I'm not that kind of orc

Then, just as I expected, after flying for a considerable distance in the direction of the isolated peak, Aurora and other border guards began to climb up quickly. The air became cold and thin, and the scenery below was far away from us. Farther and farther away, and at the same time, the field of vision has become extremely wide.We have never risen to such a height even on an airship, and the clouds and mists in the sky are suddenly within reach.

Angelica was very pleased with this, she looked around restlessly from time to time, and sometimes pointed to something to call me to see, her little head rubbed against my chest, so I had to hold down her crotch many times. Shoulders remind her to be safe.

As for Feilan, it was miserable. Due to her fear of heights and the fact that the dragon's back was far less stable than the airship, she hugged my waist so tightly that she didn't dare to look at the surrounding scene. The acceleration made her scream several times in fright.

As the distance gradually narrowed, I gradually saw the whole picture of the buildings on the isolated peak.Looking at it from a distance, I didn't have any idea of ​​the size and details. When I got closer, I realized that this building is also majestic compared to the huge dragon. The size of the palace is almost ten times that of ours in Helgia. It is no exaggeration to say that the size of the royal palace that Wangcheng has seen is comparable to a hill.

There is a large square in front of the Dragon King Hall, where we landed one by one.

We all got off Oro's back—to be precise, Angelica and I got on normally, and Feilan was so frightened that her legs were so weak that she couldn't move, so I had to carry it down in the end.

Not far away, I saw that Roland and Miria had gotten off the back of a red dragon, so I went straight over and wanted to talk to her about what I learned from Oro, but she turned to me as soon as the conversation started. Nodded: "I've heard about this too."

"What do you think?"

"Two points." Roland held out two fingers, "One is the purpose of their assassination of the queen, and the other is the orc."

Roland's induction is quite to the point.

The weirdest part of the whole incident was the orc.

We've always found elf sinners, as well as humans, among these troublesome enemies, and this is the first time that orcs have been involved.Not to mention an orc who was swatted to death by the queen of the dragon like a fly, and can be resurrected in situ.

The second is the purpose of the enemy's careful arrangement of such a scam, and the use of a large number of troops to launch a suicide raid to assassinate the Dragon Queen.The giant dragon has always been aloof from the world, and it seems at first glance that it is a harmless thing to provoke them specially.

I was about to open my mouth to continue asking, but Feilan's murmur sounded from my shoulder: "Hey, if you want to talk about serious business, can you put me down first!"

Oh, I forgot that this girl is still on my back.

Dragon Queen (3)

"Why do you think they killed the Queen of the Dragon Clan?" I couldn't think of an answer, so I threw this question to Roland.

"I don't think they thought about it at all. I just got more information from her..." Roland pointed to the red dragon that drove them over behind him, "The dragon kings of the dragon clan have passed strict The strong ones selected by the selection ceremony will also be granted special godhead powers to guard the land when they are crowned. The dragon clan itself is extremely powerful, and the Dragon King is the strongest among them. To assassinate such a target, Do you think it's possible to succeed with just one assassin?"

Makes sense.

The preparations for the "assassination" arranged by the other party can be described as painstaking. They used dragon corpses to act, and used a large number of troops as cannon fodder, but only relied on one assassin to fight independently in the most critical assassination, and even a rush scene He didn't bring any of his entourage with him, and in the end he just stabbed the queen in an anticlimactic manner and ran away.Such a shabby battle, not to mention killing the queen of the dragon clan, but killing an ordinary dragon is probably enough.After such a precise layout, it is really incredible that there is a loophole here.

"Then what do you think they're trying to do?"

"I think their goal may have been to stab the sword." Roland obviously had already guessed, "Their goal should be to get the dragon's blood."

"Dragon blood?"

"Brock, you may not know that dragon blood has always been a mythical material in potions. It is said that its magic power is comparable to that of unicorn horns. Many legends have also confirmed this, including people who were seriously injured and dying. The body can quickly regenerate with dragon blood, and those who have been bathed in dragon blood will be invulnerable. Ancient books also vaguely record that the potions made of dragon blood and other rare materials can do things that ordinary potions cannot do. , not to mention that what they got was the blood of the Dragon King." Roland folded his hands with a solemn expression, "It's just that this bit of information is still too little, and I can't be sure what they got the blood for."

"Then... what about the orc? In my impression, there is no orc who can be killed by a dragon's claw and then get up and jump alive again." I continued to ask.

"Ordinary creatures probably don't have this ability." Roland was rarely serious today, put away his usual thoughts of joking and teasing, and calmly analyzed this matter with his own knowledge, "Generally, only Undead creatures created by necromancy, and mimetic creatures made of pure magic like demons and familiars, the latter possibility should be ruled out."

"How are you so sure?"

A creature built with magic power, if it has the ability to manipulate magic power and has a sufficient source of magic power, can repair its own body. This is what I accidentally created in the "Desolation Contract" of the spirit of the magic sword and Feilan. Vanessa, the "Succubus" who was released, has already seen it.

If someone among the enemies has the same skills as that girl Feilan, it should not be impossible to create a familiar with the shape of an orc with the ability to act independently to concoct this assassination.

But Roland immediately gave his reasons: "The dragons have a natural 'smell' for magic power. If the orc assassin is a magic imitation creature, they should be able to detect the problem immediately."

It was only then that I remembered that Oro also saw the danger of the demon ring on Feilan's hand at a glance during the body search.

"That is to say, that orc is... an undead creature, a zombie?" I remembered what I learned about undead creatures in the textbooks when I was in Seidian's class.

? "Higher than zombies. According to them, the orc didn't behave abnormally after he came to this country. He is thoughtful and quite meticulous. The most important thing is that he can manipulate the corpse dragon he brought over. I guess he should be a A high-level undead creature similar to a lich and a death knight."

"What are advanced undead creatures?" I suddenly felt that the knowledge I had learned was not enough.

"Not all undead creatures have the ability to think. There are some undead created with special techniques that can not only retain the memory and thinking ability of life, but also have powerful magic power. But to reach this level, it depends on personal magic power It is impossible to do necromancy unless you use extremely powerful props... Brock, do you think that the sword mentioned in the incident is very problematic?"

I froze for a moment, thought for a while, and suddenly understood what she meant: "That sword hurt the Dragon Queen..."

I just fought with a dragon an hour ago. I have fully experienced the strength of the dragon scale. It is precisely because the battle ax can't cut through the dragon scale that I choose to go with Mutafa. The head of the black dragon.This battle ax was originally in Arsena's collection, and it was impregnated with the magic power of the "Desolation Contract". It was impossible for such a weapon, and it was even more impossible for Fantie to penetrate the dragon scale.

But that sword did it, and it stabbed not just an ordinary dragon, but the strongest of the dragon clan.

"I also heard that when the orc was entertained, the giant dragon here also felt that the sword was unusual, but it was a pity that they completely let go of their guard at that time. In addition, Azak's body was stolen this time. , and then you were mistaken for the murderer by them..." Roland pondered for a while, then raised his face and said to me seriously, "Brock, I thought of a possibility—"

Before she finished speaking, a voice interrupted unceremoniously: "What are you whispering?"

At the same time, a shadow hangs over us.

Roland and I turned our heads at the same time, and saw Aila, the green dragon general in command of the border guards, approaching us, squinting suspiciously and looking down at us: "Before proving your innocence, I advise you to be cautious in your words and deeds."

After speaking, her body collapsed and turned into a tall woman in a scaly skirt with dragon horns and long green hair.

"General, I haven't seen you just now." A blue dragon approached Aila and asked with concern.

When we first took off, we couldn't see each other in the dust. When I entered the Dragon Kingdom, I felt that I really didn't see Aila for a while.

"I'm sorry, I fell behind." Aila, who was in human form, pinched her shoulders with her hands, "I don't know why, halfway through the flight, my wings suddenly cramped, and I almost fell to the ground. Fortunately, I finally recovered. Otherwise, the people I carry will all be thrown to death by me."

"Please pay attention to your body." Blue Dragon nodded.

I think it was a member of the expedition team who asked her to enter the "Oasis" for a visit.

I looked around, and found that the seven dwarves of the expedition not far away were besieging their human teammate who bears the title of "Destroyer of Vehicles".

"Almost killed you!"

"Riding a dragon can cause problems!"

"You guys will walk on foot for me from now on!"

……

"Wait, this has nothing to do with me!!"

Dragon Queen (4)

"Next, you follow me to meet the queen." Aila, who turned into a human, raised her finger and pointed at me, "The rest of the people stay here."

After she finished speaking, she took me to the huge mountain hall. When passing by the still noisy expedition team, she lowered her head and glanced at Xiufeng who was being stepped on by her dwarf teammates: "Are you okay?"

"It's okay." Xiufeng forced a smile and gave a thumbs up.

"This lady..." Jin Hammer, the captain of the expedition, looked over.

"What's the matter with you?" Ella raised her eyebrows.

"When we're going down later, can you let this kid sit on a dragon alone?" Captain Jin Hammer pointed to Xiufeng under his feet.

Obviously, none of them wanted to ride with this evil teammate.

"There are only so many people to carry you, please be patient." Aila didn't know their situation, so she turned around and continued to walk towards the hall after answering.

When I followed her to leave, I heard their conversation floating behind:

"Why don't we throw this kid down here in advance?"

"Wait a minute, won't your conscience hurt like this!?"

……

While Aila took me away, the remaining dragons surrounded Roland and the others on the square in front of the hall.

The steps leading to the hall are very long and are divided into three parts. The left and right sides are ordinary steps suitable for the pace of human beings, while the central part is enlarged to a size comparable to the height of an adult human at the first step—— This is presumably also designed for both the dragon form and the human form of the dragon.

When going up the steps, Aila asked me to walk in front of her, and asked me not to leave her sight.Stepping up to the top of the steps, we can see the main entrance. The front of the Dragon King Hall is embedded with a huge door made of rock.This main gate is larger than the gates for carriages and horses that I saw in the border fortress of Helgia. Thinking about it, it can weigh dozens of tons. There are sculptures on both sides of the stone gate. The motionless black dragon guard, after Aila and I approached, the guard turned his head slightly to inspect us, then turned his head to hold the metal pull ring on the door, and pulled the blunt stone door open.

We stepped into the gate, and what greeted us was a grand hall commensurate with the gate. A lampstand the size of the balcony of our orc house was fixed on the wall, and a cyan pillar of fire gushed out of it.The pillars that can only be hugged by five people are neatly arranged on both sides and extend inward. I noticed that this is only an outer hall, and there is a huge granite gate on the innermost wall guarded by two female dragon guards in human form. The door panels are studded with precious stones.

I walked inside under Aila's instructions, and walked to a place about ten steps away from the door inside.

Then Ella told me to stop.

"When you go in, behave yourself. If you dare to do anything wrong, I will execute you on the spot, and the companions you brought will also suffer, understand?" Aila warned me word by word.

I nodded.

"The queen is in the inner hall behind this door." Aila stood in front of me this time, looked at me seriously and said, "Okay, now..."

"Can I go in?" I asked.

"You can take it off." Ella said blankly.

"..."

"..."

After a short silence, I blinked my eyes: "Sorry, my mind went blank just now, what did you just say?"

"I said you can take it off." Ella repeated blankly, "You need to take off your clothes before going to see the Queen."

"Why?" I widened my eyes, "Is this a unique custom here?"

"No, it's just to prevent you from hiding weapons under your clothes." Aila shook her head and denied my guess.

I froze for a moment: "...Didn't you search your body before you came here?"

"The body search at that time was to ensure that you would not do anything on the road. Of course, you have to be more cautious when you get to the queen's seat. Who can guarantee that the leather armor you are wearing is absolutely fine?" Aila said clearly.

"So I have to wear only a shawl to meet your queen?" I frowned.

Wearing only a loincloth on occasions other than duels and sleeping, I still feel somewhat uncomfortable.

"What are you thinking? Of course you have to take off your clothes." Aila acted as if it was a matter of course, as if I was the unreasonable one, "Who can guarantee that you won't hide weapons under the hood?"

Dare I ask what kind of weapon I have under the cloth to injure the majestic Dragon Queen! ?

"This... won't your empress mind?"

"Of course I mind, our Queen is not a pervert." Aila looked at me like she was examining a mentally handicapped person.

"Then if I really want to go in this way..." I pointed to the door in front of me with twitching cheeks.

"There is a [-]% chance that His Majesty will kill you on the spot." Aila nodded and helped me carry on.

The moment you enter, you will die anyway... What's the point of warning me that if I do anything wrong, I will be killed on the spot?

"Then you still let me go in naked?" I suddenly felt a bit broken.

"How could I let you go in naked..." Aila's expression seemed to be a joke.

Thankfully, it looks like the dragons are still alive.I was relieved in my heart.