Act 104 Insignia of Nature III

The double pressure pressed on Brando's body at the same time, almost making him unable to move, but his mind did not stop, racking his brains to find a possibility of escape.

What they were looking for was the Sword of the Earthβ€”

He thought to himself, but after all, it was just a damaged weapon, although it was claimed to be the only important symbol of the three artifacts that could represent the Earth Templeβ€”but after all, it was nearly a thousand years ago, and in this thousand years, the decline of the Earth Temple was not because of the successive loss of the three artifacts, but because it violated the sacred covenant in the first place, and in this case, it was even the Earth

Sword Harangea's return to the Earth Sanctuary will not help.

What's more, the dragons don't believe in Gaia, they are the people of the sky, and if the three-headed dragon was expelled into the underground and became a believer in the Earth Temple from now on, Brando would not have believed it anyway.

But in that case, why did they go here to find the Earth Sword in person, and even go so far as to break the dragon's oath and leave the Jogandigang.

Finally, is this sword the reason why the Qiaogendigans started the war?

What Brando wants to determine now is how important the sword of the earth is to these dragons, and whether it can be used to blackmail the other party, after all, the sword of the earth is still in his dimensional cave, if he dies, although the dimensional cave itself is difficult to annihilate in the passage of magic, but the contents may not be able to be saved, if one or two pieces are lost in the vortex of space, one or two

If you happen to have the sword of the earth, it must be unacceptable to the other party.

The key question is whether the other party dares to gamble or not, and if the sword of the earth is not so important to the other party, then they may not care about this risk.

But Brando felt that was unlikely.

"Should I call you Gwendoline, or should I call you, Lady Fusea, honorable lady dragon?" The thoughts swirled around his head. But on the surface, he didn't show anything, and he didn't even frown, so he asked calmly.

"You know a lot, I'm related to Fusya, but it's not her." The Dragon Queen didn't seem to care about this little secret, and narrowed her eyes and replied bluntly.

Is it a descendant of Fusia?

Brando was slightly stunned. I thought that this statement might be more reliable, after all, the evil dragon Fusia had been sealed a thousand years ago, and it was impossible for the dragon to sneak outside without the dragons noticing, not to mention the Buga people who participated in the sealing, these artisan wizards who claimed not to interfere in the affairs of the mortal world could set up all kinds of monitoring points in the entire world to observe the mortal world

World.

He didn't know what the evil dragon Fusia had been sealed for, so he couldn't confirm Gwendoline's attitude, but it wasn't his business in the first place, he thought about it for a moment. before he continued:

"What you are looking for, according to mortals and dwarves, is called Harangea, or the Sword of the Earth, and it is indeed in me. However, the Sword of the Earth was permanently broken a thousand years ago, and although it claims to be a symbol of the Temple of the Earth, it seems that this is not its original meaning, but only a far-fetched meaning added to it by later generations. It's in

In this world, it is the same as many famous swords that claim to be holy swords. I don't think it's worth the Dragon Queen's presence......"

"Boy, you talk a lot of nonsense." Modesti interrupted him impatiently. "You're still stalling for time, but you think you still have a chance to turn the tables."

"No, it's just the curiosity of mortals." Brando was startled and quickly explained.

"Boring curiosity." Modherine replied.

Brando, on the other hand, looked at Gwendoline, who cared not about the answer to the question, but with the latter's attitude. Regardless of whether the latter answers him or not, as long as the other party makes a statement, it is enough.

Gwendoline, as always, didn't care about his thoughts, as if she had an infinite amount of time, and didn't mind Brando's delay a little longer. So he replied coldly: "How can artifacts be destroyed so easily, they are the symbols of Tiamat, each artifact, corresponds to the most basic laws in this world, and their appearance symbolizes the turmoil and stability of the world

The change of order, in the midst of these changes, ultimately changes the fate of mortals. ”

"Although the sword of the earth is broken, the laws it represents still exist, and it reappears in the world through your hands, representing that it has a mission that must be accomplished." The corners of the dragon queen's mouth rose slightly, as if it was a silent sarcasm: "Unless Tiamat wants to change the world, the artifacts will never be lighthearted, they are the key to changing the future, and you think it is broken."

Copper rots iron,"

Brando's heart pounded.

It's not like he's never heard of this statement, and among players in another world, this statement is also very marketable. Because in Amber Sword, artifacts are very difficult to destroy, and to destroy an artifact, you often need to meet various conditions, and the condition for destroying the Earth Sword is to throw it into the Primordial Lake deep in the earth - but it is not an ordinary lake, but the center of the earth

The magma sea, about which only people have ever heard of, no one has actually seen it.

Therefore, the sword of the earth is always broken, not destroyed, so the ensuing rescue creates a problem.

The broken sword of the earth, can it bring the so-called artifact quest like other artifacts?

According to the game, an artifact quest is a quest that advances a reward in advance - the artifact is the final reward of the quest, but you can get it first - because of the special nature of artifacts (sub-artifacts do not have this trait), the accompanying quests are often surprisingly difficult and wide-ranging, and often even permanently alter the history of a region or even a country. It's like the twenty-four Queen's Rings, or the collection of fragments of the Flame Blade, a mission that can definitely produce an earthquake in the power core of the St. Otor or Cruz Empire.

But the problem is that the Earth Sword is a broken artifact, and its own power is actually only at the upper level of fantasy-level weapons, and it is not even comparable to most ancient level equipment, such as the powerful Demon Slayer Spear.

Therefore, if the Sword of Earth also has to present a difficult task challenge for the sword wielder, this design is realistic, but it is a little too impersonal.

Brando has rarely thought about the problems of this world from the perspective of games in recent times, but when Gwendoline said this, out of the instinct of survival, he still thought of this possibility for the first time: Could it be that this qiΔ“ is the task chain of the Sword of the Earth right now? No. He shook his head. The implication was too wide, and Joggan Digan invaded Cruz

This kind of historical change can only be the historical advancement brought about by the chapter change in the game, just like the advancement from the legend of the buck and the empire to the era of war and chaos, and then the war tablet is excavated for the first time. It triggered the return of the Silver People to the mortal world, and the Second Age descended.

The current occurrence of qiΔ“ is very good for such signs.

If there is one that is most likely to cause this qiΔ“, Brando feels that the first and most important thing to do is the Azure Spear, not the Earth Sword.

He pondered for a while, and finally made a decision, he slowly raised his hand, and let a black line appear in the palm of his handβ€”at that moment Gwendoline and Modestie could see the thing clearly. "Dimensional Cave!" Gwendoline clearly didn't expect Brando to have such a thing, and this is not in the Amber Sword game. In the game Dimension Hole and Dimension Bag are

The equipment that is more popular among players, because the former is sold in the game store - it is impossible for the game company to let players actually drive around with a convoy and carry a large bag of things.

But in fact, in the background of the story, the dimensional cave is still a relatively rare thing, as long as you think about its original owner, the high-ranking priest of the Flame Temple, and at the same time a core member of the Society of All Things to One, it is self-evident that it has such a thing.

Dimensional caves are not uncommon for dragons. But what the Dragon Queen didn't expect was that a little earl from a border kingdom would have such a thing.

"No wonder," Maderite screamed, "Yesterday Malthus and I clearly felt the breath of the Sword of the Earth. But in an instant, it disappeared into invisibility, I think it was you who did it! ”

Gwendoline interrupted her, looking at Brando with some surprise: "You felt Modesti and Malthus tracking the Earth Sword, how far away were they from you at that time?" ”

Modesti reacted, "No, no, he wouldn't have been too close to us at the time, otherwise Malthus and I would never have been lost." Even if he puts the Earth Sword into the dimensional cave, we can still find him based on the breath before the Earth Sword disappears, and he must still be quite far from us when he finds us. ”

"That's interesting," the she-black dragon stared at Brando, "little bug, it seems that you still have a lot of secrets on you." ”

Gwendoreen frowned. Just ask one question: "You are the descendant of that human race?" ”

Brando was slightly stunned, instinctively aware of who the other party was asking, and he looked up at the legendary dragon queen in disbelief.

"What!" Modesti was taken aback: "Does he have anything to do with that guy?" ”

"I don't understand what you're talking about, ma'am." Brando said in a deep voice.

By this time, he knew that he could no longer run away, so he also put down the Chiara and the elf in his hand, the latter two did not know whether they were frightened or cold, and the two of them shivered vigorously, but the merchant lady who jumped off his shoulder looked particularly energetic, and she looked at Ge with a look that was both a mixture of fear and caution, and with some curiosity

Windorin, then looked at Modesti behind her.

Then she soon discovered that the eyes of the two dragons, which had been falling on Brando, had turned to her.

At this moment, even the heartless merchant lady couldn't help but be a little unbearable, and hurriedly hid behind Brando.

Modesti and Gwendoline glanced at Roman before the latter spoke again: "You know who I'm asking, human, your grandfather, you humans call him Sword Saint Daurus, and we call him the Dragon of Harasg, I say so, you should understand." ”

Although Brando had expected it, his heart couldn't help beating violently at this moment, and the dragon of Harasg, who vaguely remembered hearing the name there: "You know my grandfather? ”

He asked verbally, but in his heart, he had vaguely connected the fragmented clues of this time into a complete line.

Both Her Royal Highness the Princess and Lady Veronica mentioned that there was a shadow of the dragon clan behind the incident that happened in the holy war that year, and the two dragons in front of them, plus Malthus, were obviously the truth. The reason for their exile was self-evident, and although he still didn't know exactly when they were banished, he could have guessed so. These three

The exile of the head dragons was obviously not very long, as evidenced by the fact that their names were not mentioned in the historical war in the underground of Jogandigang, and if they were expelled within a hundred years, then the most likely point in time would be between sixty and forty years ago.

That was exactly the time period when the jihad took place.

The three of them were eyewitnesses to the incident that year, and may even be key figures in it. What mistakes did they make to be expelled?

But this time Gwendoline fell silent, and only replied briefly: "It's not familiar, but it's really familiar." ”

"What really happened?" Brando asked tentatively.

"It's better that you don't know about some things," Gwendolin's tone was a little softer, "We owe your grandfather a favor, and for the sake of this favor, today you hand over the Sword of the Earth, and we can let you goβ€”as long as you take your people out of Cruz immediately, what happens here has nothing to do with you from now on." ”

She looked up. Looking at Modesti directly opposite: "Modesty? ”

The female black dragon replied very unwillingly: "Okay, listen to you." ”

Brando never dreamed that his grandfather would be so good - even the dragons owe him a favor! But on the one hand, he felt a little unhappy, and the dragons also owed a favor to the Silver Queen, and then they helped the latter to ascend the throne and become emperor - this was not a small effort, because it was not only related to the change of throne in an empire as large as Cruz, but also involved

The balance between mortal forces, the Buga people will never sit idly by, and the people of silver and the golden people of the year agreed in the sacred covenant not to set foot in mortal affairs again. To do this, the dragons need to at least convince the Bugas and the Silver Elves. One can imagine what a price they have paid.

The dragon clan paid such a big price to repay the favor of the silver queen, and his grandfather, not only was he blamed and wronged, but he was an extremely sword saint, and he was an unknown old man as a miller, and the lifespan of a person of his grandfather's level was about the same as that of ordinary people in the end. You can imagine how much he paid at the beginning, and the difference in treatment between them

It's a little too big.

The worst thing is that Brando, who should have been born illustriously, the grandson of the sword saint Darus, was reduced to being a militiaman in a place like Buch, where birds don't lay eggs.

That's a joke, right?

Of course, Brando's mind was just a little sunny. After all, if history had developed like this, he might not have been able to come into this world.

What he was really unhappy about was the attitude of Gwendoline and Modesty at this moment-

He shook his head slightly: "Lady Gwendoline, I don't expect any favors from you, although I really don't have the heart to wade into the troubled waters of the Cruz Empire, but before you ask me to leave here, you better listen to my request." ”

"Oh?" Modesty was slightly stunned, but she didn't expect this little bug-like guy to dare to ask them in turn, and asked a little funny: "What conditions do you have, tell me about it?" ”

"My request is simple, I came to the empire just to bring back someone." Brando replied.

It's not that Brando can't turn around and leave, the so-called envoys, he and Her Royal Highness the princess know it, but they are just selling dog meat on the head of a sheep, as long as they can bring it back, he is too lazy to go to Rustetta to see Her Majesty the Queen. But as long as Akane remained in the Empire for a day, there was no way he could turn back, whether it was a dragon or something else in front of him, and that was not for Brando

It makes any sense.

Gwendoreen thought for a moment and understood what he was referring to, the dragon queen seemed to know everything that had happened in the empire during this time, she shook her head and said: "I'm afraid not, she doesn't matter, but the important thing is the Azure Spear, you should know her value to the Cruz, the Silver Queen will not let her go." This woman is a danger to you

Trouble, I advise you to stay away from her. ”

Brando could have kept his composure, but he couldn't help but be angry when he heard this, mortals were afraid of dragons, but he was not, he coldly corrected Gwendoline and said, "She is my friend, not some trouble, this so-called trouble was imposed on her by the robbers of Cruz." ”

"So what?" Gwendoline looked indifferent: "The empire is stronger than you, you can only accept this fact in front of them." ”

Brando took a deep breath: "But the empire is also your enemy, isn't it, the Azure Spear is not important to me, I only want people, you are determined to get the Earth Sword, and you will definitely not let go of the Azure Spear." ”

Gwendoline shook her head without hesitation.

"That's impossible."

"Why?" Brando was a little puzzled, wondering if these dragons were insane, the way they behaved was simply unbelievable. In his opinion, since everyone's enemies are the same and have common interests, not to mention that they still owe his grandfather a favor, they can cooperate with each other, but the other party not only refused, but also refused to do so

Categorically.

"Because it's too much trouble," Gwendolyn replied, "we don't lack help. ”

"So that's how you return the favor? It's really unique! Brando replied coldly.

"Whatever you think," Gwendolyn remained nonchalant, "I said that because we are stronger than you, you have to accept this fact. ”

Brando sneered, thinking that he dared to love these two female lizards when he was begging them: "It seems that you think you have already won it?" ”

"Isn't it?" Maderose replied in a shrill voice, "I can't think of any other tricks you can play." ”

"That's because your brain is too dull," Brando replied mercilessly, "the sword of the earth is placed in the dimensional cave, you think it is imperative, you can come and kill me and take it yourself, you two ladies may as well give it a try." ”

Gwendoline and Moddy were stunned.

…… (To be continued......)