"..."
The crouched figure obviously became more energetic. Gardevoir, who was sitting in the corner of the hut, slowly opened her eyes. As if confirming something, she looked at Duan Qing up and down for a while, and then focused on
On the carriage outside the door: "Dragon Slaying Arrow... I haven't heard of this name for a long time."
"Sir, I have indeed heard of this kind of arrow." He nodded with a smile, and Duan Qing also retracted his gesture from the door on the side: "I heard that this kind of arrow came from something bigger than the Magic Empire.
Brought back from a long time ago, everything there seems to be wilder than it is now. Many ancient races also shone their own glory at that time, competing with humans, elves, natives and other species on the free continent.
the right to live.”
"Of course, there are also many ancient races that gradually withdrew from the stage of history, declined or even became extinct during that period." His smile slowly faded, and there was a bit of sigh in his eyes: "The dragon race is naturally one of them.
part of it, because"
"Because of the emergence of dragon-slaying magic, their strength has become their weakness."
Instead of Duan Qing, he said the last words, Shadow Mage Gardevoir's eyes gradually hid in the dim light: "This is probably a little joke played by the God of Creation and them, so that all other wisdom
The race has the power to compete with them, but with the proliferation of humans on the continent, this magic has been excessively abused."
"They applied dragon-slaying magic to their weapons, armor, home buildings, and even food and daily utensils." Still maintaining a curled-up posture, the black magician used his skinny hands to
He gestured back and forth above his head: "Like the contagion of an epidemic, the entire continent seems to have the power to fight against the dragons, and the feeling of rejection has begun to fill every corner of the world, forcing the '
Large lizard species' are beginning to sink into the abyss of despair."
"So the dragons became extinct just like that?" Duan Qing raised his interested eyebrows: "It shouldn't be that simple, right?"
"The records of the Adventure Age are not very complete, and the historical records that can be found are also very limited." Gardevoir shook his head and replied in a low voice: "At that time, there should have been a final decisive battle, which related to the future of the two races.
Mountains and lakes trembled and were divided by the unprecedented battle, and a large number of other species were also involved in this catastrophe."
"Since we are all standing here, we should be the victorious party." Looking at the direction of the other party, Duan Qing showed an inexplicable smile again: "Even if it is not completely extinct, the Dragon Clan has since disappeared from us.
In front of them, but since they have chosen to hide from the world and live in seclusion, it also means that "
"The magic of dragon slaying is gradually lost."
Nodding his head, Gardevoir confirmed what Duan Qing had yet to say: "This is how it should be."
"Should we say it's the restraint of this world or something magical? When the dragon clan appears, the dragon-killing factor also appears." Duan Qing blinked his eyes: "It can't be that those guys have already
You expected this to happen, so you prepared measures to deal with it in advance, right?"
"I don't know where you met her and her enemies, but the Destiny Weaver could have foreseen such a fate." The voice seemed to blend into the surrounding darkness, and Gardevoir's words were also heard in the narrow cabin.
It keeps echoing: "Knowing the distant past and the ever-changing present. Since we have the power to understand destiny, we can naturally also know the future that should have happened."
"I almost forgot, you are also a destiny weaver." A look of realization flashed in his eyes, and Duan Qing bowed his head again and said in a low voice: "Then you can be like them and give us the answers we need now.
,Yeah?"
"Answer."
With his eyes closed, as if he was pondering something, Shadow Mage Gardevoir raised his skinny hand again, and black energy deeper than the darkness in the hut then appeared in the mid-air in that direction, pulling her slender
The bamboo pole-like arms slowly swallowed it in. As if groping for something carefully, the shoulders of the woman wearing a black robe and a black veil began to move back and forth as she sank into the dark void.
The atmosphere of silence began to gradually dissipate in the air between the two people along with her movements, and finally, together with Gardevoir's sudden stop of movements, it was fixed in a certain posture: "Found it."
"This should be the answer." The black energy representing the void gradually faded from the arm like running water, and in the hands of the woman huddled in the corner, there was an ancient book with a dark cover and complicated patterns woven on it.
Book: "Let me take a look...the old outline of the continent, the records of the isolated islands, the endangered species...ah, this is it."
"What is this, a plant?"
"A plant called dragon grass."
Pointing to the page that appeared on the book, Gardevoir calmly answered Duan Qing's question with his eyes wide open: "According to the records in the "Origin of Ancient Species", this 'Longhui Grass'
They grew up by absorbing the energy left by the dead dragons in this world. These plants contain a certain degree of dragon origin power, which can be used to neutralize the trauma caused by dragon-slaying magic on living dragons."
"Is it a plant that grows on the corpses of dead dragons?" So Duan Qing opened his mouth: "Let's not talk about how this plant should be used to become an alchemy potion for treating dragon-slaying arrow injuries. The growth environment and
The conditions no longer exist, right?”
"There are not many dragon cemeteries on the Free Continent. The only ones I know about are the Anderson Swamp at the foot of Hulan Mountain and the 'Land of Extinction' in the north." Slowly retracting his fingers, Gardevoir closed the book in his hand: "Ancient times
The 'Land of Extinction' where the Dragon Clan finally died in battle is located in the extreme north of the Fleur Empire, which is too far away from the City of Freedom, and Hulan Mountain...is now their territory."
"Where are the Restorationists?" Duan Qing smacked his lips and replied with curled lips: "Those bastards probably discovered this area, so they found big weapons like the Dragon-Slaying Arrow."
"Poisons and antidotes often complement each other, and it is inevitable that they are produced in the same place." Throwing the book back into the void, Gardevoir shook his head: "I'm sorry, I don't have this kind of medicine on my hands at the moment.
Even if rare plants exist, it is very difficult to develop reasonable methods of use."
"In short, it means lack of conditions, right?" Duan Qing straightened his hair and then put down his right hand holding his eyebrows: "Tell me, what kind of conditions do you need?"
"Since you are a disciple of Wiggins, for the sake of being part of the Council of Mages, I won't be too demanding on you." After looking at the other party with an inexplicable gaze for a while, Gardevoir shook his head.
: "As long as you can provide me with dragon glow grass, I will take care of the rest of the materials and alchemy application methods."
"Does this mean we need to go deep into Hulan Mountain?" Duan Qing's sigh became more obvious: "That place is very far away."
"Maybe you can go to the black market to look for it, or go to Oxon Auction House to try your luck." The suggestion was made in a low voice, and then Shadow Mage Gardevoir opened his eyes gently as if he realized something.
Eyes: "Oh, right."
"You should know Oxon Auction House, right?"
She looked at Duan Qing's face with a clear look, and then responded with a low laugh when the other party nodded hesitantly: "Very good, you'd better move faster. That dragon should have recovered recently.
Dragon body, you shouldn't let her do this. Without getting rid of the dragon-slaying magic, this will only widen her wounds..."
"I can detect this, but that is not the choice we want." Duan Qing smiled bitterly and touched his nose: "There may be something wrong with the teleportation array in Sky City, and we don't know why.
Will be thrown into the sky so high outside the city of freedom."
"The City of Liberty is currently shrouded in dark energy." Shaking his head and saying this surprising answer, Gardevoir completely curled up his body in the dark corner again: "It's not just the teleportation spell.
, even ordinary magic communications are currently having some problems, and I am almost certain that someone is secretly operating around the Free City."
"Yes, is that so?" Duan Qing asked hurriedly: "Then why don't you stop it, sir?"
"Because it's not just man-made."
Interrupting the other party's words with a shake of his head and a sigh, Gardevoir pointed to the door behind Duan Qing: "When you came to the Free City, you should have encountered that kind of magic armor, right."
"How do you know?" This time Duan Qing stopped his surprised words in time: "Well, nothing can be hidden from you who knows everything. So what do those magic armors represent?"
"That's a symbol that the earth's veins are being activated." Shaking his head and retracting his fingers, Gardevoir replied in a low voice: "As a magician, you should be able to detect the earth magic elements filled in those ancient armors.
Right? Although I don’t know what you have done in Tania before, the energy of the earth element has begun to accumulate and gather along the earth’s veins, and there is a trend of activation in the surrounding areas of the center of the Free Continent.”
"..."
A light suddenly flashed in his eyes. Duan Qing held his chin and slowly lowered his head: "Could it be that this is also part of their plan?"
"It's not planned, it's fate."
Looking up at Duan Qing, Shadow Mage hesitated for a moment and finally shook his head: "The flow of earth veins is not accidental. There has never been such a huge change in the past thousand years, and those fate weavers are not like
We magicians are equally proficient in all kinds of magic theories, but they can still get a glimpse of reality through prophecies."
"You should know those prophecies, right?" She paused for a moment when she said this, and her eyes were fixed on Duan Qing again: "The threads of magic are everywhere, and the existence of power gradually disappears. Corresponding to this sentence, on the Free Continent
The energy of the earth's veins is constantly extending, but the dominance of the Mage Council is gradually disappearing."
"Sir, times have changed." A strange feeling flashed in his eyes, Duan Qing waved his hands and said loudly: "What we should interpret now is the sentence 'the four stars are about to go out, and the four emperors are about to light up'
That's right, we came to the City of Freedom this time to find the fourth emperor..."
"Um?"
Gardevoir's voice of doubt came out slightly slowly, and Gardevoir's expression became as confused as she showed: "Isn't that the second sentence of the prophecy? How could it be?"
"Yes, that's what it means." Looking at the face covered by the black veil, which gradually turned into a surprised expression, Duan Qing felt proud of defeating the opponent for the first time in his heart: "As long as you look at it from another angle, the so-called
The interpretation of prophecy and destiny has become a lot more reasonable, right? We also found some evidence underground in Tanya, which is enough to prove that this prophecy may need to be interpreted backwards."
"We have sent a request to the City Lord of Freedom City, hoping that he and other members of the Twelve Thrones can provide some corresponding clues." He pointed to the northeast of this small room, where the City Lord's Mansion of Freedom City is located.
Position: "If the 'Fourth Emperor' indeed points to the position of the Lord of the City of Freedom, then the reasons for the Restorationists and others' activities here will become much more reasonable, right?"
"It seems that we need to reconsider the direction of action." As if entering a state of thinking, Gardevoir with lowered eyebrows and closed eyes also fell into a crouched state again: "The bell of victory, the roar of the common people, and
The blue light is so interesting."
"As expected of a disciple of Wiggins, his ideas always make our eyes shine." A smile escaped from the corner of her mouth under the veil again, and she looked at Duan Qing's face with admiration: "I will fully consider this
The new interpretation of prophecy, and the meaning behind it, must also contain new possibilities..."
"You have a third purpose, right?" She was silent for a while, and then suddenly pointed at Duan Qing's face: "To express my gratitude, I will provide you with a clue."
"You, do you know the whereabouts of Mengzhu?"
"Upper-class residential area on the eastern coastal edge of the city, Room 202, Building 2-2, Area D."
After telling the address word for word, Gardevoir answered Duan Qing's surprised question with his eyes wide open in a calm tone: "The place is now occupied by many people, and it is not easy to get in.
but"
"You should be able to find out the whereabouts of that adventurer there."
This chapter has been completed!