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Twilight is a long way from Cold Valley, and Chino has plenty of time.

After entrusting the day-to-day affairs to his subordinates, he boarded the carriage and set off.

Along the way, the farther north you go, the colder the temperature gets, and the scenery gets more frosty.

There was a brazier in the carriage to keep warm, but the coachman outside was miserable, and his clothes were added one after another, and he was wrapped like a bear in the back, and even his eyelashes began to freeze.

In the early morning of the 29th, with the chirping of the docile horse, the carriage stopped steadily at the post station on the outskirts of the cold valley, and the coachman, who was half frozen to death, knocked on the door and called: "My lord, the front is the cold valley." ”

Chino's voice came from behind the curtain door: "Can you send me to the door of the Governor's Palace?" ”

The coachman smiled bitterly: "My lord, it's not that I don't want to send it. You may be visiting Cold Valley for the first time, so why not see it for yourself? ”

Chino opened the curtain door and understood.

The wind is cold around the station, and there is only a full sky of wind and snow in the eye, and the frost hurts like a knife cut on the face, and the visibility is very low, and you can only vaguely see the vague ghost of the valley, and the soft place of the snow can bury a person, and the place where the ice is formed is hard, and if you don't have special snow foot equipment, you can't even walk.

"It's impossible to get into the cold valley from the ground," the driver explained, "either by falling in a rugged valley or by getting lost and freezing to death in the snowstorm. There is only one way to reach the Doge's Palace, and that is in the sky. ”

Chino looked at the inn, where there were a large number of animal pens, and through the gate, there were all kinds of large winged beasts inhabited inside, and even the legendary griffin.

This large winged beast is owned by the Regnome family, and is kept in the post station in peacetime, functioning like a horse, and in wartime, it is uniformly dispatched, ridden by the transcendents under his command, and formed an air force with the dragon knights, which can quickly break into the enemy's hinterland and launch strikes against the enemy from a high altitude.

If you want to enter the Cold Valley, unless you are a dragon knight yourself, or a winged cavalry that tame the winged beasts, you can only obediently take the post winged beasts.

Chino didn't embarrass the groom, and gave him 5 silver moons as an extra tip: "It's hard work, go south to escape the cold." ”

"It's my pleasure to work for you!" The groom was flattered and took the silver moon, and kept nodding his head, "My lord, you can warm up in the car, I'll help you contact the post station and find the winged beast to come over." ”

"No need." Chino looked at the cold valley covered in wind and snow in front of him, "I can go in by myself." ”

...

The dragon perched in the cold valley.

Sting, Resahar, the six dragon knights who had returned to the Cold Valley, and more than 60 winged hussars had all arrived, checking their gear and ready to go.

Among the eight dragon knights, Sting's sequence is the highest, and the 6th sequence is "Natural Disaster".

Resakhar and another dragon knight are the "Sunstriders" in Sequence 5.

The rest are two Sequence 4 Vault and three Sequence 3 Dragons.

In the cold snap of minus 70 degrees, Sting was wearing a single coat and grinding his golden dragon with ice cubes.

Resakhar looked around: "Where have Lorna and her dragon gone, why don't you come with us?" ”

Sting said helplessly: "She said she didn't want to fly with me, so she set off by herself." ”

"It's... With that child's directionality, she's going to get lost. ”

"So it's better for her to leave early, and have plenty of time for her to delay in the sky."

As the two spoke, the golden dragon, which was enjoying the grinding service, opened its eyes and looked at the sky, and a low threatening roar came out of its throat, and the dragon's might almost shook away the surrounding wind and snow.

Everyone noticed the dark shadow of the sky in the distance, and one of the hussars said suspiciously: "This size... Not a winged beast. ”

"He's coming," Resahar narrowed, "Chino van Helsin." ”

A few minutes later, in the invisible turmoil of the telekinetic power, Chino landed on the dragon perch: "Hello everyone, I hope I'm not late. ”

Sting glanced at Chino's thin clothes and continued to grind the dragon's teeth, "Aren't you cold?" ”

Ordinary people like Chino would have died in the cold snap a long time ago, but Chino can use telekinesis to control the air to rub at high speed to achieve the effect of heating up.

So don't look at the little he wears, the inside of the power barrier is actually as warm as a small stove, not cold at all.

"It's okay, it's bearable." Chino said.

"When outsiders come to Cold Valley, they are usually wrapped up in bears, you are indeed quite special." Sting threw away the crushed ice that had finished grinding his teeth, looked at Chino and said lightly, "Everyone is here." How do you want to get around and let Resakhar hitch you up? ”

Although Chino's telekinesis allowed him to fly and his speed was fast, it was not enough to support high-intensity long-distance flight, otherwise he would have flown directly from Twilight City, and he would have to take a carriage.

Chino wanted to ride the dragon of Ray Sahar, but suddenly had another idea: "Can you give me a winged beast?" I want to try it on a ride. ”

With such a long flight distance, if you want to change to someone else, Sting will never give it, although the winged beasts in the family have been domesticated, but if an outsider rides and touches the ride with his hand, it will be a big trouble.

But seeing that Chino himself could fly, it didn't matter if he fell from the sky, Sting fulfilled him: "Find a griffin for Chino's administrator, be docile." ”

Hussars quickly went and brought a griffon back.

The griffin is a very large winged beast, with a body length of about 4 meters and a wingspan of more than 9 meters, the back half of the lion-like body is covered with yellow-brown animal hair, and the eagle-like head to forelimbs are all covered with golden eagle feathers.

The hussars took Chino to sit on the griffin, dressed him in his gear, and advised: "Do not touch the lock of the harness in the air, you don't need to grasp the reins, it is very smart, it will fly with us, you don't need to control it." If the wind is too strong, lower your body. If you feel unbalanced when ascending or landing, you can grab the reins and remember not to catch the feathers, otherwise it will get angry. ”

Chino: "Understood, thank you. ”

After everyone put on their horses, Sting stepped onto his dragon: "Let's go." ”

"Boom, boom, boom..."The dragon and the winged beast spread their wings one after another, tearing through the wind and snow, and speeding towards the sky.

When it was Chino's turn to be a griffin, he only felt a violent feeling of overweight, and the whole person was pressed tightly on the back of the griffin, and there was a raging cold snap everywhere, if it wasn't for the rigging of the ride, I am afraid that he would have fallen into the valley.

After the initial acceleration and the flight altitude began to stabilize, the team was led by Sting's golden dragon in an inverted V-shaped flying array.

From above, dense clouds roll beneath you, like a giant dragon coiling, and occasionally you can glimpse the snow-capped earth through the gaps in the clouds.

Cold Valley is far away from the royal city, fortunately, the flying creatures are very fast, they first flew for 8 hours, landed halfway to find a place to repair for 4 hours, and flew for another 8 hours, and they have arrived at the airspace of the royal city of the cardinal province.

They set off on the morning of the 29th of Huixue, and their arrival time at this time was the early morning of the 30th of Huixue.

The climate here is warmer than in Twilight, and the morning sun has risen to the sky, and the sunlight casts a slight beam of Tyndall effect through the water vapor and mist in the air.

The city is so large that even from a high altitude, you can't see the end at a glance, and it is full of rows of houses, and the transportation routes cover every corner of the city like a spider's web.

The royal city had a total of two walls.

The outer city wall is about 40 meters high, and the walls are covered with mottled battle marks, revealing its outstanding military exploits.

After that, a large area was a civilian area, with taverns, bazaars, private houses, hospitals and other facilities.

Of course, it is said that it is a "commoner", and those who can live in the royal city must be nobles with status, and an old man who sells potatoes casually meets on the side of the road, it is likely that he is the father of a minister, or he himself is a minister who abdicated, and in his later years, he wanted to live a simple life, so he grew potatoes at home and ran out to sell them.

In the center of the city, there is also a wall with a height of 100 meters, which is called the "Great Wall of the Royal City", and what is protected by it is the palace.

At the top of the giant wall, a heavy ballista is arranged together like a sentry, and the wooden structure of the ballista used by the ordinary army is different, the giant wall ballista is all made of metal, the pitch-black ballista is like a demon minions, exuding a heavy fighting spirit, and the shooting intensity it can support is more than ten times or even nearly a hundred times that of the wooden ballista.

Even in the air, the hundred-meter-high giant wall of the royal city still gives people a sense of oppression, and people can't help but wonder, can there really be an army in the mortal world that can capture such a huge wall?

Beyond the outer walls, the flying procession began to land.

According to the regulations, no flying creature is allowed to cross the huge wall of the royal city, and if you want to enter the palace, you can only land and be interrogated, and enter on foot, otherwise you will be hit indiscriminately by ballistas.

The flying party landed on a perch built for the Regnome family in the palace, and everyone locked up the dragon and winged beast and led by Sting to the entrance of the giant wall.

There is only one entrance to the giant wall of the Intramuris, which is connected by a wide suspension bridge.

Behind the drawbridge, next to the gate of the royal palace stands a mysterious colossus, half the height of the giant wall of the royal city, it is not made of stone, but some kind of metal, through the gap can vaguely see the complex structure inside, bearings, hubs, pipes are entangled, forming a dazzling but very beautiful chain device, suddenly there is an industrial atmosphere.

The Colossus didn't move, but for some reason, when Chino looked into its eyes, he always felt that it wasn't an ornament, but some kind of creature.

Seeing Chino staring at the Colossus, Resakhar came over and whispered, "This Colossus was built by the Hitch family 20 years ago, and it is said that if the royal city is violated, it will awaken and destroy any intruders. ”

Chino narrowed his eyes: "Have you seen it wake up?" ”

Resahar shook his head: "No." In the past 20 years, the royal city has not been invaded by outsiders. That time 12 years ago..."

Sting suddenly glanced at Ray Sahar, who knew that his big mouth was wrong again, and he coughed lightly and said in a deep voice, "I'm sorry, there are some things you'd better not know." ”

Curiosity killed the cat, and Chino didn't continue to ask, after all, the royal city was far away from him, and even if he knew some secrets, it wouldn't be good for him.

After a body search and quarantine of blood worms, the people were allowed to enter the palace.

On the way, Sting asked one of the palace guards, "Has my daughter arrived?" ”

The guard bowed his head and said, "I'm sorry, Lord Sting, I didn't see Miss Lorna. ”

"The gods are above, and she's lost again." Sting shook his head helplessly, "In a few months, she will be an adult at the age of 16 and can join the army, but she can't even find a way, I'm really worried about her." ”

Resakhar comforted: "She has only been a dragon knight for less than two years, and she is not familiar with flying in the air, so she will get better in the future." ”

At this moment, a royal guard dressed in beautiful armor strode up and looked at everyone: "Which is the administrator of Twilight City, Chino Van Helsing?" ”

Chino stepped forward: "It's me." ”

The royal guard was lukewarm and said, "The king has summoned." ”

The crowd couldn't help whispering that Chino was the youngest of all the people attending the banquet, but the king had to summon him before the banquet, which was really an unusual treatment.

Sting raised his chin at Chino: "You go." ”

Chino nodded, and followed the guards away.

The imperial guard led Chino to the main hall and made a "please" gesture.

Chino walked up the staircase at the front, where two tall guards pulled open the carved door with a heavy creak, holding the doorknob.

The main hall of the palace is very magnificent, with the carvings inside and outside made of polished marble, the tall stone pillars lined up proudly, and the frescoes all around it are based on the sun symbol of the royal family of Dogurand.

The elite Imperial Guards lined up on either side of the red carpet, and the glow from the colored windows of the dome spread across their armor, constantly refracting as if they were wearing the sun, all of which were the "scorching rays" of the fifth sequence.

On the throne sat a middle-aged man in his 50s, wearing a royal robe, and his facial features were as deep as a knife and axe, which could be seen that he was an out-and-out beautiful man when he was young.

Perseus van Dogulland, also known as the "Twenty-Four of Dogoland", is the "Lord of the Day" in the 6th sequence.

In addition to the imperial guards, there was also a person standing next to Pertheus, and it was none other than Barty, who had come to Twilight City to investigate last time, the Inquisitor of Fengyun Pass.

As soon as Chino wanted to salute, Perseus raised his hand to excuse him and said to the guard, "Bring him a chair." ”

As soon as Chino sat down, Persius said straightly, "Don't say anything superfluous." There is only one reason why you can overstep the level and see me - you have killed visitors from outside the world 3 times. And I want to get information from you about the visitors from the heavens, and I hope you will tell me the truth. ”

Chino nodded: "I know everything." ”

Pertheus held a report in his hand and said slowly, "Marquis Barty wrote in my report that you said something after the bombing of Twilight - perhaps, I am the next Sun King - you don't need to rush to explain, I don't intend to pursue this blasphemous statement, I just have a question, are you really sure that you attracted the visitors from outside the world?" Like they hunted the Sun King 2,700 years ago? ”

This question hits the nail on the head and directly asks the key to the reincarnation invasion.

Chino had already thought about how to answer before, so he didn't hesitate and replied directly: "I don't dare to guarantee this, I just think that the three invasions of visitors from outside the sky are all coming at me, and they must have nothing to do with me." As for the specific reasons, I don't know much about them than you do. ”

Chino's answer is evasive, revealing a small part of the truth, but covering up the most important part.

Perseus looked into Chino's eyes and said meaningfully: "After the death of the Sun King, visitors from the sky did not appear for 2,700 years. Can I also understand that if you die, the visitors from outside the world will also be extinct, and the world will have 2,700 years of peace? ”