"Oh?"
Cassius did not show any panic. He just continued to raise his head and looked at Beatrice without evasion. The strong wing claws were raised and the smooth and shiny wings were spread out.
"Is this the way you treat guests in the Eternal Order Realm? Strange fellows, are you inviting me here just to be my enemy?"
Beatrice waved her wings, setting off waves of hurricanes, and her voice was particularly cold: "In front of His Majesty Landis's holy relics, there is only justice and order. Anyone who deceives and covers up will become our enemy!"
Those two pairs of pupils, which were like pools of molten gold, each reflected the other's similar majestic face. Two powerful dragons overflowed instantly. They fought and squeezed each other, and the air seemed to be about to solidify into ice.
Under the influence of this collision, the golden dragons in the hall opened their eyes one after another, woke up from their own meditation, and flew behind their familiar teacher-Beatrice, looking at the unfamiliar teacher solemnly. Ancient golden dragon.
Aurora flapped her wings and flew between the two ancient dragons. She first raised her head and looked at Bealister with pleading eyes.
"Teacher, you must have some misunderstanding! Senior Titus is the benefactor who saved the Mountain Kingdom, and is respected as the 'Dragon of Dawn' by mortals. How can he be an enemy?"
Beatrice did not listen to her excuse, but ordered mercilessly: "Step back, Aurora! This has nothing to do with you.
"Teacher, it's definitely not what you think"
"Enough! This is too dangerous. You have learned the secret history of our clan, and those evil dragons often spy on our power. Who can guarantee that the guy behind you is not a blue dragon or a blue dragon who is good at deceit and disguise? Is it a green dragon? ”
"But."
"Nothing but, stop fooling around, Aurora, you are too young and do not have the ability to distinguish between good and evil." Beatrice's cold gaze crossed Aurora and was projected on "Titus" On the body.
"But I already."
Seeing that his teacher could not refute him, the young golden dragon turned his head and looked guiltily at the Dragon of Dawn who had been invited by him.
"Senior Titus, I'm sorry, I don't want to see something like this happen. The teacher just has some misunderstanding. She doesn't really regard you as an enemy."
Aurora turned her head back and forth and looked up and down. Her voice was extremely anxious, as if she had swallowed a mouthful of lava into her throat.
But no matter which side it was, neither party was affected by her. In this ancient dragon-level contest, Aurora even felt dizzy and about to fall.
"Is that true? You are worthy of being the grantor of the Eternal Order Realm. Nothing can be hidden from your eyes."
Cassius lowered his head and spoke in a low voice. The angry face just now gradually became calm, relaxed, and showed a helpless expression.
Finally, he slowly folded his wings and folded them on his back like a giant golden moth, and the powerful dragon power also dissipated.
Feeling that the confrontation in the air was gone, Aurora breathed a sigh of relief, couldn't help but wipe the sweat from her forehead with her paws, and landed obediently on the ground.
But Beatrice was still hovering in mid-air. She looked at the unfamiliar ancient golden dragon with careful eyes, and slowly opened her mouth, with more than a dozen slender whiskers fluttering around its mouth.
"Titus, what are you hiding? In any case, it is my duty as the guardian of the Scale of Landis to prohibit all suspicious people from approaching." Her voice was as solemn as a judge in the court, echoing in the monastery. in the hall.
Cassius smiled bitterly, hesitated for a moment, and then lowered his voice and said: "Concealing and deceiving are sometimes not out of malice, but just habitual self-defense and protection of those around you."
He raised his head again and looked at the majestic female ancient golden dragon in mid-air, with exquisite runes engraved all over her body. "Your Excellency Beatrice, I have no intention of being an enemy of you, but we may need to change to a more private place to talk slowly."
"Okay, come with me." Beatrice's response was crisp and brief.
Seeing this, the other golden dragons retreated one after another and returned to their respective positions to continue practicing. Aurora glanced worriedly and had no choice but to leave angrily.
However, she firmly believed in her heart that the "Senior Titus" whom she invited would never be a bad person. Perhaps it was intuition, but Aurora always felt that this mysterious senior was particularly reliable, giving her an inexplicable sense of security.
Beatrice flapped her wings, flew out of the monastery briskly and gracefully, and flew towards the valley deep in the mountains, while Cassius, who transformed into an ancient golden dragon, followed closely behind without saying a word.
He was thinking of countermeasures.
In the Eternal Order Realm, a demiplane specially created for the Skin-Carved Golden Dragon, the power of Cassius's incarnation alone may not be able to defeat Beatrice, the ancient guardian.
And to deal with such a highly intelligent ancient dragon, most likely it would not be possible to fool him with just vague riddles.
Half-truths and half-false lies are more deadly than pure deception. Maybe we can use some tricks in this regard, Cassius thought in his heart.
But he is not worried. Even if he fails here, he will only lose an incarnation. At most, he will give up this power, the connections in the Alpine Kingdom, and the reputation he has gained.
"Ouch——"
The moment he entered the deep valley, Cassius heard screams and screams. The sounds were noisy and chaotic, but they were blocked by an invisible barrier and could not spread out of the valley.
Cassius looked into the depths of the valley, and saw scratches and cracks everywhere, and bloodstains everywhere, like a dilapidated prison. From time to time, there was a cold wind blowing, which was incompatible with the peace, tranquility and fullness of the Eternal Order Realm. The environment of order is out of place.
On the rock walls on both sides, there are still dense runes carved on them, but these symbols give people a strong sense of oppression, like a cage.
At the same time, the strong pressure dropped, making Cassius feel his shoulders sink. It became difficult to even flap his wings and maintain flight, let alone cast spells. But Beatrice was not affected at all and was still flying briskly ahead.
Cassius looked around and couldn't help but sigh: "Oh, I didn't expect that there is such a place in this seemingly peaceful and beautiful territory of Yongxu. It's like a screaming tunnel. Is this your prison?"
"This is the Valley of Unforgiveness, the only place in Yongxu that cannot be illuminated by the sun." Beatrice's voice was still cold, and even against the background of the howling wind and howling, the words were clear.
"In a sense, you are right. This is the place where my father, Ferdinand, used to imprison those who committed the most heinous crimes, or sinners." She slowly waved her wings and landed briskly. On the protruding cliff, he then gathered his wings behind his back and folded them.
"Sinner?"
Cassius lowered his head subconsciously, with a helpless smile on his face, and even the whiskers at the corners of his mouth were trembling slightly. "Sinner, I haven't heard this familiar name for a long time. Maybe you are right."
Beatrice glanced at him meaningfully and didn't say much. She just pressed against the cliff and walked into a cave. In that deep cave, pieces of luminous stone illuminated the road ahead, and the rock walls on both sides were still covered with complex runes, exuding some kind of oppressive power.
Cassius looked at the extremely depressing lines like iron fences and asked softly: "Is this the realm of death magic?"
Beatrice tightened her wings behind her back, strode forward, and said without even looking back: "Yes, my father used exquisite rune carvings to create a large area of dead magic and the boundary between good and evil. This is The confinement house he built carefully was specially used to imprison those smart wizards."
Cassius felt the power coming from all directions to suppress the original magic in his body, and chuckled: "You actually use such a luxurious thing, you really think highly of me."
"Suspicious outsiders, this is just a necessary precaution. The power of runes allows me to see through the essence of all things. Although you are shrouded in fog, I can feel that you are far more powerful than you appear."< br>
"Thank you for the compliment, although I don't want to accept it in your prison."
Beatrice said seriously: "This is not a compliment, Titus, before I understand your purpose and position, the stronger you are, it just means the greater the threat you pose to the Eternal Order Realm."< br>
Cassius shook his paws under the heavy pressure to relieve the pain and take the opportunity to question.
"This is not logical. If I really had the power to defeat the Eternal Order Realm, I would have turned against you long ago. Why would I follow you here? Your Excellency, Beatrice, you are a little too nervous. .”
"This is just a necessary precaution." Beatrice was noncommittal, just shook her head and continued walking deeper into the cave.
"This is it, come with me."
"Boom——"
With a loud noise, the heavy stone door in front slowly opened, and the lines on its surface shone with bursts of light, obviously filled with many supernatural effects.
Finally, they entered the cave entrance one after another, and what they saw was the spherical secret room, the complicated runes that almost covered the surrounding walls, and the black gem suspended in the center.
The stronger pressure dropped, and the moment he saw the black gem, Cassius even had the urge to tell everything.
Advanced mantra orb.
In this environment, even as powerful as the ancient red dragon, it would not be able to exert half of its strength, but Beatrice was not affected at all.
Beatrice turned around, looked at the ancient golden dragon transformed by Cassius with a scrutinizing gaze, and spoke again.
"This is my father's interrogation room. Even the ancient blue dragon has a hard time escaping from it. This secret room can isolate all sounds, prying eyes and even prophecies. It should fit in with what you call a 'secret place',"
"Of course."
Gu Jinlong's eyes were burning and he stepped forward aggressively. "So - please tell me, what are you hiding? What is your purpose?"
"Can you give me some time? At least I am still your guest, not your enemy." Cassius was already prepared for this. He closed his eyes, as if he was recalling the past, but also seemed to be hesitating.
Suddenly, a gloomy and lost temperament appeared on his body, the air gradually solidified, and even the golden scales on his body became much darker.
After a long silence, he opened his eyes and slowly stretched out his left front paw.
"Chi"
The sound of burning flames sounded, and mottled black and red flames suddenly appeared in his palm.
"Fire of Chaos? How dare you seek this kind of power? It will drag you into the bottomless abyss!" Beatrice's voice trembled, her expression suddenly changed, she stared at the seemingly insignificant hand in Titus's hand. flames.
There was a subtle smile in Cassius's eyes. Sure enough, as long as a shocking enough fact is thrown out - such as the abyss, the other party will ignore other disguises.
"Boom!"
In an instant, the runes on the wall flashed rapidly, releasing various powers of order. Hundreds of silver-white chains came from everywhere, seeming to imprison this evil and chaotic force.
But the crazy, messy tongues of fire were like tentacles stretching out from the abyss, dancing wildly in mid-air, stubbornly resisting the power of the runes. The billowing black mist filled the secret room, and the smell of blood gushed out.
Cassius closed his claws and forcibly controlled the flame, but tongues of fire still leaked out, even burning his own scales.
"I did not seek the power of the abyss, but I had no choice." Cassius' body trembled, with a look of pain on his face.
He forcibly suppressed the manic flames, raised his head, and smiled weakly: "Beatrice, are you willing to listen to the story of a sinner that has been forgotten for a long time?"
Beatrice's eyes were solemn, but she still nodded hesitantly.
She felt that the golden dragon in front of her was not someone who was complicit in the abyss, but was forcibly suppressing the power of chaos that she hated so much. There should be some kind of unspeakable secret, and even she could feel the sadness.
Such an ancient golden dragon probably has a painful past.
Just like that, Cassius lay tiredly in the secret room, his voice hoarse and low. "I don’t know how long ago. Maybe it was three thousand years? Maybe it was four thousand years?
In short, at that time, I was still a mature dragon and wanted to maintain the justice and order of the world with my own strength, so I summoned many of my kind and established a close alliance
For some reason, before Titus said much, pity, regret, sadness and many other emotions emerged in her heart and lingered for a long time.
Following Cassius's words, she seemed to see an ambitious golden dragon who wanted to change the world, just like her father, Ferdinand. She seemed to be able to see hundreds of golden dragons flying in the sky, patrolling everywhere and eradicating evil everywhere.
Beatrice didn't know that this was because Cassius's [Smooth Talker] trait was fully activated and he had 36 points of charm.
If he passes the [Deception] and [Persuasion] test in the game, Cassius's charm and skill added value can reach at least +20. Even the ancient golden dragon skin carver with a will as strong as steel will be unknowingly Influence.
"My companions are galloping on the earth and traveling in the sky. Whether they are the evil red dragons that slaughter villages, the giants that plunder cities, the devils that deceive mortal souls, or the lichs that harvest souls, they cannot escape our sanctions."< br>
Cassius's words continued, and he gradually described a magnificent story for Beatrice that was particularly in line with the Golden Dragon's values.
Under the influence of the [Smooth Talker], this female ancient golden dragon, who lived in the Eternal Order Realm all year round and had no interest in worldly affairs, was immersed in it and believed in his words. (End of chapter)