1. The princess captured by the dragon
On the Luoan Continent, there is a well-known law: the demon clan in the deep black forest in the west, no matter how many generations of demon kings have changed, it is like casting a spell in the Landis Palace, as long as the princess of the royal family grows up and becomes a beautiful girl, she will be immediately captured by the demon king and locked on the top of the tower until she becomes a white skeleton. And Lauren, the thousand-year-old fire dragon in the stone cave dragon cave in the east, loves the golden hair of the princess of the Kingdom of Gari, and the dazzling gold coins in the cave.
And the Luoan continent was divided between these three countries, Otto, Landis, and Gari. The Otto Empire is located in the center of the continent, and for some reason, only the prince was born over the years, in order to free himself from the minions of the dragon Lauren and the Demon King. As a result, the Demon King has been the "son-in-law" of the Duchy of Landis in the west, and the Duchy of Garry in the east has become Lauren's exclusive plundering ground.
It was in the distant year of the Bright Calendar in 1472, in the stone cave of the Dragon Cave east of Gari.
Eve cowered in the corner, the dragon on the opposite side was devouring the villagers from the bottom of the mountain, her huge mouth open, and the smell of rotting fish made Eve's head dizzy, her stomach pantothenic, and almost vomited out the delicate snacks and drinks she had eaten in the afternoon.
She sat on a pile of gold coins, and felt that the position was really uncomfortable, and her legs were numb and unconscious, as if they were not her own. Eve quietly moved her feet, and immediately heard the heavy jet of the fire dragon, which slammed on the ground, lifting up the dust and drifting into the air, choking Eve to cover her mouth and cough.
Lauren's eyes were even bigger than his own, and his yellow vertical pupils glowed with a vicious light, staring at him without blinking. The undisguised ferocity seemed to warn her that if she dared to escape, it would be worse than the villagers in her mouth.
Eve stiffened and did not dare to move, obviously extremely uncomfortable, but could only maintain her original position, fidgeting.
Lauren finished eating the villagers, blinked, and buried herself in the cold, glowing gold coins, her bulging belly showing its contented food. Right now, he is rubbing on the layers of gold coins, and his tail is swinging and waving, which seems to be very comfortable.
It felt like it was going to sleep.
Eve looked at Lauren with trepidation, and though she guessed that she wouldn't eat herself right now, she whipped her thirst with a crackling tail and shook a mountain fruit to quench her thirst. But a young girl, whose rose-like life has not yet begun to bloom, will sit in a stone cave that does not see the light of day. Endure the face to face with such a stinking giant all day long, until a beautiful blonde hair gradually withers and turns gray, and the sapphire eyes lose their luster, and finally is disgusted by the dragon and swallows it in one gulp. At the end, I have to smash my mouth, because the meat is too old and the taste is too bad.
However, Lauren had just eaten and was indeed a little sleepy, but she was still worried that Eve had run away, so she raised her claws, lifted Eve up gently and dexterously, and pressed them under her claws. Five sharp fingers plunged deep into the pile of gold coins, like a fence outside a prison, imprisoning the convict for โกโก for life.
Eve was firmly shackled, unable to move, and the gold coins under her were hard and unruly, unlike the soft bed in her bedroom. Between his snorts, the heat and bad smell of the dragon's claws were all over the place.
The only thing to be thankful for is that she doesn't have to be stared at by those terrible dragon eyes, and she is worried and panicked every time she breathes and blinks.
Eve's stiff legs were finally soothed, and she closed her eyes a little tiredly, finally unable to resist the sleepiness, and fell into a deep sleep.
There are not many heirs in the Duchy of Gari, only Eve and two royal brothers.
On the day Eve was born, the king and queen held the delicate baby in their arms, and wept silently as they touched the white cheeks of the little princess, as if they had expected that a fiery red dragon would appear in the sky above the palace a few years later.
Historically, all the princesses who were taken away were 16 years old, and the king and queen quietly concealed the news, allowing Eve to grow up as happy as all the children. Out of deep guilt and reluctance, they doted on this child.
And this year, it's Eve's 15th birthday. At the birthday banquet, the queen was talking to the ladies, listening to them praise Eve's appearance, figure, and dancing, and the corners of her lips smiled slightly, but there was bitterness.
Eve was wearing a newly made pink dress, like a pink butterfly, and was dancing happily on the dance floor to the music, shuttling back and forth.
The queen sat on the golden chair and watched from afar, her lovely Eve, the little angel given to her by heaven, this was the last year she stayed by her side, and when the bell of her birthday "knocked" next year, the heavens would send a summoning to urge her little angel to flutter her wings and leave her.
The queen turned her head away and quietly wiped away her tears.
Before the grief had stopped, the roar of a dragon suddenly rang out of the window. Her well-maintained face instantly revealed a frightened and panicked look, like a mask that suddenly fell, shattered in an instant, and it was so unexpected.
There were screams one after another in the main hall, and in the hearts of Gari's palace guards, there was an unwritten rule in their hearts, that is, not to resist, let alone anger the fire dragon Lauren.
Lauren roared and spewed flames, and with a flick of her sharp claws, she broke through her defenses and snatched her daughter away. The queen screamed hoarsely, and ran in the direction Lauren had left, her hair disheveled and her makeup unaware. Until the eldest prince and second prince of Gary, Brant and Ian, pulled her back, "Queen Mother, you can't catch up with it." โ
"Lauren is one of the most fearsome creatures on the road, and if you provoke it, the entire duchy will be reduced to ruins and peace." Ian tried to persuade her.
"Eve, my Eve......" The queen knelt on the ground, obviously expecting this day from the time she was born, but she didn't expect that this day would come so quickly, and when it came, it would be so desperate.
Princess Eve of the Principality of Garry was snatched by Lauren, the thousand-year-old fire dragon.
The news quickly spread throughout the territory of Gari, and the civilians listened to it, nodding sympathetically but not much shock. After all, Lauren robbed the princess, and she won't breathe fire everywhere, as long as she is safe, just a princess, it's not a big deal.
But the shocking news soon came, and the king and queen of the Duchy of Gari recruited warriors throughout the continent of Luoan.
Whoever you are, no matter where you come from, no matter what profession you have, if you can kill Lauren the dragon, you can become the king's son-in-law, choose the treasures sealed in the treasury at will, and be qualified to take charge of the empire's most elite cavalry - that is an honor and opportunity that even the Grand Prince Brandt does not have.
Some people think it is ridiculous, Lauren has lived for thousands of years east of Gari, and if he can really be subdued, the kings of the past will not fail to resist, and let it snatch the princess. But there are still magicians who are eager to try, especially the dark mages from Landis and Otto, who are mainly necromancers, after all, the final reward is too rich, so rich that people are willing to risk their lives and take risks.
Eve slept in the cave, and for the past two days, the Dragon Cave was very restless.
There have always been warriors from all over the world, in the name of her father's commission, who want to save her out. Eve looked up timidly as Lauren swallowed the last warrior into her stomach, her dark tongue licking her mouth and spewing hot, pleasant breath from her nose.
It eats up. Eve thought.
Lauren is an ancient fire dragon who will never go hungry even if he doesn't eat for a few years. These days, one after another provocative warriors have entered Lauren's stomach, and it has obviously eaten too much and some of it is not digested well.
Good thing it didn't breathe fire, Eve thought. But Lauren will not either, all the gold everywhere is regarded by it as a treasure, and he licks it with his paws and tongue every day, and still does not love enough.
Eve nibbled on the fruit, the sour juice flowing down her throat, and the ripe fruit was all gone, and now it was only these green and small. Eve frowned, although she was pampered in the palace, she still couldn't resist the hunger and thirst in her stomach.
She ate it well, and suddenly her whole body stiffened.
After Lauren had eaten her fill, she stared at Eve with her yellow vertical pupils open, and the thick greed in her eyes was like a lake at high tide, about to overflow. It stared at Eve, whose hairs stood on end, for a long time, and suddenly stretched out its thick nails, stroking Eve's golden, wavy soft hair back and forth, and the dragon's beak made a gasp sound like admiration and love.
And Eve, who was touched, was very uncomfortable, she froze like a stone, and the action of gnawing on the fruit froze there, and she couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.
The nose was also held and he did not dare to breathe.
It wasn't until the dragon was trapped that he closed his terrible vertical pupils, tightened his claws, and pressed Eve against the mountain of gold coins.