When the friendly Tutulu spit out a few Shakiri sword balls from the slits of his eyes, the big octopus immediately got into the seabed, shook its eight legs, and fled away into the distance without looking back. Every minute and every second
I don’t want to stay and have a big show with some human that will send you thousands of miles away.
Lin, who half-raised his hand, was a little embarrassed. He explained to the white swordsman beside him: "Actually, I am using the characteristics of the hakakiri to deepen the communication with Tutulutu and avoid any misunderstandings between the two parties. Do you believe this?"
"Hey, just believe it yourself. It doesn't matter whether I believe it or not." William was as free and easy as ever.
Regardless of the giant octopus that swam faster than flying, Lin returned his attention to the focus of the trip. After nearly ten days of sailing, he finally got close to the rumored island. Lin was looking forward to the dragon that would unveil the mystery.
island.
Originally, I heard that to go to Dragon Island, you must be accompanied by the empire's naval fleet, so that you can pass the dragon as the gatekeeper. At first, Lin didn't really believe this statement.
The sea is so big. With the development of technology or magic in Lost Land, is it possible to guard every inch of the coastline to avoid illegal crossings? This kind of thing cannot be done even in my hometown. There is always a gap in every hundred meters.
However, after actually seeing Dragon Island and cooperating with William's father, Henry, who was also the president of the Greco Chamber of Commerce, Lin believed that such a thing was really possible.
The terrain of Long Island is quite strange. The outer edge of the island is not a beach or a rocky shore, but a circle of mountains! Although it is not as high as the sky, the straight rock walls and height will make anyone who wants to sneak ashore
people feel despair.
Even if there were stowaways, they probably wouldn't be able to carry much if they climbed the rocks from the ship and crossed the mountains to Dragon Island. It's okay to send a few spies in such terrain, but if you want to form a normal trade route, it's absolutely impossible.
possible.
According to Henry, the checkpoint for entering Dragon Island is the only strait terrain on the outer edge of Dragon Island. At the narrowest point, at most two ships can sail side by side cautiously. In other places, if the captain's skills are not good, there will be a
A 180-degree turn may cause it to hit the mountain wall.
Around the pass, there are huge dragon sculptures. One is in the posture of ascending to the sky, and the other is in the posture of swooping down. The sculptures are rough in appearance, as if they were made by nature, and do not look like someone has deliberately carved them.
On the towering rock wall behind the sculpture, there are cave entrances. The dragons responsible for guarding the gates live here. It is said that they were originally rotating, but in recent years, they have been guarded by fixed dragons.
When they saw the ships approaching, giant dragons flew out of the caves and kept flying over the ships. Just like in their hometown, when the ships approached the coast, seagulls flew close and screamed. But the pressure of the dragons
The feeling is not comparable to that of seagulls.
The flagship of the accompanying naval fleet of the Karlsruhe Empire actually hung a very special flag a day ago. On the mainmast, a flag was much larger than the ordinary flag, embroidered with what looked like a dragon shape, but was actually
The velvet flag with a black background and gold thread, which is a magic rune, emits a dazzling light with the support of power. It is like a small sun, making it difficult for people to look directly at it.
This flag is not for looking at. In Lin's perception, it will emit a power map with a unique frequency, similar to a fragment of dragon language magic, but the content cannot be specifically translated. It is just used to remind the dragons that hanging
The fleet under this flag is a friend rather than an enemy.
Relying on the function of this flag, the giant dragons flying above the fleet remained harmless. Otherwise, with a few dragon flames washing the ground, it would be difficult for the fleet on this narrow waterway to even turn around.
It can only sink into the sea.
The customs clearance here is not like someone's impression of his hometown. Every ship has to stop and let the dragons board the ship for inspection. Basically, the dragons don't board the ship. Even if they stay on the deck, given the opponent's size,
Even the largest ship does not have room for the dragons to move around, let alone enter the cabin for inspection.
In short, everything seems so simple when entering Long Island. There is no difficulty, no ugly face of accepting bribes, and of course there are not a lot of customs clearance procedures. Just hang up a flag, and then you can sail all the way in.
Quietly writing down the dragon language band emitted by the flag may be useful in the future. Lin took a close look at the rumored island again. Since he didn't know if the Dragon Clan had deployed any covert detection methods,
Lin didn't dare to use detection magic in a big way, so he just observed with his naked eyes and passively collected information.
In the Lost Lands, if one is discovered, it will of course be considered an offense to inquire into other people's details at will. In certain aristocratic territories where there is extreme insecurity, if an adventurer is discovered carrying a map with him, he will be punished.
He might be executed as a spy, let alone directly investigate. Because he didn't know Long Dao's attitude towards this, Lin restrained himself a lot.
However, from the appearance point of view, except for the ring of mountains surrounding the outer edge, the internal terrain of Long Island is just a volcanic rock island, and there is not much green vegetation. There are caves everywhere that look natural, but may actually be violently dug by the dragon tribe.
There are all kinds of dragons.
A special point is that there will be multiple dragons living in a dragon cave, but these dragons will be of the same race. However, the dragons living in adjacent dragon caves are not necessarily of the same race. It may appear to outsiders that they belong to the same race.
The feuding metal dragon and color dragon live in the dragon's lair next door.
This is different from what someone originally guessed. Someone thought that different dragon species would gather together, so that Dragon Island would form several major factions based on dragon species, as well as two major camps of metal and color. But in reality, it seems
, the barriers between dragon species are not that clear.
This made Lin couldn't help but wonder, how do so many dragon species divide different mountains?... Could it really be one mountain, just surrounded by a group of like-minded dragons?
However, in addition to the question about the distribution of dragons, Lin felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity lingering in his heart as soon as he passed the Dragon Island level.
But comparing the composition of the air and various conventional data, there is no difference between Dragon Island and other places in Midland. Even the degree of power diffusion in the atmosphere is similar, and it is not particularly rich or thin.
In other words, from a data point of view, there is nothing special about Dragon Island. So the familiar feeling that arises in me, if it is not an illusion, is that there is something that I have not observed, which gives me this feeling.
Is it an illusion? Or do you admit that there are still some omissions in the development of your environmental detection technology?
Let’s give up studying such issues for the time being. For a new arrival, intelligence is still the most important. Although there are many methods that may trigger alarms that cannot be used, there are also many methods that will not trigger alarms. So Lin tried his best to
To collect information in this area and establish a reasonable physical and ecological model for Long Island.
As the fleet advanced in the river, the mystery of Dragon Island was revealed bit by bit by a certain magician. From the visible part, this is an island with poor natural resources. It is no wonder that the dragon family needs to travel from the main continent They hunt for food or import food. If you want to rely on the natural resources on the island to feed this large number of dragons, 90% of them will starve to death in less than a year.
As for mineral resources, there is no need to mention them. Except for obsidian, there is no possibility of any precious mineral veins. This point, after being verified by the two original earth element lords Imaginary Number and Hefquin, Lin Even more convinced.
However, this also proves that Dragon Island is a volcanic rock island, and there may even be an active volcano. This judgment can only be said to be not surprising at all. Because the red dragons and black dragons among the color dragons like to live in volcanoes. Mouth and sulfur-rich areas.
As the fleet went deeper and deeper into Dragon Island, the number of dragons became more and more dense. In the past, when I wandered around the mainland of Midi, I could go for more than a month without hearing a rumor about the dragons nearby. It seems that this group of dragons is nearby. Creatures born to be kings only live in children's pillow stories or drunken nonsense in pubs.
On Dragon Island, there are dragons everywhere, not only at every ten steps, but also everywhere. Especially when the fleet is sailing in the river, on the overhanging walls on both sides, you can often see giant dragons squatting on high places, looking down with their wings folded.
That feeling, to use a very earthly way of describing it, is like watching the plates of sushi that are constantly rotating on the conveyor belt sushi train in my hometown. And I am like the vinegar rice in the sushi, even though my head is covered with rice. I picked something up, but I still couldn't avoid the fate of being swallowed in one gulp. In short, it was very bad.
However, as the fleet continued to advance, Lin discovered that there was not no green vegetation on Long Island, but only very little. However, there were still no tall trees, at best a piece of grass, and a few shrubs.
Wood embellishment.
Except for some people who look very Druyin in appearance, using magic to nourish the grass, there are only some cattle and sheep grazing sparsely. The whole area looks quite empty.
This leisurely scene should have made people sincerely admire, but a sudden hunt made this pastoral style more ambiguous. A giant dragon flew past the sky and bit it away. A sheep.
The dragon's prey is not as fast and sharp as the eagle's. The dragon's flying speed is not even fast, but the dragon's power makes the target smart. I didn't notice that the cattle and sheep didn't even dare to run, or They said they were so frightened that they didn't know how to run. They all stood there obediently and allowed the dragons to choose.
But the dragon's hunting is not that unbearable. The series of movements are very smooth and... elegant? In short, after the fancy flight, it picks up a sheep in its mouth. It feels like being on the grassland of my hometown, watching that A group of masters who are good at riding are showing off their skills on horseback.
It's hard to say whether every dragon is so good at playing. But Lin probably knows where the cattle and sheep brought by the fleet have gone, and why there are so few livestock on the pasture. Isn't it just because they are almost finished eating, so they need to Supplementary.
I don't know if there is only such a pasture on Dragon Island. Otherwise, judging from the number of livestock on the pasture and the number transported by the fleet, the consumption and speed of the dragons are very alarming.
It seems that every shipment of supplies is carried out under the bottom line of consumption, and of course it is impossible to have much reserves. It can be said that the animal husbandry of the Karlsruhe Empire only needs to suffer a disaster, or the fleet transporting supplies is attacked.