Doctor of Science's Journey into Another World

Half a day has passed since the three-headed earth dragon beast set out from Garcia Territory. At this moment, Bai Hao and his party have arrived at the Swat Empire, located south of the Omo Empire. It is still a long distance from the Swat Empire's capital, Standt, which is also the ultimate goal of Bai Hao's trip.

Stant is an ancient city. It has existed for a long time, thousands of years ago, before Swat was founded. The ancient city of Stant, which has survived the rise and fall of several dynasties, is close to the border between the Central Plains and southern Xinjiang. It is an important hub for economic trade and academic exchanges between humans and elves.

At the same time, Stant is also the political, economic and cultural center of the Swart Empire. Three of the four magic colleges are located in the suburbs of Stant, and the city of Stant has many academic organizations that are much older than the Swart Empire.

As a human empire where elves account for nearly 10% of the population, Swart has always had a high level of cultural tolerance, especially its tolerance towards dark elemental mages, which is second only to the elven kingdom in southern Xinjiang. Therefore, it has also become a transit station for many dark elemental mages on the continent to escape.

Most of Bai Hao's knowledge about Stant came from his father's oral narration and various scholars' manuscripts and books brought back by the Swart merchants. Bai Hao had long been very curious about this country which was praised on the continent as "a human country full of knowledge".

Bai Hao and Youla's out-of-body therapy experiment has come to an end. At this moment, Bai Hao is in the room writing a summary of the experiments of the past few days and designing the next experimental plan.

Suddenly, a series of exclamations from Longbei Square interrupted Bai Hao's thoughts. Bai Hao felt a little confused, so he went to the terrace outside the room with Xing Lili, and then they both exclaimed.

Bai Hao immediately activated low-level vision enhancement and observation techniques, staring intently at the large area of ​​darkness right in front of the Earth Dragon Beast. Because the distance was too far, Bai Hao could barely make out that it was an extremely large and thick rain cloud.

Soon, the captain of the guards came to the terrace where Bai Hao was and reported in detail the situation of the rain clouds ahead and the survey results of a scout team.

This is a very wide cumulonimbus cloud, very thick, and there may be strong thunderstorms, but Bai Hao knows that this will not have a significant impact on the three-headed earth dragon beast, it will only slightly reduce the flight speed.

If the Earth Dragon Beast were to change its route and bypass the rain cloud, the Wind Elemental Mages estimated that their journey would be delayed by at least one day. Therefore, the captain of the guards suggested not to change the route but to go directly through the rain cloud.

Bai Hao nodded slightly when he heard that. He had absolute confidence in his own Earth Dragon Beast. Even if a giant beast of this tonnage was directly hit by a thunderbolt, it would only be a tickle.

The most important thing is that Earth Dragon Beast will encounter thunderstorms most of the time when traveling, so most of the Earth Dragon Beast's bodies are surrounded by various lightning protection arrays and various magic stones that can absorb thunderstorms.

"Rumble--"

Soon, the dull thunder of the thunderclouds reached the Earth Dragon Beast. Wherever Bai Hao looked in front of him, there were dark clouds, while behind Bai Hao was a clear blue sky. The two skies, one yin and one yang, one black and one white, were clearly divided as if they were two different worlds.

After the Earth Dragon Beast entered the area covered by thunderclouds, the surroundings immediately fell into darkness, and Bai Hao also clearly felt that the surrounding temperature dropped a lot in an instant. Along with humidity, intermittent thunder sounds were heard from time to time, giving people a gloomy and terrifying feeling.

Bai Hao observed that many mysterious runes lit up on the back and sides of the Earth Dragon Beast. The gray-white rune circuits formed complex magic arrays, which also meant that the Earth Dragon Beast was now ready to face the thunderstorm.

"Rumble--"

A thick ray of lightning suddenly shot out from a dark corner of the clouds above and hit the side of the Earth Dragon Beast's wings accurately. The magic circle at the hit place suddenly dimmed a lot, but returned to normal after a moment.

"Wow ah-"

Oren witnessed the flashing thunder and heard the roar of the thunderstorm. He could no longer hold back and let out a series of strange cries.

Oren was a smart man. When he saw the thunderclouds from afar, he knew something was wrong. Then he realized that the Earth Dragon Beast had no intention of turning around, so Oren quickly found an empty corner to hide in, fearing that anyone would hear his useless shouting.

The girls of the Moon Goddess sect stopped screaming after the first thunder, and then they just looked at the angry sky with interest. After all, this was their only chance to witness a thunderstorm so close.

The blue-haired girl of the sect was holding a big goose leg with a lot of sticky sauce on it. It was given to her by a sister named Kalia. The blue-haired girl liked Kalia very much because she was also keen on all kinds of legs.

The blue-haired girl had noticed that her brother Oren, who always cared about her, had quietly come to a corner next to the wooden building, so she ran over happily following Oren.

Looking at Oren who kept screaming and squatting on the ground with his head in his hands and shaking, the blue-haired girl was a little at a loss, so she hurried forward and stuffed the big goose leg into Oren's mouth. It was not until this moment that Oren realized that the blue-haired girl was standing next to him.

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Jack's shift as a guard had just ended. At this moment, he was carefully wiping a medal in a bungalow on the dragon's back. This was a medal awarded by Bai Hao to the best guards on each earth dragon beast during this journey south.

Every time a dragon beast lands for supplies, Bai Hao will ask the captain of the guards to select the best performing guard from each dragon beast during this stage. After returning to Campbell Territory, the guards can receive generous rewards of varying degrees based on the number of medals they receive.

The feathered beast that Jack was thinking about was one of them. Before going to bed every night, Jack would calculate the approximate time it would take him to return to Campbell County, and estimated that he should be able to return home before his eldest son left for Orleans for further studies. Then he would bring the feathered beast to his son as a means of transportation.

The old guard who had just finished his shift looked at Jack who had been wiping the medals for a long time and said with a smile: "You worked so hard, you must be the guard with the most medals this time."

Jack nodded and smiled when he heard that, but it was just a slight smile that made the crow's feet on Jack's face show their teeth. Then Jack carefully put the medal into the inner pocket of his clothes.

Just as Jack was about to lie down to sleep, the old guard leaned close to Jack and whispered, "What do you think of the marriage I mentioned to you last time? Although my granddaughter is fifteen or sixteen years older than your son, she is a woman who can take care of people; although her magic talent is not so good, she is better than ordinary people; although she is not so beautiful, she weighs more than 200 pounds and is good at giving birth to children; although she has been divorced twice, but..."

Jack thought about it carefully and decided that his son really needed to get married. However, Jack heard that the old guard's granddaughter was a notorious shrew in Campbell County. Even he, who didn't like gossip, had heard a thing or two about it.

But Jack couldn't just reject the old guard's enthusiasm, so he could only bite the bullet and say, "Let the young people decide for themselves. We can arrange for them to meet after we get back."

Upon hearing this, the old guard immediately said yes, then chatted with Jack for a few more words before going back to bed to sleep.