"I think it’s because of you," Godfrey said to Percival as they walked through the space tear. They were about to meet the most mysterious man in Paradise.

"Welcome." Gabriel’s voice made the young men look up. They were inside a tree with lots of books and spiral steps leading up. It was over seventy stories tall, with two towering pillars from the floor to the lofty ceiling.

This was the tallest building in Paradise. The tower of the watchman.

At the top stood a man in a black woolen coat, holding the railing and looking down. His golden hair fell to his shoulder blades and had a beautiful sheen that Godfrey’s ordinary-looking golden hair couldn’t match.

It felt like they weren’t even looking at a man. He was pale-skinned and looked like he was in his youth.

"Couldn’t you have teleported us to where you are? Do we have to climb these stairs?" Percival couldn’t help but ask.

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