Chapter 036 - Killing Time (I)
"Nicholas City is deep, deeper than we thought."
In the upper parlor of the Marquis of Sweet's house, Duke Aldrich spoke slowly, his brow furrowed.
"Well, the black dragon thing is definitely not as simple as he makes it out to be, and that huge magical beast outlier that looks a lot like a black dragon is very similar to a few of his other summoned beasts." Sweet filled the old Duke's glass and sat down beside him.
"If we ask him, he may not answer truthfully, if we push him, it will be unattractive. Forget it, no matter what, the blood flowing in his body is that of the Harriman family, and it is our family's honor to have achievements in the future." Aldrich said as he raised his cup and drank the red wine in one gulp.
"If Laolat hadn't found out about this in time, I wouldn't have gone to His Majesty the King to ask for that Scarlet Narrows notice, knowing that our THE Lance Empire only received three notices this year, while the other two had already left. Two black dragon summoning beasts can add a weight to our family, but the weight is not enough. Even this old bone of mine is fully confident that I can cut Nicholas down by the sword under the attack of two Black Dragons, not to mention how many experts the other families have hidden and crouching."
"We are betting that the death rate in the Scarlet Narrows is extremely high, and Nicholas should be fine with two Black Dragon Summoners. It won't be many years before our Harriman family's weight in the empire will increase a lot."
"What if he dies?" Sweet said this in his mind, looking at the somewhat excited face of the head of the family, and ultimately did not dare to ask.
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In the sky above the edge of the Moonfall Mountain Range, an eighth grade magical beast, the Rock Thunderbird, was spreading its wings and flying, its huge body, with its wings spreading out to a hundred meters, and the two unicorn horns on the top of its head were always free from the zippy electric arcs.
On the broad back of the Rock Thunderbird sat two men, none other than Randolph and Johnsan, who had been traveling for seven days.
Time waits for no one, the Scarlet Narrows is only open to the public during this time of the year, and right after Duke Aldrich and Johnsan finalized this matter of going to the Scarlet Narrows, the next day Johnsan set off under Randolph's leadership, not even having the time to go to Folo City to visit his parents.
Sitting on the back of the rock thunderbird, Johnsan's heart sank.
That day, inevitably, at Duke Aldrich's request, Johnsan released the Alien Black Dragon, the Lesser Black Dragon, and the regular aliens. Aldrich and Sweet, as well as Randolph, looked at Johnsan with skeptical eyes, but in the end, no one said anything.
There were so many similarities between the alien black dragon's physical features and the regular aliens that Johnsan knew they were getting suspicious.
They don't ask, and Johnsan is even less likely to explain. No one should ever know about the Alien Egg and the Queen.
Randolph actually possessed two high-level summoned beasts, which made Johnsan a bit surprised; that level 9 terrapin was dominant enough on land, but he didn't realize that he had an Air Buster as well.
The strong wind that swooped down on Johnsan's face lashed him, and he had to squint slightly as he looked toward the endless mountains of the Falling Moon at his feet.
In the past, he had only hunted magical beasts at the edge of the Falling Moon Mountain Range, and now that he was flying high in the sky, he realized that the width of the Falling Moon Mountain Range was far beyond his imagination.
After flying for half a day, stopping halfway through the forest to casually use some dried meat and drink a few mouthfuls of fresh water from the river, they continued to fly deeper into the forest.
"Mr. Randolph, have you ever been to the Scarlet Narrows before?" Johnsan asked aloud.
"Been there once, or the Lord Duke wouldn't have asked me to take you there." Randolph replied with a sideways glance.
"What is it going for?"
Randolph hesitated for a moment before saying, "You'll see it sooner or later anyway, Lei Xuan's sister, Lei Yu, is the one I sent over with Lei Wei."
"Lei Xuan's sister." Johnsan's mind drifted to the dark-haired Lei Xuan, and he was about to ask again, but he saw Randolph waving his hand and turning his head away, so he had to stop.
After flying for another half a day until sunset, Johnsan in mid-air saw dozens of Level 5 Magical Beasts Thunder Eagles suddenly fly out from the forest in front of him, forming a circle and encircling them from the air.
"The front is forbidden land, no unauthorized entry." On the back of the Thunder Eagle sat some big men in leather armor, and a bearded man at the head shouted indifferently.
Randolph hurriedly commanded the Rock Thunderbird to land on the ground, and after the two of them came down, he took the Rock Bird back into his spirit space.
Dozens of Thunderhawks also landed at this time, the bearded man who had just spoken came over vigilantly, and before he could say anything, Randolph pulled out a parchment scroll from his pocket and respectfully handed it over.
The bearded man took it and scrutinized it for a moment, then looked at Johnsan for a few moments, nodded and said, "the Lance Empire's, well, count on you to make it in time, it's going to be over in a little while, and anyone who comes back will not be allowed to enter."
That scroll was the enrollment notice that the Scarlet Narrows sent out to the various empires, and I don't know what method Duke Aldrich used to ask for one back from the king in half a day.
"You can go back." The bearded man didn't treat Randolph politely just because he possessed a level 8 Rock Thunderbird, and with a face of entitlement, Randolph smiled at the bearded man and pulled Johnsan a few steps away.
"Going through this forest is the pass that new cadets must go through, it's full of killing opportunities, and the entrance will only open in three days, at that time, only the ten people who survive will be qualified to enter the Scarlet Narrow Valley. Wait you have to be careful, don't release the black dragon until you have no choice, keeping a card to save your life in this place is more important than anything else."
Johnsan nodded and said, "Mr. Randolph, my friend Fate is still studying magic at George Academy, I'm afraid that he'll be bullied, so normally you take care of him."
"This you rest assured." Randolph patted his chest and said, "I can still do this point, besides, you are now in the Harriman family status is extraordinary, is that I do not care, Marquis Sweet will also take care of him."
"Well then, if there's nothing else you can go home." Johnsan gave him a grateful smile.
Randolph waved his hand, summoned the Rock Thunderbird and sat on it, and in no time at all, it disappeared over the dense forest.
"Hurry up and go in." The bearded man said with some impatience, "The new arrivals are all worse than one now, I don't think you can even walk a few hundred meters in there before you turn into a corpse."
Johnsan gave him a look and asked, "How long until this place closes?"
The bearded man frowned, "Why do you ask? It's soon."
Johnsan then stopped paying attention to him and walked over to the side and sat down against a tree trunk, pulling out the jerky and eating it slowly.
When the bearded man saw Johnsan ignoring him, he only felt that he had lost some face and came over to him in annoyance and scolded, "Get in there yet."
"You won't be punished for killing someone here, will you?" Johnsan asked, looking up to the bearded man as he chewed his jerky thoughtfully.
"Kid, still quite arrogant." A skinny man ran over and said, "There is no punishment for killing within the permitted range of the Scarlet Narrows, instead you will be severely punished if you are killed or injured by someone else, and naturally, it goes without saying that you will be punished if you die."
As he spoke, he reached for Johnsan's neck.
Johnsan avoided it slightly and asked again, "And if I kill you?"
The bearded man's face changed, and he said in a cold voice, ''You kid is still a bit interesting, I have received more than thirty newcomers in these four days, and you are the first one who dares to ask this question. According to the rules, we can't do anything to you now, but there's no rule on whether you can or can't kill us. But don't think that we don't have any way to deal with ..."
Before the bearded man could finish his words, the skinny man on one side impatiently waved his hand and slapped it at Johnsan's face.
"Ah!"
The bearded man's dumbfounded as a thing that shimmered with a cold light like a sharp blade penetrated the back of the head of his companion in front of him, splattering his face with brain matter.
Inexorably, the bearded man's body trembled violently, he waved his hand to block his companions who rushed up, swallowed hard and stretched out his neck to look at the magical beasts that suddenly appeared in front of him.
Over three meters tall with a streamlined skull, covered in cartilage full of flexibility and strength, two rows of sharp teeth in a huge open mouth, salivating like a river, and the tip of a long tailbone disappearing in front of his own companion's forehead.
Dozens of thunder eagles smelled the smell of blood and flapped their wings restlessly, those big men took out dried meat and hastened to pacify them.
"In hundreds of years, you are the first person who dares to make a move against the Scarlet Narrows Receiving Messenger." The bearded man's face twitched, and he was still about to let out a few harsh words, when he saw that magical beast quickly draw back its tailbone and erect it in his direction.
"Don't bother with him." The bearded man returned to his companions and said in a hateful voice, "There will be plenty of opportunities later."
Johnsan released the alien to kill the skinny man, but instead of retrieving it, he let it stand beside him and closed his eyes in a false sleep.
This kill, not about shock, not about bloodthirsty indifference, but Johnsan's heart was uncomfortable, he felt very depressed.
He disliked the feeling of being controlled or swayed, and now that the Harriman family was a big hat on his head, it made him uncomfortable.
"The Harrimans, utilized? Maybe now, what about in the future?" Johnsan said with a sneer in his mind, relaxing and resting his spirit.
There was no telling what kind of danger lay in that forest, and Johnsan didn't want to rush in there dragging his somewhat tired body after a long day of traveling.
I don't know how long it took, Johnsan suddenly heard a clear cry in the air, opened his eyes and looked up, a huge arrow-winged bird slowly fell from the air, and vaguely could see two people sitting on it.
The Arrowwing Bird was an eighth level magical beast, this huge magical beast was not only able to cast flame magic comparable to that of a magician, but also had a characteristic that in the middle of a battle, its feathers could be shot out vigorously in an instant with extremely astonishing power, and it could grow back again in a very short period of time.
"I'm sorry, Lord Guide Envoy, we came from the Bywater Empire, the journey was too long and we came a little late." A white-haired old man got down from the arrow-winged bird and said to the bearded man with a face full of guilt.
Beside him, stood a blonde teenager of eighteen or nineteen years old, with a seemingly scrawny body, but Johnsan noticed that he was extremely light on his feet when he walked and landed almost noiselessly.
The bearded man didn't say anything, took the notice and looked at it, waved his hand and said, "Hurry up and go inside, in a little while this place will be blocked off and no one will be allowed to go in."
The old white-haired man was full of thanks, and pulled the teenager aside for a long time to instruct him, who couldn't stop nodding and couldn't stop his strange eyes from drifting over to Johnsan.
Johnsan ignored it, and it wasn't long before the old white-haired man watched the teenager go into the forest before he let out a long sigh and flew off in mid-air on an arrow-winged bird.
"Everyone disperse, anyone who comes again will not be allowed to enter." The bearded man looked up to see that the sky was getting dark and shouted.
Johnsan then gets up and rolls onto the back of the alien.
"How many people went in this time?" Johnsan drove the alien over to the bearded man.
The bearded man glanced at the hideous alien and couldn't help but shiver as he subconsciously replied, "Together with you there are a total of thirty-four people."
"Whoosh!" The Alien's body cut out a residual shadow and leapt straight into the forest with Johnsan on its back.
It's time to kill!