There's something wrong with the wind.
Kylie stopped chanting, puzzled by the air and the wind to feel the message brought to her. There was a foul and dangerous odor in the air, which was ... Kylie looked down for a moment and then turned away.
"Miss Caroline."
Kelly came to the door and looked at Caroline, who was standing on the balcony with an umbrella. After a moment's hesitation, she called out. Caroline turned her head slightly inquisitively and looked at Kelly with questioning eyes.
(What's the matter? Ms. Kelly?)
"I ..."
Even as a woman, Kylie couldn't help but feel a trance as she was gazed upon by those mysterious and beautiful two-colored pupils. But she quickly came back to her senses, shook her head, and stared at Caroline with a serious face. Then she quickly made a few gestures, at the same time mouth chanting an ethereal melody, then a few petals as if the wind blew over in her hands, then Kelly looked grave, after listening carefully to something, nodded with certainty, and then the petals once again slipped away from her hands. In the face of this series of actions, Caroline just curious and quiet waiting, did not say anything.
"When I was talking to the forest just now, I got some not-so-good news."
There was an uncontrollable tremor in Kelly's tone, which made Caroline nervous too. But Caroline was confused by what she said next.
"There is a dragon that has infiltrated the Forest of the Undead, and according to the information given to me by Trees and Grasses, it seems that the dragon intends to divide this forest into its area."
(... You mean, dragons?)
I've seen dragons in movies, TV and even novels, but that's just art. Dragons don't exist in this world, and even if they did, they're now extinct. So while for Kelly, the news was as despairing as a death sentence from a judge on the spot. But Caroline was anything but baffled; she didn't know what a dragon was. And she didn't understand why Kylie was so nervous.
"That's a black dragon."
Seeing Caroline's lack of response, Kelly reminded her further, but Caroline's next rhetorical question nearly caused her to pass out on the spot.
(Dangerous creatures?)
"This ...!!!"
Kylie's mouth was wide open in surprise and she couldn't say a word. Look at Caroline's reaction, she didn't understand what kind of creature a black dragon was? What kind of adventurer is this! Even for the lowest level warriors, this is the kind of experience and common sense they need to know! But now was not the time to complain about it, she sighed helplessly and quickly explained to Caroline.
"The Black Dragon is the most brutal of all the dragons, with a stubborn personality, a strong sense of territory, and a very willful nature. Once the land it likes, all of it will be turned into charcoal. With the manpower we have now, there's no way we can fight the Black Dragon. Ms. Caroline, do you have any way to contact Jared so they can come back soon? According to the information I just received, they are about to step into the range where the Black Dragon last appeared! If anything happens ..."
(What's going on?)
"... General, in short! Please contact that arrogant guy and bring him back! I don't want him to come back with a black dragon behind him! That'll get us all killed!!!"
Kelly blushed slightly, after a breath, turned around and quickly left. Caroline, with her umbrella, watched Kelly thoughtfully, then sighed and smiled helplessly, then started the thought communication, and soon, she found Jared and Serenity according to the voice. However, the words that Caroline conveyed were completely different from what Kylie had in mind.
（Jared, would you be interested in slaying a dragon?)
Serenity's real power is strong.
She moved with ease asshe whispered a mystical song. The water elves hovered at her side, wielding their lances to ward off the boar's charge again and again. As Serenity's song came to an end, a number of icy strands appeared on all sides of the boar and surrounded it in a flash. The boar turned around and tried to run away, but then the ice needles that rained down immediately pierced its body, and then Serenity shouted angrily, and the Soul Sword in her hand swung down with the icy cold air, and plunged into the boar's heart. The poor boar didn't have time to struggle, but already died.
"Phew ..."
Serenity wiped the sweat from her forehead, then turned to Jared, who had been watching the show from the sidelines, with a smug and challenging gaze, clearly displeased with his spectator behavior. Jared, on the other hand, sighed helplessly before speaking.
"I say, Your Highness, do you have some kind of blood feud with that boar?"
"...? No..."
"So what are we out for?"
"Does it even matter?"
Serenity sheathed her sword, and the water sprites behind her quietly dispersed.
"To gather food for stockpiling."
"Then ..."
Jared didn't say anything else, but his eyesight spoke volumes. The boar killed by Serenity was almost covered with bloody holes, and in the last blow, half of its body had been sliced open by Serenity. It was so rotten that it could not be rotted any more, although it was very competent as a corpse, but as a food, it could not even reach the passing line.
"How are we going to eat?"
"Woo ..."
It was only then that Serenity seemed to notice the boar's gruesome condition, and she took an involuntary half-step back, her face pale.
"It's not enough just to have this on hand."
Jared reluctantly lifted the snakes and rabbits in his hands, they were not enough. But then he looked up, as if he'd heard something, and shrugged his shoulders.
"I said Your Highness ..."
"As always, just call me Serenity, Mr. Jared."
Serenity retorted, disgruntled.
"Anyway, we royals are nothing more than pawns in the hands of the academy that can be utilized, you don't have to call me that."
"Okay."
In the face of Serenity's hard stare, Jared smiled bitterly and raised his hands in surrender. Then he turned around and continued to walk inside. Serenity, on the other hand, looked at the boar's corpse, which had been completely bloodied, with a complicated expression, but she didn't leave immediately. But she didn't leave immediately. She quickly made a gesture, and along with Serenity's chanting, an aura of water wrapped around the corpse and disappeared without a trace. Only then did she let out a cold snort and ran towards Jared.
I don't know when, but a thick fog has begun to form around us. Under the white fog, everything became blurred. Jared was relaxed, while Serenity frowned.
"That's weird."
She murmured .
"There's such a strong fog here, there should be plenty of water. But why can't my elf feel the presence of the water element here? How did this fog form?" Here, she looked up." Mr. Jared, I think we should return immediately, there seems to be something here ..." Before she finished speaking, Serenity stopped in surprise.
At some point, the man who was right in front of her eyes just disappeared into the fog.
Looking at the blurred figure of Serenity, Jared shrugged his shoulders, according to the information Caroline had passed on to him, there was apparently supposed to be a dragon in the neighborhood.
"Stay there a little longer Your Highness, I wouldn't want you to be taken for breakfast by a dragon, after all I'm not a knight."
Jared said, gently wiggled his fingers, the fog in front of him instantly dispersed, and the original visible scenery was restored. The illusion created by the manipulation of light was the best way to use it as a temporary prison for Serenity. And it was also a kind of protection for her, even those "little bugs" that were following her closely would be hesitant to face that kind of fog.
The green grass under the feet did not know when had turned yellow, the earth is like a gradual color carpet, from the original emerald green, into a burnt yellow black color. The trees in front of us fell to the ground, as if they had been crushed by a huge external pressure. Jared hid himself and stepped forward. He was cautious, in fact, through the refraction of the light, Jared had already determined the general location and size of the dragon. But it still made him gasp. According to the information obtained by sensing the constructive data, Jared was sure that even the three-meter-long Asian statue was only big enough for this big guy to swallow in one bite. And a human like him could only be used as a toothpick at best.
"Dragon ... I'm not playing G.I. Joe, and the princess hasn't been captured, so why is this a pain in the ass. Can't we just let it stay and ignore it?"
Jared grumbled as he cautiously moved forward. He could feel himself getting closer and closer to the monster, but he didn't feel scared at all. On the contrary, a kind of excitement throbbed in Jared's heart, after all, it was not always possible to face such a powerful monster. For Jared, this was also a good opportunity to thoroughly test his strength at full power.
(Stop complaining, according to Kylie, if that dragon really intends to consider the entire Undead Forest as its territory, then sooner or later we'll be attacked by it, so it's better to make the first move and pre-empt it.) Moreover,... for us, it's better to have fewer people, isn't it?)
"Yes yes yes ..."
Jared responded helplessly, at the same time turning over his hand and stretching it around, black runes flowed down, transforming into hardened blades in an instant.
"But I really want to show you just how big this thing is."
There's a hot wind blowing, and a pungent stench.
Jared stops.
Although already in the structure of the type to detect the general, but when really standing in front of the dragon, even Jared can not help but for the shock. The huge body like a mountain was hovering and crawling on the ground, the surrounding plants and trees had all dried up and died, and the huge head of the black dragon was lying on the ground with its eyes closed and seemed to be resting. But even so, Jared had to raise his head to see its nostrils. He didn't doubt for a second that this guy could eat himself as if he were swallowing a piece of candy. And from its nostrils out of the gas, it formed a hot wind. The body of the black glossy scale armor looks thick and strong, even with cruise missiles, I'm afraid there is no way to blow a hole in the top.
What do we do about it?
Just as Jared was thinking, the black dragon suddenly opened his eyes and gazed wordlessly at the tiny human before him.
It's awake.