In many worlds where civilizations are not developed, ancient dragons are not regarded as the creators of all things, but rather as natural disasters.

The power of these primordial beings can cause volcanoes to erupt and the earth to shake, and they can create thunder and storms at a single thought, causing ocean currents to change and sea tides to surge, and cities built by civilization are as fragile as white paper in front of them, and can be razed to the ground at will.

But that doesn't mean that the Elder Dragons were born to destroy, just that they were too powerful.

In fact, those seemingly catastrophic forces are actually the source of life.

Volcanic eruptions provide temperature to the icy world, allowing elements from the depths of the earth to come to the surface and new continents to form in the sea. Lightning and storms can promote the synthesis of matter particles, increasing the probability of the appearance of large organic molecules, which is an important condition for the emergence of primitive life. The powerful magnetic field can not only disturb the celestial phenomena, but also resist the energy radiation projected from the high heavens, and protect the newly formed microscopic creatures. The change of the earth's crust is also an important step to fully integrate the elements on the surface to form the primordial soup of life.

For the world itself, natural disasters are nothing more than ordinary natural phenomena, as ordinary as rain and snow, and it is precisely because of the existence of intelligent life that natural disasters are 'natural disasters', and it is precisely because of their own weakness that these forces that give birth to life are regarded as synonymous with destruction...... However, not all civilizations believe so, and for a long time, there were beings in the multiverse who recognized the power of ancient dragons and tried to use it for their own purposes.

It all started thousands of years ago.

"While our ancestors were still tending fish in the sea, the war between the dragon gods and the darkness began on the other side of the multiverse. At first, this darkness that came out of nowhere could not hurt the dragon god at all, and the dragon god also thought that it was just a small fight, and did not pay too much attention to it. ”

"But with the passage of time and the advancement of technology from generation to generation, the harmless young children of the past have grown into adults with sharp blades, and the darkness can gradually fight the dragon god head-on."

In the central mountains of Kronos, in the underground ruins, the sound of slight footsteps sounded, and the old dragonman took the silent Lisa's hand and walked further down the earth along the translucent crystal corridor.

He looked straight ahead, and whispered the secrets of the dragonmen since ancient times, and his tone was calm and unfluctuating: "After hundreds of thousands of years of fighting, the dragon god has been unable to expel the other party, because he can't bear its harassment, the god can only choose to go away and enter the void, but the darkness is also like a bone appendage, chasing to the other side of the multiverse." ”

The next thing, even Lisa already knew: the darkness chasing the dragon god came to the periphery of the world where the dragon ancestors were located, because of the fear of the threat of darkness to themselves, the dragon god and the Chronos civilization worked together to completely defeat the pursuers, but the dragon god himself was also seriously injured, and the world of Chronos, which accidentally exposed the location of the mother world, was also completely destroyed by the destruction magic, the continent collapsed into broken rock, the ocean dried up into a desert, and the entire plane gradually fell into the abyss.

As a result, the Chronos civilization was destroyed, and the living race was nearly extinct, leaving only the remnants of the last fleet to survive.

"Out of guilt and gratitude, the dragon god decided to connect himself with the entire world on the verge of destruction in order to repay our ancestors for their help...... It sleeps in what was once the center of the ocean, now in the middle of the desert of the gods, assimilating itself with the whole world. In this way, when the dragon god repairs his own injuries, he is equivalent to repairing the origin of our entire world—according to the dragon god, it is the rebirth of the power of steel. ”

"The Kronos Mountains, where we live today, are the source of rebirth, and when the dragon god is fully restored, the whole world will also rebuild its roots and restore its vitality. In order to wait for that day, the ancestors who lost their civilization chose to accept the bloodline of the dragon god, and obtained its power to exist in this mountain range to thrive and maintain the existence of the race. ”

The members of the Dragonman Elder Group did not follow the old Dragonman towards the lowest level of the ruins, and most of them went to other corners to maintain and adjust this ancient ruin. Only the old dragon elder still carried Lisa downward, all the way down, as if there was no end.

The dragonman elder's face was full of wrinkles, his beard was white, even the dragon's horns began to turn white, and there were traces of fragments falling off the edges, but his voice was very clear, and there was no ambiguity at all from ordinary old people, and the old dragonman took Lisa's hand and walked down, talking to himself about the secrets of the ancients.

"But the rebirth of the world comes at a price...... The dragon god connects himself to the world, and it is equivalent to the heart of the world - how can the heart leave the body? Until self-healing is complete, the dragon god cannot leave our world, it is bound by the covenant and can only stay on the earth, never able to rise to the heights, never able to fight the enemy. ”

At this time, Lisa no longer knew how many meters she was underground, even the syndicate couldn't judge, she felt that she should have crossed the thick rock formation, into the earth's crust, and the fire demon unconsciously found that on both sides of the translucent crystal corridor, you can already see dots of golden-red lava, they are like blood vessels, flowing and spreading under the earth.

If she was really underground, the dragon girl would have been unable to survive at this time, but because of the creation of the Chronos civilization, the crystal corridor that flickered from time to time with a microscopic magic power perfectly shielded the surrounding high temperature and high pressure, so that Lisa could still continue to move forward steadily.

"Connecting to the world is the only way for the dragon god to save our world, but this is tantamount to tying the dragon god to a cage called the world...... When the enemy comes, the dragon god can't even fight back. ”

And the old dragon man elder seemed to come here often, he indifferently took Lisa's hand, and walked towards the depths of the mantle that had been completely wrapped in lava in the distance, as if he wanted to go to the center of the earth.

But that wasn't the case, and just as Lisa felt like she was deep in the mantle, they came to their destination—a huge hall made entirely of light silver crystal.

The hall was mysterious, twelve-sided in shape, with completely different intricate runes inscribed on each wall, pale blue arcs dancing along the pale silver walls, and numerous inexplicable grooves and runes on the walls, flashing with magical brilliance.

In the center of this hall is a huge, pyramid-like altar, which is silver all over, with crystal lines like blood vessels shining red, and at the top of the altar, a half-man-high column with a delicate tray on it, and a blue amorphous light cluster suspended above the pyramid as if projected.

When Lisa saw this, she almost took a step back in fright—not because the girl was timid, but because the environment was too treacherous, because the road to the great pyramid altar was filled with blood, boiling metal, and suffocating heat. Purple lightning swirled around the top cylinders and trays, unleashing unleashed unparalleled coercion, as if the wrath of the gods had materialized.

Coming to this hall, the dragon man elder stopped, he tightened my girl's hand, and said softly in an inexplicable tone with nostalgia, unwilling and relieved: "The approval of the earth, the promise of steel, the trial of the atmosphere, and the contract with the gods and the world and the dragonmen. This is the center of the world of Koronos, where the flames once burned. ”

"It's true that the dragon god is bound to our world, but luckily, the ancestors have long expected this, so they designed this altar, as well as this ritual."

- What ritual?

Lisa was about to look up at the old dragonman and ask what the hall and altar were for, but at that moment, the old dragonman let go of his grip on Lisa.

He walked slowly forward to the altar, ignoring the lava, molten steel, and twisted heat in front of him, the dragonman elder began to burn all over his clothes, but the flames could not burn his body, but instead revealed the old man's old, wrinkled and speckled body, green and scarred.

How many battles have you gone through to leave so many scars? Lisa was momentarily shocked by this scene, and even forgot that the old man was walking on the lava at this time.

And the clear voice of the old dragon man continued.

"As long as a few dragonmen with the pure blood of the dragon god use the power of their own bloodline as a guide to condense a false illusion, they can temporarily deceive the world and temporarily make the chains no longer bind the dragon god. With the power of purebloods as a guide, the dragon god can not only be temporarily freed, but also gain the blessing of the power of our entire race and become stronger. ”

The shoes were long since burned, and the old dragonman was barefoot on the blood-boiling lava, blue lightning protecting his horns, but he could still smell the smell of the meat being roasted. The old dragon man didn't care about this, he shook his head and said, "It's a pity that the original ritual required at least twelve pure-bloods to stand under the twelve walls, and use the combined power of runes to quell the restless lava, molten steel, and hot wind, and appease the wrath of the world on the verge of destruction. ”

Otherwise, the load will be too large, and it is likely to cause deaths and injuries, and the number of people is seriously underwhelmed.

"If that's not the case, the load is too great and there is a high risk of death or injury. But now, the number of people is insufficient, let alone twelve. ”

Speaking of this, the Dragonman Elder, who was still heading towards the top of the pyramid altar, sighed, "Not even half of half. ”

Hearing this, looking at the arc of electricity that began to jump up and down, used to look at the surrounding high temperature dragon elder, Lisa's lips moved slightly, and she said softly: "Because there are not enough people, so ...... Need me? ”

"So, it needs to be sacrificed."

Having already come to the point of the pyramid altar, the old dragonman stopped, he didn't turn around, but said with a smile: "We have lived up to the expectations of our ancestors and lost the method of awakening the bloodline, so there are only two pure-blooded dragonmen who have naturally awakened in this generation. ”

"Two?!"

Raising her head abruptly and looking in the direction of the old man, Lisa muttered in surprise, suddenly, her eyes widened, she looked at the dragon elder whose hair and beard began to burn and turned into flames, and she already had a guess in her heart.

"That's right, it's me. Lisa, I am the pure-blooded dragon of the previous generation who awakened themselves. ”

Still not looking back, the old dragonman had already come to the front of the cylindrical tray, his skin had become like charcoal under the scorching purple lightning and flames around him, full of black scorched marks, and the surrounding heat had reached a terrifying bottom, even if the old dragonman had ancient dragon blood and awakened most of his power.

But even so, the old dragonman's voice has not fluctuated so far, he stared at the tray in front of him, and the light blue light cluster suspended at the top of the tray, and said calmly: "Thank you Ancestor, you didn't let me die so quickly, otherwise even the minimum of the ritual would not have been possible." It was so rushed that I didn't even have time to explain everything to you. ”

He raised his hand and stopped Liza from stepping forward. The old dragon man cocked up his index finger and cut the veins of his wrist with his sharp nails, and pressed his wrist against the tray of the altar, causing purple-black arcs of blood to gush out.

It was only then that the old dragon slowly turned his head, he looked at the young girl with loving eyes, and said with a soft smile, "Fortunately, I am still alive, so I don't need you to sacrifice...... Lisa, you are so young and have this kind of power, and you must be the hope for the future of our dragons. ”

So, it is enough for me to sacrifice without a future.

The old dragon man turned his head and looked directly at the altar, and at this moment, the light that was suspended at the lower end of the altar began to flash strange numbers—12.47%, 24.91%, 37.32%, 49.11%...... The number rose like a fly, and the old man's blood also gushed out rapidly, and he could smell the terrifying bloodline power of the pure-blooded dragon man who had inherited the blood of the ancient dragon was burning.

Even so, the old dragonman was not satisfied, he took a deep breath, and then began to flash an arc of electricity all over his body. He closed his eyes and gave one last smile.

Goodbye, fellow man, keep going, live well, and help me keep an eye on the hopeful future of the dragonmen.

Bang, like the sound of something shattering, accompanied by the violent trembling of the blue arc, in Lisa's shocked eyes, the old man's body suddenly turned into a burst of blood mist, and then as if it had life, it surged towards the tray at the top of the altar - a huge terrifying bloodline power that even Lisa trembled now burst out, this power was refined by the lava along the way, sublimated by the boiling molten steel, and calcined by the distorted high-temperature atmosphere, and passed through the earth, The triple trial and purification of steel and atmosphere, I could see that the blood mist turned into a silver by the strength of the old dragon man turned into a silver thunderbolt.

This thunder seems to come from antiquity, it caused the primordial matter to merge in the electromagnetic storm, so that the polymers blended under the impact of pure energy, forming the first life, and this thunder poured into the depths of the altar, lighting up a gentle light.

The earth began to shake.

The purple-red thunder seemed to fade, and the boiling metal began to cool, gathering around the altar, and the hot wind that scorched everything slowly stopped, and the lava turned into black rock. As if the anger of the world had subsided, it could be seen that silver light was converging from all directions, faintly forming a silver metal chain around the perimeter of the altar.

In the center of the Divine Desert in the distance, the angry ancient dragon was suddenly stunned, it felt that the restraint that connected it to this world was gradually weakening, and the power that bound itself was far away, it turned its head to look at the Kronos Mountains, the dragon god knew that it was an ancient agreement being fulfilled, and the dragonmen were unshackling it, so that the primordial dragon could ascend to the heavens and fight with the enemy.

In the depths of the earth, gazing at the silver-blue arc of lightning that still lingered above the altar, and the remnants of a trace of blood mist, it was the last remains of the old dragonman who didn't even say his name in this world. Lisa's mouth was wide open, he wanted to say something, she wanted to hear something, but there was no one to listen to her, and there was no explanation of the world's secrets to her. She was alone again, at the bottom of this earth, I don't know how many meters deep in the center of the earth.

After all, the girl is only in her early teens, for a girl of this age, whether it is death, sacrifice, or the fate of the race and the world, civilization and the possibility of the future, it is too heavy, Lisa's farthest plan for the future, just want to explore the distant desert of consciousness, and now, this incomprehensible everything makes the girl feel difficult to breathe, and the mountain of responsibility is about to completely crush Lisa and crush her.

Thankfully, she's not really alone.

"Come forward, Lisa."

In the hall of silence deep underground, the Syndicate whispered within the spiritual link with the maiden, "That old man has done everything that is most difficult, and now it is your turn to complete this final step." ”

"You have no way out, and so am I, don't be in a daze, come to your senses quickly."

"Really...... It's my turn. ”

Hearing the words of the fire demon, the girl woke up from her confusion, she raised her head and looked at the pyramid altar not far away, Lisa slowly took a step forward, stepping on the rock floor of the altar hall, she took another step forward, her face still puzzled and afraid, with confusion and trouble.

But Lisa still walked forward, step by step, without stopping.

- Yes, she's still confused.

Lisa still didn't understand what it was all about, why she was here, and why she was so responsible...... But even though she is still confused, still puzzled, still cowering and sad, still fearful and worried, she is still moving forward.

Lisa stepped onto the blackstone path of lava condensation, stepped over the silver ramp of metal, and strode through the gentle thunder and the unresolved blood mist to the top of the pyramid altar.

Despite the heavy responsibilities and unknowns that lie ahead, Lisa still has the courage to face it all. She knew the hardships of this road, but she didn't know if she could finish it, but since the girl had already begun to take a step, she would never look back, she would not look left and right, and she would never stop where she was.

She wants to move forward, and she will only move forward.

Because this is the direction she has chosen from the beginning.