If these strange beasts had been in the Magical Beast Forest, they would have been the targets of hunting for sure. But here, these Dragon Beasts wore gold and silver, dressed in magnificent clothing, and appeared openly in public!
Not only did nobody dare to hunt and kill them, but they even had to obediently make way for them in abject fear that they would enrage the other party!
This was because everyone knew that each of these ferocious-looking Dragon Beasts came from a notable background, whether it was a Marquis’ son, a Duke’s nephew, or even a member of nobility itself. Who would dare to mess with them?
Even humans are beneath beasts when they are but just monkeys wearing hats!
Meng Lei secretly sighed as he watched the tyrannical Dragon Beasts. In this vast and broad land called the Dragon God Empire, humans were just appendages and slaves, while the dragons... were the true masters!
As such, every Tom, Dick, and Harry animal related to the Colossal Dragons had become the masters. Not only was killing humans not illegal, but they even got to enjoy various special privileges. Should anyone offend them and be killed as a result, they would only die in vain!
Of course, although there were quite a few Dragon Beasts, there were even more Dragon People!
% of Dragon God Empire’s nobility were Dragon People, and these aristocratic Dragon People’s descendants were also Dragon People. As a result, there was an extremely high number of Dragon People here taking part in the magic assessment!
Some had a pair of horns on their heads!
Some had wings on their backs!
Some had dragon tails at their bottoms!
Some had scales on their bodies!
All of them possessed obvious dragon characteristics!
“Meng Lei, don’t stare at the Dragon People like that. It’s very rude!” Captain Hudders patted Meng Lei on the shoulder and gave him a soft reminder, “If you enrage any with a bad temper and end up being smacked to death with one swipe of their claws, you won’t even be able to reason with them at all!”
“Uhh?! Okay, okay!”
Meng Lei nodded. Then, he suddenly pointed at some Dragon People who were wearing coarse sackcloth and asked, “Captain Hudders, aren’t Dragon People nobility? Why are those people wearing commoner clothes? Are they down and out nobility?”
Birds of a feather flocked together, and like-minded people gathered in groups!
There were a lot of people in the public square, and they gathered in groups of two to three and chatted with one another. However, they largely fell into four groups—magnificently-dressed human nobility, Dragon Beasts that looked like Magical Beasts, Dragon People nobility, and human commoners!
This was exceptionally obvious, and this could be seen based on their dressing and looks. However, what puzzled Meng Lei was that there was still another special group apart from these four groups!
They were all Dragon People, but they were dressed in coarse sackcloth and looked about the same as human commoners. Were they the commoners among Dragon People?
Chapter 18: Magic Test, Cruel Reality
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
They were clearly Dragon People, but they were dressed in civilian clothing, one had to feel confused!
“These Dragon People... Some of them are fallen nobles!”
Captain Hudders heard this, gave the group of Dragon People a look, and explained in a low voice, “Some of them belong to the civilian class just like us!”
Meng Lei was stunned. “Civilians? There are civilians among the Dragon People?”
“Of course! Dragons are wanton in nature, and many Dragon People also inherited this kind of trait. Some Dragon People of poor character refused to recognize what they did after committing bad deeds...”
Captain Hudders shook his head. “This caused the birth of a lot of Dragon People orphans and bastards. They grow up without any family to rely on, and without titles, so they naturally become civilians!”
“I see!”
Meng Lei suddenly understood. Even humans could act irresponsibly, such as abandoning their wives and children, not to mention Dragon People who were wanton in nature. From this aspect, the birth of Dragon People bastards and orphans was then inevitable!
“Even if we’re both civilians, their lives are not what we can be compared to!” Captain Hudders shook his head. “Even the weakest Dragon Person makes a pretty strong fighter and has plenty of opportunities to make a head start, which is something we humans can’t compare to!”
“That’s true!” Meng Lei nodded quietly.
“Come on, that is the place of the assessment, let’s go!” Hudders pointed in the direction with the largest number of people, and the group headed there. Soon, several armored knights stopped them!
“Accompanying people, please stop!”
“Magic test, 10 gold coins per person!”
“Meng Lei, you all can go in!”
Hudders took out 40 gold coins, which he had prepared beforehand, and handed them over to Meng Lei. His gaze swept across each of the four and encouraged them, “May the Dragon God bless you all. I believe you will surely fulfill your wishes!”
“Yes!”
The four nodded hard.
There were many people taking part in the magic test. People came and went, and they had lined up in 10 long lines. It was quite similar to the scene of people lining up for train tickets back home before the Chinese New Year!
“So many people, how long will we have to wait?”
Meng Lei sighed, before he found a relatively shorter queue and joined at its end. When looking at the long queue, he felt a slight headache.
“Brother Meng Lei, I’m... I’m nervous!”
Jonah pulled Meng Lei’s sleeves, her little face full of anxiety and nervousness. She was completely devoid of her former liveliness and mischief!
“Relax. Such things only depend on fate, so being nervous won’t help!”
Meng Lei, not knowing how to comfort her, could only say so!
The sun
