28 Legend of the Silver Dragon
The plausible explanation is that the elves did not choose to follow the druids immediately after chasing them, but instead sneaked back to the cave of the black dragon Hermeth and stole the glorious war bow.
The bow was so important that Green Wind could take it for the time being, regardless of the safety of the other members of the mercenary group, and risk the terrible revenge of Hermeth.
Since ancient times, those who steal the dragon's treasure will pay a high price. Because all dragons will spend their lifetime tirelessly hunting down those who dare to steal their treasures. Even if they just took a coin, the dragons wouldn't let the thief go.
Among them, the silver dragon Gold, who ranks three of the four fierce dragons, is the most typical.
The Silver Dragon Gold may not be the most vicious of the dragons, but it is the most famous. Because it also has another very loud name, called "Dragon on Gold Coins". Scholars of the Dragons have long claimed that Gold may have been the richest dragon ever created, possessing more wealth than any other royal family on the continent.
The reason why Gold is called "the dragon on the gold coin" has two meanings. The first meaning comes from the gold gold coin. To this day, a gold coin is still in circulation in the western part of the continent. It is named because the front and back of the coin are cast with Gold's dragon motif.
"Gold will hunt down those who get Gold's gold coins", this is a proverb widely spread in the western region, the so-called "Gold's revenge". But the real meaning of this sentence is to satirize those who can't do what they say. Because the legend about Gold has been circulating in the western region for thousands of years, but the fierce name of the silver dragon does not frighten anyone. Gold's hunt has been delayed for thousands of years.
However, those scholars of the Dragon Examination School don't really think like that. Silver Dragon Gold occupies a very important position in the historical study of the Dragon Examination School.
Legend has it that the silver dragon lived in the vast desert farther away than the Lake District to the west, where there was a valley called "Thal". The valley, which was several kilometers in circumference, was completely covered with gold coins, and Gold lay on them and slumbered over its treasure. This is the second origin of the "dragon on the gold coin".
In fact, if Gold was just a rich dragon, it wasn't enough to make him famous. The silver dragon was recorded in the annals of human history in the first place, not because of its ferocity.
The real reason is that the silver dragon Gold is one of the few dragons that has ever communicated with humans. Due to the "Dragon's Curtain Call" war, the relationship between dragons and humans has been quite bad. Even after the two clans signed the "Treaty of Twilight", the actual relationship was still not good. As a result, there is almost no direct communication between humans and dragons, with the exception of the silver dragon.
The silver dragon is a very maverick dragon among the dragons. They are not friendly with other types of dragons, or even hostile. Silver Dragons claim to be the nobles of the dragon clan, and in their eyes, there are probably no other dragons except for the Golden Dragon clan and a few dragon king-level dragons.
The arrogance of the silver dragon has caused them to be ostracized and suppressed among the dragons, and the more the other dragons treat the silver dragon in this way, the more arrogant and hostile the silver dragon becomes. Over time, as long as the dragon and the silver dragon meet, the two sides will fight. Due to the extremely strong individual combat power of the silver dragon, the combined strength of two or three ordinary dragons may not be the opponent of an adult silver dragon.
In the Centennial Human Dragon War, the role played by the silver dragon is a very dramatic "mediator". When humans and dragons are at war, no matter how fierce the battle is, as soon as a silver dragon appears nearby, the warring parties will immediately cease fighting and evacuate.
Because the silver dragon will indiscriminately attack both humans and dragons at the same time. And any silver dragon is too powerful, their attacks are almost devastating, and neither side can afford to withstand them.
Compared with dragons, human beings' understanding of war and the use of strategy and tactics are more profound and diverse. This may be due to the fact that human beings themselves are relatively weak and have to rely on strategy and tactics. A clear example of this is that in the later stages of the war, even if a dangerous existence like the silver dragon exists, humans will make targeted arrangements to make it play an unexpected role.
Gold's dealings with humans began at the end of the Hundred Years' War of the Human-Dragon. At that time, the war had come to an end, and the losses on both sides were very large. In particular, the dragon and the human powerhouse have been exhausted, so when the silver dragon appears on the battlefield, its deterrent effect is becoming more and more obvious. Sometimes just a silver dragon passing hundreds of miles away will make a battle that has not yet started come to an end.
As a result, several human kings launched the "Mediator" plan, trying to use the silver dragons to control the dominance of the war, that is, to suspend some battles that were unfavorable to their own side through the silver dragons.
Of course, the silver dragon's "mediation method" is relatively crude, and their method of stopping the battle is to kill all the men and horses on both sides. Therefore, in the early days of the mediator program, the effect was not as good as expected.
Later, the diplomatic humans discovered that gold coins had a special effect on the silver dragons. As a result, they began to use a lot of gold coins to make contact with the silver dragons, which gradually shifted to the side of humans.
Some scholars have suggested that it was precisely because of the large number of human contacts with the silver dragon that forced Dragon City to agree to sign the "Twilight Entente" early. To prove this point, a branch of the dragon school emerged that specialized in the study of the relationship between silver dragons and humans.
According to the research of these scholars, the famous gold gold coins of Gold were not actually owned by the silver dragon Gold. These gold coins were actually specially minted by humans to buy silver dragons. The Silver Dragon Gold participated in mediation the most times in the war, so it also received the most Gold Coins.
After the second millennium of mankind, for some unknown reason, the gold coins that were originally owned by some other silver dragons gradually fell into the hands of humans. And the silver dragon Gold suddenly declares that it is the owner of all Gold coins, and slaughters and robs the humans who hold the gold coins.
Gold's first gold coin robbery was against a small noble family, killing a total of 74 people and plundering the wealth of the minor nobles. Later, historical data confirmed that the ancestor of this nobleman was one of the envoys sent by the human kingdom to negotiate with the silver dragon. They did have a large collection of ancestral gold coins in their home.
After that incident, the silver dragon Gold disappeared for nearly a hundred years. According to the research of some scholars, the silver dragon is a dragon with a long sleeping period among the dragon family. Once they fall asleep, they tend to be measured in hundred-year increments. Just when people began to slowly forget about Gold, the silver dragon reappeared and raged for a while.
This time, Gold's range of activities covered the entire western part of the continent, and there were three human kingdoms in that area at that time. The target of the Silver Dragon's attack is extended to anyone who holds Gold Coins. It refers to all holders of gold coins as "Gold's sworn enemies".
As a result, in just a few days, the three kingdoms killed and wounded thousands of "Gordes' mortal enemies". The kings formed a coalition and tried to fight against the silver dragon. Unfortunately, Gold's behavior cannot be predicted. Its attacks came and went without warning. The coalition forces simply could not find a chance to face Gold head-on.
As time passed, more and more people died at the hands of the silver dragon, and both nobles and commoners could not escape Gold's pursuit.
The three kings had to send a plea for help to the entire human world, and at the same time they issued a confiscation order to confiscate the gold coins that had been scattered among the people. This caused chaos in the western region, and many nobles secretly melted down and reminted gold gold coins in order to escape losses.
But this behavior seems to have angered Gold, who began to attack humanity on a larger scale. Anyone who came into contact with Gold's gold coins was attacked, and the nobles and their families who stole the gold coins faced a near-extinction. Even the descendants of those nobles, Gold would not let go. Every time Gold woke up from his slumber, he did not forget to "visit" the descendants of these nobles.
This is also the original origin of "Gold's Revenge", and it seems that the silver dragon has some kind of ability to easily find those who have dealt with Gold's gold coins. This ability is not directly related to the gold coin, but acts on the gold itself.
So someone proposed to melt down all the gold coins collected and cast them into a huge square gold nugget to attract Gold to snatch it. They placed the nugget in a valley and garrisoned it with heavy troops. At the same time, many human powerhouses from all over the continent who had gone to help the three kingdoms also lay in ambush in the valley together. As long as the silver dragon dares to appear, the strong are ready to stage a dragon slaying drama.
But Gold was much smarter than one might think, it seemed to see through the human trap and simply wandered around the valley, and the silver dragon did not give up on the attack on the "Golden Enemy". The death toll in the three kingdoms has risen repeatedly.
The human powerhouse was unwilling to be tricked by the silver dragon, so he took the initiative to challenge the silver dragon, but Gold completely ignored it. It continues to kill everywhere with impunity. Finally, the people of the three human kingdoms were overwhelmed by the silver dragon and left their homes to migrate to other parts of the continent.
This is the largest unnatural migration of the population in the history of the Eastern Continent due to the harm of dragons. Its direct impact was to lead to the decline of the national power of the three kingdoms, and laid the groundwork for the emergence of a unified state in the western region.
Of course, these are all later stories, and the story of Silver Dragon Gold is not over here. Since Gold refused to enter the trap of humans, the three kingdoms could only take the initiative to round up the silver dragon. However, Gold's individual combat power was too strong, and at that time, if less than five human powerhouses joined forces, they would not be able to compete with the silver dragon at all.
So the human powerhouses had to act collectively, and the so-called roundup was divided into two teams composed of human powerhouses, wandering aimlessly in the territory of the three kingdoms. This is naturally not a threat to the highly mobile silver dragon.
After the human powerhouse evacuated the valley, Gold arrogantly entered the valley to snatch the giant gold nuggets. But the size and weight of the nugget were unusually large, and the dragon as strong as a silver dragon could not move it away.
This in itself was a simple but effective strategy, and the silver dragon that could not succeed lingered in the valley. The human powerhouses who heard the news gathered again in the valley. This time Gold did not choose to escape, but waited by "its gold". The battle was extremely fierce, and the human powerhouses launched three attacks before and after, while Gold was stubbornly held in the valley.
In the end, the battle ended in defeat for both sides, and the seven human powerhouses fell, and the silver dragon Gold fled with serious injuries. It is said that when Gold fled, a non-healing cut was torn in his abdomen, and his internal organs and blood were constantly spilled during the flight.
The valley was named "Thal" after the battle, which means burial. The silver dragon Gold disappeared again, and the legend about it gradually became a proverb passed down by word of mouth.
Today, the Taal Valley is no longer available due to the emergence of a large lake area that blocks the road between Taal and the Western Kingdom. After entering the third millennium of humanity, the wasteland west of the Lake District has slowly become a no-man's land, and only a few adventurers will go to that dangerous barren land.
But Silver Dragon Gold did not leave the stage of history because of the passage of time. Just when the vast majority of people thought the silver dragon had fallen, an adventurer suddenly claimed to have found the valley of Taal and saw Gold sleeping on its gold coins.
And the most direct proof that the adventurer presented was a bag full of gold coins stolen from Taal Valley. For hundreds of years, adventurers have traveled in search of the Taal Valley and Gold's treasures. Most are gone, but occasionally others return with a full load.
It's just that none of those people who have returned with a full load want to name the location of Taal Valley, and no one wants to risk going to Taal Valley again. As if cursed, they kept silent about Gold. One thing seems certain, though, that Silver Dragon Gold is still alive.
Everyone is speculating that one day Gold will wake up and go after those who hold Gold coins again. Of course, the Kur mercenary group in the Doden Mountains at this moment did not need to worry about the ethereal revenge of the silver dragon Gold, but they had to consider the existence of the black dragon Hermes.
Although the Black Dragon Hermeth is not the Silver Dragon Gold, the Brilliant Battle Bow is also far more valuable than the Gold Gold. Will Hermes, who is also famous, hunt down for its treasure?
Catherine did not believe that the mighty Hermes would be defeated by the druids who did not succeed in their sneak attack. The black dragon who found out that his treasure had been stolen was likely to be tracked here.
What will the Executive Committee of Corner City be like against the Black Dragon Hermes?, Catherine suddenly looked forward to it.
Perhaps the Supreme God had responded to the female mage's expectation, "Woo-" A low dragon groan came from the dark night sky.