Chapter 16: The Dragon's Slayer

On a summer day, the poisonous sun shone in front of a bar in the afternoon, Kong Ming drank the liquor in his hand in one gulp, the smell of wine drifted outward, Kong Ming seemed to be reluctant, and his nose sniffed around, as if he wanted to drink all the wine in his mouth, even if he didn't want to let go of the aroma of wine. He was half-lying on the edge of the bar wall, he was now a sought-after figure in the city's bars, after all, a few bottles of wine could hire a great swordsman as a bodyguard for a day, and this price could be the cheapest and safest. Kong Ming's clothes are quite clean, after all, this is the façade of the bar, even if Kong Ming is unwilling, the owner of the bar will give him the cleanest clothes. The people who passed by him seemed to not see him, in and out, not at all like seeing other great swordsmen like strong people, so afraid, after all, Kong Ming has been here for many months, everyone is very familiar with this young and good wine powerhouse, when they are free, and when they see Kong Ming's good mood, there are also some senior swordsmen, and even junior swordsmen come to challenge like Kong Ming, Kong Ming is also happy to play with them, so Kong Ming is a very popular person here, there are several swordsmen who even broke through the bottleneck that has not been broken through for a long time because of the challenge with Kong Ming, and those people are even more grateful to Kong Ming, and bought a lot of good wine and food, and pleased.

At this time, a magician with long blond hair wearing a fiery red magic robe came to Kong Ming's side and squatted down, "Kong Ming, how did you think about that matter? That's an opportunity." ”

"Dragon slayer, that is such a good thing to do, if it was such an easy thing, those god-level powerhouses would have swarmed over a long time ago, and they are still waiting for us little radish heads?"

There is a large mountain range near this city, and there are only some low-level demonic beasts in the mountain, and the highest ones are not more than the third level, but occasionally there will still be a high-level demonic beast, so there are low-level swordsmen and magicians, Assassins and other exercise paradise, but recently, from there, there is a team in the process of exploring inside, found a dragon, and that team of more than a dozen people, only one swordsman escaped, the rest were killed by the dragon, this matter is now in a uproar, a lot of mercenaries have entered the vein to explore the legendary dragon, but most of them have gone and never returned, this situation has made more people flock to it, and in recent times, there are more and more mercenaries here, the level is getting higher and higher, the magician in front of Kong Ming is one, he is from the Imperial Capital Magic Union, called Frank, is a fire magister. And because the swordsmen who came were getting more and more advanced, there were more and more people making trouble and participating in martial arts competitions in the bar, and more and more advanced, which was completely different from the rare scene of the great swordsmen in the past, and Kong Ming, as a bodyguard, also defeated several great swordsmen, mages, assassins, dwarves and the like at the same level several times, which made Frank very tempted, so he invited Kong Ming to slay the dragon together, and came more than once for this, but Kong Ming was unmoved, and this time Frank came to persuade Kong Ming again.

After hearing the same words of Kong Ming, Frank did not think so, because Kong Ming used this as an excuse every time, and always put it first, and he had already directly ignored this excuse, "Hehe, this time is different, because we have very accurate information and full certainty." ”

"You say that every time, and you don't bother??" Kong Ming said incredulously, saying this every time Frank came over, and Kong Ming also got first-hand information from him and the past mercenaries in the bar, and he also had a certain understanding of this very tempting matter. Hearing Kong Ming say this, Frank was not angry, obviously in this period of communication, although the two did not cooperate, but the two sides were already friends.

"This time it's true, the day before yesterday, a team of great swordsmen and magisters came out of the forest, when they entered, there were twenty of them, but when they came out of it, there were less than five people left, two wind magisters, one space magister, and two wind great swordsmen, since they came out, the true situation of that giant dragon has spread throughout the city, and it is spreading to the entire continent through the guò magic array. It is a ninth-level golden dragon, it is said that it is more than 30 meters long, more than 20 meters wide wings, judging by the body of the dragon, it should be a ninth-level golden dragon, the king of dragons, in the north of us more than 200 miles away from the forest, after the news spread, in various countries and cities in the holy level and god level powerhouses have rushed here, now the whole city is known to have two sword gods, three law gods, and a large number of saint-level can not be counted, just because the dragon is too difficult to deal with, especially those adult dragons, that are all ninth-level monsters, one-on-one sword gods or law gods are generally not their opponents, especially the golden dragon, That's the king of dragons, but it's the master of all magic and fighting spirit, it's very difficult to defeat, of course, this is just in general. ”

For dragons, there are general dragons such as fire dragons, The white dragon of the light system, the black dragon of the dark system, the green dragon of the natural system, the blue dragon of the water and ice system, the green dragon of the wind system, the yellow dragon of the earth system, and some of the monsters with dragon blood born by crossing with other magical beasts, etc., but only the golden dragon is a full range of dragons, they are the masters of all the magic, they can use all the dragon magic, plus their huge bodies, the magic power can be said to be almost infinite, if only that, they are not enough to become kings, but don't forget jì, dragons are also not close to the one, so the average adult dragon is a ninth-level median demonic beast, and the adult golden dragon is a ninth-level high-level demonic beast。 The dragon's body is a treasure, dragon scales are the best material for armor, dragon horns and dragon claws are the materials of weapons, dragon meat can increase people's magic power and fighting spirit after eating, the dragon's magic core is the favorite of magicians, and dragon blood, after drinking it, can greatly improve people's physique and increase people's magic and fighting spirit, bathing with dragon blood can increase people's physical resistance and magic resistance, or it is equivalent to wearing a set of good armor is not an exaggeration. It can be said that the materials on the dragon's body can even be made into legendary artifacts, but the golden dragon is the best in addition to the divine dragon, otherwise it would not make so many people rush to it.

"With these masters here, what are we going to do to make a fuss? I can't get myself into it, and you won't be in a hurry to cry when the time comes. Kong Ming said lightly.

"Hehe, don't think so pessimistic, they are not a group, and do you think that dragon slaying warriors are so easy to do? In the past, there were more than ten god-level powerhouses who teamed up to slay dragons, and they were all killed by dragons and fled, not to mention that there were only a few, and they were the kind of people who were not in agreement, otherwise what do you think people want so many people to do? In fact, I heard that in order to slay dragons this time, they want to unite all the great swordsmen in the city and the mercenaries above the magician to form a dragon slaying army. ”

"Aren't you inconsistent? and say that they are not in a gang, and that they are united, don't you have nothing to do here to entertain me? Get out, don't disturb me drinking!!" said Kong Ming angrily. Although it is said that the magician is very noble in the eyes of everyone, it is only in the hearts of those ordinary people, for high-level swordsmen and magicians like Kong Ming and Frank, this is not much of a thing, and Kong Ming himself is also a dual cultivator of magic and martial arts, that is even more so, plus the contact between the two these days, they can also be regarded as a friend, so Kong Ming's speech did not let Frank leave, which strengthened his determination to invite Kong Ming. At this time, he was already annoyed when he saw Kong Ming, and he couldn't help but think about something that could impress Kong Ming, so that Kong Ming willingly went on a dragon slaying trip with him. Seeing that Frank was thinking about it and had no intention of leaving, Kong Ming handed him the wine, and Frank took the wine and drank it in one gulp, and then handed the gourd back to Kong Ming. At this time, the two men heard a commotion in the street, and when they looked over, they saw that there were four men arguing about something, and one of the men around them in the middle was like a walking corpse, walking slowly forward without knowing the direction. They quarreled so loudly that they attracted the attention of the pedestrians on the street, and it was very intense, but from their quarrels, the passers-by understood what was going on. To put it bluntly, the man's lover left him, he was overwhelmed, he lost interest in life at once, and several unsuccessful suicides made these accomplices very annoyed, trying to pull him out of the lovelorn state, and he himself did not listen to those friends at all, blocking his fragile heart alone. When Frank heard it, he couldn't help but laugh and said: "Isn't it just a broken love, you don't need to use such dedication, you won't fall down without that woman, wouldn't it be better to leave." ”

"Oh!!!Why do you say that?" Kong Ming couldn't help but feel a kind of sympathy for the man in his heart after seeing this similar situation, and his heart unconsciously thought of that desperate day, desperate letter, and the person was about to dip into that unbearable memory, after hearing Frank's words, he couldn't help but be annoyed, but months of drinking had numbed his nerves, and the words he said were no different from usual. After hearing Kong Ming's words, Frank turned his head, looked at Kong Ming, and said: "I once had such an experience, when I was twenty years old, the girl with whom I had always been in love threw herself into the arms of someone else, that girl was a wonderful and beautiful classmate of our academy, she was from the water department, and I was from the fire department, and the two of us have been a happy couple since we were sixteen years old. But when a noble child with an empire appeared, this qiē changed, she became someone else's bride, that night, I was going crazy, after that, for a whole month, I couldn't do any cultivation, the first few times I cast magic, even almost caused a magic backlash, until my teacher saw that my situation was wrong and told me to wake up, I got rid of this situation. Frank said as he looked at the ground and said deeply.

"What did your teacher say to you?" asked Ku Ming strangely.

When my teacher heard what I had to say, he laughed out loud and ignored my annoyance, until I was very angry that he sternly told me that I should be glad that I had lost that girl. ”

"Why should you be glad?" asked Ku Ming, wriggling.

"The teacher said that she left me, and I still miss it, which proves that I am sincere to that girl, a person who does not know how to cherish my heart, what is the use of me keeping? If I'm not a sincere person, then I don't have to be sad about it. In fact, in the four years that we have been in love with each other, I have been very obedient to her, because of the family in order to avoid us being disturbed by the students of the school, I have never told her my family history, do you know why she broke up with me in the end? because the guy who chased her was very rich in the family, so she left me, and she left the school after she got married, and we never saw each other again. But I know that the man's family is not as rich as mine, so I don't have anything to lose, haha. That's when I put all my mind into the study of magic, which is why I am where I am today. Because it was her loss, not mine, so why should I give up on myself?......" Frank said happily.

Suddenly, Frank saw Kong Ming stand up, walk out into the street, and drink the wine from the bottle. Casually put the wine bottle aside, and the wine bottle fell to the ground "Ping" , The people around were shocked when they saw it, they didn't know what Kong Ming was going to do, even the few people who were arguing stopped, looked at Kong Ming inexplicably, only to see Kong Ming slowly raise his head to look at the sky, and suddenly from Kong Ming's body exuded a burst of momentum that only the strong can have, and that momentum lined up those who were a little lower in strength into the distance, and those who were a little stronger also because they didn't know what Kong Ming was going to do, for fear that Yang and Chi Yu, also left Kong Ming, only a few swordsmen and magicians who were the same as Kong Ming or even higher than Kong Ming looked at Kong Ming motionlessly, with a trace of vigilance in their eyes, as if they were guarding against Kong Ming suddenly attacking them。 I saw a trace of water vapor oozing from Kong Ming's body, forming a small water mist, and the water vapor contained a stinging smell of wine, and the water vapor also dispersed in all directions with Kong Ming's aura. "Roar !!" Kong Ming suddenly roared to the sky, the sound faintly contained a smell of dragon groaning, as if there was a trace of relief, but also like a trace of anger, at this time Kong Ming's face was hideous, long hair fluttering, just like a demon god, making people feel terrifying. Among the people around, some of them had been crushed by Kong Ming's momentum, plus this long dragon roaring sound, so that many people collapsed directly and collapsed on the ground, and Kong Ming's roar also attracted the attention of many people, and the surrounding crowd looked at him, Frank was the first person to react, after Kong Ming roared, he went up and grabbed him, pulled Kong Ming into the bar, and staggered with those who rushed out of the bar to see the excitement. After entering, the two heard the shouting and scolding from the street, and the sudden roar of Kong Ming was very dissatisfying.

After the two of them sat down in the bar, Frank began to complain: "You're all right, what are you yelling about, listen to your cry so like a dragon, be careful that others will catch you as the dragon that has formed into a human." ”

"When are you going to slay dragons in the forest?" asked Ku Ming.

Frank handed the wine in his hand to Kong Ming, Kong Ming waved his hand, did not pick it up, and motioned for him to speak, but Kong Ming's action surprised Frank, because the two had known each other for so long, Kong Ming had never refused to drink, although it was strange, but Frank still answered Kong Ming's question.

"In five days, we will wait for the sword god of the empire, Li Feiyang, to come over, and then put all the forces together before going, otherwise we are not sure. ”

"Two sword gods and three law gods, this kind of combat power is not enough? You shouldn't be thinking about ten to one, right?" Kong Ming asked strangely, he really couldn't figure it out, why would it be so complicated to kill a dragon, as long as a few people of the same level went up to fight in a group, why was it so troublesome?

"Where do you know? If it's other magical beasts, then forget it, after all, there aren't many of them, and they are usually independent beings, but dragons are different, there are a lot of dragons in the holy land of the dragon clan, don't look at the only one dragon here now, if we don't kill it and let it escape, then in the future, there may be more than a dozen dragons, or even hundreds of dragons come to retaliate, there was an empire before, it was destroyed by the dragon clan because of the dragon slaughter. Because the dragons have always been very united. The reason why it hasn't been touched now is that one is to wait for those god-level powerhouses to come over, and the other is to go to the Dragon Clan to inquire about the news to see if this dragon is a traitor to the Dragon Clan, otherwise, who would dare to provoke the Dragon Clan?"

"And this matter?" Kong Ming said, he really didn't know, after all, he grew up in the home of a low-level magician in a small village, and he didn't go through systematic teaching, just reading some books based on his personal preferences and attributes, how could he compare to a magician like Frank who graduated from a regular school?" "Then they are so powerful, after they kill the dragon, there is nothing for us at all, what are we going to do?"

"Do you think we're really going to slay dragons? It's almost the same as being slaughtered by dragons! We're just going to see and see, and by the way, we can also get to know some of the top powerhouses on the continent, maybe we can get their guidance, and even those who have taken shit luck, let them be accepted as disciples or subordinates, you must know that cultivating with someone and without someone are completely different things, otherwise, do you think that you can cultivate peerless force or magic by casually giving someone a powerful secret book? That's just a fool's dream, you know, a lot of common sense can't be recorded in books, a lot of ordinary general skills and sayings, different times are not the same, even the same sayings, but the skills are different, and whether it is fighting or magic from a certain aspect is a very strict thing, the difference is a millimeter, a thousand miles of error, often a little gap will lead to a fighting spirit or magic backlash, because it is in the early stage of cultivation, even more so, so now there are many low-level magic or fighting schools in various cities, one or two intermediate schools, and there are very few high-level schools, The most famous high-level magic martial arts school in the empire is in the imperial capital, and that school has cultivated generations of talents for the empire, ah, it's wrong, will you go?"

"What are they slaying dragons for? Just to refine weapons?"

"Of course not, in addition to refining weapons, they also have to use some treasures on the dragon's body to improve their family's abilities, and of course, the dragon's treasures. ”

"Improve your family's abilities?"

"Of course, for example, dragon blood, because of the special function of dragon blood, after the dragon blood leaves the dragon's body, if it is not used within two hours, then its most important function to improve physical fitness will disappear, although the other magic functions are still there, but it is much inferior. That's why their god-level powerhouses will bring their family's promising talents to slay dragons together, so that their overall strength will be improved. In this way, it will be easier for their family to become a saint-level or god-level powerhouse. And every family that lasts for thousands of years has a set of proven methods to keep the family going. For example, stockpiling a large amount of things to increase mana and fighting spirit is the most commonly used method. ”

Obviously, in order to try his best to win over Kong Ming's helper, Frank told Kong Ming in great detail. It turns out that there are many ancient families in the empire, and the most significant feature of these families is that their families have produced one or several god-level powerhouses, and the foundation laid by the god-level powerhouses has left a lot of things for the descendants of the family to improve their cultivation, like a family with a little strength, to raise an ordinary person from the level of a third-level swordsman to the level of a great swordsman, it is very simple, just use the elixir directly, it only takes a few months, but above this, it is not what those ordinary elixirs can do。 And in order to cultivate the younger generations, those families also tried their best to find ways, such as finding some elixirs and providing them with the best cultivation environment and teachers, only in this way can they maintain the continuation of the family, so each ancient family has its own heritage.

After drinking a bottle of wine, Frank continued to talk in generalities, but to his surprise, Kong Ming never took another sip of wine except for that shout. "Why don't you drink anymore, it doesn't seem like your style?" said Frank questioningly.

"I promise you. Kong Ming did not answer his question directly.

"Promise me what?" Frank didn't drink well, a bottle of wine was already his best result, and now that he had drunk a bottle, some people didn't know what to do.

"Slay the dragon. Kong Ming said succinctly.

"What kind of dragon are you slaying?" Frank said unconsciously, shaking his head, and after a while, he suddenly jumped up and said, "What, you promised, promised?" Frank looked at Kong Ming excitedly, and his eyes also recovered a little clarity, seeing Kong Ming nodded with a smile, and said excitedly: "God, it's really good." Kong Ming looked at Frank's excited appearance, only to see that after Frank stood up, he suddenly fell down, and then there was a whirring snoring sound, Kong Ming didn't expect him to fall asleep so easily, not like a magician at all, but more like a pig farmer.