Elden: Ring of Calamity

Chapter 218 Take a Walk
"What are you thinking about!" Lani stretched out her slender and white palm in front of Lucia's eyes and shook it suddenly, saying in an unhappy voice.

"I was thinking about things in the Western Region," Lucia smiled apologetically and said, "I'm sorry. I originally planned to go out for a walk, but when I saw you, I couldn't help but think of Beta and the messy things in the academy. No. Be careful of getting distracted.”

"Alas -" Princess Moon looked up at the cloudy night, sighed melancholy, and said, "I can't blame you. The eldest brother has been busy practicing martial arts and military strategy in the past two years, and the second brother deliberately followed Radagan got together and thought about squeezing into the top management of the dynasty every day. In the final analysis, those things are all mine to worry about, but in the end it was you who stood in the front and arranged everything for me."

"By the way, when was the last time Teacher Mugram wrote to you?"

"Last Saturday." Lucia thought for a while and said, "Looking at the time, it's time for another letter in the past two days. I asked him to closely monitor the activities of the Cuckoo Knights in the Lake District. I guess he will get a reply soon. What, you Are you also worried about other actions taken by the academy?"

"No," Lani lowered her head and angrily kicked away a pebble on the road, gritted her teeth and said, "The point is, the last time he sent me a letter was three months ago, and what's even more disgusting is that there was Fully half of the content is about your situation!"

Lucia laughed dumbly and said: "There is no way. Who makes someone's biggest pleasure every day is to stay at home and study magic, and even forget about eating, sleeping and bullying Marlenia? The situation in the West is so chaotic now, he doesn't look for it. Who else could I turn to?”

"Ah ah ah, you are so annoying -" Lani's palms lit up with a blue magical light, and she pretended to chase Lucia, who immediately activated the fourth level of immortal scales and ran away.

The two chased and escaped through the large area of ​​​​the Golden Temple, and did not stop until they came to the rocky wings of Gulan Sanks.

The remains of the former high priest of the Sky Temple are like a giant mountain rising from the ground, entrenched in the center of the Golden Temple. His raised dragon head is facing the Eternal Temple in the distance, but it is exactly smaller than that area. The towering glazed dome is slightly lower, as if silently telling that the era of ancient dragons has passed, and the rising golden order is the new master of the junction.

Lani came to Lucia's side and quietly observed the expression on his profile. She wanted to talk about other topics to prevent him from being upset, but suddenly she heard him exhale softly and said: "Stay with me. Let’s go up and take a look together, okay?”

She nodded quickly, moved a few inches closer, and grabbed his cuff pretending to be unintentional. Unexpectedly, Lucia simply clasped her wrist with her backhand, and gently opened the wrist that was trembling slightly due to nervousness. The palm of your hand interlocked with your fingers to hold it firmly.

Lani felt that she was suddenly stiff from head to toe, and her heart was beating violently. Before she had time to think about it, she was led by him to climb up the rugged bulge above the wings of Gulan Sanks, climbing all the way up. go.

The soft and cool evening breeze in late spring blew against their faces, blowing their silver and dark red hair, like two blazing fires burning silently.Feeling the warmth from her palms, Lani's tight body gradually relaxed at some point, her climbing pace became faster and faster, and a gentle smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.

"Almost there," he said.

They had reached the end of the dragon's body, and then there was the dragon's neck that snaked upwards and the dragon's head that stood proudly at the top. The two of them continued to move forward along the cervical spine until they reached the dragon's horn of Gulan Sanks. Only then did the center stop.

Because this body is so huge, even if they only stand on a small area above their heads, they are as wide as a small courtyard when viewed up close.

Rodel is the highest point of the Yatan Plateau, and the dragon head of Gulan Sanks is the highest point of the entire royal capital outside the Eternal Palace. Standing here, their sights are basically level with the hanging branches and leaves of the golden tree. , even the higher and distant starry sky seems to be close and within reach.

Lani's blue eyes reflected the bright stars in the sky. The silent full moon and black moon were lined up on the left and right. Sometimes there were shooting stars dragging shining tracks across the depths of the blue sky.

"It's so beautiful." She murmured softly.

The two of them sat side by side on the edge of the dragon's head. Lani's free hand gently stroked the rough and cold dragon scales after petrification, and said: "If it weren't for you, probably the whole Rodel would not be able to find the first dragon." Two people dare to sit here - you think the high priest won't blame us, right?"

"No," Lucia shook her head, "The high priest has sustained the 1000 years since the Forbidden War of Fam Azra, and I will take over his responsibility and support the ancient dragon dynasty in the endless years to come. If he could see this, he would be happy for me."

"What's more," he no longer looked at the starry sky above his head, but looked down at the brightly lit golden age below, and said softly, "There is no other ancient dragon in this world who is as lonely as him, right?"

Lani was suddenly startled, and then she could only remain silent.Yes, the Dragon King who sleeps in the gap between time and space has countless people who defend him to the death. The dragon mother Gui'ol who fell on the land of Galed is also surrounded by hundreds of flying dragons. Only Gulan Sanks - this person in the For thousands of years, the high priest of Sky City, who almost single-handedly propped up the ruined Ancient Dragon Dynasty, led an expedition to the Yatan Plateau, and established an equal status for the Dragon Clan in front of the rising Golden Dynasty, is still surrounded by his former mortal enemies. , even the dead body was turned into the cornerstone of the Golden Temple, demonstrating the other party's prosperity.

Under such circumstances, isn't the arrival of the two descendants a long-awaited companionship?
"Some people say that Prince Godwin used the blessing of the magic ring to kill him with a desperate blow," Lucia said slowly, "I used to believe it, but now I don't believe it."

"I can feel the remaining power of law in his body, but including Godwin, I have never seen that kind of power in anyone. Until not long ago-I saw the Elden on the Stone Stage. The beast, perhaps even glimpsed the supreme God who controls the destiny of all of us from a distance across endless time and space."

Lani's face changed slightly and she said, "Do you suspect that the Supreme Will intervened in the internal fighting among the creatures in the border area and killed the High Priest of Gulan through the Beast of Elden?"

"It's not doubt," Lucia said lightly, "it's conviction."

"Whenever the situation changes beyond what the gods have predicted, they will not hesitate to use means other than the chessboard to return everything to a pattern that is more in line with their interests, such as the Battle of Yueshu, the Battle of Nagarjuna, and even Their shadows stand behind the constant wars in Ugmir, the Weeping Peninsula and the North."

"This time, the academy thought it could control the overall situation, and turned the Golden Dynasty, the Kaliya royal family and the demigods into pawns for their use. However, under the turmoil on the surface, they were just casualties caused by the gods. It’s just a silent wave in the undercurrent.”

"What are you going to do when you go to the Western Region this time?" Lani turned her head and looked at him.

"First attend the Magic Conference according to the rules they have set. If nothing goes wrong, even if we do nothing, the Double Wise Faction in the academy will definitely 'help' us cause trouble for the Origin Faction. As for what to do next, we still have to It depends on the situation - but I guess Rhea Lucalia is just our first stop. If it were me and them, if they want to set up such a big situation, they must at least get rid of the Kallia royal family, Seliya and those neutral mages. Will the organization be dragged down together?"

"That's not right." Lani suddenly interrupted.

"What's wrong?"

"The first stop is not Rhea Lucalia, but the Royal Court of Kallia," she clenched her palms slightly and spoke quickly, "First come with me to see my mother. Don't refuse in a hurry. Although she ——”

"Great!"

"Ah" Lani's speech, which she had planned for a long time and secretly trained dozens of times, was suddenly interrupted to cast a spell, and her mind went blank for a moment, "What did you say?"

He seemed to be smiling just now. What happened to that smile that even though it flashed by, it was obvious that he couldn't wait to succeed in his conspiracy?

Lucia coughed twice and said with a normal expression: "I said yes - Kallia has been a solid and reliable ally of the Dragon Clan for hundreds of years. Even if our personal friendship is not considered, in order to maintain bilateral relations, I will first visit the royal court on this trip. Your Majesty Lenora is also my responsibility.”

"Gone?"

"Gone."

"Private, human, friendship, friendship!" Lani took a deep breath and almost squeezed out these words through her teeth. A surging magic light surged through her body involuntarily, and said: "Lucia, don't go. Kalia—"

"Then where am I going?"

"Just go to hell!!!"

(End of this chapter)