Drowning in the Gentle Country [Western Fantasy]

In the early morning of the next day, Wilt woke up Sidi, who was still asleep, and told him that he and Iviedo were going to "that place".

In February of the [-]th/[-]th year of the Aiwei calendar, it was the coldest day in Tatari Town in the northwest.Usually at this time, the orchards are usually closed, the pastures are fenced, and the weeds are allowed to grow under the snow, while the townspeople eat the prepared winter grain at home and minimize going out.

What's more, there have been such sad upheavals this year. The Tatari Temple was too late to be rebuilt before the winter, and it was still in ruins; the sacrificed temple priests were all well-loved, famous and good people; Call people sympathy.The townspeople even tacitly canceled various ceremonies before the cold snap, in memory of those who died in the disaster.

Therefore, in the originally lively early morning hours, there were no people on the streets of Tatari Town, and the morning mist was thinly surrounding the air, permeating the bleak and deserted atmosphere.

Wilt walked ahead, heading towards the destination in his heart.Iviedo followed behind, not knowing what to say. As soon as he opened his mouth, he let out a sigh of relief: "This direction...is Lake Tatari?"

Tatari Town is not that big. Except for the residential area, the mountains behind Tatari Lake and Tatari Fruit Forest occupy the largest area. These two places are also adjacent to each other. However, since Wilt mentioned last night, " Shells", he naturally thought it was near Lake Tatari.

Wilt just shook his head, but when he reached Lake Tatari, he deliberately stopped and waited for a while, standing on the thick ice and looking down at the ice layer below—even though he couldn't see anything below.

"Is this the same scene you saw every day when you lived alone on the extreme arctic glacier?" Wilt asked.

Iviedo was standing beside him.The Tatari Lake in the coldest season is far more hollow than the last time I accompanied Sidi. Not only is the ice surface tighter, but the surrounding silence also proves the scarcity of active life. The thick white fog reduces the large area of ​​vision, bringing An experience that feels like being cut off from the world.

"It's not..." Iviedo said, "It's far more terrifying than this."

At the extreme northern end of the continent, at the end of the world, there is no extra feeling except coldness, death and loneliness.There is the rumored abandoned land and the extremely strong magic-forbidden domain. Everything is forbidden or abandoned, even including time. The speed of the loss of divine power is like being infected by frost, and it gradually becomes slow. This is why he chose to live alone there. one of the reasons.It is not only the divine power that is slowed down, but the power of the elements is also extremely difficult to gather. The water element is crushed to death by the heavy ice layer. Even in the hands of the most powerful ice mage, the ice element seems to lose the body of the soul, and it is difficult to respond to his call.

There is no life, no human voice, and the imprisonment of divine power even reduces his ability to perceive most of the outside world.Walking on the ice every day, let the biting wind and frost scratch the bare skin, as the only means of memory survival.For a long period of time, the barren and empty glacier could even make him forget his past as an envoy of the Harvest God.

...It wasn't until later that things changed a bit.The ships of Viking pirates landed on the nearby glaciers and brought some fish and shellfish of a single species that could survive in the extreme cold; the Naga Siren, who was expelled during the ethnic struggle, traveled long distances to settle in the Northland.He was vigilant and relieved not to disturb each other with his neighbors, and occasionally heard news from them that had been circulated for a long time on the distant continent.

And compared to that lonely and cold, the scene in front of me can even be said to be insignificant. At least around Lake Tatari, you can still see the green mountains and the fish and shrimps at the bottom. No matter what, you will not lose yourself. Feel.

Wilt stood silently for a while, still looking down at the thick ice, as if there was something important under the water, before saying, "Let's go."

He continued to lead and walked into the green mountains.Because it has not been developed, there are many tangled branches and dead grass in the mountain, and it is difficult to distinguish the direction. Although the overall mountain forest area is not large, if people who are not familiar with it walk in, they will definitely get lost for a while.

But this is easy for Wilt. Like Sidi, he has long regarded this place as his "territory", but the young dragon Sidi is still in a state of excitement to patrol the territory every day, and Wilt This habit is gone.

He did not hesitate at every turn and every lane change. The more Iviedo followed, the more familiar the surrounding scenery became.

——Sidi's "nest".

Maybe it was Wilt's too.He came once in search of the lost Sidi, was brought by Sidi once, and was brought once by the boy Wilt in Lisa's dream.

Counting this time is already the fourth time.

In a sense, it can be said that they are terribly attached to this place.

The cave was actually very deep and dark. Wilt snapped his fingers and cast the Holy Light spell to make the scene inside a little clearer.All of a sudden, Sidi's toys and leftover tatari fruits came into view—the sales of tatari fruits that have been hoarded for many years are good, but the amount of tribute to "Master Dragon" Sidi will definitely not be small—but he He has no interest in those things, and walks toward the depths of the lair with all his heart.

Iviedo followed cautiously.Although he has been here three times, he left in a hurry every time, and Wilt never disclosed the things kept in the depths of the lair. He knew that it was not just jewelry and diamonds.

Because in Lisa's dream world, the young Wilt once put Sidi's dragon eggs and the pile of jewels together, and he revealed that Sidi was "picked up" in Tatari Town, but they clearly both It's the Amethyst Dragon, plus his very familiar attitude towards the Amethyst Dragon from the Dragon Realm... Ivydo is sure that this is not a coincidence.

The depth of the cave is winding, twists and turns, and bottomless. Ivydo is not surprised. Fiore's lair is even more exaggerated than this, not to mention that the Amethyst Dragon is still a dragon species that is keen on the earth element.But what he didn't expect was that the cave was even connected to an open-air crypt. The deeper you went, the lower the foundation, and the dense rock on the top of the forehead became thinner and narrower layer by layer. At the end, there was even a few gleams of light. Refracted from the crevices of the rock formations.

At this time, Wilt finally stopped, indicating that he had reached his destination.

Iviedo's eyes widened in shock.In the depths of the cave, on the open-air but low terrain, there is a pool of clear spring that has not yet frozen.The spring water is greenish and bottomless, but still very clear. There are fish and shellfish special in Tatari Lake in it—this proves that the clear spring is not caused by stagnant water, but is related to the ice of Tatari Lake. The existence of connected waters under the layer!

But this is not the root cause of Iviedo's unbelievable expression. The real source lies in a huge skeleton piled up next to the living spring, and countless shiny amethyst fragments around it.

"This... this is..." Ivydo murmured, "Keel?"

"As you can see, this is my mother's keel."

"Mother?" Ivedo repeated, "Is that the amethyst dragon from the Dragon Realm?"

"Yes, neutral referee Tattaglia. In order to witness the result of the duel between the red dragon Fiori and the golden dragon Androne, he brought them from the Dragon Realm to this plane, but for some reason, his power declined and he couldn't go back. " Wilt said calmly, he lightly touched the fragments of amethyst scattered on the ground, and from the specific fragments, scattered memories of Tattaglia emerged, "I call this thing the amethyst reflection, She just used the memories stored in these fragments to tell me some important things. For example, the reason why I found out that I was the only dragon on the mainland after I broke the shell... or teach me some basic knowledge about being a dragon..."

As he spoke slowly, the God of War Spear gradually gathered in the palm of his hand out of thin air. It was an indestructible sharpness—also made of amethyst—and even cracked the shattered amethyst on his back.

"It's also my mother's amethyst," Wilt said.

"...Why did you tell me this?" Iviedo felt his breathing was stagnant, and he stared blankly at the amethyst fragments all over the floor, and the really huge keel—far bigger than the dracolich. Fiore's forged metal skeleton came as a shock—suddenly, she was stunned, "Fiore has survived until now after being sealed, how could she..."

"Because I want to tell you everything I know." Wilt said, he took Iviedo's hand, hesitated a little, and pressed it to one of the amethyst fragments.

Iviedo didn't struggle, and in the blink of an eye, the surrounding scene had left the open-air cave and turned into ruins.

Ruins destroyed by the strife between Fiori and Androne—

Fiori and Androne are still seriously injured, she just gave birth to a dragon egg, she is extremely weak, but no edible wheat stalks can grow in the ruined barren fields, homeless people face the ruins Weeping bitterly, one after another, they chanted the names of gods who had abandoned their faith for many years, but the gods never responded.

She painfully reflected on herself in this desperate cry: Before the plane transfer, she had peeked at the barren plane suitable for the duel between the two strongest dragon clans, but she did not confirm again before the official transfer—and this original There is life in the barren plane!When she finally found out, it was too late to regret; she failed to stop the fight between Fiore and Androne, and had to stop the fight until they were both injured; she was clearly pregnant and knew that the fetus would absorb the mother's magic power , but confidently believes that this will not affect her casting space spells.

Everything has caused this tragedy, but it is these civilians who have lost their land who are injured.

Since she couldn't go back to the Dragon Realm, Tataglia suddenly looked away. The only thing she couldn't let go of was her children who were still in the dragon's egg. She frozen them at the bottom of the lake, hoping that they would survive this time when humans hate dragons. born.

Next, she wants to—

"Have you heard of 'Whale Fall'?" Wilt asked, who was fused with Tataglia's memories, and Iviedo shook his head.

In the image of Amethyst, Tataglia lay down on the ground and closed her eyes permanently.

Her flesh and blood merged into the barren land of Tatari Town, and her powerful vitality nourished and bred the entire soil, restoring it to fertile soil resources. The vegetation in the forest also grew, tall trees hung crowns, thin branches sprouted, purple Its blood soaked the fruit forests, and its fruits have become the most useful purple dye ever since.

The dragon died in Tatari Town, and the keel was hidden deep in the mountains, but it gave Tatari Town vitality for thousands of years.

"Is that... why you don't want too many people coming to Tatari Town?" Ivydo asked softly, but suddenly his back was soaked by a thought of his own.

——If Tatari Town no longer exists, what will he do?