Shadow Covenant

Chapter 181 "Dilemma"

"The duration of the flash technique is not long, please make a decision quickly, Your Highness!"

When Cecil learned from the guard that the road ahead was blocked by a swollen river, she was sitting on a soft bed covered with soft fur, and nine inextinguishable oil lamps were continuously emitting light in the lamp niches on the top of the carriage. Dispelling the darkness, on the low table in front of her was a thick spell book that hadn't been read, a small handful of pearls, and some straw paper that had been altered.

As spellcasters, in addition to daily meditation to memorize spells, they also spend a lot of time learning.

But at this moment, her thoughts were interrupted, so she couldn't continue to study the unfinished operation, so she could only sigh slightly, but just as she was about to lift the hand holding the pen to rub her forehead, she found that there was an extra spot on the wrist of her right hand. A black and white paw, furry, you don't need to look at Cecil to know who it is.

He directly touched three or four pearls with his left hand, and stuffed them directly into the mouth of the owner of the beast claw.

"I'm bored, Donnie, eat your food! Don't run around."

After stuffing it, she still didn't forget to remind her.

Due to the rainy day, the flower cat transformed into a bronze dragon is not only not afraid of the rain, but is very excited. If it wasn't for what happened last night, it might have sneaked out of the carriage to enjoy the gift of heaven. Cecil had to guard against this.

But this time, the owner of the beast claw turned a blind eye to the pearls that were put to his mouth, and instead looked at her expectantly with those round, big cat eyes.

Cecil immediately shivered, and understood what the underage bronze dragon wanted to do.

help.

To put it simply, it is the instinct to help the weak that is engraved in the body of all metal dragons.

At first glance, metal dragons are very humane and have a conscience, they understand human beings, and promote the development of peace in Asenland, but those who have really dealt with metal dragons and understand the habits of metal dragons will know that this is nonsense, they are only satisfied with themselves Although the desire to help comes from the heart, it also requires money.

And according to Cecil's knowledge of the dragon incident in the past, sometimes, the aid of the dragon often caused far more damage than the murderer.

For example, in order to force the villains hiding in the town to come out, the Jinlong breathed out and set half the street on fire, causing hundreds of local residents to be homeless, or in order to kill the pirate ship, it directly set off a tsunami and sank it. Affected dozens of coastal towns and destroyed more than 20 bronze dragons on which fishermen depended on their fishing boats.

Although there were few casualties, its hazard level was much higher than that of ordinary monsters.

"no!"

Before Doni could get through the soul link and prepare to speak, Cecil refused with righteous words, without giving Doni a chance to refute.

"Stay here obediently, and don't go anywhere! Otherwise, tell Your Majesty Judit, and don't blame me if your Dragon Nest wealth has shrunk by one-third.

"All right, all right, if you don't let it go, don't let it go, and you still use Master Judit to suppress me, with good intentions as shark gills... creak... it smells so good, it smells like the sea."

Donnie's cat turned away angrily and was about to turn away. Of course, it didn't forget to gently roll its tail towards Cecil's palm when it left, and immediately wiped away the pearl that was rejected just now. swept away.

The cat shook its head again, and the few pearls wrapped around its tail were swallowed gracefully into its belly.

It's just that with the words from the bottom of my heart, it seems a bit like a starved ghost reincarnated.

Cecil sighed helplessly, and was relieved to see that Doni had calmed down again. Without Judit's guarantee, she really didn't dare to deal with a giant dragon.

Even though it is still a juvenile, if it does not die, after hundreds of years, she will die, it is estimated that it is still in its prime, and the dragon cubs may have given birth to several litters.

There have been more than one cases that the dragon appeared to attack a certain town or city-state because a local person provoked the dragon decades or hundreds of years ago, causing his descendants to fall directly from the sky.

The most famous of them should be the red dragon named Osirian. When he was young, he was besieged by a prince and his subordinates. He lost one eye, lost his treasure, escaped from the dragon's lair, and disappeared from sight.

Later, that prince became the famous God of War in Asenland, and with the help of the God of War, he successfully developed his own kingdom, Gragomo, and built the capital under the most famous peak in the territory, Calalil. He became the first King of Gragamo, with great momentum for a while, but 300 years later, when it was passed down to his No.13 generation grandson, the capital of the king, together with all the residences, died together in the eruption of volcanic ash and magma among.

The most surprising thing is that Calalil Peak is not an active volcano, nor is it an extinct volcano, it is the most common mountain.

Later, according to scholars' review and investigation, it took more than ten prophecy spells to realize that all this was done by a red dragon named Osirian.

It enslaved the kingdom of the underground dwarves 200 years ago, allowing them and their slaves to dig through the leylines, not only leading the magma to the foot of Mount Kalaril, but also using magic to specially create a dragon-made volcanic eruption for the The only thing is to destroy this enemy's former kingdom.

Although in the end the red dragon that caused the accident was killed by Li Cha, a voter of the God of War, in a crater on the Belial Plateau, the scheming of this red dragon is enough to make all human beings feel ashamed and fearful.

Of course, the reason why Cecil thought of this was because she didn't understand why His Majesty Carolina chose to ally with a giant dragon, even though it was a kind metal dragon that was closer to humans.

But you must know that the mythical lock around the city of Komylan cuts off the entry of all dragons. Isn't it because of the danger of dragons that they are always on guard against them?

Although she didn't understand what her escort mission was for this time, judging from the attitude of her former enlightenment teacher, the Queen of Navia, it was obviously very important, otherwise she would not have been entrusted as an escort. Give her the vital talisman that summons her double.

But in the end, she doesn't need to worry about these things at all, she just needs to do what she should do, and don't care about other things.

For example, to solve the current plight of business groups.

Looking out of the window, the rain outside was getting heavier and heavier, and the sound of the pattering rain isolated the world outside the carriage like an isolated island, all alone.

Cecil took out her staff, created an arc-shaped force field wall, and went out. She planned to observe first and see what kind of spell she was going to use to get everyone across the river.

pat.

Cecil's boots fell to the ground, splashing mud and water on the ground, but they flew into the air and slid down softly, leaving only ugly yellow-black dirt.

And when the rainwater pouring down from the sky hit her head, it seemed to hit an invisible barrier, turning into streams of water one after another, flowing down the periphery of her body out of thin air, washing away the mud spots that had just stuck on it.

"Your Highness Cecil, how should we go there?"

"My goods can't be flooded..."

"What should I do now..."

……

When Cecil walked to the front of the team, there was already a group of merchants who had gathered together because they couldn’t cross the river. Tongue said.

"Don't be impatient, everyone."

Facing their request for help, Cecil raised his hands to appease the slightly irritable patience of the crowd. After carefully observing the surrounding environment, he frowned slightly.

The situation here is a little more serious than imagined. Because there is a waterfall not far away, the water here is very fast, and there are not many trees nearby, which seem to be washed away by the river. If you want to get wood to make bridges, you must go to It takes a certain amount of time to cut down a place tens of meters away and transport it over to make it again.

The spellcaster is not omnipotent. Perhaps her spell can easily send a person to the other side of the river, but a caravan cannot be replicated like this, let alone the goods that must be taken away.

"Go get someone to cut down the trees first, and prepare to build the bridge."

"Then find a higher position. If you can't, just camp there. Let's leave after the water subsides."

Although he didn't know if the time would be too late, Cecil could only make two-handed preparations to prevent the situation from deteriorating so that the response would not be timely enough.

Although delaying here is really not my intention, but there is no better choice at present, unless she can stop the rain and make the water flow smaller or shallower, or freeze the entire river like the legendary mage, but she just A high-ranking mage cannot summon the projection of Her Majesty Carolina to come because of such a trivial matter.

Following Cecil's order, the entire caravan began to move again. The trees were cut down, and the vines were weaved. Everything was in full swing, but the rain and rivers did not decrease at all. The foundation that was originally used to stabilize the bridge was very weak. It was quickly submerged by the current, and in less than half an hour, the river showed a tendency to expand again, and the current became more and more turbulent.

It can't go on like this!

When the huge ice wall lay across the middle of the river, it was directly blown down and shattered into countless ice floes floating on the water, Cecil knew that there was nothing he could do, and the other leaders in the business group also shook their heads lamentingly. Shaking their heads, some people said with a little joy.

"Leave quickly, you can't get through here."

"Your Highness Cecil, let's go to a higher place, the water will be more urgent later."

……

With their foreshadowing, coupled with the increase of environmental rain.

So her decision was very decisive.

retreat!

Go to the heights.

If it drags on, it is very likely that everyone will drown here, and the entire cargo will be wiped out.

Cecil deeply understands that now is not the time to hesitate.

But at this moment, she vaguely saw a figure coming down the river from the misty rain, and when she got close, she realized that she actually knew this person.

"Woody, why are you here? Is your injury better? Just run out like this!"

Through the wind and rain, Cecil stepped forward quickly, and at the same time, a force field spell wrapped Woody all over.

Although Woody drank the holy water earlier to contain the injuries in his body, the broken ribs in his chest were still real. She heard with her own ears that the therapist with the regiment said that he would need some time to recover, so Cecil didn't even think about it. I wanted to bother him, just to let him recover from his illness, but I didn't expect to run out in the rain on my own initiative at this time.

"It's okay, I'm in good health, I'm just worried, so I looked around, the water flow is getting faster now."

After Woody felt the arc-shaped force field wall covering his body, the wind and rain were instantly cut off, and he felt much better in an instant, and said with a relaxed face.

As a demon hunter, whether in terms of recovery ability or physical fitness, his physique is obviously better than most professionals.

As long as the accumulated injuries are not dead on the spot, they will be able to live and breathe in a short time, and they can be called Xiaoqiang who can't be beaten to death.

Cecil didn't have time to pay attention to the self-defense in his words, and after confirming that he was fine, he hurriedly urged.

"Then you go back to the carriage now, we are leaving now."

"Where are you going?"

Woody, who had just finished observing the terrain, was slightly taken aback when he heard Cecil's words, then looked back at the surrounding carriages driving in the opposite direction of the river, and understood what Cecil meant by walking.

"You didn't choose to leave overnight?"

Cecil could only sigh when he heard this.

"It's raining so much, I can't walk!"

This was the first time she, as a spellcaster, felt the urge to be powerless in the face of natural disasters, but she seemed to remember something and patted her forehead and said.

"I'm sorry, I forgot that you were in a hurry... Alas... That's right, you have something important to do, so let's do this, I'll send you there with the levitation technique."

Cecil quickly made a choice. Although she agreed to leave before Rosent, she didn't want to involve this young traveler in the event of such a natural disaster today and what happened last night. Now, the danger may be even smaller if we separate.

"If you go east along this road, you will be able to leave the Forest of Whispers. I will give you another map later, and you will leave the Forest of Whispers..."

She explained the matters needing attention on the road in a simple and clear manner. Although she was impressed by the "magnificence of the storm" left by Judit on him to Woody, the two of them didn't say a few words for a whole day.

But in the end, even if there was no conversation between him and Carolina, many times when Woody was helping, she could see it in her eyes, including the sadness in the corner of her eyes when he restrained the corpse, and she could empathize with her.

A good southerner!

As a Navian born and raised with xenophobia, Cecil seldom commented on a person from the south like this, but Woody only took one day for her to recognize Woody from the bottom of her heart.

Of course, she will not admit that one of the reasons is because Woody's delicate and immature baby face, which is very different from that of the northerners, gave Cecil a desire to protect from the bottom of his heart.

Cecil didn't feel much reluctance. He inherited the heroism of his ancestors. After explaining, he patted Woody on the shoulder and said.

"When the time comes, we will see you in Komilan, and I invite you to drink the strongest wine at my place!"

But it was only at this time that she noticed the hesitation in the eyes of the young man in front of her, so she asked.

"What's the matter, is there anything that is not comprehensive enough? Just ask for it, and I will try my best to meet it. After all, you are a guest, aren't you?"

Woody looked at the sincere mage girl, scratched his head, and said rather entangled.

"I meant to say..."

"We can walk together. I have a way to get us across the river."

"what?!"

In the torrential rain, the girl's surprise could be clearly heard even through the rain curtain.

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(End of this chapter)