Chapter 152 The Dragon's 'Echo'
The Dracolich twisted wildly in the flames, but because of its low strength, it was unable to break free from the shackles of the fire storm.
Brian also discovered that as the fireball exploded, the raging flames did not disappear. Instead, they were absorbed by the vortex, and the volume suddenly increased a bit.
After understanding the principle, he took a deep breath and used the remaining arcane energy to activate "Magic Rapid Fire" and "Arcane Twin" again.
He guided the fireballs as big as basins into the flame vortex, making bursts of violent explosions. The flames in the vortex also jumped up, and the scorching high temperature even distorted the air.
Since the other party is a Dracolich and possesses a phylactery, even if he is killed without destroying it, he will not be able to gain any experience. Naturally, he will not think about killing him.
As the flames burned and continued until they were extinguished, the charred bones of the Dracolich fell to the ground, and the soul fire in his eyes became very dim.
Just as he was struggling to get up, the ancient silver dragon's body that covered the sky and the sun suddenly appeared. Even if it did not display the dragon's majesty, it still exuded a suffocating aura.
I saw him opening his mouth and spitting out a ball of bone-chilling cold air, which instantly extinguished the fiercely burning flame vortex. Frost covered the Dracolich at a speed visible to the naked eye, freezing it into a crystal clear ice sculpture.
“Bang!”
A gust of wind blew past, and dense cracks appeared on the dracolich's bones after being baptized by two levels of ice and fire, and eventually turned into debris. The soul fire in his eyes was also extinguished, allowing his soul to return to the phylactery. , for the next reincarnation.
Generally speaking, no matter what kind of lich they are, there are spare corpses where their life boxes are stored to prevent accidental death and the inability to restore combat effectiveness.
Looking at the dead Dragon Lich, Brian smiled slightly, because he happened to know where the Blue Dragon Lich's phylactery was hidden.
However, it is not the time for him to go there yet. There is a floating city ruins buried deep in the desert. He needs to go to the library of Silvermoon City to find a magic book in order to obtain the specific location.
And what excited him the most was that there was a Nese scroll in the ruins of the floating city that recorded the knowledge of constructed creatures.
"How about it, I appeared in time." Silver Wing transformed into the form of a half-elf bard again, walked up to Brian, said with a smile, then looked at the red dragon curiously, and said with a smirk. , "There is also a chubby little red dragon."
Agotus shrank his eyes in fright, and quickly crawled on the ground, hiding his head behind Brian.
Unexpectedly, his head is bigger than Brian's body, which looks quite funny.
Seeing Argotus shivering in fear from Silver Wing's invisible aura, Brian patted his head and motioned for him to support the battle ahead.
Then, he looked at the destroyed skeleton of Dracolich and said with a pity on his face:
"It's quite timely, but you shouldn't take action. Originally, I planned to make it into a dragon skeleton golem, but now it's fine. You messed it up."
After saying that, he subconsciously Looking at the battlefield, he found that the army of Yinhun City had begun to flee, but his men only gave a symbolic pursuit and began to clean the battlefield.
The members of the Silver Scholars Association, headed by Ru Yin, also came down and were following his instructions, taking out a bunch of tools and constructing more than two hundred golems and gargoyles on their bodies. Take out the soul core and completely lose its kinetic energy.
Looking at the golems, Brian smiled contentedly.
This is the biggest reward after winning the battle. After all, the conservative cost of making an ordinary stone golem is about 30,000 gold coins.
What's more, there are more than two hundred statues in front of you, and most of them are intact. As long as you take them all back and undergo simple modifications, they can function again.
"How is the battle over there?" Seeing the red dragon flying away with relief and chasing the escaping enemy with joy, he looked at Silver Wing and asked.
“That cunning guy from Hajhorna discovered me. The two of us had a fight. When the female lord of Arabe City appeared, this guy ran away quickly.”
Yinyi seemed to have remembered something interesting, smiled, and straightened his expression again, and said to Brian, "Originally, I planned to wait for you to build the wizard tower before leaving, but my identity has been exposed, and I'm worried The safety of the Northland is in danger, so I’m very sorry that I can’t stay here for a long time.”
“I understand, you don’t have to apologize for this, Lord Silver Wings.”
Brian nodded slightly and said as they walked, "Anyway, I'm very grateful for your help. If I need help with anything in the future, I will definitely help."
If there were no Silver Wings, The ancient dragon continued to help me collect information about the enemy as if the entire map was open. There was no way he could fight so smoothly.
This is the importance of intelligence. The most important thing is that the other party also helped him block Hajhorna, who was the most threatening.
Otherwise, no matter how well he arranged it, the female lord of Arabe City would not be a match for Haji Horna who had the Shadow Dragon without the assistance of the mage tower.
At that time, this battlefield will become an offensive and defensive battle for Mokou Town, and the losses caused will be unimaginable.
Hearing the sincerity in Brian's words, Silver Wing waved his hand and said nonchalantly, "That's not necessary. After all, you can't help me with anything."
"That's not sure." Bu. Ryan thought about it, organized his words, and said to him, "Don't you want to know the information about 'Echo'?"
After hearing Brian's words, Silver Wing paused suddenly, So much so that he couldn't hold back his strength and stepped on a deep pit in the hard rock ground.
He looked at Brian in disbelief, "How did you know?"
"I learned it by accident."
Brian didn't explain too much, "I heard that Toril's twin world Abel is a world dominated by wild gods, dragons and genasi. In short, if there is any need for help in the future, I will definitely help. ”
Abel’s world will return in the future, and this cannot be changed.
The location where this world returns happens to be the location of the Magic Kingdom of Halua, another descendant of the Arcane Empire.
The Kingdom of Halua will play a decisive role in his future plans and is the most critical step in establishing the floating city.
After all, with his current strength and power, if he wants to cultivate a large number of magic talents like those in Yinhun City, he can do it, but time does not allow it.
The good-aligned magical kingdom of Halua completely satisfied his needs.
Besides, the humans in the small world he was reborn in are a branch of the Halua people, so naturally he can be considered a Halua people in the true sense.
He had already made a plan in his heart. After his strength rose to the legendary level, he would return to the Kingdom of Halua as a remnant, and then find a way to enter the high-level Council of Elders in Halua. , and finally gained the right to rule the kingdom.
Then build a floating city based on the spellcasters of this kingdom to fight against the Ghost City and occupy the Enook Desert.
This means that when Abel's world returns, he will assist the kingdom in migrating or face the threat of native invaders from Abel's world.
As for the so-called 'echo', when a giant dragon's strength reaches the ancient stage, he will hear 'echoes' from other worlds at a certain moment.
A true dragon can exist in different material worlds at the same time, but is generally unaware of each other.
The growth stages of giant dragons are divided into:
Hatchlings (0-5 years), young dragons (6-15 years), teenagers (16-25 years), adolescents ( 26-50 years), youth (51-100 years), adulthood (101-200 years), prime age (201-400 years), old age (401-600 years), very old (601-800 years), ancient (801 -1000 years), ancient times (1001-1201 years), ancient times (more than 1200 years ago).
Strictly speaking, the lifespan of giant dragons is about 2,000 years old, and their strength will stop at that of ancient dragons, which is equivalent to high-level legends.
But when a giant dragon lives to be over 1,200 years old, which is the ancient stage, their sense of 'echo' will become stronger and stronger.
If they can gather all the 'echoes' in the material world, they can become the only ancient dragon in the entire country, possess immortal life, and be as powerful as a true demigod (weak divine power) ). It belongs to the dragon family and is the most powerful dragon among the gods.
Unfortunately, in the long river of time, only a few ancient dragons appeared in the distant Dawn Era (that is, the second era after the disappearance of the three major creator races) .
In the following eras, no dragon with powerful talent has ever reached this level.
The fundamental reason for this situation is that Toril's twin world, Abel, was sealed by the god Io.
What caused the return of Abel’s world was precisely the ‘Arcane Catastrophe’, a catastrophe that damaged the origin of the world.
Scholars use the many catastrophic events caused by the Saint Catastrophe in the Year of Shadows (1358 DR) as the beginning of the Age of Catastrophe.
Few people living in that era could have predicted that the chaos of the turbulent years was just a prelude to the arcane catastrophe and the catastrophic fusion of the two worlds that was about to happen.
Although the intersection with Abel only lasted a short time, the traces it left on Toril were significant and long-lasting.
Even the gods feel fear for the first time in countless centuries. Their numbers have grown thin, and the long-banished Aragami have returned to fight against them and spread chaos throughout the realm.
It was at this point in time that the world of Abel, which had briefly merged, completely merged with the world of Toril to form one big world.
At this time, the True Dragon Clan also found a way to break through the ancient dragon, and the bud of the Arcane Empire also burst out from the Kingdom of Halua during this time period.
"It seems you know a lot. No wonder that little girl Helister can't live without you."
Yinyi's smile on his face froze, and he Look at Brian carefully and carefully once again.
After a long time, he said in a rather solemn tone: "Then I'm looking forward to that day, and I hope you won't disappoint me."
Hearing the other party mention his companions, Brian sighed softly in his heart Sighed.
After all, the burden of saving the world falls on him, so of course she can't do without him.
He quickly put away the trace of worry on his face, smiled and said to Yinyi, "Now that I have your approval, do I need to express my gratitude, such as giving me your ancient dragon scales? A little. "
The role of dragon scale is not only to transform the war shapeshifter, it is also the main material for making magic scrolls with six rings or above. It is mainly ground into powder and used as ink.
Because other inks used to copy scrolls cannot bear the huge power contained in high-level spells.
It is said that the ritual materials for Karsus’ twelve-ring god-consecration technique are to soak the scales and stomach of the ancient golden dragon in the blood of the legendary Tarrasque beast and the twelve legendary snake lizards. Made from bile.
So, the scales of the ancient dragon are top-notch casting materials.
For Brian, the more of this kind of thing, the better.
But the scales of the ancient dragon will fall off automatically only once a year.
If it falls off involuntarily, it will take at least a year to grow a piece of it, unless you kill a giant dragon and skin it completely.
"This can be considered my early investment in you." Yin Yi smiled nonchalantly, took out five dragon scales and handed them to him.
Of course Brian accepted it without ceremony.
Originally, he planned to ask the other party whether he had golden dragon scales on his body, but after thinking about it carefully, he found that this request was very rude, and it was indirectly equivalent to asking the other party for his wife's underwear.
He wouldn’t think that this guy could say something like ‘Brothers are like siblings, women are like clothes’.
"Farewell. If we have a chance, we'll see you in Silver Moon City." After the dragon scale was handed over, Yin Yi said a word and disappeared on the starlight magic circle.
"See you soon." Brian replied casually, because he had already decided to go to Silvermoon City as soon as possible after the things here were dealt with.
As for whether Silver Wing's departure will cause the legendary professionals in Ghost City to stare at him, in fact, he is not worried at all.
Because if he expected it to be true, the people in Shadow City had already discovered the news about a small number of Felin demons escaping from the seal during this time.
They will immediately attract great attention like a frightened bird.
He no longer thought about it and quickly came to the battlefield.
It was discovered that the people in Shadow City had been completely defeated. The surviving warriors did not pursue too deeply. Many people sat down on the ground to rest. Only the red dragon Agtus was still flying in the sky and playing excitedly. Some runaways.
An injured poet leaned on his comrade's side and played an ethereal elegy. When the music gradually came from the wind, Brian seemed to realize that the battle was over at this moment.
He quickly came to his senses and looked around.
Everywhere you look, there are the wails of the injured, and priests are also using their few magical skills to treat or bandage wounds.
Fortunately, he was well prepared for this battle.
Especially after having the Myconid in the Lightless Wood as a partner, he brought as many healing potions as possible so that he could be saved as long as he still had breath.
This directly avoids the consequences of death caused by delayed treatment.
Looking at the scene in front of him, Brian knew that after this battle, he had completely established himself in Mokou Town.
Anyone who tries to taint the territory must first consider whether they can defeat a team of spellcasters from the City of Shadows.
Of course, this battle would soon be woven into various versions of the story told by the bards, and the protagonist of the story was him.
However, in his opinion, the price paid is still a bit too heavy.
He took a general glance and saw that two-thirds of the more than 500 Purple Dragon Knights were casualties, including his most promising Tomu paladin Alek.
This young man who personally taught the swordsmanship of the Mofeng Sect to him did not even notice how the other party died.
Only in the previous melee, I vaguely noticed that a paladin used the ability of the "sacrifice" field before dying.
Among the battle mage troops, four second-level spellcasters and two third-level spellcasters were also lost.
As for the priests and temple knights of the Church of the God of Knowledge, they are also miserable, not to mention the others.
After a brief rest, Brian dragged his tired body and began to set up the teleportation circle to teleport everyone, the arranged remains and the loot back to Mokou Town in batches.
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(End of this chapter)