The wizard starts by trimming the donkey's hooves

Chapter 517 Search and Divination

Reef Island, underground.

"what?"

As soon as he reached the bottom, Ryan's eyes lit up, because he found that here, in addition to the expected large areas of dark red surging magma, he also saw a lot of exposed metallic ores on the lava wall.

Obviously, these are all high-temperature resistant ores, and ordinary rocks would have been melted by magma long ago.

In addition, Ryan also saw a number of monsters with body lengths ranging from several meters to several meters, with dragon heads and bodies similar to crocodiles, but dark red in color, with two fan-shaped fins on their backs, crawling up and down in the lava lake.

"What kind of creature is this? Judging from its appearance, it seems to have the blood of a red dragon or a red dragon?"

"But it looks like the two fins on its back are from some aquatic creature. Also, this is an underwater volcano."

"It has two fins similar to sails on its back and it likes magma, so we can temporarily call it a lava diplodocus." Ryan looked at it carefully.

Seeing the sudden appearance of the strange 'visitor' Ryan, many lava Diemetradons ran over with shining eyes, obviously treating Ryan as a delicacy.

"Hey!"

The hardened adamantium in Ryan's hand instantly transformed into a rapier, pierced into the head of a lava dimetradon, and nailed the opponent in place.

Although the opponent was killed instantly by Ryan, he could feel that the toughness and resistance when he was stabbed just now, as well as the instinctive twitching strength of the opponent's body after death, were not comparable to those of ordinary ferocious species.

"He's quite strong, most likely a dragonborn."

Just now, when Ryan saw the opponent's dragon head, he had this guess in his mind. After all, most dragons like to mate, and can produce offspring with almost all kinds of creatures. The strength of their dominant genes is unparalleled.

Although Ryan killed a lava Diemetradon instantly, the other Diemetradons seemed fearless and continued to rush towards Ryan.

"If it's Dragonborn, then it's easy."

Ryan released a little bit of the aura of the dragon's blood. In an instant, the double-sail monsters that wanted to surround Ryan and devour him seemed to be suppressed by the blood. They immediately scattered, rushed into the magma and hid.

Ryan naturally would not chase them, but found a groove in the rock wall that was not covered by lava, and quickly returned to the top. He wanted to hurry up and send Menia down.

Ryan came to Menia and called softly, "Your Highness Menia?"

After several calls, the other party did not wake up.

Ryan thought for a moment and said, "Your Highness Menia, I need to take you to the lava lake below."

After saying that, Ryan walked forward and gently picked up Menia. As soon as he touched her, he found that her body was warm and soft, and felt great.

The opponent's red wizard robe seemed to be a high-level magical weapon. It was automatically stored when Menia transformed before. At this moment, it was still intact, and the texture was as soft and smooth as stockings, and it also appropriately outlined Menia's perfect body curves.

In addition, as Ryan moved and hugged her, Menia groaned slightly, and her head naturally rested on Ryan's chin, and the scent of a mature woman came to her nose.

At the same time, her body leaned forward, her towering breasts became more prominent, and her hips sank, just rubbing against Ryan's lower abdomen.

This made Ryan, who had not been near a woman for some time, start to have many fantasies.

As he walked, Ryan couldn't help but look down at Menia.

But once he saw her, he couldn't stop. Ryan just felt that the other person was so beautiful, so kind, and he felt so sorry for her that he couldn't help but want to kiss her.

Before, when the consciousness merged, Ryan solved a puzzle in his heart, which was why His Highness Menia would look at him with a rather special look from time to time.

And why the other party specifically reminded him that it would be better for him not to use the multi-headed dragon transformation.

This is because when His Highness Menia was young, he studied at the Imperial Royal Academy and met a young man. Although the other party was not a royal descendant, he also possessed the rare blood of the red dragon, and was gifted and trained hard. Soon, the two fell in love with each other.

However, when the two were about to graduate, the young man, after several years of hard training, truly awakened his bloodline - the bloodline of a multi-headed dragon. It turned out that he did not have the bloodline of a red dragon, but the more special and rare multi-headed dragon bloodline.

Most importantly, according to the royal secrets of the Dragun Empire, hydras are aliens, evil foreign dragons.

So, you can imagine the ending of the two.
Although Ryan didn't see all of the details, this was basically the case.

It was because of this painful experience that Menia had never married. When she saw Ryan transforming into a two-headed dragon in Ferdinand Forest, she was stunned and issued a gag order.

Therefore, when Ryan looked at Menia, he felt distressed.

"As a woman who can almost be called the Valkyrie of the Empire, she always appears to be graceful, elegant, dignified and resolute, but who knows the pain in her heart?"

And because the two people's consciousness have merged to a certain extent, whether it is the feeling that Ryan feels towards Menia, or vice versa, there is an incomparable intimacy that seems to come from the depths of consciousness.

In addition, with the vivid scene right in front of him, it was natural for Ryan to have some charming thoughts in his mind.

With beauty in his heart, Ryan jumped into the cave again. After arriving at the lava lake below, he quickly came to the position he had found before, intending to gently put Menia down.

At this time, Ryan looked at Menia's beautiful face and cherry red lips again. Somehow, his heart was beating fast, and he kissed her gently.

"It shouldn't be a problem if we just kiss secretly." Ryan thought.

"Huh? Why is Your Highness Menia's face getting redder and redder?"

Ryan glanced at Menia's pretty face, and suddenly discovered something, thinking it was strange.

However, he only thought that it was because the air near the lava lake was relatively hot, and did not take it too seriously. After setting up the magic formation, he quickly went up and planned to bring the ancient mermaid girl down with him.

After Ryan left, Menia's beautiful eyes slowly opened.

She looked at Ryan's departing back with complicated eyes, sighed slightly, and went into deep meditation again.

maritime.

In the fight for the reef island, the Poseidon Cult and the Federation constantly mobilized personnel and forces, and battles were fought almost one after another.

As soon as the battle started, the Poseidon Cult relied on the ancient terrifying sea beast 'Smoldering Electric Eel' Glathers, and injured the Federation's Swordmaster Tirion as soon as it appeared. Although the injury was not serious, Glathers was so powerful for a while that several Federation fast fleets dared not approach.

The situation was not resolved until half a day later, when other epic-level powerhouses from the Federation arrived one after another.

On the second day, with the arrival of more powerful federation warriors, including several giant Ajax golems that joined the battle, they finally gained the upper hand.

The Poseidon Cult also began to retreat gradually!

Although the loss was not small, Pope Egil's purpose was actually to allow the 'Smoldering Electric Eel' Glathers to further restore his strength. After all, nothing is more nourishing than blood.

Once the Federation occupied the reef island, they naturally launched a large-scale search immediately.

But after turning the small reef island upside down, Reginald and Tirion still couldn't find any trace of Ryan. During this period, Reginald and other high-level wizards of the Federation used detection spells more than once, but still found nothing. "Perhaps Lord Ryan has some kind of magical weapon that can block magical detection." Sword Saint Tirion thought for a moment and said in a deep voice.

"Search again, inch by inch!"

"Yes!" The federal soldiers began to search manually. Looking down from a high place, for a moment, the reef island seemed to be occupied by densely packed 'ants'.

Nearly an hour later, an officer came to report, sweating profusely, "Sir, we still haven't found any trace of Lord Ryan."

"Have you searched everything?"

"They've all been searched! No, that's not right, sir. That lake hasn't been searched yet." The bearded officer shuddered, as if he had thought of something, and pointed to the lake formed at the center of the explosion.

The lake at this moment was no longer what it looked like at the beginning after Ryan used the "Molten Flame" to explode.

With the siphon effect of the surface air pressure, the water in the underground river was sucked up, and the lake surface became larger and larger. At the same time, due to the subsequent fierce battle, the ground shook again, crushing the narrow tunnel made by Ryan. This stopped the siphon, and the lake surface finally took shape and became the size in front of us.

"What are you waiting for? Go!" When Tirion heard the word lake, a gleam of light flashed in his eyes.

Yes! The explosion center is very likely.

Reginald also looked towards the lake with burning eyes.

"Yes, sir!" said the bearded officer.

ten minutes later.

One after another, the federal soldiers surfaced from the lake and shook their heads. On the other side, several water wizards cast water magic to investigate but found nothing.

"Sir, there is no passage or cave below. We have not found any trace of Lord Ryan."

After listening to this, Tirion's face turned gloomy and he waved his hand.

"Could it be that I guessed wrong, and both His Highness Menia and Lord Ryan died in the previous battle?" Reginald, who had not rested for several days, was in a low mood and said with cracked lips.

Even though he was a fourth-level Dawn Wizard, he was still worried and fighting non-stop for several days, which was a bit too much for him.

"Personally, I think it is possible that Lord Ryan carries shielding devices and concealment-type magical weapons with him." Tirion said in a deep voice after thinking for a while.

Because just like what Hiram's team did when they were trapped in the floating city before, they hid in the shielding device and the concealing magic array, and even the patrol team and various detection devices of the floating city could not find them.

But since this involves the secrets of the floating city, Tirion naturally couldn't say it directly.

"It's not impossible, but what if Lord Ryan is seriously injured and is inside the shielding device..." Reginald stopped talking.

"Let's wait for a while!" After pondering for a while, Sword Master Tirion said.

Meanwhile, the Imperial airship 'Storm' had already arrived in the capital Tamriel.

"Her Royal Highness the Red Queen Menia is suspected to be dead? The Imperial Count, no, the Imperial Marquis and Deputy Chief of the Sword Bearers, Lord Ryan, is missing?" Upon hearing the news, the imperial officials exclaimed on the spot.

"Quick! Notify the royal family, the Senate, and the Sword Bearer Headquarters immediately."

"As you command, my lord!"

As orders were passed on one after another, the news that the Imperial delegation was ambushed by the Cult of Poseidon on the edge of the Federation's waters on their return journey quickly spread throughout the Imperial capital. For a time, all kinds of conspiracy theories, including rumors that the Federation had designed an ambush on the Imperial delegation, were rampant.

Fortunately, not long after, Reginald, the 'Pulse of the Earth', reported the incident to the Empire through the Federation's ultra-long-distance witchcraft communication device, which slightly suppressed the conspiracy theory.

Reginald's choice of words was exactly the same as Tirion's, using the words "suspected" and "high probability". However, this naturally did not pose any difficulty for the empire with its profound heritage.

Astrologer Platform.

When Marshal Alfred, General Augustus, and the red-eyed Olena arrived at the Astrologer's Platform, they found that an elder of the Imperial Senate was already there.

"Your Majesty Dallion, my old friend, I need you to personally do the divination."

"I didn't expect something like this would happen during a visit to the Federation!" The great astrologer Dallion also sighed.

"Alfred, you are here too." The old man with gray hair and wrinkled forehead nodded.

"Hello, Elder Ivan." Alfred bowed slightly and said.

The other party was born into the imperial family, was an elder of the Imperial Senate, and was also the Guardian of the Empire, with extremely long experience.

"This crystal pendant was worn by Menia for many years. Dallion, let's try to find Menia first." Elder Ivan sighed and said.

"Vast galaxy, please light up the way ahead for me, so I can find the lost traveler." As Dallion held the crystal pendant that Menia had used, he began to recite the great astrology!

Suddenly, a vast star map appeared in front of him, with stars of different sizes emitting dazzling light.

Since the object of divination is the Red Queen Menia, who is slightly stronger than Dallion, even for Dallion, the cost of performing the Great Astrology is quite high, and the accuracy is also greatly affected.

A few minutes later, as the great astrology ended, Dallion frowned and remained silent.

"Your Majesty Darien, what's the situation? His Highness Menia, is it true?" General Augustus on the side couldn't help but ask.

"It's hard to say, but judging from the indications and guidance of the vast galaxy, His Highness Menia should not be dead, but he doesn't seem to be intact either."

"Intact?" Everyone was stunned and started to ponder immediately.

Because it is still very strange to use this word to describe a person.

"His Highness Menia's condition is very strange. This is the first time I have encountered this. In the vast galaxy, each person corresponds to a star. If the other party's starlight is dim, it means that the other party is likely to be seriously injured or trapped in a secret place, etc."

"But His Highness Menia's star is obviously missing. This." The great astrologer Dallion frowned.

After hearing the words of the great astrologer Dallion, the whole audience fell silent for a moment!

"Then why don't we try to find Mr. Ryan first?"

"Because if Lord Ryan is still alive and we can find him, then we may be able to find out what happened to His Highness Menia." General Augustus thought for a moment and suggested.

"Well, this is one way. You can try it." The great astrologer Dallion nodded and said.

At this time, Olena, with red eyes, quickly stepped forward and respectfully handed a box to Dallion.

(End of this chapter)