Chapter 6 [Hire from Wimstein City]
It took almost no effort for Gordon, the patrolling Blood Dwarf Squad, to deal with them, and after absorbing their talent light clusters into her body one by one, the Yaling Maiden Peria stepped forward cautiously.
She had noticed something strange around Gordon.
The Silent Land is like a constant silence.
So, she gestured to Gordon in the direction, and Gordon nodded in understanding.
It casually tossed the creatures, which were less than three feet tall and smaller than a goblin, into the bushes in an attempt to cover their tracks.
It continued to move forward in silence.
Their destination was a section of the Onyx River, where the secret passage of Wimstein was hidden, from where it was possible to bypass the besieging army of monsters and sneak in without alerting anyone.
As Peria had said, they had not seen any monsters when they left here, and the forest had not been corrupted like this.
Now there are a lot of cruising blood gnomes, and it is obvious that the strength of the monster army has been strengthened again, and many creatures in the forest have been corrupted.
Gordon didn't feel anything, and now he was looking through the yellow leaves of the forest at the black feather crow hovering low above.
They didn't notice the black dragon hiding in the forest, and the sound of quacks faded away in the forest.
"That's a magic raven, extremely sensitive to magic, and it is specially used by Quest to protect against those spellcasters, such as the magic fluctuations caused by spells such as invisibility, in the vision of the magic raven, at a glance. ”
"So, we don't even dare to use the invisibility potion for fear of alarming these ravens. ”
Peria added, while Gordon looked thoughtfully at the blackened crow in the distance and nodded in understanding.
The dragon and the man did not stop, and continued to walk towards the Onyx River, where the secret entrance to the city of Wimstan was hidden.
Fortunately, it seems that most of the monsters have been transferred to the front line, and there are no other kinds of monsters on the periphery, such as the cyclops, the corrupted dryads, and even the harpy it just killed.
Only small groups of blood gnomes roamed around the perimeter, looking around vigilantly.
Halfway through, Gordon didn't spend much effort dealing with these blood gnomes, and their proud cries could only be held back in Gordon's domain.
So, as a result, Gordon barely wasted any effort, and he and Peria reached the Onyx River, which she said hid the secret passage, unharmed.
Listening to the sound of turbulent water, Gordon and Peria will obscure their view? Vines and dead branches aside? A golden river with the color of the burning clouds in the sky came into view.
"Is this it?" Gordon looked at the river in front of him, his head bowed? He asked, looking at Peria, who was standing beside him.
"Hmm...... It's going to be a little bit higher!"
Peria pointed to a river basin somewhere in the opposite direction of the river's rush.
Where is the topography because of the topography? There is a relatively gentle surface of the water, and the rushing water crashes into this pool.
One person and one dragon walked more than 30 steps? Came to the water.
Without saying a word, Peria jumped inside? Gordon followed.
When the river is not cold or even a little warm when it passes through the gap in the scales? Gordon caught the figure of the maiden who had just gone down.
Her slender figure is like a fish swimming in the water, and she is very agile and pulls something under the water.
After a while, she waved silently to Gordon, who was wearing the mud at the bottom of the river, and Gordon wagged his tail? I got up.
And he saw the secret passage that Peria had spoken.
A magic circle drawn in the language of Yaling? It wasn't what Gordon thought, and he thought it was the same as Calando's underground caverns.
However, it is also true that Yaling's magical attainments are difficult to match even for human mages, and it is normal for a Yaling city to have a magic array as an escape route.
And Peria, who pulled the underwater teleportation array out of the covered mud, had already begun to meditate in his mind before leaving? The elders of the city told them how to activate the teleportation array.
First activated with Yaling's unique fairy blood, and then repositioned the array disk? Then there is the recitation of a hymn in praise of the supreme deity of the jinns, Corellon.
Gordon watched Peria operate quietly under the water.
There's not much to do underwater either? The fish in the vicinity were scared out of it.
With the ethereal sound recited in the unique Yaling language, it spreads underwater? That is painted with mountains and rivers? Earth? The stars, the teleportation array with the unicorn pattern, began to rotate slowly.
Peria also said to Gordon in time.
"Lord Coralton, please hold on to me. ”
As she spoke, the fair-skinned girl with pale blonde hair floating above her hand handed out her weak and boneless hands to the black dragon in front of her.
"Hmm~"
Gordon said he understood, so he stretched out a paw with only one sharp toe and gently touched the girl Yaling.
Three seconds later, Gordon, who had teleported with Peria, opened its eyes in a trance with a slight sequelae of teleportation.
What caught your eye was a magnificent elven hall, but it had no windows, and torches lit all around, seemingly underground.
There are still many people in the hall who are busy, coming and going.
However, these long-eared Yaling, dressed in loose robes of various colors, were frightened by the sudden appearance of the hideous dragon.
Peria had this doubt when she teleported with Gordon, so she spoke out earlier than anyone else.
Emphasize that Gordon is her lifesaver, and that she is not hostile.
Even so, most people were skeptical and looked at Gordon with wary eyes.
Gordon didn't react at all.
It is now more about observing the frescoes in the main hall, which seem to depict the history of the city of Yaling.
How to drive the monsters that have occupied this place back to the ground, and how to use magic to build this magnificent giant city on the shore of the Golden Lake, there are also deeds of crusading against various monsters.
From the ugly old ghost woman to the abscess-riddled and disgusting scumbag, Gordon even saw them deal with the dragon that spewed fire.
But Gordon's observation of the mural did not last long, not even three minutes, and the head of the main hall came here and found Peria, who was accompanying the black dragon and explaining the story of Yaling.
It was a handsome white-haired young man in a white robe and holding a vine staff, and his purple eyes without pupils were like stars.
Gordon immediately felt the approach of this breath, even though his body was only the size of his own palm, but Gordon had no doubt that the power that erupted in his body was far inferior to it.
Judging from the Yaling insignia he wore on his chest, and the staff of a high-level magic artifact in his hand, there was no doubt that he was a high-level spellcaster.
And when Peria saw the comer, she quickly stopped the explanation, and Zhengse saluted Yaling and said in a low voice.
"Lord Silkos!"
"Peria, you're back!"
Yaling, whose name is Hilkos, said solemnly with a hint of sadness on his face.
"I'm sorry, my lord, I couldn't ......"
And Peria also said with a sad look.
Indeed, though she had returned, her companions who had gone out with her had slept peacefully in the wilderness.
"It's okay, an hour before you came back, we had already successfully contacted the Summer Palace!"
Silkos reassured.
"Your sacrifice is worth it! You saved Wimstein!"
"Really?"
Peria was amazed, she had not yet left the Forest of Twilight, and she had already arrived at the Court of the Summer King.
It was too fast, and if it weren't for Master Silkos, she would have almost believed it.
"That's right! The Queen's text message has reached Garden Castle, and support will be there in a moment. ”
Although Silkos did not give details about how to get to the Summer King's Court, Gordon could hear another meaning in his words.
"It seems that this group of Yaling, including Peria, are all bait thrown out to attract the attention of those monsters, the real communication team, I'm afraid they have already begun to prepare, no wonder they also told Peria how to come back to the magic circle, they already knew that this group of Yaling could not complete the task at all. Moreover, this first sentence of Silkos also shows that Peria is not the first to return to Wimstein. ”
However, Peria, who has just come of age, didn't analyze the overtones, but even if she knew that she was a bait, I am afraid she would choose to do it.
After all, Wemstein has reached a critical juncture, and if all the Yalings cringe, then their city and home will fall.
Knowing that the crisis in Wimstein City was over, her sad expression was gone, and she was happily introducing Gordon to Hilkos.
Yaling's mood is always superficial and never hidden.
And after listening to Peria's story, Silkos also expressed enough kindness to Gordon.
"If I'm not mistaken, you're a molten dragon. ”
As a spellcaster, Hilkos naturally saw the origin of Gordon's race, and any mage was familiar with the Bestiary.
After all, summoning otherworldly monsters to study is a compulsory subject for high-level mages.
"That's right. ”
Gordon is very generous in admitting, and there is nothing bad about admitting it.
Even the evil colored dragons, if they don't do evil, can make friends with most intelligent beings, but this is difficult to do.
"Although I don't know why you came to the Fairy Wilderness with the Elemental Realm, I still thank you for saving this little guy!"
Silkos expressed his gratitude, he was still a little apprehensive, after all, according to the Bestiary, most molten dragons were more like moody madmen, a mad dragon.
But after observing in the dark for a few minutes, he found that Gordon was still quite sensible, so he decided to release his kindness, after all, Gordon did save Peria and escorted her all the way back.
"It's okay, I also came to you with a problem, and saving Peria was purely a gesture. ”
Gordon waved his paws, modestly agreed, and spoke directly about his problem.
And Hilkos, who heard the Silvermoon River, was far less calm than Gordon thought.
"Silvermoon, where did you know that?"
"Uh...... Some records, what's inconvenient?"
Gordon looked at Hilkos and saw that he seemed to know something.
"It's not inconvenient, just curious, this is the story of four hundred years ago, no, to be precise, four hundred and thirty-seven years ago, when it was still the 3993rd year of the Yaling calendar, less than ten years before the fourth millennium of the Yaling calendar. ”
Hilkos said to the black dragon squatting in front of him.
And Gordon also learned about the appearance of the Silver Moon River from the language of Hilkos's Auston Tso.
"Four hundred years ago, for some reason, the earth cracked and collapsed, and this is the reason why the Forest of Eternal Twilight fell into a deep pit along with the land under its feet, and the Silvermoon River, which was once more famous than the Onyx River, sank deeper into the ground with the source of the river after that great change, and the remaining river of the Forest of Eternal Twilight was because there was no water flow and dried up, so we ......"
It was also the first time Peria had heard such a statement, and she was a little shocked.
And Gordon guessed it from just a few words.
"You're saying that the current flow of the Silvermoon River is the well you dug now, and it's now underground?"
"That's right, now the Silver Moon River is a hundred meters deep underground for us, and we are estimated to be only more than seventy meters away from there. ”
Seeing that the black dragon was so smart that he didn't have to spend a second time on his tongue, Hilkos nodded with satisfaction and agreed.
"Is there any way to go down then?"
"What? You're going down? But it's not a good time. ”
Hilkos frowned slightly, suggesting a little dissuasion.
"It has now become a paradise for monsters, and for some reason, someone has dug through the dark area below, causing those ruin giants to come up, not only corrupting Ianis, but also coveting the treasures of our Yaling clan, [Force of Nature], those ugly guys are trying to use it to remove the curse on their bodies!
said so, but Hilkos's expression was a little gnashing of teeth.
Obviously, these waste giants have caused them a lot of trouble, otherwise they wouldn't have called it a crisis.
"Oh, there's another thing. ”
Just as Gordon was thinking about how to blend in with those monsters, inquiring.
Instead, Hilkos extended an invitation to Gordon.
"If you really want to go down, you might as well join the legion formed by our Yaling, and when the time comes, when you drive those guys back to the Demon Dark Region, you can see the Silver Moon River, and when the time comes, if you have anything you want to find, I can send a team of 100 people to help you find it after the war." ”
"How?"
Silkos looked at the Molten Dragon Dao in front of him.
Although this molten dragon named Coraton is not very powerful, the strange talent it has from Peria is enough as a backbone.
And Gordon was a little moved after hearing this, it was indeed a good way to go to war with the army, but it was still a little hesitant, and did not speak out immediately, but showed an embarrassed look.
"But, I'm here ......"
Seeing the black dragon's dark golden vertical pupils hesitating, Silkos squinted and smiled, interrupting Gordon's speech.
"Of course, the reward for hiring a true dragon will be paid to you in a fraction of the money, and when the time comes, you can choose freely whether you want ore or strange things, believe what Yaling said, that reward is enough to make you invincible in the Molten Dragon Treasury of the same age. ”
The true masters of the fairy wilderness, Yaling, are not short of wealth, and moreover, they take it lightly, even indifferently.
Even, many Yalings appeared, and when they came to the main material plane, they did not take a penny.
"That's right, I'm here to help you!"
In the Yaling Hall, Gordon's voice was powerful.
"I'm upset with them!"