Chapter XVII: The Death of Alfonso Carlos
Since coming to Moldavia, Joshua has not restrained Sulralno's freedom. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
Nominally, the other party was his prisoner, but in reality, the fighters just treated him as an employee picked up from the battlefield and did not even interrogate. Joshua was not at all afraid that Suralno would resent him for hurting him, and would retaliate, because the warrior knew that the other party would not dare.
In fact, it is a good thing for the blue dragon to be able to use his injuries to get away from the conspiracy Far South, Suralno had no intention of participating in such a crazy thing as the Dragon War from the beginning, although he did have some emotions towards Joshua because of his injuries, but fear is far greater than resentment, revenge is almost impossible, but it is really possible to escape.
But even the fear gradually melted away because of the warrior's indulgence.
Recently, Suralno has been staying in the vicinity of Wintercastle Academy as a 'special mentor personally invited by the dean', taking care of the young dragons with the school's mentor. In addition, he occasionally makes guest appearances as substitute teachers at the academy, teaching students rare magical techniques.
Any high-level adult dragon has a deep magical heritage and an indestructible body, they are born fortresses of war and secret repositories, dragon magic has always been rich in legends, and it is true, the special magic techniques taught by Suralno, even some of the instructors have never heard of, and are of great research value.
The well-courteous blue dragon did not suffer any trouble, but received many praises, and even the care of the young dragon was not as troublesome as he imagined, a human mage named Theodore had already done most of the work, and refused to let go, and those young dragons that were as terrifying as war magic in the mouth of a single male dragon turned into well-behaved creatures like domestic dogs under this man's hands - a bit like huskies at most.
Now, Sullarno only needs to take the young dragon for a walk in normal times, except that he can't fly freely around the world, his life is no worse than before, and even better in terms of food, so after thinking about it for a while, the blue dragon decided to come to the lord's palace and take the initiative to tell Joshua some secrets that he didn't ask about at the beginning.
Suralno could probably guess that his current titular boss was a warrior on a mission to eradicate Chaos, and he felt that Joshua would definitely need this information.
"As we all know, the dragon clan on the Mycrof continent is divided into two types: the Origin Dragon and the Astral Dragon."
After thinking for a while, the blue dragon said to Joshua in a clear voice, unhurriedly: "The Origin Dragon is the various dragon beasts and ancient dragon descendants born naturally in the local area, most of them have no wisdom and belong to the uncivilized group. The Astral Dragon, on the other hand, is often referred to as the Five-Colored Dragon and the Metal Dragon. ”
These are all information on the continent that people who have a little knowledge of the dragon clan know, Joshua nodded slightly, he naturally knows these things, but because he is a little interested in the information that Suralno is going to say later, so he listens patiently.
"Scholars among humans often say that the body structure of the dragon is completely different from that of many races on the continent, and there is not even the slightest resemblance, even if it looks similar, it is actually fundamentally different inside, so the dragons are not actually the aborigines of the Mycrof continent." When Suralno said this, he shrugged his shoulders: "They are right, although the dragons have never admitted it, but the first group of dragons really have nothing to do with this world, and they just temporarily settled on the Mycrov continent. ”
Speaking of this, the blue dragon's expression became serious, and he even laughed at himself a little: "According to the history that has been passed down in our bloodline, our dragon was thousands or even tens of thousands of years ago, because our hometown suffered a great catastrophe, so we had to leave the original world and flee to other planes in the void, in a sense, we are refugees. ”
"And that kind of statement?"
Joshua raised his eyebrows, he had heard some of these things before, but at that time, most people thought that dragons should be a race that colonized the entire multiverse, and he was the same. But now it seems a little familiar.
I had to flee because of a disaster in my hometown...... Isn't this the same as the elves of the world of Ilgna who were taken away by the Father of Nature? Could it be that the world of dragons was also attacked by evil gods in the first place?
It was indeed a very possible thing, Joshua thought for a moment, and then asked Suralno to continue.
"Since it's a refugee, there's one thing that's actually very clear." The blue-haired elven bard closed his eyes and let out a sigh: "There are always dragons who want to go home, there are always dragons who want to stay, although the dragons have lost civilization, but there are not so many natural enemies and powerful existence of dragons that can threaten on the Microf, after recuperating for a period of time, the dragons are divided, some dragons are bent on plundering the resources of this world in order to return to their hometown, even if their hometown has been destroyed, they must see its wreckage, and some dragons have decided to take root in this world, Become part of the Microf continent completely. ”
"The first civil war between the five-colored dragon and the metal dragon in the ancient period." Joshua's heart moved, and he seemed to understand a little bit what Suralno was trying to say.
"Yes, it was at that time that the five-colored dragon and the metal dragon split apart." Nodding in agreement with the warrior's statement, the blue dragon continued, "The five-colored dragons I belong to are the descendants of the group of dragons who are bent on returning home, so the five-colored dragons never consider themselves to be part of this continent, they disdain to follow any local indigenous rules, but take it upon themselves to plunder whatever they want. And the metal dragon, as a member of assimilation, is naturally the opposite. ”
"The two fought each other, so that both sides could not achieve their goals, the five-colored dragon could not successfully collect materials and start a void voyage, and the metal dragon was also questioned because of the bad reputation brought by the five-colored dragon, for thousands of years, both sides even forgot their goals, just simply fought each other because of past grievances, and this dragon disaster, it is precisely because the metal dragon god lost to the five-colored dragon god in the civil war, so it can only be avoided from the far south and not participate in this war."
Suralno said slowly, many things came out of his mouth, and he had a completely different perspective from humans - according to the blue dragon, this dragon disaster should actually be part of the preparation for the road home, a large amount of wealth and resources snatched from the Far South kingdom and the elves were sent to a five-colored dragon gathering place that he didn't know, in preparation for marching in the void, and why he deliberately attacked the Far South and the Church of the Seven Gods is also different from human cognition, there is another explanation.
"The army of dragons can attack any part of the Mycrof continent, except for the northern empire, which is located in the far north, which is a bit troublesome, the western mountains and the eastern plains are better targets than the Far South, which is full of dense jungles, but according to the patriarch of the blue dragon, the legendary dragon Ritya, the reason why the dragon god chose the Far South as a battlefield is because we need to find something."
This, without a doubt, was top secret, and Suralno said that it was a secret information that only the Extreme Dragons could know, and Joshua had indeed not heard of any similar rumors in his previous life. For the first time, curiosity and confusion began to appear on the warrior's countenance: "What is it?" Unexpectedly, the five-colored dragon did not hesitate to start an all-out war with the three major forces of the Holy Mountain, the Elves and the Far South Kingdom? ”
"I don't know...... Rityia didn't say much, it just repeatedly emphasized that it had a lot to do with the five-colored dragon's way home. ”
Suralno frowned, the vertical pupils in his eyes contracted for a moment, and then returned to normal: "But I vaguely remember that it was talking to itself, and talking to other legendary dragons, it was a strange robe from the Church of the Seven Gods, which was once stored in a large tribe of elves, and then spread to the Far Southern Kingdom. ”
"They said that it should be a treasure that belongs to the dragon clan, because only the existence of the dragon's blood can use it, and it records the secrets needed for the five-colored dragon to return to their homeland, and because of this, after attacking the elven tribe and the kingdom of the Far South, the dragon went to besiege the holy mountain."
"But I don't believe it." The blue dragon shook his head and said, "Since it is a magic robe, it should be used by humanoid creatures, what does it have to do with our dragon?" Ever since Keano returned from the Void and became more and more eccentric, the upper echelons of the five-colored dragon had always been so chaotic. He reminded, "But even so, the army of wild dragons is an unavoidable danger, and recently Ritya has been gathering the blue dragons from all over the world through the resonance of the bloodline, and I think they must not give up yet, and they must do something - such as opening the gate of the abyss." ”
When he said this, Sulalno had a serious expression, not like a joke: "Trust me, they do it." ”
"Whether it's true or not, this news is very useful." Joshua didn't care too much, he nodded and praised: "Even if the others are fake, as long as you know the general goal and recent movements of the Five-Colored Dragon Clan, these things alone are enough to make the Holy Mountain side vigilant." Suralno, very nice. ”
"It's my pleasure to be able to help you."
The blue-haired elf bowed slightly, he had already finished his work here, so he took his leave and left, and with a fluctuation of teleportation, Suralno left the lord's mansion. The warriors, on the other hand, remained at the top of the tower, thinking about these things.
“…… Robes. He frowned, his eyes looking down at the gradually lively street, but his gaze spread out and fell into thought: "The robes related to the Church of the Seven Gods, I always feel that I have heard it somewhere. ”
Joshua's instinct reminded him that this incident might not be false, even if the robe had nothing to do with the five-colored dragon's homecoming, it was definitely the other party's target. But reasoning about the possibilities of correlation between these information is beyond the capabilities of the warrior.
However, before Joshua could think for too long, another slight fluctuation of magic power appeared behind him.
Joshua turned his head and saw his long hair floating in the air, and the magical projection of Number 3 appeared in front of his eyes.
"Joshua." After the projection was shaped, Number 3 opened his eyes and greeted softly, "Breakfast is ready, do you plan to start when everyone comes, or are you going to go now?" ”
"Wait a minute." The warrior said casually: "What have you been up to lately?" It feels like I rarely see you anymore. ”
This is true. Because the main body is a rune crystal, and the external image is just a magic projection, No. 3 can be said to be ubiquitous in the entire main city of Moldavia, she can even observe the world on the street, communicate with Moria remotely, exchange alchemy rune information, and command all kinds of housekeeping work in the lord's mansion - No. 3 can even help Rin deal with government affairs at the same time, help Hotaru sort out the study documents, and catch four or five cultists by the way.
But since the last time Joshua returned, he had felt that the presence of the ubiquitous No. 3 seemed to be a little weaker - if it wasn't for the need, such as informing himself to eat, the AI rarely appeared in front of him.
But this is not an important matter, after Joshua said something casually, he did not continue to think, and No. 3 did not answer, but after a silent meeting, he said in a serious tone: "Joshua...... There is one more thing to inform you. ”
"What's the matter?" Joshua couldn't help but be a little curious, this morning, just now, Suralno came forward to say a lot of interesting news, and now, No. 3 seems to have something to say, and the warrior can't help but feel a little coincidental.
"I don't know if you remember Mr. Carlos." Number 3's voice was calm: "Here's news about him. ”
"Alfonso Carlos?" Hearing the familiar name, Joshua quickly remembered, "The one who took care of the family business for me in the imperial capital?" Of course, I remember that the first few times I went to the imperial capital, I rested with him, and I often wrote to communicate with him. ”
The Radcliffe family's family business is to sell high-quality ore, and the coat of arms of the sword hand symbolizes the largest supplier of high-quality ore to the Northern Empire. Because of the special support of the Empire, the Radcliffe family is even the exclusive supplier of raw materials for the five directly subordinate legions, and it is precisely because of this that Joshua was able to directly enter the Crow Legion in the first place and become a small commander of its vanguard army.
Recently, the Radcliffe family's industry is gradually transforming, due to the cooperation with the Northland Rune Dwarves, the whole family has begun to integrate the industrial chain, that is, ore, smelting, finished weapons and armor, although Joshua doesn't know anything about this, but he really has no interest, Alfonso Carlos is his appointed manager, this experienced president of the Northland Chamber of Commerce knows what to do, and in fact, he is doing very well, Moldavian has abundant funds, far better than before, Let Joshua develop the territory at will, open an academy and a rune factory.
"What's wrong with him?"
Thinking of this, Joshua asked in a deep voice, No. 3's expression and tone made him feel that something was not quite right, and he couldn't wait to know what kind of news it was.
However, No. 3 was not disturbed by the fighters, and still said softly: "Originally, Mr. Carlos would report on the work and data of the week once a week, and this has always been handed over to Rin and me to deal with, so he will greet us at the end of the letter...... Mr. Carlos is a very punctual person, even if it is occasionally delayed due to accidents, he will quickly make up for it after a few days, but in the last month or so, the report he sent is not only unpunctual, but also full of mistakes, omissions and contradictions, and this 'Mr. Carlos' doesn't even know that the people who deal with these things are me and Rin. ”
Joshua's brows furrowed quickly, but he immediately eased up, he was silent for a moment, and then said in a light tone, "It seems that the problem is very big. ”
"Yes." Miss Artificial Intelligence nodded slightly: "If it is purely a report, ordinary people may be deceived by him, but I can detect every trace of his handwriting and the gap in his wording habits...... If it weren't for the normal remittance of funds, I would have told you a few days ago, after all, there is also the possibility of being unwell and temporarily handing over the work to someone else, and he also said last time that he wants to train his eldest son to take over part of the work. ”
"So what about now?"
"Now, the news is all gone."
Speaking of this, No. 3's tone paused slightly, and Miss Artificial Intelligence's voice became cold: "I suspect that Mr. Carlos is already dead. ”