Dragoon Sentinel

The road that he had only traveled once, Nuo Lei had already remembered it in his heart. He ran quickly on the mountain road, crossed the high ground and stood next to the steep slope again. He looked down and his pupils shrank suddenly.The Meditation Valley has become a "mass burial mound" for night demons, and the restless magic energy is eroding the land and air. Even if they are far away, Norley can still feel the evil manic energy.

The magic circle protected by natural elements has been exhausted, replaced by distorted purple-black magic energy, which constantly attacks the boundary markers of the purification circle, and the originally indestructible boundary markers gradually fall apart, falling into pieces.

He anxiously looked for Edwink's figure, but his mental power was not as good as before under the influence of the magic energy, and he tried hard to distinguish it for a long time, but he couldn't find the familiar figure.Just when he couldn't restrain his temper, the witty peregrine found a clue and swooped down.Norley looked in the direction it was flying.

A strange-shaped creature stained with the green blood of the night devil came out of the corpse with heavy steps. Hard scales like armor covered its whole body. Behind it was a thick tail like a monitor lizard. The shoulder blades on the back were still gathered With huge red bat wings, it looks like a... dragon.

Just when Nuo Lei was shocked, he suddenly found that the scarlet dragon gun was held in the creature's claws, which was exactly Edwink's weapon.

damn it!Thinking that Edwink was hurt by this monster, Norley quickly rushed over regardless of the influence of mana. Just as he was about to make a move, the dragon-shaped creature turned its head, aimed its slender pupils at him, and opened its mouth It made a weird sound with its forked tongue, but Nuo Lei understood it, and it called: Nuo Lei.

Nuo Lei braked the car abruptly, staring at it suspiciously: "Ed...father?"

"It's me." The dragon-shaped creature spoke for the second time, and the voice was closer to that of a human. He asked kindly, "Did it scare you?"

"I thought you..." Nuo Lei changed the topic embarrassingly, "Why do you... look like this?"

"This is the real me." Edwink snorted and spoke with a thick guttural voice, "I am a low-level dragonman and a guardian of the dragon clan. My duty is to protect the last blood of the dragon clan. However..." His eyes fell on the magic circle, and he sighed heavily, "The purification magic has failed."

"What did the night devil do?" Norley was slightly surprised. Thinking of the attack on Candin Town, he couldn't help suspecting that it was part of the plan. "Why did they do this?"

"Because the dragon is the most powerful creature, a reliable ally, and a terrible enemy. The night devil's attack here is completely suicidal. The purpose is to pollute the elemental energy of the purification circle. I am too careless." Ai Dwok groaned in pain, and the majestic voice sounded more like a dragon's roar than a human cry.

Nuo Lei looked at the collapsed boundary marker in silence, and the discomfort of being watched emerged again. He resisted the urge to run away and asked, "What should we do now? Do we need to go back to town and find a solution?"

"Don't cause trouble for them." Edwink shook his monitor-like head, squeezed his dragon gun tightly and said in silence, "There is another remedy, but I need your help."

Nuo Lei nodded: "You say."

"Wait for me here." Edwink walked slowly towards the magic circle, dragging a winding path on the ground with his strong tail.He stood in the center of the magic circle, spread his bat wings, raised his dragon gun high and let out a deafening long cry.Norey's attention was taken away in an instant, and he focused on listening to the rhythm and changes of the voice, like a spell or a prayer.

Accompanied by the chanting, the intense flame energy was drawn from Edwink's dragon-shaped body, and flowed towards the dragon gun continuously. The dragon gun became brighter and brighter, and almost condensed into a red light. At this moment, Ed Wook Wu Ke's voice suddenly rose, and he suddenly turned the tip of the gun and pierced the ground with all his strength.

"Pound—" the dragon gun directly sank into the ground, and the moment the soil and rock formations were broken, the gushing red energy quickly swept across the valley, and the ominous magic energy was burned up together with the night demon corpses, forming a mass of black energy. It was scattered and evaporated into the air. After a while, the appearance of the land was restored to its original state.

Norley stared at this scene dumbfounded. Before he had time to applaud Edwink, he saw him fall down in the next second.

"Papa Eddard!" Norey ran over, grabbed Edwink's scaly arm and tried to help him up.Edwink's face was ashen, and he was crumbling as if he had been drained of vitality. He pulled Norley upright and fell to the ground together.Seeing him lose weight at a speed visible to the naked eye, Nuo Lei's eyelids twitched, and he asked anxiously, "What's wrong with you?"

Edwink panted, held his hand and said word by word: "In addition to the holy light of human belief, the power of elements admired by elves and people, there is another energy that can purify magic energy, which is dragon's breath. It's a pity that I'm just a low-level dragonman, and the dragon's breath is useless, so I used my own fire of life."

The fire of life... these four words hit Nuo Lei's heart heavily, and his nerves were tightly strangled by strong anxiety. He held Edwink's hand instead, but found that the original sharp claws were also shriveling rapidly. As fragile as a dead leaf in autumn, he didn't dare to use force. He held Edwink's hand and asked: "Father, why did you do this? Have you forgotten that pastor? He is a believer in the Holy Light. He can purify mana."

"He... a dozen more can probably purify the magic energy that polluted the Meditation Valley. And... I did this not only for purification." Edwink spread the palm of the other hand tremblingly, a The dark purple egg covered with spikes lies firmly inside, and fiery red veins light up on the hard shell from time to time, which is the fire of life of Edwink.

"This is the last dragon egg." Edwink's voice became hoarse and his vision became cloudy. Knowing that he had little time left, he couldn't help but speed up his speech. "It is the meaning of my guarding the Meditation Valley. I temporarily sealed the magic energy, please protect it, find the spirit of the proud dragon to purify it, and make him a real dragon."

Nuo Lei picked up the egg like catching a hot potato, with uneasy ripples in his eyes, he didn't refuse, but it didn't mean he thought it was an easy job, "I promise you dad, but where should I find it?" ?”

"I have a map in my storage bag with notes on it. After I die, everything in the storage bag will belong to you, including the dragon gun." Edwink pointed in the direction of the dragon gun. Sensing the master's call, the gun hummed and burst out of the ground and flew directly to Edwink's hand. He brushed the gun body and pushed it to Nuo Lei, "If you fail, the dragon gun is the only thing that can put the dragon on the ground. Death's weapon, please keep it safe..."

"Father Ed, don't be discouraged." Nuo Lei was a little at a loss, he said dryly, "In the world I lived in before, I was a mercenary with zero failure record, this time... I will not fail either of."

Edwink seemed to smile, but his lizard-like head couldn't read the expression, and he spoke, his voice becoming softer: "Vester Eugenides, give him to me. Return the letter to him, let him apologize to his grandfather for me..."

Norley pursed her lips and nodded without saying a word.

"Dragon...please..."

Before Nuo Lei could reply, Edwink's body was shattered into powder in the blink of an eye, and disappeared without a trace in the breeze.

Nuo Lei was a little dazed, his shut-down brain showed no signs of resuming work. He lowered his head to look at the items left by Edwink: strange dragon eggs, storage bags, and his dragon gun.

"I wish I had come earlier." Nuo Lei stroked the dragon gun lightly, sinking into a deep depression.The peregrine flew back to his shoulder and rubbed his cheek reassuringly with its beak.

Nuo Lei lightly touched Peregrine Falcon's neck feathers, got up and bowed towards the place where Edwink disappeared: "I will fulfill your request." Promise of.

Stuffing the dragon gun and the dragon egg into the storage bag, Nuo Lei left the Meditation Valley alone. Behind him, this piece of land looks the same as before, only the broken boundary markers know what happened and what was lost .

The town that had dissipated the haze saw sunshine again, and the frightened residents had already walked out of the shelters and started cleaning their homes. While sharing their experiences of distress with lingering fear, they rejoiced for their fate, while copying shovels and wheelbarrows to remove the damaged The objects were cleared out, and when Nuo Lei returned to the town, what he saw was such a scene that was left to be done.

"Norley, you're back!"

John, who regarded Nuo Lei as his second idol, couldn't help shouting when he saw him return.Hearing his yell, the residents of Candin Town also cast their attention. After hearing about the great achievements of this outsider, they looked at him with kind admiration and gratitude.

Norley, carrying the bad news, did not feel a sense of accomplishment as a hero, but instead felt ashamed—his mission had just begun.Norley pulled himself together and asked, "How's the mayor?"

John said happily: "My father is fine now. The pastor is very powerful and healed my father's wound directly."

"Can I see him?"

"Of course, hey, by the way, why didn't you see Papa Ed?"

Nuo Lei paused and said in a low voice, "I'm here for this."

John froze for a moment, and looked at Nuo Lei with some anxiety, but Nuo Lei did not explain, and walked towards the church with his head down.Most of the residents who took refuge on the ground floor of the church had dispersed, and the rest were counting the losses. They chatted about whether to prepare defensive weapons in the town, but their topic soon became extravagant and deviated from the topic.

Noley walked up to the second floor from the stairs on one side of the corridor, and the first lounge on the left was the mayor's foothold.Seeing the mayor seems to see John 30 years later, the father and son are almost carved out of the same mold, the difference is that the mayor's hair has been dyed frosty white by the years, and his expression is more stable and impressive than John's. trust.

In addition to the mayor, Norley also saw West in the lounge. The arrogant priest rolled his eyes at him and did not intend to greet him.Norley didn't realize that West was trying to stop being awkward because of his refusal to tell him just now. He looked back at the mayor, and said without obliquely, "Mr. Mayor, Papa Ed has passed away."

West and John were stunned at the same time, but the mayor looked calm, as if he had expected this result, and asked slowly, "Where is his body?"

"Meditation Valley, I have... buried him there." Norley told a white lie.

The mayor sighed: "Is that right, that's okay, that's his home. Did he give you the things in the Meditation Valley?"

Hearing the mayor's question like this, Norley was also a little surprised, "Yes, he put..."

"Don't tell me what it is," the mayor said meaningfully, interrupting him, "and don't tell anyone."

Nuo Lei nodded thoughtfully. He thought the mayor had other advice, but what he heard was: "You go, leave Candin Town, the farther you go, the better."

"Father!" John shouted anxiously, "How can you drive away his guests without asking the cause of Ed's death!"

"Shut up, John! You don't know anything!" the mayor interrupted John sharply. "By God, everything I do is for Candin Township!"

"But--"

"John, even if the mayor didn't say this, I still have to leave," Nuo Lei said, "I promised Father Ed one thing, and I have to leave here in order to complete this." Nuo Lei is not good at saying goodbye, It's good to leave like this, and it will be less sad.

John couldn't hide his disappointment, "Are you leaving now?"

Nuo Lei nodded, "It's time, I should go."

The author has something to say:

Ding——Congratulations to the player "Nuo Lei" for completing the Novice Village mission and getting the mission item "Eroded Dragon Egg"