Noretta? Another Mithril Treasury Premium Agent?

Melita went on a "demand mission"? So is this temporary "substitute" Noretta also a dragon?

Listening to the voice coming from the ring, a few thoughts instantly popped up in Gawain's heart, and then he suddenly frowned, realizing one thing-

I can't play My little Pony this time!

After suppressing the strange thoughts in his mind for a moment, Gao Wen immediately coughed dryly, and while gathering his thoughts, he said to the "Miss Norretta" on the other end of the ring: "That's right, I need to consult about something - it may involve dragons, and I want to communicate in person." ”

"Dragon...... I see," Noretta's voice paused for a second, "please wait, I'll see you in about an hour." ”

Gawain blinked - it was another hour to arrive, not to mention the senior agents of the Mithril Treasury, this kind of on-call service attitude is really admirable, and I don't know where these dragons are when they are performing agent tasks, think about it carefully, there are really a lot of suspicious points in it......

……

Dark red lava meanders through the dry and hot earth, unquenchable flames in the staggering heat cyclone, and burning tornadoes sweep across a crimson sky like a flaming python, constantly sprinkling hot ash and fire rain - this is a world dominated by flames, where everything, including soil and stone, maintains constant restlessness and change in a state of fire element enrichment, and a large number of "creatures" with fire elemental as the main body live in this place that is like hell for mortals, And each has a variety of strange "life forms".

Magma jumping insects jumping in lava, fire demons breeding in the cracks of stones, riding the rapid movement of the wind in the living heatwave, all kinds of fire elemental creatures blindly burn and fight in this blazing world, consuming their long or short lives—but a loud sound that seemed to break the space and a terrifying roar suddenly resounded throughout the space, causing the restless elemental creatures in the earth and the lava lake to scatter in an instant—

"Damn! You goddamn crawlies!! ”

In a deafening roar, a shocking crack opened in the crimson sky, and a behemoth composed of burning boulders and viscous magma fell from the fissure to the earth, and it smashed a large crater with a radius of 100 meters next to the magma lake, and then the boulders wriggled and roared, crawled out of the bottom of the pit, and little by little reorganized into a formidable flame giant.

The giant lifted its flaming head and roared at the sky once more, and in the rain of fire and ash that was falling, several equally large figures were hovering—seven dragons.

The giant raised its arm, and a fiery and bright flame spear had already condensed and formed, but before it could throw the spear, a dragon roar came from high in the sky, and the balance of elemental power was instantly shattered by the dragon's roar, and the flame lance was torn apart, and then, lightning, frost, wind, and arcane power fell from the sky like a storm, crushing the giant to the cracked earth.

The low-level elemental creatures who could only act instinctively had fled as soon as the terrible battle broke out, and from the cracks in the cracked earth rose nothing but the pure flames of irrationality.

"You ...... How dare you ...... in the realm of the elements"

A blue dragon descended from the sky and stepped directly on the head of the flame giant, and a deep and majestic voice came from the dragon's mouth: "No one can owe the Mithril Treasury a debt - not including the Elemental Lord. ”

"You crazy people...... Idiot...... Crawler! The giant struggled, but became more and more powerless to resist under the influence of gravity spells, "The cycle is coming, it's coming!" Everything will be shuffled, the whole world will be reshaped, what debts, what contracts, everything will not make sense! You do this......"

"What a young elemental lord, you've probably been born from the source of fire for less than a thousand years—didn't your elders tell you a truth?" A red dragon with thick scales, alloy guards on his back armor, and both eyes that had been replaced with electronic prosthetic eyes sneered and interrupted the flame giant's curse, he stepped forward and looked down into the giant's eyes, "The world can be destroyed, civilization can be reshaped, but even if a planet crashes headlong into the sun, you must pay off the debt of the Mithril Treasury before you die!" ”

With all his might, the giant let out an intermittent roar at the feet of the blue dragon: "You ...... This gang ...... Lunatic!! ”

"It looks like your elders haven't educated you properly," Red Dragon shook his head, "but it's okay, we'll get this done." You've been hiding the collateral you promised to give to the Mithril Treasury for a hundred years, and today we're bringing you the bill—and you've confirmed that the Mithril Treasury will take away the late fees and collateral today. ”

The blue dragon who stepped on the giant's head also lowered his head: "Besides, don't forget to give a good review of this transaction-"

A black dragon standing beside her, who had never spoken, stepped forward, and with an inaudible whisper, the complex dragon runes condensed in front of her, and circled to form countless spinning arrows, which approached the flame giant's torso little by little, and the latter immediately roared frantically: "Stop! Stop it! You can't do that! You ......"

Sparks flew, and the spinning arrows tore through the stone's shell with ease like a knife cutting through butter, and the flame giant's roar finally weakened, leaving only an intermittent curse: "You reptiles...... You can't take it away...... I stole it with great difficulty...... That's mine, it's my treasure......"

After a low muffled sound, the elemental shell within the giant's body was cut through by the arrows, and its sturdy body finally began to tear apart, and a weak and staccato voice floated through the air: "You guys...... It's just ...... A group of prisoners ......"

The blue dragon glanced down at the stone skull that was rapidly extinguishing, and stomped it apart with his feet: "Thank you for your review, I have received your evaluation." ”

The lifeless elemental body turned into hot stones, scattered all over the ground with a clatter.

A small flame like a candle flame popped out of the crack in the stone, screaming angrily and running away, its scream reaching far away: "I'll be back!" I will be back! ”

"Next time I am reborn, ask my elders more about the market in this world!" The red dragon shouted at the fleeing flame from a distance, "We won't charge business consulting fees this time!" ”

The blue dragon shook her head, a pale gold projection panel appeared in front of her, and after activating the work system, she began to carefully record the attendance report on it: "...... To sum up, after the completion of the service, the customer made a sincere and enthusiastic evaluation, due to the rush of time, the customer has time to choose the evaluation star in the future, and the agent on the scene unanimously agreed, we believe that it should be a default praise......"

"Melita, don't record that, you can write slowly when you get back," the black dragon who had summoned the Blade stepped forward and said in a somewhat young and immature voice, "Let's pack these things up first." ”

"Ah, that makes sense," the blue dragon, Melita Pernia, put away the pale gold panel in front of her and looked down at the still hot pile of rocks on the ground, "hidden for a hundred years...... The Fire Elemental Lord was on the verge of breaking the Mithril Vault's record of debt evasion. Now let's see what kind of treasure this guy is hiding, and it's worth the risk of breaking the dragon oath contract......"

The invisible magic blew through the scorching stones, dispelling the last bit of malice that had lingered on the remnants of the elements, and the already fragile stone shells silently turned into dust and drifted away in the wind, finally revealing the "treasure" that was tightly wrapped in the residue.

It was a piece of metal with a silver-white background and black inlays on the surface.

It resembles a shield, but it is not the appearance of any standard shield in the world at the moment, it has a very symmetrical diamond-shaped structure, the raised side still flows with a faint and faint brilliance to this day, the energy tremor caused by the dragon's magic hovers around the shield, and a low and pleasant hum comes from the ancient solid metal, as if it has some kind of resonance.

Several dragons approached each other - the massive creatures craned their necks and looked at the metal plate that could almost be described as "small" to them, like a group of people crouching on the ground looking at a tiny pebble, and after a few seconds of silence, a look of bewilderment and curiosity appeared on each dragon's scaly (or bionic skin) face.

“…… What is this? An extraordinarily large red dragon muttered, two "fingers" stretching out its front paws to carefully grasp the piece of metal, "An elemental lord who risked being collected by the Mithril Treasury just to collect such a thing?" ”

The red dragon, whose eyes had been replaced with electronic prosthetic eyes, muttered, "This is a human shield, isn't it obvious?" ”

"I know the human shield, but I don't understand why an elemental lord thinks it's so important......"

At this moment, the blue dragon Melita suddenly interrupted the conversation of the other dragons: "Friends, I think I know the mark on this shield. ”

As she spoke, she raised her front paws and pointed to the marks on the surface of the diamond-shaped shield - the material of the shield itself seemed to be a bit peculiar, so that it was still intact after centuries of elemental erosion, but some of the metal parts on its surface were obviously added later, and the imprints were on the metal cladding that were added later, and they showed severe signs of weathering and erosion.

But its general outline is still recognizable: a crossed sword and a plow.

“…… I seem to have an impression of that...... Yes! The last time we were tossed around, we went around to check if there were any signs of resurrection of the deceased client, as if it was because of the owner of this mark......" The extraordinarily strong red dragon exclaimed, with an unbearable expression on his face, "This seems to be the human thing named Gawain Cecil?" ”

Melita nodded solemnly: "It should be so." ”

The dragons on the scene fell silent, these powerful transcendent creatures, you look at me, I look at you, and suddenly I feel that this originally simple and crude debt collector has suddenly become complicated.

“…… The Mithril Treasury operates with integrity, and we should contact the owner ......"

"But this is a lost property from a century ago, and the owner's failure to take it after the deadline is tantamount to automatically relinquishing ownership."

"But the owner has been lying in a coffin for hundreds of years, and the responsibility for overdue should be borne by the specific person responsible, right?"

"But the person responsible is also dead!"

“…… Conjuring spirits? ”

"I don't think so—and can you stop mentioning the conjuring?"

"Stop, friends," Melita finally couldn't help but interrupt the increasingly heated conversation among her colleagues, "Before we discuss the lost and found process, should we take a closer look at this shield?" Don't you think...... Even if the shield belonged to a human legendary hero, wasn't it worth the risk an elemental lord had? ”

"Melita, you mean ......"

"There's something wrong with the main material of this shield - take a closer look."

……

The hour-long wait didn't take long, and soon Betty came running to tell Gawain that a strange visitor claiming to be a high-ranking agent had come to the gates of Cecil Palace.

It didn't take long for a beautiful and elegant lady wearing a snow-white dress, long pale blonde hair and a soft shawl, and a tear mole in the corner of her eye into Gawain's study.

"Hello," the elegant and beautiful lady bent slightly over Gawain, a gentle and professional smile on her face, "I'm the senior agent of the temporary Merita, you can call me 'Noretta'." ”

Gawain controlled his curiosity, and after ordering Betty to leave, he closed the door, and nodded to the lady in front of him, "It's a pleasure to meet you, Miss Norretta. ”