Chapter 985 (1/2)
The next few days of the trip became very quiet. There was no one in the empty reception hall of the floating city.
The silent little wizard hid himself in the laboratory and was busy with the miniaturization of ”Jiao lightsaber”;
Lucien in the cell took all the time to learn and master the power of ”samurai's way” from the Elf Female Samurai with the help of Isaac;
Loren, who has not recovered from the trauma, continues to recover his body and rebuild the broken spiritual Palace at the same time;
The Earl of fury Castle provoked all the trivia of the whole team and was responsible for the process of evacuating the team;
Brandon is responsible for whispering to the dragons mirassis and glum to please them to ”say a few good words” for themselves in front of their elders
In the silent floating city, the number is increasing day by day. The huge team is walking with tired steps, dragging hungry bodies and closely following the banner of the iron crown, dead and depressed.
The situation of the riots in East Saxony is far worse than Brandon and Loren thought - from not reaching the border of Saxony to near the middle of the territory, we can almost encounter deserters incarnating robbers and refugees whose homes have been destroyed every day.
Brandon doesn't accept anyone who wants to join the team; As for the deserters who tried to resist... There was no need to send troops at all. They were weak at the moment they saw the dragon.
In this way, with a snowballing team, Brandon and his party continued to move towards the goal; Every day, the wind and snow and the frozen soil under their feet are telling them the arrival of severe winter and the distance from the northern boundary mountain.
Finally... On the morning when the wind and snow gradually subsided and the sun could finally be seen, they finally arrived at their destination.
Jufeng mountain.
The territory of the dragon.
Since the first generation of the sakran Empire, or when they were still in the ancient kingdom, the giant dragons who came with the married queen Brunhild have acquired the dead volcano and its surrounding mountains and forests as their territory.
Therefore, strictly speaking, the leader of the dragon family is also one of the ”vassals” of the Imperial Emperor. At least there should be ”Lord Jufeng mountain” in the title; But the so-called name and title on a giant dragon is purely superfluous.
In return for the ”enfeoffment”, the dragons also assumed the obligation to defend the sakran Kingdom, even the Empire, and the de sallion royal family.
They made a promise, but all the direct descendants of Queen Brunhild can get the opportunity to communicate with the dragon and even reach a contract; Once the contract is reached, the dragon will serve a ”desalion” until he or she dies.
Fourteen generations, never cut off.
With this ”promise”, the de sallion family was able to rule the whole empire and become the supreme royal family above all ancient royal families. Just as their flag, the rough iron crown, was held up by three dragons, it was able to rise into the clouds and overlook all living beings.
But on the other hand, it is precisely because of the power of the dragon that the emperor can rule the Empire, and maintaining the relationship with the dragon has become the most important mission of each generation of emperors;
Even if the Emperor himself is a Dragon Rider, he should protect and increase the number of dragon riders in the royal family as much as possible to ensure that these terrible wild beasts can remember that they are the blood of Queen Brunhild and the commitments they have made.
Brandon and Loren stood on the edge of the parapet of the floating city, looking at the towering mountains with a trance expression.
The red sun rising in the East is completely blocked by the mountains. All you can see is the afterglow and the clouds dyed golden; Like a gorgeous ribbon, it wraps the mountains.
There is just a small problem that needs to be solved
”The Jufeng mountain is so steep. How do you go up?” Isaac with an inexplicable face raised his eyebrows and pointed to the almost vertical mountain wall: ”no, we have to climb up bit by bit. I can't climb!”
”Of course.” Brandon's lazy voice came from his side: ”it is because they can't climb that the dragons choose Jufeng mountain as their territory.”
”Why?” Isaac looked up in surprise.
Before he asked, the roaring wind had blown in place, and the people in the floating city had to close to the parapet to prevent themselves from being blown down.
When they looked up, there were two more shadows in the sky shrouded by smoke and clouds - the giant dragons mirassis and glum with open wings, flying vertically to the peak of Jufeng mountain.
”That's why.” gasping for breath, Brandon, hiding behind the parapet, burst into a smile: ”because Jufeng mountain is the territory of the dragon, and flying is only the privilege of the dragon.”
”So their territory must be built on a peak that ordinary people can't reach!”
The dark haired wizard smiled and stared thoughtfully at the hidden mountain top in the clouds.
”But you still didn't tell me how we should get up!” Isaac, who was startled, swallowed his saliva and didn't have a good airway: ”again, I absolutely don't climb!”
”Er... There are two ways.” Brandon shrugged and put up two fingers in his right hand. ”The first way is to fly up vertically in the floating city like dear milaxis.”
”Although Jufeng mountain looks very high, it is also relative to the East saklan plain - the altitude should not be as high as the cloud peak of the dwarf kingdom; since the floating city of horn castle can soar above the cloud peak, it must be able to leap over Jufeng mountain.”
”But doing so will greatly annoy the dragons, right?”
”Worthy of my great wizard adviser, I guessed it all at once!” the unassuming Prince raised his thumb and showed his red mouth and white teeth:
”If we really dare to fly up, those guys won't care who the people in this floating city are. 10000% will beat us down!”
”So we can only use the second way to climb all the way.” ignoring the black haired wizard with white eyes beside him, Brandon spread his hand: ”of course, there is no need to climb, because there is a path from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain.”
”Path?” Isaac's eyes lit up: ”you mean...”
”Yes, just as you think - it's the way for the direct descendants of the de sallion royal family to accept the test of the dragon. Otherwise, how did we see the dragon in those years?”
Speaking of this, Brandon, who was originally relaxed and comfortable, became a little stiff: ”of course, this road is not easy to go, so... I mean, you'd better be prepared.”
”It may not be safe on the road.”
Huh?
A bad feeling came to mind.
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The floating city landed slowly beside a rock near the foot of Jufeng mountain, and the accompanying team was stationed here
Originally, there should be three regiments stationed at the foot of Jufeng mountain all year round, but because of the fall of eboden and the chaos of the situation in East Saxony, the three regiments have long been transferred away; Brandon and his party immediately occupied the camp they left as a temporary rest, waiting for the return of the prince and the Duke.
After a quarter of an hour of seven turns and eight turns, Loren and his party finally came to what Brandon called the road of trial - or in front of a cave.
”Here it is.”
With some emotion and a faint trace of pride, Brandon took a deep breath and turned on his hips to look at the people in front of him - Loren, Isaac, Ayn and Lucian.
”First of all, I'd like to remind you that I've only passed this road once; so we won't know what we'll encounter this time until we go in.” shrugging his shoulders, his royal highness said in a special ”Bachelor” tone: