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She was a little surprised and surprised, and then she couldn't help but glanced at the city that covered the entire land, the giant factories and enterprise complexes between the cities, and those advanced, prosperous, beautiful, but already A landscape that has not changed fundamentally for countless years.

"...It's really quite extreme," Miss Julong said in a dull voice, "If you watch too much, you will feel that there is a lack of change."

Chapter 0948

The giant dragon flew over the city, and Gawain saw all the wonders of Tarrond that far surpassed human civilization.

Melita said that this land lacks changes. As a member of Tarrond society, she has obviously been watching these spectacular scenery for many, many years, and it is normal to feel bored. However, for the first time seeing Tarron Gawain of Germany and others, the scenery on this land is still enough to surprise people.

"Don't get me wrong," Gao Wen said, "I just lament your high level of development—maybe you have seen this scene for many years, but for the various races on the Loren Continent, this scene is very different. Still an unattainable height."

"It's magnificent and incredibly prosperous," Veronica broke the silence, and the saint princess sighed sincerely, "The imperial capital of Gondor may be barely comparable to this place, but the prosperity of Gondor is only one step away. city, but the prosperity of Tarrond spreads across the entire continent..."

At this point, she paused, and after considering a few words, she continued: "So I can't understand why you, who are so powerful, are willing to lie dormant on this extreme northern continent——you said it just now, Dragon Clan You are not born to love the harsh environment of the Arctic, but the living conditions of Loren Continent are obviously much more comfortable for you, and you don’t even need to spend energy to build an ecological dome.”

This is an obvious fact, but it is somewhat weird to say it-there is no doubt about the power of the dragons, even if their powerful civilization is not considered, just the strength of the dragons themselves and their "population" which seems to be not rare at present, these Powerful creatures can also easily occupy the entire world, but the fact is that they have not done so, and have even been huddled in this extreme northern world for tens of millions of years-thus, the "weak" creatures like humans, elves, and dwarves The "race" has instead occupied the land with the most favorable living conditions in the world, and the giant dragon... has even become a creature in some kind of story.

This kind of "low-key" is inconceivable to Veronica, and she doesn't think that the "self-discipline" and "self-enclosure" of the Dragon Clan can be explained clearly by some kind of "noble spirit".

Hearing Veronica's question, Melita fell into a brief silence, and she shook her head after a few seconds: "You're right, from a common sense point of view, a race like ours is indeed capable of ruling the world, And in that case, the original civilizations on other continents have no chance to develop at all... But we can't do this, the Supreme Council and the Senate strictly forbid the Dragon Race to interfere with the development of other continents, even our gods don't allow it We do this, so that's how it is now...

"As for the deeper reason? Then I don't know. I am a relatively young member of the Dragon Clan. Although I have some status...but I haven't reached the level where I can contact the will of the upper class.

"But if you are really curious, especially if you feel curious, Gao Wen... maybe you can ask our god directly, and he may give you some answers. After all, you are a guest invited by him."

Gawain simply hummed, most of his attention had already been placed on the scenery of Tarrond, and he was trying to gather information about this country while carefully observing—he tried to learn from those amazing scenery. From the , beautiful, and incredible sights, he sorted out and deduced some useful information about the dragon civilization, because everything here... was so different from what he had imagined before.

Melita drew an arc in the night sky, and she began to fly over the urban buildings and flew towards a mountain not far away - there were tall palaces and castles built on that mountain, and you could see it on the mountainside. Many houses, one size smaller than the palace, seemed to sprawl up from the city at the foot of the hill, and were equally brightly lit.

When flying over a floating light in mid-air, a huge holographic image suddenly appeared in the line of sight of Gao Wen and the others—on the holographic image, a red dragon flitted across the sky, and he took a deep breath. He took a deep breath, and then spewed out amazing flames towards the bottom of the screen, and another giant dragon flew from the bottom of the screen, rose into the air facing the flames, and danced with the red dragon in the sky. There was a pleasant and soothing narration, but Gawain couldn't understand what the narration was saying - it was an ancient dragon language, which obviously had nothing to do with the current common language of Loren Continent.

"Damn..." Melita seemed to be taken aback by the sudden appearance of the holographic image, her flying posture was tilted, and she muttered immediately after adjusting, "They can't control this kind of roadside advertisement Is the quantity..."

"Is this an advertisement?" Gao Wen asked curiously, "What did the narration say just now?"

"Ah... an advertisement for a certain breath booster, which can make your breath smell like sweet orange after injection—there are also a variety of fruity flavors to choose from," Melita said casually, "It seems very interesting to me. Useless things... Most of the time, our breath is used to deal with enemies and barbecues, and these two kinds of targets obviously don't care whether the dragon flames spit on the head are sweet orange or strawberry..."

Gao Wen and Amber looked confused at the same time: "??"

Veronica said a few words when she was in a daze: "...Why is there such a thing in the world?"

"There may be many things in Tarrond that you don't understand, but the reason why you don't understand it is mostly because there are too many misleading contents in the legends about dragons in the human world—but if you Treat us as a race like you that needs normal life and social interaction, then maybe you won't be so surprised by things that don't meet your imagination," Melita seemed to have a hint of a smile in her tone "I think you can understand what I mean."

"I understand...although this is still a bit weird." Gawain thought for a while and nodded. He did understand what Melita meant—the dragon race in Tarrond is a living civilization, so in their daily life There will inevitably be a lot of colorful content, some of which may not seem so "dragon" and some of which may not seem so "legendary", but it is precisely because of this that they build a real dragon society.

Real dragons don't do nothing like in the legends and just sleep and count coins in the castle's gold pile every day, which would undoubtedly drive any sane intelligent creature crazy, and let's be honest... ...they probably don't have that much gold either...

After all, judging from some clues, Melita, the young dragon lady who is young and young, doesn't usually look rich - she loves money but has no money, maybe this is the real dragon.

At this moment, Amber, who had been busy looking around from just now, suddenly asked curiously: "By the way, where are we going next?"

"Let's go to the mountain in front—have you seen the domed palace? That's the headquarters of the council, and the Mithril Treasury is a department under the council's name, so that's where I usually report," Melita raised her head and said, "In Tarrond, the Senate is responsible for handling the internal affairs of the Dragon Clan, and the jury is responsible for handling information from the 'outside', so the task of receiving foreign guests this time is in charge of the jury. .The speaker and high-ranking councilors have already prepared the welcoming ceremony there, and we will land directly on the upper platform of the headquarters—and then we will see what the speaker makes arrangements."

Amber snorted, and looked up at the sky again: "Hey, I'm really not used to being here with you... When I see the sky is full of stars, I always feel that I should find a place to sleep and rest after landing..."

"In the next few months, it will be night here—if the current time is converted to Cecil time, it should actually be noon," Melita said with a smile, "ah... For outsiders, this It’s really hard to get used to.”

The subsequent flight didn't take much time. After Amber's balabala and Melita's tireless explanations, Gawain saw that the building on the high mountain with a dome and a gorgeous palace wall was close in front of him. , he saw a certain part of the outer wall of the building slowly opened under the action of a large mechanical device, a large take-off and landing platform appeared at the end of the hillside, there were lights and figures swaying on the edge of the platform, and Melita landed straight towards the platform go.

During the landing process, Gao Wen was subconsciously nervous—not only because of the psychological shadow left by the air crash in his previous life, but also because of the strange situation he experienced not long ago, and because he had witnessed this Melita more than once. Miss shocking way of landing.

But in the end, Miss Melita landed on the center of the circular platform smoothly, and the three people riding on the dragon's back didn't even feel too much shaking.

"We're here." Miss Agent said casually while hanging down one dragon wing, forming a gentle slope beside her.

Only then did Gao Wen heave a sigh of relief: It seems that even Miss Melita Purnia cannot crash twice in a row in one flight...

Then he walked towards the dragon wing that served as a ramp, and at the same time, he had already seen those figures standing on the edge of the takeoff and landing platform—he couldn't recognize Tarrond's official costumes or ceremonial pomp, but At least from the neatly arranged response teams and the "guards" on both sides of the platform channel who are in the form of giant dragons and are bowing their heads, it can be seen that the dragons of Tarrond treat him as a "guest personally invited by the gods". Still very face-saving.

Dragons don't necessarily appreciate a human king, but they are obviously more in awe of the orders from the gods.

Gao Wen walked along the "ramp" to the platform, and Veronica followed behind him dignifiedly and gracefully. Even Amber restrained all her laughing and joking looks the moment she stepped out, and showed all her serious expressions and The rigorous style put on a straight face, and followed Gao Wen with his short legs - even if it was the shame of all things, he knew to protect the face of the "representative of mankind" at this time.

Although she is not human.

When Gao Wen and his party left Longbei, some kind of classical music that had never appeared in the human world played.

When Gao Wen got off Melita's Dragon Wing and just stepped on the platform with his first foot, an old man who was the leader of the welcome team stepped forward at the same time, leading several entourages to welcome him.

In the direction of the connecting passage, the giant dragons in charge of guarding or guarding the facade gave out neat, low-pitched roars, and above the other building opposite the platform, a large number of lights began to surge like breathing, and the sky above the building was also filled with light from the human world. Generic text projects a welcome statement.

This is a very solemn welcoming ceremony, but Gao Wen still couldn't help feeling a little weird—since he entered the continent of Tarrond, similar weird feelings kept coming to him from various aspects, but he really wanted to say Where does this weird feeling come from... I can only say that these giant dragons are really not the dragons he imagined, and this dragon kingdom is not the dragon kingdom he imagined...

But he hid these emotional changes well in his heart, and still maintained a calm and smiling expression on his face. He walked towards the old man who took the initiative to meet him, and the latter also stood just two meters in front of Gawain. about.

This old dragon in human form was wearing a light golden robe of invisible material. The skin on his forehead was inlaid with pieces of silver-white diamond-shaped metal, and shimmering lights emerged from the gaps in the metal. Some of the stream of light spread along the skin of the old man's face, and finally concentrated into his right eye socket—Gao Wen had just observed carefully, and he suddenly discovered that the eye was actually a prosthetic eye. The mechanical structure of its pupil position is still being adjusted slightly!

...Implant mechanical modifications?

Gao Wen couldn't help being stunned for a moment, and then he noticed a giant dragon guarding the edge of the platform. He saw that the dragon's lower jaw had an obvious mechanical structure, and there was something like a pipe coming from the back of its skull. Extending out, all the way to the shoulder blades—the fusion of flesh and machinery has no cover, and it is thus directly exposed to everyone's eyes.

An obscenity popped up in his mind—what the hell is this?

From which world line is this cyber dragon jumping over? !

It’s okay for these giant dragons to live in a bunch of dense cities full of light pollution and giant factories. How could this bring them to fiddle with parts? !

Gawain always felt that he had tossed about the Magic Industrial Revolution in such a magical medieval world, and he had distorted the whole world's style of painting. However, since he came to Tarrond, he began to doubt himself in this regard. , and until this time, his suspicion finally reached its peak - he suddenly discovered that, in terms of abnormal painting style, he really seemed to be no match for this group of giant dragons who had been suffocated on the planet for tens of millions of years... …

After a short period of shock, he actually burst into an unreasonable sense of relief——

Starting today, he finally doesn't have to care about whether he has a wrong style of painting in this world.

In terms of painting style, he couldn't be more crooked than these cyberdragons...

At this moment, the old man with the mechanical prosthetic eye stretched out his hand to Gawain, and his voice interrupted Gawain's running thoughts: "Welcome to Tarrond, the legendary hero of the human world, Gawain Your Majesty Cecil—I am the Supreme Speaker of the Tarrond Council, you can call me Andal."

Chapter 0949 Dragon, Priest

The supreme speaker of the jury, Andal.

It is said that this old man is one of the oldest dragons in Tarrond, a "prime dragon" that has been active since before the Rebellion of the Ancient Times and has survived to this day.

Long before coming to Tarrond, Gawain had already supplemented a lot of knowledge about this country from Melita, and this knowledge naturally included a brief introduction of the top members of Tarrond, so he had a lot of knowledge about the country. The name "Andal" is no stranger.And he also knows one thing - this "Prime Ancient Dragon" who looks like an old man rarely leaves the deep hall of the jury on weekdays, and even in the last thousand years, the number of times this old man left the hall There are only a handful of them.

It seems that due to his extreme old age, he usually rests in his "throne" in the form of a dragon, but he took the initiative to greet him like today, and even changed into a human form, which is enough to explain the attitude of the speaker.

After realizing that this was a courtesy, Gao Wen immediately showed the solemnity that matched it: "It's an honor to meet you, Mr. Speaker. I've seen it on the way here—Talrond is a It is an incredible country, and I believe this trip to Tarrond will leave a deep impression on me."

Speaker Andal smiled gently, and at the same time made a slightly sideways gesture of invitation. After Gao Wen stepped up to keep up, the old man said with a smile: "We have not formally invited foreigners to come here for many, many years— — Except for the occasional 'wanderers' who came to this land by accident, the last official visitor in my memory was many thousand years ago, when the ruler of the Loren continent was still a kind with three pairs of limbs creatures of..."

"Last season of civilization," Gawain looked at the speaker, also showing a slight smile, "It seems that it was indeed a long time ago."

"Yes, it's been a long time... We have been paying attention to the world outside of Tarrond, but we almost never bring people or things from the outside world here," Speaker Andal nodded, "I hope you will understand the world we arranged The welcome ceremony is quite satisfactory—on the basis of the customs of the Dragon Clan, we have taken into account the habits of humans as much as possible, but after all, there are great differences between us, if there is anything that makes you uncomfortable or unsuitable, feel free to bring it up.”

"It's already very thoughtful," Gao Wen said immediately, "but now I'm more concerned about the next itinerary - I haven't heard a detailed itinerary from Melita."

Speaker Andal led the guests away from the take-off and landing platform, and Melita, who had re-formed into a human form, followed closely.They crossed the long bridge between the platform and the main building of the palace, and walked towards the inner court of the headquarters of the jury. In this extremely wide and magnificent dragon palace, Gawain felt his voice echoed in the valley. stand up.

"I'm sorry, it's really rude not to tell you the detailed itinerary, but it's because our gods haven't issued a detailed will before," Speaker Andal walked beside Gao Wen, the old man's voice was resplendent and full of beauty Echoed in the carved corridor, "God... He is unpredictable, His arrangements often have deep meaning, and on the other hand, when He delays making arrangements, there are also His deep meanings."

"So has He made arrangements now?" Gawain glanced at the speaker next to him. When talking about the god who ruled Tarrond, although he didn't mean to offend, it was hard for him to be like the dragons. Feelings of reverence and admiration arose, so he chose to use this most common attitude to talk—after all, he is standing here today because of the invitation of that god, “Frankly speaking, the main purpose of my coming here is not I'm not visiting exotic places, I'm here for an appointment, so I'm more concerned about when I can see your...'Dragon God'."

"Of course," Andal nodded, "When you entered the sky over Agondor, the sanctuary issued a clear order—after the welcome banquet, you can meet. We have already sent Agondor Er's sanctuary is ready to come out, and the high-ranking dragon priest, His Excellency Heragor, will personally serve as the guide and escort for the meeting."

High-ranking dragon priest... The corresponding information from Melita quickly appeared in Gawain's mind:

Heragor, the supreme spokesperson of the "divine right" part of Tarrond society, is a powerful envoy who serves the gods all the year round, and is also a person who has survived from ancient times to the present just like the speaker of Andal. "The ancient dragon", but it is said that the envoy received blessings from the gods and has "a more perfect eternal life than the supreme speaker", so he has always maintained a relatively young appearance.

No dragon knows Heragor's true age, and no one knows when Heragor became an envoy serving the gods. According to Melita's description, in the memory of almost all dragons, that Heragor You have been a saint standing beside the gods from the very beginning.

Gawain restrained his memories and said with a slight smile, "Then I am looking forward to this meeting—and before that, I am also looking forward to how Tallond will have different delicacies from the human world."

……

The top of the temple, the place where the gods live, the holy breath has come here.

"My lord," Heragor immediately bowed respectfully to the figure that appeared in front of the holy seat, "You are back."

"Well," the blond figure standing in front of the holy seat responded briefly with a syllable, and then cast down his gaze, "Hragor, have they all arrived?"

Heragor hung his head. Although he was curious about where the goddess he had served suddenly left for a short period of time in the past, he carefully controlled his curiosity and desire to explore: "Yes. Yes, they have arrived as scheduled. According to your instructions, I conveyed the order to the jury, and after the welcome banquet over there, I will arrange an audience."

"It's not an audience, it's a meeting, Heragore," the voice from before the holy seat immediately corrected, "That's my invited guest."

"...As you said."

Dragon God nodded, and then asked casually: "Tell me about what you know—how did the guests react after seeing the real Tarrond?"

"Surprise, surprise, astonishment—there is no doubt that everything in Tarrond is enough to shock the outsiders," Heragor said, "but... their reactions are indeed more than that.

"The reactions of those two human females were quite normal. They showed the astonishment that ordinary people should have at the advancement and prosperity of Tarrond, and they also showed normal curiosity about things that have never been seen outside the world, but what do you know? The human emperor who was invited, the male human named Gawain Cecil... There seems to be something strange in his reaction."

"Strange?" Dragon God raised his eyebrows, "Hragor, you rarely use such ambiguous words."

"It's really weird, my lord," Heragor considered his vocabulary, and said the "abnormal" details he discovered after secretly observing, "Although the human being also showed surprise after seeing Tarrond, but he The degree of surprise was far lower than I expected. When seeing those unusual things, his performance was more thinking than stunned—yes, thinking, he seemed to be thinking all the time, and frequently showed imperceptible Confused. This gives me a feeling... Tarrond didn't seem to bring the expected shock to the human being. He was not at a loss for all the surprises he saw, as if he had seen similar scenes before. , and the surprise he showed...is simply because he didn't expect these things to appear here."

Speaking of this, Heragor considered it again, and then said with a little hesitation: "This gives me a feeling that that human seems to have been watching and watching with a kind of indifference—even a bit of arrogance. Judge us, it is clearly not normal, my lord."

The voice in front of the holy seat was silent for a few seconds, and then Heragor heard the voice of the gods coming slowly: "...it seems very interesting."

"My lord," Heragor raised his head, with a trace of curiosity, "Why did you let me focus on these things? How did the human king react after seeing Tarrond... Is this important? ?”

"It's just a little curious." The god seemed to be in a good mood, and there seemed to be a smile in his tone, "Haven't you thought about it, Heragor? That human...he did a lot of things in his mortal kingdom , the traveling dragon brought back a lot of interesting information about the system, about knowledge, about... the way of thinking. On the surface, that human being is only integrating and silently promoting all these changes, but his action itself has surpassed The knowledge and way of thinking that he should have... It is impossible to naturally produce in the environment he lives in, at least not in his generation. Heragor, don't you think this is very interesting?"

Heragor felt his breathing quicken, but he said nothing.

He only heard the voice of the god continuing unhurriedly:

"Gauwain Cecil...the 'resurrected' mortal hero, on the surface he looks like an ordinary human, but unfortunately...not enough.

"Hragor, go get ready, the banquet in the lower hall won't last long—just as I really want to see him, I believe he also really wants to see me now."

……

"I hope you are satisfied with our food and music." Melita came to Gawain and said with a smile, "To be honest, these two things should be regarded as the worst thing the Dragon Clan is good at—at least in my opinion Yes. We are better at working with stone and metal, such as the arts of sculpture and blacksmithing, and as for food... the food of Tarrond is very dull."

"But in my opinion, all of these are great." Gawain complimented, and at the same time swept his eyes across the resplendent hall and the banquet tables—he should be the only civilization in Tarrond this season. The human emperor who was eating, this banquet naturally reflected the sincerity of the Dragon Clan's hospitality, but to be honest, the food of the Dragon Clan was not as rich and colorful as he imagined. The staple food at the banquet was basically all kinds of meat. The side dishes are mainly fish, and the grains and vegetables are only for decoration, not even as food.From this, we can see the daily eating habits of the Dragon Clan, but as Melita said... a bit boring.

It's just that for a newcomer like Gao Wen, some unique flavors among these foods can make up for the lack of blandness.

"To tell you the truth... I have been troubled by strange problems before," he said suddenly, "about your diet-your dragon body and human body are so different, so when do you eat? Is the size of a dragon the standard or the size of a human? This question may be a bit impolite, but... these foods should not be enough for a dragon with a body length of tens of meters."

"...As expected of you, you can always pay attention to the details that ordinary people would never think about," Melita was startled for a moment, and then couldn't help laughing, "But you are really right—— —These foods are not enough for the dragon.

"Of course we need to consume energy according to the standard of a dragon, but in the form of a giant dragon, we don't have to be so particular about food - the sense of taste and oral perception in the form of a dragon is very weak, and we can't even eat food in that form. The difference between raw meat and cooked meat, so we don't serve or share meals with guests in dragon form, especially if the guests are small...you know, it will not only look rough, but also have a high risks, such as... accidental injury.

"While in human form we are able to handle and enjoy far more refined food, as you can see - we choose to entertain in human form not only because human form looks 'more' to most intelligent races Friendly’, also because this form is more conducive to our enjoyment of food.”

Gao Wen originally asked this casually out of interest, but he didn't expect to hear such interesting details. After listening to Melita's explanation, he couldn't help muttering: "So the dragon eats in two meals— — One meal to taste, one meal to be full?"

"Most of the dragons who are not so fastidious actually only have a second meal—especially when convenience food is very popular, and now almost all young dragons don't have the patience to study cooking or eat those troublesome natural foods," said Meili Ta shook her head, although she herself was a young dragon, she sighed like an old dragon at this moment, "Of course, these dragons in the banquet hall are 'fine' dragons, so we will go back after eating with you Have another meal..."

Gao Wen: "..."

"I feel that the useless knowledge has increased!" Hu Po, who happened to stroll over from the side, sighed casually holding the drumstick in her hand, which just happened to tell Gao Wen's heart.

The banquet had come to an end, and at this moment, Gawain noticed that someone who looked like an attendant entered from the side door of the hall, walked quickly to the side of the Speaker of Andal, and whispered something.

"It looks like 'this scene' is coming to an end," Gao Wen turned his head and said to Melita, "I guess someone will invite me to an appointment soon."

Melita looked curiously at the speaker's direction, and almost at the same time, the old man also turned and walked towards this side.

"I hope our hospitality is considerate to all of you," Speaker Andal said when he came to Gao Wen, "Our god just sent a message. If it is convenient for you... He hopes to meet you in the upper temple." Meet."

Gao Wen glanced back, then turned his head to look at the speaker: "Does it also include the two friends I brought?"

Speaker Andal nodded: "Yes, including them."

"No problem, we are very convenient now." Gao Wen immediately laughed, and Amber, who was eating the chicken leg next to him, immediately glanced at the beloved chicken leg in her hand - she seemed to want to say that she was not so convenient , but under Gao Wen's faint gaze, she immediately put down the drumstick in her hand: "It's convenient, convenient, very convenient..."

As for Veronica, who was on standby not far away... She was obviously already prepared.

"That's good," Speaker Andal nodded, "Then please come with me—Your Excellency Heragor is already waiting outside the hall, and he will take you to the upper temple."

Following the speaker, Gao Wen, Amber, and Veronica quickly passed through the banquet hall. After passing through a huge golden gate that looked like a city gate, the music in the hall suddenly became faint. When he got down, Gao Wen saw a man in a pale gold robe and a golden crown standing in the wide and quiet corridor.

There were no followers or guards around the man.

That is the highest spokesperson for the "divine right" part of Tarrond society, the high-ranking dragon priest Heragor?

At the same time that Gao Wen said these words, the man with his back to him also sensed the change in breath, he immediately turned around, nodded slightly in greeting: "Guests, I'm here to guide you to the upper temple —You can call me by my first name, Heragor."

Gao Wen nodded and was about to respond, but his gaze froze the next moment.