Chapter 4: The Misty Plains
However, this did not alleviate Vane's anger, and the dragon, which had become extremely irritable since the destruction of the lair, did not even speak to Rhaegar as it flew close to its opponent, and as it flew close to its opponent, blazing dragon flames erupted from its mouth, and a dazzling pillar of fire was wrapped in terrible heat and "shot" at Rhaegar with terrible heat.
The dragons are divided into several types according to the different skin colors, each of which has its own unique skills, but even the silver dragons who have never shared the sky have to admit that in terms of dragon flame alone, the black dragon is undoubtedly the strongest of all the dragons, which can make a piece of steel turn into a gaseous high temperature in an instant, even the black dragons themselves dare not hard-connect.
But this invincible weapon met the nemesis this time, a faint white mist appeared around Rhaegar before the dragon flame arrived, and the terrifying flames disappeared without a trace in an instant in front of this white mist that seemed to be blown away by a gust of wind, like a spark thrown into the sea.
"Is that all you have to do?" "Rhaegar, hidden in the white mist, mocked his opponent, "Or should you go back and eat before coming out?"
This taunt was worse for the haughty dragons than spitting in their faces, and the enraged black dragon roared wildly, dozens of pillars of fire were spat out almost in no sequence, and these flames that seemed to condense into substance slammed into the white mist like a large wooden stake in front of a siege car, and the effect received was no better than the previous attack.
The successive attack failures made Vane realize the strength of the other party, the old dragon who had lived for thousands of years calmed down, and quickly changed his strategy, with a series of deafening dragon roars, hundreds of crescent-shaped light blades flashing with cyan "color" light appeared around the white mist, under the control of the dragon's unique spell, these light blades arranged very differently from other kinds of magic flew into the white mist at lightning speed.
The spell, called the Cutting Blade, is one of the strongest spells dragons possess, and legend has it that it can even break through spatial barriers with enough mana, although the black dragon's current strength is far from being able to do so, and it believes that this power is at least equivalent to that of a tenth-order spell that is enough to break through the opponent's defenses.
The Cutting Blade smoothly burst into the white mist and flew out from the other end without hindrance, hundreds of energy blades sliced the thin mist apart, but it did not encounter any opponent.
Realizing that something was wrong, the black dragon didn't have time to think about it, driven by his battle instinct, Vane flapped his wings vigorously and flew high, trying to get rid of the attack of the enemy hiding in the shadows, but it was too late, and an invisible energy broke through the solid scales from its back, invaded its body, and paralyzed its whole body in an instant.
"Someone gave me a chance to kick your *** hard. Vane heard someone whisper this in his ear, and then a powerful force slammed into its 'hips', and the haughty dragon was kicked into the air like a ball.
When Vane, who was bound all over, finally fell to the ground under the influence of gravity, at least half of the bones in the black dragon's body had been broken, and under the effect of magic, it was completely incapacitated, and could only watch as the terrible opponent slowly fell in front of it.
"When I was a geist," Rhaegar whispered, as if afraid of scaring the other party, "survival was my only purpose. He raised his hand, and a wind blade tore off several scales from the black dragon's body.
"When I woke up to my past life," the sharp pain of the scales peeling off caused Vane to let out a deafening 'desire' roar, but Rhaegar seemed indifferent to this, and continued to say to himself: "Obtaining my original strength and soul has become my greatest pursuit. He continued to 'shoot' the wind blade, slowly, little by little, slicing through the black 'hole' body, "I don't care about anything else, for me, regaining wholeness is the only thing I care about. ”
"But I was wrong. Rhaeggar's voice became softer and softer, but for Vane, who was drenched in blood, it was the most terrifying nightmare, "This is not the only thing in this world that I care about and cherish, for me, my partners, those who live and die with me like my comrades in the previous life, they are my most precious things, and I am very fortunate to have such a group of partners with me." There was no pause in his movements, and the dragon's scales were still peeling off his body without pause under his men.
"I am thankful to fate, if such a thing exists. "It's a joy that you've got ten years to escape, but you're still here, at least for me. ”
Vane finally recognized the man who was talking to him softly and slowly, peeling off his scales and skin, to be exact, his eyes—even after ten years, the gaze that the geist had looked at it before it left was still etched in his heart, and now, when he saw it again with this chilling gaze, the fear that had been buried in his heart finally exploded irrepressibly.
"Kill me!" the dragon wailed in human language, "cut off my head and let me die with dignity like a dragon!"
"I'm sorry," said Rhaegar almost apologetically, like a polite gentleman refusing a request, "I have to carry on the work I have begun, knowing that it has been a long time since I have skinned a dragon alive with my own hands." ”
Three days later, Rhaegar had finally finished his work, and the geist suddenly laughed as he looked at Vane, who had turned into a pile of scraps of 'meat' in front of him, but still alive.
"You must think that the suffering is over," he said to the black dragon, "don't worry, you won't die." He took out a crystal ball and whispered a few incantations, and a great gravitational pull pulled the dragon's soul, forcibly dragging it out of the 'flesh' body and into the crystal ball.
"What we have is time. He said softly to the panicked dragon soul in the crystal ball, and then put the crystal ball back into his pocket, and the next moment, the spirit made a gesture casually, and the black dragon bodies scattered on the ground were collected by him into the space where the staff of glory was located - a seven-thousand-year-old dragon, even the scales that fell off were rare treasures.
After taking care of his 'private' affairs, Rhaegar did not stop much in Einsorat, he walked through this huge mountain range that stretched from north to south, through the western steppes, and all the way to the northwest of this civilized region.
This roughly rectangular area of civilization is surrounded by different landforms: to the west is the Henorr Forest, to the east is the Despair Mountains, which are ten times larger than Einsorat, to the south is the Great Desert of Talral, to the southwest is the mysterious Great Lakes where even goose feathers cannot float, to the north is the Great Wasteland where Rhaegar and his companions once lived in seclusion, and to the northwest of it is another plain connected to the Great Wasteland, which is shrouded in 'fog' for four-fifths of the year, hence the name '' The Misty Plains, where the geist destination is.
While the Misty Plains are as inaccessible to most people as the rest of the fringes, Rhaegar is well aware that this is not a true dead place, but a group of powerful mages who have turned it into a secluded world with their magic. They are not involved in any worldly affairs, but in the mage world, they have supreme power, and if a mage can break through their trials and come to them, these people will listen to his statement and make a decision on his request based on the truth of the facts, no one can lie in front of them, and no one can resist their ruling, these people, people call them mage adjudicators.
No one can tell the origin of these adjudicators, even in the *** division tower there is no corresponding record, but at least for the mages on this continent, these rarely 'shown' judges are inviolable, any mage will be warned by the mentor when entering the magic 'gate', never disobey the decision of the adjudicators.
The long journey was not a problem for Rhaegar who had already mastered and used the rules of his ability, although the rules of space were not his specialty, and the geist who had reached the level of a forbidden mage still only took one-tenth of the time of ordinary people to complete the entire journey, and when a powerful force stopped Rhaegar who was hurrying with the help of spatial teleportation, forcing him to show his body, he knew that he had reached the edge of the 'misty' plain.
Contrary to what one might think, the plain is no different from the rest of the world on fog-free days, with the green grass glittering in the summer sun and the faint fragrance of the scattered wild 'flowers' in between, if not for the terrible reputation known for a long time, it would have been regarded as a great place for outings and picnics.
Feeling the soft grass beneath his feet, Rhaegar strolled forward, he didn't know where the adjudicators were, but he knew that anyone who set foot on the land would encounter the trials that the adjudicators had arranged in advance, and if they passed these tests, they would be able to meet these people who only existed in legends.
The meadow seemed to have no end in sight, and after three days of entering the plain, Rhaegar was still presented with endless green grass and wild flowers, and even the blue sky with white clouds and the starry night sky had not changed in the slightest, and it was only then that the geist realized that he seemed to have entered some kind of extremely clever illusion.
As an undead, those illusions that only rely on deception of the senses to 'blind' the opponent have no effect on Rhaegar at all, and as a forbidden mage, his 'spirit' divine power has made most of the illusions become a child's game in front of him, and it took three days to rely on reasoning and intuition to find himself in the illusion, which is enough to make Rhaegar realize the strength of the existence he is about to face.