Chapter 49: A Change in Attitude
Ute's lips moved slightly, as if to say something into the air. Although the surroundings were quite quiet, Ke Zhou still couldn't hear what he was talking about. Similarly, Beibei seemed to be whispering quietly...... Could it be that the dragons are relying on their terrifying hearing to say something to each other? Ke Zhou thought so, and slowly got out of the carriage with Beibei.
He looked at the three men in a carriage behind him, and could see that their lips were moving slightly. At this time, Ke Zhou was sure that these dragons might really be discussing something, so he chose to talk in such a low voice in order not to let him know.
"Then that's it......" The gorgeously dressed male dragon clan who was a little contemptuous of Ke Zhou came to Ke Zhou and Beibei, bowed slightly to the two, and made an apologetic gesture.
"I am sorry for the contemptuous insult I have previously given you, and I sincerely ask for your forgiveness. ”
His words were not hurried, and he had the elegance of being born in the aristocracy. However, such a person suddenly came to Ke Zhou and saluted him, which did make him a little difficult to accept: what happened? What did they just discuss, and why did it become the way it is?
But these things are not suitable for consideration on this occasion, Ke Zhou hurriedly returned the salute and bowed slightly. "No, no, I'm just an uninvited guest after all, it's all my ill-considered question, and it's really bothering you. Since he didn't know exactly what was going on, he had to do his best to show respect for the other party.
The dragon held out a hand, as if to shake his hand. "Let me briefly introduce myself here, my name is Trango Torres. Next to me is my spouse, Ryoshi Stoll. I also just learned about you outside of Ryugu, although you are a human, but you have a soul far above human. Therefore, I apologize for the disrespectfulness I have shown before. ”
Ke Zhou listened to him and hurriedly went up to shake hands with him. Of course, now his heart is still very strange, he tried to observe the other party's expression, trying to use the psychology of micro-expressions to see something, but after all, this is a human incarnated by the dragon race, and there are not so many superfluous micro-expressions. Because of this, Ke Zhou didn't even know if he was lying.
But when he looked at the two dragons next to the dragon, he noticed something strange - their eyes on him had changed.
That's right, it's the eyes. This kind of thing, even if it takes on a human form, can be felt. There seemed to be a suspicion, a surprise, a fear in their eyes. Ke Zhou turned his head to look at Ute, who had already tilted his head to the other side, as if he didn't want to look at him, pretending to be looking for a way.
"North-north?"
Beibei raised his head suddenly, but Ke Zhou did see a trace of doubt and joy in Beibei's eyes. It seems that something strange happened in the middle of the exchange just now. This matter was serious enough for the dragons who had previously disdained him to use honorifics, and enough for the dragons, who were considered to be one of the most powerful creatures, to communicate in front of him and quickly explain their respective circumstances.
What happened when they were asleep that made them feel so different about themselves?
"Huh?"
Thinking of this, he did remember that something had happened: that is, in the strange world in the dream, that strange "feeling".
When he tried to use that formation in his dream, something absolutely appeared that could not be described in words, that being beyond the whole world...... Even the formations that originally obediently obeyed Ke Zhou's arrangement protected Ke Zhou layer by layer because of that terrifying sense of peeping.
Could it be that thing?
Ke Zhou didn't know what to do, so he had to understand it first. But that's a good thing, at least for now, you don't need to worry about the dragons' contempt for you...... This solves a lot of problems, or at least avoids a lot of them.
"We ...... now"
"Now, it's just to enter in batches first, and then meet at the Xiaoyao Teahouse in the north of the central capital, is it okay?" Not only the dragon named Trango, but even Ute changed his previous funny and became serious. And this also made Ke Zhou more confirmed the inference that the dragon clan wanted to cover the entire Zhongdu in Dragon Valley.
"Try not to make too many magic fluctuations, after all, the magic we use is quite sensitive in this area...... But some simple human magic can be used at will, so that's it......" Ute said as he waved his hand and motioned for everyone to disperse - indeed, it was relatively reasonable for everyone to disperse in such extraordinary times.
With Ute's order, the men finally began to leave here in batches. First of all, there were the couples, who had no intention of staying here for long, and the two of them were so familiar that they were away from the group, not knowing where to go. Followed by Ute, who turned into a businessman in front of Ke Zhou, and then walked straight towards Zhongdu, seemingly unwilling to disturb Ke Zhou and Beibei.
The last dragon, by the time Ke Zhou noticed her, had disappeared...... It seems that all of a sudden, only Ke Zhou and Beibei are left in this vicinity, and it seems that there were only two of them at the beginning.
"No, what's the situation?" At this point, Ke Zhou had to admire the execution of these people, just like soldiers, they spread out when they said they were scattered, and they also moved towards Zhongdu in different ways......
Beibei didn't answer him, just quietly hugged his arm, as if hesitating about something.
"Then we ...... now"
"Let's go......"
"Yes. ”
......
Ke Zhou took Beibei and began to advance towards the distant city, but this distance was indeed a bit far for Ke Zhou. He involuntarily became a little big again, and lowered his head and asked Xiangbeibei, "When do you want you to gather?" I feel that at my speed, it will take a day to walk from here even if I don't sleep. He had to vomit bitterness, after all, this journey was really not something that an otaku of his age should bear.
"Four days later, three days and nineteen hours to be exact. ”
This time was indeed somewhat unexpected by Ke Zhou, in his opinion, wasn't this kind of action for the sake of speed? Why was such a long assembly time given? Why was there a relatively precise time? Could it be that it was the time when they were going to carry out that formation?
He didn't ask, he just thought about it himself, after all, if the dragon wanted him to know about this kind of thing, he would have told him a long time ago. Now this situation should be better, I can deduce the intentions of the dragon clan, and I won't be suspicious, as long as the status quo is maintained, anyway, Beibei shouldn't have any ill will towards himself.
The two of them walked slowly on the road that was not very wide, it was already noon, but the temperature was not very high, and the climate here was still very good. And in terms of time, I probably slept for half a day that night, from night to noon—maybe it was indeed an interesting experiment in a dream.
Out of the relatively dense forest, you will see a vast plain. On the plain, you can see a lot of scattered houses, and the closer you get to Zhongdu, the more dense the houses are. Near the city walls of the central capital, there is almost no difference in the density of buildings in the city.
Of course, this doesn't mean everything is normal.
It can be felt that some of the houses on the outskirts have been severely damaged, and similarly, there are almost no signs of humans next to those houses. Although Ke Zhou's eyesight is not particularly good, he can also see that the city gate, which should have been open during the day, is now tightly sealed. There are many airships floating high in the city, as if they are on standby.
Even a discerning person can see that the city has fallen into some kind of terrifying martial law.