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Arnold stood in the doorway of the laboratory, pacing back and forth with an anxious expression. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info He had a delicate dagger tied to his waist, and the hilt of the sword was inlaid with a large ruby, which reflected the sun's rays from different angles as it swayed back and forth.

He kept raising his head and looking at the heavy metal door, and tried to open it several times, but each time he raised his hand, it didn't take long to put it down again, and he lowered his head again and paced.

"Lord Castle, you've been dangling back and forth so much that you're about to stun me. A black-robed man standing next to Arnold lifted his hat, revealing a shiny skull, "I suggest you can be like me, with a heart like water." ”

"How do you tell me to calm down in this situation-" Arnold glanced at the bald man's face and immediately exclaimed, "Hell, Kollundin, why are you here?!Aren't you and Joseph working as assistants to Lord Sunflower?!"

"I deeply regret that Lord Sunflower is reluctant to let us intervene. The bald Cologin said with a look of regret, "Although I think I am fully capable of doing the job, it was ordered by the Lord of Sunflower, and of course I must obey." ”

"You mean, there's just Lord Sunflower and Joseph in the lab?" Arnold was surprised and then angry, "Don't you know what Lord Sunflower is making?

"No, Lord Castle, you are wrong!" retorted Kollundin, "if Lord Sunflower would reject me, how could he accept Joseph's sullen old man who couldn't beat a fart with three sticks! ”

Arnold turned around, and sure enough, he saw a pious old man kneeling on the grass, and he was almost broken.

"Why did Lord Sunflower do this? ”

"With all due respect, you are not the Lord of Sunflowers, it is incomprehensible. Colendin lowered his head slightly, "Because the source of dragon slaying is a taboo, a taboo of alchemy." Lord Wang Jue wants to open the forbidden door for himself and not allow others to get involved. ”

"Can you put it simply? I don't understand. ”

"Actually, I don't know much about it, but what I do know is that the sword that Lord Wang Jue gave you is not useful. "Because if the Dragon Slayer fails to be made, the entire laboratory will be reduced to ashes, even him." In fact, Lord Castle, the position of the two of us is still a little unsafe, and since Lord Wang Jue doesn't want people to interfere, he just doesn't want more people to take him when he fails, so I suggest that we retreat some, well, the place where Joseph kneel is not bad. ”

Arnold looked down at the ruby dagger at his waist and muttered, "Why did he do this?"

"Lord of the City, with all due respect, you are still too young. ”

Arnold looked up: "Why do you say that?"

"If it's your father, you should understand. "That sword represents an attitude that he won't come out alive until he succeeds." ”

"This—" Cologin's words seemed to ignite Arnold's blood, and he turned his head to look at the sunflowers carved into the metal door, and suddenly felt the urge to rush in and live with Cassius. However, he still knew that it was useless for him to rush in, and with his half-baked alchemy skills, he just sighed in the end, shook his head and walked out.

Then he bumped into Xiu head-on.

"Brother, I think you have to give the order to speed up the progress of the raiding team. Xiu handed Arnold several stacked pieces of parchment, "The dragon lord seems to be out of our grasp. ”

"You're really my own sister, I just thought there wouldn't be anything worse than Lord Wang going to make the Source of the Dragon Slayer alone. Arnold took the parchment with a twitch at the corner of his mouth, and after glancing at it twice, his eyelids jumped unconsciously, "Well, now you have told me the truth, there really is something worse than that." ”

Xiu said expressionlessly: "This is the list of missing people in Alder in the past three days. ”

"It's not surprising that Alder goes missing every month. Cologin stood in the sun, his head brightened, "There are always people who can't live, anyway, Alder and the demographics? ”

Xiu said: "This is just the number that has been reported, that is, a family member suddenly found that someone was missing, so it was reported. And those floating populations who did not settle in Alder cannot be counted at all, so there must be more people missing in these three days than counted. ”

"So how many are missing? No matter how many are missing, it has nothing to do with the hall. Colendin pouted, "The hall is only in charge of prey, when has it been in charge of people." The population problem should be the head of the city, oh, I almost forgot, Lord Arnold, you are the lord of the city. I've been thinking of you as a great alchemist these days. ”

Arnold ignored Kollundin's words, but said with a gloomy face: "Nearly thirty people have disappeared in three days. ”

"That's right. Xiu nodded, "It's been raining heavily these days, and the city gates are closed. But there was one gate that was not closed, because all the guards there were missing. ”

Xiu paused and continued: "Also, a noble couple went out on a parade three days ago, and in the end only the heroine came back, and after coming back, she didn't remember that she still had a husband, but she kept saying that she had lost a cat, and went to the hall to issue a mission to find the cat. ”

"Is it the Dragon King?"

"Perhaps we can call him Naga of Fire. Xiu said, "The Emperor of Flames is slowly waking up. I suspect that those who are missing have become its food. ”

"Can the Dragon King still control people's behavior?"

"Maybe, maybe not. But at least some of them can be controlled, because so far, not a single hunter has been reported missing. Xiu said, "It can't affect the hunter, maybe the hunter's mental power is much higher than that of ordinary people, but I can't guarantee that after his strength is stronger, he will control all the people." ”

"I don't know what the hell you're talking about mental power, but—" Arnold turned his head to look at Colendin, "You quickly contact the hall headquarters, and say that the 'King Killing Project' is going to start early, and I will complete the formation of the crusade team in three days." Regardless of the progress of the Source of the Dragon Slayer, the Raider will enter the volcano in three days to find and kill the Naga of Fire!"

Kollendin didn't dare to play tricks anymore, and hurriedly trotted away. Arnold looked at Xiu with a wry smile: "I now think what they said last time was. ”

"What remarks?"

"We already know the Naga of Fire completely. Arnold spat on the ground, "It's his, they can't explain to me why the dragon king can control people's minds now." ”

"If we really knew about dragons completely, we wouldn't have been in the clouds ten years ago. ”

"yes. Arnold sighed softly, then looked at the sky with a wistful expression, "Hopefully Alder won't be the next streamer." ”

The sky was cloudless, and a falcon soared by.