Chapter 384 Follower
After seeing clearly the appearance of the ghost dragon, Brian secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Because he did not see any ferocity in his torch-like dragon eyes, but instead looked like a knowledgeable and talented scholar, full of indifference and wisdom.
Feeling the opponent's eyes locked on him, Brian was already sure that during his battle with the Felin Demon Kui, it was this golden dragon that was secretly spying on him.
However, what made him slightly confused was that he seemed to have annoyed this existence inexplicably. It could be seen from the slowly rising temperature around him that he seemed to be angry.
"Little mage, you have peeked at the books here, leave here immediately." The ghost of the ancient golden dragon looked condescendingly at Brian with its two lantern-sized pupils, accusing, "You shouldn't covet a patient. The library of the Arcanist of Serel."
After saying that, he raised his proud head, and the golden thorns like beards under his jaw made his face look as wise as a saint.
Then he turned his face to the side and waited patiently for Brian, but had no intention of driving Brian away.
Brian was a little confused by the golden dragon's words.
He clearly noticed that although the other party no longer paid attention to him, he was secretly looking at him from the corner of his eye.
Obviously, the other party was very interested in him, but he didn't want to take the initiative to bring it up. Instead, he wanted to wait for him to bow to him.
As expected of a giant dragon, even if it turns into a ghost, it cannot avoid those middle-class characters.
Brian snickered secretly in his heart, and immediately raised his head to meet the other party's scorching gaze, and asked knowingly: "May I ask your Excellency..."
"I am the guardian of Glory City. Golden Dragon Paralandusk."
As he spoke, a vicissitude of life and noble spiritual fluctuations were directly transmitted to Brian's mind, "This place was originally a forbidden area, and you are not qualified to set foot here, let alone. Talk about reading the information here, and the consequence of doing so is to face the wrath of an ancient dragon. Are you prepared?"
"But the master here has long since died. As long as I am willing to turn a blind eye, the rules will be in vain for us." The ghost of the ancient golden dragon looked at Brian in confusion, with obvious curiosity and excitement in his mental fluctuations. Puzzled, he pondered for a long time, then stretched out his paws to stroke the beard-like soft thorns, stared at him with two huge dragon eyes and said:
"What just makes me curious is that when I was with Felin During the battle with Mo Kui, what exactly is the flame coming out of your body? If you can let me check it carefully, I will not pursue the matter today."
Hearing this, Brian did not. He answered immediately, but looked thoughtfully at the ghost dragon rolling in mid-air like a pale golden cloud.
Obviously, the other party is referring to his own arcane fire.
Besides the time traveler and the system, this is his biggest secret, and it is also his reliance as a great arcanist. Naturally, he will not reveal it to others easily.
He secretly observed the surrounding environment, and then carefully looked at the subtle dark energy lingering in the mist around the ghost of the ancient golden dragon.
Seeing this, he seemed to understand something.
So, Brian met the golden dragon's expectant gaze with a calm face. He did not answer his request, but asked, "Your Excellency said that he is the guardian of Glory City, the golden dragon Paralan Dusk, right?”
“Of course, is there a problem?” Although the golden dragon didn’t know the meaning of Brian’s inexplicable question, it still rolled its huge dragon body and its sail-like wings moved from Its shoulders begin and extend all the way to the end of its tail, allowing it to swim through the air as distinctly as it flies.
I saw him bringing the dragon's head closer, his lantern-sized pupils like two pools of molten gold, "I am a dragon, am I proud?"
"Of course there is no problem." Brian said, "What makes me confused is that in the city of Neverwinter in the North, there once appeared an ancient golden dragon known as the 'Dragon of Glory'. His name was also Paralan. Dusk, are you the same person?"
"So you know my identity." Jin Long was stunned for a moment, then shook his beard and said with an arrogant expression.
"Since you know my name, you must have heard of the legend of my 'Glory Dragon'. In this case, we are half acquaintances. As long as you are willing to let me observe your flames, I will no longer pursue you. About breaking into the library, if you are in a good mood, I will even give you a few precious collections, what do you think?"
"What if I don't agree?" Brian asked tentatively.
“If you don’t agree, it means that you are ready to bear the wrath of an ancient golden dragon!” Jin Long deliberately kept a straight face, and said with an indifferent and majestic expression, “I will never do it because of what you once did. If you are my admirer, please show mercy.”
As soon as he finished speaking, the surrounding temperature rose sharply. Even a person like Brian, who had good flame resistance, could clearly feel the pain of burning skin.
Even so, he remained unmoved. Instead, he calmly looked at the ghost of the ancient golden dragon in the air and expressed his guess, "I'm afraid you don't have the strength. After all, in your current state, I’m afraid I can’t even get out of this library. If I want to get everything here, do I still need your permission?”
“Then you give it a try!” Ancient Golden Dragon said angrily, like Ning. The pale golden light emitted from the whole body burned like a hot flame.
"Then give it a try." Brian said calmly, but he did not make any move. He just observed the changes of the golden dragon ghost with his eyes.
In an instant, the entire library became extremely silent. Only the flames around the golden dragon seemed to distort the air, burning violently, causing the surrounding temperature to rise at a speed visible to the naked eye.
After a long silence, finally, the majestic and menacing golden dragon could no longer hold on and collapsed like a deflated rubber ball.
He sighed helplessly, looked at Brian with a resentful look, and muttered with a depressed face, "I knew I couldn't fool you legendary spellcasters, this damn Ireland "More."
Seeing the defeat of the Golden Dragon Ghost, Brian secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Although he was quite confident in his judgment, he was still a little worried that this golden dragon with its teeth and claws was really hiding its strength.
Now it seems that his judgment is relatively accurate. In this case, he can grasp it perfectly.
An ancient golden dragon that had lived for thousands of years, even if there was only one soul left, would be of great help to him. After all, the other party was still a spellcaster whose strength reached the legendary realm.
Then, he looked at the downcast ghost of the golden dragon with interest, and asked curiously: "Check my flames and see if you plan to come up with a way to escape from this place." "Otherwise?" Jin Long looked up. He glanced at it and said angrily:
“The sun and the moon are changing, and time is passing. There must be many interesting things happening in the outside world that I don’t know about, but I am bound to this place. You can't get out of the book collection space, so you have to find a way out."
"Then how did you get trapped here?" Brian asked calmly.
"It can only be said that I was harmed by my curiosity." Jin Long lowered his neck decorated with two frills and put his head as close to Brian as possible. A pair of molten golden eyes reflected his figure and told Said:
“My wish is to be an omniscient scholar. After I digested the collection of books in Neverwinter, I went to the Ainook Desert to try to find Nese here. The lost ruins of Riel, and then I met Ellando. With the destruction of Harundas City, this archmage had fallen into a state of madness and turned into an evil shadow creature. With the help of the floating city, The remaining power of the ruins killed me and imprisoned my soul in this library."
"That's it." After hearing Jin Long's explanation, Brian roughly understood where he was. He asked about the content recorded in the metal sheet that Zhang accidentally discovered:
"Then do you know the specific reason why the Archmage of Ireland fell into a state of madness."
" Is there any need to think about this?" Jin Long said disdainfully, "He must have sought death on his own, just like a guy who used the art of apotheosis. He was too obsessed with studying Felin Demon Kui, which led to him being contaminated with the most chaotic energy. , If I hadn’t been strong-willed and strong, I might have suffered the same fate.”
After Brian recalled the words of the ancient golden dragon ghost, he looked at him sympathetically and said, "Then how can I help you get out of trouble?"
"Although I am a ghost who has lost my body." The golden dragon saw the cloth. Ryan nodded, understanding that he had hope of getting out of trouble, and finally breathed a sigh of relief and told him:
“But it is also a blessing in disguise, allowing me to enjoy eternal life while maintaining my sanity. The most important thing is, I am also a spellcaster whose magical attainments have reached the legendary realm..."
"I mean, how can I help you get out of trouble, not to ask you to introduce yourself?" Brian raised his hand to interrupt. The words of the ancient golden dragon reminded him.
"Didn't I just say it?" Jin Long said, "As long as you are willing to let me check your special flame, I may be able to work out a way to escape from the predicament."
Brian glanced at him doubtfully. Although he didn't know what the other party relied on to find a way out of trouble when he saw his arcane fire, he still decided to let this ghost give it a try.
So, he sacrificed his arcane fire, which was shining with blue and white flames, and suspended it in mid-air, allowing the golden dragon to observe it carefully.
"Sure enough." After seeing this flame, the ghost of the ancient golden dragon couldn't help but exclaimed:
"This is indeed a flame that represents the essence of magic. I have even In the center of the flame, I saw the prototype of the magic network. If I expected it correctly, you would never have gotten this kind of flame that represents the essence of magic without the permission of the goddess Mystra."
"No. ! ”
The golden dragon stared at the flames, suddenly stretched out his paws and scratched his head, wondering to himself, "Why do I feel a power of fire inside that makes my heart palpitate?"
He closed the dragon's eyes and let go After sensing my own mind with mental fluctuations for a long time, I opened my eyes, my face full of excitement, and the shock was beyond words, "It turned out to be cursed fire. No wonder it makes me feel scared. If that's true, then..."
The ghost of the ancient golden dragon suppressed his excitement, forced himself to calm down, hesitated for a moment, and seemed to have made some kind of decision.
I saw his molten golden pupils flashing with brilliance, staring straight at Brian, and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, I haven't formally asked for your name, but it doesn't matter, continue. Over the next few years, I can slowly get to know you, observe the world through you, and gain new joy... Oh, no, gain new knowledge."
"What do you mean?" Brian was startled, confused. asked.
Although he had roughly guessed the hint of the ancient golden dragon, he still couldn't help but want to confirm it again.
Because judging from the words of the other party, this ancient golden dragon ghost seems to intend to become his servant, or to live in his side in the form of a soul through certain secret methods.
Having an ancient golden dragon as his follower, even though it was just a giant dragon without a body, was something Brian didn't dare to think about.
Seeing the change in Brian's expression, the ancient golden dragon who had been trapped here for nearly a thousand years suddenly became nervous. He seemed to think that the other party had understood what he meant, and was hesitating whether to agree or not.
This made him a little bit unable to sit still.
So, the golden dragon stopped talking in circles and said straight to the point, "As a legendary spell caster, aren't you willing to accept the followers of an ancient golden dragon ghost?"
"Although I am just a person who has lost his body. ghost, but I have an eternal life. The most important thing is that after being imprisoned for nearly a thousand years, I have carefully studied every book here, and I can even recite it backwards. It will definitely enable you to study spells and experiments. "It will bring huge help."
"Of course I am willing," Brian said truthfully:
"But what puzzles me is that you didn't just say that you were bound. It is impossible to leave this library. Why did you suddenly change your face and say that not only can you leave, but you also want to be my follower? "You don't know something." She explained to him helplessly, "The reason why I can't leave is because in order to completely get rid of the curse that Ellando put on me after turning into a shadow, the price I paid also indirectly prevented me from being exposed on the surface. , we must find a suitable place to stay.”
"I thought I would be favored by the goddess of luck and meet the chosen people of the goddess Mystra, so that I could hide my soul directly in their silver fire and gain new life in another way."
“I didn’t expect that I would meet you.” He said with a slightly excited look, “I have a hunch that your flame, which contains the power of cursed fire, has definitely greater growth potential than the goddess Mystra. The silver fire is higher, so as long as you are willing to let my soul live in the flame, I will voluntarily be your follower and obey any orders you have.”
Seeing that Brian is still there. After hesitating, he quickly added, "Believe me, as an ancient golden dragon that has lived for thousands of years, as long as you let me live in this flame, the power of the flame and my understanding of magic can definitely be given to you. It’s a huge help.”
After listening to Jin Long’s explanation, Brian finally figured it out.
To put it bluntly, this guy took a fancy to the potential of his arcane fire, and wanted to completely integrate with his arcane fire by inhabiting his soul.
In this case, the arcane fire he was proud of was equivalent to an extra layer of artificial intelligence that could be used at will.
(End of this chapter)