Chapter 192: Departure
Speaking of which, it seems reasonable for a priest to carry a dagger in his off-hand weapon, at least much more than a long-bladed weapon.
For example, in this world, even the terrifying priests of the Dragon Sacrifice have a special Dragon Sacrifice Dagger on their bodies, and in other Western Fantasy Worlds, this situation seems to be uncommon...... As for the reasons for this almost conventional perception, it is difficult to say.
Anyway, for now, this dagger doesn't only have melee meaning, just like the Ebony Blade, it can also be carried on the body.
Moreover, it seems that among the destruction spells that Xia Ran has mastered, only the lightning element does not have any bonus increase, and the others, whether they are flames or frost, have been strengthened.
Returning to his residence, he briefly checked his current equipment, and Xia Ran found that it seemed to be almost basically formed-
Dragon Sacrifice Mask, Fire Ring Naya, Dragon Bone Dagger, Ebony Blade...... High-end melee equipment is readily available.
There is also a black iron-level summoning ring that was once purchased in the white space, a bronze-level elemental necklace that was rewarded by Lord Balguf when he first came to Snow City to solve the Dragon Crisis, and a bronze-level court mage suit that he got because of his professional treatment as a court mage.
It seems that if it weren't for the unrealistic pursuit of a full set of golden holy clothes, then he would have nothing lacking at all. Although the Court Mage set is not technically his, it will be taken back once he leaves.
But Xia Ran hasn't left yet, has he?
Although this position no longer has any meaning to him, he still clocks in and out to work every day, anyway, it is easy to paddle and fish, and after completing the daily tasks as quickly as possible, he can also continue to learn magic from Lady Whisper in the Dragon Palace.
Since there is no impact, and there are some conveniences in normal times, it is natural for him to choose to continue to maintain this state...... In this way, as long as he returns to the white space and leaves this mission world, this set of equipment will naturally be his.
Well, if you want to come to Xueman City to have a big business, Lord Balguf will not care about such a set of court mage's work clothes.
What's more, if there is no future in this world at all, then no matter what it is, whether it is knowledge, skills or weapons and equipment, everything that originates from this world will lose its meaning if it is not taken away before that.
Even if it is the Holy Spirit or the Demon God, if they do not find a way to escape, they will still be completely erased from existence, and there will be no return.
- Even if they are the gods of this world, they are powerful or omnipotent, but they will never be able to fight against the creator who has awakened in the void.
There is not even confrontation at all, the latter just wakes up, and the former ceases to exist, because the whole universe is the dream of the Creator, and the gods are just thought-like concepts in the dream.
So Xia Ran didn't feel too much guilt, for the matter of picking wool like this.
Because he felt that if this world was destined to be destroyed, his actions would not cause any damage to Snow Man City, after all, let alone Snow Man City, even Snow Man Territory, Sky Province, and even the Tamriel Continent or the Planet Nair would cease to exist.
And if the world can continue to exist and continue to operate peacefully and peacefully...... Well, in order to celebrate that the end of the world has not come, and the world can continue to exist, there is no need to worry about such trivial things, right?
Well, that's right, it's that simple.
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Because the waiting equipment was in hand and the alchemy potion was completed, Xia Ran received another task after dealing with some affairs about the palace mage again.
It wasn't that he took the initiative to receive it, but Lord Balguf personally came to explain it, hoping that he would accept it.
The main content of the mission was to go to the peak of the Holy Blood Mountain in the southwest, survey the ruins on it, and determine the traces of the dragon, and it is said that there were recent sightings of someone who had seen the shadow of that legendary creature on the edge of the nearby mountains, huge as a mountain and as dark as night.
And just a few days ago, the group of lost people in the city took on several other tasks, and they had already set off to brush up on the "Broken Tooth Cave" and "Cold Bone Passage" and other dungeons, and some people climbed the Roar Peak to study the Dragon Roar and become a roar master.
Therefore, at present, Xia Ran is the only one who has the ability to go to check...... Of course, Xue Mancheng didn't let Xia Ran go directly to slay the dragon alone, but just hoped that he would go to Kancha first to determine the information.
Although those dragons are only resurrected undead, and their state abilities are relatively weak, not as good as in the heyday of the Mythical Era, but in many cases, it is necessary for a whole team of veterans to cooperate tacitly, with MT, output and control, and it is best to have milk to be able to cooperate in the crusade.
Xia Ran is not arrogant enough to feel that he is so strong, although he has had many experiences before, but which time was not completed by someone restraining or pulling hatred, and everyone cooperated with each other.
Therefore, if he wants to brush alone, the risk is too great, and the possibility of rough things is quite high, although his progress during this period of time is huge, but at most he can ensure that he can successfully retreat when facing that kind of giant lizard.
Still, he took on such a task.
He didn't really want to slay the dragon in the first place, nor did he fancy the reward of Xueman City, how rich can the reward of a survey mission be? Thinking about it, he knew that it was impossible, he was mainly looking for another magic artifact, and the location of this mission was very close to the clues given by Mephala.
And this task is just the right time for him to try to get such a lost treasure without arousing suspicion...... After all, there is a valid reason for this, and he did not come up with it on his own initiative.
Lord Barguf was such a good man that he was just about to doze off when he brought a pillow.
However, it is also understandable that the loss caused by the return of the dragon to Skyrim Province is very huge, especially in this world where the overall productivity is not developed, the destruction of a few villages by that kind of giant lizard is already a great loss, if you attack the main city once, the loss is not less than a local war.
So, even if that location is at the junction of Xueman and Mosar, no one knows whether the possible dragon will be more interested in Xueman or Mosar......
Speaking of which, war, dragons, robbers, undead...... The people of Skyrim Province are really in trouble.
After accepting the task, Xia Ran rejected the entourage arranged by Lord Balguf and set off directly.
He said that if he was alone, it would be more convenient to move, even if he encountered the dragon head-on, he could retreat at any time, but if it was a guard team of dozens or hundreds of people, there would be no way to retreat.
The carefully selected bantam ponie, protected by the mage's endurance technique, low-level energy potions, and the multiple amplification blessings of the psychic shield, took only three days to gallop all the way to the junction of the two major territories of Xueman and Mosar.
The stretch of snow-capped mountains is like a huge jade dragon, lying in the southwest, dividing the border of the two territories, becoming the most natural boundary.
The top of the cold peak towers into the clouds, and the snow-capped scenery is halfway up the mountainside, which seems to be covered with snow all year round, and the ice that does not melt through the ages, and the mountain looks very steep and steep from afar, and no one knows what kind of secret is hidden in the depths of this primitive ancient mountain range in the long years.
As far as the information that can be determined so far, there are ancient dragon mound ruins on the peak of the Holy Blood Mountain, and somewhere in the nearby mountain range, there is a dilapidated and abandoned Mephala altar sleeping.
It is said that there is a demonic artifact that has been kept in the altar all along, and once you find the altar, you can get your hands on it......
As for what exactly will be encountered in this process, it is difficult to say, not to mention the other frost dragon that may exist on it, just the frost ghosts, snow trolls and other things that often appear in these cold areas are already very dangerous magical creatures.
Of course, as long as it's not a dragon, Xia Ran can still deal with other things, which fully explains his progress and growth-
After all, even before the last mission, he still felt that if he entered this world, he would be able to compete with some powerful magical creatures a few times...... And now, the weather is really nice today.
Looking at the stretching mountains in the distance, as well as the gray and dark lead clouds on the mountains that seemed to be like a canopy, feeling that the climate was getting colder and colder, Xia Ran exhaled softly, but there was no white mist.
Even the bantam he was riding was the same, snorting a few times, but not seeing any white gas coming out, as if the air temperature around this man and horse was not the same thing as the outside environment at all.
Xia Ran turned over and dismounted, took out a low-level energy potion, pulled the stopper, and poured it into the bantam horse's mouth.
He didn't bring much forage, but this energy potion was fast and trouble-free, and the materials were available everywhere, and mass production was not a problem. He's more efficient now, so he's just here.
Otherwise, how could this horse come galloping over without stopping for three days? Didn't he rely on his endurance technique to strengthen his physical fitness, and then quickly replenish his consumption with energy potions?
If it weren't for the fact that the mental fatigue could not be recovered by the energy potion, the bantam would still have to sleep anyway, and he would have been able to shorten the time by half.
This horse is looking at Xia Ran with a wrong look now, this person is a devil in its eyes, and the rest of the time except for sleeping all day is in a non-stop hurry...... But this person also used a method that he couldn't understand, so that it would always be physically energetic and couldn't stop at all.
After Xia Ran finished pouring the potion, he didn't care about the bantam horse, just squinted his eyes and looked at the cold wind howling outside, the barren wilderness environment, and considered where it was better to go up the mountain from there.
There doesn't seem to be any people around, so it's probably hard to find a guide...... He thought so, and then looked at the sky with a feeling.
In the sky not far away, there was a black dot soaring in the sky, and his extremely keen perception was enough to clearly see that it was an eagle hovering high in the sky, overlooking the earth, flapping its strong wings, and the feathers on its body were clearly visible in his eyes.
- Very good, now the local guide has also found ......
The magician burst out laughing, though the smile was hidden behind the bronze mask, and no one else was able to see it.
He raised his hand, gestured with a pistol, and then raised his index finger to fire. After a few seconds, the little black dot in the sky suddenly paused, then flapped its wings and swooped in this direction.
Soon, a black eagle about half a meter long gathered its wings and landed on the magician's unlowered arm, combing its feathers with its sharp beak, as if it had been domesticated.
In the summoning system, "animal summoning" is also not very advanced magic, after all, if you can summon acolytes and elemental beings from the realm of annihilation, but you can't summon animals in your own world, this is unreasonable.
It's just that this magic has always been looked down upon, and it's one of the kind of spells that is very weak, because it's not as powerful as some similar dragon's roar, and can force nearby creatures to fight for you.
The creatures that can be summoned are often non-magical creatures that are not very powerful, and the latter are difficult to control. And its use requirements are stricter, because the summoned creatures are real, and it is impossible to create something out of nothing.
- It's impossible to blow a whistle and a horse refresh from behind you in the next second.
However, in Xia Ran's opinion, there is no useless magic, for example, now, he has taken a step further on the subtle connection with his demon pet, and has mastered the ability of "Mind Chain", through which he can share the perception of his demon pet and explore the world around him.
It's not limited to a pet, it's the same with other creatures.
Releasing the eagle into the sky, Xia Ran felt a little uncomfortable with another wonderful perspective unfolding in his mind, feeling as if his painting style was suddenly crooked to Assassin's Creed.
Well, do you want to think about that Tiger Man Ring?