Xiling Empire Chapter 1116: Things are wrong

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Except for some islands located in the depths of the ocean, almost isolated from the world, and small land that has never been involved in legend, motherland is the only known and vibrant Continent on this planet. The whole is irregularly elliptical, running through the northern and southern hemispheres, and extending more to the northern hemisphere-its northern part has been probing into the world of snow and ice ice ocean, while its southern part can only cross the equator, and it has not even reached the temperate region of the southern hemisphere . Therefore, in the long a period of time in history, motherland scholars believe that they live in a hot and cold one-way World, the colder the north, until the sky freezes, and the hotter the south, until the earth is The melting, so in the old mythology of motherland, there is also the legend of the extreme north ice king and the tyrant of the southern abyss lava.

This is what Lily Na told us when I was bored.

The place we go is located motherland North, and almost close to the frozen wasteland. If you do n’t walk through the portal, ordinary people will come to this cold country, then you have to cross the northern principality, and then cross the countless scattered settlements of the Bei Mangyuan who were seized by the barbarians, and have arrived almost like this. World The last border line that intelligent creatures can occupy for a long time. There is a loose country called "Goodell" here. This is a country where there is almost no clear regime. Large and small city-states and even towns are self-reliant kings. However, the wonderful thing is that this is not a long-term separatist war. As a result, after a long process of civilization and mutual compromise, a delicate state of balance has been formed on the ground. Countless large and small city-states each pursue their own laws and have their own lords at the same time They are nominally Northern Land The royal family "Goodell" ruled this Northern Land The royal family does not seem to have the intention to strengthen their centralization. They are even happy to see the princes in their name form such a loose state. They only need their nominal people to do two things: enshrine and worship the gods. Outside is to do the most basic duty to protect the kingdom when foreign enemies strike, and then completely let go. This kind of rule and state structure is difficult for outsiders to imagine. Anyway, I can hardly think of how the Guder clan here could be so long without being replaced by others. However, in fact, it was very long a period of time Since, the whole Northern Land The kingdom "Goodall" is exceptionally stable, with almost no internal friction.

After reviewing the information collected by Lily Na, I realized that it was all because of "Storm Giant".

In the extreme north of Continent, although there is no king of ice, there is really a powerful ancient spirit, that is the storm giant, this powerful creature revered as the **** of Northern Land is considered to be the strongest One of the big ancient spirits, he was proved to be in front of mortals when motherland ’s mortal first arrived in the northern ice sheet and established a town on the border, and its real existence time will naturally only be longer than that, Storm Giant Described as a cold creature with no entity, he lives in the deepest part of the Northern Land ice field in legend, where motherland's most advanced alchemy airboat cannot be reached. The storm giant is an endless mass of ice, snow and clouds Lightning male ancient spirit, only when the mortal arrives in front of him, and this ancient spirit is also interested, will this storm show a humanoid appearance, and when he stands up, he can step across the widest ice on the Arctic ice sheet. Yuan and the highest mountain range, when he is angry, he can freeze all mortal towns along the entire border, and the only way to communicate with this storm giant-master In the hands of the Goodl royal family.

This is the cornerstone of the Continent extreme north, a loose state that has survived to this day: The background of the King Guder is the Storm Giant. In fact, the three words "Goodell" means "servant" in the local language, which means the servant of the Storm Giant.

However, it is difficult to explain why the Guder clan that has mastered such a powerful force will actively keep their kingdom in such a state of inconsistency, even if they seem to care little about their royal power. , They are a group of very mysterious guys who live in their frozen castles and hardly eat Human World fireworks. Information about them on Continent, except legend is nonsense ...

Well, basically nonsense.

The trivial mountains and hills on the Northern Land border show a very intense but short-lived geologically active period, and here the towns where Human Race lived are basically built on the mountains, hiding in the mountains It can effectively resist the cold wind from the northern ice sheet, and it is also easier to obtain additional food from the mountain forest. Our destination is such a medium-sized town hidden in a valley at the foot of the mountain. The town has a particularly straightforward and strange name: Skate. The name is probably because it is narrow and long, and sits on the boundary of the ice field. It looks like an ice cutter that pierces the ice field. In such a cold and scarce place, it is slightly larger. Towns rarely expand or change their base site, and it seems conceivable to name them after the town ’s shape.

This town called Skate should be considered a larger "city" in this place. It is also close to the area where the Guder clan lived, but the main reason why we chose this as the destination is the requirements of Sagina and Sona : They said they would come here to find someone.

"Hoo, this is much cooler than the Dragon Kingdom." Looking at the entrance of the town in front of me, I exhaled and said, the warm air from another space disappeared with the portal, and was instantly lost. The cold wind here dissipated a clean, we were still in front of the portal of City of Angel a second ago, this second is already located in the sub-cold zone, the temperature change is very big, but for me this temperature difference is just I sighed something, but the two cold-blooded creatures beside me ...

"Sagina, are you okay?" I turned my head to look behind me, Sagina and Sona, who were tightly wrapped in heavy clothes. These two people claimed to be cold-blooded creatures more than once, and I am indeed I touched the tail of Sagina and it was cold and cold like a snake. I really do n’t know if they can withstand the low temperature here. How can they meet any friends in this place?

"Don't worry," Sona smiled faintly. "Although it belongs to a cold-blooded species, the half-dragon people are not so extreme in low-temperature environments, but if the weather is too cold, they will be less energetic. And me and Sagina ... the two of us have lived here for a long time a period of time, we grew up on the border of Northern Land, here ... it is our hometown. "

"Ah?" I was stunned for a moment. "How do the two half-dragons who are afraid of the cold live in a place where the mountains are covered with snow for seven or eight months this year?"

"It's not under our control," Sagina yawned, a listless look, rubbing eyes while whispering, "We were sold here by slave merchants, half-dragons in low temperature It ’s less energy, and it ’s easier to control naturally, so some wizards doing potion experiments prefer to keep the half-dragon slaves in a low temperature environment. Anyway, they do n’t need the half-dragons to do much work. The half-dragons slaves are often sold. To two places, the extreme north and the extreme south, the half-dragon in the north is regarded as a servant or a test material like ours, because it is easy to control, and even at low temperatures, the half-dragon is physically stronger than the ordinary race; The half-dragon people in the south are regarded as hard labor because they have great strength and can work longer in a day if the weather is warm. "

Sagina is talking about these unfair things, with complex eyes and sadness and depression. She rarely mentions these topics actively, but it may be that we are already familiar with each other, and the history of the half-dragon humiliation has also seen the end of the dawn. She still occasionally talks about these things in front of me. Listening to her mentioning that bitter past again, I felt uncomfortable, and hesitantly asked, "Then ... wouldn't you want to come here to find the Master of that year? Revenge on him?"

"Hah, who has that leisure time," Sagina smiled contemptuously, and took the lead in ahead, "He was already old and almost dying, and the life of the half-dragon is longer than Human Race. Now that guy may even have bones. Okay. The other mage lived in another city at that time, far away from here ... "Sagina said, looking in a certain direction in the wild:" It's really far away, I don't even dare to imagine now, we are actually Can escape from there, have been escaping so far, in such a cold place, still alive ... "

"Then you come back here ..." I looked at Sagina unclearly. This place is definitely not a hometown full of beautiful memories for her and Sona. Can there be any people or things worth cherishing? I remembered the experience of these two half-dragons girl-slave career, drug test, theft, prison, wandering-in the first half of my life, there was almost no dawn.

"We are going to return something." Sona whispered. She dived her hand into her pocket and found a thick handwritten note that she had not been read many times. "Three Ten years ... it ’s time to return it ... "

I looked at the crumpled note in a daze, time left a trace of vicissitudes on it, the surface of the notebook was covered with a layer of dirty oil, almost all the paper pages were uneven, spine There are obvious traces of multiple repairs, indicating that it has been scattered more than once. The hand of Sona holding the notebook is slightly trembling. The expression on her face seems to want to laugh but ca n’t laugh: "We almost forgot the name of this town. , But Sagina accidentally heard the conversation before you set off, and we remembered this place that had fled thirty years ago ... This place has remained almost unchanged, as cold as when I left ... "

I blinked eyes and remembered the origin of this note: Sagina and Sona set foot on the beginning of the explorer's career, which is this note, but it is a stolen thing.

The two half-dragon girls once fled the terrible poison laboratory but had no skills. They lived in vain. In order to fill their stomachs and avoid the winter, they even had to be deliberately caught in prison, or even Said that the only people they knew in the first half of their life were homeless people and jailers who also avoided the snow and snow in prison. This note comes from a young jailer. It may be out of sympathy, or it may just be too contaminated by real life. The young jailer showed too much softness to the Sagina and even talked about himself. The experience of his father as an explorer also brought this precious heirloom to show in front of two half-dragon girls.

Sagina and Sona took this note when they were last released from prison, and then traveled far away to embark on the path of an explorer.

This journey is ... thirty years? I am really didn't expect, and the story that Sagina and Sona told me that day was already thirty years ago. Thirty years, it may not be too long for the Half Dragon, but for Human Race, it is almost half a life.

"I don't know if he's a jailer anymore," Sagina suddenly smiled on his face, as if looking forward to the unloading of the burden and looking forward to it, so he was happy, "When we left, he was a hairy boy, at this moment should have already established a family and established a business-maybe even become a grandpa ... Huh, I hope he will not cut us both with a knife, Sona, what do you say? "

Sona carefully collected the notes and smiled: "No."

For scattered cities such as the Northern Land border, out-of-towners must be very uncommon. The most striking Alaya and Aurelia have entered the invisible state and followed behind everyone. The appearance of the shallow duo, Lin Xue and the half-dragon duo has attracted the attention of many passers-by. However, I soon discovered that the focus of their attention was more on the two half-dragon girls. The eyes of the passers-by were a little suspicious, and with vague fear, I suddenly thought that this may be the latest half. The result of the long-range activities of the dragon people-we have been busy studying the remains, and have never paid attention to the movements of the ordinary people ’s society in motherland, but as long as you think about it, you should know that the entire race of the half-dragon people suddenly became a dragon. The impact of World must be quite large-anyway, the most direct impact is that all the half-dragon slaves of World must be free. Most of the half-dragons in World are now migrating to the south, and there is no external force to stop their actions. Now there are two so-looking young half-dragons girl appearing in the remote city of Northern Land. Very curious.

However, Sagina and Sona turned a deaf ear to the surroundings people. They just looked around the passing streets and houses with memories, and introduced us with a smile: the low temperature seems to be unable to freeze this The two are now burning with enthusiasm. Sagina's memory is really good. She can even blurt out the name of a pub that will appear in the front corner-although the name is wrong, at least there is a pub in appeared.

"The owner of this pub is a guy who is afraid of his wife. He is very nice," Sagina pointed to the old but lively pub on the roadside and said to us, "He often prepares leftovers for leftovers nearby. He also has a daughter, a beautiful girl ... Of course, now I am afraid that he is already the child ’s mother. "

In the introduction of Sagina (which has made several mistakes, after all, the times have changed, this place is not the same as that in Sagina memory), we gradually walked to a highland at the end of the northern part of the town, here is a solid The stone building, that is the Prison facility in this border city called ice skates-the distance from the bustling area of ​​the city is closer than expected, and it is just a simple two-story facility. The guards at the door are very spiritual, but obviously, In such a remote and poor place, even the Prison may not have a few criminals in it. Most of the prisoners in this place are just gangsters. The governor ’s office in this place may have some radiators from our police station. Same function.

Even Sagina, a guy with normal nerves, at this moment could n’t help but show some nervous appearance, and then pressed some hair that was blown up by the cold wind, went forward to negotiate with the guard Soldier, I Randomly asked Sona a sentence: "Do you have a deep impression on that jailer?"

"It's true," Sona smiled a little, "It's not easy to meet a good person in such a place, not to mention that the good man is a jailer, he is a young man who is out of step with the surroundings environment, and we know When he was just a jailer for a few days, he was completely different from his rude colleagues. At that time, he was even a bit naive. ”Sona said while shrugging:“ He even said that his future dream is to become a judge and maintain The order of Skate City. At that time, he was particularly fond of laughing, and he often found me chatting with Sagina, and even secretly brought his lunch to us. If it was n’t what happened later, maybe he would become the first real one for me and Sagina. Friends. "

Lin Xue prolonged the tone: "Oh ... Well, the second middle school boy in his youthful infancy."

at this moment Sagina has completed the negotiation and came over, it seems that she obtained permission to enter, but the expression on her face is a little weird. Sona ca n’t help but ask with concern: “What ’s wrong? The guards are embarrassing you?”

"No," Sagina shook his head as he led us across the suspension bridge in front of Prison. "These Soldier thought we were bribing the prisoner's family-Weir is already the warden." >

Weir, it seems that this is the name of the second best boy in those years.

"Warden?" The tone of Sona rose slightly, "He is really not simple, which is a step closer to his dream."

Sagina shook his head recklessly: "Who knows, I always feel uncomfortable ... Probably the reason it is too cold here."

After passing the suspension bridge in front of the Prison and the narrow stone passage, there is an inner courtyard surrounded by a circle of high stone walls. This is a place where light offenses are usually placed. Under the leadership of a sloppy veteran, our group The "visitors", who had been specially labeled, entered the guard zone next to the inner court. The light inside the stone building is a bit gloomy, cold white light sloping in from the tall narrow windows, the brightness is not even as good as the torches inserted in the corridors on both sides, the air is filled with a mild musty, warm brazier Burning quietly around the corner of the corridor. The veteran took us to a heavy studded wooden door and left without saying a word. Sona and Sagina stared at the door for a while, and the latter knocked on the door carefully.

“Bang—Bang—” The iron ring hit the wooden door of heavy, and the muffled noise echoed in the long dark corridor. The sound was much louder than expected, causing Sagina to stick out its tongue. , A thick and hoarse man's voice came from behind the wooden door: "Come in, what's the ball?"

Sagina froze for a moment, then pushed the door open, and a strong smell of bad tobacco came from the inside. We entered the room and saw the scene inside: a small room of more than ten square meters, with rough walls on all four sides. The carved stones are made directly. On the wall are large strings of keys and obsolete locks that can no longer be seen in color. There are also two lanterns for night patrols. There is a large and heavy table in the center of the room. Full of everything in disorder debris and God knows file that no one has read seriously, there is a middle-aged strong man who is already bald sitting behind the table, looks fifty, wearing a crumpled prison uniform, no beard on his face, but So it looked a bit sloppy.

The middle-aged warden saw a group of people coming in, and was not the jailers who had come to report his work. He was a little surprised. He shook his forehead and said roughly: "Who?" Visiting? Why no one notified? "

He did not recognize the two half-dragons girl in front of him at all-although I think the relatively long life of half-dragons, the appearance of Sagina and Sona should be limited from the change of thirty years ago, but the other is still not. Recognize them.

"We ... are here to find you." Sagina didn't know how to speak. The expression on her face was quite stiff, and she only stuttered in the end. Obviously, even though various psychological preparations have been done before, the bald middle-aged man who now appears in front of him is so far away from the shy and somewhat naive jailer in her impression that the previously prepared lines at this moment There is no place for it.

"Look for me?" The middle-aged man who had been blessed came out from behind the table. "Huh, which prisoner did you plead? I have seen more of this set, it depends on your sincerity and the weight you can take out- —Well, Half-Dragon? ”He finally seemed to notice the restless tails behind Sagina and Sona, raised his eyebrows,“ Recently you have been moving quite a lot ... wait! ”

The middle-aged man finally stopped, his face appeared amazed, his eyes stared at Sagina's face, and then quickly turned to Sona, as if he finally broke the barrier of memory, and came out of his throat A strange voice: It is a strange noise that many words block together from being subconscious.

"You think of it," Sagina smiled and waved his hand, holding Sona's arm, "Ville, it's us ..."

"You ... you!" The middle-aged man named Vir trembling violently, his arms slowly raised, pointing to this side, his voice intermittently, "It is you?"

"We want to ..." Sagina just said three words and was interrupted loudly by the other party: "How do you appear here?!"

Ville ’s voice was loud, and a mouthful of bad tobacco smelled from his mouth. His emotions were obviously very excited, so that the horizontal meat on his face trembles, and eyes also swelled with intense emotions, This expression did not last long, he suddenly walked quickly back to his position and sat down heavily: "Say!"

"We ... come to return your stuff ..." Sona seemed to have been brave for a long time, and then took out the thick note from his body that had been away from the owner for thirty years and placed it on the warden's desk Ville's eyes suddenly widened, staring blankly at the black book in front of him. As if he couldn't believe his eyes, he slowly picked up the book and carefully opened it.

There is a small piece of paper that has turned yellow and brittle.

"Look, the original bookmarks are there," Sagina said quickly. "We have been protecting it very well. We haven't lost a page, and the leaves you picked are made of cloud wax and palm oil. Sandwiched on the last page ... "

Vilver quickly flipped through the notes, and found the blade that had lost its original color and had been made into a specimen on the last page. His movements were frozen at this moment, and he remained silent for a long time, his head down as if For the stone carving, Sagina looked at us anxiously and moved two steps forward: "That ... right ..."

"Let's go." A low, hoarse voice came from the opposite side.

"Ah?" Sagina did not hear clearly, and asked.

"Let's go!" Will suddenly lifts the head, said loudly, "The things come, then hurry up!"

"We haven't said yet ..." Sagina always has some thick lines, she stubbornly leaned forward half a step, but was dragged by Sona, who deeply looked at the middle-aged person, Ville, who turned into a rude smoke-like old warden, whispered, "Ville, goodbye." Then he pulled Sagina out of the room.

I walked at the end, when I was about to walk out the door, I heard a hoarse voice behind me: "Wait."

I looked at Weier in confusion, and the other person opened his mouth, and finally managed to squeeze out a weird smile. It seemed that he was not used to this expression like this: "Help close the door and give them a word, these years ... … In fact, I ’ve had a good time. ”

The heavy studded wooden door made a "squeak" sound and slowly closed, I deliberately paused at the door for a while before I kept up with the others. Lin Xue also left behind deliberately, and said, "I'm crying inside."

"You are talking."

"What's wrong with him?" I'm afraid that the people present are the least interested in similar things. Of course, the questions asked are not very familiar. To be honest, I am envious of her simple head sometimes.

"Sacrifice his youth," Lin Xue looked back at the door of the warden ’s room that had been hidden in the dark, and then looked at the two half-dragon girls who walked ahead. First love two years ago-I guess he absolutely fell in love with one of Sagina and Sona, woman's intuition. "

After coming from the dark Prison promenade to the bright outdoor, Sagina and Sona could n’t help but take a deep breath. In any case, they may really put down this thirty-year burden. Telling them what they told me, Sona finally got a little smile on his face, facing the wind blowing from afar: "It seems ... the wind is warmer."

Sagina looked at his friend unclearly and shrank his neck after blowing a gust of wind: "Why, it ’s as cold as that, and if I keep freezing like this, I might really hibernate."

"your majesty," Aurelia, who was in the invisible state, suddenly opened his mouth to interrupt everybody's respective thoughts. She pointed to the direction of the ice field in the distance, "I sensed that Odysseus was calling, his condition ... … It ’s weird. ”(Unfinished. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point (qidian.com) to vote for recommendation and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation.)