Chapter 489: Die Like Aldington
The sea was not very large, and with the help of magic, the whole voyage went smoothly.
Soon after, the team arrived at the "Southern Continent", and this time, there were no roads on land, so they had to choose a gentle area away from trees and mountains.
And the "decay" in the north is still continuing, like a shadow.
Like a grim reaper, he fell behind the team.
Cheng Lin watched quietly, and the light and shadow in his eyes quickly changed again, and time was accelerating.
Sometimes it speeds up, sometimes it stops.
And things turned out just as Aldington said.
The concentration of aura in the air was getting lower and lower, which forced the dragons to begin to rein in their use of magic, starting with abandoning flight and moving on foot.
Later, some of the weaker dragons were the first to weaken.
The body skin is dull, the mind is in a trance, the pace slows down, and the rapid aging, although they have stopped any consumption, but the weight and movement of the body, and even being alive, are making the energy in the body less and less.
No dragon cares, because everyone is in danger.
The team only silently quickened their pace.
Moving forward in silence, the only glimmer of joy in the group was Aldington's music.
Its music is still cheerful and vibrant, as if it is not fleeing, but on a spring outing, which at first aroused the resentment of some dragons, who complained about the dragon king, after all, his leisurely nature should not be what "one of the three" should be.
Gradually, however, everyone discovered that as long as Aldington's music sounded, both dragons and dragon servants would briefly get a brief moment of pleasure from the suffocating tension.
As a result, there was no more voice to question.
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However, that day finally came.
It was noon, the sun was shining, the sky was cloudless, and a dragon walking in the long queue suddenly fell, its big eyes rolled white, its body appeared more cracks, blood gushed out, it tried to breathe, but in vain, the organs in its body could no longer support it to continue to survive.
The news quickly reached the front, and Edlaide ordered the team to be suspended.
And with the other two dragon kings, came to the dying dragon's side, Cheng Lin followed, and clearly saw the blue sky and white clouds reflected in the dragon's desperate eyes.
"Go in peace, I will carry your soul and move on."
Edlaide, the star dragon, spoke, and after he said this, the last shred of life in the dying dragon's eyes was gone.
Edlaide then suddenly raised his huge right claw and placed it horizontally on the corpse, and then, an illusory, translucent, "war spirit" image was grabbed from the corpse and condensed into a ball of light, held in the dragon's claws covering the pale gray phosphorus armor.
Then, a piece of phosphorus armor on Edlaide's massive body suddenly lit up slightly, and the soul turned into a streamer of light and burrowed into the scales.
The pale gray phosphoarmor was immediately dyed with a hint of fiery red.
The dead dragon was a red dragon.
"What is this doing?" Cheng Lin waited for the ceremony to be completed and asked Aldington beside him.
"In our dragon tradition, it is believed that the soul and the body are separated, and the soul is also the existence of true consciousness, it is dead, the body is difficult to take away, it can only be left behind, if left alone, the soul will slowly disperse, completely disappear, Edlaide hid the dragon soul in the body, and can use his own power to seal the soul for a while...... Of course, the dead are dead, and the soul is a mass of unconscious things, and I have always thought that such rituals are meaningless, but Edlaide clearly does not think so. ”
Aldington said in a sarcastic tone.
Then, with his mouth shut, he returned to the front of the line and continued on his way.
Cheng Lin sat in the palm of its hand, and suddenly recalled the poem it had recited on the Dusk Dragon Hall before.
One of them is "On the other side of the grave there is everything, everything is there, except our body." ”
Thinking that the name of this deduction was "Mofa (Cemetery)", Cheng Lin suddenly moved.
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The team continued as if nothing had changed, except that more and more dragons were dead, and with each death, Edlaide hid his soul in his phosphor armor.
As a result, the pale gray phosphorus armor that covered the whole body and shone with a mysterious glow began to have some other colors.
Its expression grew heavier.
The temper of the dragon Allen became more and more irritable, and sometimes, he would roar into the sky for no reason, and nervously wield the magic power in his body.
As for Aldington, the frost dragon, he still sneered and walked forward, and he still played the music on time.
It's just that the music has changed from cheerful and positive at the beginning, and gradually, there is more melancholy, blue melancholy, and then more coldness...... As the sun set again and again, the procession farther and farther south, deeper into places they had never reached.
Its music is becoming more and more bleak, lonely, and gloomy...... Even, there is a faint hint of desperate madness.
Some of the dragons complained again, hoping that it would stop playing, but because of the dragonlord's status, these resentments could only be resentments.
In the brief change of light and shadow, Cheng Lin heard Aldington's faint sigh countless times.
In contrast, not many of the dragon servants died.
"They were born with no magic power, they only gained power through dragon blood, and the magic power in their bodies is very low, so even if the aura between heaven and earth becomes thinner, it is still enough for them, and the weaker the dragon servant, the more unaffected, heh, this is really ironic."
Aldington told Cheng Lin.
After a pause, he suddenly said in a complicated tone: "But this does not mean that they can survive, even if you don't consider the factor that you have to suck dragon blood every five years, when this sea completely dries up, even the fish with a small demand for seawater will not survive." ”
Cheng Lin knew that what he said was right, and then suddenly thought that this was probably good news for Lai and those villagers.
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Finally, I don't know how long it took, Edlaide's phosphorus armor gradually became gorgeous.
One day, the team passed through a dense jungle.
At noon, when the team rested.
Aldington put Cheng Lin down briefly, and then said to go and talk to Edlaide about something, and after about half an hour, it came back with a relaxed expression, lifted him up again, and spread its wings, and flew off into the distance.
"Is something going on? You're wasting your strength like this. ”
Cheng Lin wondered.
He looked down and saw countless heads on the ground, in the huge ranks of jungles, looking at them with envy.
So far, almost no dragon has dared to use his strength so extravagantly.
"I found a great place with a great view."
Aldington put it this way.
Immediately flapping his wings and flying into the dense forest, and hovering not far away, he pointed down with a little excitement and said, "Look, isn't this valley beautiful?" ”
Cheng Lin leaned over and saw a primeval forest underneath, and there was a small valley in it.
It takes the shape of a gourd, with only one mouth leading to the outside, and the inside is closed, with rivers flowing in between, probably because of the topography, the valley is rich in water and grass, scattered and grows some trees, all of which are tall and beautiful, and the ground is covered with fresh flowers and plants.
It's already spring, and the valley is full of greenery, with small pale yellow flowers blooming.
Under the sun, it looks extremely peaceful and lovely.
"Do you think it's good here?"
Aldington's tone was a little proud, as if he was proud to have found this place.
However, Cheng Lin looked at this valley in a daze, and the "Mangyuan" picture taken by netizens on the Internet came to mind during the second deduction, and the valley in it was probably like this.
Basically not much has changed.
"Is this the valley where I got the juguo?"
Cheng Lin couldn't help but think.
Breathing rapidly, the hand holding the dragon's claw subconsciously worked hard.
I vaguely guessed something.
He looked at Aldington and kept his tone as calm as possible: "It's beautiful, and it's quiet. And then what? Did you bring me here just to see the sights? ”
"Of course not, I decided to choose this place as a resting place, what do you think?"
Aldington said in a relaxed tone.
It's like talking about a trifle.
However, Cheng Lin was taken aback and asked, "A resting place?" You...... Is it ......?"
"That's right, I'm really too lazy to run away, I'm tired, I'm tired, since sooner or later it's all death, then I'd rather choose a grave that I'm satisfied with."
Aldington gazed affectionately at the valley and said, "I am very strong, in fact, I am stronger than Alan, especially this fool often wastes his strength, so, if nothing else, I should be the penultimate to die, this is too long, as long as I think that in the end, only me and Edlaide are left, and then I become extremely ugly, old, and dull, and staggering like twilight, and then I fall to the ground, staring at Edlaide, who is also aging, and then swallows unwillingly, Let it carry my soul on its back...... Just thinking about it makes me shudder. “
After a pause, it continued: "Compared to dying so ugly and ridiculous, I think it is better to take a step earlier, at least, there are still so many ethnic groups now, not too lonely, there are people to bury, the key is that I am still beautiful, you see, my phosphorus armor is still gorgeous, my body is still beautiful and strong, such a death is decent enough, it is considered a qualified death of the previous artist." ”
"But ......"
"Friend, don't persuade me, I've already made up my mind, just now I went to tell Edlaide about this, it nagged me for a long time, and finally convinced it, I don't want to waste any more words, you shouldn't stop me, right?"
Its huge, blue, deep-sea eyes looked at it quietly.
Cheng Lin was silent and said, "I will mourn for you in silence." ”
"Hahaha, I know, you're not such a vulgar guy, okay, then don't be verbose, well, farewell, this dragon flute will be given to you as a farewell gift, don't ask why you don't leave it to other dragons, they are too vulgar, although you don't look like an artist, but at least the appearance is more exquisite."
As he spoke, Aldington handed over the "dragon flute" that had never left him.
Cheng Lin hesitated for two seconds, raised his hands, and took it.
A smile appeared on Aldington's dragon face, and it said, "I taught you how to use it before, and I don't know if you learned it, but it doesn't matter, the utensils, everyone's usage is different, if you don't remember how to use it, it's okay to use it as a burning stick, I have never cared much about this." ”
"I'll think about it."
Cheng Lin looked at the smiling face of this Xuanfrost Dragon, and was suddenly infected, he hooked the corners of his mouth and made a joke.
Aldington let out another laugh of knowing laughter, and then he looked at the valley again, and said, "I don't want to leave any remains behind when I die, whether flesh or bones, or souls, and I have agreed with Edlaide that it will not take my soul away, but will let it dissipate naturally, and that is good."
As for the body...... I'll figure it out myself, I still have a lot of magic stored in my body, some of which can be released, some of which are too condensed, have undergone qualitative changes, and cannot be decomposed and dispersed into heaven and earth, so they can only stay in this deep valley, heh, if nothing else, they will be preserved for a long, long time, even if the end of heaven and earth is the law, it can't be affected, maybe after hundreds of millions of years, the magic power will be revived again, and there will be a lucky guy who will come here by chance and inherit this part of my power, when the time comes...... I hope he's not too vulgar, or I'll be upset. “
Cheng Lin was silent, and after a moment, he said, "He won't make you unhappy." ”
"Borrow your auspicious words, then that's it, by the way, it's the first time I've committed suicide, I'm a little unskilled, I want to ask you for a favor, I know you're not weak, can you give me a ride? Let me die happily? Get rid of it, don't refuse, friend. Aldington said.
Cheng Lin was slightly stunned, and then did not speak, but raised his right hand, and without a sound, He Jian appeared.
"Very well, I knew that you would not let me down...... Well, goodbye. ”
Aldington smiled mysteriously, and flew into the valley with wings, finding the most comfortable place to lie down.
After that, it took the initiative to remove all defenses and look at the sky.
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Just as a gust of wind rose, the pale yellow flowers of spring swayed slightly.
Cheng Lin raised his head, looked at the sky, and found that the sun was very dazzling, he squinted, then raised his sword and poured the spiritual energy into it until the spiritual energy in his body was almost exhausted.
Then, slash downward.
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