Gordon commands the sour-winged dragon and lands on a sinuous branch in the crown of an ancient giant tree.

Although it is a branch, the diameter of this branch is more than ten meters, and it is like a road to walk on it, let alone let the sour-winged dragon stop, even if it is a small empty boat, it is easy to stop.

Stuffing a piece of jerky into the mouth of the sour pterosaur can be regarded as cultivating feelings, and if you want these beasts to be obedient, you can't rely on your fists alone.

The sour pterosaur raised its neck and let out a piercing "quack" sound, then flapped its wings and flew away.

Gordon smiled, although the cry was strangely ugly, but after getting along these days, he knew that it was a sign of the sour pterosaur's happiness.

Follow the extremely thick branch all the way to the end.

As far as the eye can see, there is the turquoise of the forest and the deep blue of the ocean, and in the southeast direction, where the two colors meet, there is a faint smoke rising, which is the location of the star stronghold.

It was the ash smoke from the large boiler in the processing house day and night.

The pork chop rested on Gordon's shoulder, and the man and the cat took a deep breath.

Standing on a super giant tree with a height of more than 1,000 meters and looking into the distance, it is a spectacle that cannot be imagined in the Old World.

"It's, it's really. It's so beautiful! Gordon held back for a long time, but he didn't hold back any particularly aesthetic words.

The pork chop let out a "meow——! I didn't get much of an echo.

The existence of ancient giant trees gave them the illusion of standing on the top of a high mountain, but in fact, tens of thousands of square kilometers around them were flat green fields with flourishing plants.

The sour pterosaur hovering above them was more excited than the two of them.

The wings fluttered higher into the air, then swooped down, like a blue speed dragon heading into a herbivorous dragon, driving a group of wild pterosaurs around.

It can be regarded as venting the frustration of being beaten repeatedly during this time.

Taking another deep breath of the moist air with an explosive oxygen level, Gordon looked at the pork chop, "Let's go, let's get to work!" ”

"Good meow!"

A man and a cat began to explore along the branches.

At first, Gordon thought that the ancient giant tree was "one" tree, but he learned about it after a conversation with scholars from the Institute of Phytobiology.

This "ancient giant tree" is a complex composite life form.

The age of the giant tree that is the main body cannot be calculated, and botanical scholars speculate that the giant tree may have been around longer than the ancient tree forest itself.

Those giant trees in the forest, tens or hundreds of meters, are basically its descendants.

The giant tree is still alive, but its canopy is not luxuriant, it can even be said to be bare.

Otherwise, with its height of more than a kilometer, the diameter of the canopy is likely to exceed two kilometers, which will be a real obscuration of the sky, and under its shadow, other plants will not be able to grow at all.

This is not an unfounded speculation, and some ancient thick branches that have been petrified can still be found thousands of kilometers away from the ancient giant tree.

They are supposed to be relics of the ancient giant trees when they were at their most prosperous.

As for why it later lost its lush canopy, scholars also have various speculations, that the tree was too old and began to wither, and that the forces of nature interfered.

There is even a more sensual and romantic saying that the giant tree does not want to take too much nutrients, so it takes the initiative to remove the canopy and leave the sun and rain for other plants.

No one can say for sure which speculation is true.

The only thing that is known for sure is that it is this phenomenon that is responsible for the incredible biodiversity around the giant trees.

The giant tree, which had lost its crown, remained undegraded, and countless species of plants clinged to it, giving its thick but bare branches a variety of different shades of green.

Within a few minutes of walking along the branches, Gordon had already seen at least twenty or thirty species of plants clinging to the giant tree, most of which he had never seen before, let alone name.

He was sighing in his heart, and the discovery of the corner of his eye made him suddenly slow down.

Without his reminder, the pork chop consciously pricked up his ears and looked around.

Gordon raised his head, and there seemed to be a claw mark on another branch more than ten meters away obliquely.

It was supposed to be left by some kind of large wyvern, but he couldn't see it clearly due to the clouds and mist that were diffusing around him, so he wanted to get closer to see the details.

So I set my sights on the vines that could be seen everywhere.

"No meow!" The pork chop hurriedly stopped his unreliable thought, "This meow is too high from the ground, the hand slides down or the branch is broken, and it will become a cake meow!" ”

Gordon had some regret in his heart, but he also had to admit that the pork chop had a point.

The hunter who accidentally threw himself to death is too humiliating

Helpless, he had no choice but to squint his eyes and stare at the claw mark for a while, "It should be the claw mark of the fire dragon?" ”

The area where the ancient giant tree is located is indeed inhabited by fire dragons, and more than a month ago, Evelyn and the others also saw the scene of the male fire dragon and the heterochromatic wind drifting dragon fighting for territory.

Thinking about it this way, it is likely that there is a lair of fire dragons in the ancient giant tree?

If there is, the location of the camp will have to be carefully considered, and it is a bit of a stretch to build the camp at the door of the dragon's lair.

Gordon's nerves tensed, and the pork chop sniffled, catching the smell in the air.

"It's that fishy meow, a fire dragon or some other big monster's lair, it should be around here." Pork chop lowered its voice.

Gordon already had some guesses about the location of the monster's lair.

Think about how birds build their nests in trees, it should be very similar, a large flying dragon like a fire dragon is placed on an ancient giant tree, isn't it like a small bird in an ordinary tree?

Sure enough, as they approached the center of the canopy, the peculiar smell of the carnivorous monster's lair grew stronger, and the pork chops were able to clearly point the way through their sense of smell.

Gordon thought for a moment, took out the invisibility cloak and put it on, lowered his body, and slowed down.

He wasn't afraid of encountering a fire dragon, but his purpose wasn't to hunt the fire dragon, so he tried to get into as little trouble as possible.

A man and a cat cautiously came to the top of the trunk, which is also the center of the branches.

It's a frighteningly large area, with thousands of square meters in the middle of the flat part, and even a large deep pool of rainwater at the edge.

When you look around, you don't feel like you're on top of a plant.

In the central area of the platform, many tree branches, straw, and animal bones and other debris are laid out into a huge nest.

It's clear that this is the lair of a wyvern.

More claw marks could be seen on the surrounding "ground", and Gordon crouched down to take a closer look, quickly confirming that these were the marks left by the male fire dragon.

Well, there are also female fire dragons.

It's just that right now, the fire dragon couple is not at home, Gordon breathed a sigh of relief and took off the invisibility suit.

"There's a dragon egg meow!" The pork chop excitedly pulled Gordon's trouser legs.

Only then did Gordon notice that in the center of the nest, in the soft hay, there was a round egg half-buried.

Gordon asked amusedly, "Gluttony?" ”

"It's been a long time since I've eaten a meow."

"Forget it, you'll be exhausted from carrying the egg from the top of this giant tree."

"Meow too"

The pork chop is a bit regrettable, but in fact, it is more looking forward to making this precious ingredient by hand than eating.

"Meow?!" Pork Chop suddenly pricked up his ears, "There's a movement!" ”

Gordon was shocked when he heard this, thinking that the owner of the nest had returned, so he hurriedly picked up the pork chop and found a hidden place to hide.

There was a moment of silence.

It didn't take long for a sneaky figure to climb up to the treetop dragon's nest along the thick vines coiled around the trunk of the giant tree, like a staircase path.

Is that a huge, chocobo?

(End of chapter)