Chapter 197 The Ignas Brothers Reunite: Danger and Opportunity
Border area, southwest.
It is the dead of night, and two moons, one real and one illusory, hang high in the dark, velvety night sky, casting a hazy glow upon the earth.
call!
The wind was fierce.
A colossal black and red dragon swept across the sky, shattering countless moonbeams, like a comet streaking across the heavens.
Soon after, the comet arrived at the fertile plain.
Iron Dragon Sorog, Red Dragon Samantha, White Dragon Therese, the three of them, along with the hybrid centaur Elvie, and warlocks and shamans belonging to the Eye of Annihilation chapter, were all observing a certain place on the plain.
With the arrival of the black and red dragon.
They both looked up at the unfamiliar yet familiar, more magnificent and imposing red iron dragon than before.
Galos folded his wings, slowed down, and landed steadily on the ground.
“Garos, we three Ignas brothers are reunited. Now that you have awakened, we no longer need to endure and lie dormant for too long.”
Iron Dragon Sorog grinned and said.
His voice wasn't loud, but it had a penetrating quality and conveyed a sense of joy that could be widely understood.
Galos's gaze shifted slightly as he looked at Sorog.
Iron Dragon, who was four years older than him, had grown in size, becoming several sizes larger, but still not as big as Garos. Each of his scales had a metallic sheen and a hard texture. However, the most peculiar thing was Iron Dragon's eyes, which now seemed to see through people's souls, bright and piercing, completely different from before.
—These are the eyes of a mind sorcerer.
Iron Dragon Thorog is now a full-fledged psionicist.
Because of their unique bloodline, dragons are well-suited for most warlock professions.
Warlocks don't need to understand the principles behind their spells; they just need to be able to use them. It's like a fish that doesn't know why it can swim; it just knows how to swim. Exploring the principles is the spellcaster's job.
"You should go and see the Sulfur Hills."
Samantha, the red dragon, said boastfully, "Inspired by you, I rebuilt the alchemy workshop. After years of development, its production capacity has greatly increased, and this is just the beginning. It will be even more powerful in the future."
Galos nodded: "I'll wait and see."
Samantha, the red dragon, has also grown considerably. After falling into a deep sleep following Garros, she also went through a period of dragon slumber during her youth, resulting in a significant increase in both her size and life level.
Thanks to the Red Dragon's naturally strong physique, she is the closest to Garoth in terms of strength.
But it's still far from perfect and hard to reach.
If we compare the size and strength of humans, and consider the red dragon as someone who has achieved some success in fitness, then Garros is equivalent to Schwarzenegger among dragons. His robust and imposing physique is extremely impactful in the eyes of other dragons.
The White-Scaled White Dragon is considered a dwarf by other dragons.
Galos glanced at the white dragon Therese.
At this time, the White Dragon Therese was over 190 years old, a fully mature adult, and about to reach her prime, but her physique was inferior to that of Garus.
Ten years have passed, and her figure has hardly changed, except for a slight, almost imperceptible, growth.
Both Bailong and Garus are now sixteen meters long, but Bailong's waist is not as thick as Garus's arm. Standing together, he looks like a stick, thin and bony, an eyesore.
Galos's gaze displeased the white dragon.
She wanted to bare her teeth at Garros to express her displeasure, but when her gaze fell upon Garros's imposing, steel-like body, the words caught in her throat, leaving her speechless.
When they first met more than ten years ago, she could hold her own against Hong Tielong.
But now, they'll probably be subdued in no time.
In just ten years, he has completely surpassed her in terms of physique. What did this guy eat to grow up like that? It's terrifying.
Could it be that black oil can stimulate the body's growth?
Bai Long had seen Garus drinking black oil, and she wondered if she should try it herself.
What happened here?
Garos looked at the Iron Dragon and asked, "Is it related to the four major tribes?"
Sorog shook his head and said, "We had a minor clash with the goblin tribe. I didn't expect these lowly creatures to develop into a powerful tribe in the border region. However, it's not a big problem at the moment, and it has all been resolved. The matter of the Fertile Plains was an unpredictable event and has nothing to do with the four major tribes."
The sorcerers and shamans who had formed a circle behind them, seemingly performing some kind of mysterious ritual, dispersed.
Tie Long pointed to the exposed open space and said, "Look, this is it."
Galus gazed into the past.
Upon seeing his target, his gaze sharpened, his pupils contracted slightly, and his heart was filled with unease.
On the ground shrouded in night, a dark purple crack was imprinted, about ten meters long, thin, twisted, and menacing, like a huge centipede, or a scar on the earth.
A strong aura of evil emanated from it, making people uneasy.
Even before getting close, just smelling its scent, Galos felt a surge of violent, bloodthirsty, and ferocious desires welling up inside him, and his eyes turned bloodshot.
"How could this thing appear in the fertile plains?"
Hong Tielong's gaze was solemn as he suppressed his negative emotions with unwavering willpower, his heart filled with dignified resolve.
The reason is that the dark purple cracks in front of them are not simply cracks in the ground.
It also has a well-known name.
—Abyssal Rift.
The appearance of the rift is merely one manifestation of it in the material world. In essence, it is a spatial channel connecting the material world and the abyss plane, a bridge for abyssal demons to invade the material world.
As for the Abyss Plane, its full name is the Bottomless Abyss.
It is the plane that represents chaos and evil among all planes. Even the gods do not know how deep the abyss is or how many terrifying demons exist within it.
On the continent of Middle-earth on the planet Bernardo, within the Holden Empire, lies the largest abyssal rift.
To stop the abyssal rift from expanding further and to cleanse the demons descending upon the material world from it.
The Holy Flame Arbiter, this top-tier golem, was originally designed to guard the Abyssal Rift.
Besides the Holy Flame Arbiter, there are more than one legendary powerhouse stationed in the Abyss Rift. It has tied up a large number of the Holden Empire's manpower and resources, and has always been difficult to eradicate, making it a major threat to the Holden Empire.
However, it also allowed the Holden Empire to obtain many abyssal materials that were difficult to obtain in the material world.
The ten-meter-long abyss rift in front of them was insignificant in size compared to those within Holden's territory; any dragon present could easily climb up and completely cover it.
But it should not be underestimated either.
This thing can grow.
It will grow gradually, at a relatively slow pace. However, if one is not careful and allows demons to emerge and wreak havoc, the abyssal aura carried by the demons will greatly erode the surrounding land, causing the fissure to expand and grow rapidly.
Why is there a deep rift here?
Red Iron Dragon wrinkled the skin on his forehead.
Staring intently at the location of the crack, he suddenly realized something.
More than a decade of changes have erased the main traces of his great battle with Chief Bloodhoof back then.
However, dragons have excellent memories. Garros still remembered that this area was the battlefield between himself and Chieftain Bloodhoof, and that the location of the Abyss Rift was the final place of Baal Bloodhoof's death.
He imagined Baal Bloodhoof burning with demonic blood, his demonic flames churning.
It is not difficult to deduce that his death and the appearance of the abyss rift were inextricably linked.
The death of an individual with reverted demonic blood will cause the appearance of an abyssal rift.
There is no clear explanation in the tradition.
There is probably another reason behind this.
However, the specific reasons are unknown, and now is not the time to investigate. The abyss rift in front of us is what we need to pay the most attention to.
"We've been trying to close it, but we haven't been able to."
Iron Dragon Sorog said, "No demons have emerged from it yet, and it's not very large, but it's like a thorn in our side."
The warlocks and shamans of the Eye of Annihilation, including several teenage dragons and the white dragon Therese.
They tried various methods, but none of them could eliminate the crack.
Samantha's fiery breath even increased its length from nine meters to ten meters, like adding fuel to the fire.
There was no way around it; the dragons and monsters present were all more or less tainted with evil. Now that they were gathered near the Abyss Rift, it would be quite a feat if others didn't see them as the culprits who created the Abyss Rift.
"Has Elvie tried it?"
Galos looked at the centaur.
Everyone has their own area of expertise. Elvie possesses the ancestral blood of the Pegasus, which are celestial beings originating from Paradise Mountain and are born with the divine attribute of being able to ward off evil.
Theoretically speaking, she could suppress or even eliminate the Abyss Rift.
"My lord, I have failed your expectations and am unable to deal with the Abyss Rift."
Elvie lowered her head in shame.
She was exceptionally talented. Although she had the blood of an immortal elf, her leveling speed was not slow. Her life level rose from level 9 to level 12 in the past ten years.
However, she is not a purebred Pegasus, and the divine attributes inherent in her ancestral bloodline are currently insufficient to resolve this abyssal rift.
Elvie tried to gather the power of Pegasus to attack the Abyss Rift, which had some effect, but could only suppress its instinctive expansion and could not disperse it.
So far.
Dragon Nest lacks the means to eliminate the Abyss Rift.
"A ten-meter-long rift could not produce any powerful demons, at most low-level demons, which we could easily deal with with our size."
Hong Tielong spoke calmly and unhurriedly.
"Moreover, abyssal materials are quite valuable, and if they can be put to use, it might not be a bad thing."
The appearance of the Abyss Rift was beyond Garus's expectations.
If he had known this would happen, he would have been happy to throw Baal Bloodhoof far away to the border of the Duchy of Raymond, so that the humans who had provoked him would taste the bitter fruit of their troubles.
But what's done is done, and time cannot be turned back.
The key now is how to handle it properly, or even turn it into a resource.
Danger and opportunity often coexist.
The dangers of the Abyss Rift are undeniable, but it can also become a valuable resource point for farming Abyss materials.
Demons are the nightmare of countless creatures, but dragons are not among them, as they never fear demons.
Even in the Abyss Plane, there exist powerful plane dragons like the Abyss Dragon, which feed on demons and are even stronger than the Golden Dragon.
As the leader of Dragon Valley, Garus's composure quickly calmed down his surrounding followers.
"That's true."
Iron Dragon Sorog nodded in agreement: "The Holden Empire has been guarding the giant rift alone, refusing the initiative of other countries to provide assistance. It has obviously benefited a lot from this. If it is controlled properly, this small rift may bring us unexpected gains."
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