Hamlet Town has caused some waves in the Weeping Peninsula in the past three days.
Published in newspapers:
[The unknown rich man is in Hamlet Town in the eastern part of the Weeping Peninsula, and is purchasing wood and stone on a large scale from Arkham Town, Raccoon Town and Liangpu Town in the central part. The quantity is so large that the dragon turtle will break his legs! 】
[A mysterious beautiful girl appears in Hamlet Town? The mayor of Lyon commented sharply: It’s enough. 】
[The Georgia Mayor of Bright Falls condemned Hamlet Town for seizing the labor force, and the well-known writer of Bright Falls, Marlene Howard Storm Eye, condemned this matter. 】
[Sad news, the mayor of Lyon spent his 53rd birthday drinking beer at home. 】
[The road between Arkham Town and Hamlet Town is blocked by a bog dragon, and a cleanup order has been issued...]
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"I hit it! I hit it!"
Melina was trying on her chainmail armor when she heard a noise in the dormitory hall and quickly ran out to take a look. Sonia was tap dancing on the table in the dormitory hall, holding a newspaper high in her hand.
"What happened?" Maria was also disturbed and stuck her head out. She had the sound insulation turned on quite well. When she came out, she saw that it was Sonia screaming strangely, so she immediately changed her face: "What the hell are you doing?" What’s the dog barking at?”
No wonder why Suo Suo sometimes calls her Two-Face.
But at the moment, Sonia had no such thoughts. Instead, she jumped down in a good mood, triumphantly waved the newspaper in front of the two of them, and read aloud:
"The road between Arkham Town and Hamlet Town was blocked by the Bog Dragon... Last night in the pure white forest, the Stag Star was spotted crossing the sky towards the west... Do you need me to review it for you? Xiaomei! Give it to this ignorant guy like Lao Ma Explain it carefully!”
Sonia's attitude could be called arrogant, but she was a little cute and didn't deserve a beating.
In terms of academic degree, Laoma is far superior to Sonia. The only shortcoming is the occult theory next to the alchemy theory.
Maria was more studious, and when she heard something she didn't know, she looked at Melina expectantly.
After Melina was reminded, she quickly recalled what she had learned.
This land is called the River of Stars because there are countless bright stars streaking across the sky at night. Some of these stars symbolize unique meanings, and occultists call them 'prophecies of the past'. This term very accurately captures the two major characteristics of this world’s occultism:
[1. Do not predict things that have not happened yet]
[2. Don’t predict things you already know]
[3. Things that cannot be predicted but can be changed]
Suppose a person will choke to death if he drinks water tomorrow. This is not something that can be predicted because it does not meet two conditions:
The fact that you will choke to death when you drink water can be changed, and it won't happen until tomorrow.
But suppose a person committed a murder yesterday and no one knew he was the murderer. Then a prediction can be made because three conditions are met:
The dead will not be resurrected when the murderer is caught. It has happened today. The prophet does not know that this person is the murderer.
Of course, these are just extreme and extreme examples that the teacher brought up during class. The actual operation cannot be based on these two. There are tens of millions of stars recorded in languages from all over the world, and their movements are predictions of the past. , their operation is always correct. However, just because they are correct does not mean that humans can interpret them clearly.
Even Melina couldn't memorize all these names and remember what it meant when she saw one of the meteors streaking across the bright night sky and sinking into the sea.
fortunately.
The Stag Star is a star that Melina is familiar with. This star symbolizes [beast, dominance and authority].
In the mysticism of this world, to interpret a star, one must choose between the [Major Criteria] and the [Secondary Criteria]. Beasts are the primary criterion. It is the criterion of reproduction, instinct, animality, and gluttony. Dominance and authority are secondary criteria, secondary criteria with multiple meanings such as glory, power, childishness, anger, etc.
The Stag Star can be observed because the [King of Beasts] appeared near the observation site.
"The Stag Star represents that the monster that appears on that road is definitely not just a Swamp Dragon, but a more terrifying monster. It is very likely that it is a powerful leader of the Swamp Dragon group, or a more powerful flying dragon."
Melina is quite confident about this. When she has enough time to think, she can always discover the truth of the matter:
"I guess it should be a super giant adult marsh dragon. Senior sister, do you still remember the marsh dragon we met when we went on an attack with the Echo Team? That poor marsh dragon was about six meters long. It just became an adult. It doesn't have its own nest yet. Now that I think about it, it should be a beast of expulsion. It was driven away from its original living territory."
I told Maria about this story, but she reacted much faster than Sonia, and she immediately realized the ecology of the black dragon species called Swamp Dragon:
"An adult bog dragon that was driven out when it was six meters long? It is indeed possible. Are you sure it doesn't have a nest?"
"I'm pretty sure not," Sonia said.
"That's it." Maria thought for a moment, "There should be a king-like guy among the swamp dragons who controls a large territory. In order to protect his territory, he would even drive out his own children without hesitation. The family has been shut down. Perhaps this can be understood as the normal state of the ecological world?"
"Ouch."
Sonia's voice is like a spy:
"Look at what you said, how many humans do this?"
Although Melina plays mobile games, it can be said that she read a lot in her previous life and was excellent in both morals and learning. When she realized what Sonia was saying:
"Laius?"
Laius is a character in ancient Greek drama who killed his unborn son because he was afraid of Pelops' prophecy that "your son will kill his father and marry his mother." And this son is the famous Oedipus King.
Sonia said nothing, smiled and nodded.
Inside I was thinking, 'Who the hell is that?' ', the story she told comes from online novel literature, who the hell knows who Laius is?
Maria nodded:
"But Laius still appears more in the story of Oedipus. It's rare for you to take it out on its own..."
She thought for a moment:
"Generally speaking, when it comes to killing a son, in order to prevent one's rights from being lost, we always talk about Zeus and his father Cronus, right?"
"Yeah, that's right..." Melina grimaced, then smiled shyly, "...I thought of Laius first."
Sonia smiled and nodded, but her heart was roaring.
'Who the hell is that? ''What are you pulling? ''What kind of silk? ''Zeus I know! Isn't that a super stallion? It is said that they got on the oxen and horses (real oxen and horses), ha! '
In order to avoid exposing her ignorance, she coughed lightly: "Xiaomei, tell me the key points."
"Um."
Melina thinks about ecology:
"The Swamp Dragon is not simply a creature like the Swamp Dragon King, but through the mystical connection of this cluster, it communicates with magical factors and physically creates a life form that is separated from the Swamp Dragon. Generally, guilds will It's called [Glow Individual Swamp Dragon], whether it's the color of its scales or anything else, it's undergone earth-shaking changes, and it can use magic."
All dragons can use magic when they are powerful. The most common ones are mirror magic and illusion magic. Elemental magic is also a very common category.
Mastering magic and not having magic are different in terms of risk score.
Like the Red Feather Dragon, the reason why this huge red flying dragon is considered a "low-level dangerous dragon that is close to the intermediate level" is because although they have mastered some magic factors, they cannot truly use magic according to their individual subjective will. .
Of course, it's just the danger.
Danger does not equal the difficulty of the expedition.
"So you suddenly ordered so many building materials just to attract that dragon?"
Melina suddenly figured it out.
The rich man in Hamlet Town written in the newspaper is the senior sister. During the three days she waited for Melina's armor to be forged, she purchased a large amount of wood and stone. She also spent extra money to hire gatherers for protection of these convoys. Although several vehicles encountered Bog Dragon , but this kind of dragon is actually a relatively docile dragon that can come back alive as long as it doesn't collect things on the road.
Now it seems that all this is for the purpose of actively searching for that glorious individual Swamp Dragon?
"No." The senior denied it for a moment, "Building materials are useful. Hamlet Town is the entrance to the Weeping Peninsula. One of the reasons why the Weeping Peninsula has not developed over the years is that the way in is too complicated, and the buildings It will cause attacks from red-feathered dragons that are feeding nearby. In addition, since the guild is built in Haiwen, it will not come here to hunt red-feathered dragons. These many reasons have accumulated so that it cannot develop or build roads."
"so!"
She pointed at Melina:
"We will definitely hunt that red-feathered dragon in the future, even for its materials. If we start building the road now, maybe it will be completed in a month, and then I can invite many of my friends The banshee who took control came here and built our base camp until it was completely blocked."
She paused and showed a thoughtful expression:
"I chose the Weeping Peninsula not just to hunt down the owner of the gold, but more importantly, there is a huge secret underground here. For the base camp of Development City, it is simply the best base. The reason for this week's purpose is The Weeping Peninsula fell first, and humans finally came here after hard work, opening up an important route..."
"And that radiant individual Swamp Dragon is to make equipment for Maria."
"Me?" Maria pointed to herself.
Sonia smiled and nodded: "That's right, the early-stage healing sword and gun, a key piece of equipment that provides healing magic factors to teammates through shooting, must be made from the materials of this swamp dragon... Xiaomei should be able to help us with this. Are you busy?"
Melina nodded vigorously:
"certainly."
"But..." Lao Ma wanted to say something else.
Sonia immediately waved her hand:
"I'm not sure about the location of that radiant species, and if the town of Hamlet wants to develop, it must get rid of this bog dragon. Otherwise, when we build the road in the future, it may think that 'this is an infringement of my territory' or something like that. It was even worse then. I had reasons other than Xiaomei to get rid of it, and..."
She smiled:
"Don't you think it would be a good sign for Xiaomei to kill the radiant species in her first mission?"
