Ge Xiu stared at the old book opened in front of him restlessly.
The text above stretches like meaningless lines on the yellowed and old paper, crooked and twisted, making people dizzy.
"Clap".
A drop of water fell from the ends of his half-dry hair, dripping onto the brittle paper, smearing a dark wet streak.
Ge Xiu was stunned for a moment, and then, as if suddenly awakened, he suddenly opened the distance between him and the book.
He took a deep breath, raised his hand and pinched his eyebrows.
Indeed, what the stupid dragon said just now had an impact on him, making him feel numb and even having difficulty concentrating.
This situation is unusual for Gossiu.
Usually, regardless of the environment around him, as long as he starts to work, he will automatically adjust to the most focused state, and all external influences and interference will disappear in an instant. pulled out of this state.
But today, he can't completely calm down and devote himself to work.
Ge Xiu irritably closed the book with a snap, and a puff of dust and smoke rose up, flying in the beam of light from the top of the cave, and dispersing one after another.
He raised his head and glanced across the empty cave in front of him.
Gold coins and jewels are piled high in golden mountains, and those gold coins that tinkle non-stop as long as they are touched lie quietly at the bottom of the dim cave, and the back covered with dark scales that was buried in it is no longer there. in.
After confirming again that the other party was not nearby, Ge Xiu breathed a sigh of relief for some reason.
In fact, when he was in the water just now, his mind was already confused.
This was the first time in such a long time that he felt powerless and was in a state of embarrassment.
Fortunately, the other party is a stupid dragon in this world, so he can easily divert his attention and fly to other places to help him find another out of print book, which gives him a chance to breathe.
Otherwise, he really doesn't know how to face the other's pure and burning eyes.
Ge Xiu let out a breath slowly, raised his hand and wiped his face, his dark golden hair dripped wetly in front of his eyes after soaking in water, blocking his pondering eyes.
- Even now, he can still see that the pair of golden red vertical pupils stare at him from the void, as if the whole world no longer exists except him, that extremely serious and almost paranoid look makes He couldn't look at each other and didn't know how to respond.
At this moment, his peripheral vision swept across a corner of the cave inadvertently.
A gleaming object caught Gossiu's attention.
There was never a shortage of sparkling things in the dragon's treasure-filled cave, but for some reason that thing that shone eerily in the dark gave Gorshuo a very strange feeling—it didn't belong here.
Ge Xiu frowned in confusion.
He stood up and walked towards the place where the light flickered.
I saw that in the depression on the ground, a huge ruby lay quietly among the cold and wet rocks, flashing an almost evil light in the dim light.
Ge Xiu remembered that he had seen this ring on the withered finger of the black-robed mage who came to the dragon cave.
Perhaps accidentally fell off the ring during that fight.
And that wizard can do magic.
And because of the style of the dress, he didn't wear it with him.
Thinking of this, Ge Xiu instantly became vigilant.
He stepped back slowly, trying to slowly pull away from the ruby.
However, before he could move, he felt his legs move forward uncontrollably, and every part of his body seemed to no longer obey his commands.
Ge Xiu's heart tightened.
Oops.
I'm afraid that the moment I saw this gem, I was hit by that wizard's spell.
No matter how hard he tried to break free from the influence of the spell, it was of no avail. He could only watch himself approaching step by step, then slowly bent down, stretched out his hand, and reached for the ruby with a strange luster.
The surface of the ruby is cold and smooth, with sharp edges and corners.
Ge Xiu watched helplessly as he held the gem in his palm.
The next second, a deep and hoarse voice sounded in his ear: "Beautiful princess, you finally heard my call."
Ge Xiu narrowed his eyes slightly and asked in his heart:
"Who are you?"
"I believe that a few days ago, we had a relationship." The black-robed wizard's voice clearly reached his ears, as if he was whispering right beside him: "You fell into the spell of the evil dragon, let You thought you were in love with each other, and love made you blind, and I will do my best to free you from the spell cast by the dragon..."
Following his voice, the ruby in his hand slowly melted and deformed, and gradually elongated into an oblate shape, like a thin mirror, clearly reflecting Ge Xiu's face.
"I will show you the true face of the dragon."
A thin ripple appeared on the dark red mirror, and the blurry picture gradually became clear.
Ge Xiu recognized that the picture in the mirror was the Kingdom of Esther.
The king and queen sat in the quiet palace.
The king was saddened, and the queen washed her face with tears. From time to time, they looked up to the sky, as if they were looking for something in the blue and clear sky. They were looking forward to, praying, and waiting for their daughter's return in sorrow and despair.
"This is your country." The hoarse voice said: "In order for you to accompany him on the island forever, the dragon has returned to the Kingdom of Esther today—"
At this moment, a blazing gust of wind blew from the distant sky and rolled up the banners outside the palace.
The next second, the sky was suddenly covered with shadows.
It was a huge and terrifying figure, and when it spread its wings, the shadow cast could cover the entire palace.
The king and queen stood up, supporting each other, looking up at the sky in horror.
The violent flames fell from the sky, like an extremely cruel punishment, quickly dyeing the vision into a fiery red.
The trees and flags burned in an instant, and in the blink of an eye, they were burned into pitch-black ashes. The sea of fire spread along the street, swallowing up all the people who were running and fleeing in terror. The sky is like a hell on earth.
The king and queen hugged each other desperately in the flames, and the tears in the corners of their eyes were quickly evaporated by the surrounding heat.
"The king and queen washed their faces in tears after you were kidnapped, and posted a bounty announcement hoping to bring you home, but unexpectedly, they incurred the revenge of the dragon."
The bright red and hot dragon breath ignited the entire kingdom, and instantly turned the huge land into scorched earth.
The black-robed wizard's pitiful voice sounded in Ge Xiu's ears: "The dragon's nature is to plunder, and they will burn everything that stands in their way. You haven't found that no warriors have approached that dragon island since recently. ?"
"That's because the Kingdom of Esther has been destroyed, and all your citizens have died in this disaster."
One by one, the creatures screamed and screamed in the flames, and they were burned into coke by the flames in the next second.
"No one dares to risk the anger of the dragon again and go to Dragon Island."
"The bounty has disappeared."
The picture on the mirror was fixed on the fire that burned the entire sky into a fiery red, and the scorching temperature seemed to be able to penetrate the mirror and deeply imprint on Ge Xiu's palm. The wizard's voice sounded again: "I swear to you, these pictures are not fake in the slightest, this mirror is just a biphasic communication tool, for the sake of your future, I hope you can consider working with me - the king of Farren I still haven't given up the hope of taking you back, and my purpose is just to slaughter the dragon."
His voice was low and hoarse, like a devil's whisper: "I hope you can think about it."
Ge Xiu stared at the gradually disappearing picture in front of him.
The fiery flames just now were reflected in his pupils, and were deeply engraved on his retinas like a brand.
The real burning sensation and the high-temperature air seemed to blow straight on his face, and he could even smell the smell of burnt flesh in the air. in his nose.
It's like... he really has experienced it himself.
In my mind, a distant, vague memory seemed to be touched, and it emerged little by little from the depths of my mind.
It's like a dusty mirror being wiped clean little by little, revealing a dusty smooth surface.
Ge Xiu saw the fierce flames coming towards him, the heat burning near the tip of his nose.
He stepped back sharply, dodging away.
The sight disturbed by the strong light gradually became clear-in the dimly lit room, the dilapidated furniture fell into the dust, the floor and walls were covered with dried dark blood, the seriously injured man was barely standing with his back against the wall, a pair of violent Gloomy eyes stared at him ferociously, as if they could pluck out a piece of flesh from his body.
… so familiar.
Ge Xiu was stunned.
He saw a fiery flame rising from the man's palm, and the surrounding air was distorted by the high temperature, like throwing a pebble into the calm water, making the picture blurry and far away, and then, just listening to the sound of "Boom" With a sound, violent flames rose into the sky, sparks splashed on the dry clothes, and spread in chains one after another, the flames purifying the rotting bodies kept alive by the dirty cloth, the entire block was swallowed up by the flames, reflecting the dark sky into Red - the next second, the flames suddenly went out, countless charred bodies fell down, and the bright stones glowed in the ashes.
A little spark reflected on the spar caught Ge Xiu's attention.
He looked in deeply.
The spark flickered on and off, and it seemed a little erratic in the dim car. It was caught in the man's slender fingertips, and a little white mist rose slowly, spreading out like a fog.
A warm and soft touch on the lips.
The smoke with a faint smell of nicotine was sent into the mouth shallowly, sliding ambiguously along the gaps of the teeth, enveloping his senses lightly.
Through the hazy smoke, the man's eyes drooped slightly, and a little scarlet flame heart was reflected in the dark pupils.
In the next second, the fire engulfed the darkness, dyeing the narrow rooms and corridors scarlet.
Several figures were struggling and howling in the fire, and the well-controlled flames melted their flesh little by little, and flowed down from the bones like some kind of liquid. It seems that the eardrum of a person who has been cut is painful.
Gossi felt a soft touch on his forehead.
The other party's low voice sounded above his head: "Let's go, go eat."
He raised his head and looked at the man holding him tightly.
The other party stared at him fixedly, a terrifying paranoia engraved in the bottom of his dark eyes.
The blue ice cone slowly condensed in the void, aiming straight at his temple, the sharp and cold tip cut through the flesh, and it seemed that it could pierce the skull in the next second.
But nothing could move forward.
The man didn't seem to have expected such a development. He lowered his eyes and stared at him blankly.
Ge Xiu saw the face of the other party gradually enlarge, his lips touched the warm skin, he heard himself say:
"mine."
In the next second, he felt that his eyes gradually darkened, and his consciousness was pulled away from his body little by little.
In the haze and chaos, the fiery scorching flame embraced his body warmly, purifying and swallowing everything.
Sight and perception are stripped away.
In the darkness, Ge Xiu felt a drop of lukewarm water fall on his cheek.
Before it slipped off, that drop of water was evaporated by the high temperature.
At this moment, a man's low voice sounded in his ears, tearing through the darkness and reaching his ears:
“… wake up…”
Ge Xiu was startled, then raised his eyes subconsciously, and looked in the direction from which the voice came.
The man with golden-red vertical pupils stared at him anxiously, the sturdy honey-colored texture with scarlet lines meandering, the scorching body temperature, even if he didn't touch it, it had been clearly transmitted to his bare skin for a long time.
"How are you?"
It took a long while for Ge Xiu to come to his senses—he found himself sitting on the ground, the ruby falling beside his hand, surrounded by bleak caves and hills of gold coins.
The giant dragon was squatting in front of him, staring at him anxiously, his deep eyebrows filled with panic and worry that he felt.
—Returning to the cage little by little, Ge Xiu finally found his own sense of existence little by little.
So, did you just see...
Is it the previous world
Those incomplete and even blurry pictures were all after the previous world turned into a zombie... Did it really happen
There was still chaos and haze in his mind, and a strange sense of unreality hung over him.
Ge Xiu blinked a little sluggishly.
pat.
A teardrop landed on the back of his hand and slowly slid down the back of his hand.
Ge Xiu was half dazed, half surprised, staring at the transparent drop of water, staring at it without saying a word, as if he couldn't understand.
The dragon's heart twitched violently, and the intense grief spread instantly.
The pain was sharper than stabbing a knife in his heart, and it even suffocated him.
He stretched out his hand without hesitation and hugged him tightly, eagerly, even a little stumbling, and said awkwardly:
"… what do you want, what do you want?"
He was so anxious that he couldn't even express what he wanted to convey. Thousands of words were blocked deep in his throat, and he was completely unable to speak.
I'll get you whatever you want.
grab it.
No matter what it is, I am willing to offer it and hold it in front of you.
... don't be sad.