Chapter 178: The Man in the Red Robe
The group crossed the portal, and the gray fog dissipated.
They came to a dimly lit place. In front of me, there was a desk with a candle flame standing on it. The faint glow of the fire illuminated the rows of bookshelves behind the desks, illuminating the stacks of books on them. These bookshelves stretch into the distance, into the darkness. I don't know how many of them there are, I don't know how big this place is.
The black-haired man silently flickered with fluorescent light, raised his hand to light a cloud of light source, and then flew into the air. Under the illumination of the light source, he saw clearly that this place looked like a road and a cave. The light shone to the top, one after another, the white jade-like beams, running through the front and back, countless bookshelves along the direction of the beams, all the way forward, almost three hundred zhang long.
Glancing around, he saw that there was nothing unusual, he was about to return, but after an inadvertent glance, he paused. Not far away, on a bookshelf, stood another candle, in front of which was a spread book. At this time, there was a person, in the candlelight, turning the pages of a book.
The black-haired man secretly said strangely, in the infrared vision just now, he didn't see this person, not even the candle flame. He extinguished the light of his fingertips, lowered his figure, and came to this man, and saw that he was dressed in a red robe, his face was hideous, but his expression was extremely gentle. When the black-haired man observed him, the red-robed man seemed to have no notice of anyone coming to him, and only focused on flipping through the books.
"Hello. ”
The dark-haired man greeted tentatively. He never imagined that there were other human beings on this continent, and there were only two people at the same time. And this piece of what seemed to be a library building surprised him even more. He wanted to figure out what the hell was all about.
"Rare. ”
The red-robed man still hadn't looked up.
"What's so rare?"
The brunette man was baffled.
"It's rare that another wave of people has come here. The red-robed man raised his head, and when he saw the face of the comer, he was suddenly stunned, "I know you, if I'm not mistaken." ”
The brunette man frowned.
"You know me?"
The red-robed man laughed.
"In the beginning, it was you, and the help of that being, that made me a dragon. Do you remember? Kevin. ”
The black-haired man's eyes lit up: "It's you, the leader of the half-dragon people." No, why are you the way you are? Could it be that you were degraded by that old dragon?"
"Don't be funny, it's just a tie with me at best. The red-robed man scoffed.
"Then how did you hide here?"
The black-haired man showed a cheap smile, remembering the past, he couldn't help but want to tease the leader again. However, at this time, the red-robed man did not have a trace of his past temper at all, and only smiled slightly when he heard the words.
"The old dragon has spread the word that I have betrayed him. In us Dragonmen, observance and maintenance of strict hierarchies is an iron law, at least on the surface. He did this to push me against all dragons and dragonmen. It worked, and after that, everywhere I went, people came to me to get in trouble. There's no way, I'm hiding in Tibet, so I'm here. ”
The red-robed man calmly said the truth, but the black-haired man gasped.
"What have you done to let it take revenge on you like this? Aren't you afraid that you will have no way out, and fight with it to the death?"
"I killed the baby dragon. ”
When the red-robed man said this, his expression was indifferent, as if he was saying something irrelevant.
"Hey, the heir of the peerless man, it turned out to be your ruthless hand first, no wonder you hide and don't settle accounts with it. Because of what?"
"I was halfway through the fight with the old dragon, and I was on the fire, and the little ghost came to make trouble again, so I killed it with my hand. ”
"It's you, grumpy. Why has it changed completely, and can you still read books with a calm mind?"
"If you know about ancient history, you will be like me, and you will look down on everything. ”
"Ancient history?"
"Have you seen these books? Books from the past and present are all in them. You must have come to see a desk, the rows of shelves closest to the desk, where the ancient history is located. ”
"Oh, I'm not too interested in that. But then again, to be able to collect so many books, that old man is not an ordinary person. ”
"Do you know the age of the Elder Elves?"
"I seem to have seen this word in a book before, and I have a little impression, what's wrong?"
"The old man is the ancient dragon of that period, and he has survived to this day. Don't you wonder how I look like this? That's how He does. ”
"Oh my God, did He live so long?"
"Among the dragons, the hexagonal, six-limbed and six-toed ones are the most noble, that is, the one with a crown on his head, two wings and four legs, and six claws on his wings and feet. The word 'he' is most appropriate. ”
"Oh, dragon god, no wonder you live so long. What does that hexagonal dragon outside have to do with this old man?"
The red-robed man was stunned: "Have you seen the 'god'?"
"Not really. ”
"Then why are you asking this?"
"I killed a four-horned dragon and said it was a 'god guard' or something, and then the god did it with me. ”
Kevin shrugged his shoulders with a helpless expression.
"Just blow it!"
The red-robed man only glanced at it, but didn't take a stubble.
"I kid you not. ”
Kevin's expression was serious, not like a fake, and the red-robed man was not calm.
"Tell me the details. ”
The red-robed man closed the book in front of him.
"Okay, then I'll talk about it briefly. ”
Kevin responded, and talked about his experience this time from the beginning to meeting the old man. When the red-robed man heard half of it, his face was already solemn, and it wasn't until later that his eyelids jumped. After listening all the way, he was silent for a long time, and until he opened his mouth, the look of shock did not diminish in the slightest.
"What did you just ask? The relationship between 'God' and the old man, right? Hmm, I don't know much about that, the old man didn't elaborate. But I can tell you one thing, the old man is the soul of a dragon god after death. The dragon god escaped from the ancient wars and came to this continent independent of the world, by which time he was seriously injured and died not long after. That's what He told me. ”
"It's impossible, he can still do magic, ghosts don't have magic, how can you do it? Oh yes, you probably don't know the words magic and ghosts. Also, what is the War of the Ancients?"
"Throughout the ages, all the precious texts are here, including those related to wizards. Magic, I know, ghosts, I know it, and I can tell you directly that the old man turned me into this form using a kind of magic called Transfiguration. I wondered why He could do magic, but He didn't tell me. As for the War of the Ancients, it's in those books on the front shelf, if you want to know, read it for yourself. ”
"How did I read so many books? I don't know how you managed to hold back and start reading the first book. And I still don't quite believe what the old man told you, is he really dead? He can't lie to you, right?"
"When I first started reading, of course, it was because I was so bored. I can't go out when I go out, and I have to bother Him to bring me food every day, except for eating and sleeping, how can I stand it after a long time. As for the question of whether you believe it or not, you can take a walk around here, and in the end, you will find out that this is actually the body of the dragon god, just like me at the beginning. ”
"Inside?"
Kevin suddenly remembered that what he had just seen, the one he thought was a beam, and now that he thought about it, wasn't that the backbone of a dragon? This area resembles a road, isn't it the chest cavity of a dragon? Although the scene of the old man casting the spell is vivid, he can't help but shake his original opinion.
"So, you mean, the old man has little to do with the hexagonal dragon outside?"
The red-robed man shook his head: "I know the worry in your heart, but this is just a guess, if you want to know, it is better to ask Him directly." It just so happens that I have some questions, and I want to ask you about Phoenix, the one who helped me back then. ”
"That's what I thought, so let's go find them together. ”
The red-robed man nodded, held up the candle, and turned to lead the way.
"Don't bother. ”
As he spoke, Kevin reached out a little more, conjuring a ball of light that was much brighter than the candle flame.
"Ha, I should have thought that you were a wizard. ”
The red-robed man smiled, blew out the candle, put it back on the bookshelf, and walked forward. Kevin followed, raising his hand, and the light ball stopped right above the red-robed man's head, illuminating the path in front of and behind him.
"That's it. By the way, I took a general look at this place earlier, and at first, I didn't even notice your existence. How?"
"This is also the old man's method, saying that it is a 'trick' to confuse the perception of living beings. No one can see me as long as I want to. What you see is an old man, not a dragon, and because of this means. He's mysterious, powerful!"
"Oh, but what I saw, what I told you, what a mystery, so powerful, I want to be a little different. ”
Both were extraordinary people, seemingly pacing, but not slow, and as they spoke, they walked out of the jungle of the bookshelves and came to the desk with the candle flame.
Here, the blonde man and the old man sit opposite each other, and on the table between them is a "stereoscopic projection" of the earth. The man's face was calm, but the old man was unusually out of shape, completely losing his previous unfathomable image, only staring at the rotating "earth" with a depressed expression.
This scene made Kevin secretly speechless, and even more shocked the hearts of the red-robed people.