Ascension journey - 358. Chapter 354 Sacrifice and Oath, Some Common Sense of the World and the Elements

Pointing to the sinkhole previously used to demonstrate power for deterrence, the huge mouth of the red dragon exuding high temperature opened and closed, and spoke the language of the elves in a strange tone: “My power, you have seen it, if you want to …”

Facing the dragon’s words with the breath of purgatory, Lacey interrupted unceremoniously: “The elves never fear sacrifice! Evil dragon, don’t you want to use violence to make us succumb!”

Looking at the elf who was brandishing a long knife and seemed to want to charge, the red dragon fell silent for a while, then lowered his voice and said in a deep voice: “Elf, don’t you know that interrupting someone else is very rude?”

Lacey paused slightly and blinked with a subtle expression on her face.

Seeing Lacey’s reaction, the red dragon scratched the hard chin with the dragon’s claws, and continued with interest: “And, evil? It seems that you inexplicably attacked me first, right? Directly to the first contact with the intelligent life With swords facing each other, are your elves a race that likes to kill?”

Ivey and Lacey, who were already ready to fight to the death, looked at each other in amazement-there is actually a dragon trying to reason with others in this world? Are they dreaming?

“Since you have chosen to fight and fight, you must have the consciousness to be killed. I have heard of the stubborn temper of your elves, but…”

Putting aside the question of unnutritious right or wrong, Hong Long pondered for a moment and said: “I heard that you also attach great importance to your promises and pledges. Now I will give you a chance to survive——

“Choose one of you to stay, and swear by your mother tree to answer some questions for me-limited to the general knowledge that most elves know, then the other person can leave safely.”

According to the cognition of the habits of the dragon, the elves who were ready to be killed or even trampled to play were a little surprised.

——Although it’s a bit strange, but it’s just common sense that most elves know, it’s okay to take another chance… The unskilled magic infestation mark has been declining rapidly, as long as the people who remain are talking about it. Hold the dragon for a while, even if the dragon repents, the hope of another person’s escape will be much greater…

Ai Chuongsong’s hand loosened slightly, and when he moved his heart, he said, “I…”

However, before he had time to say the second word, he lost consciousness completely.

However, Lacey raised her hand and shook her long knife, and stunned him with a heavy blow.

Watching the companion who had been with him for a long time fell to the ground in astonishment, Lacey sighed and then took out a whistle from the back, and at the same time murmured in a low voice: “Ivey…it was always you in the past. Be the first, but this time… don’t grab it…”

With the whistle sounding that ordinary elves could not hear, a huge purple-black cheetah slowly walked out of the gap in the woods, staring at the red dragon vigilantly with a little fear, and walking towards Lacey. .

After her animal companion came to her side, Lacey threw Ivey on its back, skillfully fixed Ivey’s hands and feet with her own enchanted thread, and then sighed and raised her hand to touch the cheetah’s chin. .

The huge purple-black cheetah looked at Lacey with a rather humane gaze, then glanced at the red dragon, silently carrying Ivey and left at high speed.

The red dragon watched this interesting scene of vying to sacrifice for his companions. After Lacey, who watched his companion enter the forest, turned around, the red dragon smiled at him and said, “Admirable friendship, then, when your companion leaves me Before you perceive the range, you swear an oath.”

Swearing an oath to the mother tree that nurtures herself is a very solemn thing in the elf culture, but the situation now forces everything to be simple. Fortunately, the content of the oath is not painful or itchy, and Lacey did not slop on the mud and completed the oath ceremony directly to the red dragon. .

“Very good,” the red dragon who achieved a major goal lay down on all fours, changing into a more harmless and comfortable posture and said to the elf in front of him, “Then let’s start executing the vows, you can say more in detail. A little to satisfy my curiosity, so that your companions can also have more time to stay away, right?”

Cheng Bin really didn’t intend to go after the elf Ivey who had been far away-although the other party would definitely send out some of his information, and there was a high probability that he would bring in a team of crusaders.

However, in the memory of the red dragon Kasa, the power used by the elves to conquer it is already the top group in the kingdom, and now it is still a long time from when Kasa is dead. The power of the elven kingdom is far from the peak of the future elemental tides. Time is powerful, after all, even the territory is a lap behind the boss.

Cheng Bin, who thought he could rub the red dragon Kasa, who was in his strongest state before his death, on the floor and had a lot of killers was still very emboldened.

Facing the ferocious dragon on his stomach twice his height, and the heat coming from the other’s breath, Lacey felt a lot of pressure in his heart-although he hadn’t seen a large dragon comparable to a grown-up dragon in the past. Creatures, but compared to those he had seen in the past, the inexplicable pressure brought by the young dragon in front of him was unparalleled.

——However, the red dragon’s irritability is completely invisible in this young dragon. Is this really a red dragon who likes to burn everything with flames?

“Well…where do you start?” The lazy red dragon muttered for a while and then stared at Lacey and asked, “Your name is Lacey, right? Let me introduce the current state of your Elf Kingdom first.”

The wonderful experience of chatting with the giant dragon made Lacey feel a little bit subtle, as the sense of crisis gradually subsided. He rolled his eyes and began to portray the power of the fairy kingdom with his not-so-good eloquence, and wanted the giant dragon in front of him to have something to do. Scruples.

Because of respect for the oath, Lacey will not use wrong information to deceive the vow object, but it is fine to choose the best place, isn’t it?

The secret information of the kingdom’s military power is not something that ordinary elves can get a full view of, so Lacey didn’t say anything when he jumped over to the red dragon in these places. He himself was not interested in paying attention to the major strategic locations of the opponent’s kingdom. Class information.

In Lacey’s words and his intermittent inquiries, Cheng Bin gradually sorted out a lot of information that the bewildered Red Dragon Kasa didn’t know at all.

The population of the Elf Kingdom is estimated to be less than the total population of a first-tier city around the twentieth century on the Inner World Earth, but this plane was originally not large.

The main rights within the kingdom are divided by several forces-

Priest of the World Tree sect who is responsible for the unified cultivation and education of elven larvae;

The Elf King Court in charge of all administrative affairs;

The military in charge of military and police force construction;

As well as the recent separation and independence from the priest faction, it began to grow, but its positioning is still not very obvious.

Other small forces such as the ranger guilds and warrior training camps are dependent on several major forces to operate. Of course, there are also different factions in the major forces, but Lacey is not very clear about these things, even if Knowing that he probably wouldn’t say it.

As for the investigation organization to which Lacey and Ivey, the two scout team currently belong, although the members are all first-class elite all-rounders in the kingdom, in terms of status… it should be a semi-official and semi-civilian organization coordinated and jointly established by the military and the Mage Association. .

Moreover, it is an organization temporarily established for the phenomenon of plane overlap, which may be annexed or dismantled someday.

This organization that sends scouts everywhere to explore while establishing channels to collect information among the people is due to the fact that some ancient records of the elves mentioned the overlapping phenomenon of planes similar to the present, and it is believed that this represents a world that carries all planes. Some signs of changes in the tree need to be dealt with.

After all, it is said in ancient books that the highly developed ancient elven civilization, which was closely related to the phenomenon of plane overlap, fought back to its original form in the war of annihilation, and its residual traces can be seen far away from the ice and snow mountains. The upper clan is not vigilant.

However, most of the elves who have lived in peace for a long time still have no real sense of this kind of rumors.

After listening to the overview of these elven kingdoms, the red dragon thought about it–

The world view, or the deciphering of the world structure, is also a very important research work. If the ancient elven civilization is really extremely developed, then the “world tree that carries all planes” handed down by them is also a certain amount of research in the research. Reference value.

It is estimated that only the top elf priests of the World Tree Sect knows the detailed information in this regard.

After understanding the basic situation, Honglong changed his conversation and began to discuss with Lacey the basic composition of everything in the world-elements.

When talking about elements and spells, Lacey became vigilant again: “Magic knowledge is the precious wealth of our elves. I can’t tell you!”

“Don’t be so sensitive,” Hong Long smiled slightly, but the grinning face on his head, which was completely inconsistent with the elves’ aesthetics, made Lacey more vigilant. Know the common sense, and…”

After a pause, the red dragon said leisurely: “…Do you think that the knowledge inherited by our dragon clan is not as good as your elves’ magic? I am just a little curious about the elemental perspectives of different races.”

Lacey’s speech was lost for a while—it’s true that although the red dragon is not a dragon species that likes to use magic, it can still use all the magic knowledge of the dragon by inheriting memory instinct. The current elven civilization is much younger than the dragon in the plane, a little bit. The elemental cognition of ordinary elves is really of little use to dragons.

-Plan through.

Seeing Lacey nodded uncontrollably, the red dragon blinked nonchalantly. As a counterfeit dragon, he had not been able to pass on any ghost knowledge.

At this time, Lacey had a new understanding of the red dragon’s previous brainless fire element torrent, and unconsciously made up for it. The other party probably just because of the red dragon’s nature and absolute power, it disdains to use anything. Elemental skills…

However, the elements in nature turn into magic power that can be controlled by life. This process is always accompanied by various risks. This young red dragon has a body that is powerful enough to fly at supersonic speeds, and can also accumulate and accumulate in the body. Controlling the incredible scale of magic power, this in itself represents another super high technology…

In my mind, I didn’t know how much Lacey would make up for the dragon’s inheritance brain, so I began to straightforwardly explain to the curious red dragon, the elemental common sense that the young elves would learn under the guidance of the priest.

The fragmentary knowledge Red Dragon has learned a lot, and the background world view is very interesting——

The plane is part of the world tree, and everything filled in the plane is made up of simple elements. The elements are like a certain nutrient that circulates throughout the world tree. Affected by this great cycle, different parts of the world tree correspond to each other. The planes have certain differences in their element characteristics.

Just like the nutrient veins that pass through a certain branch on an ordinary tree, the elemental energy falling from the sky on the current plane will infiltrate the entire plane and flow out from the depths of the earth. According to the records of the ancient elven civilization, it can be observed in many planes. The torrent of elements that arrives generally flows from the “upper boundary” of the canopy of the World Tree to the “Abyss Zone” of the roots of the World Tree.

As for the source of the elements at the highest point of the upper world and the flow of elements at the bottom of the abyss, the elves have no related legends, and the current plane of the elves is roughly branched in a certain upper part of the world tree. superior.

In addition to this background worldview, Honglong also learned some common sense elements that local life is accustomed to.

For example, how to extract the magic power directly controlled by the spirit of life from the natural elements of the outside world.

The Red Dragon used to force calculations and influences on the basis of natural element induction and computer-like precision thinking-this is equivalent to a super upgraded version of the process of driving natural elements to form weak magical powers by elven larvae.

Uh, to put it bluntly, the behavior of the red dragon to condense the fire element with the dragon body’s characteristics is probably the same as forcibly using addition to perform exponentiation. It is no longer strong to be able to do this.

The elves can conduct a racial-specific magic enlightenment ritual through long-term exploration and accumulation of knowledge. The elven clan youngsters will generally undergo this ritual only after they have experienced a complete education and have grown up from the body to the soul.

Because this kind of magical enlightenment ritual requires the spirit to have a sound and stable spirit, improper use may also cause mental damage.

The elves who have experienced magical enlightenment will acquire the original magical power with personal characteristics, and their magical aura can be used to distinguish different individuals like fingerprints on the earth.

Moreover, the elves can also control the elements similar to the outside world through their own original magic power, and directly influence the external elements with their spirits, and can expand the scale of the original magic power by fusing external elements. Of course, whether it is controlling or absorbing, the more similar elements are expressed in form and magic. The higher the efficiency.

A group that specializes in studying the characteristics of external elements and looking for the common laws of magic and elements has gradually formed the current wizarding wizards association.

As for the excavation and application of the personal characteristics of the original magic power… Previously, Ivey guided the use of the elemental power of the plants in the large environment to shoot thousands of light arrows with spells, and Lacey used thin lines as a medium for kinetic energy interference. These are all personal magic characteristics. reflect.

There is a potential correlation between the personality and temperament of creatures and the magical powers of different types of elements. The irritable red dragon and the fire element are an example. Although there is a counterexample at the scene, from the statistics of the elven environment, the elements The mutual influence between magical power and biological temperament is very obvious.

Just like most elves whose magic power is closely related to plants, their personality is calm and calm in nature.

As for the magical powers of other races… According to Lacey, legendary species like dragons theoretically possess the most suitable original magical powers when they are born.

However, the original magic power is closely related to the soul. It is normal for Cheng Bin, who replaced Kasa’s consciousness and magically changed the soul, to lose this aspect.

After talking about these retreat topics that can’t be verified in practice, Lacey, who has never been a teacher, seems to be addicted to education in the serious questioning of Honglong, and happily showed Honglong some elemental characteristics experiments that can be carried out anywhere.

Some very basic experiments, most of which are used to popularize science with young elves-the highest depth is roughly equivalent to the level of hydrogen and oxygen produced by electrolysis of water in middle school laboratories on the earth.

But for Red Dragon, this is already a big help.