Whenever the shadow of the dragon passes over the hills and the earth, many descendants with the blood of the dragon will be born on the earth. Astrologers claim that the next generation born under the shadow of the dragon will have magical powers, and this Is the origin of the Year of the Dragon Shadow—
Thousands of years later, the azure blue water still washes the coast of Baicheng as it did a thousand years ago, and the sea foam floats like a sapphire, leaving undulating wet marks on the long embankment of Antisque; the highest wave It has been submerged to the lower edge of the relief sculpture of Leviathan, the giant beast in Shanghai on the Long Causeway. There is an iron ring to mark the highest water level in the history of Baicheng. The iron ring is now rusty and weather-beaten.
This Changti was built in the era when the lord of the White City, Terenk, made a sword and used it as a plough. It is connected to the stone trestle bridge extending into the blue bay in the distance. There are hundreds of ships of various colors moored there, and the sailing boats of the Fairy Court Unique among them-a long row of longitudinal sails, the bow of the ship is curved into the same saber-this fleet came here from the sea from Ellanta, a total of five batches.
The citizens of Baicheng saw the heavily armed elven army coming down from these ships, and then heading east, batch after batch, and never appeared again.
After a while for more than half a month, Rand once again stood on the edge of the long embankment and looked at the yellowed sail top—the elves never returned, only the empty fleet wandering in the bay, like ghosts—not for them No one coveted, but everyone who dared to reach out received a severe warning from the temple.
The breath of sea water soaks the cheeks, with a moist breath.
He was full of doubts, why did the elves of Ellanta come from, and where are they going
The fleet floating on the sea seemed to be saying something silently, and the whispers haunted the bay like a ghost, making the heart chilling.
Rand suddenly felt the wind on the sea, and a little coolness on his forehead.
He held his forehead, and he was taken aback for a moment. How could the wind blow from the sea at this time
However, the sea breeze immediately became mad, and the sea surface was dark, with waves of white lines rising on it. The strong wind blew across the bay, and the flags on the top of the sailboat were hunting and hunting. The trees on the edge of the long dike slammed into one. With his head down and his waist down, Rand felt his hair flutter, and quickly pressed his hat. The wind immediately lifted the corners of his clothes, and he saw the sailboats in the distant harbor beginning to sway next to each other.
What's wrong
Several workers were yelling towards the port, and their voice came from a distance downwind, as if complaining about the spooky weather, saying that a storm was about to start at sea. But his perennial instinct as a sailor tells him that this is by no means a prelude to the arrival of a storm, not to mention the rainy season has passed, where is the storm coming on the quiet sea approaching autumn
He raised his head, squinted his eyes, and suddenly saw several black spots appearing on the dark and bright skyline.
The graceful creatures that flutter their wings, they are huge and beautiful, as if every muscle on their huge body is full of rhythm, and the perfection and utmost of life are displayed in them vividly; when they spread their wings, they seem to cover the sky and the sun. They pass under their powerful wings, roll up wind and waves on the sea, and come through clouds.
The huge shadow once again swept across the earth, just like the era that ruled everything in the past.
On this day, the dragon group flew over Baicheng again.
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The water droplets converged and formed on the intertwined gray-white huge rocks, with a line of fluorescence at the edge, reflecting the magnificent scene inside the temple; Ding Dong, it dripped from the dome, and fell into the dark sacred stone pool, sinking to the surface Ripples and ripples.
"My sage, the outcome is already known."
Asaibantu XI was in the darkness, and said in a low voice.
Several holy candles in the distance exude dark rays of light, outlining his milky white satin robe. The robe hangs down to the slate on the ground, and the bottom seems to be dyed with a dark and unclear cyan color.
The tower-like figure of Ellan Tower stood there for a long time, emerald-like eyes exuding a deep brilliance in the dark, her eyes passed through the terrace on the side of the huge rock church-there are mountains and mountains, the forest under the sunset glow Twilight, the last ray of golden light is being swallowed by the heavy clouds, falling from the red and purple sky above the stars, with a tragic and solemn color that is unique to this moment.
The light must not be below the horizon, and there will be a long night.
After a while, she slowly said, "What did you see, Your Excellency Asaibantu?"
"This is the news from my students: The Silver Queen has joined forces with the undead of Madara. At dawn on the 17th, an army of undead departed from the Argen region. On the 21st, someone witnessed it near Oveshin. Their march, if I'm not mistaken, the undead of Madara has arrived at the battlefield right now—"
"In the Evergreen Corridor, the army of Golden Mane Toquinine and Qiao Gendigang, which shielded the sky from the sun, is heading northward day and night. Once they pass through the gate of Arrobigan, the strength of the East Metz Cruzes will reach more than 500,000. ."
King Asaibantu XI pulled out a piece of parchment from under his long robe sleeve, read it carefully, and then handed it over.
But Iranta did not pick it up.
"Have you heard of the Battle of Ekatos, Lord Asaibantu?" She turned her head and looked at the latter and asked.
Ding Dong—
Another drop of water fell into the pool.
Asabantu XI raised his head puzzledly, and the different light and dark candlelight deepened the wrinkles on his face.
"Are there still variables, sage sir?"
"But... even if the eldest son of the emperor can deal with the White Legion,... facing the army of Qiao Gendigang, they will not be able to continue... Unless..." He replied hesitantly, "Unless you intervene, Lord Sage."
"I won't intervene, Your Excellency Asaibantu, I have already said it."
"In that case... I am afraid it will be difficult for them..." Asaibantu XI frowned deeply and shook his head repeatedly: "Sage Sir,... not everyone is the King of Flames, like the Battle of Ekatos. A miracle... It is because it is impossible to complete that can be called a miracle."
"But miracles are hard to reproduce—"
Ellanta did not refute him.
The last gleam of golden light has sunk below the horizon, the deep twilight, with boundless loneliness. The wind started at night, the clouds moved slowly southward along the ridgeline in the sky, and the moonlight soon poured down, making the Calendula Mountains appear a silvery white color.
"I feel a kind of throbbing, the Flame Blade Odyssey has been reborn in this world, the one who chose its promise—"
The eleventh of Asaibantu was horrified, but he raised his head impressively: "Sir, this...?"
"A hero is born in every age," Airlanta replied softly, "and the reason why an era is called an era is precisely because it will replace the past. If you simply repeat the past, you will not get the answer. ."
"The Bujas are paying off their debts. During the jihad, they really shouldn't intervene. Someone took everything for them sixty years ago, and now they have to repay this kindness." She turned her head back, her firm face was rare. A smile appeared: "The wind is blowing, Your Excellency Asaibantu, can you feel it?"
Outside the Giant Rock Temple, the wind is getting stronger, the trees are making frantic noises, and countless leaves are rolled up, flying into the sky, forming a torrent, flying all over the sky one after another.
Some leaves were even rolled onto the terrace and scattered all over the sanctuary. Several monks hurriedly wanted to rush to close the door.
But at this time, the door behind the church was pushed open with a bang.
"Dragon-"
"Teacher, sage, it is the dragon group!"
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"Duroma, Anlek, Karasu, many reports have found traces of dragons."
"The dragons acted abnormally, did something abnormal happen?"
"One more thing, Your Royal Highness, we need an explanation—"
Princess Griffin finally raised her head from the case piled up with documents, frowned slightly, her silver eyes, which coexisted with tenderness and fortitude, with an unnoticeable worry, looked at the person standing in front of her. That nobleman, a member of the Noning family, stands behind Goran-Elson Grand Duke, maybe there are others
She lightly opened Tankou and asked, "Sorry, I didn't hear what you just said, so please repeat it again?"
The princess's voice is not high.
But it caused a momentary silence in the Perilla Hall of Fort Oneviedo. The nobles, large and small, seemed to have realized something, and they stopped talking tacitly. Looking in this direction, some people looked suspicious and some people looked. The look of optimism in the play, the faces of different looks intertwined with each other, grotesque, like a weird picture scroll.
The nobleman didn't care about Griffin's identity, walked out from the crowd proudly, triumphantly took out a letter from his arms, and placed it in front of Griffin.
"His Royal Highness," he replied with a letter with his finger: "This is a frontline report from Buchi, Golden Fort, and Karashen Plateau in recent days. The facts show that the dead of the Empire and Madara are hoarding troops on the border. , Just about to move."
Princess Griffin looked directly at the other person’s eyes, and through the corner of the other person’s eyes, she saw many people, including the envoy of Golan-Elson, the northern nobles, her grandfather, Grand Duke Vieiro, and even A member of the royal party, she saw Macaro and others in the crowd. Those people avoided her gaze first, but quickly greeted them calmly—
She clenched her fist secretly.
"Here is another report, Your Royal Highness," the nobleman said calmly, "It said that the Cruz people had united with Madara, and Madara sent tens of thousands of undead to fight in the East Metz area. The Qiao Gendigang and the Golden Mane Toquinine Legion, who were loyal to the Silver Queen, also passed through the gates of Arrobigan, and the eldest son of the Cruz people was destroyed in an instant—"
"I know this paper report," Princess Griffin said with a gloomy face: "What kind of explanation do you want to hear?"
"Your Royal Highness," Grand Duke Goran-Elson's envoy suddenly said: "Eluin is a small country. He cannot survive under the attack of Madara and the empire, and a small country should have a small country. The way to survive. In the past few days, the Lord Earl you supported you has made trouble in the empire, ignoring everyone's persuasion. Now your bold and aggressive plan is about to fail. Should you give us an explanation?"
Princess Griffith remained silent. Since the war in Port Fattan, the two sides of the war have used magic to block all magical communications in the area. For nearly half a month, there has been no news from the battlefield.
She turned her gaze to Antitina, who was standing in the crowd. The latter did not speak, but only nodded slightly at her.
For some reason, my heart felt warm.
Settling down, she glanced at everyone present and said: "The Earl's behavior is just and reasonable, because Eluin must guard its people, and for this reason, she will never bow to any bandit forces— Regardless of whether it is an empire or an undead! Earl Tonigel once defeated the empire, and I believe he will also stop the empire this time. I want to tell you a fact—"
"That's Master Martha once taught us that justice-righteousness must-victory."
The hall was so quiet that needles could be heard.
This is almost a rivalry, and the atmosphere in the air is so tense that you can almost see the edge.
The envoy sneered.
"Your Royal Highness, you can't win a battle with your mouth. The Empire and Madara are united. The undead have tens of thousands of troops in Argen, plus the powerful White Legion. Please tell me how the empire will fail? Ten thousand steps back and said, even if it’s a fluke, our Lord Tonigel won this battle under the blessing of Lord Martha, but how he plans to deal with the lion-man who entrusted Quinin, and Joe The army of the roots?"
Having said this, he couldn't help but smiled frivolously: "Of course, maybe our Lord Earl would kill the enemy intentionally, and brag about it and wipe out hundreds of thousands of troops? After all, Lord Martha said, justice Won't fail—"
There was a low laugh from the crowd.
The Duke of Vieiro sighed and shook his head: "Griffin, stubbornness is not a quality that a good superior should have. Although you are not the king of Eruin, you represent the face of the royal family. You What I said before was too naive."
Princess Griffith turned her eyes to Macaro with a cold face.
Macaro frowned and said: "... Your Royal Highness, don't be too arrogant."
Griffith said with disdain because of the unconcealable disappointment on Princess Griffith's face, "So, everyone has been waiting for this moment."
"Your Royal Highness, you should say that we have given you and your Lord Earl enough opportunities, but your performance has disappointed us too much."
"What a disappointment—"
With a click, the main entrance of the Perilla Hall in Fort Onevieto was pushed open. It was the Highland Knight Commander Bunid who came in, followed by seven or eight young Highland Knights behind him. Bunid looked around with a sneer on his face: "The most disappointing thing is that it was not the once glorious royal party that saved Eruin, but an unknown younger generation. Some people are jealous and go crazy behind their backs. Swallow the jealousy."
Almost everyone in the hall, including Macaroo, changed their complexion. Only Overwell could still look as usual, but frowned slightly. After all, being ridiculed by such a name, anyone would bear it. Can't help.
"Bonide, are you crazy!" Immediately, some young people from the royal party couldn't bear to come forward, but they were immediately dragged back by others.
What's a joke, this is the king of the highland knights, who is known as the'restorer'. Eru is one of the top powerhouses of the few civilized elements, so ordinary people don't take their own humiliation when they go up
Bunid didn’t even look at these jumping clowns. Instead, he went straight to Princess Griffin, knelt down on one knee and performed a grand knight ceremony, and said: "Your Majesty, I bring you good information."
Princess Griffin was startled slightly.
The chief of the knights had taken out a scroll of official documents from his arms and handed them to him: "His Royal Highness, Mehhothoven is a great victory. In the middle of last month, Earl Tonigel defeated the White Legion in the Battle of Fattan Harbor and wiped out Ma. The Dara undead army then set up an ambush to defeat the Goldenmane Toquinine and Qiao Gendigang coalition forces. As of the 7th of this month, the entire East Metz has been recovered and is under the control of the eldest son of the imperial emperor."
There was dead silence in the hall.
"This is impossible!" The envoy of Grand Duke Goran-Elson rebuked loudly: "This is a lie to the military!"
"Cherry Bund, what is going on?"
Princess Griffin frowned, even she couldn't believe it. After three battles, is it possible that the army of Empire, Madara, Toquinine, and Qiao Gendigang were made of wood? Although she has no doubt that Brando can perform miracles, it is amazing how many people are in Fattan Port and can maintain the stalemate.
Bunid smiled slightly and turned to explain to everyone: "Earl Tonigel, after defeating the White Legion, persuaded the White Legion commander Duke Ambnar to surrender. With this information advantage, he blocked the news. At this time, Goldenmane Toquinine and Qiao Gendigang’s coalition forces did not know at all. They crossed the Evergreen aisle as originally planned, and ended up plunged into the ambush of Lord Earl. Count Tonigel was in Arrobbie. Gang Canyon almost wiped out the Lions and Qiao Gendigang's army in one battle by taking advantage of the terrain, and did all in one battle."
"Where is the dragon queen? How could he deal with the three-headed dragon?" the envoy screamed.
But Bund didn't bother to look at him at all. He turned his head and nodded to Princess Griffin.
Princess Griffiy was stunned, a complicated look flashed in her gentle silver eyes, she hesitated for a moment, and then gently picked up the volume of documents—
Outside the palace, it was just after noon, between the floating lights, there was a dragon's shadow floating.