Chapter 196: 193. Gazan
"No, this isn't his handwriting," Hannah said as she looked at the note supposedly left behind by Dexter.
"That's what his mum said too," Tracy said with a sigh. Hannah furrowed her brows.
"Could it be that he was taken away?" Hannah asked. Tracy put a finger on her chin as she pondered it.
"We can't be certain. Kila and Lily are going out to look for him, and I'm also going," Tracy said while looking at Hannah.
"You know why I have to go, right?" Tracy said sternly, and Hannah sighed as she nodded.
"I know, you guys can go ahead," Hannah said, and Tracy hugged her friend tightly.
"We'll be back before you know it," Tracy said before she left Hannah and went towards the entrance of the camp.
Hannah looked back, entered her father's building, and then sat on the couch.
Mr. Dian, who was seated behind a table checking some reports, looked at her before looking back down at the papers in his hands.
"Where's Quan?" Hannah asked with a curious look.
"He's out with Natasha and Bai. Hunting," Dian said, and she left the building.
The elderly man only sighed as he continued looking at the papers.
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Tracy met up with Lily and Kila, and she was shocked to see Dexter's mum among them.
"She's going too?" Tracy asked, and Kila nodded.
"He's my son, you know," Jane said, and Tracy sighed before they left the camp, following Kila as they went on a search for Dexter.
After they left, it wasn't long before a blurry figure went towards the general's building like a flash. Nobody seemed to notice this, and they continued with their activities.
Mr. Dian stood up and got on his knee while bowing his head as he felt a powerful presence enter the premises of the camp.
"I see your senses are as sharp as ever," a deep voice came from within the room, and a man suddenly appeared in front of the general.
"I've been expecting you, King Gazan," Dian said, keeping his head down.
The man looked to be in his early forties. He had long blue hair that flowed down his back, and his yellow eyes, which radiated calmness, made him extremely handsome.
"I see you're doing well, Dian. How's your daughter?" Gazan asked as he walked past the general, and Mr. Dian nodded.
"She... She's not ready, King Gazan."
Hearing Dian's reply, Gazan looked at him with furrowed brows, then let out a deep breath.
"I guess I'll have to tell her myself. After all, war is coming," Gazan said as his eyes flashed a bright light, and even if it was just for a mere second, Dian could feel a strong pressure on his mind in that moment.
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Gracia was in a story building that was the medical ward, and they had a lot of people there who suffered from mostly injuries, most of whom were her squad mates.
"I see you're doing fine," a voice came from behind her, and she nearly fell down from the stool she was sitting on.
"U... Uncle Gazan!" she said in excitement and went towards him to hug him.
"Didn't your father teach you the proper way to greet a king?" Gazan said with a calm voice as he hugged his niece.
The people in the ward all looked in their direction, and they were all confused about the sudden appearance of this man. The ward became filled with murmurs.
"There's a lot of planning to do as we don't have much time. Summon your sister to your father's location," Gazan said before vanishing from her sight.
'Wow. Seeing the vanishing steps technique in person, I still can't believe he just moved so fast that I couldn't even track his movement.' Gracia was astonished by the technique she witnessed firsthand, and she left to summon her sister.
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It didn't take long for Gracia and Hannah to get to the general's building, and Hannah was shocked to see her father's very close friend there.
"Uncle Gazan! When did you arrive?" she said as she went towards him and hugged him.
"Not too long ago. I see you've become a very fine woman," Gazan said, and Hannah chuckled to herself.
"I would love to catch up with how you've all been faring, but unfortunately, there isn't much time. War is coming." Gazan went straight to the point, and Hannah was greatly confused.
"Hannah, there's one thing you need to know. You and your entire family are not humans."
...
It didn't take long for Gazan to say all he had to say. Gracia, along with their father, kept their eyes on her.
Hannah was lost in thought as she looked at her hands.
'So they are dragons? I... Am a dragon?' Hannah looked back up from her hands and at her sister, who was beside her with a calm expression.
"You knew about this?" she asked, and Gracia nodded quietly.
"This is..." Hannah was at a loss for words.
But then she remembered the power she felt just before she left Nigeria. The power she manifested to kill the glaciers behemoth.
'Could that be the power of my race?' Hannah thought, and she sighed as she looked at Gazan again.
"So what do we do now, Uncle?" she asked, and Gazan smiled as he looked at the door.
"First of all, you're not a pureblood. And to train you, we will need someone else's help," he said as he continued looking at the door.
"How long do you plan on staying there? Don't you miss your daughter?" he said, and a woman appeared in front of the door, wearing a red cloak that covered her body and face.
She removed the hood of the cloak, let her long white hair flow down, and looked at Gazan.
"I didn't know the black dragons were ready to go to war," the woman said, and she looked at Dian.
"It's been a long while, Dian," she said to Hannah's dad, who couldn't believe that she was there.
Hannah was shocked to see this woman come out of nowhere, and she was shocked at the skill used by them.
"Hello, my daughter. It has been twelve years since we last saw each other." The woman looked at Hannah into her eyes, and Hannah immediately remembered this voice... from her childhood.
She also remembered the white hair...
"Mother?"