Sonia, this ancient dragon who suddenly appeared really brought us an unprecedented "surprise". Originally, we came here just out of curiosity to see what an ancient dragon has to do with the pope on the ground. Contact, but I didn't expect that they were talking about Anyue, and listening to that tone... Are they still familiar with Anyue Maharaja? Even the wrinkled old Pope in front of him was a figure thousands of years ago
"Tsk tsk, this is unfolding... the whole thing is getting more and more interesting." Bingtis crossed his arms and commented on the two people in front of him in a state of invisibility, "That little dragon has a long lifespan and is still a little girl now , but the old man is a real human being, and my concubine is absolutely right this time - if everything is normal, he can live for another ten or twenty years. Reincarnation, it seems that this human being used some secret technique to let him go all the way. Live till now."
I opened my mouth, but didn't say anything: I'm at a loss now. This seemingly ordinary world hides a deeper and more complicated history than imagined. We thought that the lost artifact only gave birth to a religion here, but we didn't expect it to involve so many things in the blink of an eye. Now it seems that even if we follow the "Goddess" clues of the Goddess Cult, we may not be able to figure out what happened back then. The reason is very simple-the Goddess Cult is not the only one who has an affair with the artifact! The dragon girl in front of me, the Dark Moon Lord on the moon, and the so-called blood princess, plus the Pope of the Goddess Cult, these four people must have done something terrible around that artifact in ancient times. I suddenly thought of what the dragon girl said just now: the power of artifacts is weaker than that of demons, and this cannot be compensated by ordinary people's efforts-could the artifact she refers to be the one we are looking for
At this time, the argument between the old pope and the dragon girl was still fruitless. After listening for a long time, I had roughly figured out what they were arguing about: the dragon girl, the pope, the Lord of the Dark Moon, and a blood princess. It should be before and after the first Dark Moon War, because Lord Dark Moon was "exiled" to the moon after the first war) and signed some kind of ancient agreement together, this agreement should have caused the current situation of the earth and the moon s things. Now the dragon girl is dissatisfied with some things agreed in the agreement, so she wants to go to the moon to discuss with Lord Dark Moon and Princess Blood again, but the Pope thinks it is meaningless and impossible to do so, so he is persuading her.
After all, the Pope is old, and his lung capacity may not be comparable to that of a dragon who can only live forever. He argued fiercely with his opponent for a while, and suddenly coughed. Surprisingly, the dragon girl who seemed to give people a sense of coolness seemed to be very concerned about the physical condition of the old pope: "Your body is dying again?"
Although the tone is still deserted, the concern in the content of this sentence is still obvious.
The old Pope recovered from his cough, waved his hands and slowly walked towards the nearest wooden chair, and sat down heavily: "It's okay, it's fine to live another ten years or so—as long as you don't continue to piss me off."
"You know I've thought it through," Dragon Girl stood in front of the Pope, her purplish eyes reflected the old man's appearance, "The original plan has been tested for thousands of years and proved to be unreliable. Take another plan when there is still a chance to save. Lord Dark Moon... that barbarian is not bad, but his head is too stubborn, we can't let him continue to be self-willed. So I just need to convince the blood princess, it shouldn't be very difficult Difficult, I know what she wants."
The old pope held a heavy tin rod, and stared at the dragon girl with still clear eyes: "Sonia, you want to settle the matter before the barbarian wakes up? Then do you know what will happen when he wakes up?"
"It's a big deal, and it's not like I haven't fought before," the dragon girl didn't care, "and I don't know how to destroy the artifact, and I don't have the ability to destroy that thing, so the barbarian still has other ways to continue trying, but he can't It’s just borrowing the power of the Dark Moon War.”
"Sacred weapon, divine weapon... I really don't know if something that brought such a catastrophe is considered a divine weapon." The old pope was silent for a long time, then suddenly let out a long sigh, "Oh... then what is your so-called 'other plan'? What if You didn't have any plan at all, but just acted out of passion just like you did back then, then I have to keep you here even if I launch the Knights!"
"The power of demons is sealed in the artifact and brought into this world," the dragon girl said slowly, "Didn't Blood Princess say that the artifact can perform some kind of 'operation'? It should not only be an energy source, but a kind of... Tool, maybe it is a tool specially used to hunt and kill demon power. Since it is a tool, there should be a way to use it. If we know how to use it, maybe we can also seal back the demon power. Instead of consuming our own power again and again Instead of postponing the end, try to end it once and for all."
The old pope looked at the dragon girl for a while, then shook his head slowly: "You want to use the wisdom of mortals to speculate on the laws of operation of the artifact like those people back then. The shadow of the demon, how can you be sure that the thing will take the demon back when you open it for the second time? If it releases more and more dangerous enemies, the remaining half of our world will also fall."
"No, I promise," the dragon girl promised solemnly, "If it gets out of control again, I will sacrifice all the dragon spirits to seal the gap. This is enough. We tried it once in the past and almost succeeded. Is not it?"
"All dragons!" The old pope almost slipped off his chair, "Sonia, are you crazy?!"
The white-haired dragon girl standing in front of him was silent for a moment this time, and then sighed softly: "What does it matter? I am the only dragon in the true sense, and the rest are just controlled by my sad bare dragon king with spiritual power." It’s just a beast that got up. I’m also tired of maintaining the face of the dragon clan in this ridiculous way. Edwinsa, I know you have a way to open the Gemini star station in advance while bypassing that blockade. You were in ancient times. The technical attainments of civilization runes are higher than that of the blood princess, so let me be self-willed again this time."
The old pope, or the old man named Edwinsa, lowered his head. Just now he could hold the tin staff tightly and confront the white-haired woman in front of him, but now he seemed to be unable to find any words to refute the other party. After a long time, He waved his hand weakly: "You have to know, if you can't get the Blood Princess to hand over the reliquary, then the Dark Moon War will still start as scheduled, and you have to withdraw after the locals and the Dark Moon Demon fight. In addition, I I also don't agree with your nonsense about putting your own soul into it. As long as the artifact shows the slightest sign of being out of control, you should stop immediately. We can cooperate with the blood princess again to turn it off, but if you also If you get in, it’s useless to say anything. If you agree to these two points, I’ll tell you what to do.”
"Well, I promise you, I won't go to die," the dragon girl showed the only smile since her first appearance, "It's enough to jump into the magic cave to turn the tide once. And you don't have to wait until the dark moon The invasion has begun, and I will return as soon as the magic lair is opened."
The old Pope Edwinsa suddenly stood up and walked towards us quickly. I was stunned and thought I had been discovered, but Lin Xue pulled my arm hard and dragged me aside, the old man passed me by - he came to the corner and opened a small iron plate embedded in the stone wall door, and took out a delicate metal pillar shining with silver light.
This metal pillar is only more than one foot long, the thickness of an egg, and the surface has complex patterns. Both the texture and the craftsmanship are significantly different from other things I have seen in this world. Not only are they more exquisite, but also because those patterns have Some kind of... strange style. Anyway, it is different from the things of the people on the ground.
"This is the controller part of the Gemini star station. I was worried about an accident during my reincarnation, so I kept this thing here." The old pope handed the metal pillar to the dragon girl, "Don't show such a look—no Wrong, this is a fake. I forged it. The material is a small skeleton that collapsed when we blew up the planetarium. I found that it was the same material as those control rods, and I rubbed the rune of the controller on it. .I don’t know what those runes mean, but this thing should work. You know how to manipulate the controller, just use it to replace the locked control rod. You don’t need four people’s soul imprints. You can use it alone. Can open the long bridge."
The dragon girl carefully put away the silver scroll-like metal pillar, and finally couldn't restrain her curiosity: "Edwinza, why did you secretly build such a thing?"
A gleam flashed in the eyes of the old Pope, and his wrinkled face had an expression like that of a naughty boy: "Have you forgotten, I was the most dishonest of the four of us back then, and I just separated from the barbarians and the others. At that time, I was naive for a few days, and even built such a thing, hoping to save the world with my little cleverness one day, and then go to the moon to scare that barbarian... It was so good when I was young, I always felt that I was omnipotent .”
The corners of Dragon Girl's mouth seemed to be slightly raised, but in the end she didn't say anything, but walked towards the door with that cold expression. The old pope's lips trembled a few times, and at the moment when Dragon Girl was about to push the door to leave, she finally walked towards the door. I couldn't help but said: "Suoya, I heard that you have been mixing with humans as a mercenary these years, and you have almost never returned to Longshan. Is that okay?"
"Better than saving the world." The haughty figure finally disappeared behind the door, leaving only these words dissipated in the air.
The old Pope subconsciously took a few steps forward with his tin cane, but in the end he slid slowly onto the cold stone floor with his cane. Very abruptly, the old man burst into tears like a child.
"Let's go," Bingtis pulled my sleeve suddenly, calling me back from the mess of thoughts, "We have a lot of things to do."
We left the stone fortress with as much ease as we had sneaked in, but this time there was not much relief in everyone's mind. The group quickly returned to the lower area of the North Fortress. I noticed that Qianqian was still rubbing her eyes, and subconsciously grabbed her waist: "Girl, what's wrong?"
Qianqian rubbed her eyes and muttered, "Although I don't know what's going on with them, it just feels so sad. That old man doesn't look like a bad guy..."
"Needless to say, our conjectures about Goddess Cult and Goddess belief are probably all wrong, even if they are not completely wrong, they are almost accurate. Their purpose is not to strengthen the rule at all, but simply to keep people from knowing the end of the Dark Moon War. It's just what happened," Bingtis twitched the corners of his mouth, and complained in a tone as if he was angry at someone while looking at the bustling towns around him. So complicated…”
In the end, Bingtis put his eyes on Lin Xue, and he couldn't help it: "You see a lot of things, right?"
"I don't dare to use too much power here, for fear of attracting unnecessary 'people'," Lin Xue said lightly, "but I do see a lot. But don't ask, you can always know what you need to know , What should happen will always happen, I will tell you how to do it directly when necessary, just watch quietly before then."
Bingtis rolled his eyes towards the sky and whistled loudly.
Lin Xue squinted at the female hooligan helplessly, and finally turned her eyes on me: "Wu Mu, I have a question for you. If you want to steal a world under the eyes of the fallen apostles, what should you do?"
I didn't react at first, so I hummed subconsciously. Two seconds later, cold sweat started to break out, and I looked at the eldest lady like a ghost: "What are you talking about?! You must be joking..."
Lin Xue sighed: "Just take it as a vaccination."
When I wanted to ask for more details, the eldest lady refused to say anything more.
Is this a vaccination? Don't you think the dose of this vaccination is too big!
However, Bingtis and Qianqian are so heartless that they don't seem to be worried at all. When I was scratching my head and analyzing which step was wrong, it would lead to the situation that Lin Xue predicted. , Bingtis stretched out of interest: "Let's go back and rest, now focus on that little dragon girl, and when she leaves, we will also leave."
The group now lost the interest in wandering around the fortress, so they could only go back to the camp. This place is much cooler than in the morning. Most of the mercenaries are not here to dawdle. There are never too many patrols and defense missions issued by the Knights. The mercenaries can always find something to do, so wait for us When they returned to the camp, there were only a few scattered mercenaries looking after the house. They basically failed to win the mission or were in poor condition and could only rest in the rear.
When I got back to the station, I saw the gray tent again, which was indistinguishable from the surrounding tents, and without any accident, we also saw the person in front of the tent—that tall woman with short white hair, who was the only one in this world. The last real dragon, Sonia.
The news about the Dragon King coming to the North Fortress has been spread for a long time. The trio of iron knights know the news, but I am afraid that no one can guess that the Dragon King is actually in this place, staying with those five big and three thick mercenaries. In the messy tent area, and registered as a mercenary.
Of course, the Dragon King had just returned from the fortress. She was standing in front of her tent, looking up at the top of the Changqiao Mountain Range covered with a thin layer of snow, her face still cold and expressionless. When I gather all my strength, this is indeed a normal-looking human being. No wonder we didn't even notice that she was a dragon in human form. Ordinary strangers, who would have thought that she would have such a remarkable identity.
With so many of us walking past her, we certainly attracted the attention of the other party. What is surprising is that the other party turned his face and nodded to us, although that deserted appearance still makes people feel awkward. , but this action can be regarded as an expression of goodwill. It seems that getting up early and saying hello to each other is still useful, at least this sister with facial paralysis remembers that our family is her "neighbor".
Maybe she is really not good at words.
The other party didn't know that her "neighbor" just watched her for so long. In her eyes, we were still strangers, so we couldn't talk too much to her. Say hello: "Yo, have you eaten?"
Dragon Girl was taken aback: "...No..."
Qianqian took out a lot of snacks from our stunned expressions, and then this girl with extraordinary thinking jumped up to Sonia: "Then here is this for you, this is what we brought from our hometown , we are neighbors..."
Dragon Girl Suoya's reaction ability obviously couldn't keep up with Qianqian's thinking speed, she was dragged back to her tent by Qianqian almost in a state of complete encirclement, leaving us looking at all kinds of things outside. Messy, after both Qianqian and Sonia disappeared behind the door of the small tent, Bingtis touched my arm in a dumbfounded state: "...Chen, is her behavior pattern regular?"
I spread my hands: "She has no rules. It's not like you don't know that her way of thinking is based on Brownian motion."
It seems that Qianqian doesn't plan to come out of other people's tents for a while, and Sonia is not as unapproachable as she appears on the surface, at least she can't resist the kind of social bombardment of Qianqian, the few of us left are only I can go back to the tent in the middle dumbfounded.
After they settled down, everyone was silent for a while, and finally Bingtis was the first to speak: "Okay, let's put aside the previous deduction for a while, it seems that the artifact is on the moon. But I have to explain one thing—— There is no divine response from the star field on the moon."
I scratched my head, I was sorting out the messy clues along the way, the overheard conversation between the dragon girl and the Pope brought too much information, and before the final mystery was revealed, the information seemed to have There are so many interpretations that it's hard to tell which is the right one. At present, we can only confirm that there is a big discrepancy between our speculation about the Goddess Church and the facts. We have calculated thousands of times, but we have not included the "non-conspiracy" route...
"If it's really not possible," Bingtis rolled his eyes and thought for a while, "Let's tie up the Pope and that dragon girl. Anyway, it is now certain that they know the whereabouts of the artifact. At worst, we can use brute force to crack it—a tiger stool filled with peppers and water."
"Have you thought of such an idea for a long time?" I looked sideways at the female hooligan, and had to admit that her "method" was simple and clear, and it might work, but personally, I was the least willing to solve it violently, after all We have nothing to do with the old pope and the dragon girl, and more importantly—there are four people related to the artifact, and there is also a Dark Moon Lord and a "Blood Princess". It is hard to say how these four mortals A star field artifact was hidden to the point where even Bingtis could not detect it, so to "dig out" the artifact, it must be clear about the affairs of these four people. Doing anything before that is extraneous.
But I also made up my mind: just wait until the moon, and if there is no progress after meeting Dark Moon Monarch and Blood Princess, I will tie up all four of them... RS