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"That dragon scale, is it real?"

Late at night, a bright moon hung high in the sky, and a bonfire was burning under the trees under the moon. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 Info Nicole, who was not sleepy, stared at Ian with a pair of big eyes, and her black pupils shone slightly under the reflection of the firelight.

Ian glanced at him and pouted, "Does it really matter? You don't sleep yet, how do you keep vigil in the second half of the night?"

"I can't sleep. Nicole wrapped herself in her clothes and leaned closer in Ian's direction, "If it weren't for the real dragon scales, that Cassius wouldn't have been crazy to smash it, would he?"

Ian's heart twitched fiercely, and he remembered yesterday's scene. Cassius suddenly went crazy and threw his chair at the scales on the ground, but until the chair was smashed to pieces, the scales were not damaged in the slightest. Then Cassius kept saying, "Brute, return my son." ”

He was then taken away by the church. As he left, the godfather told him that Cassius' condition had worsened, and that someone else would take his place.

Thinking of this, Ian felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, he was just kind, but he didn't expect it to become like this. He took the dragon scale out of his pocket and handed it to Nicole, who had been watching.

"You see if it's true. ”

Nicole excitedly took the dragon scales and played with them in her hand.

"It's so hard. Nicole tried to cut the dragon scales with the knife she was carrying, but she didn't expect that the dragon scales would not move at all, and she couldn't help but be surprised, "If this is not the product of alchemy, then it must be dragon scales." ”

Ian pursed his lips, he knew that it was almost impossible to create something of this hardness with the product of alchemy now. Because this is the subject that his father has studied all his life, but unfortunately he did not study it until he died.

"I said, the senior who gave you the dagger really slain the dragon?" Nicole's eyes were about to glow, "Can you introduce me to him?" ”

Ian was stunned, and then said angrily, "It's dead." ”

"Huh?" Nicole was a little disappointed, then patted Ian on the shoulder and sighed as if I could understand it. ”

Ian couldn't make out the slightest hint of sadness in her tone, but her disappointment was palpable. couldn't help but be a little speechless, pushed her, and said, "Can you go to sleep?"

"You even let a woman keep vigil. Nicole sighed again, but knew there was nothing she could do, and she snorted and lay down. It's just that the dragon scales were not returned to Ian, and they were consciously stuffed into their clothes.

Ian didn't mean to come back, he took out the dagger that Rudo had given him and looked at it in the firelight. This dagger is too ordinary in appearance, just like the daggers made of inferior black iron that can be bought on the street for a few copper coins.

"Is alchemy really at this level?" Ian carefully stroked the blade of the dagger, because if he was not careful, the dagger would cut through his hand.

He remembers the night before his father died, he was still in his room drawing pictures and studying the metal that could pierce dragon scales. At least at the time, no one had studied it, but what was the matter with the dagger in front of me? It must have been a certain year old.

Ian couldn't figure it out, so he finally sighed softly and gently wrapped the dagger in a black cloth. Then he hugged the black iron bow he had purchased in Mingtong City in his arms.

......

The first night was a relaxing one, as if there was no danger in sight, just as Luthemill had been quiet for centuries. Ian was on guard for half the night, not even seeing anything like a wild boar, a blind bear, except for the constant buzzing of mosquitoes.

"Be careful not to let some big bugs bite you. Nicole jumped up and down in front and said, "Maybe it's poisonous, and the same goes for the brightly colored bugs." ”

"Thank you so much. Ian said angrily, "Before it bites me, I need to check its size and color?"

"Gee, just don't get too far away from me. Nicole showed a small cloth bag tied to her arm and said with a grin, "This is what my grandfather made for me, mosquito proof." I don't know exactly what herbs are inside, but it's useful. ”

Ian then remembered that her grandfather was a hall-certified merchant and should know enough about these herb mosquitoes. It's no wonder that her backpack is almost full of herbs, and from that point of view, Nicole is still quite useful.

"I don't know what's dangerous here, this mission is-ah!"

Ian was still admiring the scenery in the dense forest, when he suddenly heard Nicole's screams and hurriedly looked forward. But there was no shadow of Nicole in front of her, and Nicole disappeared from Ian's eyes in such an instant!

Ian panicked, he thought Nicole had been attacked by some monster. Immediately took off the iron bow from his body, but before he could take out the arrow, Nicole's voice came again.

"Ian, help, help, I'm stuck. The voice was still coming from the front, and Ian twitched the corners of his mouth, as if he knew something.

He walked forward, and sure enough, he saw a trap dug in front of him, only three meters deep. At this moment, there is a girl in the trap, sitting on the ground, rubbing her calves with an aggrieved face.

Seeing this scene, Ian couldn't help but be happy: "You really won the lottery, and the trap used to prevent monsters was actually stepped on by you." ”

"You're still gloating?" Nicole saw Ian's expression and clenched her silver teeth, "Hurry up and pull me up!"

"Yo he, the temper is not small? I'm not happy, how do you drop?"

"You bastard!"

"You bite me!"

"Hurry up and pull me up!"

"You beg me!"

......

Finally, after dozens of rounds of back and forth between the two sides, Nicole finally confessed, gritted her teeth and apologized to Ian. Ian's heart was relieved, and he finally breathed a sigh of relief from this crazy woman.

Just as he stretched out his hand to pull Nicola up, he suddenly saw a branch hanging from the trap to hide it. At first glance, the branch looked no different, it had been cut off from the tree and placed here.

It's just that what makes Ian care is that there is a leaf on the branch. Only half of the leaf remained, and the middle seemed to have been cut with a knife, and the edge was smooth and neat.

Ian's eyes narrowed, it was easy to cut off branches, but it wasn't that easy to cut off leaves. A bad premonition suddenly surged into his heart.

Ni in the trap could see that Ian was reluctant to pull her up, and she couldn't help but get angry, jumped up, and grabbed Ian's hand directly. Ian, who didn't have a point to borrow, stumbled and was pulled into a trap by her.