Chapter 429: End of Ancient Dragon Peak
"My lady, Lady Matilda is here."
Following the princess's response, Matilda pushed the door open and saw Selene in the study.
The latter had a tired look on his face and seemed to have dark circles under his eyes, as if he was overworked.
However, after seeing Matilda coming, she still showed joy and invited her to come and sit down.
Adventurers are a group that easily gets carried away with passion, so they naturally need to be appeased in an atmosphere of impending war. The Hasavi team and some other prestigious adventurers were tasked by the palace to appease the adventurers.
So Matilda actually came to the palace to report on matters, and by the way came here to see Selene because she heard that she had been very busy during this period.
There have been two similar visits to Selene, and each time she would say with shining eyes:
"Quick, tell me what's going on outside?"
However, this time, Selene did not say this sentence at the first time.
Matilda felt a little strange, but still told him what had happened recently.
For example, the number of dragon head stones that have recently entered the market has reached eight. Some people are renting out dragon head stones for a fee, but it turns out that this thing has a limit on the number of uses, and it will automatically break when the limit is reached.
Since most of those who can use the dragon head stone to transform are strong masters, people's attitude towards the dragon head has changed from watching and laughing at its curious appearance in the beginning to thinking that the dragon head is very handsome. Some stylists are already designing various dragon horn shapes for those who have transformed into dragon heads.
Furthermore, it has been confirmed that the Nameless King has no reaction to either Yurshika's Holy Bell or the Darkmoon Longbow.
Also, the Ornstein armor that others found on the top of the ancient dragon was as good as new, without any signs of weathering, but it still could not be worn and used as normal equipment.
"In other words, the set I brought back is unique?" Selene looked at the armor hanging on the wall with her eyes curved with smile.
Unexpectedly, the weathered version of Ornstein's armor was actually the exclusive gain of the first group of adventurers who discovered it.
"Also, this is what Fingri said he would give you as a gift."
Matilda took out a delicate device, which looked like a small photo-taking device that could be pinned on clothes. It was only as big as a fingernail, and when it was touched, the color would change according to the surrounding environment.
"This is a magic prop made based on the Image Transmission Stone. Currently, real-time transmission technology is still lacking, so this prop cannot transmit the captured images in real time. Instead, it will be delayed. The specific extension period depends on the magic power injected into it."
She explained how to use it.
"This one I gave you can also take pictures, but its main function is to receive images from other transmission stones."
"Is it so magical?" Selene exclaimed in amazement.
Matilda smiled and said, "Although you can't leave the palace, we will record our adventure and send it to you. Just think of it as a relaxation from your busy schedule."
Selene was touched and couldn't help holding the other person's hands, with tears seeming to sparkle in her eyes.
The Hassawi team really treats her as a friend!
But...
After Matilda left, Selene looked at the transmission device with a somewhat embarrassed expression.
In fact, she traveled back and forth between the palace and the Sen underground city yesterday and the day before yesterday, relying on the Homeward Path and the teleportation necklace, and she had dark circles under her eyes.
"After all, it's everyone's good intentions."
She picked up the transmission device and pressed it on the necklace. The color of the device immediately changed and seemed to blend into the necklace.
That night, in the underground city of Sen.
Selene's figure appeared at the Firelink Shrine, her whole body was tightly covered. As soon as she entered the dungeon, she immediately entered the painting world "Setting out on the Ancient Dragon's Path".
Just like a child who secretly plays computer games while her parents are asleep, she now has to race against time.
The familiar foot of Ancient Dragon Peak, the familiar scene, looking at this place where she had challenged for several days, almost at the moment when Ornstein jumped into the air and left, she embarked on the road to climb up.
The familiar pain of cold and the friction of rocks came over me, but as long as I had a firm goal in mind, the climb did not seem too difficult.
She ran up for several hundred meters before she came to her first pause, because the pain was greatly escalated here.
"Huh, that's still bearable. Let's keep running upwards."
The sound of Ornstein fighting with flying dragons kept coming from the sky. She felt that she might have discovered why the number of dragons on Ancient Dragon Peak decreased later. They might have been killed by Ornstein.
She continued to climb upwards, the pain intensified again. She gritted her teeth and continued.
Ever since she was able to sneak into the dungeon, she has devoted all of her limited time to conquering this painting world. Her progress has been steady, and today is the day she plans to have the final battle.
There are so many adventurers who are much stronger than her challenging this place, why is she the only one who dares to say "decisive battle"?
When you reach the halfway point, the so-called pain is not just the physical pain from the cold and the friction of the rocks, but also the mental test.
As the adventurer climbs, the goal in his mind will turn into a nightmare that constantly attacks his heart, with the effect being almost as bad as the Hell March.
An unsolvable problem is that the adventurers who have challenged this painting world so far have not really taken it seriously. They are not as determined as those seekers who climbed up, which leads to their inability to hold on when they are under mental attacks.
And Selene is an outlier.
The adventurer's goal will turn into a nightmare that attacks the adventurer's heart. What is the princess's goal? To climb up and meet Ornstein.
This resulted in the form of the mental attack she suffered becoming that several Ornsteins surrounded her and looked at her mercilessly with the same contempt as if she were an ant!
The thought of this scene made her excited. No, it made her excited and she continued to climb up!
The higher you climb, the stronger the wind becomes.
"Oh oh, I saw it again!"
Selene saw Ornstein again, and watched him fight with the dragon at close range.
The last time she entered the painting world, she got too close and was hit by the rubble blown off the cliff by the aftermath of the battle, so even though she was excited this time, she didn't dare to get too close.
Ornstein shot the dragon to death on the mountain, and gravel flew everywhere. Selene quickly lowered her head to avoid it.
However, this time, the gravel did not hit her. She raised her head in confusion, only to see the figure of the Lion Knight going away.
“Strange”
Muttering to herself, Selene continued to climb. The closer she got to the top of the mountain, the more unbearable the pressure from all sides became. She had now reached a height she had never been to before, and the occasional strong winds almost blew her frail body away.
But it’s getting closer, the journey’s end is getting closer.
Hope blossomed in her eyes, and at this moment, the bell rang, and endless clouds gathered on the top of the mountain. Could it be that Ornstein rang the bell?
Along with the bell came a bitingly cold wind, much stronger than ever before!
"ah!"
The sudden attack of the strong wind caught Celina off guard. The stone she had been holding tightly suddenly fell off, and her body suddenly fell backwards.
Same time, same place, different characters.
Standing halfway to the top of the ancient dragon, Leon looked up at Ornstein, who was standing tall in front of him, with an expression of doubt on his face.
Only after the other person left did he relax his body, rest on a relatively flat place, and recall the scene just now.
Just now he saw Ornstein fighting with the dragon. After the dragon died, it rolled down the mountain and was about to knock him over.
Then, Ornstein suddenly appeared and blocked the dragon's corpse! ?
It's like saving his life!
Looking at the corpse of the flying dragon in front of him, Leon fell into deep thought.
Perhaps due to his professionalism, he observed the world of painting very carefully.
Every time an adventurer dies, the painting world will not restart. The adventurer needs to start from scratch, and everything will be reset only when he re-enters.
In addition to suffering from all kinds of pain and pressure on the way to climb, there will also be various accidents, such as falling rocks, the aftermath of battles between masters, etc. Each accident is fatal enough when it first occurs.
Leon has repeated this climbing route dozens of times and gradually discovered one thing:
These unexpected events occasionally repeat themselves!
Just like the flying dragon corpse that rolled down just now, he has encountered it for the third time!
This is easy to understand. After all, the painting world only records a story, so there will inevitably be repetitions.
But why did Ornstein help him this time?
The previous two times, he was either hit by the dragon's corpse or escaped by luck, but why was he helped this time?
Leon continued to climb upwards with doubts, and soon reached the section where he began to suffer mental attacks. His expression immediately turned painful.
It seemed that after beating up his father and sister and untying the knot in his heart, he no longer had anything that could be considered an obsession, so he was naturally more distressed when he was subjected to mental attacks.
But at this moment, he saw Ornstein walking steadily in the distance ahead, and the latter suddenly turned around and looked at him.
When their eyes met, Leon suddenly shuddered, as if he understood something.
"So this is similar to Solar's situation?"
Solar, who is in the painting world, will show different attitudes according to the behavior of the adventurers, and will also inherit the attitude towards adventurers in the previous painting world.
And Ornstein here seems to remember the efforts of the adventurers who came to challenge this painting world before!
Leon still remembered that when he first came here, Ornstein didn't even look at him, as if he was a stone on the roadside.
When he fell down because of his weak will, Ornstein would look at him, but his eyes were full of pity and... contempt?
As one of the King's Four Knights, Ornstein naturally would not despise the weak, but what if he faced someone who was not too weak but failed because of his weak will?
It was because Leon felt the other party's gaze that he decided to continue challenging this painting world and left the exploration of the top of the ancient dragon to Malu and the others.
He had been knocked off a cliff by flying debris from Ornstein's battle, blown away by the gusts of air during the battle, and was killed by the corpse of a flying dragon. The setbacks he had experienced were exactly the same as those suffered by Selene.
After failing again and again and challenging again, he finally realized something.
Whether it was the gravel or the gusts of air, they all disappeared at some point in time!
The moment Ornstein blocked the dragon's corpse for him, he realized that the other party seemed to be consciously protecting himself?
No, it can’t be considered protection. A more accurate statement would be to control the impact of one’s own battle so that Leon won’t be affected!
Was it because Ornstein saw how hard he was working that he did this?
This statement might be too narcissistic, but Leon firmly believed it, because when he looked at Ornstein just now, he clearly felt an emotion from under the lion helmet -
encourage!
Ornstein is a dragon hunter, and he is not on the same side as those who seek the power of ancient dragons. However, as a hero, he admires those who have a strong will and repeat the challenge even if they fail.
This is also the demeanor of a hero!
So that's why he's offering a little help to the adventurers?
This was an idea that Leon came up with, but it did give him a boost of motivation. It was an honor for everyone to receive encouragement from a hero.
The immersion is full.
As he continued to climb, Leon suddenly thought of a question.
“If someone works harder than me in this painting world, would Ornstein’s attitude change more?”
The other side.
Selene was about to fall down. The finish line was so close, but failure was inevitable. She closed her eyes helplessly.
But at this moment——
"Bang!"
Suddenly, there was a sound of rocks exploding behind her, and her back hit something, stopping her falling.
Looking back, she couldn't help but open her eyes wide.
Yes, it's the Dragon Hunting Spear! The Dragon Hunting Spear stuck in the ground!
Before she could come to her senses, the Dragon Hunting Spear rose from the ground as if summoned and rushed to the top of the mountain.
"ah"
Selene sat there for a few seconds, her eyes slowly widened, her expression filled with uncontrollable enthusiasm.
"I, I was saved? By Ornstein?"
She was greatly encouraged, and an unprecedented strength suddenly surged in her body. She felt that she was now energetic enough to kill ten Eliphises with one punch!
She ran towards the top of the mountain almost as fast as she could run. She left the cold and the nightmares behind her, with only one thought in her mind: reaching the top!
It was getting closer. The top of the mountain was getting closer. Soon she would be able to -
When her hands tightly grasped the edge of the cliff and her eyes finally fell on the top of the mountain, she saw a scene like a movie.
Above the rolling clouds, two majestic figures are confronting each other.
That is the Nameless King and Ornstein.
The storm dragon circled in the sky, perhaps sensing the tense atmosphere, and it did not make any roars.
The Nameless King and Ornstein stood with guns in hand, staring at each other in silence, as if they had said nothing, yet as if they had said everything.
Is Ornstein questioning why his former comrade-in-arms wants to protect the dragon? Or is the nameless king telling his own reasons?
Selina didn't understand. She only knew that she should shut up and not say anything.
At this time, the two opposing parties moved and they brandished their weapons at the same time!
It seemed as if dozens or hundreds of moves were exchanged in a split second, but in the eyes of Selina, who was not as strong as her, the battle was over in an instant.
"bass--"
Ornstein's dragon-hunting spear flew out of his hand and stuck into the wall in the distance.
There was a long silence, and Selina was sweating nervously. Could it be that the nameless king was going to kill her?
However, it was the opposite of what she thought.
Wuming put away his weapon and turned to leave, and a storm dragon dropped from the sky and stopped beside his friend.
Ornstein seemed to have figured it out and felt relieved, his body no longer tense.
"Bang, bang"
The golden armor was removed piece by piece, and the mist on top of the ancient dragon became thicker and thicker, and Selina could hardly see anything.
In her sight, Ornstein, having let go of everything, turned around and left, gradually disappearing in the fog, and finally disappeared.
"Wait, wait a minute!"
Selene suddenly cried out, her voice full of resentment and regret. She shouted:
“I haven’t seen the face yet!”
The next second, the clouds and mist completely dissipated, the bright sunshine came down, and the huge mountaintop was empty, with nothing left.
Only a golden dot of light remained where Ornstein had stood before.
Selene didn't pay any attention to the light spots and just pounded the ground in regret.
"I missed a great opportunity to see his face!"
At this point, the stories hidden at the top of the ancient dragon have been fully revealed.
At the same time, a new story is about to unfold.
Lake Lienia, in the Skyrim Raiders' camp.
"Are you really going to do this?"
Luluwo said worriedly, "I feel like your leader won't agree so easily."
"Well, I've made up my mind."
The one who spoke was Elsa, she stroked the huge sword in her hand, and the sword skeleton flashed a cold light behind her.
"I am quitting the Light Eagles today."
(End of this chapter)
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