Selena emerged from under the blanket, wrapped her arms around Surdak's shoulders from under her armpits, rested her head on her strong chest, and listened to the powerful pacing of his heart, like a mermaid leaning over the reef, listening to the waves crashing against the reef on the shore.

The blanket slipped off her greasy white shoulders, and she smiled with big blue eyes and a blonde curly hair spread out.

Although it was early winter, it was very warm in the tent, and the temperature of Pupu Mountain was not affected by the arrival of winter, although the tent was covered with a dust cloth to block dust, but the dust inside the tent was still a little choking.

Selena stretched out her white lotus-like arm, picked up the kettle on the stone table, drank a little water, touched the scales on Surdak's arm, pressed her pointed chin against his strong chest, and said:

"I'm also promoted to the Dark Sacrifice now, but unfortunately the goddess gave several secret words, there is no way to contact the curse, I heard that the lizard tribe over there in the wild swamp has a kind of witchcraft that can make voodoo dolls, it is said that it can transfer its own curse to the puppet, maybe we can go to a great witch to lift this curse. Or on the other side of the green sea in the southern part of the Dwarven Country, there lives a group of druids who believe in the power of nature, and I heard that they also have some special methods for lifting curses! ”

Surdak stroked her soft blonde hair with his hand and asked her, "Where did you hear about this?" ”

Selena smiled and said, "Count Hoyle likes to write notes on his travels and adventures by some bards, and he occasionally tells them to Miss Hoyle. ”

Speaking of Miss Hoyle, Surdak remembered the party not long ago.

The tax collector of Bird took good care of Miss Hoyle, and life seemed to be back on track, after all, the life of the baroness with a large inheritance was still very good.

"That Miss Hoyle is now a viscount, married to the Bird Tax Collector, by the way, you've seen the Bird Tax Officer." Surdak asked Selena.

Selena replied, "Well, I've seen him in the village of Wall, and he shouldn't know who I am." ”

Surdak asked Selena again, "How long are you going to stay here?" Until all kobold slaves worship the Goddess of Darkness? ”

Selena squinted her eyes and smiled, but she didn't want to answer.

"It's not good for you to leave Signa alone at home." Surdak said so.

"Okay, got it!" Selena hugged Surdak tightly and whispered.

Surdak sat up from the bed, put on his linen shirt, and said to Selena, "I'll go to the lava mine, and if there's anything urgent, I'll go to the mine and look for Gulitham, and he can find me." ”

"Hmm!" Selena agreed.

She shrank into the blanket and prepared to sleep a little longer,

Surdak lifted the curtain and stepped out of the tent at the Brimstone Camp.

Before heading to the Treasure Chamber, Surdak had to rush to the city of Highlandza, as it was Aphrodite's ship.

……

On the airport dock of the city of Highlandza, the platforms of the two towers are moored with magic airships.

Coolies carrying bags from the docks load boxes of supplies from the airship onto the horse-drawn carriages waiting outside the airport, and the crew members step down from the magic airship and spend a few days in the city's hotels, where bars, casinos, and brothels are all great places to spend their time.

Aphrodite, with a black veil on her head, took Surdak's arm in one hand and boarded the magical airship that was ready to set sail, and she looked curiously at the crew on deck, the tall mast, the canvas hanging from the mast, and the huge net in the bow.

The crew graciously led them to a one-story cabin with a window, from which the sailing began, and from this window, according to the crew, a sea of clouds could be seen every day. Surdak pulled out a silver coin, threw it to the crew member who was helping with the luggage, and sent the crew away, sitting casually in a folding chair in the cramped cabin.

Aphrodite sat excitedly on the lower bunk of the bunk bed, her eyes fell on Surdak, and asked him, "The next time you are summoned, maybe it will be on this airship, maybe it will be in Bena City, where do you hope it will be?" ”

"Bena City, of course." Surdak said.

By this time, the civilians had already landed on deck, and the crew began to prepare to untie the bow and stern cables, and sixteen floating devices let out a dull roar.

He touched the planks on the walls of the cabin, looked at Aphrodite again, and said, "I hope you enjoy your trip all the way!" ”

He threw a money bag to Aphrodite, and the money bag fell on the bed, the mouth of the bag was open, and several gold coins rolled out of it.

"Why are you giving me so much gold?" Aphrodite looked at Surdak in surprise.

Surdak pointed in the direction of the hatch and said to Aphrodite, "Tip the crew once in a while, and some of your daily needs will be simple. ”

The airship finally slowly rose with a roar, and when the towers on the airport docks were quickly thrown to their feet, the entire city of Highlanza slowly came into view.

The succubi Aphrodite and Surdak huddled by the window, looking out the window at the rolling oak hills of the mountain town of Highlandza, where snow fell aimlessly in the sky for the first snow of the year.

Heavy snow falls, which means that the long winter has officially arrived.

……

The stone wall carved with war reliefs was filled with waves of rippling water halos, and a huge red-scaled dragon head protruded from outside the stone wall.

It sniffed and sniffed in the cave, and tried to find two bites to eat from the secret room, and the red crystals in this secret room had almost been eaten by it, leaving only some red crystals mixed with gold, and trying to pick out the red crystals from those glittering coins, it was really a hassle for it, it was a little too big, and it didn't want to get into the cave.

It's just that it found that although the demonic beasts outside can fill their stomachs, they can make it grow, and they still have to rely on the red crystals in the stone room.

Originally, the stone chamber was almost stuffed with red crystals, but now it had eaten it up little by little, and all that was left was mixed with gold, which it did not want to swallow into its stomach, and a rhinoceros-sized dragon head lay on the pile of gold coins, and only here could it smell some familiar breath that could calm its irritability.

Its eyes were half-squinted, and a faint green smoke came from its nostrils.

The stone door on the opposite side, which had never been opened, actually opened to the left and right sides with a roar.

Immediately afterward, the red dragon saw a young knight walking in from outside......

The red dragon was furious, and it wanted to swallow the knight in one gulp.

……

Surdak walked through the Void Gate, back into the lava mine, through the cracks in the cave, to the door of the treasure chamber.

He embedded the crystal key in the groove of the treasure gate, and the stone door opened with a 'boom' grinding sound.

After entering the treasure chamber, Surdak saw a huge red dragon head lying on the pile of gold coins, and his textured scales and huge eyes burning with anger startled him.

Surdak thought that he had fallen into a fantasy, he walked into the treasure chamber, stood in front of the red dragon's head, and asked tentatively:

"You're Lord Johannes?"

The red dragon glared at Surdak and opened its massive mouth, which was filled with sharp teeth, and a ball of blazing fire rolled at its throat.

A terrifying dragon power made Surdak creepy, and Surdak only realized at this moment that the red dragon in front of him wanted to swallow him in one bite, and he hurriedly took a few steps back.

Just as the red dragon's head was stretched out towards Surdak, countless runes appeared on the dragon egg on the stone platform, and the power of the contract took effect under the magic halo, and a faint six-pointed star circle appeared under Surdak's feet, and the red dragon only felt that there was a huge pulling force that was stopping it, making him unable to bite down.

It fought in rage, trying to break free from the invisible restraint, its mouth wide open, its eyes squinting and a fiery dragon's breath erupting from its throat.

In its opinion, this breath of dragon breath was enough to completely melt the knight in front of it.

But what made it feel incredible was that the hot dragon's breath was extinguished the moment it erupted from its mouth.

Surdak was holding the dwarven chain shield in his hand at this time, looking at the flames rolling in the red dragon's mouth, his feet couldn't help but tremble a little, but he still insisted on standing up straight, holding the shield in front of him, ready to wait for the opportunity to move, and dodge this dragon's breath at a close distance.

The red dragon opened its mouth and let out a long low roar, but instead of scorching flames, some red crystal fragments between its teeth erupted from its mouth......

Surdak felt like he was being sprayed all over his face with countless red crystal shards, his eyes aching from the smoke, and he could feel the heat in the air as a hot wind blew in his face.

One man and one dragon looked at each other.

Surdak held his shield and stared at the red dragon, he suspected that this might be the red dragon's unusual way of greeting him, probably trying to give him a dismount, but the dragon's breath did freak out him.

The red dragon was also a little stunned at this moment, it didn't understand how it suddenly became dumb at the critical moment, it stared at the knight in front of it with round eyes, and suddenly felt that his body seemed to exude a familiar smell.

It sniffed vigorously in front of Surdak and stared at him with a puzzled expression.

Once again, Surdak sniffed hard, opened his mouth and let out a low roar.

Surdak only felt that a dragon head the size of an adult rhinoceros was staring at him, and when the red dragon took a deep breath towards him, a strong wind brought up almost pulled him through, and the two huge nostrils on the red dragon's nose were like two huge wind tunnels, which could absorb everything around him.

He reached out to wipe the red crystal crumbs off his face, and there were several tiny cuts on his neck and face, and a trace of blood flowed out and stained the keel necklace.

The familiar aura emanating from Surdak intensified, and the red dragon approached Surdak again in confusion.

Surdak could feel the hostility of the red dragon in front of him gradually disappearing, he bravely put down the dwarven chain shield in his hand, and after thinking about it, he tried to find a red crystal from his magic waist bag, he threw a whole red crystal into the red dragon's mouth, and watched it swallow the red crystal like chewing a cookie.

A red dragon ate the red crystal in front of him, and the sound of chewing was like a muffled thunder, and Surdak found that the red dragon looked much smaller, at least much smaller than the phantom he had seen before, so he asked tentatively, "Are you Isser?" ”

The red dragon still stared at Surdak with round eyes, and let out a low growl at him.

Surdak didn't know if the red dragon in front of him understood what he was saying.

"Can you understand what I'm saying?" Surdak pulled out another red crystal and threw it into the red dragon's mouth.

The red dragon actually ignored his question this time, and just swallowed the red crystal into his stomach with a few 'clicks', and then looked at Surdak expectantly.

Surdak took out all the red crystals in his magic belt bag and fed them to the red dragon.

This red dragon also did not refuse to come, and ate all these red crystals into his stomach, but he turned a deaf ear to all Surdak's problems, and he didn't even bother to roar in a low voice, seeing that Surdak could no longer take out the red crystals, the red dragon curled his lips with his tongue with some eagerness, and twisted the dragon's head with a 'whew', followed by a long neck covered with thick scales.

It shook its head casually in front of Surdak, like a cheerful Erha.

Then, without waiting for Surdak's questions, the red dragon's head shrank back from the stone wall of the war relief, and disappeared without a trace, and the stone wall gradually recovered under the rippling water.

Only Surdak was left in the treasure chamber with a stunned face.

He walked up to the stone platform, over the cast-iron chair, and stood in front of the stone wall of the war relief, and stretched out a finger to touch the stone wall, and the finger was dotted on the cold rock.

Surdak discovers that the stone wall is real......

But just ten seconds ago, a dragon clearly passed through the stone wall, sprayed a mouthful of saliva full of crystal chips at itself, and ate all the red crystals in its package, and then left without looking back, which is really incomprehensible.

He circled around the treasure chamber again, but found no other anomalies, and the dragon that suddenly appeared didn't seem to be hostile.

Surdak took out the second magic crystal from the dragon egg shell and began to learn the second rune language.

According to Master Johannes in the magic crystal, the dragon language is based on the evolution of these thirty-three runes, and if you want to learn the dragon language, it is like learning the thirty-three runes first, and with the first learning experience, the second rune will be much easier to learn, but this is only relatively easy.

This time, Surdak learned the second rune language after only six days of study.

During this time, the red dragon never appeared.

Surdak returned to the brimstone camp again, where Selena was still preaching to six hundred kobold slaves, but the brimstone camp was well managed, and the scales on his arms had increased to six by this time.

Surdak did not dare to delay the brimstone camp any longer, and returned to the lava mine with some red crystals.