The epic story of green monsters

Chapter 564
  "I'm sorry to have kept you waiting so long."

The unknown canyon of the Cator Mountains, the cliff cave where Allen once met the dragon Figueras, welcomed a new guest.

Allen walked into the cave and was met with a smelly breath spraying on his face. He stared into the dark depths of the cave. Figueras, who was lying bored on the crystal columns of crystal quartz, looked at him with a look of resentment. Welcome Allen's arrival.

"Have you finished your work?"

Figueras said feebly, his huge tail constantly rubbing between the crystals behind him. This cave can become the dragon's foothold, and the worthless crystal pillars under his body really have a high weight.

Allen's eyes wandered back and forth among the quartz crystal group. Although the quartz crystal was not very valuable to the outside world, the sum of a small amount and the size of the crystal group in front of him could be worth at least several thousand gold coins. ah.

I don’t know which of the adventurous teams that came to explore this small mine will benefit from it in the end! !

With a knowing smile and looking away, Allen spoke slowly and replied: "Well, it's all done. I'll rush over right away and join you!!"

"Humph!!"

Figueras tilted his head proudly and stopped looking at Allen to express his dissatisfaction.

In the past six months, Figueras' life was really not going well. He originally wanted to go to Green Lake Town to avoid the limelight and avoid the group of kobolds who chased him to Namur Fortress. But who would have thought that Green Lake Town would not be able to live peacefully for two days. This group of chasing kobolds came over and almost blocked Figueras in Green Lake Town.

Fortunately, Figueras was very strong and used his body to withstand the attack of Kozmer, the legendary kobold. He broke out of the trap first, and then led these guys around in the vast Cator Mountains until more than a month ago. This group of seducers calmly returned to Namur Fortress to rest, allowing Figueras to return to the cave where he temporarily settled for a rest.

The reason why Allen was able to find Figueras's foothold was because Figueras saw that the time for the two to meet was approaching, and he was being chased by the kobolds, so he took advantage of the situation and found a goblin in Green Lake Town to send him a message. This was the scene where Allen came to join them in person.

"How about I make you a delicious meal to apologize?"

In fact, after spending time with Figueras for a long time, Allen discovered that this giant dragon is not as evil as the legend says. On the contrary, it has countless bad intentions compared to the powerful people in Feynman's civilized world. The dragon has lived alone for a long time. In a no-man's land, his character seems a little simpler.

Of course, because they live in isolation, the giant dragons, in addition to sleeping for a long time, will always go outside to rob some intelligent races and return to their lairs when they are awake, as a daily pastime. This is why the rumors about them gradually gradually In an evil direction.

As for lewdness and evil, it must be blamed on the dragons who have been trying to integrate into the world and learn the Druid's magic of transformation. In order to master the Druid's magic of transformation, the dragons also need to have a deep understanding of what they want. The changing characteristics of the race itself. The more you understand the characteristics of each race, the more you will be able to discover the unique beauty of this race. Therefore, it is natural to be fascinated by certain existences of this race.

He has had many relationships with members of the opposite sex of all races, and over time, rumors of lewdness and evil have emerged. The first thing that comes to mind when people hear the name dragon is fear and disgust.

The dragon itself is so valuable that it is simply a walking treasure. Those adventurers who covet the wealth of the dragon and want to gain a good reputation often deliberately use all kinds of evil, lewd and licentious things to exaggerate the justice of their actions. Once the bad reputation was attached to the dragon, various legends of the evil dragon eventually emerged.

"Just one meal?? Are you sending beggars away??"

Figueras's eyes lit up, but he immediately restrained himself and said as if he was disgusted.

"..."

Allen was a little speechless. It seemed that the dragon had been waiting for him for a long time.

"Then let's have three meals. I am also a leader after all, so I can't just hang around the stove all the time. Besides, your appetite is so big. One meal can be as much as the meals of dozens of our Green Field warriors!! "

"No, you have to start with 10 meals at least. Please tell me when you asked me for help, when was it not you who cooked the food yourself? Why didn't you say you were a leader at that time!!"

Figueras shook its huge head and refused.

"Five meals is the most, otherwise..."

In a relaxed bargaining atmosphere, the two vented their dissatisfaction with each other. As Allen began to light a fire and cook rice, Figueras also flew out of the cave very skillfully to find today's ingredients. .

The top predator at the top of the pyramid can always catch suitable prey quickly and bring it back to Allen. Allen doesn't have to worry at all in this regard. After more than one magic hour of operation, he has nothing to worry about. The delicacies, which were not considered simple, were displayed in front of Figueras, who had transformed into a bugbear again.

Devouring is not enough to describe Figueras's actions when eating. Although he has transformed into a bugbear, his appetite is still that of a giant dragon. The hundreds of pounds of food that Allen finally made, Figueras can eat in one go. After destroying most of it, this is still only half full.

"If things in your clan are settled, I think it's time to head north!!"

Figueras, who was picking his teeth and leaning against the cliff of the cave without any image at all, finally brought the topic back after having a full meal and said in a serious tone.

"Those kobolds' noses are so sharp. As soon as I appear on your tribe's territory, they will definitely notice my presence. It's really annoying!!"

"Okay, I can leave at any time."

Allen himself is also very satisfied. His cooking skills are getting better and better. Even an ordinary iron-backed bear can already make magic dishes in his hands. Although the magic blessing effect is really insignificant for the legend, but If eaten by a group of middle and low-level warriors, it would be a wonderful medicinal diet!
  "Then let's just leave today!"

Figueras looked around the cave where he had lived for a long time with disgust: "I can't go to lively places. I can only waste time staring at these piles of stones all day long. I can never live this kind of life again." I don’t want to live anymore!!”

"Don't you need to prepare?"

Although Allen had expected it, he was still a little surprised by Figueras's haste.

"I have been preparing for decades, why do I still need to wait until now?"

Figueras felt a little arrogant. It was rare for a strong person who was not a giant dragon to be willing to coexist peacefully with him, communicate and communicate on an equal footing, without so much calculation and coveting. This was not the case for the giant dragon. An easy thing. It was only in front of Allen that Figueras was able to let go of his guard a little and communicate with this equal being in a relatively relaxed manner.

"Ok."

Alan shrugged.

Soon, two figures flew out from the cliff of the nameless canyon, soared into the sky and disappeared into the sky of long white clouds.

After more than a dozen breaths, a lively and brightly colored bird poked its head out from the bushes growing randomly between the cliffs. It looked up at the figure that gradually turned into two small black dots, and its wings moved flexibly. The ground flew up, fluttering and gliding quickly on the ground in pursuit.

The road to the north was more like a rare and easy trip for the two legendary strongmen. After flying over the long and continuous mountains of Cator, Allen and the others fell to the ground again. After a simple arrangement, they transformed into Two very ordinary adventurers traveled through the desolate Gobi Desert, heading north.

Although the legendary flying speed is extremely fast, flying also has its disadvantages. For example, it consumes a lot of energy. If an unexpected change occurs, the energy gap accumulated in the body of the legendary strong person may have unknown effects during combat. Of course, the most important point is that the energy fluctuations leaked during flight will be noticed by the forces and high-level warriors in the path. Even the mentally sharp mid-level spellcasters can detect it. This is very important to Allen. Such an action is really inconvenient.

The north of the mountain range has now become the hunting ground and playground of the drow. The various wilderness indigenous tribes and settlements that used to be scattered in the past have mostly disappeared. Even if there is an occasional bleak settlement, Allen and the others can only I saw several haggard, old and weak natives waiting to die next to the dilapidated settlement buildings like zombies.

As long as the natives who still have some mobility have either fled south early, or they have been captured by the drow and taken to several strongholds and fortresses to become slaves, producing and working for the drow.

However, as the drow gained a stronger foothold in the wilderness and continued to show their favor to the Mansa Alliance Council with the help of the Church of Nature, they gradually curbed their brutal rule and began to let the wandering natives in the wilderness within their control control the lives of the people. reproduce.

Of course, these will take time to slowly manifest. All Allen can see now is a desolate and dead scene, and there is no longer the vibrant scene of the past.

The good news for the Green Field tribe is that because the relationship between the drow and the wilderness has eased, the trade routes that had been cut off for a long time have gradually begun to show signs of sporadic caravan exchanges. In particular, chambers of commerce such as the Oak Merchant Group and the Natural Merchant Group, which are backed by the power of the church, can calmly pass through the northern trade route, which is considered dangerous by other caravans, and sell a large number of specialty products from the Elf Kingdom and the Dwarf Kingdom. , sent to the south.

"Don't mention it. Most of these drow have pretty good looks. They are comparable to the advantages of their distant relatives, the elves, in this aspect."

Having just escaped a roving force led by more than a dozen drow, mixed with natives from the underground world and indigenous warriors from the wilderness, Figueras found a topic to chat with Allen. Otherwise, given Allen's character, the two of them would have been afraid of this journey. It will be very boring.

The drow have a strong sense of territory. The further north Allen and the others go, the more frequent patrol teams they encounter. Although the drow do not act too aggressively against ordinary adventurers in the wilderness, Allen and Figueras I still feel that there is no need to meet these guys to avoid any accidents.

"..."

Allen was speechless, glanced at the guy on the top of the head, and then continued to move forward with his chest raised.

"Alan, let me tell you, next time if there is a war between your tribe and the drow, you must notify me and I will help you fight!!"

Seeing that Allen ignored him, Figueras became even more excited and chased after him.

"...I also heard that this group of drow has a contract alliance with the black dragon clan who was exiled underground by our dragon clan. I just want to see how strong these scum of our dragon clan are."

Figueras's wild words floated in his ears, but Allen's mental power was very active, spreading out in wisps. The powerful intuition derived from his talent made Allen always feel that something was wrong, as if there was a pair of eyes in a dark corner that had been staring at the two of them.

The always cautious character drove Allen to quietly release the spiritual power of his legendary strongman. Although he is not as capable as a spell caster in manipulating the invisible spiritual power into flowers, Allen has condensed his body in order to control it over the years. The energy and control over mental power have also increased a lot, but the scattered mental power has been searched within ten miles around, and nothing unusual has been found.

"...I asked you, do you need to be so diligent? You don't forget to exercise your mental strength even when you are on the road."

Figueras, who had not received a response from Allen for a long time, finally calmed down and said with a bit of displeasure.

"Don't you think there's something wrong around you?"

Allen spoke, frowning.

Although no abnormality was found in the mental perception, Allen, who was very convinced of his intuition, was still worried about this strange feeling.

"Is there? Why don't I think so."

Figueras glanced left and right, and an invisible energy wave rapidly expanded outward. It was him using detection magic to patrol the surroundings: "Within ten miles around here, the biggest threat to us is the Zhuo in the northeast. Our patrol team, the closest animal to us is a bird in the bushes 100 meters behind and to your left..."

Although Figueras is not as sharp as Allen in terms of intuitive talent, Figueras, who has the ability to cast magical spells, can always easily mobilize the power of nature for his own use and detect the surrounding environment in more detail than Allen.

"...Eh, that's not right!!"

"That bird seems to sense the breath of natural magic. It should be a natural partner of a Druid!!"

After all, he is a spell caster. When Figueras became serious, with his powerful mental power, he quickly discovered clues that Allen could not detect. Before Allen could react, Figueras' transformed Bugbear had already With a sonic boom, the whole person disappeared in front of Allen's eyes.

"Roar!!!"

"I got you!! Damn lizard!!"

　The new year is here. I wish you all a new year, a new outlook, everything goes well, and all the best! ! !

　　
  　
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