Pillars of Ita

Chapter 939, Act 270, Natural Dragon Soul
Matri fixed the last nail on the signboard, raised the claw hammer and hit it, then leaned back and looked it up and down.

Under the setting sun, the gears and magic guide books on it are no longer as brand new as they were when they were first established, full of scratches, wear and tear, and even a few cracks.Just like this street in the twilight, it has witnessed the construction and prosperity of Einbrok, and then it ended in time.

Now it's just a forgotten part of the city—

Matri still remembers coming here when he was young, but now his cheeks are full of stubble, wrinkles have climbed up the corners of his cheeks and eyes, he is married, has a family and children, and has become an inseparable part of this hotel.Holding the hammer, he climbed down the ladder, and suddenly felt something, and turned to look back.

Between the old buildings, the stone slabs paved on the avenue are potholed. It has only rained recently, and it glows in the setting sun, like a mirror.Pedestrians on the street stopped and looked in that direction. Under the red clouds, a tall lion-man knight was standing at the entrance of the street with a big sword on his shoulder.

Behind him was a line of knights in gray robes.

and Miss Elf between them.

In the future, Fang Plover, Sylvaide, Luo Yu, Ji Ta, Luo Hao and the box, as well as the Paparars, and Miss Mei are all among them. Except for Tian Lan, everyone in the Seven Seas Brigade It's all here, and even Miss Tata sits quietly on the shoulders of her own knight.

Baggins and Siesta hung far behind the crowd.

But Matri looked only at the girl in the crowd.

The girl folded her hands nervously, and stood a little cautiously among the crowd, clutching the old and faded mage robe. On her fair and small face, she held a pair of plain black-rimmed glasses. A little frail from malnutrition.

. "Laila?" A passer-by called out first, and the expression on that person's face first showed surprise, and then quickly turned into surprise.His gaze quickly scanned everyone behind Laila one by one, and he couldn't help adding: "Laila, are you back?"

More than a month away.

The girl returned to this place again, looking at all the familiar things here, looking at the old and weather-beaten signboards of gears and magic books, she felt dizzy and unreal.That kind of inaccuracy is not fear, but a feeling of being close to home.

That night, when everyone here stood up for her.

In her heart, she had already regarded this place as her only home in this city.

A figure rushed out from the hotel, like a bolt of lightning, crashing headlong into Laila's arms, causing her to take a step back, and he could only let the other party hug him tightly at a loss.

It was a petite girl with long dark hair who looked up at Lyra with worried eyes.The pretty face was typical of the Empire, with a flat forehead, high nose, and deep-set eyes.

Fang Plover knew this girl. They had met once in Gu Jin's workshop. This girl was called Brita, a native of the Empire, and she was Leila's good friend in the Magister Academy.

"Lila! You're finally back," Brita couldn't help saying, "Do you know how worried I am these days? How did you get into those things, the people from the Seven Sorcerers family, even me? Father is not very good at interfering in this matter!"

"I'm back, Brita, I'm really back." Laila's eyes were a little red, "Thanks to everyone, and thanks to Mr. Ed and the others."

The big cat man lowered his big sword from his shoulder, and smiled slightly after hearing this.

"That's great, that's great," Britta said repeatedly.She looked at Fang Plover and his party with some gratitude, and nodded politely to everyone, "Thank you, thank you for rescuing Laila, I almost thought I would never see her again."

As she spoke, her voice was a little choked up.

"Thank you too, Miss Britta," Fang Ploy also nodded slightly to her.This girl's family background is very good. These days, she has been exerting influence on Aiyin Brock through her family. Although the level is not as high as that of the Seven Sorcerers' family, she has helped them a lot, either explicitly or secretly.

Leila has a good friend.

Although she was alone in this city, she finally won the sympathy and love of many people with her sincerity.

Including the pedestrian, after listening to the conversation among the people, he couldn't help turning around and running to the other side of the long alley with some excitement, so much so that he fell halfway.But he patted the dust off his body, got up, and shouted to the people as he ran:

"Laila is back! Everyone, Laila and the others are back!"

"Everyone is back!"

Many people looked in this direction unexpectedly, and some people even opened the windows, looking at each other, some were curious, some were kind—but most of them were kind.People looked at Fang Plover in surprise, looked at the big cat man and the knights behind him, and greeted Lila kindly.

"Laila, are you back?"

"Laila, you're all right. I also heard about the trial yesterday."

"Laila, the scroll knights think you are innocent?"

"Great, it's really the testimony of all the saints."

People gathered around.

Laila was both at a loss and moved.

She never thought that in this strange place, there are so many people who care about her affairs.During Ai Yinbulock's detention, although she was not abused due to the existence of Fang Plover, Ming and Virus, every day without exception was spent in endless uneasiness.

She looked at everyone present, every face.

Although some of those people may not really empathize with her, they may be here only because they are also weak, and as the forgotten corner of this city, they have the same hatred for those big people who are above the top.

But the sincerity that emerged from that gaze and expression, the sincerity of standing side by side with her, pierced through the girl's already fragile defenses at once.

For some reason, Laila felt that the glasses were foggy, she just lifted them up with her hands, wiped them lightly, and the tears rolled down.

"thanks……"

"thank you all."

Fang Yan silently watched this scene.

He raised his head again and looked at the big cat man beside him.

Rhett was stroking the rings on his braided mane with his paws, and scratching every corrosion on the copper rings with his snow-white nails. He noticed the gaze of the square plovers, and looked back with gray eyes By.

Marlan once warned her knights to do what is just and pursue what is just—

But just like the truth pursued by the forerunners, the spirit that shines above the star gate.Someone once asked him, what's the point of all this?
The sun is fading.

There was a wind in the night, and the wind came from the Clover Plain, passing through this time-honored city, and the evening wind was raising the mane behind the lion-man knight.

The big cat man raised his head, stared at the sky that turned from red to deep purple, raised his paw, and made a listening gesture to the plovers.

The wind will tell it all -

Fang Plover nodded slightly.

But the wind on the wasteland may not be able to answer the question.

This moment was answered.

The crowd automatically parted a lane, allowing the teary-eyed girl to see Pushe, Matri and Rosa who appeared after that.The old businessman was watching each of them, with Matri and Rosa standing behind him.

The chubby Rosa held her heart in her hands and was looking at her with concern.

But the old businessman just looked at Fang Plover, "You are back."

Fang Plover nodded.

"We're back, Mr. Pusher."

As agreed.

"Welcome back."

……

"cheers!"

The inn stays up all night, a flame rises in the hearth, a grill is set on the bright flame, and the roasted meat coated with honey makes a squeaking sound on the fire, dripping oil below, occasionally falling on the firewood, and immediately explodes A bright spark, 'crackling'.

People raised their wine glasses and shouted again, "Cheers!" The sound was so loud that dust fell from the ceiling of the hotel, but no one paid attention.Someone was holding a qin and playing a ditty, and the drunken neighbors were singing along, "Sing one more song for little Laila!"

People are coaxing.

The booing immediately turned into laughter.In the eyes of these people living in the old city, this may not only be a carnival, but also a celebration of their victory over the old men in the upper city.

An almost impossible victory—

Because everyone understood that if it wasn't for Fang Yan and his party, it would be almost impossible for them to have the opportunity to celebrate this hard-won victory.They might never even see Lyra again, never to see the day when Gears and Spellbooks opened again.

Although that is nothing more than an ordinary thing that has happened in many days to this urban area.They are just living carefully, day after day, it is impossible for those high-ranking figures to watch this forgotten corner.

The intersection of the two often means misfortune.

They are like dust floating on the city, an inconspicuous part of a huge machine, one day it will grow old and be replaced, but no one cares, or even realizes that person ever existed.Except for each other, no one cares about their names, who they are, where they belonged, whose family, everything.

The little people shouted together, venting the unhappiness or happiness in their hearts.The well-informed people have already inquired about everything that happened in that trial, and know that they won this time, and the winner was an incredible big shot.

An imperial owl.

Fang Plover sat alone in the corner of the hotel, watching all this silently, watching the bonfire rising outside the hotel, watching the people singing and dancing.He picked up the wooden goblet almost as big as his own head, and took a sip. The bitter aftertaste of the ale almost made him frown.

The next moment he couldn't help coughing.

Of course, no bonfire party could be held in the old square there on weekdays, but at this moment, the patrolling guards knew who was in this place, and would not rush to make trouble for them, so they just treated it as invisible.

"If you don't know how to drink, don't pretend to be able to drink." The big cat took the cup from his hand, took a big sip, and shook his head, "Waste, this wine is good."

"Not bad, cough cough," Fang Plover coughed twice and asked, "I just feel bitter."

"Little Maotou still wants to learn from adults." Reid looked at him and shook his head. "Little boys need to experience a lot of wind and rain if they want to grow up. After experiencing those big winds and waves, you will naturally be able to taste a lot of taste. In time What is precipitated is bitterness, but the aftertaste is endless, and the beauty in those abjection can only be understood after you have experienced all that."

Fang Plover looked at the big cat man curiously.

The encounter between him and Reid, Attila, Tianlan and others was just a coincidence, and now it's time to say goodbye, more than two years later, the bits and pieces in those memories have all turned into The trickle during the journey flows in his heart.

He found that he actually didn't know the big cat person, nor Miss Elf, "Has Mr. Rhett ever been down and out?"

"Everyone has times when they are down." The big cat man put down his wine glass, took out his pipe, rubbed it with a flint and hit sparks, which fell into it, and then picked up the pipe, but did not hold it in his mouth, but said, " It's just that people are proud in their hearts and don't say anything easily. After experiencing those losses, people will grow up quickly."

Holding the pipe in his paws, he seemed to remember something for a while, and remained silent for a while.

Fang Plover was also silent.

In the past, he couldn't understand why the big cat people were always so calm, but after going through so many journeys and witnessing so many things and people, he gradually understood that emotion.

"Mr. Rhett," Fang Plover changed the subject, "Where are the others?"

"That guy Parker went somewhere with the box." Reid put the pipe in his mouth, and then blew a smoke ring, "That little fat guy also went with them, Luo Yu and Jita Together, they are studying their own affairs as wizards."

Fang Plover nodded, Sylviede also went to bed early, and Siesta was with her.Baggins was in the hall, and the bosun was at home in the surroundings.Lyra went upstairs too, the girl couldn't hold on anymore these days.

Although she is the protagonist of this celebration, everyone can understand that.

Brita left earlier, the girl's upbringing was too strict to let her spend the night in a place like the Old Town.

As for... Fang Yan suddenly saw a sneaky figure among the crowd, trying to sneak past him.With a thrill in his heart, he raised his voice and shouted loudly: "Tianlan...you come back to me!"

The figure froze for a moment, turned around quickly, saw that it was him, turned around and fled.But the big cat man has already strode forward, holding the little girl by the back collar, and dragged Miss Poet back.Tian Lan knew that she couldn't escape, so she didn't resist, so she was obediently caught by the big cat man, but she just watched Fang Zhi's eyeballs rolling straight, as if she was thinking about something.

"Why did you come back?"

Fang Plover asked a little curiously.

"I've already greeted that guy," Sky Blue rolled his eyes and replied, "I don't want to go back to a place as boring as Twelve Color Iris."

Since Miss Poet was taken away from the square by the man of Twelve Colors Iris, there was no news of her. Fang Yan guessed that the other party even confiscated the communication crystal to her brother.

And that was a dragon knight. The trial was over at that time, and the scroll knights naturally would not object to the other party taking away the person.Even if other people have the heart, they don't have the guts.The Seven Seas Brigade has some say in this matter, but it's a pity that it's Tian Lan's brother——

Fang Plover knew that Minglan had sneaked out from the Twelve-Color Iris, and now the master came to her, and it was her brother, so he couldn't say anything for a while.Tian Lan herself was like a mouse after seeing a cat, she died on the spot and carried it back to the other party.

But anyway, Miss Poet is also a member of the Seven Seas Brigade, so he wouldn't just let it go.Originally, he planned to wait for the dust to settle before he contacted Twelve Colors Iris to see what was going on.

Ming and Baixue also told him that with his current reputation, even the person with Twelve Colors Iris has to give him face.It's just that I don't know what Tianlan's status is in Twelve Colors Iris. If it's just Hershey's younger sister, it's okay, Twelve Colors Iris won't make trouble with the current Seven Seas Brigade for a non-elite member.

Besides, Tianlan staying in the Seven Seas Brigade is actually good for Twelve Colors Iris.

What Fang Plover didn't expect was that Tianlan would appear in the Gears and Magic Book by herself. Judging by her appearance, she looked so resembling and sneaked out.He couldn't help but doubt his own judgment. Is it Tian Lan who is too good at running away, or is the strength of Twelve Color Iris not as strong as imagined?
Dozens of people up and down, plus a majestic dragon knight, can't even look down on a girl in the fifteenth or sixteenth rank?
"That's your brother."

Fang Plover was not in a good mood.

He couldn't help thinking of Tang Xin. Fortunately, his cousin was not as troublesome as this one, so he couldn't help but feel a little sympathetic for Haier for a while, "You are the active caller of Twelve Colors Iris, Even if you are a member of the Seven Seas Brigade, we can formally transfer your relationship."

Tian Lan quickly waved her hand, "Okay, okay, I understand, please do me a favor and refrain from chanting scriptures. Besides, that guy doesn't like you, what can you say to him, leader?"

Fang Plover just pretended not to hear.

He blindly guessed that it wasn't that the Ten Nightingale Kings didn't like the Seven Seas Brigade, they just treated them equally.

This didn't surprise him at all. Halsey's reputation in the second division was basically the same as Virus' reputation in the first division.Both of them are famous for appearing in the public eye with a dirty face, because they basically don't take a few people seriously, so it's not so unpleasant to look down on the Seven Seas Brigade.

Reasonable things.

He didn't intend to deal with the Ten Nightingale Kings in person, anyway, he just needed to contact the Twelve Color Iris directly.Fang Plover thought he knew a lot about players at the level of Ten Kings, so he looked Tian Lan up and down.

Why is my brother so powerful and my sister such a waste.

Virus and Ming asked him about Tianlan, but he didn't think the poet lady in his team seemed like an important person in Twelve Colors Iris.These days, he has almost forced the poet lady to upgrade, and he has already had a splitting headache for this.

Regarding Tian Lan's level in the team, it has long been one of the biggest chronic problems of the Seven Seas Brigade.

But the poet lady agreed on the surface, but in fact she just seized the opportunity to fish for it.

Fang Yan wanted to say something more, but suddenly he looked behind Tian Lan and stopped talking.He found that the ten nightingale kings and the vice president of the twelve-color iris were standing there, looking at him coldly.And except for the other party.

Ming and Baixue were also there.

There was also the female knight of the Shadow Tree Temple named Daryl, who was with Mei, and looked at him curiously with a pair of gold and silver eyes.

Halsey separated from the crowd and walked towards this direction, while Tian Lan was talking bad things about her brother in order to escape from the big cat man's claws.Almost picked up all the trivial and annoying things that Halsey has treated her since her debut, and even before her debut.

Then she felt a hand pat on her shoulder.

Just as Tianlan was talking excitedly, she pushed that hand away impatiently.It's just that she pushed it, but found that she couldn't push it away, so she couldn't help turning her head back in surprise, and said, "Who, why do you keep disturbing people's conversations, it's so annoying——"

But only halfway through the words, it turned into an exclamation:
"what!"

Tian Lan immediately closed her mouth and looked at the other party honestly, "Brother, you're here. I... I'm just too bored, so I sneaked out for a walk... Look how lively it is here, I just want to come out Let's play."

"Why don't you talk," Halsey looked at her own sister, "Go on and I'll listen."

"You, you, you got it wrong," Miss Poet said haha, "Hey, I remember those things with my brother clearly, didn't I just say...it means we have a good relationship, haha..."

Halsey glared at her angrily, "Who told you to do anything to my dragon knight?"

"Ah?" Tianlan was terrified, shaking her head like a rattle, "I didn't, it started to move by itself, and then everyone went after it... I, I, and I are bored in the base alone, So come out."

Fang Plover listened in a daze for a while, only then did he understand how this guy escaped.But even with his current knowledge, he couldn't help admiring Miss Poet in his team, sneaking up on his brother's dragon knight, and letting it lure everyone away before sneaking out.

How on earth is she so imaginative?
Fang Plover even had the idea of ​​prying open the little girl's little brain to have a look, to see how her brain circuit was formed.

But what he was more curious about was how she did something to Halsey's dragon knight.Although the dragon knight in the shutdown state, if there is no precaution, outsiders can indeed control it, just like when he controlled the dragon knight Huma in the southern border.

But as long as the real master is present, he can regain control of his own dragon knight by summoning the dragon soul.

However, it is obviously impossible for Halsey not to be unprepared against outsiders, even her own sister. After all, from his tone, it is obviously not the first time Tian Lan has played such a trick.He even seriously suspected that she sneaked out from the hill of giant trees in this way.

"I do not know."

Tianlan is extremely innocent.

"Stop talking nonsense." Hershey said angrily, "During the Hill of Giant Trees, you asked that guy Lorne. I have asked him carefully afterwards. He treats you like a sister, and you treat him like a fool. I'll settle the matter with you after I get back."

"And in this city," he continued, "besides the Imperials, there are only two dragon knights. I have already asked Virus, Ming is here, do you want to meet her face to face? Confront it."

Tian Lan was terrified, and hurriedly looked at the Construct Queen at the side.But Ming just smiled and looked at the little girl with interest.

But Hershey's gaze turned to Fang Plover at the side.

Fang Yan was slightly taken aback, and suddenly realized something, he subconsciously wanted to contact his Miss Longhun.But after being stunned for a moment, he realized that with Miss Tata's personality, it was absolutely impossible to help Tianlan do such a thing.

A flash of lightning suddenly flashed in his mind.

"Fang-ni-ni!"

Fang Plover said unhappily, no wonder he hasn't seen this little girl since he left the arbitration tribunal.

But there was no response from the spiritual world.

Facing the eyes of a dragon knight, Fang Plover repeatedly summoned his second dragon soul in his heart.

It's just that the words in his heart hadn't finished yet, when suddenly there was a loud bang, causing him to cast his gaze in that direction.

Outside the hotel, a huge structure is falling from the sky at this moment.

It sprayed a cyan wake of wind elements, and it was slowly falling on the square outside.The dragon knight was about three stories high, still maintaining a human form, and hadn't fully unfolded yet.

The tall construct just landed on the bonfire square, and this sudden change shocked everyone.Even the residents of the old city who were celebrating outside stopped, raised their heads, and looked at the sudden intruder with some curiosity.

Then, a white floating light flew from a distance.

The floating light gathered above the dragon knight's head into a dragon-shaped form, roaring lowly towards the dragon knight, as if wary of something in it.

Then Fang Yan heard a crisp voice from his inner world: "Papa!"

That childish voice was full of arrogance, as if the little guy had just got a new toy and was showing it off to himself.

But that toy...

Fang Plover raised his head drenched in sweat.

He glanced at Ms. Ming who was looking at him with a half-smile, Halsey who was looking at him with malicious intent, and Bai Xue who was a little puzzled by all this.

"Fan Nini, what good deed have you done..."

But before Halsey could say anything, Ms. Ming had already beckoned to him:
"Come with me, I have something to ask you."

……

　It was too late to play cards before getting up.

　　7000 words, make up a little bit from yesterday.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)