At an altitude of three thousand meters, everything on the ground became as small as sand, and a dragon-like creature covered in pitch-black scales was struggling to dance its huge steely wings in the air.

In such a high-speed movement, the two people sitting quietly on the dragon's back stood still like statues made of steel, both of them wearing the same style of black military uniforms, exuding an iron-blooded military atmosphere.

The only difference is that the silver-haired youth's military uniform has obviously been specially customized, making it look more advanced and luxurious.

These two men are naturally Javier and Arrowin, who set out from the southwest border and rode to the imperial capital on flying dangerous species. And the black dragon under them is a super dangerous species that was tamed by Javier by chance - Steel-armored pterosaurus!

"It's the first time I've seen a dangerous species flying so fast, at this speed, I can reach the imperial capital before the sun sets today, right? It's really good as a means of transportation. ”

The wind was blowing, and Arovin sat on the spacious back of the dragon, but his hand was restlessly tapping on the dragon scales, as if to test the hardness of the dragon scales.

"Whew——!"

The black dragon let out a tyrannical roar.

The two sitting on the dragon's back suddenly felt a jolt beneath them, their balance lost control, and the wind blew from all directions, almost throwing the unprepared Arrowan off.

"Wow, a——! What is this broken dragon doing!? ”

Arowen's hands and feet were quite fast, and he grabbed the gap in the dragon scales at the last moment, so as to avoid the tragic fate of falling, but even so, he felt a thrill in his heart.

Three thousand meters in the air is no joke, if you fall directly, you will definitely die!

Javier, who was sitting quietly and pretending to sleep, slowly opened his eyes, calm and unflustered, as if the violent jolt just now had no effect on him.

"Shut your foul mouth, Alfred understands us, and the thing he hates most is that people call it a vehicle. In addition, it has a very bad temper, and it is better not to mess with it. Javier said lightly.

Alfred is the name of this steel-armored pterosaur, which was given to it by Javier himself after taming it.

"Can you understand human language? This beast has such a high IQ! Arowen was once again speechless.

"Whew——!"

With an angry dragon roar, the dragon's body was violently jolted.

This time, the black dragon seemed to be really angry, flipped the dragon wings and flew up and down in the sky, and the fierce gale whistled by, piercing people's skin and making them dare not open their eyes.

"Wow, a——! Uncle Long! Uncle Long, I was wrong! I'm sorry I don't dare anymore!! ”

Arowen begged for mercy loudly without restraint, and his miserable posture was like a small tree struggling in a Category 10 hurricane, and he would fall wherever the wind blew, and he was in danger of being uprooted and blown to the sky at any moment.

"If you don't die, you won't die, why don't you understand?" Javier sat peacefully and said cool words.

"Why are you okay!?" Arrowan roared in the wind.

"No way, my imperial tool is such a characteristic."

"Damn!"

After Alfred was making a fuss for a while, he saw that Arrowen's eyes had begun to turn in circles, so he stopped contentedly and continued on his way.

"Final...... I finally stopped, and I thought I was going to die......"

It was as if he had used up all his life's strength, and he lay on the dragon's back without any image and gasped for breath.

"It's almost time for you to learn a lesson, or you'll die on this broken mouth one day."

Glancing at Arrowen, who was as tired as a dead dog, Javier said helplessly.

“…… Why fear death? Dying well is the meaning of life. ”

After holding up his body and saying a very compelling sentence, Arowen laughed shyly again: "Of course, the most meaningful death for me is undoubtedly suffocating in the broad bosom of a beautiful girl."

The corners of Javier's mouth twitched slightly: "...... You're out of luck, you know? ”

……

After a short rest, Arowen quickly came back to life, but perhaps because the extreme sports just now left him with too deep a psychological shadow, he was now much more honest, and he didn't dare to study the hardness of those dragon scales anymore, just chatting with Javier without a match.

"I remember you met this beast in the Sunset Mountains...... This Uncle Long's, right? Arrowan almost bit his tongue.

"Well, it was about three years ago, when I led the 'Special Operations Force' to search for the barbarian stronghold in the Sunset Mountains, and accidentally strayed into Alfred's territory, because the battle came so suddenly that the 'Special Operations Force' lost a dozen members as a result."

Javier quietly recounted what had happened, and when he said that the dozen or so team members died in battle, there was no special change in expression on his face.

In his opinion, as a soldier, since you choose to join the "special operations force", then you must be the most elite soldier, if you die in battle because of this, it can only show that your ability is not enough, you are weak, and it is a matter of course that the weak are eliminated.

"Turf? Haha, do even dangerous species want to learn from humans to be kings? Uh......"

Arowen just wanted to habitually taunt a few words, but suddenly realized that his life was only in the thought of the object of ridicule, and he was so frightened that he quickly dispelled the idea of death.

"It's more like a hunting ground than a hunting ground, and each super-dangerous species hunts its prey in its own designated area, and if other outsiders enter their hunting range, it will cause them to attack wildly." Javier continued.

“…… Uncle Long hangs like this, how did you tame it? ”

Arowen secretly glanced at the black dragon under him and asked cautiously.

This question has actually been entrenched in Alovin's mind for a long time, you know, Alfred is a super dangerous species!

What is the concept of super dangerous species, which represents an unstoppable strategic force that can completely influence the situation of a battlefield, it is hard to imagine what method Javier used to tame this tyrannical black dragon so obediently.

"I didn't actually want to tame it, I was busy fighting the barbarians at that time, how could I have the time and energy to do such a troublesome thing?" Javier gave an unexpected answer.

"Huh? So why is it ......?"

Arowen was surprised, and couldn't figure it out.

"Alfred was repulsed by me in that battle, and then it attacked us twice, and each time the attack became more and more ferocious, but without exception I was defeated head-on, and then ...... It just stuck to me and didn't want to go. ”

Javier touched his chin and looked up at Arrovan: "...... This seems to be the whole process of taming? ”

"What do you ask me for? Why is it a question sentence!? Arowen complained fiercely.

Javier thought about it again, and finally said with certainty: "...... The weak are defeated by the strong, so obey the strong, that's all. ”

He seemed to find a reason to convince himself, and turned his head to look at Alfred's hideous and huge dragon head: "Is that so, Alfred?" ”

"Whew——!"

The black dragon roared.

"Look, it agrees." Javier touched the black dragon's scaly neck.

"Where did you agree? When did you learn the language of the dragons!? This kind of boring, esoteric and one-syllable language is really good for you to learn, hey!! ”

……

Time flew quietly in the small talk between the two, and finally, just before the sun went down, Javier and Arrowan saw a huge city at an altitude of three thousand meters, which looked a little illusory in the light of the setting sun.

The city is vast, almost three times the size of the Thousand Armies City, and many areas have very old architectural styles, which are very different from the current architectural patterns, that is, the old city that has existed since its inception, although it has undergone thousands of years of evolution, these buildings are constantly being rebuilt and renovated, but they all retain more or less the appearance of a thousand years ago.

This is the imperial capital, the capital of the empire with a thousand-year-old civilization.

Javier manipulated the black dragon and flew to the house that the Salmondo clan had purchased in the upper part of the imperial capital. In the future, it will become an important base for his activities in the imperial capital.

Although the shadow of the black dragon flying over has attracted the attention of many people, don't forget that this is the imperial capital, and although it is not common for flying dangers to fly around in the sky, it is not uncommon, such as a certain female general who likes to ride a flying danger species out for a ride.

In view of this situation, Alfred's appearance did not cause much of a stir.

……

Uptown, Javier's home.

The house has been around for a few years, and is said to have been built 300 years ago by Javier's great-grandfather from a nobleman, and has been renovated many times since.

Although it looks a little old, it doesn't look very shabby, as there are always servants who are in charge of cleaning and managing the empty house.

The mansion was divided into three floors, with the exception of the hall, meeting room, and kitchen on the first floor, and the upper two floors were all single rooms, giving Havel more of a hotel than the luxurious villas that most nobles lived.

But that's fine, for Javier, who grew up in a strict family environment, luxury things are really unaccustomed.

The courtyard of the house is more than twice as large as that of ordinary villas, and in addition to some lawns, large trees for shade, and gardens planted with exotic flowers and plants, there is also a martial arts training ground that covers a large area.

There are all kinds of exercise equipment on display on the martial arts training ground, and I remember that the last time I came to the imperial capital, I often practiced in this martial arts training ground.

However, this training ground now has a new function - as Alfred's landing site.

Alfred descended straight from the sky and landed steadily on the ground of the martial arts training ground, accompanied by a thud of landing, and a burst of sand and dust also flew up, showing a golden color in the reflection of the setting sun.

"Finally...... It's back again. ”

Javier jumped off the dragon's back, looking at this somewhat familiar and somewhat unfamiliar old mansion, he couldn't help but recall some of his experiences in the imperial capital back then, even if he was as indifferent as him, he couldn't help but feel some deep feelings at this time.

"This is the mansion that the Salmondo family bought in the imperial capital, it's very good, although it's not very luxurious and exquisite, but it's better than plain and natural, and it's very much in line with my taste."

Arowen looked around and said sincerely, "It looks pretty clean, is anyone cleaning it usually?"

"Well, there are a couple of servants and an old butler in the house, and they've always lived here." Javier replied.

“…… Master Javier? ”

At this moment, a slightly hesitant voice sounded in the courtyard.

When Javier and Arowen heard the prestige, they saw an old man in a black butler's uniform standing in the direction of the gate of the house, the old man had gray hair and a weather-beaten face, but his eyes were deep and bright, and he looked bright.

"Long time no see, Fabio, I'm back." Javier smiled and greeted the old man who had suddenly appeared.

"It's really Master Javier...... Great, you're finally back. ”

Fabio's old man seemed so excited that his body trembled slightly.

"Let me introduce you, this is the old butler who is in charge of helping me manage the house, his name is Fabio." Javier said to Arrowen, "Don't look at him now, he was a very good soldier in my grandfather's generation. ”

Arowen looked at the old man in front of him in some surprise when he heard this.

Indeed, although the old man is old, his posture is straight and calm, and his gestures exude a strong military atmosphere.

Moreover, the muscles on his body were tense, and there was a faint sense of strength, and if anyone despised him because of his age, I believe that this old man would teach him a profound lesson.

"Hahaha, that was a long time ago, and now I only have an old bone left." Fabio smiled modestly, "It's too uplifting to say that it's excellent." ”

"Mr. Fabio, when we meet for the first time, I am Colonel Arrowan of the First Unit of the Southwest Military Region."

Arowen held out his hand to Fabio and said kindly.

Just a moment ago, Arowen suddenly remembered who this old man was, he also grew up listening to the heroic deeds of the soldiers who came before him, and among those famous soldiers, there was a person named Fabio.

That Fabio, more than 30 years ago, was a fierce general with the name of "Broken Ghost"!

It is rumored that he once wielded a battle axe in the chaos and cut off the heads of three enemy generals in succession, which shows his bravery.

Fabio held Arovin's outstretched hand and said with a smile: "The old man has heard of your name, Colonel Arovin, as the most powerful lieutenant of Young Master Javier, you have a very high reputation in the imperial capital." ”

"You've won a prize."

"Anyway...... Fabio glanced at Alfred, who was lying in the training ground, and said with some sighs, "This is a super dangerous species, right?" The young master is really in charge now, and if Master Rector is still here, he will definitely be very pleased. ”

Javier didn't want to talk about these sad things, so he changed the topic and said, "Fabio, you go and prepare a room for Arrowen, my room is still the same as the original, right?" ”

"Yes, the young master's room has always been cleaned, because the young master said that he would definitely come back."

Fabio bowed slightly, and motioned to Arrowen: "Then, Colonel Arrovan, please come with the old man."

"I'm tired."

……

At night, the night of the imperial capital is not much different from the fortress of Haysonim, the same bright moon in the sky, the same stars are dotted, and the same is quiet.

Yet, in this watery night, I don't know how much evil is sprouting, how much fear is spreading, and how many lives are disappearing.

The imperial capital, the capital of sin.

Javier asked all the servants who had come to help out, sorted the luggage he had brought, and slightly changed the layout of the room according to his own style.

Because of the strict family style of the Salmondo family, Javier was required to do what he could since he was a child, which was to prevent Javier from being infected with the laziness of the aristocratic young masters.

Although Rector is no longer there, because of such a perennial education, Javier has long developed the habit of doing things by himself.

After everything was put in order, Javier left the room on the third floor and went to the conference room on the first floor.

When I opened the door of the conference room, I saw Arowen sitting leisurely on a chair next to the conference table, enjoying the freshly brewed black tea.

This black tea was made by Arowen himself, he has little interest, and drinking black tea is one of his biggest hobbies in life.

For this reason, Arowen also specially went to learn the brewing skills and drinking methods of black tea, and in the end, even the professional tea master bowed to him, saying that he had successfully become a teacher.

Since then, making black tea has become a craft that Arowen is proud of.

Javier picked up the teapot, poured himself a cup as well, and took a sip from the teacup.

Yes, sweet and mellow, this guy's craft has improved again.

"You're moving pretty fast, have you already packed your luggage?" Javier asked.

"I've left the packing to the servants."

Arowen put down the teacup with a satisfied expression.

"I'll do such a little thing myself!"

"I don't have the surname Salmondo, so I don't need to do everything myself." Arrowan rolled his eyes, "You have to learn to enjoy life, boy, look at you, under the cruel education of the Salmondo family, you have completely grown into a cold ice face, when will you find a girlfriend if you continue like this?" Brother, I'm really worried. ”

"Instead of worrying about me, it's better to think about your own problems, there are so many girls who show affection to you, how about choosing a serious relationship?" Javier said.

"No, how could I have made such a stupid decision to give up a forest for the sake of a big tree?" Arrowan was resolute.

"That's a great thing to say, but you're only a virgin now, aren't you?" Javier mocked mercilessly.

"Less, less verbose! I just haven't picked a target yet! ”

Just as the two were arguing with each other, the old butler Fabio suddenly pushed the door and entered.

"Master Javier, Colonel Arrowin, dinner is ready, please go to the hall to eat."

"Okay, I got it."

The two of them came to the hall, and the table was already full of hearty meals.

Arowen sat for a day of flying dangerous species, and only ate some dry food on the road, and he was already so hungry that his chest was pressed against his back, and now he saw the delicious food on the table, where could he bear it? Sit down and start feasting.

Javier shook his head, ignored him, and ate to himself.

After the meal, the two of them, who were full of food and drink, made a recent work report in the conference room.

"Because Uncle Long's flight speed is too fast, there will be a big gap between the arrival time of us and the large army." Arrowan smiled and said, "It looks like we can live a quiet life for a long time." ”

"How can I have time for you to live a quiet life now? Even if we don't have to fight, we still have a lot of work to do. Javier glared at him.

"Yes," Arrowen said, spreading his hands, "I'll fantasize about it a little." ”

Ignoring this lazy guy, Javier thought for a moment and asked, "Judging by the marching speed of the large army, when will they arrive in the imperial capital?" ”

Arowen estimated the time and said, "At their speed, it will arrive in about three weeks." ”

"So, what about the Shadow troops?" Javier asked again.

The "Shadow" unit is a special combat unit in the hands of Havel responsible for undercover activities and intelligence reconnaissance, and their predecessor is the 300-member "special operations force" that crusaded against the barbarians.

After that brutal war, only a few dozen men survived the force, but all of them were the best of the best, and Javier gave them a new mission, allowing them to continue to function as sharp knives in Javier's shadows, and officially renamed "Shadow".

"They have specially tamed octagonal horses, which are a little faster than the big troops, but it will take at least seven days to arrive." Arrowan replied.

The octagonal horse, a tamable first-class dangerous species, is good at long-distance running, and is the most beloved means of transportation on long marches, but it is also a far cry from Alfred, who can fly from the fortress of Haysonam to the imperial capital in a day.

"That's right." Javier bowed his head and muttered for a moment, then said, "Anyway, let's do some intelligence work within our power during this time, and tomorrow we will visit General Bud first." ”