LGHTNOVELBOOK Chapter 383: Surrender
The Dragon Queen Malificient was not receptive to Tulip's suggestion. Unlike Tulip, the Queen knew a lot more about the true power of a prophecy. She treated it as nothing more than truth, plain and simple.
Tulip may feel nothing for the Queen right now. But who's to say that it won't change in the future? It could very well be possible that Tulip would gain hatred and anger for the Malificient Queen in the future. After all, she did imprison her three mothers and burned their house down.
The Queen also did not like to live a life filled with caution and worry. If Tulip lived somewhere in the world, then she would always have to worry about having her backstabbed out of nowhere. She didn't like that. She would turn paranoid.
'Please. Let's stop this nonsensical killing. I will not become your downfall!' Tulip tried to convince the Queen.
But the Dragon Queen Malificient had other plans.
'How about you kill yourself right now? That would solve all our problems.'
The Queen's words made Tulip hesitate. If she wasn't going to budge on this, then maybe the best way to go about this was to sacrifice herself and let other people live their lives.
But Atlan's warm hand on her chitinous shoulders told her that this was a bad idea.
They weren't sure that if Tulip died, the Queen would stop her reign of terror. It was more than possible that she would try to kill them all to get rid of all loose ends.
Tulip was the Dragon Queen Malificient's only weakness. This meant that if Tulip died, then the Queen would no longer have any weakness for Atlan and the humans to exploit. She would practically be invincible and impossible to defeat. This would eventually lead to their deaths. Explore more stories with My Virtual Library Empire
Either way, they were too deep in this thing to give up now. There were only two options where this could go. Either they convince the Queen to stop, or they kill her. That was it.
'I can't…do that,' Tulip said meekly.
'Well then, we have no more to talk about.'
Just as the Queen said that, the thousands upon thousands of dragon clones all converged toward Atlan's clones in the hopes of penetrating through their defense and reaching Tulip.
Michael grabbed Tulip by the waist, ready to burst out of there the moment things got too dangerous.
Atlan's clones and puppets were ravaged by the dragon clones.
The Beast puppets jumped atop the dragon's back and tried to steer them to collide with other dragons.
The Frog Dragon puppet continued to bite pieces of dragon clones, improving its strength in the process.
The Huntsman puppet remained on the ground to protect Ninth and the team. But still, they fired shot after shot, creating a massive explosion that decimated the dragon clone population. With how many dragon clones there were in the sky, the Huntsman couldn't miss even if he wanted to.
Meanwhile, a group of Prince puppets remained close to Atlan and Tulip. Their golden bubbles intersected and combined to create an indestructible barrier.
But of course, the Dragon clones continued to multiply by three with each death. They fired black holes after black holes, each growing in size as it devoured Atlan's puppets.
Tulip watched as the onslaught continued to rain down all around her.
She couldn't help but close her eyes. She didn't want to see all of this. Even if they were mere puppets, Tulip felt as if they were real people. After all, even Atlan's clones were starting to fall from the attacks of the Dragon clones.
Everything happened all because of her. This meant that only she could end everything.
Tulip wriggled out of Atlan's grip and rushed towards the original Dragon Queen Malificient.
'Okay! Okay! I will surrender myself!" she said.
Atlan tried to stop her but found that his strength started to wane. It was as if all of his powers were draining from his body for a mere second.
This allowed Tulip to walk forward and present herself to the Dragon Queen Malificient.
'Ahh…see? That wasn't so hard now, was it?'
The Dragon Clones made way for Tulip to float up towards the dwelling place of the original Dragon Queen Malificient.
Atlan watched, helpless as Tulip went all on her own.
'What…what are you doing?!' he tried to scream at her. But, Tulip just looked back at him and flashed him a smile. It looked like she had just given up, but Atlan could see a glimmer of determination in her eyes.
What is she trying to do? Atlan asked himself. But even then, he couldn't understand anything.
Slowly, Atlan felt the power returning to his body. His Student-level strength shot back up to the specialist level, allowing him to have the strength he had back then.
However, it was too late. Tulip was already amid the Dragon Clones as she floated up towards the Dragon Queen Malificient.
'Do not worry, little one. I will be gentle. I will only need your heart to consume for myself. I will not desecrate your body, and even leave a funeral for you at the end.'
Tulip looked down at the ground as the Queen pulled her closer to herself.
The Queen, knowing that she was about to have whatever she wanted, transformed her body back to her Canzer form.
If one looked at the Queen and Tulip, one would think that they were mother and daughter, if not sisters. They almost looked entirely the same, except for the signs of aging on the Queen's chitin.
Tulip floated close enough for the Queen to reach out her hand and grab Tulip's chest. She was about to rip the heart of her weakness!
Atlan could only watch on, helpless.
He couldn't understand what happened to him. If only he didn't have that moment of weakness, then he could have prevented Tulip from doing something so stupid.
But then, a flash of understanding crossed his eyes.
He looked back down at the three good fairies, who were looking at him as well.
Their expressions were solemn, but they were not sad.
Atlan realized that they were the ones who caused his moment of weakness! This meant only one thing: they wanted Tulip to go to the Queen!