At that moment, while listening to Mang's rant,
he suddenly spoke to me.

"So, I’ll ask one last time."

"What?"

"Will you join me?"

I couldn’t help but let out a hollow laugh.

Even now, he was still trying to persuade me?
It was absurd.

His persistence might have been impressive,
but seeing him like this made something clear.

“He must really need me.”

More precisely, he needed my Authority—
the power to consume and suppress the powers of other dragons.
To devour and steal them.

That’s what he was after.

"This is your last …