Chapter 22: Targeting
The town of Hamlet has caused some waves in the last three days in the Weeping Peninsula.
Published in the newspaper:
[An unknown rich man is in the town of Hamlet in the eastern part of the Weeping Peninsula, and is buying wood and stone from Arkham Town, Raccoon Town, and Liangpu Town in the central part of the country, and the amount is so large that the dragon turtle will break his legs!] γ
[Mysterious beautiful girl appears in Hamlet Town? The mayor of Lyon commented: Enough top. γ
[The Georgian mayor of Bright Falls condemned Hamlet's seizure of labor. Howard. The eye of the storm launched a condemnation. γ
[Sad news, the mayor of Lyon spent his fifty-third birthday drinking beer at home.] γ
[The road between Arkham Town and Hamlet Town has been blocked by the swamp dragon, and a clean-up order has been issued...]
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"Hit! Hit ahhhh β
Melina was trying on chain mail when she heard a movement in the hall of the dormitory and hurriedly ran out to take a look. Sonia was tap-dancing on a table in the dorm hall, holding a newspaper aloft in her hand.
"What's going on?" Maria was also noisy, poked her head out, she was more soundproof, and when she came out, she saw that it was Sonia barking, so she immediately changed her face: "What the are you yelling at a dog?" β
It's no wonder why Suoso sometimes calls her Two-Faced.
But at the moment, Sonia didn't have this thought, but jumped down in a good mood, shook the newspaper in front of the two of them triumphantly, and read aloud:
"The road between Arkham and Hamlet is blocked by the swamp dragon... The pure white woodland was spotted last night with the star stag streaked across the sky to the west... Do you need me to review it for you? May! Give Lao Ma, a guy who doesn't learn and doesn't know how to do it, explain it well! β
Sonia's attitude can be called arrogant, but it is a little cute.
In terms of degree, Lao Ma is far superior to Sonia, and the only shortcoming is the occult doctrine next to the alchemy doctrine.
Maria was more studious, and when she heard what she didn't know, she looked at Melina with great anticipation.
Melina was reminded and quickly recalled what she had learned.
This land is called the galaxy because of the countless bright stars that streak across the sky at night. Some of these stars symbolize unique meanings that occultists call 'prophecies of the past'. This phrase captures exactly two of the world's occult features:
[1. Don't predict what hasn't happened yet]
[2. Do not predict what is already known]
[3. Unpredictable things that can be changed]
Suppose a person will choke to death tomorrow if he drinks water, this is not a predictable thing, because there are two things that do not meet:
Drinking water will choke to death, which can be changed, and it will only happen tomorrow.
But suppose a person commits a homicide yesterday and no one knows that he is the murderer, then the prophecy can be made, because the three are satisfied:
The dead will not be resurrected with the murderer being caught, it has happened today, and the prophet does not know that this person is the murderer.
Of course, this is just an example of the extreme and extreme that the teacher took out during class, and the actual operation cannot be based on these two, tens of millions of stars recorded in languages around the world, their operation is a prophecy of the past, and their operation is always correct. However, just because they are correct does not mean that humans can interpret them clearly.
Even Melina couldn't do enough to memorize all of the names and remember what it meant when she saw one of the meteors streak across the night sky and sink to the surface of the sea.
Fortunately.
The Stag Star is a star known to Melina, and this star symbolizes "beast, dominance, and authority".
In the occult of this world, the interpretation of a star must be selected from the [primary criterion] and the [secondary criterion], and the beast is the main criterion, which is the criterion of reproduction, instinct, animal nature, and gluttony. Domination and authority are secondary norms, secondary norms of honor, power, childishness, anger, and so on.
The Stag Star can be observed, it must be because of the appearance of the [King of the Beast] near the observation site.
"The Stag Star represents that the monsters that appeared on that path are definitely not just swamp dragons, but even more terrifying monsters, most likely powerful leaders among the swamp dragon race, or even more powerful flying dragons."
Melina is quite sure of this, and when she has enough time to think, she can always find out the truth of the matter:
"I'm guessing it's a giant adult swamp dragon. Sister, do you remember the swamp dragon we met when we went out with the Echo Team earlier? The six-meter-long, poor swamp dragon. Just an adult, not yet a nest of its own. Now that I think about it, it should be an exorcist beast. Driven away from his original territory. β
This story was told to Maria, and she reacted much faster than Sonia, and immediately reacted to the ecology of the black dragon species called the swamp dragon:
"An adult swamp dragon that was driven out with a body length of six meters? It's a possibility, are you sure it doesn't have a nest? β
Sonia said, "I'm pretty sure not. β
"That's it." Maria thought for a moment, "It should be that there is a guy similar to a king in the swamp dragon, who controls a large area of territory, and in order to protect his territory, even his own children are not hesitant to drive out of the house. Perhaps this can be understood as the norm in the ecological world? β
"Oops."
Sonia's voice is as treacherous as a yin and yang person:
"Look at what you said, are there still very few humans doing this?"
Although Melina plays mobile games, she can be said to have read a lot in her previous life, and she is excellent in character and learning, so she reflects what Sonia is saying:
"Laios?"
Laius was a character in ancient Greek drama who killed his unborn son in fear of Pelops' prophecy, 'Your son will kill his father and marry his mother'. And this son is the famous King Oedipus.
Sonia didn't speak, smiled and nodded.
I was thinking, 'Who the is that?' The story she said was from online fiction literature, who the knows who Laios is?
Maria nodded:
"But Laius is still more in the story of Oedipus, and it's still rare to take it out alone like you..."
She thought for a moment:
"Generally speaking, when it comes to killing sons, in order to prevent their own rights from falling, we will talk about Zeus and his father Kronus, right?"
"Well, yes, tooβ" Melina grimaced, then smiled shyly, "... The first thing that came to mind was Laios. β
Sonia smiled, her heart growling.
'Who the is that?' ''What wire to pull?'' ''What kind of silk?'' ''Zeus, I know! Isn't that super stallion? It is said that the cow horse (real cow horse), ha! β
In order to avoid exposing her ignorance, she coughed lightly: "Xiaomei, let's talk about the point." β
"Hmm."
Melina thinks about ecology:
"The swamp dragon is not simply a creature like the swamp dragon king, but through the occult connection of this cluster, it communicates the magic factor, and physiologically produces a life form that is separated from the swamp dragon, which is generally called [glow individual swamp dragon], whether it is the color of the scales or whatever, it has undergone earth-shaking changes, and will use magic."
All dragons can do magic when they are strong, the most common are mirror magic and illusion magic, and elemental magic is also a very common category.
Mastering magic and not having magic is a heaven and earth on the danger score.
For example, the reason why the giant red wyvern is considered to be a 'dangerous dragon with a low level close to an intermediate level' is that although they have mastered some magic factors, they cannot really use magic according to the subjective will of the individual.
Of course, it's just dangerous.
Danger doesn't equal the difficulty of the crusade.
"So you suddenly set so many building materials just to lure out that dragon?"
Melina suddenly figured it out.
The newspaper wrote that the rich man in Hamlet Town was the senior sister. During the three days she waited for Melina's armor to be forged, she bought a lot of wood and stone, and she also spent extra money to hire gatherers to protect the convoys.
Now it seems that all of this is for the purpose of actively searching for that glorious individual swamp dragon?
"Nope." The senior sister denied it first, "The building materials are useful, Hamlet Town is the entrance to the Weeping Peninsula, one of the reasons why the Weeping Peninsula has not developed over the years, is that the road to come in is too complicated, and the building will cause the attack of the nearby feeding Red Feather Dragon, plus the guild is built in Haiwen, and it will not come here to hunt the Red Feather Dragon, so many reasons have accumulated so it can't be developed, and the road can't be built." β
"So!"
She pointed to Melina:
"We will definitely hunt that red feather dragon in the future, even if it is for its materials, then if we start building the road now, maybe it will be repaired in a month, and then I can invite a lot of banshees who have been pinched by me to come here and drain the water of our base camp."
She paused, revealing a thoughtful expression:
"I didn't choose the Weeping Peninsula simply to hunt the owner of gold, but more importantly, there is a huge secret in the underground here, which is simply a good base for the development of the city's base camp, and it is because the Weeping Peninsula fell first, and the human race finally worked hard to come here, so an important route was opened..."
"And that glorious individual swamp dragon is there to equip Maria."
"Me?" Maria pointed to herself.
Sonia smiled and nodded: "That's right, the small artifact in the early stage of healing the sword gun, the key equipment to heal the magic factor for teammates by shooting, depends on the materials of this swamp dragon... Xiaomei should help us with this, right? β
Melina nodded vigorously:
"Of course."
"Butβ" Old Ma wanted to say something.
Sonia immediately waved her hand:
"I'm not sure where the Radiant Species is, and Hamlet Town has to get rid of this swamp dragon in order for it to develop, otherwise when we build the road, it may think 'this is an encroachment on my territory' or something, and it will be even worse at that time. I have a reason other than Xiaomei to get rid of it, and ......"
She smiled:
"Don't you think it would be a good sign for Xiaomei to kill the Radiant Seed on her first mission?"