It's winter. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Three months have passed in the blink of an eye since that thrilling dragon road mission, and it is now the end of the year, although it has not yet ushered in the first snow of winter, the weather is already very cold.

This year's cold wind was particularly harsh, and the green leaves on the roads in the imperial capital seemed to fall faster and earlier than in previous years.

The yellow leaves were swept by the cold wind, and the wide road paved with gray stone slabs gave a desolate and desolate feeling.

"This is the entire nationwide report of missing persons in the last three months. ”

In the military headquarters in the center of the imperial capital, in a spacious office that can take most of the imperial capital into the eyes, the female general put a stack of materials in front of General Long, "Take a look for yourself, it is estimated that there will be a follow-up report, this one was sorted out last night, and in one night, there may have been more missing people." ”

General Long looked at the thick report in front of him, his face twitched slightly, and he didn't reach out to turn it over.

He raised his head, looked at the slightly tired face of the female general, and said in a low voice: "Not all the missing people must have been taken captive by the battle mages in the north. ”

After a pause, as if to testify to his claim, he added: "They don't have that much energy to come and arrest people at will in our empire." ”

The female general rubbed her temples and sat down, closed her eyes and said softly: "I know, of course not all, but in this missing report, even if only one-tenth of the people are potential dragon awakeners, it is a huge loss to the empire." ”

The potential dragon awakener, the female general, mentions such a concept.

Three months earlier, in that humiliating battle in the Hengduan Mountains, the Imperial side could be said to have lost completely. The absence of the most important Imperial personnel was a blessing in misfortune. But that still doesn't hide the fact that it was a fiasco.

The half of the crystal from the dragon road. There are also black eggs wrapped in the power of crystals. It must be difficult to snatch it back.

But the Empire knows at least one thing: the battle mages of the north may be going to take action against the Empire's Dragon Awakeners.

In the Hengduan Mountains, Phoenix, Long Qiqi, and some other Imperial soldiers were caught red-handed and taken away, as evidenced by this.

The reason for this is unknown, but it is almost surprising that it is related to the crystal and the black egg.

So, after the three generals returned to the imperial capital, they were the first to deal with a few things. One of the things is to gather all the dragon awakeners in the dragon awakening class of the three major courtyards in order to protect them.

At the same time, the military department issued an order to the whole country, transferring the army, local families, and all the dragon awakeners in the Earth Street to the imperial capital for protection.

Even a tiny branch of the Forest Clan, the Dragon-Blood Samurai, is on the list of protected even to be on the safe side. After all, according to what the Great Commander said that day, they were interested in the Dragon Awakener because of the dragon bloodline in the Dragon Awakener's body, and the dragon blood warrior was a forest clan with dragon blood. It's hard to guarantee that it won't be the target of the Northland.

The response of the military has proved to be very quick and effective.

All the protected. Du came to the imperial capital safely, and is now concentrated in the military headquarters. Unless the emperor is broken, it is impossible for a battle mage to do anything to these people.

But what the military department didn't expect was that the battle mages were not eyeing these awakened dragon awakeners, but those potential dragon awakeners.

To put it simply, they want to catch not only people like Phoenix who have awakened the ability of dragon awakening, but also people like Long Qiqi who have the potential to become dragon awakeners!

"The problem now is that our skill level is not yet able to identify who a potential dragon awakener is. In the office, General Long's face was gloomy.

Regarding the bloodline, it can be said that it is the most difficult and profound part of cultivation.

Generally speaking, people with high talent in dragon vein mantras may have a relatively large concentration of dragon blood in their bodies, so in previous dragon path trials, the military department will choose such people to enter the dragon path to see if they can be stimulated by the breath in the dragon path and then awaken successfully.

However, "the level of talent of the dragon vein spell" cannot be a direct verification criterion after all.

Some people have average talent for dragon vein spells, but they have become dragon awakeners.

There are also people who are very talented, but they are not.

If you really want to bring all the people in the empire who are talented in dragon vein spells to the imperial capital for protection, then there is no need to do anything in the north, and the empire will collapse on its own first because of panic.

"Intelligence, what we lack most now is intelligence. General Long slapped the table, forcibly suppressed the irritability in his heart, and said, "The reason why the previous Dragon Dao mission failed was largely because of the serious disadvantage in intelligence. We are completely led by the nose by the north, and we have no initiative at all!"

The female general said softly: "In the past three months, there have been no less than ten secret teams sent by General Lan to investigate in the north. ”

General Long's spirits lifted slightly, and he asked, "What's the news?"

In the past three months, General Lan and General Long have hardly seen each other, and General Long has to deal with a lot of affairs in the country, and protecting the Dragon Awakened is one of his top priorities.

General Lan seems to have ******** paved to the investigation and operation of the north, which is understandable, after all, the phoenix was captured, and General Lan is a person who is more offensive than defensive.

In this regard, General Long has no opinion, and deep down he also hopes that someone like General Lan will do more active things, after all, Long Qiqi is also in the northern country now, and he doesn't know whether he is alive or dead.

Therefore, hearing that General Lan had sent so many investigation teams to the northern country, although General Long felt a bit of a waste of imperial resources in his heart, he still wanted to hear what news came back.

I saw the female general shake her head and said, "No, no news...... No. ”

General Long was silent for a long time, and finally slowly leaned back on the back of the chair, and only exhaled softly after a while, his face full of exhaustion.

However, he quickly adjusted, as a general, no matter how much pressure he had, he had to withstand it, not to mention that aside from the factor of personal emotion, the situation in the empire was not so bad that it was extremely bad.

Although the Grand Commander of the North was the first to make a comeback, he certainly did not return to his prime.

And on the southern side, the king of the forest is dead. The founder of Earth Street has also been missing for many years. It is estimated that he is no longer alive. But as long as the Imperial Marshal and Lord Wu in the third layer of the True Hall are still there, the South will not be defeated.

"By the way, what about Caesar?" General Long suddenly remembered.

After the Dragon Road mission, the participants of the mission were caught, and most of the people who were not caught were not lightly injured, and Hughes was in a coma for three months and has not woken up yet.

Caesar, as an imperial member who entered the third layer of the Dragon Path, and the only person except Levi who soberly walked out of the Dragon Path on his own, must have been able to provide a lot of useful information.

It's just that there's been so much going on lately. General Long had not personally seen Caesar's situation until now.

"Did Caesar say anything?" asked the dragon general, "Nono, the pit father, and the spare tire all said that the dragon-like monster that appeared in the Arcana war zone appeared in the dragon road, and it seems that it was defeated by Caesar in the dragon road, but how Caesar defeated the monster, they can't say why." ”

"Also, the third disciple Flame Rat descended on the third layer of the Dragon Dao, how could he suffer a heavy blow in the end, does it have anything to do with Caesar?"

"What happened to the third layer of the Dragon Road, and how Caesar got the so-called 'homecoming' and 'completeness', we don't seem to know. ”

General Long asked three questions in a row.

In fact, all three of these questions are very important. You shouldn't have left it alone for three months, but there's so much going on right now. I can't take care of it.

Besides, Caesar is the designated heir of General Lan, and General Long thinks that General Lan will take care of it.

The female general sighed and said, "Caesar, that boy, he won't say anything. ”

"What?" General Long couldn't help frowning, and said dissatisfied, "When is this coming, why doesn't he want to say? As an imperial soldier, it should be his duty to make a detailed report after the mission." ”

The more General Long spoke, the more angry he became, and his voice couldn't help but get louder, "Is it possible that we still want to beg him to tell us?!"

The female general said softly: "Caesar said that he successfully completed the Dragon Dao mission, and we lost the crystals and black eggs they desperately obtained, so this is not his problem." ”

General Long's face froze, and he couldn't find a reason to refute it for a while, in fact, it was indeed Caesar who completed the task without flaws, and successfully completed the task in the case of an extreme lack of intelligence, and even when the flame rat descended on the clone.

But the military department was unable to keep it.

But even so, he couldn't say nothing. General Long shook his head and said, "What about General Lan, doesn't he care about anything?"

The female general's face was a little strange, and she was silent for a moment before she said: "The relationship between General Lan and Caesar seems to be ...... It gets a little ...... Odd. ”

At the same time.

General Blue's Mansion.

Caesar and General Lan sat opposite each other, and there were several attendants at the table to serve food for the two, looking at this posture, it was exactly the way it was between the Imperial General and his closest future successor.

Caesar and General Lan have been eating alone for nearly three months, and after the Dragon Road mission, General Lan seems to fully agree with Caesar's strength and potential, and value him to the extent that he eats at the same table every day.

"Aren't you going to tell me about the Dragon Dao?" General Lan asked seemingly casually.

"Say no more. Caesar replied calmly.

"Still don't want to say?"

"Yes. Caesar nodded, and continued, "And it doesn't matter if you say it or not, the matter of the dragon road has already passed, and it will not help the current situation." If necessary, I won't keep it a secret. ”

General Lan listened, nodded lightly and said, "It's okay, it's up to you." ”

Caesar did not answer, but ate by himself.

General Lan sighed and said, "I said it, the situation at that time, I couldn't save your teacher, I understand that you are angry, but ......"

"I'm not angry. Caesar didn't wait for General Lan to finish speaking, and looked up and said, "Also, the eleventh investigation team sent to the north will leave tomorrow, if you can, I want to participate." ”

General Lan raised his eyebrows, almost thinking about it: "No!"

Unexpectedly, Caesar didn't force it, but just nodded calmly and said, "Oh, no, forget it." I'm done eating, you can continue, I'll go to practice first. ”

General Lan calmly looked at Caesar's retreating figure, and there was no emotion on his hard face.

After a moment, he waved his hand for the attendants to step down, and then spoke softly, as if to say to himself: "Keep monitoring him, don't be in a hurry, and don't relax." ”

A well-hidden figure flickered in the air, and said in a voice that only General Lan could hear, "Obey." ”

"Don't let him leave the General's Mansion one step. General Lan added.

"Yes, not even half a step. The man smiled lightly and said. (To be continued.) )