Chapter 4: Travel to the Imperial Capital

【Dragon City of the Red Dragon Empire of the Eastern Continent】

The east of the New World was called Hatura by the Noahs, and Hatura means magic and mystery. As the Noahs named them, everything in the East is magical, and here, there is a huge country - the Red Dragon Empire, which has deep roots and a history of almost a thousand years. And beneath the light of this vast empire is a dark tide surging.

Dragon City, located on the coastline of the West Continent, is like a dragon creeping out of the water, coiled on the seaside, separated by a green barrier between the city and the port, as if the dividing line between the two worlds, the endless flow of the port and the city's tranquility form the harmony of yin and yang. The palace is built along the mountain, built in layers section by section, in order to resist the monsoon rain, the top of the palace is shown to show a large angle of inclination, although the rain perennial washing, the metal statue on the roof still maintains the luster, the glazed relief has a very mysterious feeling, but people can not say anything when they see it.

A flute sound came from the back mountain of the palace, this is the folk music of the Hariran nation, a girl with a double hair looked for the sound of the flute and hurried towards the back mountain, she was wearing a red Tang costume, black eyes were watery like a clear lake, what was amazing was her running speed, the speed faster than the cheetah made her pass through the places were eye-catching, the eunuchs in the palace looked at this running girl with a look of surprise, and there were many discussions in her mouth.

"What is Lord Lan going to do in such a hurry?" Those palace maids talked about her whereabouts, and some palace maids who liked to chew their tongues would speculate all kinds of court plots to satisfy the ears of the listeners, and the person concerned, Lord Lan, had no scruples about these things or anything else, she just went to find her brother.

"Brother Yunpei!" When there was still some distance from the back mountain, Lan opened her throat and shouted, her voice was extremely slender and had a strong penetrating power, but the sound of the flute did not stop with her voice.

After Lan walked into the arch of the back mountain, she suddenly became cautious, she touched a string of beads on her wrist, and gently walked into the back mountain. The back mountain is a huge bamboo forest, in this lush bamboo, the sound of the flute is floating around like the wind, Lan listened to this song quietly, and slowly approached the place she wanted to go. In the middle of the bamboo forest, a man in a pure white robe sat cross-legged on a large stone, he had gossamer-like hair, his eyes were closed, and the jade flute was also a good flute carved from the finest mutton fat jade, with delicate lines on it, and at a glance it was not from the hands of ordinary craftsmen.

The man called Yun Pei by Lan is the three princes of the Red Dragon Empire, and the Red Dragon Empire has three princes - Yun Sheng, Yun Fan, and Yun Pei, and three princesses - Xi, Ying, and Lan. The Red Dragon Empire's way of ruling power is very unique, with two emperors - Emperor Hao and Emperor Cao, Emperor Hao is a man and Emperor Cao is a woman, that is to say, among the three princes and three princesses, there will be a prince who will become Emperor Hao, and a princess will become Emperor Cao, and the country will be ruled by these two people.

After the end of the song, Yun Pei slowly opened his eyes, if Lan's eyes were clear lakes, then Yun Pei's eyes were like the ocean. Seeing that Yun Pei opened his eyes, Lan hugged him from behind him, and said with a smile: "Brother Yun Pei, the expedition to the West is about to begin, aren't you interested in taking a look?" ”

Yun Pei shook his head, put the jade flute in his hand into the cloud sleeve, and said in a very light tone: "Let them go, but, I think the second brother should be very interested in going and seeing, he has no interest in the throne and wants to travel all over the world." Lan who was holding Yun Pei was playing with his hair, and his intimate appearance would be very envious if others saw it.

"Second brother, he is a prodigal son, doesn't Emperor Hao's father often say it, the second brother's temperament determines that he is not a mature material, Brother Yun Pei, or you are the best, right?" After listening to Lan's words, Yun Pei touched her face and said with a smile: "It's a pity that Brother Yun Sheng won't give me the position of Emperor Hao." ”

"Brother Yunpei, I also want to go on the expedition with them." Hearing Lan say this, Yun Pei's expression instantly became a little cold, he pulled her hand away, pulled her to his side, looked straight into her eyes and said, "Lan, how can you have this thought?" Our main purpose now is to get the positions of Emperor Hao and Emperor Cao, not any expedition. ”

"I know, I know, Brother Yun Pei, the throne is indeed very important, but, it is said that you can find a very powerful source of magic on the expedition, brother, think about it, after having great power, who else dares to disobey us?" Lan was very sure, but Yun Pei shook his head, touched Lan's face, and looked at this little figure carved from pink jade.

"Lan, the expedition road is not so easy to walk, you know, there are many unknown races and monsters on the expedition road, and if you are lucky enough to get some powerful things, those magicians and elves in the West are not so easy to deal with, they will definitely prevent you from bringing those things back to the East." Yun Pei said very objectively that he felt that expeditions were not a way to improve his strength, after all, the people of the East rarely approached the place of the Rim Sea, so few people were interested in expeditions.

"Hehe, is Brother Yun Pei worried? Don't worry, with Lan's strength, how can anyone treat Lan as a thing? Maybe their magicians will die. Brother Yun Pei, you have to believe in Lan, and Sister Ying has gone out to practice, who knows what level she will reach? If she is better than me, can't I be with Brother Yunpei? Lan smiled and said, in the Red Dragon Empire, Emperor Hao and Emperor Cao are husband and wife, and they are also brothers and sisters, and the excellent bloodline retained by this family for generations has not leaked a trace of blood, and they retain pure and perfect excellent bloodline.

"In this case, I can't refute it, Lan, you wanted to go on the expedition from the beginning to have a look, I already saw it, okay, if you really want to go, I'll let a few priests accompany you." Yun Pei said, Lan's face rose a brilliant flush, she stroked the beads on her hand, curled her lips, and Yun Pei kissed it gently.

In the bamboo forest of the back mountain, a gust of wind made the noise rise in all directions, and the sound of bamboo leaves drowned out the subtle wheezing, making the voices of the two disappear into the air.

【The city-state of Kuyman of the Crescent Moon Empire in the Western Continent】

"By the way, how did a few of them end up here? Violent maniac, do you know them? Ike touched the bridge of his nose, and the dead fish's eyes hooked the black-robed people, for Cruise, he called Cruise by name at the beginning, to Captain Cruise, to call him by name, and then to call him a violent maniac, Cruise seemed to have become a little accustomed to his behavior of doing something and dying, so he didn't pay attention to him at all.

"Princess Gina, maybe you've already seen this little ghost, he's a ...... How to put it, in our Noah's human language, little rascals, in Elven language, I don't know how to describe it, oh, you should know our language, Princess Gina. Cruise didn't even look at Ike when he said this, so the kid reluctantly dug his nostrils and made a gesture of indifference, but he was carrying all his belongings, and Cruise was carrying a package behind him.

"So, Lord Cruise, you're ready to go to the imperial capital, so why are we delayed, let's go." The elf girl in the lead was very anxious to get on the road, her impatience made Cruise laugh, he received the notice that it was right, the elves who came this time were all newcomers with little experience, thinking of this, he looked at Ike, the kid found that Cruise looked at him, and hurriedly took his hand out of his nostrils, and wiped the fingers that had been digging through his nostrils with a handkerchief.

Although Ike often provokes Cruise's psychology as if he is dead, he still knows how to measure, there are things in Cruise's eyes just now that he can't see, it seems that the elf girl's words just now made him a little unhappy, so he doesn't plan to provoke this violent maniac at this time.

"That's right, Princess Gina, we can indeed go, but I feel that we are still missing something, well, you see, this kid is also a newcomer, just like you, you can ask him, if we need anything else for our expedition?" Cruise looked at Ike with a smile, and Ike suddenly felt like a frog being targeted by a snake, and had a strong idea in his heart to tell him what to say, otherwise, he would be tortured very badly......

"Ah...... Of course it's to obey orders, expedition team, if you don't obey orders, hehe, you may die......" Ike said from the bottom of his heart, although Cruise did not explicitly tell him to obey his orders, but in this nearly a week of training, he deeply understood what the consequences would be if he didn't listen to Cruise......

Cruise smiled and signaled that Ike was right, so he turned his eyes to look at the three elves in front of him, and asked softly, "So, do you understand?" ”

"Joke, it's ridiculous to ask our high elves to obey humans, and you want me to obey, unless you are Queen Bell!" The arrogant man in the black robe who used shadow magic, Donnie, had an attack, and not only that, but Gina also expressed her disagreement, only the slightly older guy didn't make any moves, quietly watching the two young boys and girls.

"I, Vivien, promise to obey orders." She bowed to Cruise, and Cruise's appreciative gaze revealed his satisfaction.

"This little girl is very polite and knows how to be timely, but you two are proud of your strength, but what? I can tell you responsibly, the result of disobedience to orders is the death that the little ghost said, the difficulties on the expedition are not something that a person can do with no matter how strong his strength is, even if he is as strong as the elf queen, she has to listen to my arrangement on the expedition, not to mention you group of milky imps? The more Cruise spoke, the more ruthless he became, and Gina and Donnie were a little hateful, and they gritted their teeth, and a cloud of magic was already floating up in their hands.

"Nonsense! If you dare to insult the Queen, even if you are killed, there is nothing to say! Downey angrily threw a black ball of energy at Cruise, and Gina glowed with water, and a spike of water burst out of the light from her.

Cruise didn't even draw his sword, he met Donnie's energy ball with his bare hands, and when his fist hit the energy ball, a brilliant silver-white light flashed, and the energy ball was annihilated, not to mention the spunlace, but it was loosened by Cruise's light grip.

"Are you too weak? My magic is very simple and is despised by you as a strengthened magic, but unfortunately, you still can't make me fight seriously, well, maybe you're too weak. Hearing Cruise's words, Donnie was a little angry, he didn't know how Cruise dissolved his magic, even the musket couldn't help his magic, how could a low-level enhanced magic ......

"Isn't it confusing, that's right, I don't have a source of magic, and I use low-level enhanced magic, and you are born with a source of magic, and you use high-level shadow and water magic, why can I dissolve your magic? Because your magic is full of flaws! Cruise rushed in front of the two of them with an arrow step, and lifted the two of them up as if lifting two feathers: "Magic is a framework with special power woven with magical power. For example, your magic is to pile up high-quality building materials into a weak tent. And I, I can easily tear down a tent, and, I can tell you, although my magic is not strong, I can make a bunker out of ordinary materials, indestructible, that's the gap, you know? Arrogant elf boys. Cruise's words made the three elves suddenly understand, and Ike also figured out some doorways.

"So, before going to the imperial capital again, what should I do?" Cruise put the two down, their expressions still a little panicked, but they said firmly:

"Obey orders!"

"Hey, violent maniac, is that why you don't let me practice magic so blindly?" As soon as Ike finished speaking, he was pinched by Cruise's face, looking at the smiling bearded uncle, his distorted facial expression was extremely funny.

"You've got to learn too much, and don't call me a violent maniac, even though you're right."