"The Atlati Continent—the Free Continent that you adventurers often call it, is the place where our dragon race once lived."
The slowly approaching footsteps made a muffled sound on the scattered bone fragments. Furla, who stepped forward, waved her hand and exuded a dazzling light. The darkness driven away by this golden light then also filled the interior of the building.
The scene of the cave gradually expanding in space spread before everyone's eyes, accompanied by the smell of accumulated dust that came back with the flow of energy: "Sorry, the various records and names circulated by our Dragon Clan have gone through several times.
In ten years, many intelligent creatures and souls have also grown and declined in this process. These creatures and souls are very...well, short-lived in our eyes, so the change of knowledge among them may be greater than we imagined.
It’s much more chaotic.”
"It doesn't matter, this is the word 'civilization' that I often mention to you. As long as civilization continues, even a short life has the possibility to continue." He put away the light spell in his hand and was struck by this.
Duan Qing, whose face was also illuminated by golden light, showed a kind smile: "You can continue."
"This is similar to some ideas that several elders among us have mentioned before." Among the piles of bones and intertwined rocks that were unfolding around her, Fulla, who was leading everyone's attention, turned to the depths of the wide cave: "
Of course, our dragon clan also has its own internal inheritance method. Aging individuals will engrave their most important knowledge and memories in the 'core' and preserve them in the form of magic - of course, there is more than one way of preservation.
, different dragon individuals will choose their favorite inscription method."
"The dragons with a group will entrust their 'core' to the elders so that their knowledge can coexist with the entire group. The dragons who do not have a group...their preservation methods appear to be diverse." At this point.
Fulla looked up at the huge and empty space in front of her, seeming to be sensing something: "But no matter what kind of dragon clan they are, they often have only one choice after leaving their 'core', and that is -"
"Find a place where no one knows where to die, huh?"
Then the other party said these words, and Duan Qing looked at the scene occupied by mountains of broken bones and sighed: "This may also be one of the instincts of survival. After all, every dragon clan has such full wealth and value during his lifetime.
They shouldn’t want other beings to easily discover and plunder it.”
"But even the corpses of dragons contain much more value than we originally imagined." Leading everyone to move in a certain direction, Fulla shook her head and continued to answer: "Coveting the knowledge of dragons,
Coveting the wealth of the Dragon Clan, and finally coveting the Dragon Clan's body itself - no matter how powerful our individuals are, we are alone in the ancient continent surrounded by powerful people and cannot protect ourselves. That's why the ancient Dragon Clan elders made the final decision.
With that choice, the whole family moved to a place completely out of reach of the Free Continent, and was completely isolated from other intelligent life forms."
"Is this dragon tomb also preserved from that time?" The demon resurrected on the side couldn't help but asked: "The dying dragons of that era actually chose the same resting place?"
"Why not? As long as no life is discovered, it is enough." Fula, who was walking in front, glanced at the face of the resurrected demon: "In the Free Continent at that time, almost all high-level life forms were living in the Andachel Mountains as the center.
In the north, not to mention that this area belongs to the territory of several large dragon tribes such as the Belial Tribe and the Hellskrim Tribe, so it is not that easy to break into this area."
"The Beliya tribe? And that He...what tribe, were they living here at that time?" Duan Qing, who kept paying attention to the situation on the left and right, raised his eyebrows when he heard this: "We are here
That ancient forest above our heads?”
"That's right, it's what you call the Tinsi Forest." After turning to the bottom of one of the huge bone mountains, Fulla nodded her head: "They are warlike by nature, and they uphold the concept of inheritance that is different from other
The dragons are a little bit different, so you can still find many traces of them in that forest, as well as... their descendants."
"I have seen the strongest sub-dragon species in that ancient forest. Some of them even crossed the snow-capped mountains and ran to the territory of the Star Flower Plain." The demon resurrected, clapping his fists and throwing away the bones in his hands.
He also showed an expression of realization: "It is indeed very powerful. The dragon skin and dragon bones are also... ahem, so they do not have the same habits and wisdom as the dragons, so why were they not taken away by those ancient ancestors?"
"No, because this method of passing on descendants is no longer needed." Fula replied indifferently: "Moving to another continent that is isolated from the world has caused many dragon tribes to abandon their original way of survival.
The Leah tribe and the Hellskrim tribe are the most obvious examples.”
"So are they still alive now?" Duan Qing blinked his eyes: "How are they doing there now?"
"..."
The footsteps walking in front paused for a moment, and Fula answered all of this with a calm look while turning her head in silence. Duan Qing, who curled his lips, then let out a low laugh, wiped his nose and turned his gaze.
One side: "A common problem of intelligent creatures is that without old contradictions, new contradictions will arise - if we humans had collectively migrated to a beautiful new world without natural enemies, we might have developed the same result."
"I will take you to take a look, of course not now." Slowly crossing the large scattered bone fragments in front of her again, the blond Fulla continued to lead everyone towards the depths of the cave: "Look at the dragon bones here.
There was no damage up there, but some of the traces showed that they had been tampered with some time ago."
"Since the professionals said so, it means it has really been touched." Then Duan Qing and the other players exchanged looks: "People from the Magic Empire."
"After thousands of years of wind and frost, these dragon bones should have lost their original power... Do they just want to pick them back and use them as physical materials?"
"That's not certain. After all, it's a magic empire. What if they can also come up with some black technology? For example, resurrecting the dragon or something like that."
"I don't believe it. This world has never seen such a high-level resurrection magic. The only way to resurrect it is to resurrect a bunch of bone dragons... Tsk, tsk, tsk, it sounds scary."
"This is an insult! It is a blasphemy to the Dragon Clan! The Dragon Clan that sleeps here should continue to sleep here! Why do they disturb these ancient and wise souls? If it were me, I wouldn't be able to bear it!"
"The Gonghuo is too obvious, brother. Furla will not be fooled by this. Moreover, this is not the first time that undead magic has appeared on the Free Continent. It was not seen when so many skeleton soldiers appeared on the frontal battlefield.
That we 'human beings' are so outraged."
"Ahem - can our human lives be compared with the lives of the dragons? Human bones can be found everywhere, but the dragons' bones are only in this place!"
"The value judgment between different bones is not based on this. If there are bone dragons really appearing in the world, I am not very optimistic about how much strength they can exert and how much combat power they can achieve... Hey,
What are you doing? Did you secretly pick up a piece?"
"I, I just took a look, nothing else. I'm not a necromancer! Why don't you pick up a piece and take it back as a souvenir?"
"...I am not here to protect this Dragon Tomb. This is not within the scope of my responsibilities."
Finally sighing and interrupting the funny conversation between Duan Qing and Demon Resurrection, Fula, who was leading the way, reminded without looking back: "This gray-robed magician must have already fulfilled his duties this time.
I told you in advance."
"Ah, yes, yes, yes, I almost forgot." Then the demon resurrected and grinned: "This is the arena you chose, right? When do we start?"
"Find a more open location, after all, I still have to make some preparations." Duan Qing also put away his playful expression, and was also looking at the left and right sides of the cave illuminated by golden light: "Don't worry, it's not for fighting.
I have made preparations, I am not weak enough to need to form a formation to challenge you... Fula."
"Well, it's around here."
Amidst the response from Furla who was walking in front of her, the magician in gray robe fixed his swaying gaze on the cave wall near the edge of one of the bone mountains.
A trace of darkness appeared in the footsteps that were gradually approaching, and the gap that could only accommodate two people walking side by side was outlined in front of everyone's vision: "...This is it."
"What kind of passage is this? It's well hidden." He hurriedly stepped forward to check it, and the demon asked in a surprised voice: "Where does this lead to?"
"How do I know?" Duan Qing replied noncommittally: "I don't care where it leads, and I have no intention of going in. Anyway, this cave has been excavated by the Magic Empire for a long time, and it has no internal passages that extend in all directions.
It will be surprising.”
"This crack doesn't look like it was dug manually." Xue Ling Huan Bing, who had been following behind without speaking, then reminded Duan Qing: "Do you need me to go in and take a look first?"
"Need not."
A purple glow emerged on Duan Qing's raised palm, forming magic runes tightly entwined with each other in the air. Violet's voice then emerged in the circular trajectory formed by the high-speed rotation of these purple runes, mature
The steady feeling sounded like he had been waiting for a long time: "Have you finally found the location?"
"The coordinates of the 'anchor point' are not easy to find, and there is nothing I can do about it."
"With Fulla there to guide you, it actually took so long to find it... It seems that the underground cave is really complicated. If I have time, I would also like to visit it, hehehehe."
"She is responsible for sensing spatial signals, and she does not really know the place where the ancient dragon tribe buried itself - cough cough."
After secretly glancing at the indifferent figure of the dragon lady who was still standing in front without saying a word, Duan Qing then cleared his throat: "Don't waste any more time, let's get started."
"I will project the 'eyes' into the earth's veins and connect the connection with the violet magic circle." The voice that emerged from the rune magic circle then took on Violet's unique mature charm: "What happens next?
, you can handle it yourself, right?"
"Of course, I still remember how to draw the fixed runes." Duan Qing nodded and leaned down: "As usual, it still requires a period of observation to prevent accidents such as spatial resonance... I said,
There’s nothing here that could affect the flow of the earth’s veins, right?”
"There is no magic left in the Dragon Tomb itself. The only thing that has an impact is the furnace itself." Violet's voice answered very firmly and simply: "Let you little guys go and occupy the furnace... Well,
It’s really a bit overwhelming, you just need to do the tasks at hand today.”
"Is it okay even if I attract them here?"
"Why, wasn't the commotion you made before big enough?"
The purple runes gradually replaced the golden light that Fulla had waved before, casting the dragon bones scattered on the ground and the vast space of the cave with the same mysterious atmosphere. The constantly rotating scene seemed to be also reflected by the Lord of Violet.
His words gradually stopped and froze, and finally he was nailed in the air like a mark in the void: "It doesn't matter, after the earth's veins are connected, this place will become the lighthouse in the center of the endless sea. No matter how inconspicuous it is, it will be
They found out."
"We and the Magic Empire have opened up new battlefields in countless places. It doesn't matter if there is one more." Ignoring the stunning and magnificent scene above, Duan Qing, bathed in purple light, squatted directly under the runes.
On the ground: "If they really don't care, then we don't mind accompanying them to burn the war deeper and see who is the unlucky one in the end."
"Look at Furla next to you." Violet teased in a thousand tones: "You are so heartless."
"If Fulla really cared, she wouldn't have agreed to the job in the first place."
Duan Qing, who seemed to have completed his task, stood up, clapped his hands and turned his head: "This is also another form of witness. After all, the more referees, the better."
"The people outside probably can't wait any longer."
Following the finger held out by Duan Qing, several people looked into the dark distance at the same time. The depths of the cave illuminated by purple light also echoed with vague noises, and discussions like a vegetable market were suddenly startled by the blooming flowers.
The voice became clear: "Hello? Hey, hey? Hey, there's a signal! There's a signal—ahem!"
"Ladies and gentlemen, viewers who have been waiting impatiently! Thank you for your patience and perseverance in staying on the channel even after watching the commercial three times and listening to us chatting for time! Our Mr. Sky-Breaking Blade has already
Appear on camera again!”
"We saw that the scene was very dark, as if it were in a cave... Well, is this the competition venue you have been looking for for a long time? It does not look like anyone will disturb it, but can you set up a light source first?
We can't let the audience's eyes suffer - ah, yes, thank you to the lighting lady over there, we will send the salary to you through the logistics team later."
"Let us wait quietly for the new round of finals to begin!"
This chapter has been completed!