Chapter 859 - 417: Supreme Dragon
"These old stories that aren’t very interesting are a bit lengthy. Let’s all sit down and talk."
Having decided to share her past, Farina showed a sense of relief on her face.
Li Ang quickly arranged resting places for everyone. In this empty wilderness, he effortlessly raised the ground to create a rock shelter for shade, and lifted boulders from beneath the soil to form a round table and chairs for everyone.
Finally, he drew water from afar to moisten the ground. Under the call of nature and earth, the entire wilderness responded to Li Ang, with clusters of colorful flowers blooming around the stone table and chairs. A gentle breeze made the surroundings instantly comfortable and pleasant.
This display brought a gleam to the eyes of the group members, but given Farina’s current topic, they remained silent.
If it weren’t for the giant dragon constantly raising mountains in the distance, this would resemble a simple yet carefully designed rural garden.
"Let me think, where should I start..."
Once everyone was seated, Farina twisted her curly red hair at her collarbone around her slender index finger, momentarily unsure how to organize those chaotic memories.
"Flying Dragon Blood?" Li Ang tried to find a starting point.
"Ah, yes."
It was as if Farina only just remembered how this topic began. In the short time while waiting for Li Ang to create a talking area, the emergence of past events had already made her eyes confused.
She sat up straight, looked at everyone, and began: "Li Ang knows my surname, but everyone might not be clear. Let me formally introduce myself: my full name should be Farina Rupes Vaiwen."
Upon hearing this name, Livi raised an eyebrow: "Indeed, well, according to today’s Nebis, this has quite a history."
This statement aroused more curiosity among the young girls, especially Dorothy, who understands a bit about surnames and noble culture. Her multicolored eyes shifted as she said: "It seems I haven’t heard of such a form of great nobility, but it’s very ancient. Does it have a long lineage?"
"This naming method was used in the earliest years, in what Li Ang defines as the ’Golden Era,’ by those who mixed with Dragon Race blood. Her name’s pronunciation is similar to some ancient languages," Livi said.
"Can it really be traced back to such an ancient era?" Dorothy was surprised, observing Farina with a new understanding.
In noble circles, the factors influencing status and reputation are certainly strength as the most important, but in old and ancient systems, new forces sometimes find it difficult to convince the masses. Even some declining families can rely on past glory to delay their downfall, since respect for one’s background is often a stabilizing factor in the system.
While Dorothy might not fully understand this to such an extent, she knows the simple stereotype that "the older, the more powerful."
Precisely for this reason, many nobles in various places often like to attach themselves to ancestors and boast about their origins, and since Farina’s lineage can be traced back to the Divine Era, it would certainly astonish Half Elves.
"Just how many years is it? From the Divine Era to now?" Alulu asked.
"Nebis’s historical records aren’t available, and many places don’t even recognize the Guild Calendar."
Li Ang said: "The Silver Era can still be estimated, probably over ten thousand years."
"Li Ang’s division is quite easy to understand," Livi said, "When Nebis collapsed at the end of the Golden Era, both the Material Dimension and Magic Power Dimension underwent a process of fragmentation and reconnection, and numerous smaller dimensions were entirely destroyed."
"Therefore, I perished in that catastrophe, other so-called Divine Spirits didn’t fare well, the Primordial Beings brought destruction upon themselves, and the Six Dragons and Dragon Ancestor also followed the disaster with slumber and awakening."
"What woke earlier than the Dragon God were the newborn mortals. When these folks recovered, the world had already been developing for a long time. That’s what you call the Silver Era, and those people named their Sky Island World ’Nebis.’"
"Wait," Meimei looked at Livi, "Lord Leviathan, weren’t you dead? How do you know these things?"
"Did you forget that Akuya and I are different aspects of the Water God of this world? Some knowledge was contributed back to me as I restored my strength," Livi laughed.
"So, Sister Farina is a Dragon Descendant?" Dorothy asked.
"Can’t you let her speak for herself?" Li Ang looked helplessly at these characters, who kept interjecting while the protagonist said little.
"Alright, alright."
The young girls sat up straight, and even the unrelated Othella blinked at the others being scolded by Li Ang, then cautiously mimicked them as well.
Farina smiled: "Indeed, it all starts with my surname."
The Dragon Witch explained that her full name is a formal name for a Dragon Descendant, with the middle ’Rupes’ deriving from ancient Nebis, meaning "from crimson," and Vaiwen following the same rule, meaning "Flying Dragon."
"This naming method, although the power level is very high, was widely used by Dragon Descendants in the Ancient Era when civilization wasn’t broadly established and certain fixed criteria hadn’t formed. Of course, I don’t know if it started from the Divine Era; I thought it began from the Bailong Empire."
Farina said: "The middle name is to explain who our originating ancestor is, while the surname indicates the most direct form of our bloodline."
Li Ang said: "So, in the eyes of those with dragon knowledge, your name means ’Farina, the Flying Dragon of Crimson Dragon Blood’?"
He felt something was not quite right, but this surface understanding wasn’t wrong.