Chapter 21: The Whisper of the Wind Promises the Future
With the embers of the flames, the first rays of dawn flashed on the pure white horizon, and people embraced and cheered, as if to release all the clamor of pain and uneasiness.
The damage was devastating, and the surrounding towns did not know how many houses had collapsed, how many people were drawn into the chaos, and the town of Songmu was completely reduced to ashes.
The city gate was slowly lowered, and the people who walked out of the city gate had different expressions, and anyone who saw their home turned into a scorched earth would be at a loss, at this time, they all looked at the figures standing on the city wall, feeling the breeze that had been crossed by the dragon's wings, and it seemed that there would be a trace of strength in their hearts.
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"Is the teacher still like that?"
"Well, every day after processing the documents, I will go back to the room without saying a word, and so is Your Highness, I haven't eaten much at all recently"
"Alas........"
Nowhere was Yin found, neither shaved ice nor roasted tofu could seduce her out, and the things to be dealt with in the city were piled up again, and everything seemed to be back to square one, as if there had never been such a person as Yin.
Leo stared at the fire in a daze, no one would compete with him for raspberry jam this time, and the clothes he was going to wear for Yin were still hidden in the cabinet.
The wind flowed through his ears, as if whispering to awaken the memory of that day, and the ghostly Leo opened the door to the balcony, and naturally there was no longer a foodie hanging on the fence.
"Huh?"
The heart shook violently, and something was buried in the snow to reveal a black corner.
Gently patting the snowflakes on the box, the black metal surface reveals an industrial beauty different from this era, and his breath almost stops, Leo can't wait to open the box.
Suddenly remembering something, he quickly retracted his hand, and rushed into the corridor impatiently and shouted loudly to gather the Fran and the others.
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In the Iron King City, the dwarf king quietly listened to the report from the shadow guard, his eyes were like an abyss, and he repeatedly weighed the ring of the dragon totem in his hand.
"What do you think?"
Lance shook his head after a long moment's deliberation.
"The Holy Dragon has helped humans, it's unheard of"
"I think so too, but the more this happens, the more it proves that he is the one who is called, and if you think about it this way, it is necessary to count Fran in the following sacrifice ceremony."
"But the prince is ....... there"
The old king shook his head and let out a long sigh.
"Originally, I didn't want Fran to go deep into it, I owe that child too much, but now it's different, Fran, who has the help of the callees, has a fight..."
As he spoke, he looked at Lance and smiled.
"Actually, you can also participate, although you are on the sidelines, but you also inherit the blood of the royal family very well"
Lance was stunned and shook his head self-deprecatingly.
"Kidding me again, you know, that's not what I'm asking for"
"Then send a letter to Drifting Snow City, and if you attach that condition, I don't think he will refuse"
"Do as You Command"
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Everyone in the room held their breath for fear of missing something, and the black lid slowly opened, revealing a white flannel lining, and a black scale in the box lay there quietly.
Fran picked up the scales with some confusion, but she understood in her heart, the sound was indeed the black dragon, but did she just leave this, in order to make a thought for them?
"No, there's a second floor here"
Peeling along the gap in the box, a thin, transparent curved lens is embedded in the bottom.
"It's actually a contact lens ???"
"Do you know what this is?"
"Hmm... If I'm right."
Leo swallowed and spitted and put the lens on his right eye, which he had never used in his previous life. I didn't feel any discomfort when I wore it, and the cold touch penetrated into the entire eye socket.
"No..... right"
Leo tried to take it off, but found that he couldn't take it off at all, as if he wasn't wearing it at all, and this was melting into his own eyeballs?
"I can't take it down........."
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Fran picked up the spoon.
Lal took out the alcohol.
Bell had his blindfold ready.
Mu Feng took out the rope and shook it.
Leo quickly fell backwards and stuck to the corner, shivering as he watched the approaching people.
"Don't, don't! There's something to say! I'm fine! ”
"People who have something to do say they're okay"
"It's okay, it's okay! I'm really fine! ”
As he spoke, Leo's right eye suddenly flashed a circle of light, and a pattern like a computer reading disk lit up, and a ray of light projected from his eye hit the wall.
"Tone!"
There is only one back figure on the projection, a small body, long black hair, and a set of Leo-flavored gothic loli suits all indicate the identity of this figure.
The back points to a black silhouette looming in the distant clouds.
"I've been hurt by it, and if I had done it first, it would probably have been the last time I would have spoken like this...."
"But you don't need a reason to do what you want to do, right, so Leo, I'm going to believe you, even if it leads to the worst"
Everyone was silent for a while, and in the end, she still struck first, and even consumed a lot of strength on the beasts on the ground.
Fran's eyes were already red, and Leo had fallen silent, was he really not going to see her again?
"But don't be too busy with sadness, I said I was going to believe you, so....I'm going to entrust you with the future."
"Instant is eternal, if you are really the one who bears the fate, I am waiting for you at the bottom of the Atlas, Leo"
The image ends here, leaving a few people with doubts, but there is a glimmer of hope, can you find the sound at the bottom of the Atlas? But where is that?
"Atlas ..... such a familiar name, I always feel like I've heard it somewhere"
Fran rubbed her brows, desperately recalling, when and where did she hear it? It seems to be a picture book that my mother read before going to bed a long, long time ago......
"Ahh I remembered."
"It's a giant tree! Atlas is a giant tree."
In the middle of the continent, in the no-man's land, in the cloud basin surrounded by the ridge of the Dragon's Mountain, there is a giant tree that reaches to the sky, its life is Atlas, I don't know when it started, it was just called a giant tree.
Even so, the legends surrounding the apotheosis of the giant tree are still numerous, and countless adventurers have traveled to the region for millions of years to discover the traces of ancient civilizations.
Leo didn't expect that the ridge of the dragon, which he was casually talking about, would actually have a scene in an unexpected place, and it seemed that he was going to go there after all.
"Is that eternal.......
If you don't understand it wrong, this is the meaning of the sound to let yourself not be too rushed? It's a death zone that has swallowed countless lives, so let's find a way to investigate it, right?
Rubbing the pitch-black dragon scales in his hand, Leo's gaze regained its brightness.
"Wait for me...? I will definitely come."