feed on dragons

Dai Ning felt that his consciousness seemed to be very clear, but at the same time seemed very chaotic.I couldn't move my whole body, couldn't open my eyelids, and my limbs were cold and stiff.

Is this what it feels like to die?he thought in a daze.

However, although the whole body is cold, there is a strange warmth in the chest.The cold air tried several times but couldn't get close to that warmth, nor could it extinguish it.Dai Ning vaguely felt that the reason why he could barely maintain consciousness was because of that thing.

That's... what is it?

He saw this morning...

A string of necklaces appeared around his neck out of thin air, and the pendant was a black bead... Just like Julian's, there were fine golden rays of light flowing inside.

Dylan...?

"Daining."

A voice suddenly broke into his mind.When the voice appeared, the warmth in his chest seemed to be stronger, and his consciousness became much clearer.But his body still couldn't move, and he wasn't even sure if he was breathing.

(Dylan?)

"Well, it's me."

Dylan's voice appeared again.Dai Ning suddenly felt sad.

At least in the end, he wanted to see Dylan again, but he didn't even have the strength to open his eyes.As if sensing his sadness, a warm hand caressed his face, and then he felt himself being embraced.

"It's so cold..." Dylan easily cleared away the pillars of rubble that were pressing on Daining's body, and dragged the boy out.Dai Ning's body was already stiff, and his breath was so weak that he could barely feel it. He looked like a dead person.Xing Konglong kissed his lover's blood-stained lips lightly, hugged him tightly, and didn't speak for a while.

(Dylan...)

Dai Ning didn't move his mouth, he could only call his name in his mind.The young man shook his head and said in a muffled voice, "I know everything, but I can't help you. I'm sorry."

(You never tell a lie. That's why you said I was short-lived at first...which is true.)

"That's true." Dylan's voice sounded very low, "I am the star dragon, and I can see the fate of everyone if I want to. But I can't change them."

"You are doomed to die here, Daining..."

Doomed... everything is fate.

Dai Ning felt a little regretful.I still have a lot of things I haven't done, and I still want to do a lot of things, but it's over.

Even, having just made a boyfriend, she didn't even have the energy to look at him in the end.

"Dragon Flame Jade is not a solution, it can only hang your life, and I have to send you away in the end." Dylan took a deep breath, and then said with determination: "Daining, I want to ask you a question now, This question is important."

very important question...

Dai Ning remembered that strange dream and a sentence in the dream.

These two voices now overlap.

"The past or the future, which one do you choose?"

(Future.) Dai Ning replied immediately. (If you are in that future, then I will choose it.)

Dylan, who was holding him, visibly shook.Xing Konglong took a deep breath and said, "Do you know the consequences of this choice? If you choose the future, you will be a person without a past."

Dai Ning actually didn't understand what he meant.But now that I am half-dead, why hesitate?

(That future, you are here, right?)

"Yes. I will always guard you." Dylan nodded.

(Then... there is nothing to hesitate.)

Xing Konglong pursed his lips and sighed softly.

This is the result he wanted, but this result...is it really good?

However, his time is running out.

"I see. Good night, Denning."

He took out the necklace on Dai Ning's chest.The pendant of the Dragon Flame Jade was emitting a faint light.Dylan held the Dragon Flame Jade, closed his eyes, and crushed the gem vigorously—

Dai Ning felt that the warmth in his chest suddenly disappeared. As soon as the Dragon Flame Jade was shattered, the cold air scrambled to occupy his body, and his consciousness became blurred in an instant, and finally it was pitch black...

The boy breathed out his last breath softly, and took a shallow breath in the dragon's arms.

Julian only felt that in a flash, he and Hal were in the verdant forest.Hal gently put him down, and Julian grabbed the hem of the man's clothes with some unease, looking around this strange place.

"Master Hal, where is this place?"

"It's just outside the ruins."

"Oh..." It turned out to be outside the ruins.Julian nodded, stood quietly for a while, and then suddenly remembered something very serious——

Dai Ning is still inside!

"Hal, Master Hal!" Thinking of his friend's life and death in that dangerous place, Julian felt panicked.He turned his head and grabbed the man's clothes, and said eagerly: "Can...can you go back again? Dai Ning is still inside! Maybe it's on the top, I'm sure he's not on the bottom, but he didn't respond no matter how much he shouted, maybe he was injured ..."

"Leave him alone." Hearing this name, Hal narrowed his eyes and frowned.

"Huh?" Julian froze, but immediately shook his head like a drum. "You can't leave him alone! Dai Ning is my good friend..."

"Dylan will take care of it." The red dragon just said indifferently: "He has passed."

"Dylan? Dylan is just a fortune teller, he..." Julian suddenly felt something strange when he was halfway through speaking.

etc.How did Hal know Dylan?

Seeing Julian's puzzled eyes, Hal chuckled and couldn't help pinching his face, "Dylan is not a fortune teller, he is my friend. Now you know who he is, right?"

"Dylan...Dylan is also...a dragon...?"

Julian's eyes widened and he stammered.Hal shrugged, a reaction that almost confirmed Julian's suspicions.The boy was shocked and heaved a sigh of relief. If Dylan was a dragon, then taking care of Dai Ning would definitely be fine...

it should be no problem?

Thinking of this, he felt an inexplicable sense of unease, but he didn't know where this feeling came from.

"Lord Hal."

Someone came over through the bushes. Julian looked in the direction of the passer-by and found that it was Acibel's personal bodyguard Grom.Hal nodded and said, "Julian will be brought back to you."

"Yes."

Grom saluted him and signaled Julian to follow him.

"Master Hal...are you leaving?"

Julian didn't leave immediately, he looked up at Hal, unable to suppress his disappointment.Hal patted his head and said, "Don't worry about me. If you need anything, you can find Acibel."

"OK."

The young man didn't get the response he wanted, he raised his eyes and looked at Hal's face that made him think about it day and night, and then reluctantly turned his head and left with the black-haired guard.

Julian did not return to the scene, he was directly protected by Yaqibeier and sent back to the dormitory in a special car.Tifeng brought Carter and the three apprentices Juan and Yue out, and at the same time found the hidden crystal ball that had fallen underneath.The apprenticeship activities ended in some confusion, and the next day was a holiday. Except for the mages who participated in the question-making needed to meet for grading, no one else had any activities.Julian was locked in his own room by the eldest prince, and Yaqibeier told him not to run around and take a good rest. The mage may still have some details to ask him.

Julian walked up and down the room boredly.The injuries on his body were not serious, mostly scrapes and contusions. Lun provided Cantellian's special wound medicine, and the accompanying medical staff also helped him treat him appropriately after he was sent back to the dormitory. There is no big problem.

But Julian has always cared about one thing.

He never heard from Dai Ning.

When he was pushed into the carriage by Grom yesterday, he asked nervously, "Master Grom, may I ask, is Daining out? How is the situation now?"

Grom heard this and looked at him suspiciously.

"I don't know. I was just ordered to pick you up. For other things, you can ask His Highness Yaqibel."

Grom said so, no matter how anxious Julian was, he could only wait until Aceh Bell came.But after he returned, he was arrested immediately for an examination and his injuries were dealt with. After the mage group came back, Yaqibel did come to see him, but he only gave a few orders and left in a hurry.

One night passed, and Julian was still bewildered and didn't know anything.He knocked on Dai Ning's door at night, but no one answered.He knocked on Huang and Yue's doors again, but they didn't know whether they had gone out or not, and they were also silent.

Julian looked at Carter's door, raised and lowered his hand, and finally decided to forget it.

The next morning, after waking up from sleep, Julian, who was very sleepy, struggled to get out of bed.Enduring the soreness all over his body, he jumped out of bed, walked out of the room in his pajamas, and knocked on the door of Dai Ning's room next door without giving up.He knocked three times, waited a while, and even put his ear to the door panel, but it was still, dead still.

"Where the hell did you go..."

Julian's heart was up and down, and the bad premonition kept circling in his heart.

(Calm down, Master Hal said, Dylan has already passed, and it should be fine... Maybe Dylan took it away first...)

The young man shook his head. Although he wanted to find Yaqibeier, he was afraid that he would miss the eldest prince, so he could only obediently wait in the room.He picked up the book and wanted to read it, but he couldn't read it anymore. After walking back and forth for a long time, he felt more and more anxious.

"Daining... where are you now?"

He looked out the window, talking to himself.

The lunch was brought to him by Yaqibel, and the eldest prince also sent a message that he would come to ask him about the details of the collapse of the ruins at two o'clock in the afternoon.Julian hastily ate a bit, but perhaps still worried about his friend, the food tasted like nothing.He sighed, put the dinner plate by the door, and rolled back to bed.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, Aceh Bell came on time, accompanied by Cantellian's sorceress, Ren.The two first asked him about his physical condition, and Julian smiled wryly and said it was nothing serious, just very sore.

"Of course, half a floor is not short. If you just fall like that, it will always hurt for a few days. If you don't feel dizzy or there is nothing special, just rest more." Lun Dao.The blue bird Liuli on her shoulder squatted quietly, she didn't look at all as bad-tempered and cunning as Huang and Yue described.

After exchanging pleasantries, Aceh Bell quickly got to the point.The collapse of the ruins is a major event for both the ratings and the Olson Magic Circle. They asked Carter first and got a general understanding of the process. Now they are going to ask Julian to see if there is any difference between the two.

It always feels a little weird.

Julian always felt that there seemed to be one person missing in Aceh Bell's words.The eldest prince never mentioned Dai Ning from the beginning to the end, even if he is missing now, shouldn't he not be mentioned at all?However, even though there was this layer of doubt in his heart, he still suppressed it and began to describe the process he knew.

Aciebel listened with a puzzled expression.The eldest prince and the female mage exchanged a glance, then he turned his head and made a pause gesture.

"Julian, you just said that it was a man named Dai Ning who touched the pattern that surfaced for the second time and caused the relic to vibrate?"

Julian's heart skipped a beat.

Why do you say that?

"Why... do you act like you don't know him?" he asked cautiously.Aceh Bell showed a bewildered expression.

"I just wanted to ask what you were talking about..."

"This time, there are only two apprentices in the visiting group, you and Carter, there is no third person."