Chapter 340: Sentinel

"Of course you have to climb up." I say.

"Ah, how can you climb up so high!" Topi frowned.

"Can't you use magic?"

I replied, "If you use magic, you'll alarm the wind dragon above, so it's best to climb up."

Patting Taki on the shoulder, I said, "Don't worry, you just have to stay here and give me some support when necessary, and I'll just climb up alone."

"But Captain, just one wind dragon is difficult to deal with, and there may be more in the lair above, can you handle it alone?" Topki asked.

I smiled and said, "If you can't beat me, you can't escape, don't worry."

"Alright then, Captain, be careful." Toppy nodded.

Looking up, I looked at the rock wall above and summoned the Moon Dragon Warframe.

Warframes give me more stamina, as well as a lot of power.

Leaning on my armor, I began to climb up the rock wall.

"Wow, Captain, this armor is too handsome, how did you get it?" Topky's voice.

As I climbed, I replied, "This is the ...... I got when I was out on an adventure."

With my arms straining and climbing faster, I quickly distanced myself from the tops on the ground.

After reaching a certain height, I also resorted to stealth to be on the safe side.

I have to say, this rock wall is quite high, and it has been a full half an hour from just now to now, and I have not yet seen the end.

The higher you go, the smoother the rock wall becomes.

In other words, if you are an ordinary person, even if you have the tools for mountaineering, it is difficult to continue climbing.

My armor, with its self-retracting short blades on its arms, can barely move slowly upwards with it on the rock wall.

As far as I know, wind dragons are flying creatures, and their eyesight is much higher than that of other creatures, so they can easily lock on to their prey on the ground from a high altitude.

At the same time, their sensitivity to magic is extraordinary, which is why I don't recommend using magic.

That way, once they reach the range of their perception, they will perceive magic fluctuations.

I have experienced the benefits of fitness, for more than an hour, I only sweated a little on my forehead, and I didn't exercise like before, and I was sweating profusely.

This shows that my endurance has improved a lot through long hours of exercise.

After nearly two hours of climbing, I finally reached the top.

Grabbing onto the rock wall protruding from the top, I was about to poke my head up when a strong gust of wind blew past me.

I immediately stopped, leaning against the rock wall, holding my breath and not moving.

I glanced to the left, and sure enough, a wind dragon flapped its wings and flew past me.

It was supposed to be the "sentinel" in charge of keeping watch at night.

Somewhat similar to the habits of some flocks of birds, the wind dragon sends a "sentinel" to patrol the area when it is resting.

In the event of a predator, a warning will be issued to alert the sleeping companion.

The wind dragon had already flown away, so I cautiously climbed to the top and took advantage of the gap to rest.

The summit was wider than I had imagined, giving me the illusion that I couldn't see the end at a glance, but it was actually caused by the night light.

Ahead is an oval crater that goes inward.

I walked over slowly, intending to check the situation, when I suddenly noticed that near the rocks around me, there were more than a dozen sleeping wind dragons.

Wind dragons are quite sensitive, even if they are asleep, as soon as I pass through their perception range, I will inevitably be detected by them.

I chose to keep my distance, and I was thinking about how I could walk through it smoothly and find out.

A flash of inspiration crossed my mind, and I came up with a solution.

Actually, this is just a story I've heard before.

The content of the story is that the wild geese flying to the south will stop to rest from time to time during the long journey, and then set off for the flight after resting.

There is also a sentry among the flock, who is responsible for keeping watch at night.

It is also because of the presence of sentinels that it is very difficult for hunters to get close to the flock of birds.

Often, as soon as they get closer, they are spotted by a hidden sentinel in the flock, and then a whole flock flies away.

Later, the hunter came up with a solution, and that was to make the sentinels lose the trust of the birds.

So the hunters would throw a few stones to deliberately attract the attention of the sentry.

When the sentinels hear the movement, they will naturally make a noise to wake up the birds, but when the birds open their eyes and find that there is nothing going on, they will close their eyes and continue to rest.

Several times, the sentry's "lying about the military situation" affected the rest of the entire flock, and the flock would be expelled and beaten.

So much so that in the end, the sentry loses the trust of the birds, and when the hunter actually comes out, the sentry reminds loudly, and the birds don't take it seriously.

Eventually, the hunters managed to capture the entire flock with this method.

After thinking back to the story, I decided to give it a try, and frame the wind dragon hovering in the sky as a poor sentry who lied about the army.

Concentrating my magic, I shot a water bomb into the sky.

The water bomb flew into the sky, exploded with a "bang", and turned into countless water droplets.

At this moment, the wind dragon hovering in the air was attracted and let out a roar, awakening the sleeping companions.

I saw the wind dragon sleeping against the rock in front of me, raising its head one after another, looking around vigilantly.

For about five minutes, the wind dragons looked at each other, all puzzled, and then slowly lowered their necks and continued to sleep.

Looking up at the sky, the wind dragon in charge of guarding seemed to work harder, scanning around, as if trying to find the person who had just made the noise.

It's a pity that he doesn't have any magic eyes and can't see me in a stealth state.

I repeated the trick and fired a water bomb into the sky again.

The sound of the water bomb exploding attracted the patrolling wind dragon.

The wind dragon made another sound, waking up its sleeping companion.

The other wind dragons opened their eyes and looked around vigilantly again.

This time, they were vigilant for about ten minutes, but they still didn't see anything threatening them.

After they fell asleep, I tried a few more times.

Finally, on the eighth occasion, the sleeping wind dragons became irritable and let out a disgruntled roar at the watchful wind dragon in the air.

I couldn't help but grin, and when the wind dragons in front of me were asleep again, I fired another water bomb into the sky.

As before, the wind dragon in charge of the guard made a sound to alert its companions.

This time, its companions had been holding grudges for a long time, roaring in anger and slapping stones on stones.

Some couldn't help it, so they flew up directly and knocked down the wind dragon and began to bite.

In the end, the wind dragon in charge of guarding was bitten and covered in blood.

It was banished into a corner, curled up in a ball, shivering.

After a few minutes, the wind dragons regained their quiet.

I understand that the time has come.

So I first fired a water bomb, and the wind dragon, who was in charge of guarding, did not alert the other companions because he had been beaten by his companions.

I also deliberately amplified the sound of the water bomb exploding to make sure that these sleeping wind dragons could hear it.

But they remained motionless, apparently because they no longer relied on the vigilance of their companions a few times before.

So, my whole being turned into a black mist and floated over.

As I passed by the wind dragons, I observed that their bodies had obvious perceptual movements, and at first, they probably opened their eyes to check them immediately.

But after the torture just a few times, they were already tired and too lazy to pay attention.

With that, I successfully crossed the obstacle and reached the edge of the oval crater in the center.

When I looked down, I couldn't help but be shocked.

This pit turned out

It's a ...... Nest.

There were a lot of animal carcasses inside, as well as human carcasses, most of which had rotted to the point that only white bones remained.

In the broken eggshells, I saw several wind dragon cubs.

There were still several living people lying beside them.

They were my men, and despite the bitten unrecognizable faces, I recognized them by their clothing.

"It's pathetic!"

With a sigh, I opened the Elven Eye to see if there were any living people inside.

The Elven Eye opened, and I found that there were several unhatched dragon eggs.

One of the dragon's eggs was empty, and underneath that empty egg was a hole that had been dug out by hand.

Fortunately, I have clairvoyance, otherwise other people would have ignored it a long time ago.

Turning into a black mist and drifting on, I plan to get a closer look at the empty egg.

These wind dragon cubs don't seem to have the same strong sense as the adult wind and wind, and I accidentally caused a little movement after falling into the nest, but it didn't affect the cubs' rest.

Pushing the empty egg away, it was much lighter than I thought it would be because it had been hollowed out.

After pushing the egg open, I found a scarred blonde woman lying in the pit under the egg.

It's Aaron!

She looked badly injured, huddled in a ball with her knees clutched, her clothes in tatters, revealing her skin and bloodied back.

I quickly jumped down, condensed my true body, crouched beside Aaron, and whispered her name in her ear.

"Aaron, wake up, Aaron, I'm here to save you!"

Touching Aaron's little face, I felt very distressed, and brushed the hair from the corners of her eyes for her.

Thankfully, she was still alive and woke up looking around blankly.

"Hey, who's talking?"

I almost forgot that I was still invisible, so I immediately lifted the invisibility technique and looked at Aaron.

"It's me, Aaron, your brother has come to save you!"

"Ahem, Shet, it's you!" Aaron coughed, his tone startled.

"Shhhhhh I made a gesture of silence.

Aaron honestly closed his mouth, his lips dry and cracked.

I took out the water bladder I had brought with me and fed her some water.

"How's it going, are you getting better?" I asked.

"Can't die!" Aaron said.

I wondered, "Aren't you pretty powerful, how did you get trapped in the wind dragon's lair?"

Aaron rolled his eyes and said, "This is a dragon after all, even the weakest dragon, how can the strength of a human be rivaled by the power of a dragon?

But you, didn't I remember you saying that you were a dragon slaying hero, when you killed the frost dragon, you were very powerful, why are you so timid now, sneaking over to save me?"

I shook my head and said, "Let's not talk about this first, but you, when you have plenty of water, why are you still thirsty to this extent?"

"Plenty of water, which eye of yours sees that I have enough water, I have water to drink, as for being trapped here!" Aaron didn't have a good airway.

I raised an eyebrow at her and said, "Isn't the water in the body also water, self-sufficient, well-fed, and so big!"