Dora's voice was slow and low.
"According to the 'Golden Rule', there are always some races in the world, big and small, that are similar in blood. For example, as we all know, dwarves and giants are natural relatives. In ancient times, the two Races are closely related by blood.
And in addition, there are many races... such as our dragons and 'Damandras'. Damandras is a translation from your human language, and according to our dragon language, it should mean... 'Poisonous Fang'. The Damandras family, in terms of the long-standing blood relationship, can even be compared to our dragon family. Their racial power is powerful, and they were once the most powerful among the creatures of all races on the continent. However, Damandras, because we have some inexplicable relationship with our dragon race in bloodline - but unlike the harmonious relationship between the dwarves and giants, our two races are born with extreme pride. of. "
Speaking of this, Dora sneered and asked Xiaya: "Do you know what kind of result the extremely proud characteristic will bring?"
"do not know."
"Exclusion!" Dora coldly threw out such a word, and then said coldly: "The prouder the race, the more it thinks that it is unique, the most special one... Therefore, it is absolutely impossible to tolerate other races. What is similar to me! Otherwise, wouldn't it be an admission that I am not unique? Therefore, when the dwarves and giants are like brothers, the dragons and Damandras have always been There is no harmony!!"
"And the Damandras family, these earthworms are the most cunning and vicious by nature, but they are also seeking their own way! Humph..." Dora said here, whispered: "They used to be very powerful, to the extent of their power. , even though we dragons hate them, but there is no way to destroy them. Because they have similar blood, the Damandras family also has excellent magic and powerful physical strength. Although from an individual point of view, Damandras has Weaker than the dragons... However, their reproductive capacity is much stronger than ours. Therefore, although they have hated each other for a long time, everyone has nothing to do with each other. Until... Later... Damandras, committed an unacceptable Forgive mistakes."
Xia's spirit was lifted - for some reason, he was always very interested in the legends between the various races in the ancient times that Dora said.
"What is wrong?"
"The war ten thousand years ago." Dora's tone was low: "The demons invaded this world on a large scale. In order to resist the demons, the various races of the World Mountain united to resist... However, at that time, Damandras, but On the side of the demons."
Xia's eyes widened.
Dora's tone was a bit gloating: "Damandras is very cunning, they probably think that the power of the demons is irresistible, so they simply threw themselves into the enemy at the beginning of the war, and betrayed the world for the demons. Effectiveness. Unfortunately, they were wrong! Many races finally defeated the demons, expelled them all from this world, and drove them back to the underworld... After the war, it was naturally time for reckoning! Damand Russ' betrayal has attracted the anger of almost all races. All races recognize that in this world they betrayed, there is no reason to continue to survive in this world.
In fact, at the end of the war, most of the defeated Damandras followed their master Demon Race and returned to the underworld, and the Damandras left in this world are very rare. And because of the anger of many races, the remaining Damandras had no way to fight the massacres of many races, and they were quickly slaughtered, and they were almost never seen in this world. . "
Speaking of this, Dora's tone gradually became a little mysterious: "Also, I have read some ancient records in our tribe... It is said that in the ancient war, it was not just a confrontation between races, but also a battle between races. The great gods are also involved! The gods believed in by the demons are their underworld gods and demon emperors, and the gods believed in by all races in the world have also joined forces to fight... After the end of the final war, in order to punish Damandras' betrayal , even the gods have descended their anger, permanently depriving the Damandras race of some of their abilities. It is said that the great dragon god deprived Damandras of most of his wisdom, and the great god Odin deprived Damandras. The courage of Lass, the great human god deprived Damandras of his ability to reproduce. After the weakening of the gods, Damandras could no longer resist the attacks of the tribes and was soon wiped out already."
"I just didn't expect there would be one here?" Xia pouted.
Dora smiled bitterly: "This world is so vast, it is really not easy to slaughter a race completely, and some guys who slip through the net are inevitable."
Speaking of this, Dora's tone was very confusing: "But according to legend, Damandras has been deprived of the ability to reproduce by the gods... How can it be passed down to the present? Even if there are guys who slipped through the net in ancient times, but Without the ability to reproduce, how can the race continue?"
After hearing this, Xia Ya was silent for a while, and muttered in a low voice: "In the notes left by my adoptive father, there was a sentence: Life will always find its own way to continue."
After Dora heard this sentence, she was silent for a while, slowly reciting this sentence several times, and sighed: "Life will always find its own way to continue... This statement makes sense."
Xiaya thought for a while, then smiled: "The story you told is very exciting, but I'm curious... Well, you said that many races are related by blood, and dwarves and giants are relatives - this is very Fucking funny. You dragons and Damandras are related... uh, what about us humans? What race are humans related to?"
To be honest, the turtle was just asking casually, but she didn't expect to say this question, but Dora suddenly fell into a strange silence.
Xia Ya was curious in her heart and asked twice. She didn't get Dora's response, so she couldn't help frowning and said, "Don't you know? It's okay if you don't know, and you don't have to pretend to be deaf."
"Who said I didn't know." Dora suddenly spoke up, her voice had a strange taste: "Do you really want to know?"
Hearing Dora's tone, Xia Ya's heart moved: "Is there any special legend?"
"There are some... However, this legend, you humans will not admit it if you kill yourself. It's just that after the major races turned their faces, other races have this kind of speculation, and you humans are not willing to admit it."
"Oh?"
Xia Ya rolled his eyes, and suddenly smiled bitterly: "You! You can't be talking about goblins, right? Fuck! Are we humans and these dirty things relatives?!"
Dora's sharp sneer came: "Not a goblin!"
"It's not a goblin? So... is it an elves? Uh, I heard that the appearance of the elves is quite similar to that of humans..." Char rubbed his chin.
"Not an elf either." Dora continued to sneer.
"Uh... what is that? The legendary orcs? By the way, those guys like Odin like beastization, maybe they are orcs..."
"It's not an orc." Dora continued to deny.
"what is that?"
Dora's sneering voice made her laugh a little creepy, and finally, she said the answer.
"Demon!"
Demons?
Her voice was extremely cold: "Other races have always had a kind of speculation: you humans are actually closely related to the demon race in terms of racial blood! This, although ancient humans tried their best to deny it, but other races have it in their hearts. I agree with this speculation.”
Xia opened her mouth wide.
"In the ancient war, during the defeat of the demons, we gained a lot of racial civilization and skills of the demons. Unfortunately, because of the differences in the race, although the civilization of the demons is very powerful, we can't use it... Only you Humans! You humans are almost the biggest beneficiaries of that war! Humans have acquired a lot of civilizations from the Demon Race, and these civilizations made humans who were still very weak at that time, almost in a short period of time, It quickly became stronger! According to legend, at the end of the war, human beings have almost become the most powerful branch of all races! Humans have learned civilization, wisdom, and learning from the demons. When I arrived at martial arts, I learned magic... I learned a lot! But those things, other races can't use, only you humans, but you can learn it quickly, and integrate quickly... So, other races are guessing, maybe... You humans are basically blood relatives with the demons, but the humans at that time would never admit it."
Xia went out for a while, and then made a haha: "Demon race! Demon race? Hahaha! It's so interesting! Humans are actually relatives of the demon race?"
"Do you also want to deny it?" Dora said coldly: "Once you humans hear such a statement, you will naturally try to deny it, and no one will have anything to do with the common enemy of this world."
"Why deny it?" Tu Turtle curled the corners of his mouth with a look of indifference: "It's not bad to have such a powerful relative, hahahaha!"
After a while, Xia Ya sighed: "Okay... Now that things are clear, what should I do next? Those Zaku natives... "
Thinking of the Damandras serpent in the Zaku natives, Xi Ya felt a little uncomfortable—that serpent, even Dora was so afraid of it, was a trouble.
Without the poisonous mushroom... Well, it should be said that it is the magic flame grass, then the road to making money from trading with the Zaku natives seems to be cut off.
"Go back first, mother, this time is a waste of time." Xia frowned: "Even if it is impossible to make a fortune... But I still have to go to the Zaku tribe... Magic Kiss Taro , always look for it there."
"Ha!" Dora sneered: "You still dare to go to the tribe of Zaku natives?"
"Why don't you go?" Xia asked.
"The Damandras in the goblin tribe now is just an immature larva! It doesn't have enough intelligence to distinguish it, so it mistakenly regards you as the same kind and doesn't attack you... But I guess, in In the tribe of the Zaku natives, there may be an adult Damandras! And now, you have the soul mark of my dragon clan on your body! Such a soul mark, in the sense of our magical creatures, is comparable to what The method of identification such as smell should be more obvious! If you encounter an adult Damandras, you can immediately recognize the mark of the dragon on you, and then you will be regarded as an enemy and will not hesitate to attack you. attack!"
Xia Ya's face changed.
At this moment, footsteps came from outside the woods, Xiaya looked up and followed the sound, and Russell ran over quickly with two mercenaries. Russell's face was a little nervous and anxious. When he saw Xia Ya, he ran from a distance, took a breath, and hurriedly said, "Sir, those Zaku natives want to see you!"
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When Xiaya returned to the tribe, the mercenaries had already surrounded the wooden building with weapons, and they were in a tense confrontation with the Zaku natives.
The Zaku natives gathered under the wooden building. Dozens of natives were holding short spears and looked nervously at the group of mercenaries holding swords in front of them. The air was full of tension and stiffness, as if a bloodbath battle is imminent.
When Xia Ya came back, the Zaku natives were already quite ready to move. Some of the natives shouted loudly. Although they couldn't understand what they were saying, they could see from the hostile expressions on the other side's faces. Come on, it's not a nice word to think about. And none of the mercenaries here are good scumbags, and some are just around the corner, shouting provocative words in response.
"What are you doing! Get out of the way!" Xia Ya shouted in a majestic low voice, and the mercenaries saw that he was coming, and immediately moved out of the way.
Xia Ya came to the front of the crowd, and swept her cold eyes. Around the wooden building, many goblins were watching the fun from a distance, and some looked quite gloating. Xia Ya snorted, coldly. Said: "Russell, lead someone to disperse all those who are watching the fun!"
He looked at the Zaku natives who were staring at him: "What do you want to do? Find someone to talk to! Where's your leader!"
"I'm here." Among the natives, the native master who had fought with Xia Ya came out of the crowd. This guy came to Xia Ya with empty hands and said solemnly, "My people don't have any. Hostility, it's just that your people walked too close to the wooden building just now, that will arouse my people's vigilance." After a pause, he whispered: "We are the guards responsible for protecting the holy snake and the snake girl, and our responsibility lies. ,so… "
"No need to explain, I understand." Xia Ya nodded, he pondered for a while, then turned back and shouted, "Everyone listen to my order and step back ten steps to be alert."
After saying this, the Zaku native immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and just said, "Thank you." But then Xia Ya's second sentence "If anyone dares to break in, kill them", which made the native's face look ugly again. up.
The native stared at Xia Ya tightly, Xia Ya also looked at him very hard, and finally, the other party gritted his teeth, his attitude softened a little: "Well, I won't fight with you, just, Your Excellency, please come in and talk, I wonder if you have the courage?"
Xia Ya thought of the big snake upstairs. To be honest, he felt a little guilty, but when the other party said it, how could he lose his courage in front of everyone? He gritted his teeth and said, "Humph! How dare I, of course I have it!"
As he said that, he looked up at the guy and said, "I want to talk, right? I just want to talk to you, so let's go in and talk!"
There was a strange smile on the native's face, and he made a gesture of asking.
At the door of the wooden house on the second floor, two Zaku native warriors stood far away, but they did not dare to approach the wooden house. Xiaya didn't speak, and went directly into the wooden house, but came inside, seeing the The big snake on the wooden couch, when he saw Xi Ya coming in, raised his head again with a snort, the turtle couldn't help but feel a little weak under his feet, coughed, and just found a wooden stool by the door and sat down: "If you have something to say, just say it!"
The Zaku native saw Xi Ya sitting down close to the door, and couldn't help showing a strange smile on his face, then he covered it up, and first nodded to the black-haired girl on the bed.
The black-haired girl, with a pale face, looked at Xia Ya with a smile. She just held the snake's body lightly with both hands, caressed it back and forth, and made a "hissing" sound from time to time, as if softly comforting. , The big snake finally slowly lowered its head, coiled into a ball, and seemed to be very docile under the comfort of the girl.
"According to your human rules, I will introduce myself first." The native looked very solemn: "My name is Azuo, and I am a warrior in the tribe."
Xia Ya nodded, pointed to his nose and said briefly, "Xia Ya."
"Okay, Your Excellency Xia." This Zaku native named Azuo spoke the Byzantine language fluently: "I have dealt with your caravan a lot, so I will speak your words, but..." A Zuo's eyes became sharper: "I also deeply understand that you humans are greedy and cunning. So, if it wasn't for Snake Woman's strong request, I would never have invited you!"
Xia shrugged: "Do you think I like to sit here and talk to you?" After speaking, she couldn't help but look at the big snake entrenched there.
After Dora's narration, this time I took a closer look at the big snake-Damandras. After taking a closer look, I saw that it was a bit different.
This Damandras has bright yellow patterns, which looks very bright, but the scales on the snake are extremely dense, and each piece is glowing with a faint light.
"Have you seen its body..." Dora's voice came from her mind: "On its body, there are several large scales that should be its feet, because it is similar to our dragon family. The blood relationship, that's why those things were born, but they didn't grow out after all, they just had some vague outlines."
Xia Yaduo glanced at it, and sure enough, he noticed that there were several places on the snake's body, which bulged a little inconspicuously.
The native named Azuo frowned when he saw Xia Ya staring at the origin of the big snake, and raised his voice: "Lord Xia Ya!"
"What?" Xia Ya turned around.
"This holy snake is the holy beast of our tribe, and that one is a snake girl who was chosen to serve and take care of the holy snake." A Zuo said slowly: "These are the rules of our Zaku natives, maybe in your case. These humans seem to be somewhat terrifying and bizarre."
Xia Ya grinned: "I've seen all the weird things! What did you want to say to me when you brought me here?"
"It's not me... It's our Snake Girl who has something to say to you." A Zuo said this with a strange expression: "Can you understand Snake Girl's words? This is strange..."
He then said solemnly: "The holy snake is inviolable! In our clan, only the snake girl can be with the holy snake, and if it is someone else, once they get close, it will cause the holy snake to attack - you have seen it today. Here it is! Because of your recklessness, I have lost two excellent warriors!"
Xia Ya rolled his eyes, looked at this Ah Zuo, and suddenly said, "Aren't you sitting here too, didn't you cause it to attack?"
A Zuo looked back at the snake girl, the pale and weak girl nodded slowly, and A Zuo sighed, rather reluctantly: "Okay, since the snake girl means, tell me Just listen to you. The holy snake is our holy object and the holy beast that protects our whole family! But the majesty of the holy snake cannot be offended! All in our family, except the snake girl who serves the holy snake, Only the Great Chief, the Great Wizard, can approach with the permission of the Holy Serpent."
As he spoke, he grabbed a small bone sculpture carved in the shape of a small skeleton from under his neck, held it lightly, and Xia immediately saw that the small bone sculpture had two red beads on its eyes.
"This is a sacred object. Only if you carry this object, you will not be attacked by the holy snake." A Zuo said slowly: "In our clan, only the great chief and the great wizard will wear such a thing, because this time I want to travel to protect the snake girl, so the chief gave me this thing, so that I can get close to the holy snake, but I can't get too close... If it is within three steps, it will definitely offend the holy snake."
Having said that, Ah Zuo looked at Xi Ya: "So... I'm also curious... Why, Your Excellency was so close to our holy snake before, but the holy snake didn't punish you for your offense, and didn't kill you. It's precisely because of this. , Snake Girl asks to see you, and I will promise to find you."
Xia turned to look at the girl on the bed.
The girl's pale skin had a slightly morbid color. The snow-white and thin breast wrapping and white short skirt exposed most of her snow-white skin to the outside. It was quite tempting. This poignant beauty, against a terrifying and ugly big snake next to it, is particularly terrifying.
Xia Ya was looking at the girl, and the girl suddenly spoke slowly!
She was speaking in snake language, but Xiaya could understand the strange hissing pronunciation.
The delicate and somewhat weak voice was astonishingly:
"Sir, I know you can understand me, so I beg for your help..." The delicate girl's face was full of pleading expressions: "Don't worry about what I said to you... A Zuo is listening. I don't understand, so I only tell you what I said, and please don't leak it to Ah Zuo!"
"Huh?" Xia Ya was stunned.
What does it mean