Elden: Ring of Calamity

Chapter 34 Dragon Blood Inheritance
The next day, Lucia, who had a night's rest, felt that she had adjusted her mental state to the best level.

He entrusted all external affairs to Lance Shanks, and threw the little fox to Marenia who came to play, and then he went straight into a quiet room used for meditation and practice in the Valyrian palace. Close your eyes, meditate, and enter the battlefield of memory.

The moment his mind fell silent, the vast starry sky replaced the darkness in front of him like a spreading scroll. From the moment he entered this space, the sense of power to control everything returned to him again.

Lucia sat cross-legged under the shattered starry sky. This time, he did not summon his old friend Samuel, but completely sank his mind into the depths of his soul, letting the tide-like spiritual power spread to the deepest seal and go.

At this moment, he seemed to be walking in an illusion woven by the flowing light. There was a long, endless road under his feet. On both sides of the road was a large piece of chaotic and barren void, and strange images and phantoms could be seen flying past everywhere—— Among them are the experiences that have actually happened since he traveled, and more are some unheard and unseen scenes——

The white dragon gliding across the sky like a shadow, the red giant roaring on the snowy field, and the meteor shower dragging the colorful tail flames through the long night. He seems to be standing at the origin of the beginning of life, witnessing the evolution of countless races and civilizations since ancient times. Birth and fall, prosperity and death.

Lucia seemed to have walked for a long, long time, and it seemed that it was only for a moment. Suddenly, he stopped, and all the illusions in front of him dissipated, and a huge bronze gate piercing the sky and the earth appeared at the end of his vision.

Legend has it that in the distant ancient times, the ancient dragons first mastered the skills of casting and smelting. They used bronze to forge the first weapons, drove the giants with the same mighty power to the vast snowfield, and led countless races who surrendered to them in Fengzhuo In the center of the rich junction, the first fire of wisdom was ignited, which was the beginning of the era of ancient civilization.

In fact, as early as in Sky City, Lucia, who was salivating over her two legendary abilities, tried to enter the depths of the soul and explore the mysteries contained in the inheritance.But often before he reached the bronze gate, he was lost in those endless illusions, and the closest he got was only a glimpse of the outline of the giant gate from a distance.

Unexpectedly, with the help of the power of remembering the battlefield this time, he would walk here without hesitation. Lucia couldn't help being quite excited. He took a deep breath, tried to calm himself down, and then strode towards the giant gate.

Because the bronze door was too huge, when Lucia saw it, they were still far away from each other.He walked for a long time before arriving in front of the door. At this position, the shape of the "door" could no longer be distinguished. In his field of vision, there was only a mottled ancient bronze wall extending endlessly towards the surrounding fields.

With slightly trembling palms caressing the cold and rough bronze surface, Lucia immediately felt a resonance from the depths of his blood. At this moment, he was absolutely certain that the knowledge and power engraved in his soul were hidden in this path. After sealing.

Every pure-blooded ancient dragon hides such a bronze door deep in the soul, but the strength of the seal and the inheritance content behind it will vary depending on the identity of the ancient dragon.The ancient dragon royal family with the name of Shanks has stronger bloodlines and potential, and at the same time shoulders the mission of leading and protecting the dragon clan in the new era. Therefore, the power they have inherited far exceeds that of their peers, and they must also face countless stronger than ordinary ancient dragons. Double the seal.

The meaning of the seal is not to limit, but to protect.Because vast knowledge inevitably requires a huge carrier, even an ancient dragon with natural power can hardly bear the pressure of dragon blood inheritance before it has fully grown up. If there is no memory battlefield, even if Lucia breaks the seal by chance, his The soul will also be instantly overwhelmed by the vast knowledge!

"Now, let me see what kind of strength my father and mother have left for me." He said softly.

Lucia bowed slightly, and put his hands on the bronze door. The silver-white scales shining like pyroxene covered his body in the changing light, and the slowly stretching muscle lines were full of the beauty of power!
He gritted his teeth and exerted his strength suddenly. The mighty power of mountains and seas instantly filled his body. The spiritual power from the battlefield of memory was realized in his soul, like a huge wave overwhelming the closed bronze gate in front of him. Sweep away!

Suddenly, there was an earth-shattering roar, just like mountains and rivers splitting and rivers flowing backwards!

In the center of the two closed doors, a ray of extremely bright light suddenly lit up, as if an extremely sublimated sword light split the chaotic world in the middle!
Lucia heard countless roars of giant dragons ringing in his ears. The moment he stepped into the bronze gate, he seemed to have passed through the fog of a thousand years of history, stepped over the tragic and mysterious taboo battle, and reached the ancient dragon clan The glorious and prosperous ancient era.

Beyond the giant gate is a vast world.

He seemed to be standing on a very high sea of ​​clouds, but here, he didn't see the giant golden tree that almost covered the whole world, as far as he could see, there was only a broken golden-red tree stump growing crookedly In the middle of the earth.

The tree stump also had a huge mountain-like shape, but it was broken and cracked from the center, exposing countless seeds of various shapes in the heart of the tree.The golden-red leaves grew on the surface of the tattered stump, and then drifted around with the wind, enveloping the seeds in all directions like wings.

Suddenly, Lucia caught a glimpse of several animals running past together. When she looked closely, she saw that the animals also looked different—one had a lion's head, but a pair of wings grew on its back. One is shaped like a lizard, but it has a feathered bird tail behind it, and the other is clearly a bird, but it swings its wings very naturally, swimming freely in the air like a fish!
"Hybrid creatures?" Lucia opened her eyes wide - but why are these creatures so different from the current hybrids? It's like putting together various animal organs indiscriminately!
Could it be that this is the earliest hybrid creature?Is this what the sentient beings in the borderland have just differentiated from the melting pot of life?
If so, what about the hybrids who were supposedly punished for touching the furnace and treated as slaves and defilers from birth?
Is it a scum that is not tolerated by the gods, or is it a kinship that basically comes from the same place as human beings?

A gust of wind suddenly passed over his head, and he suddenly raised his head, only to see several dark and blurred dragon shadows flying away.

His eyes chased after Long Ying, extending into the chaotic sea of ​​clouds, and suddenly, he froze there.

Countless rays of bright starlight wove two vast nebulae above the sea of ​​clouds. Suddenly, Lucia saw the whole picture of the nebula—it was a dragon, an ancient dragon with two ends made of nebula!
The head on the left is a hybrid creature just born from the furnace. Its body is as dark as night, flowing with mighty power like Cangshan Mountain. The broad and boundless wings are like dark clouds that cover the sky and earth when a thunderstorm is about to come. He raised five dragon heads, Shout out to the world!

The one on the right is almost exactly the same as the current ancient dragon—no, or it should be said that she is more perfect than any ancient dragon Lucia has ever seen.The silver-white stone scales outline the elegant streamlines of the dragon's body, the four outstretched wings reflect the brilliance of stars, and the ice-blue eyes quietly watch everything, containing endless wisdom and gentleness.

"Father. Mother?"

His mumbling to himself drifted into the sea of ​​clouds, and countless rays of light suddenly lit up in the phantom nebula of Platon Sanks and Helares!
The colorful brilliance interweaves into complex and deep lines on their dragon bodies, and further connects them into ancient and austere runes. In the next second, thousands of runes form a sea of ​​light, and the vast knowledge is guided by spiritual power. Hundreds of rivers poured into his memory like returning to the sea!
After an unknown amount of time, the turbulent tide in the depths of his soul finally calmed down.

Lucia slowly opened his eyes, he was still in the battlefield of memory, but the starry sky above his head had unknowingly changed, the nebula representing the Dragon King and the Dragon God floated in the sky higher than all the stars deep.

(End of this chapter)