Something's wrong with my undead

Chapter 571 Teacher Xia is really awesome now
"This is Drakons, which means 'the place where the dragons disappear' when translated into the common language."

Revisiting the old place, Buzina was particularly moved and explained this to the two skeletons.

"Awesome."

Dahuang didn't know what to say, so he gave his sincere praise.

In the game, this isolated island in the northwest corner of the continent was given an indecent name because its appearance was too similar to the "Armstrong Cyclotron Jet Armstrong Cannon", so he didn't know that the name had such a profound meaning.

Buzina ignored this nonsensical response and fell into her usual silence.

Ever since her trip to McCalla, she had been silent like this often, and even Nikis said that she was much more profound than before.

To be honest, it's not McCalla's fault.

After all, she had been exposed to too many things there that were contrary to what Long Dao taught.

For example, Dragon Island condoned the Veritas' crazy marketing of "dragon materials", which triggered a frenzy of dragon hunting among the dwarves.

For example, it’s not that no dragons were hunted, but they were all labeled as "traitors" and expelled from the dragon category, and then hunted secretly with the help of humans - but the human world remained unaware of this, and instead allowed those little stories about dragons to spread freely.

For example, Dragon Island should have recorded the history of the Solace Empire in detail, and even established diplomatic relations with it, and sent two giant dragons to negotiate with the troubled Mad King.

But there is no written record of all of this on Dragon Island, or maybe there is, but it is hidden somewhere she cannot access.

Shouldn’t everything on Kelong Island be open and transparent?

In short, since then, Long Dao's original image of an observer who was above the mundane world and always objective and rational no longer exists, and he has become a strange man with suspicious points and mysterious whereabouts.

Her frequent silence seemed more like she was ruminating on her past memories, trying to find good memories to convince herself.

Or maybe they were persuaded by some unusual clues.

After that, she returned to Delmines with Veronica and continued her usual work, and then witnessed the self-destruction of Orgas, the formation of the portal, and the invasion of the Undead Scourge.

However, before she could record all of this, Long Island suddenly sent an urgent message, calling her back to the island?

Most importantly, this summons was vague, with no clear reason, and simply asked her to leave Delmines.

This surprised Buzina because this had never happened before.

"He's here."

A line of words suddenly floated before her eyes, and Buqina shuddered instinctively.

This "he" refers to the dwarf.

Olaf the Dragon Hunter.

Although the other party has gotten rid of the uncontrollable enthusiasm for dragon hunting, Buzina suffers from PTSD because of the sudden head sucking (sneak attack).
She is a magical dragon, please don't let these reckless men get close to her!
She turned her head and saw a dwarf rowing a boat through the fog.

Although there was a propulsion device on the boat, he still swung his two strong arms and rowed hard, his dark face full of excitement.

"Hey! Here I come!"

From a distance, Olaf waved at a flashy red-turbaned skeleton.

Teacher Xia flashed to the beach like a ghost.

"Why do you have anything on your ship?"

Olaf approached quickly, jumped onto the shore, and scratched his head embarrassedly:
"Ian said that since we are all here, we should bring some dwarven specialties to the locals. No, we should bring some dwarven specialties to the local dragons. After all, we had an unpleasant experience last time, so I have to show my appreciation."

Because Digong had dealt with Teacher Xia in his dream that time, even though those shameful memories were protectively forgotten after waking up, some indelible feelings still remained.

For example, Olaf always felt that the skeleton wanderer in front of him had an amazing reserve of knowledge about dragon hunting, and he could trust him, at least one-tenth as much as he trusted Ian.

"What did you bring?"

Teacher Xia reached out to flip through it curiously, and then couldn't help but shout out.

"Da Huang, he brought scale polish and claw scissors for the dragon, as well as a miniature figure... Damn, he must have someone behind him giving him advice!"

"Is this true?" Da Huang said in surprise, "Then he is much more sensible than I thought."

Buzina was no less surprised than the other two when she saw the gifts. After all, these were very appropriate and fitting gifts.

pity……

"The gift is great, but I can't use it."

Teacher Xia explained:
"We are not invited guests, but illegal immigrants who sneaked onto the island."

"what?"

Olaf was stunned for a moment, then said cautiously:

"Smuggling? That's different from what you told me!"

"I just said I was going to hunt dragons. Where did I say I was visiting Dragon Island?"

"But, but..."

Olaf looked at Buzina with a look that seemed to ask "Is it really okay to say this in front of a dragon?"

“You are indeed stowaways.”

Buzina said in a complicated tone, and then gave a brief explanation.

The reason why Teacher Xia and Da Huang followed was, on the one hand, because Teacher Xia was in urgent need of a dragon soul - the stinky soul of a thief could not be used, which had been verified, and the dagger was also returned to him from McCala.

On the other hand, he came here to improve his reputation on Dragon Island.

He knew that a group of traitors led by the copper dragon Ottonoeh were hiding in a secret cave on Dragon Island, and planned to take Da Huang and Olaf to hunt dragons.

If Long Dao knew about this, not only would he not be angry about it, he would even say thank you!

As for how to smuggle themselves across the sea, each had their own unique way of doing things.

They are skeletons, and their soul fire can be extracted to make skeleton materials.

Olaf is a thunder dwarf, more powerful than ordinary dwarves. He can temporarily turn his body into metal. At that time, the soul fluctuations will be very weak. As long as they cover it up a little, the three of them can be smuggled in as "things". Anyway, Dragon Island does not have strict security checks.

Although Olaf thought this was hasty, he couldn't help but hear Teacher Xia pat his chest and say that there was absolutely no problem.

Considering that these skeletons had never failed in this regard, Olaf had no choice but to agree.

So he touched the metal ornaments on his beard and put all the gifts into his void bag.

This scene gave Teacher Xia a lot of thoughts.

"If I killed him, I would have to spend half an hour examining the corpse. How could I make a void bag like this?"

Da Huang: "Isn't it unkind of you to say that to my face?"

Teacher Xia: "Cyber ​​is just bragging. He can't hear you anyway. It's okay."

...

As the group was ready, Buzzina transformed into a floating city and hid the three people in the mezzanine inside the cabin.

She flew away from the uniquely shaped Hidden Dragon Peak and flew steadily towards the "map border" in the game.

Soon, she plunged into a thick fog with thunder and lightning.

Lead-gray thunderclouds crackled all around, and thick arcs of electricity were like spears piercing the sky.

It is almost impossible for anyone to reach such a suicidal place by flying a flying vehicle.

But as Buzina emitted a series of sound waves of a specific frequency, the dark clouds quickly squirmed and dissipated.

The fog also dissipated, as if an illusion had been lifted, revealing a clear sky in front and the Dragon Island with lonely peaks in the distance.

Players have long been tired of watching this and wish this flight could be fast-forwarded.

But for Olaf, this was the most unforgettable scene in his life.

Each of the peaks in front of us is higher than the previous Yinlong Peak. They are like sharp stalagmites standing on the sea, but they are not abrupt or ugly. Instead, they have a kind of staggered beauty.

Giant dragons were flying among the peaks. Although there were not many of them, they were still as clear as big birds at such a long distance, which showed how huge their bodies were.

At this time, Buzina's voice sounded in the cabin:

"You should get ready."

"no problem!"

Teacher Xia and Da Huang pulled out each other's soul fire. Olaf exerted force and his body suddenly turned into metal. Electric arcs crackled and even his eyes were the color of lightning.

At the same time, a barrier enveloped the three of them, and Buzina flew towards the barrier of Dragon Island.

"Buzina!"

A dragon-winged airship approached rapidly, with a handsome young man with fiery red hair standing on it.

His name is Liuxing, and he is the flight manager of Dragon Island in the player's memory. Because of his outstanding appearance and cheerful personality, he is a boyish NPC that Duoduo and Huihui often talk about.
They had been speculating that this was some kind of "ferryman" character who had signed a contract with Dragon Island, and had imagined a redemption story of millions of words.

But with a deeper understanding of Transfiguration this time, there is no doubt that the ship is the dragon's true form, and the human-shaped meteor is some kind of illusion, just like how Da Huang can summon his own projection in the floating city.

This time it suddenly became boring.

As soon as they met, Liu Xing asked excitedly, "Sister Buqina, why are you back?"

Buqina was slightly stunned: "It was Dragon Island that called me back, didn't you know?"

"I didn't see the notice!" Liu Xing said in confusion, then he was relieved: "Maybe it's some secret mission. I really envy Sister Buqina for being able to stay outside all the time."

In the past, Buzzina would have transformed into human form and touched this guy's head.

But now, her mood is very complicated.

She would rather not go out and not know so many things.

"Check it out," she said. "I have to get to the Ring of the Concordat quickly."

"Oh oh, okay!"

The meteor turned around and disappeared, and then a cluster of radial light shot out from the bow of the dragon-wing airship, sweeping carefully towards the floating city version of Buchina.

After the scan was over, the two said goodbye briefly and Buzina flew towards the direction of the Ring of Covenant.

"After you receive the order from the Ring of Covenant, I will place you on Island No. 148, which is the closest to the 'hiding place' you mentioned and is also the only way for me to return home." Buzina said to the three.

Teacher Xia: “No problem.”

At this time, Olaf suddenly said, "Why is the structure of Dragon Island so similar to that of Veritas? Except that your island is not as big as theirs and there are not as many people living on it, everything else is almost exactly the same..."

"Maybe it's inevitable that we are isolated overseas," Da Huang explained.

Players also discussed this at the beginning, but at that time they regarded the launch of Dragon Island as a new expansion pack, so the conclusion was "the art team has no work, and the scene was reused after some modifications."

Although Olaf wanted to say that even among the dwarves on the same hill, the sunny and shady sides had different architectural styles, he thought about it and decided not to ask.

Ian asked him to talk less and do more this time.

He felt that Ian was right.

As Buzina flew to the center of Dragon Island, a huge circular open-air square appeared in front of her.

It is composed of countless slender stalagmite-shaped column islands. The outermost stone pillars are the tallest, and are engraved with dragon language runes shrouded in faint light. The closer to the center, the lower the stone pillars. The whole thing looks like the originally high stone pillars are pressed down by the bottom of a bowl.

The central area is a platform the size of a football field, surrounded by a circle of pillars, facing each huge island pillar carved with runes.

At this time, an old dragon was lying on the open ground.

Many of his scales seemed to have lost their luster, his eyes were cloudy, and although his body was huge, it was obviously hunched.

"Erunas."

Buzina imitated Dahuang's behavior and a greeting floated over her head.

Then it fell in front of the other person with a bang.

For some reason, she didn't change back.

So this scene seemed very strange, and even though Alunas was knowledgeable and experienced, he still found it a bit unbearable.

"Child, you may like this form very much, but when you talk to me, are you——"

"I do not."

"……it is good."

"So what's the matter that requires you to call me back so urgently?" asked Buqina.

Alunas: "You have been away from the island for too long, child. Your soul needs replenishment."

Buzina was slightly stunned, as if this was indeed the truth.

When she was stationed in Delmines to assist the Nice people, she would return once in a while. This time, it seemed...

No, this time it’s still decades away from the scheduled replenishment time.

And it seemed to be because of McCala. Since she had been there, she felt that her soul was not so easy to "dry up", so she did not need to return to Dragon Island frequently for supplies.

Although the spirits here are more "mature", they are far less active than those of Macara, and more like some kind of cold machines.

No, no, no, now is not the time to think about these things...

Buqina cleared her mind of distracting thoughts and continued, "But I don't feel the exhaustion of soul essence, you see."

An illusory dragon shadow appeared above the floating city. It was the projection of Buzina's soul.

It has a solid shape and rich colors, and even Alunas was slightly moved.

But he still shook his head: "Don't be so stubborn, kid. Those traitors who lost themselves outside were also so confident, and the result was..."

"By the way, Alunas, since you mentioned those traitors, I want to ask..." Buzina pressed on, "Why is it that even though the human world has helped us hunt down many traitors, there has never been any similar 'dragon-slaying stories' spread? Those that have been widely spread are deliberately fabricated slanderous stories. They describe dragons as terrifying beasts full of sexual desire, doing harm to others and doing all kinds of evil. Why is that? We have clearly never done those things!"

The dragon head of Alunas shook: "Child, things are not as simple as you think... If the story of the traitor wants to spread, it must explain why he "betrayed", so it is necessary to explain what "loyalty" is, and finally describe everything about Dragon Island so that humans can understand it. However, this is a completely unfamiliar field for mortals...

"As for the latter, the storytellers are mostly describing their own inner thoughts. How humans view themselves and their kind will determine how they imagine dragons to be extremely evil. All we need to know is that the stories have nothing to do with real dragons."

At this point he smiled and said, "It's rare, Buzina, that you are also concerned about these issues. This shows that you are evolving into a qualified observer. When you can separate your emotions from human society, you will be truly qualified and can stand on your own."

"What about...what about the even more ancient history?"

Buqina insisted, "I want to know the history of four thousand years ago. Will the archives be open to me?"

Alunas's cloudy eyes suddenly became sharp, and there was a hint of dangerous aura on his hunched body.

Even the two players felt it.

Teacher Xia: "Why do I feel like... this direction is not right?"

Da Huang: "It's very strange, but I can't tell what's strange about it. How about you persuade her not to ask?"

Teacher Xia: “That’s fine.”

So he sent Buzina a message of comfort:
"Don't ask, don't ask. If you want the answer, you can find it yourself!"

Butzina ignored it.

In her mind, Dragon Island is still that transcendent, transparent and equal ideal country, or it should be so.

So, it's reasonable for her to ask anything.

She is stubborn and is determined to solve all the confusions!

"You may be tired, child." Alunas said, his voice no longer as kind as before: "You may need to rest."

"I don't need to rest, Alunas." Buzina retorted: "If you called me back just for this reason, then I can leave now. Delmines still needs me, and my alliance with the Nice people is still--"

“You need to rest!”

Alunas' voice suddenly became louder, and a powerful dragon roar echoed above the Ring of Covenant.

The rune pillar also began to hum, repeatedly amplifying the dragon's roar and pouring it back into Buzina's ears.

Her mind became hazy and her thoughts were out of control.

"I...I need to rest..."

she murmured.

"Yes, you need to rest." Alunas sighed, "You need a quieter place, you know where it is."

"Yes, I will go to the Stream of Meditation..."

Buzina's body took off uncontrollably, swaying, but the direction was contrary to what had been agreed upon.

Teacher Xia: "Oh no, how come she is controlled by my mind?"

Da Huang: "This is not mind control, it's the intimidation of the dragon roar, and it's a weakened version. If it wasn't weakened, she wouldn't even talk to herself, but would just carry out the order. Now she actually convinced herself."

Olaf didn't know what the two were discussing. He waited until Buzzina was completely away from the Ring of Agreement before he whispered:
"Where is the Stream of Contemplation? Is there a dragon?"

Da Huang: "Oh yeah, what is the Stream of Contemplation? How the hell did I not know there was such a place on Dragon Island?"

"Ugh……"

Xia let out a soft sigh.

He has three parts of unruliness, seven parts of vicissitudes, and 90 parts of pride:
"Of course you don't know, that is the actual 'prison' of Dragon Island."

(End of this chapter)