ACT040: At the foot of Yongshan Mountain
Thanks to the sturdy captain, the passengers' confusion soon subsided. Some people may still be dissatisfied with the captain's arrogant posture in their hearts, but the other party's "tough guy posture" that seems trustworthy really plays a role in establishing the "backbone" in the hearts of passengers. On the other side, Weiss and Adele are also discussing plans to explore Dragon Mountain.
In any case, it is impossible for Adele to sit idly by and watch a fellow race stay with the dragon, although the elven race is not opposed to intermarriage with other races, and even in recent years, there is a trend of running to the human side to grab men, but it is still a little unacceptable to the intelligent race of the dragon.
It is true that the dragon is very powerful, and it also has the ability to transform into a benevolent form, which prevents the occurrence of some "extreme expansion play" of some super heavy tastes, and the dragon spirit (male dragon x elf girl) and elven dragon (elf master x female dragon) that have appeared in history are also very powerful existences, and there are even murals and sculptures on the island of tears that record their legendary stories. In reality, however, most elves are resistant to intermarrying dragons for no other reason than the unbridled "surname fetish" of the male dragon.
In the eyes of Weiss and other Earth travelers, dragons are a magical species that can subvert the common sense of geobiology, because they can reproduce with any kind of creature without genetic combination, and the offspring are not childless like mules, and can continue to reproduce with the maternal species. This directly leads to the existence of many powerful sub-dragon creatures in this world, such as the dragon shark, which is more common among sea monsters.
It is said that there was a single male dragon sitting on a reef in a daze, when a stupid shark swam over and was picked up by the dragon's claws. After staring at the "right-sized" mouth for a long time, the dragon made a bold attempt to pull out the shark's full teeth, then ignore the other's horrified gaze and stuff it between its legs......
Then the shark became pregnant!
It is worth mentioning that someone who has heard this story once asked the old fisherman who told the story why he would get pregnant even if he "interjected"! The old man calmly took a puff of cigarette, squinted at the crotch of the other party's pants, and asked faintly.
"Can you squeeze that little 'snot clear' compared to the dragon's?"
At first, the elven biologists thought that these "beast madness" would at least spare the plants, but with the discovery of the "banyan dragon", these biologists went completely crazy! With the conservative three views of the elves, they really couldn't accept this kind of fierce behavior, so the dragon, regardless of male or female, was not within the scope of the general elves' mate selection.
"The dragon is a species of magic and blood, and if my compatriot is really sick and the dragon really loves her, she shouldn't die. ”
"What if it's a terminal illness that even dragons can't do?" Weiss questioned Adele's analysis.
"Maybe, but I still think that this kind of third-rate stage drama may not be a big surname. ”
The three of them asked for a map from the village chief Wu Ke, studied the route up the mountain, and did not pay attention to the "suspect" Lena for the time being. The current situation is basically trapped in this small village, there is an emperor [***] on the sea, a giant dragon and a lizardman on the mountain, it is really difficult to fly with wings, and he has time to accompany the other party to continue to maneuver.
After studying the map, the three found that because the forests of Longshan are particularly dense and the villagers rarely go up the mountain, there is no other road on the mountain except for a winding stone road, and walking this road will inevitably be discovered by those lizardmen and alarm the dragon too early, so they can only try to "find another way".
"How about crossing straight through the woods?" Ling Lan suggested.
"Is it really okay for the road idiot to make this kind of suggestion?"
"Where am I stupid?"
"Last time, I didn't know who got lost in Swordfish Harbor, so Adele and I searched for more than 2 hours. ”
"That, that was an accident!" Ling Lan, whose cheeks were a little red, clenched her fists and tried to argue with the smirking Weiss, but Adele had to sigh and interrupt the two of them.
"Okay, Xiaolan, she is easy to get confused and lost, you just need to watch her more in the future. In addition, the solution she said did work. ”
"Adele, do you have a way not to get lost?"
"Of course! I'm an elf, and I'll never get lost in the woods. Pointing to her long ears rather proudly, Adele said with a smug face.
As the race with the best affinity for the elements in this world, the "kindness" shown by nature to them is incomparable to other races, and the vast majority of animals and plants, even invisible winds, are willing to "communicate" with elves, so Adele will never get lost in the ordinary forest, trees and small animals will guide her in the direction.
Without further ado, the three of them decided to set off that night and take advantage of the cover provided by the night to go up the mountain for a walk. So they borrowed some equipment from the captain, and after dinner, quietly left the village and headed for the mysterious Dragon Mountain.
After leaving the village, the three of them went straight to the intersection where Weys had witnessed the lizardmen in the morning, first briefly inspected the ground around them, and after making sure that there were no traces of any great attention, they walked along the winding path towards the mountain. This road was built by the first villagers to flee to this time, and the ancient stone steps were covered with slippery moss, and Weiss used a flashlight (an otherworldly flashlight) to shine on the steps, and soon found some three-toed foot prints.
"It seems that this road is only often walked by those lizard people, and there are no human footprints in sight. ”
Adjusting the brightness of the hand light tube to the lowest, the three of them walked forward cautiously, Adele's pointed ears would shake twice from time to time, listening carefully to the surrounding movements, and occasionally summoning some birds, small squirrels and other animals, putting their foreheads against them, communicating with each other, and obtaining the information they needed.
"What did the little ones say?" asked Adele as he raised his hand to send the critters away.
"They say that there are a bunch of strange creatures living in the mountains, but they have never seen the legendary dragons, and the trees do not move, they can only see what is in front of them, and their memory is very bad. Maybe I should ask more long-lived animals like snakes and turtles, maybe they know better. ”
"I always feel that your skills have exploded, and you elves are simply the strongest spies and scouts in the world. ”
Being able to communicate with animals and plants means that elves can mobilize small animals such as rats and birds to hack into classified facilities and steal important information, but the reality is not as simple as Weiss thinks.
"Not as powerful as you think, these little ones are generally not very smart, some of them don't even know how to count, and will only tell you simple information such as 'a lot', 'so big', 'so scary', and only a slightly larger animal like a deer or a fox can provide more accurate information. ”
"That's powerful enough, humans don't have that kind of treatment in front of them. ”
"Who told you humans to eat meat?"
With the information provided by the critters, the three of them shuttled through the forest, and soon approached the foot of the mountain where the dragon was located, and found many unusually tall and thick trees nearby. Adele tells Weiss and Ling Lan that the reason why these trees grow so large is because they are "nourished" by dragon dung.
A half-ton "dragon soaring" is rich in nutrients that can make all the vegetation within a radius of 100 meters grow for 500 years in 10 years, so these trees are so huge, and this also proves from the side that there really is a dragon on this mountain!
ps: Sanjiang asks for support, although it seems hopeless to kill the third!