Chapter 19: Rations
PS: The first update on the first day of the shelf, hehe~
The following week was spent in a busy and calm mood.
Ruidan led the fleet to White Murdy the next evening, and had to go from his secluded manor to the Doge's palace in order to see him. Shaklin thoughtfully kept his itinerary a secret, but he was still inevitably watched like a saint (monster) by the people in the Governor's Palace.
The men and horses that came with Ruyidan's fleet were the elite troops directly under the royal family, and although there was no battle to fight at the moment, it would take a lot of men to raid Zannaya's property and find Fikelen's whereabouts.
Any organizations and institutions that may be related to Zannaya have been strictly examined, and the Shili of the Furui family has been here for thousands of years like a tangled tree, although at this moment there is no one who supports Hirley or Zannaya on the surface, but it is really like looking for a needle in a haystack to find a few people in such a large city.
In the end, the breakthrough clue actually came from Raymond, the spy of Zanaya that Shaklin had been putting in front of him, and suddenly took the initiative to find Deirlando one day and confessed. Although he himself said that he felt the inspiration of the supreme brilliance from the dragon, it was more likely that he saw Zannaya's shili being uprooted and worried about his future.
According to him, Zannaya had built a secret underground fortress in a cargo port northeast of White Medi. As for Weishenme, he will know, thanks to his super-sensitive nose that is different from ordinary people.
Although he had only been there once, and the only time he had been knocked out, he knew on the spot where he was with the subtle scents of seaweed and water in the air. This little secret has been buried in Raymond's heart. Zannaya will not spare his subordinates who know the news that they shouldn't know, and if they want to live. It's better to play dumb.
With this clue, Ruidan and Shakorin led a large group of men and horses to quickly search the entire area. The strange smell of seaweed that Raymond was talking about. It comes from a very unpalatable algae, which will emit a very faint smell that ordinary people can't distinguish when it encounters the air, and ordinary people will only think that it has a strong sea smell. Fishermen are reluctant to approach the area, and it is said that even eating this seaweed becomes unpalatable.
The seaside here is rugged and treacherous, with only a short stretch of flat coast leading to White Murdy via a not-so-wide road. A small village of twenty or thirty people runs the port, allowing merchant ships who cannot afford to pay the expensive port fees to unload their cargo here.
Although the general area was known, the search took two days, with a lot of underground detection magic. Finally, a huge fortress hidden deep in the belly of the mountain has been discovered. No one could find the entrance, and it was only by blasting open the thinnest mountain wall that they entered there.
The real entrance and exit of the fortress are hidden in the seaside crevices, and the cave only appears at low tide, while Zannaya usually relies entirely on teleportation to enter and exit.
In the huge caverns, they found two more soul furnaces, as well as a large number of homeless people who had been captured. Most of these captives, who had been without food and water for several days, were found dying, and there were even a few cannibalistic cases in their cages.
But unfortunately, Zannaya himself was not found. No traces of the Brans were found. The entire base looked like a hasty evacuation, everything was messy, and a lot of supplies that were too late to take away were scattered all over the place.
Deirlando and Fayel joined the team on the day they blew up the fortress, and they were out of the crowd. Got inside before everyone else. He feared that Fekren's tricks would cause a large number of casualties, and sure enough, Fayer found "small gifts" left by Fekelen in several places.
The former Bran spy directed Ruidan's legions of clerics and warlocks, quarantining and culling the toxins and parasites. Except for a few unlucky ghosts who were injured because of their own mistakes. The clean-up operation was completely dangerous.
Faykelen's chamber, giant shiyan vessels, and some remnants of magical materials. He was also found under the cover of heavy magical prohibitions. Fayer pointed to some bathhouse-sized pools and a few strange copper utensils and told Diarlando that they were the petri dishes that made the Chijuto.
Touching the wound on his chest that had long healed. Dearrando was haunted by this terrible foe. And the fact that his adoptive parents were still in the hands of Feculan made him even more anxious, Here died, Zanaya fled, and the enemy went completely underground, making the possibility of rescuing them even more slim.
Researchers from the Royal Jishu Academy rushed to try to recover the remaining traces of magic in the bombed-out teleportation room and track down Zannaya's whereabouts, but it would be a time-consuming and laborious project, and it would not be fruitful anytime soon.
The only thing that made Dearlando happier was seeing the old, strong, and energetic Dr. Wat again, and Flynn and his northern giant wife rushed to help. He plans to work backwards on the Thousand Worm Men in order to find a way to destroy this magical creature.
After the search came to an end, Fair returned to his autopsy and treasure digging operation. The corpse of the huge white dragon was completely pulled back by Shakorin in fifty barges.
Needing at least two square miles of parking and disposal space, the Governor generously ceded the Grand Theater of the Sea of Stars, a luxurious theater on a man-made peninsula to Ruidan and the mage to dispose of the corpses - the only condition was that the dragon's skeleton would be placed in the theater as a permanent collection, which Shaklin believed was a deal worth it.
Although the corpse was rapidly decomposing and deteriorating due to the hot weather, Fair still fished out a lot of good things from the dragon's corpse. Atron Tongue Essential Oil, Dragon's Eye Core Crystal, Water Wave Gems, these materials that are usually difficult to encounter are all treasures that enhance the magic of spells.
After carefully dissecting the whole dragon, Fair had a rough conclusion about the species of the dragon, and turned to Deirlandor to explain that the weishenme dragon was so different from the previous one.
Because of the arrival of Dearlando, the large theater, which was originally crowded with many researchers from the Royal Jishu Academy, was emptied, and there were only two people in the huge venue, Fayer and Diarlando.
Fayer walked down the makeshift aisle suspended above the dragon's wreckage, pointing a long wooden stick to Dearlandor for some special formations in the dragon's skull.
"I haven't seen this kind of half-dragon with my own eyes, but I once read about it in the half-dragon atlas. The mage used a wooden stick to pick up a slender cartilage that extended from his jaw. These cartilages didn't grow out of the body, so Dearlando didn't notice it at first. At this moment, it looks like the soft bones of the signature tentacle-like dragon hair under Namantto's neck.
"This type of half-dragon is the most closely related to the Demon Dragon King. In his early years, the Demon Dragon King would combine with a human woman in his human form. And then let those women give birth to all kinds of monsters. Among them, there is one we call the Dragon Girl, who burrows like a spider in the cave under the Heavy Flame Palace. Devour the fresh flesh of the tribute. Then lay half dragon eggs one by one. ”
"These eggs sometimes hatch creatures that are close to human form - mostly females, who will continue to join the dragon maiden and lay more eggs. The other part is the form of monsters, and a very small number of them will take on the posture of a young dragon, which is called a half-dragon. They are not true pure dragon eggs, but they do have a large percentage of dragon blood. ”
"You're saying that the dragon I killed was actually hatched from Namantto's egg, so Reseth ate its heart to grow a new head?" It seems that the truth of the problem has finally been discovered.
Fayle put away his stick, pouted and said, "Maybe~ But there is nothing wrong with having multiple heads, why should you be like encountering the end of Shijie." And even if Ryses has two heads, he is still one thought, and he doesn't quarrel with himself every day like the Demon Dragon King, what are you afraid of?"
"weishenme, I think you're still happy about the change in Reseth?" Deirlando's eyes narrowed dangerously, feeling that the mage seemed to have something to hide from this matter.
I just didn't expect that a creature as great as Reses could fall so easily. There's really nothing indestructible on this shijie.。 The so-called light and justice are really fragile. ”
Fayle was immediately frightened by the gloom that welled up from Deirlando, who had known him for so long, even when his magic was out of control, there was no such darkness. For a moment, it simply reminded the mage of the Demon Dragon King's human contractor.
"I ...... I'm kidding, you must have a way to cure Riess. I'm also going to find some mother's heart grass to use to stew gentian. I'll go first!" Fayle quickly changed the subject and ran away from Deirlando's side. Although Rises's fall is something he likes to see. But if this person really becomes the Demon Dragon King, then how will he live his life!
That's because Dearlando usually looks very sunny. So when he shows the dark side, it's like having a solar eclipse. Compared to the darkness of the night, which was already dark, it was even more terrifying.
The mage finally realized the seriousness of the situation, and began to dig up more clues about the magic of the half-dragon in his mind, but he had never encountered a precedent for the compatibility of the dragon's magic, and even if he had a few speculative plans, he had to experiment one by one to know the result.
Dearlando watched the mage run away, and raised his hand to pat his face. The fear in Fayer's eyes just now was real, could he really have become so terrible?
Although the mage had repeatedly checked his body before, he couldn't find out what effect the black liquid that Zuihou Helei spewed out had on him, but it seemed that he was "contaminated" to some extent like Ressys. A lot of negative thoughts often appear in my mind, and extremely cowardly thoughts like wanting to commit suicide have actually appeared at one point, and I don't look like myself at all.
Resis poked out of his collar to indicate hunger. Deirlandor opened the bag he was carrying, and it was filled with transparent and glossy pure magic crystals, which were extracted from worshippers who worshiped and revered the young dragon.
Because Dearlando didn't want to deal with the blind believers, Shakorin came up with a brilliant idea. He restored the dress worn by Dearrando to preserve the brutality of the battle while maintaining the ornate beauty of the dress, and then enshrined it as a holy relic in the Hall of Stars of the Golden Dome Palace, the tallest building of the Golden Dome Palace on the top of Lantau Mountain.
The star box was placed under the crystal cabinet where the gowns were kept, absorbing the spirit of the endless stream of worshippers. As the number of pure magic crystals expelled from the crate increases, the spilled portion slides down the set haode orbit into a larger storage bin.
In order to ensure that Ryses does not come into contact with any evil Liliang during his long new journey, he must prepare rations for the road from now on. It turned out that this pure magic crystal from the true belief of human beings was very suitable for the taste of young dragons, and even after eating it for a few days, it seemed that even the black scales on the shoulders had faded. (To be continued......)