Do you believe me when I say I’m not a dragon?

Thinking of this, Harold couldn't help but sigh.

The original plan was progressing smoothly, but I didn't expect that the gray scale dragon, the main body of the gray miasma, would come here in person.

The black dragon fought with the gray scale dragon in a crushing manner. Although Harold didn't know much about what happened after that, he could guess the result - after the heavy rain, the gray miasma never appeared again. .

The gray miasma has dissipated, and most of the forest no longer exists. The current scale is no longer suitable for resource collection.

At the same time, the fire also ignited some flammable items in the village's warehouse and spaceship. In order to rescue those items, he had not had a good night's sleep for several days.

But on the bright side, this also means that half of the ecology has been preserved in the miasma, and I no longer have to be a villain and do things that I don't want to do.

As for the follow-up questions from the Institute of Ecology, Harold said it didn't matter. Anyway, he didn't set it on fire. If he was to blame, it was the black dragon.

"......Hey."

However, when everything calmed down, Harold inevitably felt a little dazed.

He thought of that photo. Although the cracked photo frame was replaced with a new one, he always had an ominous premonition lingering in his heart.

How is Ke Laixi doing now...

"Team Leader Harold!" A scholar hurried over and said, "I saw traces of people in the distance. They are the Mori people who left, and they are back."

"Come back?" Harold was stunned for a moment, and then he came to his senses.

The uneasiness in his heart became stronger and stronger. Harold shook his head violently and took a deep breath.

"...I understand, I'll go greet them right now."

......

——On the other side, the departing team moved forward slowly. They passed through the charred trees, and there were no traces of any living things around them.

"I'm back..." Luo Er raised his head and looked at the building not far away.

There was no more gray miasma, so they had no reason to leave. So after a brief discussion, everyone agreed to return to the village.

Although the houses in the village are all made of trees, because the houses are not close together and the rescue was timely, they did not suffer much damage.

Except for the appearance of the gray scale dragon, its huge body swept away large areas of buildings.

At this time, at the entrance of the village, Harold and others were already waiting in advance. Just by looking at his slight breathing, one could clearly detect the anxiety in his heart.

Luo Er could see that his eyes were no longer here, but looking at the crowd, as if he was looking for something.

"Miss Lorre, you are back."

Looking at his polite smile, Luo Er remained silent.

"What's wrong?" Sensing that something was wrong in the atmosphere, Harold's smile was a little forced, "Where is Ke Laixi...?"

"…Sora."

Luo Er lowered his head and said with a sigh, Sora walked out of the crowd, carrying the quiet Corisi on his back.

Looking at her pale face, Harold's expression was in a trance.

The weather had cooled down, and since they had cleaned up Ke Laixi's body, there was no peculiar smell on her body, as if she had fallen asleep.

"...What happened to her?" Harold asked, his voice trembling.

"Our hot air balloon was swept by the gray scale dragon and fell..."

"I asked her what happened!"

Harold cried out like a collapse, with luck still in his eyes and still denying this fact in his heart.

All this was so sudden, so sudden that there was no warning. From his perspective, his lover had only been away for a few days and lost his life.

Looking at the bloodless Coryci, and recalling the face that always wore a gentle smile in the past, Harold felt a strong sense of fragmentation, as if he was in a nightmare.

He covered his head in pain and breathed heavily.

——Suddenly, Harold felt as if a string in his brain had snapped.

Fatigue and the sudden impact made his vision darken and he fainted.

......

When he woke up again, it was already night.

In the dark and empty room, Harold sat on the bed and looked aside aimlessly.

There was always a person lying there, but now it was empty.

"..." After a long silence, Harold lowered his head helplessly and let out helpless sobs.

"sorry Sorry......"

If I could be more decisive, if I could refuse this task directly, if I could make it clear to the forest people from the beginning, if I wouldn't have to worry about the friendship between Coryci and Lore...

Looking back now, there was obviously a better solution to this matter, but it was his own indecision that sent Ke Laixi to hell.

All the luck in the planning process seemed like a mockery from God. The person who implemented the dark plan survived, but the most innocent person left him.

But what's even more painful is that I can't do anything now.He wanted to cry to someone, but there was no one to listen to him; he also wanted revenge, but the culprit was already dead.

Now, can he only live alone and live with sorrow forever?

…No, that’s not right, kid…

Harold suddenly remembered something. He was like a drowning man grabbing a life-saving straw, and his eyes that had lost focus regained their luster.

He left here immediately and found Luo Er in a corner of the village.

"Miss Lorre!"

In the village chief's house, Harold opened the door urgently and came to Lore.

"Child...Did Ke Laixi finally..."

"Whoaah..."

Just as he was asking Luo Er in great embarrassment, a cry came from the kitchen, and Village Chief Lizi walked out of the kitchen holding a crying baby.

Harold could see clearly that the baby's ears were not as sharp as Morito's.

"That child..."

He stood there blankly, not daring to step forward, as if facing the most precious and fragile jewelry.

Lizi was speechless, came to him with the child in her arms, and handed the baby to him.

Looking at this childish face, Harold's expression gradually softened.

However, soon, his expression suddenly changed - on the baby's neck, a black line appeared like a blood vessel.

Chapter 52: Crusade against the Son of Gray Scale Dragon

"--this is......"

Harold was still holding the child carefully, but his eyes were fixed on the lines. Having studied the gray miasma, he naturally understood what the lines represented.

"Grey Miasma?"

He looked at Luo Er, with a hint of anger in his eyes. However, before he could speak, Luo Er took the initiative to answer:

"It's not that I didn't give her medicine. I also tried it, but it didn't work at all. This is not the same substance as gray miasma... Moreover, her body has not been weakened by gray miasma in the past few days. .”

"...I'm sorry." Harold lowered his head and looked lovingly at the baby in his arms. Through her face, he seemed to see the shadows of Kelisi and himself at the same time, "It's the black dragon. "

"what?"

"The black dragon and the gray scale dragon are of the same race." After holding the child, the sadness in his heart calmed down a lot, and he explained calmly: "The black dragon is the offspring of the gray scale dragon and the fire dragon. It’s normal to have both abilities at the same time—you must have encountered Black Mist before, right?”

"Yes..." She nodded, and Luo Er sighed: "Actually, we all have black lines on our bodies, but unlike her, the black lines dissipated quickly, and only She kept it.”

"Is that so..." Harold fell into deep thought, then shook his head silently, unable to think of any information.

He raised his head and looked at Village Chief Lizi, and said calmly: "Village Chief Lizi, I have something to talk to you about."

"Just say it here."

"Well." Harold came to the opposite side of Lizi and sat down with the baby in his arms: "Now that the danger of the gray miasma has been lifted, logically I should go back as soon as possible. But just now, I understood a truth. "

He looked at the child in his arms tenderly, his eyes fluctuated a few times with his thoughts, and finally closed his eyes again to prevent the baby from seeing the madness in his eyes.

"——Those high-sounding reasons are no longer important. The range that my hands can reach is limited. No matter how righteous the excuse is, it is too far away for me. I don't know if I want to protect my family, it is enough. What else is there? None of it matters."

"What do you mean?" Lizi frowned and looked at Harold.

"The gray miasma has dissipated, and there is still a black miasma. I can't just leave."

Looking at the lines on the baby's body, Harold's eyes flashed with hatred.

His wife died of a gray-scaled dragon, and he couldn't let his daughter die of a "black-scaled dragon."

He failed to protect Ke Laixi, but this time, he couldn't sit idly by and ignore it.

"I hope to release the last mission, to defeat the son of the gray scale dragon!"

——This black line is originally a symbol of life-saving, but it is considered to represent a curse.But no matter what, the title "Son of the Gray Scale Dragon" is enough to make a black dragon that burned down the forest an enemy.

Harold clearly understood that protecting the ecology and not letting the gray miasma happen again was just an excuse. His real purpose was just to protect his daughter, but he would not be ashamed of it.

"Are you sure about this?"

Lor frowned and looked at Harold with a calm face in disbelief.

Harold turned his head, looked in the direction of the spaceship, and said in a deep voice: "There is also a secret weapon on the spaceship. With it, it can cause huge damage to the black dragon, but I need your help."

"Dragon hunting stake?"

Lor said a word that Pear had never heard before, and Harold nodded.

"If that's the case, it is indeed possible to kill the black dragon...Grandma Lizi, what do you think?"

"Although I don't know what the 'dragon hunting stake' you are talking about is, this black dragon is indeed a hidden danger - well, I'll leave it to you, Mr. Harold." Lizi lowered his head and thought for a while, and finally Still agreed.

"When?"

"...Not now, at least, finish the funeral first..."

Speaking of this, Harold said with a sigh.

......

——Unlike the slightly gloomy atmosphere in the village, Mercer didn't feel the slightest sense of crisis at this time. He and the monkeys held something almost like a banquet.

After a fire broke out in the forest, animal carcasses were everywhere, and the smell was stronger than before, so it was especially easy to find for Mercer, who had a developed sense of smell.

After a while, the charred corpses piled up into a hill.

If possible, he even wanted to light a fire, but unfortunately the monkeys were afraid of fire when they saw it, so Mercer gave up.

But no matter what, Mercer is very happy now, not because he has a lot of food, nor because he has acquired three skills at once, but because his subordinates' unyielding loyalty makes him happy.

To be honest, he spent nearly four years here. During these four years, he had no sense of belonging. Mercer always felt a strong sense of loneliness. However, during these four years, the only species that accompanied him were these. Long-tailed monkeys, and Mercer was always observing their behavior.

Playing and fighting, catching fish for each other, catching lice for each other... Looking at their carefree life, Mercer also felt deeply envious.

The behavior of the monkeys trying their best to protect themselves also allowed Mercer to see recognition of himself from them.

At the same time, Mercer's powerful ability to defeat the gray scale dragon also made him feel a little relaxed.He already had this strength less than four years after he was born. If he could survive for hundreds more years, wouldn't he be invincible?

So Mercer indulged a little, tried to lower his body, and tried to be a kind leader.

After seeing the gobbling behavior of the monkeys, Mercer grabbed the carcass of a herbivorous dragon from a distance, threw it to them, and then began to enjoy his food.

Swallowing the food with a big mouth, there is a coke-like shell in the entrance. But after the fangs chew it, the crispy shell is torn, and the half-cooked flesh and blood inside is squeezed out. If you continue to bite, you will find fresh flesh and blood. .

——In the past few days, he ate with an open stomach, eating to the limit of what he could digest every meal, and then he lay comfortably on the shore——The boulder in the center of the pool broke and he lost his bed, Mercer I simply slept closer to the monkeys.

As night fell, Mercer licked his lips, savored the delicious food in his mouth, and fell into sleep again.

Everything is developing in a good direction. Not many deaths in the monkey group have occurred. The former leader has also survived. Due to his pink scales, his body has gradually become stronger and he has regained his prestige among the monkey group - at least from the outside. Look like this.

Chapter 53: Hidden dangers

——Mercer sat on the steep cliff and looked at the scenery in the distance.

Half of it was filled with charred trees, and the grass and leaves were turned into ashes, without a trace of green.

The other half was not involved in the flames and was still full of lush branches and leaves, full of life.