Dragoon Sentinel

John's strong persuasion failed to shake Norley's idea of ​​leaving. For Norley, the most familiar place in Candin Township was Edwick's hut. Now that Father Ed is gone, what reason does he have to stay?

West, who had been silent all this time, stood up, packed his package and said goodbye to the mayor: "It's time for me to say goodbye too, let's go together if we drop by."

Norley did not refuse, and by the way, according to Edwink's request, returned the letter to him.West received the letter with a delicate expression, he hesitated for a while, and put the letter back in his pocket.

Seeing that the two insisted on leaving, John scratched his head in frustration, and said dejectedly, "Well, at least... let me see you off."

Leaving the church, John quickly brought a strong red-maned horse to Nuo Lei, and put a bulging bag on the horse's back. Without giving Nuo Lei a chance to refuse, he said solemnly: "These are residents. The thank you gift for you is nothing valuable, it’s all useful on the road, so you can take it with you.”

"Thank you," Norey said guiltily, "I'm sorry, I didn't expect this to happen to Papa Ed. It would be nice if I didn't leave his side."

"Papa Ed won't blame you, on the contrary, he still trusts you." John said enviously, "Do you know how much I envy you, I always wanted to be a treasure hunter, and you achieved my life's goal Wish, I didn't know how fantastic I was until I saw you."

"Don't say that, everyone has their own advantages, and you will become an excellent mayor just like your father."

"I will work hard," John shook hands with Norley, and said encouragingly, "You too, you must become the best treasure hunter!"

"I will."

"Goodbye then, my friend, and you are welcome back to Candin anytime."

"Goodbye."

Norley took the reins of the red-maned horse and left this new town. John stood there and waved vigorously, his eyes slightly red.Norley regretted it. If he hadn't encountered these accidents, he might have stayed here for a while, and might have regarded this place as his other hometown, but now...he probably won't have the chance to come back.

Norley sighed melancholy, and West, who was walking beside him, was also uncharacteristically quiet.Before leaving, the cleanliness priest changed into a silky white robe and regained his noble and dignified appearance, but unlike his brand-new clothes, his mood was not bright. His eyes were closed and he didn't know what he was thinking about.

Standing on the left and right sides of the red-maned horse, the two walked along the path. They were quiet in their own thoughts along the way and did not communicate much.The path became narrower and narrower, and it disappeared into the forest unknowingly, and stepped on the uneven grass again. West finally came back to his senses. He carefully rolled up the hem of his white robe, holding back the complaints from his lips .

After driving for a long time, the sky is also quietly changing. The sky outside the canopy has been dyed a strong orange-red. Cotton-like clouds are scattered in the air, slowly leaching a magnificent purple-red with the afterglow of the setting sun.

Nuo Lei estimated the time and suggested, "It's getting dark, let's prepare for camping."

West immediately pulled out a magic tent from the storage bag and put it on the ground. The warm light reflected from the tent. He quickly got in, and poked his head out after a while. He glanced at Wuzi and prepared to sleep outside. Norley said reluctantly, "Come in."

"I'll go in too?" Nuo Lei was a little surprised. The tent was not big and could only accommodate one person. He asked hesitantly, "Will it be crowded?"

"Okay, come in. I have something to ask you." After speaking, West got in again. After thinking for a while, Norley tied up the red-maned horse, turned around and got into the tent.

The moment he entered, Norley was stunned.The space in the tent is completely different from what you see outside, it has been enlarged several times, and it is a completely different space.The dim warm light from the top is reflected on the thick woven carpet, a set of retro black mahogany tables and chairs is placed on the east side, neat wooden bookshelves are listed on the left side of the desk, and a delicate portrait hangs on the right side.

Boys and girls with exactly the same bright blond hair embrace each other tightly and smile generously at people outside the screen.Nuo Lei discerned carefully, and found that the boy in the center of the picture was West.

"It's a portrait of our family, and next to it are my brother and sister," West said. "They prepared this tent for me, for fear that I might not get used to living outside."

"Is this your room?"

"It's just the study room. The bedroom is on the other side." West pointed to the end of the woven blanket. "You can't see it now. I'll take you there later."

"It's amazing..." Nuo Lei praised, coming from a different time and space, he has never seen the space created by magic, today is really an eye-opener.

West didn't take it seriously, but his earlobe was stained red by Norley's praise, "It's nothing," he muttered, "it's just a little expensive."

After admiring West's study room, Norley came back to his senses and asked, "By the way, what do you want to talk to me about?"

"Here," West handed the letter back to Norley, pouted and said, "Look, my grandfather's letter to Edwood Ironspear. You are the successor, and you are entitled to read it."

Without too many excuses, Nuo Lei took the envelope, took out the letter paper and unfolded it. After a while, he raised his head in embarrassment and said, "Well, I can't read."

"What did you say?" West didn't expect this, and he was stunned on the spot. Nuo Lei stuffed the letter into his hand, and then he came back to his senses, and asked again without giving up: "I really don't know ?”

"I don't need to lie to you." Norley replied shyly.

Only then did West take the letter, cleared his throat with some embarrassment, and said, "Then let me get straight to the point, my grandfather and Edwyck Ironspear are close friends, and they, Archmage Grimm and the orc prophet Comrades in the Mallorca War, after the monsters were repelled, the Prophet got a new prophecy that the monsters will come back again, and the outpost of the invasion is the distorted space-time in the north."

"Is that what your grandfather mentioned in his letter?"

"Yes or no," West rubbed his chin, and said maturely, "My grandfather said that the reason why Mr. Iron Spear stayed in the Valley of Meditation was because there was hope that could change the outcome of the battle here. Now that he has passed away, that'hope '...is it with you?"

Nuo Lei subconsciously thought of the storage bag hanging on his waist, and asked calmly, "Are you so sure?"

West deduced: "Didn't the mayor just say it before, Mr. Iron Spear may have given you an important thing TOEFL, but he doesn't want to know what it is, which means that it is not something that a person like him can control , I think about it, the biggest possibility is that Mr. Iron Spear handed things over to you, after all, you are his student."

"I hope... that's what your grandfather called that thing?" Nuo Lei unconsciously touched the storage bag hanging around his waist, and the dragon egg was inside, as quiet as if he had turned into a fossil.

"That's right, it's hope." West said firmly, "You don't need to tell me what it is, I just want to know if it's on you. Otherwise, I have to go back and dig it out."

Nuo Lei laughed out loud, opened the storage bag that Edwink gave him and said: "Papa Ed has given me a lot of things, I don't know which one is the hope you mentioned, but he did give me some instructions The first thing is to find the spirit of Aolong."

Norey lowered his head, reached into the storage bag to avoid the spiked dragon eggs, and took out Edwink's map, "This is the map that Papa Ed gave me, and there are suspicious things he marked on it. Here, take a look."

The map that Norley took out is more like an atlas. Edwink recorded a thick book of geography. The brown leather cover is very old. Papers are mixed in, the thickest dark brown kraft paper is drawn with detailed hand-drawn maps, the thinner wood pulp paper is written with dense annotations, and square papers of different sizes depict sketches of various vegetation and animals .

"Looking for the spirit of the proud dragon? Tsk tsk, that's really a big problem." West flipped through a few pages, his brows frowned, "If this thing is so easy to find in the northern continent, it won't change. It has become a dangerous zone where the void is twisted."

West shaved his hair, went around the table and walked to the bookcase, took out a book with a black gilt cover and put it in front of Nuore. He flipped the pages of the book, and a sketched image of a dragon appeared in front of Nuore.

He pointed to the portrait of the giant dragon and explained: "According to the literature, there used to be a habitat of dragons in the northern part of the Mallorca continent. There are four types of giant dragons living there. The red dragon, which symbolizes the steel fighting spirit, is good at arcane magic. Magical blue dragons, green dragons with healing powers and black dragons that can travel through time and space."

"Every 400 years, the four-color giant dragons will gather together to perform a ceremony. The center of the ceremony is the spirit of the proud dragon. It is the holy object of the four-color giant dragon. It has the energy attributes of the four-color giant dragon and can ignore the attacks of monsters. Heal your comrades, and even open the portal."

West pushed the book to Norley to let him look at the pictures, and said old-fashionedly: "During the Mallorca war, the treasure hunters did not find the whereabouts of the dragon spirit, otherwise the mages would not rush to open the portal. It caused the northern continent to disappear, and there are rumors that the spirit of the proud dragon may disappear in the distorted space. It is difficult to find this thing, so you have to be mentally prepared."

"I understand." Nuo Lei listened to his introduction indifferently, and asked seriously, "Can you teach me how to read during this time, I want to understand the text on it."

"No problem," West agreed without hesitation, and he couldn't help but suggest after seeing Norey's serious look, "Do you mind going back to Corunna with me, I want my grandfather to take a look at this map and say Maybe he can give better advice."

"Corunna?"

"Haven't you been there? It's a city-state at the junction of the human kingdom and the elf kingdom. It's very prosperous. Humans and elves live together, and intermarriage is allowed... Would you like to visit?"

Norley, who dreamed of traveling all over the land of recovery, was moved by West's description. He suppressed his excitement a little bit, but still couldn't help raising the corner of his mouth and said, "Alright, I'll also take this opportunity to ask you for advice."

Being asked so solemnly by Nuo Lei, West couldn't help but blush again, and he pinched his hot earlobe and muttered: "It's nothing, I'm still confident in terms of knowledge reserves...but you can't throw me away again. Act alone, or I won't teach you!"

"It's a deal." Norley said with a smile, his clear eyes glowed like a lake under the warm light, West's breath was stagnant, and he turned his head away quickly, annoyed at his overreaction.Norley didn't care, and turned to continue Meursault's storage bag, "Ah, by the way, I have something else to ask you."

West raised his head after completing the psychological construction, and immediately couldn't help screaming when he saw what Norley took out: "Holy light—dragon egg?!"

Norley's keen hearing was deafened by his scream for a few seconds, he rubbed his ears and muttered: "Do you want to be so excited..."

West stared at the dragon egg lying in Nuo Lei's palm with wide-eyed blue eyes, with a look of longing but not daring to touch it. He barely controlled his emotions and said tremblingly: "I, I This is the first time I have seen dragon eggs... My grandfather said that after the Mallorca War, dragons disappeared."

"Then it will probably be the last one." Remembering Edwink's entrustment, Norley couldn't help rubbing the smooth surface of the dragon egg and asked solemnly, "I want to ask you, do you know how to raise a dragon?"