How to use the Dragon King correctly

Chapter 45 Unseal ([-])

After Oro turned and left, his back disappeared from sight, Al pulled his hood, turned and walked in another direction.After walking a few steps, he heard something. Al stopped, looked aside, and saw Chris squatting in the gap between the two buildings, leaning against a big burden behind him.Something in the clothes on his chest kept moving, Chris frowned tightly and held down the thing that was trying to struggle out, but the thing made a "hiss - hiss -" sound.

That was the voice that Al heard.

He paid attention to his surroundings, then walked over and whispered, "Chris?"

Chris stood up and looked him up and down, asking, "Who the hell is that man?"

"...It's not an enemy anyway." Al felt a little embarrassed, and it seemed that no explanation was right.His adopted son?his master?

Shaka said excitedly with consciousness: "Your Majesty the Dragon King, are you all right?!"

"It's okay, it's you, Shaka, if you continue to make trouble, be careful not to be discovered." Al warned.

"Well... But Your Majesty the Dragon King," Shaka seemed aggrieved, "Are you really not injured? Your walking posture is very strange!"

"..." Al said blankly, "I've always walked like this!"

Shaka: "Yeah, but—"

Al turned his head and asked Chris, "Why are you here?"

"After the man appeared yesterday, the movement attracted the patrolling soldiers, so we had to change places," Chris said gloomily, "What about you? Why did you go to that place alone yesterday?"

Al smiled: "Where?"

"You know it in your heart."

Al's smile faded a little.

He looked away and said in a low voice, "I'm just going to have a look and make sure."

Glancing at the big burden behind Chris, Al quickly said, "I didn't even bring a half-breed!"

Chris looked at him suspiciously: "...Are you sure you didn't forget?"

Al: "..."

He did forget.

Standing at the center of the magic circle last night and reviewing the past life and this life, he was already mentally prepared but always felt that something was missing. However, before he had time to think about what was missing, he was overwhelmed Chris, who came over, carried it on his shoulders...

But Al wouldn't say such a thing.

Thinking of what Oro said to him just now, Al paused and said, "But Chris, no matter what, we have to act tonight."

"why?"

"Yat seems to have gotten the news that we will come to the capital," Al lowered his eyes, "Our chances are running out, we must lift the seal as soon as possible."

"We're waiting for Luther!" Chris stared at him.

"When will he show up?" Al smiled. "What if we have no chance by the time he arrives here? What's more, I can lift the seal by myself, so you don't have to worry about me, Chris."

"Luther will be here soon!" Chris said firmly.

"Chris..." Al's tone was a little helpless.

"He'll be there soon!" Chris took a step forward, his voice rising a bit, "You're not allowed to act alone until then."

Al stared at Chris for a long time, until Chris seemed to realize something, and his expression became more unwilling. Al said bluntly: "Chris, you can't interfere with the affairs of the Dragon Clan."

"..."

"I will wait until night falls," Al said softly. "When night falls, Luther hasn't appeared yet. I will solve the seal by myself."

Oro waited outside the palace until noon before the soldiers allowed him to enter the palace.

When Jin was found, he was with the head of Art's court magic troupe.Jin walked quickly and stood in front of him, angrily said: "Where did you go last night?!"

"Sorry, I drank some wine...and slept in the hotel directly." Oro explained perfunctorily.

"Drink?! Do you think you're here to play, Oro!" Kim glared at him.

"Sorry," Oro glanced at Hughes, who had been watching the two of them, and asked, "So what progress have you made?"

"Esha's team has arrived, and the current situation has been explained to them." Hughes answered the question on behalf of Jin, and walked over slowly.

"Really?" Oro raised his eyebrows, "Then, Your Excellency Hughes, do you understand the intention of the dragon clan to infiltrate the capital? Before this is clear, I'm afraid we can't help if we want to."

"You can rest assured," Hughes said, "No matter what the Dragon Clan intends, we will see him soon."

Oro was taken aback.

He glanced at Jin, and Jin returned him a meaningful look and frowned.

Having known Jin for so long, Oro knew that when Jin showed this expression, it meant that he himself felt something was wrong.

Oro asked: "Did you catch the Dragon Clan at the checkpoint at the city gate?"

"No, of course not." Hughes narrowed his eyes. "Your Excellency Oro, you also said that you can't catch dragons with that kind of trick. Even if you are lucky enough to catch them, they are just some ants. A real snake , need to be seduced."

Oro clenched his fists.

These people... set up a trap.

But who is that trap aimed at?

Hughes turned around and took the two of them to the depths of the palace.

Along the way, through the shadows cast by the palace pillars, Oro was absent-minded, looking at the back of Hughes in front of him from time to time.

Suddenly being patted on the shoulder, Oro recovered and looked aside.Jin said with lips: "What are you thinking?"

Oro shook his head, and his eyes fell on Hughes again.

Hughes led them through many turns, and Oro memorized each one in his head.At last Hughes led them to a door.

Oro paints the map in his head.Before he entered the palace just now, he had already roughly recorded the scope of the palace in his head. At this moment, they might have passed through the entire palace and arrived at a very remote place in the palace.

If Oro remembered correctly, Ruby Palace also had a place like this.That place was specially reserved for the court magic troupe, and Jin once took him in to see it.

Hughes pushed the door open slowly.The moment the door opened, Oro noticed a flash of light through the crack of the door.

Is it an enchantment?

When he saw the scene inside, Oro tensed up.

Nearly 40 magicians stood inside, except for Ruby's team of magicians that Oro could recognize. Based on the characteristics of the clothes on those people, Oro could tell that Aisha's team was also inside. The magician is Art's court magician.

The magicians stood in a circle, and a huge magic circle was drawn on the ground between them.

The pattern on the magic circle made Oro feel a little familiar. He could tell that it was a sealed magic circle, but it was a little different from the magic circle that Gaia had researched, and the seal might not be as effective as that magic circle.

"Oro, let's go too." Jin whispered.

Oro frowned and said, "Are you sure?"

"Anyway, let's try it out," Jin glanced at Hughes, and whispered, "Art's goal is the Dragon Clan, let's hear what they plan to do."

Oro followed Jin silently and stood among the magicians.

With his toes on the edge of the circle, Oro raised his head and saw Hughes standing opposite him.

In this way, this group of people does not know that Al's existence is real.

A small sealing magic circle like this has no way to spread its power. Only when the prey steps into the magic circle can the prey be sealed.

He has already made an appointment with Al, so there is no way Al will come here.

So who is the prey they want to lure?How did that prey come here?

etc--

Oro thought of something and moved his feet away.

Could it be... underground?

At the same time that this idea came up, Oro heard Hughes say slowly: "Everyone, the king of dragons will soon be brought to our feet."

Oro looked up sharply.

"Your Excellency Hughes, what is going on?" asked the magician who was traveling with Oro, "You didn't tell us about this yesterday!" The magician stepped on the magic circle under his feet.

"Sorry, it happened suddenly. We also got the news last night."

Hughes' hoarse voice echoed in the dimly lit hall.

The flames floating on the surrounding walls trembled, as if they would be extinguished at any moment.

"In the beginning, I couldn't explain the source of the news to you because even we didn't know the identity of the other party."

"At that time, I received a letter. The letter told me that there would be dragons coming to the capital soon, and told me the characteristics of the dragons. I had to carefully consider the contents of the letter, in order not to commit irreparable damage. Wrong, our court magic troupe arranged to check the entry and exit of each city, and also sent letters to various countries. However, because the situation at that time was not clear, the letter said 'I want to discuss with your country about the dragon's countermeasures' It was not deliberate deception. And last night, I received another letter. In the letter, that person revealed his identity. "

"It seems that not everyone in Heimlis can accept the decision of Heimlis to accept the Dragon Clan. Their queen's biggest mistake was not seeing the anger of those people, and even arranged for them to be sent to the Kingdom of Ater."

Oro pursed his lips tightly.

So far, it seems that there is no disagreement with his conjecture.

He believed that the Yate Kingdom must have considered this possibility, but they did not dare to draw conclusions before the other party revealed their identity.

"Heimlis' original plan was to send someone to bring the Dragon King to the capital, but the person who executed the plan changed his decision. He will bring the Dragon King to us."

The magicians present fell silent for a moment.

Moments later, someone asked, "Can we trust that man?"

Hughes looked at the man and said, "I've already met him. I only told him to bring the dragon here, but didn't tell him our specific plan. When he arrived here, he It will give us a signal. Although this place is within the palace, it has the strongest barrier around it, so it can be regarded as the strongest place in the capital, and it is also the place that can most avoid affecting other people."

Oro looked around.

Barriers belong to the strongest defensive magic. In places like this, magic circles are usually drawn between the interlayers of the walls.And only if the magician continuously inputs mana to it, the enchantment can be maintained.

In other words, in addition to the more than 40 magicians present here, there must be several enchantment magicians hiding in the dark.

"...Then what is this magic circle?" Aisha's magician asked.

"After learning about the dragon clan, we started to capture the dragon clan. However, the commotion caused by this caused many dragon clan to leave here. I believe you all know the sealing magic. In order to research this magic circle, we have used those The Dragon Clan has experimented many times."

"Your Excellency Hughes," Jin frowned and said, "I'm afraid it's not so easy to seal the magic circle?" It has only been more than half a month since the dragon's secret was discovered.It is impossible to complete a sealing magic circle in less than three months.

"That's right, this magic circle is not complete, so the time it can be sealed is only one hour. Within this hour, the magic circle will greatly weaken the power of the dragon clan."

an hour's time...

Even if you want to superimpose a magic circle on top of it, it is not practical, because this magic circle will consume a lot of mana.If the magic power is exhausted, they will not be able to take this opportunity to subdue the Dragon King.

"As long as the King of the Dragon Clan can be suppressed, neither Heimlis nor the Dragon Clan should be feared."

"...but what if it fails?" someone asked.

Hughes closed his eyes and said: "We don't know what the dragons came to Carlo City for, and we don't know whether they are only targeting the Kingdom of Art, or the entire continent. The only thing I can think about right now is , how to resolve this crisis.”

"And where are the other magicians now?"

Starting in the afternoon, Al noticed that soldiers were gradually patrolling the streets, and there were two or three magicians in each patrolling team.Because of this abnormal situation, people on the street seemed to feel uneasy, and many people returned to their homes.

"Is this a countermeasure of the Art Kingdom?" Chris asked.

Al leaned against the wet and cold wall of the alley, looking at the patrol team slowly passing by the entrance of the alley, feeling a little anxious.

I don't know how Oro is doing now, what's going on in the palace...

At this moment, he felt something and stood up.

Chris turned around and asked, "What's wrong?"

Al turned his body, feeling the source of that power.Soon, he found his bearings and stopped.

"Al?" Chris stood up.

"...Luther is here."

The author has something to say: I have to prepare for the competition defense in the past two days, and I just happened to have a bad cold OTL, so my condition is not very good, and I may stop for another day in the next few days... But I am not sure, try to write as much as possible Update it OTL