Who told him to rush up there?.

Chapter 153 The Final Journey
"Ah? Aaaaaaaaa?"

At this time, Alyssa was obviously still not used to her evolved body. Moreover, the small inner courtyard could not accommodate her at all. Not only were her hands and feet restricted, but she couldn't even move her wings and tail. She felt really depressed.

Hearing Alyssa's confused and anxious roar, Cecilia felt so distressed. When has my baby Alyssa ever suffered such grievances? Isn't this the same as locking Alyssa in a cage?
“Master, take Alyssa outside. It looks so uncomfortable.”

Cecilia grabbed Eli's arm and shook it, pleading softly.

"it is good."

In fact, even without Cecilia's request, Eli, as Alyssa's owner, could not bear to see her huddled in the small yard, so before Cecilia shook him, he was ready to get Alyssa out first.

After the word "OK" came out, Eli stood under Alyssa's thick thighs and hugged one of Alyssa's thighs in the posture of hugging a tree.

With his amazing strength, he easily lifted Alyssa, who was ten meters tall, the same height as a three-story building, off the ground.

It was just because Eli was only holding one of its legs, and Alyssa, with an unstable center of gravity, was a little at a loss in the air only a meter above the ground. But out of trust in her brother, she did not yell or struggle wildly, which would make things worse.

Because of the horrible weight, the bluestone under Eli's feet shattered and turned into pieces of gravel.

The next moment, Eli held Alyssa, who was curled up obediently, and stepped on the ground with all his strength. With the help of the power of the earth, the man and the dragon leaped up, just passing over the high courtyard wall and falling to the flat ground outside.

The imagined "boom" sound did not come, only a cracking sound was heard outside, and Eli landed steadily with Alyssa in his arms. Except for the ground being crushed and half of Eli's body buried in the ground, both the man and the dragon were fine.

In other words, Eli's body is comparable to that of a god. If it were an ordinary Saint-level warrior, with Alyssa's current weight, if she fell from a height while holding it like this, her legs would definitely be crushed.

There was no need for anyone's help. After Alyssa jumped down happily, Eli pulled himself out of the ground by himself. He was fine, but the pants were ruined.

"Ow~"

After escaping from the trap, Alyssa lowered her head and nudged Eli with her huge dragon head, and the tail behind her was shaking so hard that it almost created a hurricane.

In the past, the tall Alyssa could use her dragon head to rub Eli's whole body, but now, the few dragon scales on the tall and big Alyssa's head can move Eli.

"Alyssa~"

At this time, the beautiful girls also ran out from the inner courtyard. Cecilia was the first to run over happily, then jumped up and jumped onto Alyssa's back.

This time, Cecilia, riding on Alyssa, finally felt a little like a real dragon rider. If she were to face the charge of the demons again at this time, she would definitely be able to kill the demon army in front of her.

In addition to Cecilia, Evelyn was also eager to try after seeing the huge Alyssa. Although she was always shy in front of Eli, like a delicate noble lady, she was actually very playful. Cecilia dreamed of becoming a dragon knight, so why didn't she want to be a dragon riding mage?

Just like in the yard, everyone surrounded Alyssa, but compared to before, the brothers and sisters in Alyssa's eyes had become much smaller, and it felt like she could just stretch out her claws and grab two to play the matching game.

"Ow~"

Elisa's body size has changed a lot now, but because of the rapid growth in a very short period of time, her mind has not been able to grow along with it. Although Elisa is now almost the size of a 70 or 80-year-old dragon, deep in her dragon soul she is still that of a baby dragon who is equivalent to a three-year-old human child.

Looking at her brothers and sisters sitting in a row around her, Alyssa roared happily, and the big tail behind her wagged even more vigorously.

"Alyssa said it's hungry. Master, Jessica, do you have any dried fish? I've finished eating mine."

Cecilia rode on Alyssa, swaying left and right, and did not forget to continue acting as Alyssa's translator.

"Yes, there is, but..."

Eli said as he took out a large bag of special dried fish from the storage space. If it were in the past, Alyssa would have rushed over to eat, but now Alyssa glanced at the dried fish in her brother's hand with her big eyes, and a big question mark appeared on her head.

Did Alyssa do something wrong? Why did her brother punish her by feeding her such small dried fish?

Although the dried fish Eli took out were originally for young dragons, and if it were a human, one fish would be enough to fill them up, but after Alyssa completed her evolution, the dried fish that she could originally chew as a snack suddenly became a piece of cake.

That's it? Who are you going to starve to death?
Alyssa was a little angry. Her brother no longer loved her.

"Oh, that's right. Alyssa is so big now. The dried fish we used to have are not enough..."

Cecilia looked at her master's dried fish, and then looked at Alyssa under her. How could she eat this? People were afraid of getting stuck in fish bones when eating fish, but if Alyssa ate this fish, she was afraid that she would get stuck in fish bones...

Raising a baby dragon is indeed not easy. Just providing it with food every day is a big problem. Even if Eli and others have storage equipment, it is difficult to make a particularly large space to store Alyssa's snacks.

That is to say, when you are in the army, you have large space equipment that can hold any amount of military rations, so you don't have to worry about this problem at all.

Fortunately, Eli was once a commander, and his guards were equipped with large-scale space equipment. But now it seemed that he had to fill it up, otherwise there would not be enough food for Alyssa on the road.

"Use the dried fish as military rations and give the rations to Alyssa." After Eli gave the order, Jessica went to find Lieutenant General Rondo quietly. A moment later, she came back carrying a large space equipment as big as a water tank.

This large space equipment is mostly filled with staple foods such as flour pancakes, but there are also mountains of dried meat, some cut into strips and some cut into cubes. However, it doesn't matter. Anyway, for Alyssa to eat now, these large pieces of meat in her mouth are almost the same as eating beef cubes.

After a grunt, Alyssa was at least full. At her age, she was not tempted by sex, but dragons did not want to move once they were full, and Alyssa was the same. After eating, she sat directly on the ground, causing dust to rise up on the ground around her.

“Let’s just eat something to deal with it, and then observe Alyssa. If there is no problem, we will set off in the afternoon.”

As he spoke, Eli and several beautiful girls took out their stored food and prepared a meal. Their main focus was still on Alyssa. However, since it stopped growing, there has been no new changes. It seems that the effect of the giant dragon ornament should have reached its limit.

Until two o'clock in the afternoon, Alyssa did not show any abnormal reaction, so Eli simply asked Cecilia to notify the guards to proceed according to the original plan and set off today.

Not long after, the team gathered. Eli, the beautiful girls, and Alyssa, who was not willing to take a walk to digest the food after dinner, lined up with the guards. Then the team brought the horses, and everyone mounted their horses and headed out of the Demon Hunting City.

When all of them rode out of the City Lord's Mansion, the nearby people were alarmed. By the time they reached the city gate, many residents of Demon Hunting City had come to see them off.

Although Eli did not stay in the Demon Hunting City for a long time in this life, he still had a special feeling for it because of his memories from his previous life. Even though these people were strangers to him, he still felt very warm that they came to see him off.

It was worth it that he practiced hard and fought demons in this life, trying his best to fight for temporary peace and stability for them.

But Eli was a decisive man, and although he felt warm in his heart, this would not slow down his steps, and seeing the crowds gathering more and more, Eli simply waved at the crowds, without any touching speeches, and continued to move forward with everyone, gradually disappearing outside the Demon Hunting City.

Only until their figures completely disappeared in the distant horizon did the people of Demon Hunting City disperse and return to their homes. They knew that the small Demon Hunting City could not keep the city lord, and his departure was inevitable.

A dragon cannot swim freely in shallow water, and a divine bird cannot be bound by the sky. A great hero like him has his own more suitable stage, but the Demon Hunting City in the future will still be proud to have had a lord like Eli Bruno.

However, at this moment, in an unnoticed corner outside the city, a tall figure was forced to watch Eli and his group walk away. She wanted to follow them immediately, but the strange old woman in front of her held her tightly with only three dry fingers.

"Don't be impatient, young man. I have something good to sell you. I'll only charge you three drops of refined dragon blood. What do you think?"

Obviously, she was a mysterious strong person who could overwhelm her with force, but when she spoke, she sounded like an ordinary old person, except that her tone was a little more overbearing, giving her a feeling that she could not be refused.

Oliver had no experience of living in the human country, nor had she ever traded with anyone. These days she had been relying on hunting in the wilderness outside the city for a living. But she had never expected that she, who was penniless, would be targeted by a mysterious and powerful man who was suspected to be a human merchant.

Moreover, this old woman really knows how to ask for a price. With her impure dragon blood, if she really squeezes out three drops of refined dragon blood to give away, then she will basically say goodbye to her connection with dragons and be completely downgraded to an ordinary magical beast.

And what did she get in return for such a heavy price? A broken animal tooth, the size of a thumb, could it be eaten or put in the mouth? Was it worth my dragon blood?
Oliver is not very smart, but he is not stupid either. How can he make such an exchange? Please allow me to refuse... Woohoo, something is stuffed into my mouth? Oops, my swallowing talent is activated subconsciously, and I was swallowed by this thing...

Then, as expected, after being forced to receive the "reward", Oliver was pinned to the ground by the mysterious old woman and had her blood drained. She didn't even have to actively refine it, as the old woman accurately drained all of her dragon blood herself, without even affecting her other bloodline.

"Okay, you can go now. Go chase your own future."

With that, the weird and mysterious old woman left her and walked away, leaving Oliver lying on the ground alone, feeling hopeless...

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After bidding farewell to the Demon Hunting City, Eli and his companions embarked on their final journey home. With the strength of the excellent war horses they rode, as long as they did not get delayed on the road, they would be able to return to the imperial capital in a few days.

In fact, there was nothing that would delay them in the Dawn Empire. In order to better feed Alyssa, Eli, Cecilia and others often took turns going out hunting to provide Alyssa with a snack. After all, dried meat did not have as many fancy ways of being eaten as fresh meat.

Of course, Alyssa is not just eating and doing nothing. Although hiring child labor is not advisable, Alyssa still undertakes most of the transportation work. For example, all the large space equipment is tied to her body, and Cecilia and Evelyn also abandon their horses and ride dragons most of the time.

Even Princess Lina, who has seen the most of the world, would occasionally climb on Alyssa and swing around for a few rounds. It was obvious that she also liked Alyssa very much.

Alyssa, who has become the group's darling, has a very carefree life along the way. When she is hungry, her sisters feed her; when she is tired, her brothers and sisters give her a massage; when she has a bad temper, her brothers and sisters will coax her together.

As the team moved forward and gradually entered the heart of the empire, Elisa's life became better and better. Although the places they passed through were becoming more and more prosperous and there were fewer wild mountains and wildernesses for hunting, there were towns of all sizes along the way, and each town had its own unique flavor of food, which almost fed Elisa into a fat dragon.

At the same time, Oliver, who was following Eli and his group quietly, was almost fainting from hunger. She was stuffing a handful of unknown wild grass into her mouth. There was frequent human activity in the nearby area and the edible wild animals were almost wiped out. She had no money to eat and drink in the human city, so the sacred beast could only be reduced to eating grass.

Although she was not picky about food, she was not so picky that she could not tell the difference between good and bad food. After all, eating meat in big mouthfuls was much better than chewing grass in big mouthfuls...

Fortunately, she had a talent for devouring, and she could squeeze out all the nutrients from wild grass, so she wouldn't starve to death. It's just that wild grass has too little energy, so she had to pull out a large piece of grass to maintain her vital signs.

In fact, after reaching this point, Eli and his group could have gone straight back to the imperial capital. In the Dawn Empire, every major city had a teleportation magic circle. They only needed to spend some money to teleport directly back to the imperial capital.

When they had previously left the Imperial Capital for the Demon Hunting City, they were enlisting in the army as children of nobles. The Empire would not allow them to use the teleportation magic circle for free, and with their number at the time, the Duke's Mansion could afford the teleportation fee, but there was really no need for it.

(End of this chapter)