Chapter 77 Protagonist: Do you have someone you like?



The wind blew up ripples on the lake. Vivian held her flying golden hair. She saw Xiu in the woods and slightly widened her eyes in surprise, which soon turned into joy. "It's you."

Xiu observed Vivian's expression calmly. Seeing the girl's eyebrows filled with joy, he smiled and walked out of the shadows, greeting Vivian like a long-lost friend: "Long time no see, did your bracelet fall into the lake again?"

The green lake reflected the shadows of the two people. A long time ago, Xiu and Vivian met at the lakeside of the Magic and Martial Arts School. At that time, Xiu helped Vivian find the bracelet that fell into the lake. Thinking of what happened at that time, Vivian also smiled. She stretched out her hand, revealing a string of old chains.

"Thank you for helping me find it. It is a very important memory for me." Vivian stared at Xiu quietly with her beautiful eyes: "Last time, I left without thanking you because of an emergency summons. Thank you, God of Light, for letting me meet you here again."

"Me too, I'm glad to see you again." Xiu smiled and said, "I didn't expect you to come to the tower as well."

Vivian smiled lightly, the corners of her mouth curved like a quiet crescent moon. She had a good impression of the handsome young man with blond hair and blue eyes. Perhaps because they didn't know each other's names, the man would not compliment her because of her status, nor would he deliberately approach her because of her beauty. Whether it was the first time they met or now, they could get along and talk naturally, as harmonious as if they had known each other for a long time.

The two of them were very tacit and did not ask each other's name. Vivian asked Xiu: "How long have you been here?"

"I just came in." Xiu smiled helplessly: "I don't know the situation yet."

"I arrived nine days earlier than you and will be leaving soon. I'll tell you some tips as a thank you for helping me last time." Vivian winked at Xiu: "We are now in the Dragon's Lair. Those lizardmen will keep trying to seize our lair. We must defend it for ten days. After ten days, the Dragon God Io will appear - have you heard of Io?"

"Yes. The Nine-Faced Dragon God Io, he can appear in the form of any dragon."

"Yes, Io can transform into any dragon. He is very powerful, but there is a way to weaken him." Vivian smiled slightly: "There are many lizard nests in the Dragon Cave, and there are also treasures in them. Bring those treasures back to the nest. The more treasures in your nest, the more dragons will be attracted."

"Every time you kill a dragon, you can seal one of Io's dragon forms." Vivian smiled and said, "This way, it won't be too difficult to face Io."

Xiu looked at the ignorant saint, lowered his eyes and smiled. "Thank you, really...thank you very much."

Vivian couldn't help but stare at Xiu's upturned mouth. Both the man's hair and smile were as dazzling as the sun.

"I have a friend who looks a lot like you," Vivian murmured. "He also has brilliant blond hair and is an excellent knight."

Xiu knew that Vivian was talking about the Holy Son Eric, and his eyes darkened.

"If I have the chance, I'd like to meet the friend you mentioned." Xiu's smile remained unchanged. "Do I really look like him?"

Vivian nodded. "I think you two can definitely get along, but..." The saint's beautiful face was a little sad. "I have already lost him - my friend can no longer use martial arts and magic because of using forbidden techniques. One day, he and his partner left the light... us silently."

"I'm sorry," Hugh said.

Vivian shook her head, indicating that Xiu didn't need to apologize. Ye Zi fell from the tree into the lake, watching everything with sarcasm.

"I've been out for a long time, and now I have to go back. You—" Vivian paused, then said, "Do you want to come with me? I'll let my trusted...companion help you."

It's so relaxing to be with this person that she even feels sad to leave him.

"You will help me because what you see now is 'me'."

Vivian looked at Xiu in confusion. The blond young man spoke so softly that he seemed to be talking to himself. Before Vivian could ask, Xiu suddenly asked another question: "Do you have someone you like?"

Vivian's heartbeat quickened. It was the first time she felt such a strange emotion. She was silent for a moment, but still answered, "I believe in the God of Light with all my heart and soul. I don't have any other thoughts."

"...So you will never understand my feelings." Xiu said softly: "Do you know what it feels like to drift on the sea with only a piece of driftwood? Knowing that you can survive with the driftwood, at that time, the driftwood in your arms becomes even more important than your life - it sounds ridiculous, but that's how I feel now."

Vivian stared at Xiu in a daze. The face of the person in front of her was smiling, his mouth was smiling, his eyebrows were smiling, but his eyes were the only ones that did not have a smile at all. The light blue color that was as pure and beautiful as water was filled with a frightening coldness.

"I have someone I like, so I can't stand any threat that might take him away from me."

Although Vivian's necklace sensed the danger and quickly formed a barrier, Xiu's dragon spear easily penetrated the light film and pierced Vivian's chest. Xiu said to Vivian who was close at hand: "I am not like Eric. His admiration for honor, his compassion for the weak, and his justice for the world... I have none of them."

The two people reflected in the lake seemed like a match made in heaven. Although the scene was similar, things and people had already changed. Vivian's eyes widened, and her words were like the hands of an old clock, trembling and walking with great difficulty.

"Alec? You are..."

Xiu smiled, revealing a kind of cruelty that was almost gentle.

"——Evildoer Xiu, I remember you called me that at first."

“…”

Vivian fell to the ground without a sound. Xiu pulled out the dragon spear, but there was no blood on it, and there was no wound on Vivian's chest either - she was not dead, but her time was sealed. Xiu sent the girl, who seemed to be sleeping, into the lake, and watched her being swallowed up by the clear water bit by bit.

If you drift in the water holding onto a piece of driftwood, you will not die immediately even if you lose it. However, the pain of struggling in the water is more terrible than death.

He was afraid of losing Du Ze's future, so he could do anything.

“Clang clang~”

The fire phoenix jumped from Du Ze's left shoulder to his right shoulder, and then from his right shoulder to his left shoulder, as if it couldn't find the place that suited its taste. Du Ze wordlessly pulled the fire phoenix's feathered tail that had almost circled around his neck, trying to pull the silly thing off.

The black dragon raised his head, but it was Xiu who came back. The fire phoenix that had just been on Du Ze gave up its position very honestly. Du Ze found that Xiu's clothes were not messed up much, so it seemed that the previous enemy was not very difficult to deal with.

"I got some information." Xiu sat behind Du Ze and hugged the person in his arms. "Let's go back."

Mor spread his wings and carried Xiu and Du Ze back the same way.

When they arrived at the lair, Duze saw from a distance that Enoch was holding several apple-sized gems and throwing them up and down like a juggler. Seeing them coming back, the idiot waved to them excitedly, and then was almost hit on the head by the falling gems.

"I'm back!" Enoch showed the gem in his hand to Du Ze and Xiu: "Look, what the thief found."

According to Enoch's description, the thief discovered a nest guarded by lizardmen nearby, which was filled with gems and other valuables. He immediately stole a lot of them.

"There are still many, many diamonds." Enoch said excitedly, "How about we go and bring them back?"

"good."

Du Ze didn't expect Xiu to agree to Enoch's proposal, and Xiu smiled at him. After everyone came back, Xiu told everyone his intelligence.

"...Therefore, we must guard the lair within these ten days." Xiu scanned the Dragon's Lair and smiled, "Then fill it with treasures."

People die for wealth, and birds die for food.

During the few days in the Dragon Clan copy, Du Ze deeply understood this supreme truth.

At this time, the number of lizardmen attacking the city had grown from a few to hundreds. The yellow-green creatures rushed over with weapons in one hand and sacks in the other. Their unstoppable momentum, their determination to fight to the death, and their determination to die, all combined into one sentence:

Tycoon, can we be friends?

Cute Lord: Get lost.

Bang! The lizardman running in the front was beaten into a meat pie by the black dragon, and his attempt to hug the dragon's thigh failed.

...It really makes anyone who sees it cry and anyone who hears about it feel heartbroken.

In order to curry favor with the rich, the lizardmen began to use tactics, so they rode on ground dragons - this has to be said to be a huge tragedy.

Lizardman (riding a ground dragon): Tyrant, can we be friends?

Stupid: ...

There was a loud roar. The ground dragon, which was in extreme fear and madness, abandoned its master, trampled half of the war lizards to death, and disappeared in the dust.

...Please observe three minutes of silence.

The lizardmen said with a bloody face that they would not be happy if they did not hug the thighs, and they would not believe this evil. The ground dragons were the lowest level of monsters, and there were always one or two days a month when they were stupid, so this time they chose the two-legged dragons to carry out the air raid.

Trooper (riding a wyvern): Rich man, can we be friends? ~ Dumb and cute: …

Boom! The whole army was wiped out.

...That day, the lizardmen finally remembered the horror of being trampled by a ground dragon and the humiliation of being killed by a stupid creature.

綜上所述,由于某只蠢萌對魔獸奇異的威懾力,守巢的壓力瞬間小了一半,他們能空出更多的人手去搜刮財寶。伊諾克對財寶有一種天生的嗅覺,他總能發現戰蜥人藏寶之地,因此那名可憐的盜賊雖然不用戰鬥,但必須來回奔波尋找巢穴,最後累成狗。相較尋找藏寶地和戰鬥,最花時間的就是将那些財寶搬回巢穴。雷切爾和雷霆小隊需要花上半天的來畫空間傳送陣,單純靠人力的話效率卻不太高。杜澤忍不住去看修,修的龍族形态是擅長空間魔法的銀龍,萌主肯定也早就想到這一點,但他卻依然不選擇轉換形态。

是因為當初在龍島發生的那件事嗎?

“你為什麽、不使用龍族形态?”

聽到杜澤的問話,修的手指劃過杜澤的脖頸。

“龍族形态我難以克制。”修笑着說:“我會忍不住把你藏起來,藏在一個沒有人能發現的地方,然後狠狠享用你。”

萌主的口吻聽起來像是在開玩笑,杜澤卻知道修說得非常認真,于是蠢萌讀者再也不敢和修提起這件事。

巢穴中的財寶以肉眼可見的速度增長起來,杜澤發現這個石窟永遠也填不滿似的,就像是龍族永無止境的欲望。在絕大數傳說中,龍族總是喜歡收集寶物,聚斂起成堆成堆的錢幣。對于龍族而言,財物是永遠也不會夠的,它們喜歡品賞着這些財寶,愉悅地沐浴在財寶所發出的光芒之中。一頁知邱也是這樣設定筆下的龍族:龍族付出了克制,拿走了強韌。它們不會克制自己的欲望,因為它們足夠強大——強大到被侵奪的對象毫無反抗的餘地,強大到沒有人能從它們的巢穴中取回寶物。

就像他們現在一樣。

守護巢穴,并且奪取財寶。

随着寶物的增多,修和杜澤在第二天就迎來了第一只上門的龍族。那是一只白龍,它突然間就從高處俯沖下來,向黑龍噴出了寒冰氣息。杜澤險些就被凍着了,火鳳凰鳴叫一聲,身上流轉的火光像是輕紗般覆蓋在杜澤身上,為他驅除了寒冷。

經過最初的慌亂,衆人很快就鎮定下來,魔族姐妹清掉數只趁機沖擊巢穴的戰蜥人,修騎着黑龍對上了白龍。相較其他龍族,白龍兇猛卻思想簡單,不像其他龍那樣精明,只懂得野蠻沖撞和寒冰吐息。在和莫爾的聯手下,修沒花多少力氣就解決掉了那頭白龍。

白龍死後和戰蜥人一樣消失在空氣中,這是一個開端,他們收攬的財寶越多,越來越多的龍族被吸引而來:會噴毒霧的綠龍,使用音波攻擊的藍寶石龍和翡翠龍,閃閃發光的水晶龍……各式各樣的龍族接踵而至,杜澤等人在第七天的時候遇上一頭銀龍。那場戰鬥他們是最狼狽的,銀龍使用空間魔法将巢穴裏的一半財寶傳送到了外頭,戰蜥人頓時像吃了金坷垃一樣蜂擁而至。雖然最終解決了銀龍,但他們還得将銀龍傳送出來的財寶一點點追回來。

修抹去額間的血,将龍槍猛地刺入空氣中,空無一物的地方泛起淡淡波紋,一頭隐身的紫晶龍暴露了身形。它被修刺中了逆鱗,不甘地倒在了地上,化為虛無消失。伊諾克呼呼地喘着氣,攤在地上大叫:“啊啊啊!這是最後一頭了吧!累死賊爺了……!”

其他人也疲憊地不想搭話。這是他們在龍族副本呆的第十天,所有人都很疲倦。如同杜澤所料,到最後真的是漫山盡是戰蜥人,那些黃綠色的生物并不強,但它們不分晝夜地一味強攻,就像一群無窮無盡的螞蟻,雖然每個人都可以擡腳踩死一片,但他們必須持續不斷地重複擡腳的動作。即使輪流替換,每個人可以休息的時間非常少——他們不僅要消滅那源源不斷的戰蜥人,還得在十天內将所有龍族吸引過來解決掉。所有人的神經都繃得非常緊,越到後面,所積累的壓力越大。

在這裏,所有人只感到累,比前三層加起來還要累。雖然沒有生命威脅,卻感到萬分疲憊。

這時候,原本在外面清理戰蜥人的老約翰跳了進來。

“小主人,所有戰蜥人突然離開了。”

所有人都知道這意味着什麽,杜澤甚至都想哀嚎了:神塔君你高擡貴手,讓萌主休息一下好不好!

此時石窟上方的洞口驀地被封住了,整個洞窟頓時陷入一片昏暗,唯有寶物在閃閃發光。莫爾警覺地揚起頭,他猛地一掃尾,帶刺的尾巴拍打在空氣上,震碎了虛空。

虛空之中,一個白色長發的男子走了出來。即使那人沒有說話也沒有體現出特征,但從對方與索斯相似的氣息可以發現,來者也是一名主神——龍族主神,艾歐。

艾歐落在金幣堆成的小山上,看着他們的目光說不上是贊揚還是責備。

“你們已經殺死了所有龍族,所以我不會用龍形和你們戰鬥。”

簡單的開場白後,龍族主神展開了攻擊。面對自己的主神,莫爾猶豫了一瞬,當即被艾歐欺身而上。修用龍槍攻向跳上龍背的艾歐,然而龍槍這種巨型武器一向用于沖鋒,在近戰中它非常遲緩,攻擊間隔過大,會露出許多破綻。艾歐很輕易地避開了龍槍的尖刺,他舉起彎刀,劈向修的右臂。

修抓着龍槍橫掃向艾歐,艾歐并沒有躲,他已經與修貼身,龍槍錐形的槍身對他來說完全沒有殺傷力。艾歐砍中了修的右臂,此時修的心念一轉,龍槍剎那間變成了魔刀。艾歐的反應極為迅速,在修用魔刀刺入他身體的那一刻立馬抽身後退。因此,他只是被割出一道狹長的傷口,而不是被一刀腰斬。

艾歐捂着流血的腰側,有些驚訝地看着修手中的長刀。

“很不錯的武器。”艾歐說,他瞥了一眼腰腹的傷口,嘆了口氣。“人形太過脆弱了。”

莫爾終于反應過來,他探頭試圖将艾歐從身上咬下來。艾歐避開黑龍的齧咬攻擊,他跳到旁邊一座金山上,忍不住又看了一眼傷口。

狹長的傷口一直在流血,沒有愈合的傾向,反而好像在使勁将身體中的鮮血擠出來似的。

魔刀蒙上一層猩紅的光,輕輕低吟。修的右臂受了傷,他将千變換到左手上。莫爾這次不再遲疑,他載着他的龍騎士,主動攻向了龍神。

艾歐似乎很熟悉龍族的攻擊方式,他可以輕易地躲開黑龍的攻擊。然而艾歐本身的動作卻也帶着細微的不協調,他似乎不擅長一直用人形與他人戰鬥,這是所有龍族的通病。加上一直在流血的傷口,艾歐的動作越來越遲緩,他躲開莫爾的翼擊,在修的長刀從上方砍下來的時候後退避開修的攻擊範圍。

修的魔刀差幾厘米擦過艾歐的鼻尖,在途徑艾歐的胸口時,魔刀轉化成了龍槍,抽長了距離。艾歐有心想躲,卻已力不從心。

“卟嗤——”

龍神的血灑在金幣上,金色和血色交錯,形成了一種妖豔的光色。艾歐瞥了一眼被洞穿的胸口,然後望向黑龍莫爾,他的目光帶着贊許,像是一個長輩看着自己的孩子。

“你的龍騎士非常優秀。”

龍神的話語剛落音,洞窟中的財寶全部碎成粉末,化成一道藍色的光柱。伊諾克看到消失的金銀財寶,發出一聲悲鳴:“留一塊給賊爺做紀念啊,找到這麽多我容易嗎我!”

出口一旦出現,他們所在的地方就開始崩塌。整個石窟搖搖欲墜,修問一點點消失的艾歐:“你知道創世神的消息嗎?”

跑過來的杜澤剛好聽見這句話,艾歐念着“創世神”三個字,那一刻根本無法形容出龍神的神情。

“創世神創造萬物。如果能找到父神,”艾歐的身影漸漸消散,只留下一句嘆息:“也許我的種族就不會這麽悲哀了……”

龍族因繁衍危機而将要陷入絕境,艾歐身為龍族主神,從他的話中可以看出他也在尋找創世神,然而卻失敗了。杜澤想,和索斯所說的情況一樣,難道真的只有光明神和巴爾才知道創世神的消息?

巴爾已經錯過,只能打光明神的主意了。蠢萌讀者開始思考,如何讓那名傲嬌的BOSS開口,這是個問題。

随着艾歐的死亡,石窟奔潰的速度越來越快,衆人連忙通過藍光回到了圓形大廳。杜澤已經養成回來就掃一眼石臺的習慣,在亡靈石像的對面,他找到了最新的龍族石像——一頭巨大的西方龍蹲坐在石臺上,長長的尾巴将自身盤桓,它沒有絲毫特征,看不出它究竟是金屬龍、顏色龍還是水晶龍。

加上之前的魔族、亡靈、人族,現在大廳中的石臺已經被填滿了一半。杜澤很是興奮,他想拉着修的手讓修去看,然而伸出的手卻什麽也沒抓住。

——Just at that moment, his hand passed through Xiu's hand, so transparent that it was almost a phantom.


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