Chapter 258: The Demon Dragon's Bones
Now that he knew that there were not only demons on the mountain, but also mortal enemies such as orcs, and the demon dragon Osha, who served as the ultimate villain in the classical legends of Nord, even Hector could not continue to be calm, and under his command, the army under the mountain divided into several thousand teams to search for the mountain. At the same time, the Marquis of Hector also issued a request for help to the central and nearby lords, asking for more troops to be sent to blockade Atlas Mountain, and it seems that all hidden dangers must be eradicated at once at any cost, whether it is the future henchmen of the empire or the "Great Demon King" 10,000 years ago, they will be crushed in front of the iron fist of the Nord Dynasty's dictatorship.
Lu Xi has reservations about this. A majestic mountain range stretching for thousands of heroic spirits with an average altitude of nearly 10,000 meters, coupled with the tunnels and dungeons densely packed in the mountains, it is impossible to completely block it even if a million troops are mobilized, with the IQ of the Abyss Lord and the Khan of Asog, I am afraid that it has already been far away.
Compared to the orc Khan and the Abyss Lord with multiple tracks, Lu Xi felt that the Demon Dragon's goal was a little bigger. It was difficult for such a behemoth with a body length of tens of meters to conceal its body no matter what, and at the same time, it was seriously injured, and it was impossible to rely on magic to hide its aura as usual. As long as everyone can intercept the dragon before it finds the cave to sleep, the dignified Blackwing Reaper can only become prey.
And for the dragons, it is not easy to find a cave where they can live and recuperate. First of all, it is necessary to be stealthy enough, it is not a pleasant thing to be killed in sleep; Secondly, it must be big enough, big enough to accommodate the huge body of dozens of meters, even if it is a dragon, it does not want to turn over and hit the wall when sleeping; In the end, it has to be at the node of the leyline. This kind of place is the meeting point of the elements of heaven and earth, and only in this kind of place. The vitality and magic of the dragon clan can be restored to the maximum, otherwise with Osha's current injury. I'm afraid that I won't be able to heal even if I sleep for hundreds of years.
"Speaking of which, the dragon is full of treasures, and Osha is still an ancient dragon who has lived for tens of thousands of years, even a piece of dragon scales can be replaced with a manor, and that guy still has thousands of scales on his body." Lu Xi said to Swift Wind: "Wait a while, divide the loot into three parts, one for me, one for Artoria, and one for you." Maybe just this once, your debt problem will be solved. â
Storm shook his head with a wry smile and said, "How can there be such a good thing." All creatures born with magical powers. After death, the energy in the body will quickly decompose into elements and return to heaven and earth, and the part that can retain the magic power will not be left in a hundred. Take dragon scales, for example, once they lose their magical power, they are only a thicker carapace, at most harder than steel, and they are also very heavy, far worse than sacred metal shells like Mithril. The vast majority of so-called dragon scale armor is limited in strength compared to steel plate armor, but it weighs more than twice as much. Naturally, there is not much practical value left. â
"How so?"
"Or what do you think? The dragons change their scales every 500 years, and if they can retain their magic, they can amass enough wealth to rule the world just by selling their scales. Hurricane couldn't help but glance at Lu Xi, but then he muttered to himself, "But Osha is an ancient dragon after all. The strength is far beyond that of ordinary dragons, and even if they die, there are many places where they can preserve their magic power. Pick up the scales that can be used, and you should still be able to make a set of dragon scale armor...... I mean the non-copycat version. The kind with magical powers! â
When the wind said this, Lu Xi was naturally more happy. Such a rare good mood continued to reach the point of excitement when scouts continued to report "found an unknown target, suspected to be a magic dragon".
However, when he, Hurricane and the others came to the "unknown target" in full gear, it was like riding a roller coaster between heaven and hell, and the difference in mood was so large that Lu Xi almost spurted out a mouthful of old blood.
Lying in the valley, it is just the skeleton of a giant dragon, whether it is the wings, tail or limbs, it is very complete, so complete that it can be directly dragged to the museum to exhibit, but the dragon scales, dragon flesh, dragon blood, dragon tendons, dragon liver, dragon heart, etc., in Lu Xi's eyes, can directly be equated with gold coins, all of them are gone. Only the eye sockets that could accommodate a ten-year-old child to crawl in and out were left, staring straight at Lu Xi, whose face was pale. The cold wind drilled through it, making a sharp sound of "whirring", as if it was mocking Lu Xi unscrupulously.
"Well, I'm not sure it must be Osha." Artoria looked at Lu Xi, who had an ugly face, and couldn't help but comfort. In her opinion, living dragons all look similar, let alone dead.
"This is Osha, I can't be mistaken."
Of course, you can't be mistaken, because the exploration technique of the kryptonite dog's eye could not be more clearly described: "Osha's skeleton." â
"It should be Osha, there is still a sword wound left by my great-grandfather at that time, well, there is also here, I used the thunder of the aurora to bombard, so I left a penetrating wound." Compared to Lu Xi's very arbitrary determination, Fett seemed much more professional, and in the end, she pointed to the dragon's right row of ribs, where four or five ribs were cut off, leaving a shocking wound: "This wound should be caused by great-grandfather and Lord Phines who put them to get the sword qi." â
"And this keel...... How so? It feels very fresh, as if it were fresh cow bones. â
"Nanoka, can you not use that poor face to say such terrifying and curious things? And the keel doesn't rot in the first place. â
"I know! I mean, this set of bones...... Well, there is no feeling of precipitation. Anyway, I'm sure the dragon must have just died. â
The demon dragon even the flesh and blood of the belt scales were devoured by unknown things, and there was not even a single residue left, leaving only a white skeleton, which was terrifyingly clean. The bones made a "click" sound in the cold north wind, and everyone present suddenly felt a chill that made people shiver in their bodies, and they couldn't help but shudder.
Such low air pressure silenced everyone for a while, and suddenly, Lu Xi let out a mournful shout: "I bought a watch last year!" Even if you eat meat, can you leave me some soup? What's the matter with just a bunch of bones? Bull, you unpack the bones, and I'll take them back to make keel radish soup! Artoria, Tempest, do you want it? â
"Huh? Soup? Artoria's face was sluggish, obviously not yet reacting, she still had difficulty connecting the ingredients with the villain in the bedside story when she was a child, but the wind immediately nodded: "Of course, the keel is a great tonic, and it can also be used in medicine." After drinking the soup, the bones should not be lost, and grinding them into powder is also a very valuable alchemy material. â
"I thought dragon bones could be used to forge valuable magic weapons."
"It's a dragon bone with magical power, but unfortunately, although this dragon bone is complete, the magic power has been completely lost, and not even a single element is left." Tempest shook his head with a wry smile.
"Even if a hundred ghouls come, they can't gnaw so cleanly, right?"
This undisciplined conversation quickly blew away the haze in everyone's minds, but even a fool can smell a lot of demonic energy, there must be a shocking inside story hidden behind this matter, although I want to track it down, but the other party's hand tail is very clean, and even the perception of the wind can't find a reliable clue from the scene, so naturally there is no way to investigate.
"Osha is dead, so what happened to the old Pa of the radio wave system? I guess it's a lot of bad luck. Lu Xi remembered the other soul in the demon dragon's body, the unlucky guy who was devoured by Osha's body and strength, although that guy was a little schizophrenic, but he didn't have any bad intentions, and in a sense he was quite cute. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but sigh and mourned for Panarsis silently for thirty seconds.
All in all, the demon dragon, whose reputation is several times higher than that of the six demon kings, the biggest thug in the history of the dragon clan, Osha, who has the second title of "Black Winged Death", died like this, and after his death, his bones were also used by a group of gluttonous young magicians to boil soup and even medicine, and even the last trace of zĂ i was erased. As for whether his deeds will retire from the stage of history, it depends on whether Lu Xi can still remember it after completing the immigration work of "White Ghosts", that is, tens of thousands of Drow elves.
Char arrived at the Heavenly Dome Sanctuary five days later, and before that, tens of thousands of troops had been searching along the mountain for a long time, and even went deep into the underground labyrinth according to the same dungeon map provided by Lu Xi. Although the magnificent mausoleum built by the Barbarian King and the Great Sage greatly shocked these Nords who had never seen the world, they did not find any trace of orcs and high demons in it, not even a single hair.
The enemies of the empire could not be found, but the lives of ordinary people had to go on, and with the arguments of Artoria, the future empress, and with the acquiescence of her sister Char, the lords of the northern lands of Virginia finally agreed to let these "elven refugees" pass through their own territory, and were willing to send a certain number of men to protect them. Later, Tempest took out another sum of money and rented some carriages and livestock to carry the belongings of the elves, and the emigration team of more than 10,000 people marched to the northwest border of the empire.
As for the few drow elves who were unwilling to follow the wind to the southern islands, they also led the vassal blue races to the east along the mountain path of Atlas. This is a difficult journey across half a continent and tens of thousands of miles, the dangers encountered on the road are almost unpredictable, and those who can really reach the destination may not be able to save two or three out of ten, but this is their own choice after all, Lu Xi can only silently bless.
Artoria seemed a little uneasy, insisted on following the team, and accompanied everyone until they reached the western border of Vigia. It was the end of August, and they both knew it was time to separate. (To be continued......)