Lily's first target is the Lake of Return, located in the south of the forest. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

There's a reason for that, of course.

It was her true 'home', or rather, her former home in the forest. In addition to her, the 'mother' Hisza and several other "demigods" with similar forms - including Ryan the guy, also chose to live there.

The Lake of Return is not just a lake, but a whole cold and rich grassland connected to it. She used to run there with impunity, and the grasslands were full of antelopes and hares, and she often took pleasure in chasing them without actually killing or eating them. Next to them is a young green dragon named "Turquoise", who likes to stay on the damp lakeshore on weekdays, and occasionally spreads its wings and soars in the air on sunny afternoons. The dragon and she weren't friends, but at least they were okay.

Another reason is distance.

From their current location, it only takes less than half a day to fly to the Lake of Return. It takes at least two or three days to get to both on the north or west side.

In a sense, Lily and her party took a big advantage at the beginning of the competition. But she knew that since the black-haired woman didn't care, there must be enough means to make up for this disadvantage. If you take this lightly, you will only gain failure.

Thinking so, Lily sped up her flight once more, skimming over the barren meadow that remained. This was rightfully accompanied by a flurry of complaints.

"Captain Lily, slow down!" Elio's still-energetic voice rang out from her back, "We're all about to fall!" ”

"Hold on, we'll be there in ten minutes." She said without looking back, thought about it, and added, "Al, Ann will please take care of you?" ”

"Okay, Lilianor." The agency's answer was as reassuring as ever, "Please pay attention to the safety ahead, it would be better if you could fly more smoothly." ”

"We know—" She spread her wings, trying not to cause excessive jolts while maintaining her speed. As the mercenary said, after about ten minutes, the surrounding environment seemed to quietly begin to change.

The temperature in the air gradually increased, from about freezing point to something like the Empire or further south. This made the few on her back a little more comfortable, but Lily's countenance, if she could tell, was more gloomy.

The increase in temperature is only part of the story. There was a slight sour smell all around, and the oppressive sky overhead was replaced by moist and heavy clouds. Either way, it's not what the lake should be.

"Lilianor, be careful!" Alphonse's voice came suddenly, "Something's coming—"

She quickly turned sideways, avoiding a green line that swept from above—it swept past Lily with a strong acid breath and landed on the prairie below.

Blades of grass, dirt, or anything else, anything that the 'green line' touched, all dissolved into a dark green liquid in an instant. Almost instantly, a deep ditch tens of meters long and about a meter wide appeared below.

"Oh my God." Elio couldn't help but exclaim, "What's that...... Ann, you said it was...... Dragon?! His voice suddenly rose up, but not out of fear, but out of inexplicable excitement, "Is it the evil dragon in knightly novels!" I—I'm seeing it for the first time! ”

"Don't talk nonsense!" Bell seemed a little nervous, "If it's really a dragon, I'll sacrifice you, maybe he'll let us go!" ”

Lily laughed inwardly - she didn't know if it was an evil dragon, but she knew it. The only concern is whether the other party, like Hissa, has been turned into a dead, sane 'puppet'.

She took a breath and let out a penetrating roar into the inside of the clouds, "If it's you, come out - green stone!" ”

"It's Turquoise, you idiot!" There was an angry roar overhead, but the other party quickly realized something, "You...... Recognize me? Who are you! ”

"Greenstone, have you lived so long that you can't even recognize us?" Lily easily released her own breath, secretly thinking about the next way to deal with it.

The other party is still rational. Although that meant that the other party's 'wisdom' as a dragon was still preserved, it was much better than an enemy who couldn't communicate with him regardless of his life. Truth be told, she wasn't willing to fight a dragon - she still had a sense of awe for a race that had survived from time immemorial to the present day.

"It turned out to be you." The dragon poked its head out of the thick clouds and swooped down, only to turn around at the last and whizz over her head, "You'd better give a good enough reason that I won't drive you out." ”

Lily understood that this was his warning to her 'invasion of territory' and a demonstration.

The dragon's innate power is like a flood, pouring down unreservedly with the dive. She can resist with her demigodic physique, but the few people behind her cannot. She heard Bell let out a low whimper, and Ann's teeth chattered up and down—it definitely wasn't from the cold. Elio let out a cry of surprise and nearly slipped off her back, but Alphonse grabbed him quickly.

"Thank you, thank you...... I...... I'm sorry. The boy said in a trembling voice.

"It's nothing, it's not your problem." Lily replied, hovering at a distance from the green dragon - she didn't choose to land, because she had already lost a head in momentum, "Turquoise, you chose to join the clan with that guy named Huruman Stark, huh?" ”

"Don't say it so ugly." The green dragon replied in a low voice, ignoring the sarcasm in Lily's tone, "I just made a deal with him. He made it the way I liked it, and I took care of it for him. In any case, it is much wiser than resisting as you and fleeing like a lost dog. ”

"Well, even if you have some point." Lily flapped her wings and flew higher than the green dragon, "So, what kind of conditions do we have to make you get out of here?" ”

She had studied these creatures that were not created by her "father", but survived from the previous era. Among the different types of dragons, the green dragon and the brass dragon are the two most talkative. However, unlike the brass dragon, which is enthusiastic and simply willing to chat with all kinds of creatures, the green dragon is greedy by nature, but extremely shrewd. They are adept at bargaining with visitors for what is best in their own interest.

Perhaps this is also the reason why the other party was able to make a deal with Huruman and survive to this day. In other words, as long as she could offer the right price to get the other party to abandon the pact with the lich, or even serve her instead, there was nothing impossible.