Chapter 60: The Sea Cliff Dragon's Lair
Aretha's surprise answer overjoyed Arthur.
The purpose of Arthur's trip to the Norman Kingdom was to invite Aretha back to the mercenary group, because the twists and turns in the middle were thought to be far away, but the unexpected intervention of the Kingdom Lieutenant Office made Aretha suddenly change her mind.
Aretha was a fierce and resolute by nature, and explained some things to the rangers, asking them to arrange for someone to continue to inform the fishermen to move inland, and then dragged Arthur to the surface of the sea.
After flying for a while, Arthur suddenly realized that something seemed to be wrong, "Master, is our direction reversed, aren't we flying farther and farther away from the Isaac Kingdom in the deep sea?"
"I want to go to a place before I go to Isaac, this matter is too suspicious, I am not willing to be driven away like this!"
"So where are we going? Are we going to Nutao Island?"
"We're a bit far from where we're going, you'll know when you get there. Aretha said as she landed on the surface of the sea again, taking out the canoe again, "Let's go from the sea, and you can also practice Dou Qi control at the same time on the way." ”
Arthur nodded and said nothing, stepped into the boat, and sailed like an arrow into the deep sea.
To Arthur's devastation, this line of work was five days and five nights, and only when the fighting energy was exhausted did he stop to rest, replenish food, recover his fighting spirit, and then move on. Every time Arthur couldn't help but ask where he was going, Aretha would casually point forward, "Forward." ”
Just when Arthur almost thought that Aretha had no destination at all, and just wanted to take the opportunity to hone himself, a huge land appeared in the distance, and the towering peaks of the land reached into the sky.
Arthur had roughly estimated the distance, five days and five nights at sea, and now they were at least three thousand kilometers from the Norman coast.
Arthur was puzzled, he had never heard of the existence of other continents in this world besides the Beland continent, and couldn't help but ask, "How can there be a new continent?"
"It's not a continent, it's an island, the Ancestral Island. ”
"There is such a big island that you can't see the border at a glance!" Arthur couldn't help but sigh.
"Of course the place where the dragon lives is big. Aretha replied casually.
Arthur reacted instantly, he knew where this was? Ancestral Island was a relatively unfamiliar name, because the intelligent races on the continent generally called it "Sea Cliff Dragon's Lair!"
Arthur's eyes were full of excitement, "This is the territory of the dragons, how did we come here?"
"I have some doubts and want to ask an old dragon for advice, and I will help you prepare something that will ensure your successful promotion to the war school. ”
Arthur was greatly moved, but he didn't expect that most of Aretha's purpose of this trip was for himself!
As we got closer and closer to the Ancestral Island, I could already clearly see the dragons flying over the island from time to time.
Before Aretha and Arthur set foot on the beach of the Ancestral Isles, a golden dragon fell from the sky. This dragon is more than ten meters tall, its whole body is covered with golden scales, golden wings, and even the pupils are golden in the eyes like lamps, and the most prominent feature is a short broken horn on its head.
The golden dragon fell, and the wind and the pressure of the dragon made Arthur take two steps back. Every adult dragon has the strength of a warrior or above, because of the strong physical strength and super magic resistance, two or three Terran warlords or orc heroes of the same level tied together are not the opponents of the dragon.
"Terran, you have intruded into the ancestral land of the dragon clan, outsiders are not welcome here!" the golden dragon said in the lingua franca of the continent.
Aretha raised her head and stared at the dragon fearlessly, shouting, "Golden Dragon Hal, I'm Aretha, don't you remember?"
The golden dragon brought the dragon's head close to Aretha, a huge, terrifying dragon's head, sharp teeth, close enough to see the flesh still left between the teeth, "Aretha?"
Arthur took another step back, barely holding back the Starfall Sword.
The giant dragon's eyes turned, and the golden dragon really couldn't seem to remember Aretha.
Aretha suddenly condensed and stood in front of Hal in the form of a blue enchantress.
Hal took two steps back guardedly, and then laughed, "I remember, you are the little girl with blue hair, the kid who was with you back then? ”
Aretha blushed, but she didn't want to explain to him in depth, so she only said: "Keynes had an accident a few years ago, and next to me is his student Arthur. Is old Wharton there? I'm going to ask him something. ”
"Old Wharton has easily stayed away from Dragoncliff all these years, but I haven't seen him in a few years, and that old fellow is sleeping longer now than he was awake. Do you need me to take you there?"
"No, I remember his cave. Aretha said goodbye to the dragon Hal and dragged Arthur towards the highest mountain.
The huge mountain spans almost half of the island, and the seaside side is as steep as a knife and an axe, and huge caves can be seen on the steep cliff face from time to time.
This is the Dragon's Cliff! Because many dragons like to dig holes in the Dragon's Cliff to make their home, it is also called the Sea Cliff Dragon's Lair by other races!
Dragons are arrogant and eccentric, and not all dragons have their homes on Dragon Cliffs, and some even don't live on Progenitor's Island.
The Dragon Cave of Old Wharton, for example, that Aresha was looking for was not on the Dragon's Bluff, but in a secluded valley on the Ancestral Island.
Aretha flew with Arthur for more than an hour before landing outside a deep valley with lush vegetation and a clear stream flowing from the drab Dragoncliff.
"Master, it seems that the old dragon you are looking for is quite interesting, and you chose such a quiet place?"
"Old Wharton is no ordinary dragon, he's the wisest of dragons, but his temper is just as odd, and you'd better talk less when you see him. ”
Aretha and Arthur followed the stream deeper into the canyon until they reached the end of the canyon and saw a huge cavern that was tall and deep, stretching into the belly of the mountain.
"Old Wharton, are you there?" said Aretha at the entrance of the cave several times without getting a response.
"Looks like we're asleep again, let's go inside. Aretha walked straight into the cave, and Arthur hesitated and immediately followed. He was in an extremely excited mood at this time, there are too many legends about the Dragon Cave in the outside world, but every legend is inseparable from various treasures, Arthur is already thinking about whether to take advantage of the opportunity of the old dragon to fall asleep if he meets a really tempting baby.
The reality was extremely disappointing to Arthur, there were no countless broken bones and no endless treasures, except for the old red dragon lying on a flat boulder at the end of the cave, the inside of the dragon cave was as clean as if it had been ransacked.
As soon as Aretha approached the boulder, a pair of huge eyes suddenly opened, "Little girl, have you come to me for something?"