Chapter 2: Midsummer Buds

In the 11,985th year of the continental calendar, Jiang Ming, the Emperor of the Nine Phoenix Empire, Long Jie, the Emperor of the Holy Dragon Empire, Andrei Carmen, the Emperor of the Odin Empire, the Pope of the Temple of Light, St. Ryan Misius, and the kingdoms of the Aquila Alliance jointly issued a declaration that since the 11,985th year of the continental calendar, all countries have unanimously changed the Apocalypse, and the year is set as the first year of the Apocalypse.

The postscript of the General History of the Continent is the year of sparks and ice edges.

- Seven Years of Revelation

Isle of Skye, Ladder Falls.

In the early summer of the second year of the Apocalypse, Skye Island welcomed a group of young guests. They follow in the footsteps of the heroes of the past, and have come here to fulfill the eternal pact between humans and dragons, and to find their own companions.

This occasional event is scheduled by the Dragons, and all the inhabitants of Skye Island and various wurms gather in the Valley of Contract. Correspondingly, there are proud sons of heaven from all countries on the mainland, all of them are teenagers and young people from fourteen to fifteen to twenty years old, flowers and applause accompany their growth, and today, the vast majority of them will usher in the first blow in their lives. They will learn for the first time that fate is so merciless and unfair.

The Valley of Contracts was surrounded by countless huge viewing platforms made of white jade from the Northland, and teachers from all over the world stood quietly and solemnly with their proud disciples.

On the cyan square at the bottom of the valley, a white-haired old man in a dark robe is making a solemn declaration:

We swear to fight for justice!

We will follow in the footsteps of the heroes of the past and never break the contract!

We hereby make a soul vow!

Believe in righteousness, anytime, anywhere!

......

The long sword shone in the morning light, and on the jade platform, the oath of the young man sounded.

Believe in righteousness, anytime, anywhere!

Be brave and useless, face life and death calmly!

Adhere to justice, never worthy of the heart!

Defend the weak and stick to the rules of knighthood!

......

Swear to defend glory and die for justice at any time!

The knight's oath resounded in the air, and the young warriors were in a state of great emotion, and everyone was full of confidence and trepidation.

The oath fell, and above the square, the golden Contractor's bell rang.

Black shadows hovered in the sky, and countless earth dragons rushed in along the valley mouth.

As the twelve bells fell, a black shadow swooped down on the square. Then, the roar of the dragon soaring into the sky sounded like a tidal wave, and the vast dragon power enveloped the entire canyon.

Nearly half of the more than 1,000 teenagers had fallen because they could not withstand the heavy pressure, and their faces were full of frustration and reluctance—they were no longer qualified to be recognized by the dragon.

Next, the dragon sacrifice in charge of the contract ceremony will open the divine realm left by the dragon god and the god of contract, under the light of the domain god, the dragon and the human can sense the direction of the soul that fits with them, and the knight and the dragon who look at each other can see the will and spirit of the other party from the eyes of the other, and the dragon will choose his contractor based on this standard, and for the arrogant race of the dragon, it is their most basic principle to prefer lack to overabundance, so only a few people can get the favor of the dragon.

When the golden pact divine light slowly spread from the contract bell, a mutated silver dragon with white-gold dragon pupils set his eyes on the outside of the pact canyon, where there seemed to be a kind soul aura.

The moon, the stars, the wind, the python, the sound of the rushing water, or the morning sun?

Lin Fan's world is in chaos, what has he experienced, when and where? Does he respond to the call from nowhere? Does he live or sleep?

Is it a desperate blow in a predicament, or a desperate struggle at a moment of near death? Under the shadow of death, will it sink forever, or will it be ......

The sound of water, the need for water, the mouth is thirsty.

Consciousness, waking up in chaos, the sharp pain in his throat, and the almost numbing intuition in his body were tormenting Lin Fan, and the pain was eroding every ounce of his energy.

Finally, Lin Fan woke up in despair.

A huge shadow obscured half of the sky, the air was filled with damp moisture, Lin Fan lay on the huge bluestone, not far away, the green branches on the brown giant trees were swaying, and the grass in the forest was dark red bloodstains.

The sun was shining on his back, like scorching magma touching his chest, and the bellows-like gasp tugged at every inch of his injured muscles, perhaps, staying awake was far more painful than being unconscious, and of course, if he fell asleep, he might never wake up again.

Lin Fan tried to open his eyes and observe his surroundings, only to see a small child intrude into his sight.

"Are you awake, big brother, don't move, your injuries are too serious!" the crisp child's voice eroded his will, probably no one would be wary of a child. Lin Fan thought like this and slowly fell asleep.

This is the "brave". Yun Lang thought while applying medicine to Lin Fan.

Eight-year-old Yun Lang has lived alone in this inaccessible place for a year, his young heart has been honed with his young body, and his childish face is clearly filled with a calm atmosphere, although it is only a bud, it is destined to grow to the point of heartbreaking.

However, Yun Lang, who has not been baptized by the long river of time, is still just an uncarved jade.

The bell in the canyon tickled Yun Lang's young heart, and an unknown impulse filled his chest, even though he knew that he would not be approved by the dragon anyway......

However, only Lin Fan himself is here Yunlang and he is not at ease, although because of the existence of Long Wei in this vicinity, other demonic beasts usually dare not approach, but no one dares to say whether there will be an accident.

"Take me along, I'd love to go too. Lin Fan opened his eyes with difficulty and pulled out a big smile.

"But ...... your injury" Yun Lang looked at the young man in surprise, both admiring and worried.

"Take me with you, or I'll regret it. I really didn't expect to encounter this today. Lin Fan said firmly, his blue eyes full of yearning.

"Okay!" Yun Lang replied happily.

He took out the bandages he found out of nowhere to help Lin Fan control his injuries, and repeatedly told Lin Fan not to move, so he picked up Lin Fan and began to move towards the canyon.

And it wasn't until this time that Lin Fan had time to take a closer look at Yun Lang's appearance.

Yun Lang has rare purple hair, but his eyes are as black as ink, and there is a layer of wheat-colored luster on his white and tender skin, and his face is exquisite, which corresponds to his purple hair, just like the shadow elf from Crescent Island. And now, in Lin Fan's eyes, this child, who is four or five years younger than himself, is calmly coping with everything in front of him.

After he unhurriedly sorted out Lin Fan's injuries, he carefully and decisively put Lin Fan on his back, and the whole process was as smooth as his peers, although he was still very jerky in terms of details, but his courage surprised Lin Fan very much. In Lin Fan's opinion, this boy seems to have a natural talent, he does not hesitate to do things at all, he is confident, or he doesn't think of failure at all, he doesn't know how to hesitate and be nervous, this is the calmness of talent.

Or in his dictionary, there is no hesitation, only forward! Lin Fan thought, and had a good impression of this child, which was not only gratitude and kindness to his life-saving benefactor.

"Big brother, my name is Yun Lang. ”

Well, are you asking for my name?

"Lin Fan. Lin Fan replied simply, thinking in his heart that maybe we could become very good friends.

"Then, is it okay for me to call you Brother Lin, my brothers have gone to far away, and I miss them so much. Yun Lang asked in a tentative tone while carrying Lin Fan across the vines in front of him.

"Okay, with a younger brother like you, your brother must be very proud!" Lin Fan said with a smile.

"How can I be so good, my brother and they are all better than me. Yun Lang said with a wry smile.

"Oh, I'm curious. What kind of excellent person is Xiao Lang's brother?"

"It's the bad and stuffy kind. ”

"What's that?"

......

When the bell rang before, it seemed to be only in the ear, but in fact it was far away. When Yun Lang began to be a little anxious, Lin Fan told him that every dragon clan grand meeting would last for more than ten days, or even a month, after all, signing a contract, whether it was for humans or dragons, was an extremely important event related to life, even under the realm of gods, it required careful consideration by both parties to the contract for a long time. In this way, Yun Lang retracted his urgency and slowly moved towards the canyon.

"By the way, Xiaolang, why are you here alone?"

"Well, this ...... Look, Brother Lin, we're here!"

At this time, it was almost evening, and the afterglow of the setting sun clothed the mountains with a beautiful glow, and the divine light overflowing from the contract canyon was particularly solemn at this moment, and the dragon's chant and the knight's roar from time to time were the most suitable music for this beautiful scenery, and the sky and the earth seemed extremely close at this moment.

On both sides of the long path leading to the canyon are clusters of fiery cherry trees, which symbolize the spirit of chivalry, and the cherry blossoms, which bloom in midsummer, spit out only a corner of rose-red buds, nodding gently in the mountain wind.

But no matter how beautiful the scenery is, it can't stop the two of them from trying what they want, and at the feet of Yun Lang, the distance from Taniguchi is getting shorter and shorter.

As a well-deserved leader of the royal family in the Giant Wing Clan, the young dragon Alpha in the Golden Dragon Clan, who is among the best among dragons of the same generation in terms of dragon language magic and dragon combat skills, only decided on the first day of the contract ceremony, which undoubtedly caused a wave of turmoil.

And the party and fuse of the incident, Long Shouxuan, the eldest prince of the Holy Dragon Empire and the future first heir of the empire, was stroking Alpha's dragon horns at this time and carrying out the last item of the contract ceremony - blessing.

While most of the dragons and humans were focused on them, the mutated silver dragon Ares moved his gaze to the entrance of the canyon, and the soul that was very kind to his senses was even closer.

When Yun Lang stepped into the valley, countless divine lights quickly poured into Lin Fan's body and gently wrapped him.

Lin Fan enjoyed the warmth brought by the divine light, and he was extremely happy that his injuries had improved quickly in this brilliance. And where he couldn't see, the golden divine light deliberately avoided Yun Lang's body.

The unexpected visitor attracted the attention of almost everyone and the dragon, and for Yun Lang and Lin Fan, time seemed to have stopped.