Chapter 0236 The Land of Dragon Curse
Grimm came here on the fifth day after the "dragon attack" in Skandre. Tian'lai Novel
Standing on a steep peak of Mingsu Mountain, Grimm could clearly see the poor capital city with ruins and people in mourning.
On this journey, almost all human cities of a certain size could not escape the looting of the dragon. This was the seventh human city he had seen that suffered a "dragon attack", and it was the most miserable one among them.
After all, this is the greatest and most magnificent glorious city in the Knight Kingdom - Skandre!
It's a pity that it has now become a dilapidated city buried in rubble and broken walls.
Countless displaced residents of the capital searched for food and clothing in the ruined houses. The winding escape convoys crowded the road out of the city. There were shouts and neighs everywhere, and the air was filled with smoke and miasma...
The large area of buildings at the foot of the mountain was basically intact. After all, it was a civilian settlement area, so it was least plundered by the dragons. As you go up the mountain, the buildings are more and more dilapidated and damaged. Grimm can see that the more gorgeous and exquisite the buildings are, the more serious the damage and collapse.
It seems that those dragons are also quite proficient in plundering!
Grimm brushed off his hood, revealing his resolute and handsome face in the sun.
Looking down at the tragic and desolate capital of the Knight Kingdom in front of him, Grimm's heart was filled with endless sighs.
Once upon a time, dragons were the greatest reliance of these human emperors and the firm cornerstone for them to maintain their rule.
Since the Dragon Valley suddenly appeared in the plane thousands of years ago, the human kingdom has established the closest mutual assistance relationship with them.
The dragons enjoy the offerings of humans, and humans receive the protection of the dragons.
Whether it is the powerful monsters in nature or the ambitious nobles in the local area, they all regard the dragons in the Dragon Valley as the real rulers of the Knight Plane. And their nominal king is just a poor guy crawling in front of the dragon!
The Edward family was just a small noble in the local area 1700 years ago. But they offered offerings to the dragons and promised countless benefits and huge wealth in one breath. Therefore, under the protection of the Dragon Valley, the Edward family rose strongly, defeated all the local nobles, and then destroyed the previous powerful kingdom, and then established the so-called Knight Kingdom.
Relying on the Dragon Alliance, the Edward family ushered in 1700 years of prosperity and peace. However, the heavy dragon offerings also made this Knight Kingdom extremely weak for a time, and it was no longer able to control the entire Knight Continent.
Even though the Knight Kingdom was submissive to the Dragon Valley, when the plane was about to change, it still could not stop the Dragon Valley from breaking the backbone of the kingdom and squeezing out the last essence and wealth from it.
It seems that I am still a step late!
Those shameless dragons have completely looted the city.
However, Grimm came here not for worldly wealth and money, but for a task assigned by Lord Salupo. Of course, it was also for the rune energy fusion knowledge that he had always dreamed of.
Now, the entire capital Skandre has become a ruin. I hope that the target I am looking for has not been in trouble.
On the only bluestone road leading to the city, expressionless people can be seen everywhere pushing carts, driving livestock, and dragging their families to the outside of the city. A crying mother holding her child, an old man leaning against the ruins with a numb look, an adult man full of hatred... Their expressions were different, but they were all dusty and dusty, and they all wanted to cry but had no tears.
Grimm had seen many such expressions along the way!
After all, this was the great capital of the entire Knight Kingdom, with inexhaustible wealth, so it was particularly favored by the dragons.
For five consecutive days, groups of dragons flew from the distant sky almost every day, ran into the city to plunder, and then returned with large and small bags.
In order to avoid the dragon's plunder, the rich and powerful in the city fled this city cursed by the dragon, and those who stayed in the city were poor civilians with nowhere to go.
However, as the dragon raged day after day, the city was gradually dying, and even those civilians who had nothing had to painfully leave this familiar homeland where they were born and raised.
Grimm entered the city of Skandre in such a chaotic crowd.
Although he had tried his best to change himself into a gray travel cloak that was old enough, he could still see the exquisite robes with witchcraft runes through the corners of his clothes as he walked. Although some guys with ulterior motives could not understand these patterns, it did not prevent them from identifying the value of them.
So, behind Grimm, there were soon some unlucky guys with ragged clothes, rough faces, and sticks, knives and forks in their hands.
Grimm passed by a half-leaning tower, followed a gray stone corridor, and turned into the alley. Seeing this scene, the refugees and villains immediately had their eyes lit up and chased in with big strides.
The fight was very short.
If it were not for the concern that the dragons would discover the traces of witchcraft fluctuations, it would only take a simple witchcraft fireball to kill all these blind guys. But now, Grimm could only swing his fists and knock them down one by one with brute force.
Just as a group of people turned into rolling gourds and rolled on the ground in pain, Grimm had already grabbed the chin of a tall and thin villain and lifted him up.
"Where is the King's Capital Demon Forging Camp? Take me there immediately, otherwise..." Grimm's iron-like right hand suddenly turned red, and instantly burned a charred handprint on the other person's face.
"Evil, you are evil..." The staggering guys immediately "recognized" Grimm's identity, and they all looked terrified.
After all, Grimm was just a fire element wizard, and he didn't have any research on soul science, otherwise he wouldn't have to use coercion and inducement to let these guys lead him the way. But unfortunately, even if Grimm tortured them all, he didn't get any information about the so-called King's Capital Demon Forging Camp.
Just as Grimm frowned and thought about how to get rid of them, a crisp child's voice came from the ruins on the side.
"They can't possibly know where the Demon Forge Camp is!"
Grimm was slightly startled, and he released and retracted his mental power, and soon locked onto the unexpected intruder.
This was a skinny boy, who looked only eleven or twelve years old, hunched over and hiding behind a collapsed wall. The other party's breath was weak, and Grimm didn't release his mental power, so he was able to hide from his ears and eyes and lurk close to him.
"Do you know the Demon Forge Camp?" Grimm tilted his head to examine the guy who suddenly appeared: "Are you also a spellcaster?"
Grimm vaguely saw a trace of extremely clever hidden elemental breath on the other party.
"If you want to find the Demon Forge Camp, then follow me!" The thin boy's face was full of dirt, and his appearance was no different from a long-term malnourished homeless boy. However, Grimm still saw the huge life energy hidden in his body through the elemental vision.
As soon as he finished speaking, the young man held the spell seal with both hands, and a misty light green rune appeared in his palms. Then, similar flashing runes appeared on the foreheads of all the refugees and villains in the field.
In a few breaths, the young man removed the rune and turned away. The refugees and villains fell to the ground and fell asleep one by one, as if they had forgotten everything in an instant.
This very primitive way of holding the spell seal seemed to be somewhat similar to the methods of some schools of curse wizards.
But the most important thing is that the spell cast by this way of holding the spell seal is so slight that the elemental fluctuations are almost negligible. Even though Grimm and him were less than 10 meters apart, it was only with the powerful scanning of the chip that he captured the frequency of his elemental fluctuations.
It seems that the spellcasters in this world can still survive tenaciously under the heavy pressure of the demon hunter knight, and have evolved some interesting little tricks from this.
Grimm patted the dust on his hands and quickly left the scene with the thin boy.
A loud dragon roar suddenly echoed in the sky above the capital. The people who remained in the capital immediately hid everywhere. There was no trace of people in the ruined streets and alleys.
Countless pairs of angry eyes were projected from various hidden places in the city, staring closely at the three green and agile figures that were about to circle in the sky.
The young man also hid in a house that was nearly half collapsed, and observed the movements of the giant dragons in the sky through the gaps in the roof. After circling for a few times, the three green dragons once again pounced on a palace halfway up the mountain. Soon, the screams and cries of women and the angry roars of men sounded in the distance.
Rub, rub, rub...
More than a dozen crossbows splashed dazzling sparks on the shining dragon scales of the green dragon, but did not cause any visible damage to it.
These three green dragons were obviously young dragons who had just reached adulthood, and their hunting experience was obviously not as good as the old green dragons a few days ago. Faced with the daring counterattack of the reptiles under them, the three young green dragons angrily sprayed out a large cloud of poisonous mist.
Soon, the world became peaceful!
Three green dragons rushed into the palace and immediately began to plunder.
The thin boy silently watched the ugly scene that happened four miles away. He knew that he should feel happy for the price paid by these powerful people. But somehow, when he saw this scene, his heart was inexplicably filled with pain and anger, as well as a trace of unconcealable sorrow!
He looked back and could not see any expression of pity or regret on Grimm's calm face. Finally, he couldn't help but speak.
"Will you enslave us like the dragons in the future?"chapter;