Legend has it that thousands of years ago, on this continent ruled by demons, there were four human heroes who rode dragons and led four major legions to gallop on the continent, and even almost killed the demon king at one point, creating the history of human domination of the continent. The names of these four heroes are Syd Castro Theo, Mante Joel Tap, Theoline de Aaron, and Isaac Alan Lovelock, and they are better known and admired by the four magical dragons under their seats, Hephaestus, the dragon of fire, Minta, the dragon of water, Oros, the dragon of wind, and Gaia, the dragon of earth. It is with the help of these four magical dragons that the Terrans can fight against the powerful and cruel demons.

However, heroes grow old, even dragons, and during the long years of separation, the only remaining hero of the four heroes, Ced Castro Theo, died five hundred and twenty-four years ago, and his descendants founded the first human empire, the Theo Empire.

As the heroes come to an end, so do the dragons. Five hundred years ago, four magical dragons died together, and their remains turned into four towering mountains with no tops of the mountains 2,000 kilometers long, like four huge walls separating the Xiao Empire from the mainland, so as to block the invasion of the demon army and protect the last of humanity.

This is the legend of the dragon that has been passed down from generation to generation in the Xio Empire. And at the end of the legend, there are the last words of the four dragons:

Five hundred years later, the Terrans will once again have four heroes, who will ride the dragon to completely destroy the demon king and sweep away the haze on the continent of Trentu.

Five hundred years have passed, but the hero has not yet appeared, and humanity is still hiding behind the remains of the four dragons. Over time, the legend became a story in a child's drawing book, and few people still believed it, and it was only when the devil struck that people thought of it and laughed at it.

At this time, it was the year 501 of the Xiao calendar, and the forgotten legend began to be staged.

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Northwestern section of the Hephaestus Mountains. Derrickly Region, Lutheran, Tushan Township.

Due to the barrier of four tall mountain ranges, the whole territory of the country is roughly a square, divided into nine regions and ninety-eight provinces, the large regions are managed by the duke of the king, and the provinces are divided into large provinces and small provinces, which are managed by the marquis and earl respectively. Below the province are the municipalities, which are administered by the local inhabitants.

The town of Tushan is an ordinary town in the province of Luther, but because of its proximity to the Hephaestus Mountains and the abundance of fire cloud mines, the industry is relatively developed, and there is nothing else special.

It was a sunny afternoon, and two teenagers sat on the lawn of the town after lunch, reaching out and pointing at the contents of a picture book. Both teenagers are only eight years old, one teenager has black hair, a strong figure, slightly dark skin, a pair of black eyes are bright, the appearance is not outstanding, and he looks tiger-headed; Another teenager is fair-skinned, quite handsome, with clear blue eyes and smooth blonde hair, which makes people want to get close to him.

"Mick, I bet with you that there must be dragons in this world!" A sturdy boy named Kenneth pointed to a dragon with red scales and a fiery mouth on the drawing book, and said to the delicate young man named Mick.

"Kenny (Kenneth's nickname)," Mick said, spreading his hands, "even if you're right, the dragons died five hundred years ago and don't exist. ”

"No, Mick. I mean, the fire dragon Hephaestus isn't dead, he's probably alive now! If I can find him, I will become a legendary hero! Kenneth's eyes lit up, "I heard a loud roar when I went fishing in the mountains that day, and it sounded like thunder, and I promise it must have been his voice!" ”

Mick was obviously much more poised than Kenneth, but he just glanced at Kenneth and patted him on the shoulder, then said, "Kenny, you must have misheard. ”

Kenneth slapped Mick's hand away unhappily and said, "Why do you speak in the same tone as my mother?" Aren't you my best friend? ”

Mick looked at Mick with a determined expression, gave up resistance, got up and patted the grass clippings off his buttocks, and said, "Then let's go into the mountains to see, does the dragon you said exist?" ”

Kenneth hurriedly got up with his sketchbook and said happily: "This is my good friend!" Then he corrected him seriously and said, "What 'that dragon', does he have a name?" ”

Mick sighed helplessly, and there was no way to persuade Kenneth Mick, who was eight years old but still obsessed with the legend of the dragon, and he would not quarrel with others, let alone his best friend, so he nodded along with Kenneth's words and said, "Okay, okay, it's Hephaestus, okay?" ”

"That's right. Okay, let's hurry up and go, just in time for lunch! After speaking, he took the lead and ran towards the back mountain of Tushan Town, and in an instant only a back was left. Seeing this, Mick hurriedly followed Kenneth's footsteps and ran into the back mountain.

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The Huoyun Mine in Tushan Town is known for its shallow burial and high production, so the foot of the mountain is full of mines, and Kenneth and Mick go deeper into the mountains after bypassing the mines.

Stepping on the rugged mountain road, Mick looked back at the town that was getting farther and farther away, and after thinking about it, he couldn't help but ask Kenneth, "Kenny, do you know where we're going?" ”

Kenneth, who was originally full of confidence and walking in front, suddenly stagnated, looked back at Mick and said confusedly: "Well...... I don't know. ”

Mick looked at Kenneth speechlessly, he also knew that Kenneth was a person who did things in a reckless and unplanned way, and his blue eyes showed a look of resignation, and then reminded Kenneth: "You said you heard the dragon's roar when you were fishing before, let's go there and have a look." ”

Kenneth's eyes lit up and he said, "yes, why don't we just go there?" Mick, you're getting smarter! ”

Mick blushed when he heard his best friend's compliment, and said, "What kind of clever is this...... Let's go, if it gets dark we'll have to spend the night in the mountains like we did last time! ”

Kenneth shook his body when he heard this, obviously it was not a good memory for him, and hurriedly walked forward, while Mick sighed and followed Kenneth in the same direction.

After about an hour, Kenneth finally found the stream where he had fished before, with his not-so-good memory, and Mick stood by the stream and looked around, and at a glance, there were only tall spruce trees and babbling streams, not even a decent cave, how could there be a dragon?

"Kenny, how could there be a dragon here...... Yes! Just as Mick turned his head to laugh at Kenny, he found Kenneth standing behind him with a wicked smile, holding his notebook under his armpit, and pushing himself hard with both hands, trying to fall into the stream and become a chicken in the soup.

"You ......!" As soon as Mick gritted his teeth, he felt that his center of gravity was unstable, so he simply reached out and grabbed Kenneth, who was standing on the spot and couldn't stand up with a straight waist, and pulled hard in the direction where he fell, Kenneth was shocked, but he could only watch the two of them fall into the creek together.

However, something magical happened, just as the two of them were about to fall into the water, a huge red magic circle depicting complicated magic spells opened behind Mick, and the next moment, the two teenagers disappeared from the forest, and the magic circle disappeared in a blink of an eye.

It all happened for a few seconds, and Mick didn't feel the coldness of the stream, but after his closed eyes opened slightly, he found that his surroundings were dim, and only a glimmer of light in the distance barely allowed him to see his surroundings.

"Kenny, Kenny!" Mick subconsciously shouted. All along, it seems that he is helping this sloppy and impulsive teenager, why don't he rely on him unconditionally? At this time, Kenneth was not visible, which suddenly made Mick, who had always been calm, panic.

Suddenly, an arm was stretched out in the darkness and pressed on Mick's shoulder, and then Kenneth's immature and generous face appeared in Mick's field of vision, and comforted Mick softly: "Don't be afraid, Mick, I'm here!" "Just like when the two of them spent the night in the mountains.

When Mick saw that Kenneth was also there, his heart suddenly settled, and he squinted his eyes and looked around, asking, "Did we fall into the cave?" ”

Kenneth's eyes became brighter and brighter in the darkness, and he nodded to the light in the distance, "There is no road behind us, so we can only go to the place where there is light in front of us." ”

Mick's heart couldn't help but tremble and said, "There won't be danger, right?" ”

Kenneth looked relaxed, spread his hands and said: "Anyway, there is no road behind, if you want to go out, you can only go forward, no matter how dangerous it is, you have to go." ”

Mick nodded silently when he heard this, then struggled to get up, touched a book when he was propped up on the ground, picked it up and looked closer, it turned out to be Kenneth's "Legend of the Dragon" drawing book, touched it and found that it was not wet with water, so he asked Kenneth, "Kenny, did you see how we fell here?" ”

Kenneth rubbed his head and recalled, "I seem to have seen a red ...... Belch...... What's going on? ”

"Magic Circle?" Mick hurriedly confirmed.

"That's right! It's a magic array, and there's a lot of stuff engraved on it, and then when I react, we're already here. ”

When Mick heard this, his shoulder collapsed, and Kenneth was so frightened that he quickly supported him and asked, "What's wrong?" Mick? ”

Mick returned the sketchbook to Kenneth and said with a wry smile: "Kenneth, we may not be in Tushan Town now, or even in Lutheran......"

Kenneth took the sketchbook, touched his head and said, "That's it......" There wasn't much worry on his face.

Unlike Kenneth, who was born in an ordinary peasant family, Mick was born in a wealthy family and began to learn magic knowledge since he was a child, and everything that happened now can only show that the magic array must be a teleportation magic array, as for whether it is directional or not, it can only depend on the luck of the two of them. But no matter what kind of teleportation array it was, it wasn't a good thing for the two eight-year-olds who had no magic background, and that made Mick almost collapse to the ground in fear.

"Oh, don't worry about it, maybe this is the beginning of our heroes!" Kenneth smiled at Mick, then pulled Mick and strode forward, just facing away from Mick's expression, but not so relaxed.

"I hope so......" Mick said with a wry smile.

So the two followed the light source all the way out, I don't know how long they walked, the two finally walked out of a hole, and then, what appeared in front of the two teenagers was a creature more than ten meters high, and the length of the creature could not be seen, only to see its head with horns, covered with flame-like red scales, the wings on the back fanned slightly, the sharp nails of the front claws gently rubbed the ground, and a pair of crimson vertical pupils quietly watched the two uninvited guests.

Kenneth's picture book fell to the ground, and the portrait of the dragon on it was exactly the same as the giant creature in front of him, who was the dragon of fire, Hephaestus.

"Legendary hero, I have finally waited for you." The dragon's thunderous voice rang out suddenly.