Dragonblood Covenant

Lian stormed into the Black Dragon's lair and signed a blood pact with Neo, who had been imprisoned for a thousand years, allying against their common enemy, Hathaway, with a bond of life and death between human and dragon. After Neo transformed into human form, he healed Lian's severe injuries with a contract kiss. When pursuers broke in, Neo crushed the soldiers and carried Lian to safety. Hathaway was secretly manipulating the empire, maintaining a twisted relationship with the First Knight Leon while preparing a godhood ascension ritual. Lian blocked a fiery arrow to protect Neo, who had temporarily lost his magical power, taking a grave injury himself. That moment marked the first time Neo was touched by a human risking their life to protect him, and he transformed into a dragon to break through the encirclement and fly Lian to an ancient castle to heal. During their escape, they went from testing each other to quietly developing feelings, stubborn in words but soft in actions. Hathaway sent Anthony to track the contract fluctuations, while Leon’s army blocked their path. Fighting and retreating, they saved each other in desperate situations. Hathaway schemed to drive a wedge between them, but Anthony switched sides at the crucial moment, revealing Hathaway’s ascension plan, which required devouring the blood of dragons and the royal family. Lian and Neo, seeing through the plot, united rebel forces across the land and infiltrated the imperial capital to sabotage the ritual altar. In the final battle, they broke the shackles of their pact but chose to rebind it, joining forces to defeat Hathaway. The ascension ritual backfired, turning Hathaway into ice crystals that dispersed. The Moonlight Empire fell, Lian rebuilt the royal city, standing on the peak of the new city alongside Neo.