Chapter 128
On the ocean east of the continent, more than a dozen giant whales were playing happily. They swam quickly, driving the fish schools toward the center from all directions, then dived directly below the fish schools and opened their mouths to rush into the sky.
They could swallow tons of live fish in one bite, and their feeding efficiency was very high.
The giant whales were very leisurely. Such a behemoth, fifty or sixty meters long and weighing thousands of tons, had almost no natural enemies in the ocean, unless it encountered...
Suddenly, a giant whale let out an ultra-low-frequency call, turned its head, and quickly dived into the depths of the ocean. The rest of the giant whales followed one after another. A large amount of air was brought into the sea, and then surged upward in a large area, forming bubble rings like springs.
Just after the giant whales dived into the water, a silver figure skimmed across the water at high speed, and the airflow it brought plowed a wake on the water surface.
It was a silver dragon with a slender body, perhaps about thirty meters long, but much leaner. Silver dragons usually had big bellies, but this one had almost none. Instead, its shoulders and back were broader and thicker.
With a smaller belly and broader shoulders, the silver dragon changed the bloated appearance of ordinary dragons and became fit. It made people wonder if, after peeling off the scales on its belly, one could see eighteen abdominal muscles.
Watching the giant whales diving into the water in a panic, the silver dragon made a sound like a successful prank. It slammed its left wing, and the whole dragon spun and rushed straight into the high sky from the water surface. After reaching a high altitude of hundreds of meters, it spread its wings wide, flapped them hard, and flew back in the direction it came from.
In that direction, a large number of figures covered the sky and the sun, as if they had shrouded the entire sky. Counting carefully, there were more than sixty dragons. Longdao only had eighty-something dragons in total. Excluding those old, weak, sick, and disabled, this time the dragon race could be said to have come out in full force.
The silver dragon flew back to a golden dragon that was forty meters long and said excitedly:
"That's great, Bulusike. The sky, ocean, and wind here are completely different from Longdao. Even the air is sweeter than Longdao's. It's great. Are we going to kill our way to the land this time, eliminate all humans and elves, and turn that place into the territory of the dragons?"
The golden dragon Bulusike, the current patriarch of the dragon race, was shocked after hearing the silver dragon's words. It stared at the silver dragon and said: "Yulanda, how could you have such a thought? Are you crazy?"
The silver dragon Yulanda said unconvinced: "What's crazy? Don't humans talk about dragon slaying all day long? They also slander us for plundering treasures, snatching princesses, killing their heroes, and peeing in their wells. Then we might as well do it for them to see."
"Those skinny princesses of humans look like they are malnourished and aren't even as good-looking as Tauren. Their treasures are ugly and not exquisite, and aren't even one-tenth as good-looking as the elves'. They are like beggars every day, afraid that others will snatch them. It pisses me off. And peeing in their wells? The saliva and urine of our dragons have magical power. Isn't it better for me to pour it on the ground? Why must I pee in their wells?"
Yulanda said indignantly.
Bulusike was stunned: "Where did you see these?"
"Knight novels," Yulanda said as a matter of course.
Bulusike flicked its right wing lightly, and a whip composed of wind elements lashed fiercely at Yulanda: "You believe the things in knight novels! You take the things in knight novels seriously! Damn you, you brainless idiot."
Yulanda was whipped and fled in a panic, flying far away in a sorry state. But after a while, it flew back, shouting loudly from a distance of about a few body lengths:
"Knight novels can't be taken seriously, but humans slandering us is always right, isn't it? Why not kill our way to the land, wipe out those ant-like creatures, and expand our territory? Staying in a small island all day, I'm suffocated to death."
Bulusike discovered that the little silver dragon's thinking had become very dangerous. Was it because it cared too little about it?
No, it was all the fault of those knight novels, writing all kinds of messy things all day long. The little silver dragon became bad because it was led by novels. It had nothing to do with our lack of parental care, companionship, guidance, and education!!!
Bulusike decided to dispel Yulanda's dangerous thoughts and asked: "Do you know why our dragon race has to shrink to Longdao, and all dragons are not allowed to approach the land within 100 kilometers, and must accept invitations and obtain green entry permit scrolls before they can land on the land?"
"Yeah, why? Do those weak humans deserve to 'permit' our great dragon race?" Yulanda asked with wide eyes.
"Because we couldn't beat humans and were driven out by them, you idiot!" Bulusike's magic power suddenly erupted, and elements condensed into a huge dragon head phantom in front of it, opening its mouth and roaring.
The wind and water sprayed by the elemental phantom's roar sprayed Yulanda all over its head and face like saliva.
But Yulanda was so shocked that it forgot to wipe the water stains. It stared with wide eyes and muttered: "Our dragon race was driven out? By humans who are like ants and can be pinched to death with one finger? Driven out? Couldn't beat them? How is that possible?"
"What's impossible!" The elemental phantom disappeared, but Bulusike's head had already leaned in front of Yulanda, and real saliva sprayed its face: "Do you think our ancestors were all good dragons, polite, humble, self-sacrificing, and voluntarily left the land rich in products to live in the wind and dew on barren islands, and be close to nature, right!"
"Ah?!" Scenes of being beaten by its mother and father appeared in Yulanda's mind, and it couldn't connect them with politeness and humility at all.
"Then why did we run to Longdao?! Is the scenery good and the food plentiful there? Or do you like to gnaw on leaves and lick salt rocks? And don't like to eat small fat sheep roasted until they are sizzling with oil and snow-white clean refined salt!?" Bulusike roared.
Yulanda shook its head desperately. It just wanted to eat small fat sheep too much, so it felt that Longdao was too suffocating. The sheep raised were not enough for those big dragons to eat. If it were on the land, there would be many, many places to herd sheep. Wouldn't it be able to eat to its heart's content?
"You wouldn't! Do you think our ancestors would!? Would they have such a good temper!? Would they obediently give up their territory to humans? To elves? To dwarves!? Are they stupid or are you stupid!?"
"But..." Yulanda argued anxiously: "But I can't find the memory of us being beaten away in my bloodline."
"Who would carve such a shameful thing into their bloodline? Of course, it's passed down by word of mouth. It's just unexpected that you already have such a reckless thought at such a young age, and still want to kill all humans? Are you dreaming!" Bulusike spat at it.
"Then what are we doing now? If we can't beat humans, then you calling all the dragons on Longdao, isn't that going to die?" Yulanda was still stubborn.
It had realized that what Bulusike said was likely true, because the dragons around had also heard its argument with the patriarch, but they had no reaction, only casting doting gazes at it like looking at a child.
This made Yulanda very unhappy. It was currently at an age where it longed to be recognized, and doting to it was equivalent to mockery.
"We can't beat humans, but our dragon race is not to be trifled with either. We once had an agreement with humans that no one is allowed to have designs on dragons. It seems that humans have forgotten the agreement of the past. Someone actually forced Naiaili to death. Then, it is time to let humans recall the agreement of the past," Bulusike said.
Yulanda didn't know if it had been hit, so it flew silently for a long distance.
Seeing it like this, Bulusike comforted it somewhat unbearably: "I spoke a bit seriously just now, mainly because I was afraid you wouldn't see the situation clearly. But our dragon race also has its own advantages. Our advantage is that individual strength is strong and the growth space is higher, while humans' advantage lies in their large numbers and fast growth speed."
"If it's really a fight to the death, it's hard to say who will win in the end, but we will definitely lose because the number of dragons is too small to withstand any loss. But even if humans die ninety percent, it won't take a few hundred years for them to flourish again. This is the advantage of short-lived species."
"So our ancestors had great courage and reached an agreement with humans: the ocean belongs to us, the land belongs to humans and elves, and the underground belongs to dwarves. We do not invade each other and jointly resist the invasion of the Undead Empire when necessary."
This kind of talk made Yulanda feel much better. It wasn't that dragons couldn't beat humans, it was that you humans were too capable of giving birth. In a one-on-one fight, dragons were definitely still stronger.
Yulanda, feeling a bit better, was immediately attracted by another new term: "Undead Empire?"
"Hmm, Undead Empire. Regarding its memory, it's in the bloodline. If you contemplate more, you should be able to recall it..., eh?" Before it finished speaking, Bulusike suddenly exclaimed. Its whole body seemed to be supported by an invisible hand, rising rapidly by thousands of meters.
This kind of lift was obviously not brought by wings, completely violating aerodynamics, and showing Bulusike's unparalleled magical level.
Seeing the patriarch's means, Yulanda suddenly realized that its own little tricks didn't seem to be enough in Bulusike's eyes.
Bulusike, who had risen to the high sky, looked at the western sky, and its brow scales were all wrinkled. It saw that the sky in the distance had become gloomy at some point. It could vaguely feel a low-pressure trough forming in front, sucking air toward that place.
This was clearly the prelude to a storm. A hurricane was forming. If there were no vague magical fluctuations, Bulusike would think it was formed naturally.
"Good fellow, is this the human ultimate magic—typhoon day?" Bulusike sneered and muttered.
The sky became more and more gloomy, and the dark clouds pressed down, covering the sky in front and on both sides. Only the direction from which the dragons came was clear and cloudless. This was forcing them to go back.
Bulusike stretched its neck, let out a loud dragon roar, and then flapped its wings.
The wind from the flapping wings formed a small cyclone in front of it, twisting left and right, and it was about to dissipate. Bulusike flapped again, and the small cyclone immediately grew a little.
Just like this, Bulusike kept flapping its wings, and the cyclone in front of it kept growing, turning into a large cyclone, turning into a tornado, getting thicker and longer, gradually extending to both ends of heaven and earth.
The dragons who heard Bulusike's voice flew into the high sky one after another, circling around the tornado. As more and more dragons joined, the tornado grew faster and faster. Soon, both ends reached into the sea and the clouds respectively.
The high-speed rotating tornado sucked seawater into the sky continuously, turning into a water spout, pulling the dark clouds in the sky down, and quickly supporting the water spout to grow larger.
Gradually, the tornado released by the dragon race turned into a giant tornado storm with a diameter of seven or eight kilometers. Lightning flashed within the tornado, seawater was sucked into the sky to form heavy rain, and dark clouds were also sucked to the ground.
The low-pressure cyclone in front moved slowly, and the overwhelming dark clouds moved over, colliding with the giant tornado.
Crackle, the moment the two storm groups collided, it was as if it started raining lightning. Thick electric rays that could evaporate people scattered without money, like fireworks exploding.
The storm was colliding fiercely, as if it were the end of the world. Yulanda was dumbfounded. It knew Bulusike's strength, but did humans also have such terrifying powerhouses? This was not the advantage of short-lived species. In a one-on-one fight, humans were not weak either.
The fierce collision lasted for more than ten minutes, and slowly the wind and clouds dissipated, and they dissipated very thoroughly, finally turning into a clear sky with ten thousand miles of cloudless blue waves.
Bulusike took the dragons and flew for dozens of kilometers, finally seeing the enemy.
There were many enemies, divided into several camps. On the far left was the Elf Queen, Geladeliya, riding a snow-white unicorn. The unicorn's four hooves flashed with electric light, pawing the ground from time to time, standing steadily in the air, followed by a team of Chimera Elf Knights.
Beside Gelade was a female mage. She was stepping on a magic wand, but this magic wand was a bit ridiculously large, seven or eight meters long, as thick as a door panel, more like a house beam.
Even though this magic wand was very large and parked very steadily, the female mage still tilted her head, nervously glancing to both sides with the corners of her eyes, never looking down at her feet.
Aiming at Gelade, who was curiously looking at her, she hurriedly explained embarrassedly: "I... I'm afraid of heights. Oh, forgot to introduce, I'm a Space Archmage... Space... what was my name?"
The female mage frowned, put her hands into her hair, scratched her head, thought hard, thought for a while, and said excitedly: "I remember, my name is... ah!"
Because she was excited to remember her name, she looked down. Because she looked down, she saw the ocean under her feet. Because it was very high, she screamed, her legs went soft, and she fell headfirst from the staff.
"..." Gelade didn't know what to say, waved her hand, signaling the knights behind her to save the person. But before the subordinates could act, the falling female mage flashed and disappeared. When she appeared again, she had actually arrived above the staff and fell directly onto the staff with her butt.
"Ouch, ouch, scared me to death. Don't look, don't look, don't look down." The female mage first covered her eyes, comforted herself, and then slowly let go of her hands.
This time she was determined not to stand up, but when her hands left her eyes and she saw clearly what was on her hands, she screamed again: "Ah! My hair, my hair, what happened to you? What happened to you? Wake up, wake up, don't die."
Gelade quietly pulled the reins, and the unicorn under her crotch immediately understood, quietly opening the distance from this neurotic mage. From beginning to end, she didn't know the mage's name.
Before the others could be introduced, Bulusike's voice had already spread across the entire world: "Humans, you have violated the agreement and dared to slaughter our dragons. Do you want to provoke a war with the dragons!"
End of Chapter
