The itinerary became unusually quiet for the next few days, and there was no figure in the empty floating city meeting room.

The silent little wizard was hiding in the laboratory alone, busy with the miniaturization of the "light sword";

In the cell, Lucien seized all the time, with the help of Isaac, learned and mastered the power of the "Samurai Way" from the elf warrior;

The traumatized Loren continued to recover his body while rebuilding the shattered spiritual temple;

The Count of Fury Castle provoked all the chores of the entire team on his shoulders and was responsible for the entire process of evacuating the team;

Brandon is responsible for whispering to the dragons Milassis and Grum, and pleases them to "sweet words" in front of their elders ...

Under the silent floating city, a large number of teams took a tired step every day, dragging their hungry bodies closely to the banner of the Iron Crown, dead and depressed.

The riots in East Sackland were far worse than Brandon and Loren had imagined—from not yet reaching the border of Sackland, to being near the middle of the territory, almost every day they encountered deserters and homes destroyed by robbers. refugee.

For those who want to join the team, Brandon ca n’t accept it at all; as for the deserters who are trying to resist ... There is no need to dispatch the army at all, they are already weakened when they see the dragon.

In this way, with a snowball-expanding team, Brandon and his party continued to move in the direction of the goal; every day, the snow and the frozen ground that became more chilling were telling them the coming of the severe winter, and and The distance between the northern boundary mountains.

In the end ... In the morning when a blizzard gradually disappeared and they could finally see the sun, they finally reached their destination.

Jufeng Mountain.

The territory of the dragon.

Since the first generation of the Sakran Empire-or in the time of the ancient kingdom, the dragons who came with Queen Brenhill, who was married, got this extinct volcano and the surrounding mountains and forests. , As their territory.

Therefore, strictly speaking, the leader of the dragon family is also one of the emperor's "vassals". At least the title of "Lord of the Peak" should be included in the title; only the so-called title and title are on a giant dragon. Purely superfluous.

In return for being "divided", the dragons also assumed the obligation to defend the Kingdom of Sacran and even the empire, as well as the royal family of DeSalines.

They made a promise that any direct descendant of Queen Brunnhillde would have the opportunity to communicate with the dragon and even reach a contract; once the contract was reached, the dragon would serve a "De Salyon" Until he or she dies.

The fourteenth generation has never been cut off.

With this "promise", the DeSalinese family was able to rule the entire empire and become the supreme royal family over all the ancient royal families, just like their banner-the rough iron crown was lifted by the three-headed dragon. Ascend into the clouds, overlooking all beings.

But conversely, it is precisely because of the power of the dragon that the empire can be ruled, maintaining the relationship with the dragon has become the mission of every generation of emperors;

Even if the emperor himself is a dragon rider, he must protect and increase the number of dragon riders in the royal family as much as possible to ensure that these horrible wild behemoths can still remember that they are the blood of Queen Brunnhillde Promised.

Brandon and Loren were standing on the edge of the floating city's retaining wall, gazing at the towering mountains, their trance expression slightly fascinated.

The red sun of Dongsheng is completely obscured by the mountain peaks, and only the afterglow can be seen, as well as the cloud smoke dyed with gold; it is like a gorgeous ribbon that wraps the mountains.

There is only one small problem that needs to be solved ...

"This Jufeng Mountain is so steep, how do you go up?" Isaac, with an inexplicable face, raised his eyebrows and pointed at the almost vertical up and down mountain wall: "Why would we have to climb up little by little, I ca n’t climb! "

"This is of course." Brandon's lazy voice came beside him: "It is because there is no way to climb that the dragons will choose Mount Jufeng as their territory."

"Why?" Isaac looked up in surprise.

Before he could ask, the screaming wind was already blowing in place, and the people in the floating city had to lean against the protective wall to prevent them from being blown off.

When they looked up again, there were already two more shadows in the sky shrouded in smoke clouds-the dragons with their wings spread out, Milasis and Grum, flying vertically to the summit of Mount Jufeng.

"That's ... why." Breathing, Brandon hiding behind the protective wall smiled: "Because Mount Jufeng is the territory of the dragon, and soaring is only a privilege of the dragon."

"So their territory must be built on the pinnacle that mortals cannot reach!"

The dark-haired wizard chuckled and stared thoughtfully at the hidden mountain top in the clouds.

"But you still haven't told me how we should get up!" Isaac, who was startled, swallowed and didn't have a good air: "I'll never climb again, again!"

"Uh ... there are two ways." Brandon, who smiled at the corner of his mouth, shrugged and raised **** in his right hand: "The first way is like dear Milassis, let's fly vertically in a floating city . "

"Although Jufeng Mountain looks quite high, it is also relative to the Eastern Sacran Plain-the altitude should not be comparable to the cloud peak of the Dwarf Kingdom; since the floating city of 'Chornhorn' can lift the cloud peak, Then it will definitely be able to leap to Jufeng Mountain. "

"But doing so will greatly anger the dragons, right?"

"It is worthy of my great wizard advisor, and I guessed it all at once!"

"If we dare to fly up, those big guys won't care who the people in this floating city are, 10,000 percent will knock us down!"

"So we can only use the second method to climb all the way up." Ignoring the black-haired wizard who rolled his eyes next to him, Brandon spread his hands: "Of course, there is no need to climb rock, because there is indeed a path from Jufeng Mountain. At the foot of the mountain. "

"Road?" Isaac's eyes lit up. "You mean ..."

"Yes, just like you think-it is a direct descendant of the successive royal families of DeSalines, and is tested by the dragon, otherwise how did we see the dragon in those years?"

Speaking of which, Brandon, who was still relaxed and relaxed, smiled a little bit stiff: "Of course, this road is not easy to go, so ... I mean, you'd better be prepared."

"It may not be safe on the way."

Ok?

A not-so-good hunch came to mind.

…………………………

The floating city landed slowly beside a rock near the foot of Jufeng Mountain, and the accompanying team was also stationed here

Originally, three rotations should be stationed all year round under the peak of the Torch Peak, but because of the fall of Eboden and the chaotic situation in East Sakland, the three legions have already been transferred away; Brandon and his party immediately occupied them The remaining military camp serves as a temporary rest, waiting for the camp where His Royal Highness and the Duke return.

After a quarter of an hour or seven, Loren and his party finally came to the road of trial that Brandon called—or rather, in front of a cave.

"This is it."

With a certain emotion, and a faint trace of pride, Brandon took a deep breath and turned around, looking at the people in front of him-Loren, Isaac, Ain and Lusien.

"First reminder, because I have only traveled once on this road; so what we will encounter this time will only be known after we enter." With a shrug, His Royal Highness said with a special "single stick" tone:

"And according to the tradition of the DeSalle family, people who have walked this road in the previous generation will not tell their own experience to the next generation."

"Why?" Lucien asked very alertly: "For the results of the trial?"

"There are certain reasons for this, but it is not the most important." Brandon smiled, and his tone suddenly became very mysterious: "The most important point is that everyone who walks into this road has a great experience. same!"

Different?

Before everyone understood what he meant, Brandon turned and walked in, and his figure disappeared into the dark cave.

Looking at the nervous or worried eyes cast by him, the dark-haired wizard shrugged and smiled at everyone: "Go."

"Let ’s see what the dragon ’s territory looks like."

Taking a deep breath, the crowd stepped into the entrance of the cave.

The first thing that comes into view is naturally dark.

Without thinking about it, the three wizards in the group immediately raised their wands and released a "firefly curse", and the pale white light illuminated the area within two steps.

"Well, it's convenient to have a wizard." Brandon's humorous words came from the front: "When I came with Brother Connold and Aunt Fitrone, there were only torches One. "

"Of course, my respected Brother Connold did not experience the trial at all, and was sent directly to the Dragon's Cave on the top of Jufeng Peak; and the only torch was handed to the dear aunt!"

"I guess it's because a guy gets a torch and is going to leave others. Let's run away first?" While carefully choosing the footing, the dark-haired wizard couldn't help saying.

"My dear Sorcerer Wizard, how can you defame people out of thin air ?!" Brandon immediately retorted, sounding like he was aggrieved:

"I think about this kind of thing at most, how can I do it-that is my dear aunt!"

Resisting the urge to roll his eyes again, Loren shrugged and could only pretend he hadn't heard, and continued to climb forward.

The cave is very dark and cold.

Not the severe cold like a glacier wasteland, but another kind of bone-chilling cold, as if even the consciousness was frozen in the cold wind.

The road in the cave was more spacious than he thought when he came in. Apart from the stone steps under his feet and the water droplets above his head, he could not even feel that he was in a semi-closed cave.

The road at the feet is very flat. If it is not the "transcendental perception" is turned on, Loren cannot even be sure that he is climbing all the way up, which is not like a road that should be steep to nearly vertical 90 degrees.

At least, it definitely does not seem to be naturally formed.

Brandon, who was familiar with the light, walked in front of the pedestrian, humming a little song in his mouth, and the torch waving in his hand flickered to ensure that everyone behind could see him.

"Be careful, everyone must make sure that each other can see each other-especially if you are here for the first time, if you see the dragon alone or become something alone, I can't be sure that everything is safe."

Brandon's voice came again from the light source of the torch: "As long as you can't see it here once, you may never see it!"

"What do you mean? Is there any special trap here, but why did I not feel a little bit of void reaction?" Isaac shuddered nervously:

"And you said that there is something other than the dragon-what is" other something ", there is something other than the dragon on this mountain ?!"

"I don't know, I just want to remind you." Brandon smiled very mischievously, and his tone suddenly became more dignified: "After all ... not every DeSalle has a chance to come back alive ..."

"Boom!"

A stagger came from behind, interrupting the voice of His Royal Highness; the dark-haired wizard suddenly turned back and grabbed the figure that was about to fall without hesitation.

"Ain!"

"I'm fine!"

Feeling the force from his wrist, the little wizard turned red and gritted his teeth: "It's just that the sole of the foot has slipped down. It's no big deal."

"Then be careful, don't slide anymore." Loren chuckled, pretending not to notice Ain's red cheeks: "Watch your feet, don't get up too fast."

"I'm not the arrogant Isaac, so I don't need to remind you twice!"

With a little grumble of dissatisfaction, the little wizard clapped the dust and stood up: "Come on, or let the arrogant discover that we are left behind, and we will start to verbose again."

"Well, but I think he may have begun to be verbose ..." Loren twitched his lips and looked back at the fire behind him.

then……

Nothing!

It ’s just a blink of an eye, and Lucien and Isaac, who had followed them, have disappeared without a trace; even if they are strengthened by “beyond perception”, let alone the footprints, Loren even left them No trace can be found.

It's like ... they didn't come in together from the beginning.

Wait, if that's the case ...

Suddenly thinking of something, Loren looked back immediately ~ lightnovelpub.net ~ and looked straight ahead.

Sure enough, nothing.

Without a word, Brandon, who was walking in front, was gone.

The atmosphere of dignity and doubt gradually spread around the two.

The dark cave seemed to be lurking with countless eyes, staring at them from all directions.

"Loren ..."

"It's okay." Gently comforting the scared little wizard, Loren shrugged: "This is probably ... the dragon prepared for us."

"Come on, you can't let the carefully prepared host wait for us guests for too long."

"Ok."

Ain, who nodded hard, sat up calmly and walked deep into the cave with the dark-haired wizard.