Chapter 859, Prophecy of the Dragon

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High Elf Calendar, One Piece Finnubar's 350th year.

Imrik, the prince of the high elves Caledor Kingdom, returned to his own Caledor Kingdom.

Whenever Imrik returned to Caledor, he could always feel sadness, a kind of desolation that penetrated to the marrow of his bones.

In the glorious history from the high elves to the elven empire, Caledon has always been the backbone of the entire elven empire, the most important kingdom, the most powerful kingdom, the most glorious kingdom, and the kingdom with the most sacrifices (at least Caledor Many people think so).

For Ulthuan of the high elves, the shape of this island is a hollow circular island, and within the circular island is divided by a ring-shaped mountain range - the Anuli Mountains, which are divided into the outer ring. The kingdom is called the Outer Ring Kingdom, and it is also the kingdom most vulnerable to attack, while the kingdom divided into the inner ring by the Anuli Mountains is called the Inner Ring Kingdom. The Inner Ring Kingdom rarely experiences wars and often enjoys peace. At the same time, they also have A better living environment and a deeper foundation.

There are only five gates that connect the inner and outer ring kingdoms. Apart from these five gates, the peaks of the Anuli Mountains are considered to be insurmountable. This is also the case today. Countless attempts have been made to this day. Afterwards, no mortal was able to climb the Anuli Mountains. Only a high-precision archmage exhausted his life, wisdom and magic to climb to the top of the Anuli Mountains...

Then this guy came down, and he only said one sentence, "The top of the mountain is the kingdom of the gods." At this point, the archmage blinded himself, no longer used any magic, and lived in seclusion for the rest of his life.

According to his experience, countless scholars and archmages of the White Tower of the High Elf Hoss finally concluded that the top of Mount Anuli leads directly to the Chaos Realm, after which the High Elves gave up more research.

Among the five inner-ring kingdoms of the high elves, the Kingdom of Caledor is the kingdom with the smallest number of people, but it has never concealed its powerful power, because there are powerful dragons under the volcano of the Dragon's Spine Mountains.

Long ago, here was born the great Caledor-Dragon-Taster, the greatest Archmage that the High Elves ever lived, and none other than that, it was he who created the Maelstrom.

Caledor - The Dragon Tamer used the power of enchanted weapons forged at Vaal's Anvil and his powerful magical powers to tame the dragon, and his descendants named their country Caledor in honor of this great ancestor.

During the heyday of the Caledor Kingdom, there were 20,000 dragon knights alone, 20,000 dragon knights riding giant dragons. In the following centuries, many tall rock fortresses were erected in the smoky canyons. , and from these fortresses the Dragon Princes rise in drafts over the silent volcanoes, and no one can match them in battle.

In the end, Alario, the first Phoenix King, withstood the attack of the Chaos Demon Army in the final battle of the Maelstrom, allowing Caledor-Dragon Tamer to complete the Maelstrom. After being killed, he was dying, and finally reluctantly returned the sword of Kane, the Widowmaker, and died. Naturally, the dragon knights also suffered heavy casualties, and almost none survived.

To make matters worse, after the Great Maelstrom, the Elf Empire entered the golden age and heyday of the next Phoenix King Beo Shannar, but Caledon's Dragon Volcano began to cool down gradually. After Keith's betrayal and the schism of the Elven Empire, Caledor's dragon-volcanic mountains began to cool,

The volcano is no longer hot. As the mountains lost their heat, so did the dragons. One by one, they fell into a deep sleep and became harder and harder to wake up.

Without the help of the dragons and the blood of the last dragon trainer in the Battle of Longbeard, the strength and power of the dragon princes of Caledor also declined. There is no Prince Caledor who can be the Phoenix King, but despite this, the Kingdom of Caledor is still the most martial and intimidating kingdom in the entire Ulthuan, and the few remaining dragons (awake) also make Caledor The Many-Kingdom still holds great weight in the High Elf War Council.

After all, the glory of the high elves is a thing of the past, their ancient enemies are growing stronger, and the force that the high elves once had enough to dominate the world is now only enough to deal with their present enemies, although the population is slowly declining and tired of their former kin The plundering and attacks of the dark elves, the north had to deal with the Chaos barbarians, the south had to deal with the undead pirates, and from time to time there were attacks by greenskins, Skaven, and Tomb King pirates. The high elves could no longer fight on two fronts at the same time.

But even so, the high elves still believe that they have the obligation to protect the world. Every year, the high elves take up arms and stand up against the darkness. Even if one day, this gorgeous and sad elegy of the high elves will come to an end , but apparently they still have a lot of shows waiting to start before then.

Imrik, Prince of Caledor, returned to his Caledonian court. The prince looked sadly at the once incomparably glorious Caledonian court. The huge stone pillars tens of meters high and the vast hall were once large enough for a group of dragons to walk around. It is free to move around inside, but now, Caledon is already a silent place, and the sky is no longer filled with dragons and their fiery roars. The dragon's lair no longer echoed their rumble, and the earth no longer trembled in their heavy footsteps. Now there was only a void and cold, and a few echoes and sounds of the hurried footsteps of the dragon princes and guards. Soft voice.

"Your Highness." Seeing Imrik coming back, a dragon prince came up and asked, "Is the meeting over?"

"It's already over." Imrik's temper was obviously not very good, and Prince Caledor didn't say a word: "Tyrion has succeeded again, and I can't even see the Phoenix King himself."

"It's always like this. I suggest changing the name of the war council to the Thai-style Brothers Council. Oh, and you can add an item at the end - this council is sponsored by the Thai-style Brothers Trading Co., Ltd." The Dragon Prince made a joke, and Imry Although Ke had a serious face, he couldn't help but smile, but he quickly remembered how he was alone and helpless in the war council.

He almost forgot how many years ago it was the last time Phoenix King Fenubah appeared on the war council.

However, Finnuba’s sluggish look like a duck when he attended the meeting made most people think that it doesn’t make any difference whether he comes or not.

"What about Vaal's Anvil?"

"Working well."

"I want to enter the Temple of Vaal!"

"yes!"

The style of the Caledor Kingdom is pride and efficiency. Imrik immediately went to the Vaal anvil in the Dragon Volcano - this place is the most active volcano in the Dragon's Back Mountains. The temple of Vaal, the god of elf forging, stood In the tall Blackstone Tower, surrounded by steaming hot magma.

The only passage between this temple and the outside world is a narrow suspension bridge made of fine steel. In the temple, Vaal's believers forge powerful weapons and exquisite equipment for the elf lords.

Contrary to the imagination of the outside world, not only dwarves know rune technology, but elves also know rune technology. To some extent, elves have better rune technology than dwarves. After all, no one has mastered the wind of magic. Comparable to the elves (except for the Slanan magic toad).

However, the cost is huge. The rune technology of the dwarves absorbs and fixes the wind of magic through the anvil of doom, which means that the forging does not require any cost other than skill and strength (even dwarven rune craftsmen generally have a very long lifespan) .

The rune technology of the elves is completely different. The elf craftsmen of Vaal's anvil must dig their own eyes. They must use this self-mutilation behavior to avoid being affected by chaos when forging with the wind of magic, so as to ensure that the forging god Vaal The knowledge and skills taught will not be deformed, and in the rune forging, the vitality of the elf craftsman will also be injected into the weapon equipment along with the wind of magic in the body, until a weapon with powerful rune power is created... or completely consumed As far as the craftsmen's vitality is concerned.

How can it be said that this kind of elf weaponry forged with life is not strong enough?

These are weapons forged with life! Using the lives of Caledor's children in exchange for weapons, Imric gripped his Star Spear tightly. Prince Caledor knew that no matter what difficulties he faced in the future, he would be ready for battle.

"I~mu~rui~ke~" Inside the active volcano, a giant dragon flew out of the gushing lava. The whole body of this dragon was more than 30 meters long, and its wingspan could At 60 meters, it is as dark blue as the night sky, with a huge dragon crown and majestic dragon power on its head showing its own strength.

The name of this dragon is Minat Neil, and it is the oldest, strongest, and purest dragon among the existing Caledonian dragons, and it is also the dozen or so dragons that are still awake The only ancient shining star dragon in the world, this shining star dragon flew in front of Imrik, calling his name in ancient dragon language: "Come here, I have something to tell you."

"Yes." Even among the elves, Imrik looked arrogantly at everyone, but only when he was talking to Minatnir, he would show his true feelings: "What's the matter?"

"The power of chaos is gathering in the extreme north. I can feel that another warrior who is favored by the four evil gods is gathering his army in the north. Countless warriors of chaos are gathering under his command." The dragon lowered his body , and said to Prince Caledor: "The number is incalculable. The last prince of Caledor, the battle to destroy the world, will be in the not-too-distant future."

"Then let them come!" Imrik clenched his Star Spear tightly: "Son of Caledor, will never bow to darkness."

"War is not fought like this, child." The giant dragon's blue eyes fixed on this cute and spirited elf boy, Yaoxinglong pressed the ground with two front paws, spread his wings again, and stretched his figure: "But no matter what, Our giant dragon family will all perish after the World Annihilation War, this is a predestined scene in the ancient prophecy."

"Dragon, will it perish?" Imrik's originally arrogant and serious expression was a little unbelievable, but he did not question the authenticity of the prophecy: "I don't care, I don't care whether the dragon will perish, no matter How, if the battle to destroy the world really comes, the son of Caledor will fight bloody battles with the dragon clan until the last moment, I swear in the name of Caledor!"

"We have known our destiny since the arrival of the Old Sage, child." Yao Xinglong said slowly: "I understand what you mean, this is a contract between me and you, we agreed."

The relationship between Minatnir and Imrik is strange but harmonious, and the elves regard the dragon as a reliable and close companion.

As for Long, he regarded this Prince Caledor as his ignorant brat.

"Yes, we made an agreement." Imrik nodded slowly, and the worry on his face became more and more obvious: "But I am powerless and have nowhere to use it. I am alone and helpless in the war council. I told you, Tai Brother Shi and his eagle and dog minions have taken control of the council, and now they have destroyed the original democratic republic of Ulthuan, and they even want to invite monkeys to set foot on our sacred land!"

"It's not a monkey." The Yaoxing dragon suddenly opened his eyes: "That's the son of the Old Sage, and there are two of them!"

"Son of the Old Sage?" Imrik was very surprised: "Just those monkeys? They are also worthy? The eldest son of the Old Sage is obviously a lizardman, and then we are Asur."

"Recently, a young Old Sage came to this world frequently, and he left behind a few sons of the Old Sage. My prophecy shows that these two sons of the Old Sage will bring changes to the world. I don't know that this change will Peace to the world...or destruction."

"Whether it is stability or destruction, Ulthuan does not allow this kind of person to exist!" Imrik said confidently: "I will let these two so-called sons of the Old Sages understand that if they are not obedient, they will die! "

"..." The giant dragon let out a breath, and the breath of sulfur and star fire spewed out of its mouth: "Huh~"

"But don't worry, Minatnir, unless all the sons of Caledor die in battle, we will never let the dragon clan disappear. This is the ancestral covenant." Imrik said with certainty: "I will fight with the ancients." Let the Son of Saint contact and see, either cooperate, or I will seize their secrets and power, this is for Caledor and the dragon family!"

"Whatever, be careful, the power of the Son of the Old Sage may be beyond your imagination." Minatnir spread his wings and left: "Also, if you want to wake up more dragons, that dragon horn is essential."

"Got it!" Imrik nodded, watching his companion leave. .

Son of the Old Ones?

Ah! In terms of strength and courage, no one can compare to the Dragon Prince of Caledor, and no one can compare to the last Prince of Caledor, Imrik!