High Above

  Chapter 405 Dining with Dragons (13)

Pinecone wild boars are common beasts in the vast area from the Agate Stone Plain to the Golden Fields. Unlike the more common mud armored wild boars and giant tooth wild boars, they are smaller in size and weak in attack. They only feed on tender grass on weekdays. They feed on plant fungi such as mushrooms and pine cones. Occasionally, they use their fangs to pry open some stones and prey on high-protein worms under the stones.

  Although the ecological niche is extremely low, they are not easy to be preyed on, all because of the layers of strange, pine cone-like armor on the surface of the pinecone wild boar.

  The texture of this raised carapace is very hard, and the edges are quite sharp, it is simply a natural armor of thorns.

  The specialized dense fiber armor of the pine cone wild boar is light, waterproof, and easy to process. Hunters in the southern provinces and even the western provinces like to use the pine cone armor of the pine cone wild boar to make coir raincoats or simple armor.

  The meat of the pinecone wild boar protected by heavy armor is very delicious. It doesn't have a strong earthy smell like the mud armored wild boar, nor does it have a strong ammonia smell like the giant tooth wild boar.

  In contrast to these congeners, the meat of the pinecone boar is quite tasty. Its meat is tough, and people who are not strong enough will evaluate it as "chewing rubber", but if you can taste it carefully, you can taste a little like pine nuts, so it is very popular with hunters and some special eaters.

  It’s like Ian. With his teeth, he naturally doesn’t care how hard and tough the meat of the pinecone wild boar is, it’s just chewy.

   It didn't take long to process the wild boar. Soon, the original roasted rabbit was taken down and replaced with large pieces of pork leg and pork chops.

   "Knight, this rabbit tastes pretty good, but I think it needs to be brushed with a little more sugar water and honey, so that the meat on the surface will be crispy and sweet, with a strong fragrance."

The mysterious red-haired mountain man sat carelessly on a log and cut pieces of meat into thin slices on the stone slab. Although he only held an ordinary meat cleaver in his hand, he swung it so skillfully that the meat slices were sliced ​​into thin slices. Its swiftness is like a magic weapon.

He ate the roasted rabbit just now, so he is helping the boy now: "Also, you probably want to use a slate to barbecue? But your slate is difficult to heat evenly, maybe it will burst suddenly halfway, so it's a waste Food."

   "The rabbit will burn if it is roasted again. There is no way to control the temperature of the campfire in the forest. If you want to taste better, you need professional tools."

  Ian has already stewed the broth. He turned his head and looked at the mountain people: "As for the stone slab, don't you just eat it before it cracks?"

   "By the way, what's your name?"

"Indeed, you're right, just finish eating early." The red-haired mountain man nodded thoughtfully, and then he smiled and answered Ian's question: "You can call me...well, call me Xiou Do you."

   This is an obvious pseudonym, so Ian doesn't care about it. Since the other party intends to continue playing, then he will accompany it.

But I have to say that this Mr. Xiou's knife skills are quite good. The thick and thin slices of fatty meat are dipped in Ian's homemade sweet and spicy sauce, and grilled on a hot slate. It exudes a scent of oil.

   "That's right, this is an immature piglet. It has almost no fishy smell, and it will be suppressed." He ate a piece by himself, and Ian chewed and swallowed it, then nodded and said: "It's ready to eat."

   "This sauce tastes good, sweet and spicy, but not too greasy. I have never eaten this kind of sauce... Did you make it yourself?"

  Xio ate a few pieces of meat, and ordered somewhat reservedly. Of course, he had eaten more and better food, but a novel taste was more interesting to him.

  In other words, he cares more about a novel experience than the "expensive" and "rare" of human beings.

  Next, he tasted the Nanling pickled deer leg processed by Ian, and his eyes lit up.

   There is a lot of fat coming out of the meat that has been simmered in miso soup for a long time, but the tough meat shell that has been fried on the outside locks it in and keeps it at an extremely delicate level.

  Until the piece of meat is put into the mouth and the teeth chew and squeeze it, the delicious and hot soup oil will flow out from everywhere, overflowing the mouth, which is endless aftertaste, and I can't help but have another piece.

   "Not bad, really good! You can still eat such delicious food under such simple conditions."

   But it was also because of eating such delicious food that the mysterious Mr. Xiou became serious. He raised his head and looked seriously at Ian who was also eating seriously.

   After pondering for a while, he said, "Being treated so deliciously, I can't go on so casually."

  Xio looked at Ian who turned his head, and said solemnly: "Please forgive me, knight, I came today uninvited, and I have a question to ask you."

"Excuse me."

  Eating barbecue and drinking broth, Ian put down the bowl in his hand: "If I can, I will answer."

   "Have you ever seen an elf?"

  The red-haired mountain man was straightforward: "He has long green hair, wears a chain with inscriptions on his body, and looks handsome... Well, he is a little worse than you, but he is also the type that can be seen from the crowd at a glance."

   "Thank you for the compliment." Ian turned his head sideways, he looked Xiou up and down, and immediately understood.

  —The dragon of emotion is here to find Anfa?

   Yes, a dragon.

   It can be seen from the dragon blood conversion displayed on the silver chip that he is not illiterate.

Dragons are not uncommon in the continent of Terra. In other words, except for the super-standard monsters such as ancient dragons and real dragons, any kind of monsters may have something to do with dragons—or dragons have something to do with them. It doesn't matter.

There are legends that this is a big hybrid caused by the dragon's lustful nature, but according to Ian's understanding of Terra's creatures, I am afraid it is just a simple artificial super life form and its derivative beasts of the same sequence... There is even a connection with the biological prototype , in short, it has nothing to do with obscenity.

  Dragon has extremely powerful power. As long as the name contains the word dragon, its potential will inevitably reach the third energy level and touch the edge of the "advanced monster".

  In addition, the dragon is also a creature with extremely high intelligence, as is the sub-dragon, and they are even closely intertwined with human society.

For example, in the crystallized blue hole beside the Meditation Sea, there is an ancient crystal dragon king "Golitnir" who is respected by the nations of Terra. He is the overlord of the Meditation Sea and the king of the North Sea. Inside, there are seven huge sea cities, which are like bridges connecting Junling Fort and the sea road opened by St. Grant.

  Every generation of Grand Dukes of Junlingbao will meet with the ancient Dragon King after taking office to exchange agreements for the new generation. The envoys of the empire will also send generous gifts every year to visit the elder in the northern inner sea.

For another example, in the land of the Skyfall wasteland to the east of the Scorching Sun Khanate in the Royal Court of Heaven and the south of the Sea of ​​Falling Stars, there is a death-robbing dragon "Timotel" who established his own kingdom "The Kingdom of the Dead Mountain" '.

In the past, this heavy titanium dragon teamed up with goblins to fight against the terrifying swarms gushing out of the skyfall inner sea, and used himself as a coordinate to lock the mother of the swarms, so that the goblins had the opportunity to destroy the brood—as a result, he lost a hundred of his own. More than 80% of the limbs, even if they are barely saved, they can only move with the body of a mechanical dragon made by a goblin.

This name sounds quite villainous, but in fact he is a kind elder. Most of the citizens under the command of the old dragon are demi-human tribes who have left the royal court of heaven and want to live a stable farming life. There are also some goblins and silver goblins who like to mess around. He is also one of the heads of nations in Terra, and is eligible to participate in the twentieth-yearly United Nations Conference.

Of course, not all dragons are so talkative, and they are so eager to integrate into the society of "little people", especially those sub-dragons who are not intelligent enough, they often raid towns, plunder metals and precious sublimation materials, and become dragons. A local disaster.

Ian didn't know what kind of dragon this Xiou was, but judging from the fact that the other party would use a remote prosthetic body to communicate with him, and that he had quite unique insights and professional tasting of human food, at least He is a communicator.

  So, the boy shook his head: "I don't know."

  Xio's eyes widened. He was still chewing on the barbecue, and looked at Ian with doubts in his eyes. He obviously didn't know why the boy could lie in front of him without any guilt.

   It's still this kind of lie that can be easily exposed!

   "Leave Golden Leaf Town together!"

   Swallowing the meat and not wasting food, Xiou stood up, stretched out his hand and criticized solemnly: "You brought him to Laian City, and you saw each other for the last time—how could you not know?"

   "Yes." Ian nodded with a smile, and turned the barbecue from the slate: "Look, don't you know that too?"

  (end of this chapter)