Food Reserves on the Dragon's Back

"You're still young, and you still don't think things through enough." Sarannar said with a light smile, "Actually, longevity is not necessarily a blessing for human beings, but more like a curse."

Silas looked at him suspiciously, waiting for his explanation, but Salanar's hand was already on Silas's ass.

Silas pushed his hand away impatiently: "Wait a minute, tell me why longevity is a curse."

"I'm not even allowed to touch it anymore..." Sarannar pouted with a hurt expression, "Human beings change their hearts so quickly."

"You can't change your mind as quickly as you change the subject." Silas was not fooled by him, "If you tease me like this, you won't have fun when you make out. What can you not tell me?"

"I still want to know everything as always." Sarannar said with a smile, "Well, I won't tease you, I didn't intend to hide it from you, but this matter may be understandable at your age It's a little difficult."

Leaning on the edge of the pool, he said solemnly: "The human life is only a few decades, but the life span of the dragon race is more than 1000 years. If you suddenly have a lifespan of more than 1000 years, you can live ten times as long as others. Just imagine, how will you live three to five hundred years from now?"

This made Silas ponder.

"1000 years seems to be like this, but it is a long, long period of time. Thousands of years ago, most of the human beings were still wearing clothes made of animal skins, but now, look at the way people live. What a wonderful day. And the human world is changing more and more quickly, who knows what the world will look like in 1000 years?" Saranar guided his thinking and said, "Imagine, You will see the world you are familiar with change little by little, see the vicissitudes of life, change of dynasty several times, your relatives and friends all go before you, everyone around you is slowly getting old, and you have always been that The appearance remains unchanged at all. For human beings, this is not a good thing at all, but a terrible burden. Do you think you can bear it?"

Silas was silent for a while before asking, "Has anyone ever suffered?"

"Yes, as far as I know, there are two people who have achieved such a life span. One of them died in an accident, and the other chose to end his life by suicide when he was more than 300 years old. I can't imagine how much he had. Desperation will make such a choice, so I will not easily let you bear all this for my own will, unless I am sure that you have thought about it, instead of thinking that you can do this for me sacrifice."

Silas thought about it, then said, "I think..."

Saranar blocked his next words with his mouth, kissed him for a while before letting him go and said: "Don't rush to answer, you are still young, you might as well think about it for a few more years."

"...um." Silas wrapped his arms around his neck, deciding to focus elsewhere first.

After Silas fell asleep, Sarannar, who was not sleepy, tucked him in the quilt, quietly came outside the cave, changed back to his original shape and flew towards the north.

He caught a deer along the way, and brought the fresh meat to the hidden cave entrance in the Barren Canyon. His sister Lucia ran out happily immediately, and before Sarannar could change shape, her sister bumped into him On him, he rubbed his head against his neck vigorously: "Brother!"

"Don't make trouble, you almost knocked me down." Sarannar said with a smile in his voice as he firmly grasped the rock at the entrance of the cave with his claws and spread his wings to maintain his balance.

"Who told my brother to disappear for so long without authorization? Do you know how much he worried about you, and after finally coming back, he finally came to see me after so many days? My brother hates me the most!" Lucia's voice was filled with excitement. complaining.

"Okay, okay, I just came back, I have a lot of things to do, and there are so many eyes staring at me, I'm afraid I will reveal your position." Saranar coaxed her patiently, but Lucia still Furious: "Although I know you must have a reason, I still feel sad."

"Hey, look, I brought you something to eat." Sarannar handed over the deer in his hand.

"Hmph, would I be so easy to bribe? For meat's sake, I will forgive you this time." Lucia grabbed the deer with her mouth and dragged it into the cave.

Sarannar also smiled and transformed himself into his original form, and walked into the cave.

Hearing the movement, Seth stumbled out of the nest, saw that it was not his mother, and crawled back to the nest dejectedly to hold his younger brother's egg, making a "gurgling" moan from his throat.

The young dragons in the cave happily tore the meat of the deer, and Lucia also tore off a hind leg and came over to bite it with relish. Salanar looked at her tenderly: "I tell you a good news, we will never eat it again." There is no need to live this kind of days of getting together less and leaving more.”

"Really?" Lucia looked up at him, sucked and swallowed the meat from the corner of her mouth.

"When did my brother lie to you? The island where I was in danger is a very good shelter. We can move to that island in the future, and Xuefeng can live with the children, and we don't have to worry about someone coming to hurt you anymore." gone."

"Isn't it very dangerous there, brother, you are so powerful, you almost died there, it feels so scary." Lucia opened her golden eyes wide.

"You mean the kind of hypnotic flower that almost caused me to sleep to death. Don't worry, that kind of flower has been almost cut down by my knights. There are only a few plants left in one corner. When I have time, I will take care of it." Do some research, maybe you can find a way to use them to defend against intruders." Sarannar said, "Even if it doesn't work, the island itself is already the best defense. Humans can't swim that far, and it's impossible to sneak It's not good for you to sneak over, and their slow boats are easy to spot, and there are seven or eight human countries and a whole vast sea between the orcs and the island."

"Then what do we eat? Are the birds on the island enough for us so many dragons?" Lucia didn't even care about the meat, and listened intently with her eyes wide open.

"Of course it's not enough, but we adult dragons can fly to the coastline to hunt for food. There is a large pasture over there, and there are huge herds of reindeer and bison living there."

"There are also sailors and fishermen." Lucia said longingly.

Salanar patted her on the neck: "From now on, cannibalism will not be allowed. If you want to get along well with humans, you must start by changing your eating habits."

"Hey, doesn't it mean that my brother still hasn't given up his plan to live with humans?" Lucia asked curiously, tilting her head.

"I'm sure I won't give up." Sarannar said calmly, "It's just that for the sake of long-term planning, we need to leave the human territory temporarily, and come back when we are fully prepared."

"Oh, this must be what you once said to advance by retreating." Lucia lowered her head and bit the deer's leg again.

"It can be understood in this way." Sarannar smiled and looked at his sister who was eating happily, "Although that island is colder than here, there are also hot springs and caves to keep out the cold. Although the food is not very sufficient, it is a little farther away You can find reindeer and bison, and there are many delicious things in the sea. As long as we learn how to catch them, we don’t have to worry about food problems even if we don’t have to go ashore. At that time, you can play without any worries, and you don’t have to worry about your safety anymore. Trapped in this little cave."

"That's great." Lucia flicked her tail excitedly, "When will we move there? I can't wait!"

"Let the children be patient for a while longer, and everyone will have a good life soon, I promise." Sarannar said with a smile.

Before leaving the top of the dragon, Salanar still had a lot of things to prepare. He hugged the young Seth again, talked with Lucia for a while, then changed back to his original shape and flew away. He didn't forget to carefully apply an invisible magic to himself.

After he left, Lucia ate the rest of the venison, and contentedly lay down at the entrance of the cave to bask in the sun. The canyon here is always filled with fog all year round, and it is rare to see sunshine at the entrance of the cave. After basking in the sun for a while, even though when the rare sunlight reached here, there was only a little bit of half-dead heat left.

After moving to that island, I can bask in the sun every day.Lucia thought happily.

Just then, her ears caught some strange sounds.

Lucia cautiously retreated into the cave, carefully observing the outside.At first, she was excitedly looking forward to the new prey, such as the boa constrictor caught last time trying to climb the cliff to the cave, and the goat caught last time, but after waiting for a while, she He could clearly hear human voices.

"Captain Carl, there seems to be a cave down here."

"The two of you go down and have a look, maybe you can get some unexpected gains?"

"What if there's a bear in the cave?"

"Are you an idiot? How could a bear climb so high, don't be afraid, if we are lucky enough to catch some rare and exotic beast, Prince Ailion will definitely reward us heavily."

Lucia can understand their language, and Sarannar will teach her to speak the common language whenever he has time, so it is not difficult for her to judge that there is no doubt that a few humans came.And those few humans have obviously discovered the cave, and are about to go inside to find out.

Humans, this has always been a very dangerous creature in Lucia's consciousness. Although she has never seen a real human being up close since she can remember, Salanar and other adult dragons chatted with her and taught her When I was there, I often talked about how I fought wits and bravery with human beings, and how difficult and deceitful human beings are.

Even her adult brother had to deal with it so hard, and Lucia, who was still a child, was even more afraid to let her grow up.

"Brother!" Lucia anxiously shouted in her consciousness with her mind magic, "Quickly answer me, brother, I'm in danger!"

But Salanar didn't respond, Lucia didn't know what was wrong with him, and began to call the other dragons anxiously: "Sister Xuefeng, Lycell, Makailin, Thunderblade, anyone is fine, answer me !"