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Chapter 144: New Dragon
2023-09-01
"Boom!" The dazzling red thunder descended from the cirrus clouds and became the only light in the dark woods.
Red thunder is unique to the ancient dragon clan. The ability to use red dragon thunder is even more authoritative in distinguishing ancient dragons from flying dragons than simply distinguishing them from their appearance.
"Ang——" Lance Shanks let out a long and grand dragon roar, and the manifestation of his dragon body made her feel extremely comfortable.
The powerful dragon tail behind her began to shake involuntarily. The huge tail covered with pure white dragon scales swept through the forest, and no matter how thick the trees were, they were all snapped like reeds in a storm.
"Quiet down! It's too noisy!" Ember pulled Ying and Paimon, who had turned into statues, to Lance Shanks and tapped her front paws.
"Zizi!" The dragon thunder covering Lance Shanks' body spread to Yujin, giving him a shock.
"And please hold back your dragon thunder. You have to release thunder even when you transform. I don't understand you dragons."
Yu Jin said as he looked at Lance Shanks, whose body was covered with red lightning snakes.
"Transformation also requires atmosphere!" Lance Shanks argued. It would be so cheap to directly transform from a human into a dragon.
However, although she said so, she still obediently took back the dragon thunder that spread from the sky and around her body.
At this time, Ying and Paimon could see the appearance of this alien dragon through the golden light on Lance Shanks' wings.
Rock-like white dragon scales were arranged in rows on her body; the four wings behind her were faintly flickering with golden light, whether it was reflecting the setting sun or because it contained some kind of power.
There was still heart-pounding thunder on its huge dragon horns, and the dragon head looking down brought tremendous pressure to Ying and Paimon.
If Tevarin was like a wind elf walking out of fantasy, then the Lance Shanks in front of him was more like a beast, a beast called "dragon".
She had none of Tevarin's feathers, which fluttered in the wind, for her enemies would notice her softness more than anyone else—only her rock-hard scales could keep her alive in the battles of the Borderlands.
Lance Sanx exhaled lightly, and the pungent smell that filled the air made Ying and Paimon cough a few times.
It was the smell of scorched smoke mixed with sulfur. The raging fire in her belly was a weapon more powerful than the dragon's claws.
Her twisted and sharp dragon horns are both the source of dragon thunder and a sharp blade.
When the fire dies down and the dragon thunder stops leaping, it can also tear the enemy apart with Lance Shanks' mouth full of sharp teeth and his dragon claws flashing with cold light.
There is no room for any fantasy in Lance Shanks's body. All of his structures are designed to make him stronger. When they are gathered together, they form a creature called "dragon".
Therefore, when Lance Shanks leaned over and stared at Ying and Paimon, they both felt a huge pressure without exception.
Ying swallowed slightly without noticing. When she first met Tevarin, he also gave her a lot of pressure, but that was purely a pressure of strength. If a human or an ant had that kind of power, it would be the same feeling.
But the dragon in front of him named Lance Shanks was different. Although her aura had been restrained a lot, the pressure she brought to Ying was no less than that of Twarin.
Moreover, this pressure is more like the pressure that organisms feel when they encounter natural enemies.
So profound that it is hard to forget.
But soon, the pressure dissipated like a breeze. Lance Sanx slightly raised his dragon claws, and a dragon voice that could not be distinguished between male and female came:
"The king's friend? That's my friend too, Lance Shanks, what about you?"
Ying looked at the dragon finger in front of her that was the same size as herself. The sharp claws on it were shining coldly, which made people feel intimidated.
"Ying, I'm even more happy to meet you. Lance Shanks." Ying stretched out a hand and squeezed the end of the dragon claw.
Smooth and cold, like cast iron.
Ying stroked her retracted hand. She had thought that Lance Shanks's dragon claws would be rough and full of grooves, but she didn't expect it to be smooth, cool, and quite comfortable.
"Hello... my name is Paimon, and I have a good relationship with him!" Paimon also imitated Ying, touched Lance Shanks's paw, then ran to Yu Jin, patted his chest and said loudly.
"Hey! Say yes!" Paimon saw Lance Shanks's dragon eyes protected by his high brows looking at him, and immediately floated to Yujin's side and whispered.
"Okay, okay, we have the best relationship!" Yu Jin pushed Paimeng into Ying's arms and said perfunctorily.
"The king has ordered my subordinates to reveal their dragon form. What is his command?" Lance Shanks spoke in a very literary way.
This left Yu Jin with a lot of questions in his mind. Could it be that the mother dragon's temperament would drastically change for a few days every month?
"Did you take the wrong medicine? You sound so pretentious." Yu Jin looked up at Lance Shanks. Could it be that he ate something here and some strange changes occurred?
"Didn't you say you were attracted by my identity as the high priest? I remember that's what a priest is like? Are you still not satisfied?" Lance Shanks stood on his hind legs and spread out his front paws like a human.
This shocked Ying and Paimeng again. Shouldn't a dragon stand on four legs? Standing on two legs like a human was really amazing to them.
If Lance Sanx knew what Ying and Paimon were thinking, he would definitely laugh at them for their lack of knowledge. Not only can she stand on two feet, but she can also wield a knife!
Back then, she chopped from the south gate of the royal city to the north gate with a thunder knife in each hand, and she was standing the whole time!
"You are superior to the high priest, understand?" Yu Jin jumped up and nodded Lance Shanks's head, then climbed onto her head and continued: "Take Ying and Paimon with you, let's go back to Mondstadt!"
"No problem!" Lance Shanks said, then he lay down and said to Ying and Paimon, "If you can't jump that high, you can climb up through the gaps between the scales."
"Yeah." Ying nodded, but she was not that weak. She exerted force with her legs and jumped onto Lance Shanks' back.
Likewise, Paimon didn't need to, because she could fly, although she was short and slow.
Lance Shanks saw that everyone was ready, so he stood up and shouted loudly: "Everyone, please hold on to the gaps in the dragon scales. Let's set off--"
"Boom, boom, boom" a huge howling sound of wind was heard. Even the largest bellows could not produce such a loud sound of wind.
Dragons have rock-like scales, and naturally they are as thick as rocks. To be able to allow such a huge creature to fly without relying on external objects, one can imagine how strong the dragon's wings must be.
The last ray of light in the sky also disappeared. In the darkness, Lance Shanks's dragon horn began to glow red, illuminating the three people on her back.
"Wow! This is a scenery I have never seen before!" Ying grasped the gap between the dragon scales tightly and looked down.
She saw a scene she had never seen before. The earth was in silence and darkness, but in this endless darkness, there were scattered lights, making the darkness no longer lonely.
"This is one of the meanings of traveling." Ember stood on Lance Shanks's back, feeling the whistling wind passing by.
The light in the distance was no longer a point, but a patch. That was the location of Mondstadt.
"Senior, why does Lance Shanks call you king?" Ying glanced at Yu Jin who had his arms outstretched and asked curiously.
"Because the king opens up the future and brings hope." Lance Shanks mentioned with a smile.
"Because they are old and their mindset hasn't changed." Yu Jin stopped standing and sat on the ground.
The borderland no longer needs a king. After eliminating the interference of the Supreme Will, the one-god-one-king and two-finger system that has been in operation for a long time in the borderland are outdated.
As for why people still call Ember the King, it’s probably because they have a place for Ember in their hearts, but they don’t know where to put him.
Chapter 145: Calf Horse, Torret
2023-09-01
"Hey, Lawrence, why are there two red flashes in the sky?" Swan rubbed his eyes and looked up at the sky.
As Mond's first barrier, he and Lawrence should eliminate all possible hidden dangers!
In fact, it means guarding the gate all year round, and this job does not change throughout the year.
"Hmm..., maybe the Hilliard holding the torch was blown away by the fire slime?" Lawrence looked at the flash of light flying in the sky and said uncertainly.
But this is more like a joke. In Teyvat, there are very few flying monsters. In Mondstadt, there is not even one.
So Lawrence and Swann didn't take the red light seriously. It must be another strange atmospheric phenomenon.
"Look, the red light has disappeared." Lawrence looked at the sky. Apart from the stars and the bright moon, there was no other light.
Swan didn't say anything. He looked at the place where the red light just disappeared. It seemed to be in Mond City?
……
"Ah - I'm going to fall to death!" Paimon flew in the air, holding Ying's head tightly with both hands, and tried to lift it up.
But obviously, her efforts were useless. Ying continued to fall.
"Paimon, have you forgotten something?" Ying, who was falling, was not panicked at all, but asked Paimon instead.
"What--" Paimon came back to his senses. He was too focused just now and didn't hear clearly what Ying said.
"I have wings of wind! Idiot!" Ying shouted with a smile, then spread her wings of wind and slowly floated down.
"Ah?" Paimon looked at the wind wings that were puffing up behind Ying, a little stunned. Yes, Ying obviously used the wind wings often when adventuring, why did he forget it?
It must be because I have been with the embers for too long!
Paimon naturally attributed the source to the embers that were also floating not far away, without thinking about her own problem at all.
"Senior, see you in a few days!" Ying looked down at Mond from the air and quickly found her residence.
She twisted her waist slightly and her body floated towards her residence.
"Goodbye!" Yu Jin also waved to Ying and said goodbye.
Then he looked at Lance Shanks, who had transformed into a half-man, half-beast, and said, "Come on, I'll show you where I live in this city. If nothing goes wrong, it will also be your next residence."
"Oh? Then I'll have to take a good look. I'm very interested in the king's taste." Lance Shanks flapped the shrunken dragon wings behind him, curiosity revealed in his golden vertical eyes.
Yu Jin paused after hearing what Lance Shanks said. He thought of the few people who came to his house before, and it seemed that none of them gave him a good review.
"Let me warn you first, you will be disappointed." Yu Jin turned around and prepared Lance Shanks to prevent her from being too shocked later.
There were no watchtowers in Mondstadt, nor were there searchlights like the ones in Solstice, so naturally they could not detect Ember and Lance Shanks flying down from the sky.
Landing precisely in the yard, Yu Jin led Lance Shanks, who had folded his dragon wings and left only a pair of dragon horns, into the house.
As Yu Jin expected, Lance Shanks fell into silence when he saw the minimalist decoration.
After a long while, she finally said, "King, if we don't have money, we can tear off some of my dragon scales."
The scales of the ancient dragons are all fine forging stones after being polished. Even if the world is different, this "hard currency" should be able to sell for a good price.
"I still have some money." Yu Jin said as he took out a bag of golden Mora.
"That's just a lack of taste?" Lance Shanks complained. She had secretly made up her mind to decorate Ember's house!
"What is taste? Is it edible?" Yu Jin smacked his lips and said nonchalantly.
Lance Shanks covered her face after hearing this. It was a very unique speech. But soon she didn't care about these things because she had more important things to do.
Lance Sanx approached the embers, stretched out his hand, and in the center of his palm was a gilded ring.
Spirit Horse Whistle - A golden ring that emits a soft glow and can be used as a whistle.
Can summon the spirit horse Torret and move on horseback. If used while riding a horse, it will dismount.
"Swish--" Lance Shanks suddenly saw a dazzling light suddenly emanating from the gap in Ember's helmet.