Adrian was startled, and he quickly retracted his consciousness. It took him a long time to calm down. Carefully, he extended his consciousness again to probe the Scarlet Dracoblade.

As expected, a thundering voice echoed in his mind once more. "Let me go!"

This time, Adrian resisted the urge to retreat as he did before. Instead, he asked in his consciousness, "Who are you?"

The voice fell silent for a moment before replying, "I am Almandine, the Scarlet Dragon who was killed by a person in t