Chapter 360, a Small Test of Skill

Speaking of the Longbeard War, it is the history of the rise and fall of the three forces of elves, dwarves, and chaos before the rise of human beings. It is not clear in tens of thousands of words. Here is a brief summary.

After the first Phoenix King Alario and his friend Caledor the Dragon Trainer established the maelstrom, he single-handedly killed four great Chaos Demons and was seriously injured. Alario inserted the Kane sword back into the Kane sword altar After dying, the dragon trainer was trapped in the maelstrom forever, and the world finally ushered in peace.

After Alario's death, fearing the curse left by Kane, the elven council did not choose Alario's son Malekith as the new Phoenix King, but chose the "explorer" Beo-Shan Gnar, the reign of Beo-Shannar was the heyday of the elves empire. The high elves and dwarves formed an alliance, destroyed all the troops left by Chaos in the world, and opened the great and glorious gold that is still remembered by elves. era.

It's a pity that this era is not long (hundreds of years). As Malekith poisoned Phoenix King Beo-Shanar and launched a rebellion, the high elves fell into civil war and split the dark elves. The golden age ended. The high elves and The dark elves started a history of thousands of years of civil war.

Hundreds of years later, the dark elves sent a small team to deliberately attack the caravan of the dwarves, causing heavy losses to the dwarves. At that time, the supreme king of the dwarves, Gotrek-Broken Star, did not know about the split of the elves. The Patience of the Earth requires the high elves to pay twice the value for damages, apologize and punish the perpetrators. The Phoenix King at that time was Caledor II. The Phoenix King was arrogant and stupid. , So he ordered his men to shave the beard of the dwarf envoy.

Losing a beard is a terrible disgrace to the dwarves. The War of Longbeard broke out. The end of the war was that Caledor II died in battle, the Phoenix King's crown was taken away, and the alliance of order was broken. After that, the high elves were busy fighting with the dark The elves waged never-ending civil wars, while the dwarves' mountain kingdoms fell to the greenskins, and humans began to rise in the Old World...

"You humans' writing always records that the dark elves split after the elves retreated from the old world, but in fact the high elves split before the Longbeard War." Teclis said calmly: "The dragon tamer family It is a pity that the last bloodline died here, and the method of how to train the dragon was lost."

"But I remember that the high elves still have a dragon prince who rides a dragon?" Ryan said doubtfully.

The dragon is an extremely powerful creature. Before the ancient sage came to this world, the dragon was the ruling race of this world. After the ancient sage came, in order to make this planet more suitable for the creatures he created, the ancient sage directly changed the orbit of the planet.

The climate became colder and became more unsuitable for dragons to survive. Since then, most dragons have entered the nearby mountains or underground caves to dormant. There are a large number of dragons inhabiting the volcanoes of Caledon Kingdom. It is said that the number is extremely large. .

"It's different. Before the dragon trainer family became extinct, the dragon princes were 'training the dragon'. After the dragon trainer's family became extinct, the dragon princes were 'inviting the dragon'." Teclis explained: Therefore, the dragon princes can only try to make friends with the dragon. To wake up the sleeping dragon, the dragon princes have to sing a "dragon song". Only when you feel pleasant in the dream can you wake up the dragon and become your partner."

"That's it." Ryan nodded in understanding: "Indeed, I know that there is a dragon in the Royal Zoo in Brunswick, the capital of the empire, but most of them are sleeping and will only be awakened by the empire in the most critical time."

"Speaking of this, there seem to be very few dragons in the Old World?" Teclis asked casually, "It stands to reason that there should be a lot of sleeping giant dragons in the Old World, but I rarely see giant dragons..."

"They were all slaughtered." Ryan said calmly.

"Slaughtered?"

"That's right, it was slaughtered. In Britannia, dragon slaughter is not a rare thing." Ryan complained: "The current knights of the Holy Grail Knights,

During the Holy Grail Expedition, there were more than 20 people who had slaughtered giant dragons, of course including sub-dragons and wyverns. There were fewer real dragons, but there were also many Holy Grail knights who had slaughtered real dragons in history. "

Yes, the country of Brittania has been famous for its dragon slaying since its founding. The founding knight king Arthur, his son Lewis, and his direct descendant, Duke Berhemond of Bastogne, have also slaughtered many Holy Grail knights. They all slayed dragons during the Holy Grail expedition, because slaying dragons is a way for the fairies in the lake to quickly notice the knights.

Whenever they hear the news of a giant dragon, the expeditionary knights will try to gain the lady's approval by slaying the dragon, and this method... is indeed quite effective. Even if the dragon slayer cannot become the Holy Grail Knight, he will become the hero of the kingdom .

"My God! There's a dragon! Go tell the Bretons!"

—Imperial Proverb

"Pfft, Ryan, why didn't you show the head-slaying dragon to the lady?" Su Liya couldn't help laughing, and said to her husband.

"I have never encountered a giant dragon. In fact, there are many sleeping dragons in the Gray Mountains and the Black Forest in the Empire. However, the time for a dragon to sleep is calculated in thousands of years. You have to be lucky. .” Ryan complained.

"The ones here are all hybrid dragons, wyverns and some flying sub-dragons." Teclis shook his head, "there are not so many real dragons...but if you can kill this kind of creature by yourself, your strength is still acceptable."

"More and more dragons in Caledon are falling asleep, and there are fewer and fewer dragon princes who can ride dragons." Teclis looked sad: "The power of order is always declining, Ace Leh compatriots still stubbornly rejected my alliance request."

"At least the empire won't reject you, and I won't reject you...Alaros probably won't reject you either." Ryan thought to himself, what's the use of you telling me this? Can I help you convince the wood elves? Those elm heads are powerless for you as the envoy of the Phoenix King, so let me forget it. .

"It's hard to say, Emperor Karl Franz may not refuse my request, but you know, the empire is composed of many provinces, and the electors have different levels of recognition for the emperor..." Teclis seemed to know that he said It was useless, he simply closed his mouth abruptly, and the topic was interrupted.

"He doesn't seem very happy?" Su Liya held Ryan's arm, and the husband and wife walked aside, Su Liya whispered.

Teclis had a great reputation, and the female knight obviously respected and feared the high-spirited Supreme Magus.

"There are some things that even Teclis... even a lady can't predict." Ryan put his arms around his wife and said softly: "I will tell you a lot of things bit by bit, my wife."

"I'm ready, my husband, to spend my whole life." Surya replied with a smile, her sea blue eyes only had happiness.

"Let's go, let's go down first. I borrowed the right to use the music hall for an hour from His Excellency Teclis. I want to teach you something~" Ryan signaled his wife to go back to the cabin first.

"What are you going to teach us?" Suria followed him to the interior of the cabin.

"A dance step... called Xinbaodao."

"New Treasure Island dance steps? I'm looking forward to it."

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The ocean-going giant ships of the high elves sail extremely fast on the ocean. The triangular sails help the ships sail at extreme speeds under the power of magic. They guarded order on the deck, and in just one day, Le-Angran was far away, and the ship entered the Sea of ​​​​Claws.

This sea area is famous for a large number of Norscan pirates. The Imperial Navy, the Britannian privateer fleet, Norscan pirates, and dark elf pirates have been fighting on the ocean all year round. This is also a land that is often involved in land disputes. The sea, Britannia and the Empire all have the right to claim this sea area, which also leads to sea power disputes that often affect the relationship between the two countries. When barbarian pirates and dark elf pirates appear, the two countries will naturally fight pirates However, when pirates do not appear, small-scale naval battles and frictions often occur between the fleets of the two countries.

The King of Knights and the Emperor of the Empire have repeatedly emphasized that human civil wars are not advisable, but the robbers on the privateer ships and the imperial navy that often eat Naka want to take risks for their own interests. A perfect robbery means high profits, and few people Will be willing to give up, even if it ends up in court, the courts of their respective countries tend to favor their own people.

This is why Ryan must cooperate with Duke Boderick. Without the escort of the Sea God Fleet, it is difficult for merchants to do business independently.

"..." Teclis stood at the bow of the ship leaning on his staff, he suddenly felt something, and the High Mages set his eyes on the horizon.

A large Norscan dragon boat is slowly appearing from the end of sight. This dragon boat is very large, and there are about two hundred barbarians on it.

"Barbarian pirates...ready to fight." The high elves on the giant ship immediately spotted the Norse dragon ship, and they shouted loudly to get everyone ready to fight.

Dozens of eagle claw ballistas were activated during the operation of the elf crew, and the nearly two-meter-long crossbow bolts were loaded into the ballista. Tan approached from behind: "A wreck of barbarians."

Teclis raised his head and set his sights on the top of the giant ship's mast.

There, an ice crystal phoenix was building a nest on the top of the mast, and was sleeping in the nest. Teclis thought for a while, then shook his head and gave up the urge to wake up the phoenix, but told Zoltan: "Go call Ryan and the others Come up."

"Them? All of them?"

"Um."

The Hoth Demon Swordsman left in a hurry. When he came back, the Ryan couple, the two witches and the servants brought by Suria were all called to the deck: "Your Excellency Teclis?"

Teclis thought to himself why did Zoltan call the servants? Are these people human? However, the Supreme Master has always been indifferent, he just said to Ryan calmly: "There are barbarians coming."

"Isn't this great? My Thor's Hammer is already hungry and thirsty." Ryan took out Thor's Hammer, and the flashing thunder light on it made the nearby Lothern Sea Guards feel the pressure.

"No, just watch." Teclis shook his head to indicate that Ryan didn't need to take action. He motioned Teresa and Veronica to come forward: "Miss Trovik, Ms. Bernadotte, come here, I I think it's time to test the results of your studies during this time."

"Yes! Your Excellency Teclis." The two witches signaled that they were ready, Veronica looked serious, and Teresa was a little nervous.

"I will bind that Norse dragon ship, and then Miss Trovik, please recall my instructions to you, use ice dragon breath, use frost to freeze this dragon ship in the ring, my request The ring must be as round as possible and must not touch the hull of the ship." Teclis first instructed Teresa.

"Understood." Teresa gripped the staff tightly and immediately began to prepare spells.

"Ms. Bernadotte, please also recall my instruction to you. After Miss Trovik sealed the dragon ship in ice, please release the meteor shower. My request is that the meteor shower you release must The dragon ship is sunk, but must not touch Miss Trovik's ring of ice."

"I see." Veronica's sweet face was very serious, she nodded yes, and the mana gathered at her fingertips.

While everyone was discussing, the Norse dragon ship gradually approached. The barbarians had already discovered the giant ocean-going ship of the high elves. Plunder it, and then burn it on fire to please the evil god.

"Get ready~ fire!" The Lothern Triton opened fire together with dozens of eagle claw ballistas on the ship. The thick crossbow bolts and fine arrows instantly killed dozens of Norscan raiders, who were on board the ship. The commander of the barbarian captain was horrified, and immediately commanded the barbarians to speed up and approach the giant ship.

"Amintok's Web." Teclis picked up Lilith's staff of the moon. After he recited two incantations, the tip of the staff lightly tapped on the deck, and the wind of light surged, dozens of golden Mana threads bound the entire Norsca dragon ship, and the barbarians desperately turned the rudder and used their swords to cut these threads, but nothing could be done.

"Miss Trovik?"

"Ice Dragon Breath!" After singing for a few minutes, Teresa released the eight-ring magic, the ice dragon breathed out, and a magic dragon composed of ice energy rose from the head of the female sorceress towards the sky. The dragon boat flew towards the top, and after a distance of hundreds of meters, the ice dragon opened its mouth, exhaled a large amount of frosty air, and circled around the dragon boat.

Teresa concentrated all her attention, beads of sweat soon appeared on her forehead, the concept that female sorceresses have accepted since birth is to cast spells on the target, and then ignore the spell after it is released towards the target, the ice dragon breathes It has always been a straight line, and now it is difficult for her to control her mana in the follow-up, but the sorceress knows that she must master it.

She can't let anyone underestimate her! She must become stronger in order to stay by Ryan's side!

The breath of the ice dragon drew an ellipse on the sea surface, enclosing the dragon boat in it. The condensed glaciers on the sea made it impossible for the dragon boat to advance or retreat.

"Meteor fire shower!" Veronica's spell arrived, the sky was covered with dark clouds, the heat wave was rolling, and several meteors fell from the sky, spewing black smoke, burning red air waves, and then smashed hard On a Norse dragon ship.

A violent explosion occurred on the dragon boat. The meteor smashed the mast, collapsed the deck, penetrated the cabin, and the smoke from the explosion engulfed the entire dragon boat.

Veronica gritted her teeth and continued to release meteors. Three meteors were not enough to completely destroy the huge dragon ship. Witch Jialan summoned three meteors again to ensure that the hull of the dragon ship would be completely destroyed, which almost emptied her of everything. mana.

"Help!"

"It's not good! The bilge is flooded!"

"The ship is sinking!"

"Abandon ship!"

The barbarians were still howling, and dozens of crossbow bolts and hundreds of feather arrows shot from the giant elf ship attacked these unlucky barbarians again. The hull of the dragon boat broke from the middle, and a large number of barbarians were shot to death , everything became silent, and only the smoking wreckage of the Nosca dragon ship remained on the sea, an oval iceberg.

After releasing the magic, Teresa was sweating profusely, her legs were about to fall down, Ryan immediately hugged her waist, Veronica also leaned on Ryan panting, she was waiting for Teclis evaluation of.

"It's okay." Teclis was silent for a while, and then nodded: "For human beings, this level is not bad. Get a good sense of the wind of magic, and come to me if you have any questions."

"Keep going, Asur."

"yes!"