Chapter Forty-Six: Lurking Chaos
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Crafted by magic and alchemy, the greystone avenue leads straight to the end of the world, spreading beyond the sky, and after years of weather, the pavement has countless cracks and gaps, but it is still not completely shattered, but continues to guide travelers in the direction of the way.
Lolanda walked briskly on the frozen ground beside the Greystone Boulevard, watching the occasional caravan of horse-drawn carriages and dragon carriages coming and going on the boulevard.
Generally speaking, solo travelers do not walk on the avenues, and only riders and caravans who need to rush need relatively flat roads.
Lolanda didn't walk fast, but he never stopped, ordinary people would definitely feel tired after walking briskly for hours, but the paladin didn't feel this way, in fact, under the protection of the holy light, except for the occasional eating, he almost continued to move forward day and night, even if he was wearing full armor because of his experience, he didn't feel the slightest tired.
"Now depending on where the sun is, it should be afternoon."
Slowing down his pace a little and looking up at the sun, Lolanda determined the current time, and he estimated: "If you speed up a little, you will probably be able to reach Moldavia around tomorrow morning." β
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel excited: "It's been a long road, a journey of several months, and it's finally coming to an end." β
Needless to say, the paladin walked silently along the gray avenue, outpacing even some of the horses, and the riders and dragon cart merchants on the avenue could only see a white figure flash past them, and then quickly turned into a small dot in the distance.
In a short time, he came to a small forest.
The woods beside the road were where many caravans and travelers rested, and there were no monsters among them, and Lolanda could see a smoke rising from the woods, because the night in the Northland came early, and it was supposed that some people who had been walking all day were preparing for dinner today.
Lolanda wasn't ready to rest, and at his speed, he could get to the next resting place before night came, and it wasn't too late to make one last preparation before entering the city.
But as he passed through the woods, he heard a cacophony of noises.
There was a loud noise in the woods, as if it had fallen into a great commotion, and every now and then someone would hear the roar of someone. Lolanda turned her head to look at it, and couldn't help but show a puzzled expression.
"Did you get into any trouble?"
Staying where he was, thinking for a while, he was ready to see what the situation was and if anyone needed help.
It is the duty of a paladin to help those in need as much as possible, and after grappling her hammer, Lolanda strode towards the woods.
The pine grove of cedars was full of life, even in late autumn, and the interior of the grove was a large open area for camping, and in a half-established camp, a dozen men were arguing fiercely about a huge two-story dragon.
They didn't pay attention to the paladin standing on the sidelines, and Lolanda roughly understood what was going on in the argument.
This group of people were all members of a dragon cart caravan, from the south of the empire, with a lot of local products that sold well in the north, and the journey was originally very smooth, but just as they were about to arrive in Moldavia, the earth dragon suddenly became unwell and could not move.
This is very embarrassing - as the only dragon in this dragon caravan, they have no other means of transporting goods, and if they can't cure this dragon quickly, then they can't sell their goods and leave the north before the heavy snow closes the road.
The physicians accompanying the caravan were helpless against the symptoms, and as time went by, the originally unwell Di Xinglong became more and more irritable, and now he couldn't even get close, and now the whole caravan was divided into two groups of people who blamed each other, believing that it was the fault of the other party that led to the current situation.
Loranda was thinking about how to settle this pointless dispute, but when he looked at the earthly dragon, he couldn't help but look at it and found something familiar.
"This kind of texture and breath...... How is it the same as those crazy dragon beasts in the West Mountain? β
Such a thought flashed through his mind, and the paladin narrowed his eyes, thought for a moment, and then made a decision in his heart.
"Looks like you need help, guys."
The two groups of people who were arguing suddenly heard a low and magnetic voice coming from behind them, which seemed to contain some magic power, and people couldn't help but be attracted.
They all turned their heads in unison to look in the direction where the sound came from, and a knight in a helmet and white armor stood on the frozen ground among the trees.
His armor had the emblems of the seven gods, and there was a faint holy glow around him, which was enough to prove that he was a true paladin.
Seeing that everyone turned their heads to look at him, Lolanda, who had achieved her goal, nodded slightly, and then continued: "I think I have a way to cure this earthly dragon. β
Hearing this, the crowd that had just quieted down suddenly became disturbed again.
"Who is he? Why help us? β
"Seems to be a priest, can you trust him?"
"The paladins of the Church of the Seven are still worth trusting, after all, we don't really have any other way."
"yes, there's no time left, give it a try."
Because of the good reputation over the years, everyone present believed in the Paladin's ability and character, and since Lolanda said that there was a way, then it should not be a lie.
So after a short discussion, the leaders of the two sides of the quarrel reached an agreement, they bowed respectfully to the paladin, and invited him to come forward and heal the earthly dragon that was nesting in place.
"However, when did the Church's experienced paladins become so strong?" An older merchant muttered softly, looking surprised: "Wearing heavy armor all over his body, even a silver knight doesn't have this kind of physical strength." β
And the golden powerhouses are basically flying or have exclusive mounts, so it is impossible to do such a step-by-step ascetic.
Ignoring the gazes of others, under the gaze of everyone, Lolanda stepped forward, carefully observing the earth-walking dragon described by the caravan as irritable and dangerous, and then spotted more familiar traces.
"The area around the eyelids has turned purple and blue, there are some unknown particles in the breath, the mind is confused, and the desire to attack is also magnified, it is indeed very similar to those dragon beasts that attacked the village in the West Mountain."
Stretching out his hand and stroking the scales of this earth-walking dragon, he couldn't help but fall into deep thought: "Could it be that the mutation over there also exists in the Northern Empire?" β
"Roar!"
But before he could finish his thoughts, a low beast roar sounded, and the Earth Dragon, who had been allowed to let the caravan shout and shout, suddenly opened his eyes, twisted his head, and quickly bit towards the paladin.
"Be careful!"
"Oh my God!"
There was no time to react at all, in the exclamation of everyone, half of Lolanda's body was swallowed into the mouth by this crazy earth-walking dragon, and the sharp teeth bit and rubbed, as if it could tear apart all existence, at this moment, everyone in the dragon car caravan felt that this poor paladin would definitely die, although the earth-walking dragon did not have the powerful combat ability of the flying dragon, but in terms of bite force alone, it was not inferior to any creature at all.
This paladin is finished!
But after the shock, the caravan people who were about to flee suddenly realized that they did not hear the screams of the paladin, nor did they see the blood splattering out.
Instead, a burst of white light flickered, and a slight laughing voice came from the dragon's mouth.
"It's the same symptom as those mad drakes."
With a holy glow shining on his arms, Lolanda easily opened the mouth of this earth-walking dragon, he was unscathed, even the slightly corrosive saliva of the earth-walking dragon was repelled by the holy light, and slipped from the armor, the paladin nodded and said: "Sure enough, the illness is not deep, just use the holy light to purify it." β
As he spoke, Lolanda pulled his body out of the dragon's mouth, then gathered the holy light, and slammed his fist into the jaw of this earth-walking dragon, and suddenly the entire dragon's body was blown upward by this huge force Instantly, he looked at the dizzy-minded earth-walking dragon that was directly hit by the gold-level pinnacle-level ascending dragon fist, and showed pity: "You need treatment." β
And while Lolanda was healing the (physical) dragon, two middle-aged men in traveler's robes glanced at each other, and then slowly, without alarming the others, left the crowd of onlookers.
They came to the woods.
"What's going on, why is there a paladin?"
A one-eyed middle-aged man lowered his voice and said to his companion, who looked nervous: "And it doesn't look like it's lowβit's very high!" One punch can stun the Earth Walking Dragon, which must at least have the strength of the Silver Peak Golden Primary. β
"Has our plan been discovered?"
The other man, who looked very ordinary and couldn't be found in the crowd at all, pondered for a while, then shook his head and said, "No, it should be an accident, looking at the way he is wearing full armor, he should just be an experienced paladin." β
"So the plan is still the same?"
"Still."
(To be continued.) )