Dragon.

It's been a long time since this creature has appeared in the mortal world - in fact, for the vast majority of intelligent races in Loren, the dragon is a creature somewhere between myth and reality. They were well aware of the existence of such formidable creatures, but almost no one would ever see a real dragon in their lifetime.

Except for those elves in the south who are chattering and especially alive, the elves with long lives are very qualified to claim to be witnesses of history, and in the long history of the elven empire, there are still one or two records of dealing with dragons.

The graceful and powerful creature with its dark blue scales and huge wings flew through the sky and let down a deadly breath, the pillar of fire, which had been scorched to the point of white, contained ancient dragon magic, and its power was by no means as simple as a simple flame, where the pillar of fire swept through, the earth was ablaze, and it continued to burn and spread without fuel, and after only a few breaths, the entire Cecil Territory was completely engulfed in flames.

And after all this, the dragon hovered here for a short while, as if to check the effectiveness of its work, and finally flapped its wings and flew high into the air, disappearing into the clouds that were gradually getting brighter.

Gawain heard several deep breaths coming from his side, and everyone, including Hety, didn't dare to open up and take a deep breath until now - if the dragon had been entrenched for a little longer, I really didn't know which of them would have fainted first.

"Dragon...... Dragon ......" Rebecca clutched her staff, muttering to herself, "Ancestor, I see the dragon......"

Gao Wenqing coughed twice: "Ahem, I don't need you to say it, I also saw it." ”

Rebecca suddenly came to her senses, glanced at Gawain a little embarrassed, and then looked at Cecil with a complicated expression.

Ravaged by the demon tide again, and burned by the dragon flame again, this place is completely unbelievable.

And those monsters ...... Although it was quite tricky for Cecil to lead those guards with poor combat effectiveness, they were only the lowest level of aberrations, and they were almost all wiped out under the dragon flames, and even if there were some who survived, it was only a matter of time before they disintegrated themselves after the drastic changes in their surroundings.

"I thought dragons would only appear in legends," the taciturn Byron knight couldn't help but speak, the three soldiers beside him were still swinging and couldn't stand up at this time, but the knight, who was always strict, didn't reproach them at the moment, but only frowned, "My lord, have you ever dealt with dragons?" ”

"No," Gawain shook his head, "dragons are very mysterious creatures, even when half of the Loren Continent was turned upside down seven hundred years ago, they never intervened in the world. ”

Despite all that, Gawain wasn't too shocked by the huge creatures, for he had seen dragons from other sources—he had seen them appear on the continent more than once in those days when they hung in the sky. It's just that dragons are indeed mysterious, even if Gawain has been hanging in the sky for an unknown number of thousands of years, the dragons he has seen are quite limited, and with those messy and trivial pictures, he can't summarize how many characteristics and habits of dragons are.

At this time, the shadow next to Gawain suddenly shook twice, and he turned his head to look, and sure enough, he saw Amber standing behind him, and Miss Half-Elf still had a somewhat frightened look on her face.

"I see the dragon!" Amber snorted, "My mother won't believe it - I saw a dragon!" That~~~~ is so big! ”

"Alright, all those here have seen it," Gawain glared at the timid and noisy thief, "where did you just go?" ”

"Got into a crack in the nearby rocks," Amber said, puffing out her chest, "I'm top-notch at escaping!" ”

Gawain covered his forehead and sighed: "Shadow Affinity is at least a master, and your frontal combat ability is stronger than that of a goose, and you are quite proud." ”

Then he shook his head: "This place is not suitable for a long time, let's leave quickly." ”

He strode down the hill, and although the dragon was gone, God knows what strange things were going to pop up, so it was the best thing to leave as soon as possible. But Hetty glanced at the family territory for the last time with a complicated expression: "Ancestor...... The dragon burned our territory. ”

"He's burning our ruins, strictly speaking, he's burning those monsters," Gawain glanced at Hetty, he had carefully observed when the dragon released its breath before, and basically sprayed at the most dense places of monsters, although I don't know why it was sprayed off the direction several times, but its tendency to spew was quite obvious, "Cecil was gone before the dragon came. ”

"But ......"

"Do you still want justice with a dragon?" Gawain shrugged, "Let's be practical." If there is anything to do, it is to return to civilization as soon as possible and report all the monsters and dragons. ”

Hetty couldn't argue, so she could only nod: "Yes." ”

In fact, Gawain understands Hetty's mood very well - Cecil is her hometown, where she was born and raised, although her hometown has been destroyed, but the hurdle in her heart is not so easy to pass, even if she knows that the dragon just put another fire on the ruins, and this fire is likely to burn those monsters, she will be a little awkward.

After all, this is a face-to-face whipping corpse.

But understanding is understanding, and it is difficult for Gawain to bring it into it—after all, he was not the ancestor of the Cecil family until he crawled out of the coffin......

With all sorts of messy moods, the group left the area, and the next thing in front of them was a dense forest.

Hetty held his staff in one hand and drew a few uncertain runes in the air with the other, and then looked up in the direction of the dense forest: "You have to go through this forest to return to the avenue, which is the only way to Tanzania." ”

Gawain looked at the runes shining in Hetty's hands with curiosity and envy (although he tried to hide it): "Magic is really a handy thing......"

"Ancestor?" Hetty was a little confused, and then showed a somewhat frightened expression, "Did I make you unhappy with these skills?" ”

Gao Wen was stunned: "Huh? Why should I be upset? ”

"The Cecil family has always been based on the power of knights, and martial arts and horsemanship are the orthodoxy of the family, and people like Rebecca and I have embarked on the path of mages...... If it had been more than a hundred years ago, let alone inheritance, I would have had a problem gaining a foothold in the family," Hetty explained a little nervously, "but ...... It's just that since that incident a hundred years ago, the status of the family has plummeted, and the number of people has gradually withered, and there are few children who can master extraordinary powers, so the way outside the knight's path can be regarded as recognized...... But in any case, it goes against the rules of the family. ”

Gao Wen said casually: "Who set this stupid X rule?" ”

For this typical pedantic family rule, he has always hated it with an open mind.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he said this, the atmosphere of the scene suddenly became delicate, and the Byron knight immediately lowered his head and pretended to tie his shoes - although he was wearing a pair of iron boots, Hetty was stunned on the spot, and Rebecca timidly raised her hand and pointed at Govin herself two seconds later.

Gawain: "......"

Retrieving the memory, the ...... There seems to be such a thing.

The young and vigorous hero Gawain Cecil, after a triumph, drank a celebratory wine with Charles I, the founder of the Ansu Kingdom, and the two good friends bragged after drinking, and discussed that the great cause will be accomplished, and a group of people who led the clansmen to flee to the north have now become pioneers, the people who laid the foundation, it is foreseeable that in the near future, there will be a large wave of the first generation of nobles, and as long as they can live, these first generations of nobles who have no background at all will be born behind them A long inheritance of the ancient family with long roots and seedlings... …

Therefore, the two high-drinking founding monarchs and ministers got together to think about whether they should standardize in advance and formulate some family rules and family mottos to prevent those future generations from forgetting the spirit of their ancestors, and as the pioneers of the pioneers and the founders of the founders, Gawain Cecil and Charles I should undoubtedly lead by example.

So seven hundred years ago, Gawain Cecil took a sip of most of the wine, glanced at the knight's sword at his waist, raised his hand and splashed ink on the table, leaving a line of words:

Knights are better than mages.

Charles I was very pleased when he saw it, so he also splashed a line of ink:

Gao Wenqing was right.

The former became the ancestral motto of the Cecil family, and the latter ...... The latter sent Charles I's attendants and counsellors back to death.

For the sake of the overall situation, the ministers who thought deeply about it and His Majesty the King who had sobered up would not list this kind of drunken rhetoric in the basic state policy, but Gawain Cecil seriously listed his feelings at that time into the family rules.

Detached from the memory bank, Gawain glanced at Hetty and Rebecca with embarrassment.

He sighed: "When you drank high, you should not have this rule......

Hetty Rebecca: "......? ”

And at this moment, a grunting sound came from Amber's stomach next to him, and finally relieved Gawain.

"Although I know it's a bit inappropriate to say this at a time when your grandparents are enjoying themselves," the half-elf girl rubbed her stomach a little awkwardly, "but I'm a little hungry. ”

Amber's hunger seemed to be a starting signal, and after her words fell, several sounds of stomach and stomach squirming came from the stomachs of everyone in the scene.

Even Gawain was no exception.

It was only at this moment that Gawain realized that everyone present had not eaten for a long time since leaving that gloomy tomb.

And he didn't eat more than anyone else in particular - the last time he enjoyed the satisfaction of chewing food, the monkeys of Loren were far from walking upright.