The mage arrives

Siwanan Canyon is rich in products, whether it is physalis fruit in the forest, wild vegetables and mushrooms, or birds and beasts, they are all good sources of food.

People gathered firewood from the forest, lit a bonfire, and had a hot dinner.When the food is eaten into the stomach, the happy feeling of fullness warms the body, calms the mind, and dispels fatigue and fear.

The night was peaceful. After Gordon reported the results of today's investigation in detail to Ms. Bishop, he returned to the cabin he had built with magic.As always, he insisted on meditating and reading, and then went to bed on time.

"Young...young..."

In the dream, Gordon once again heard the call of Archmage Cyprus Ding ringing in his ears.

"You must speed up your pace and move on. He is about to wake up! His minions are raging everywhere, making final preparations for his awakening! The warriors of the Siding Kingdom need your help...follow my guidance, go ahead……"

The old mage's voice echoed in his mind repeatedly, becoming more and more illusory, until finally it disappeared completely.

Maybe it was because he had no time to clone himself, or maybe it was because of his limited strength. This time, the old mage only used his voice to communicate with Gordon, and he didn't even show his face.

After waking up in the morning, Gordon thought over and over again what the old mage said in his dream, but he couldn't figure it out.

Who is going to wake up?Whose minions are raging around?And how to help the warriors of the Sidin Kingdom?

Countless questions lingered in his mind, and he couldn't figure it out at all. No matter how strong his memory and logical thinking ability were, it was impossible to weave an orderly picture scroll with these threads that had no beginning and end.

Gordon felt distraught.

He left the cabin created by the spell, and found that there was a lot of fog in the canyon this morning.Fog is a common weather phenomenon in this humid valley, criss-crossed by streams.It's just that the visibility is so low.It's not good news for today's forward mission.

At this moment, a tall and fit figure gradually appeared from the white mist as thick as rice milk, and came to Gordon. Her long silver hair was stained with crystal dewdrops. It looks dazzling.

"What's the matter, Miss Faria?" Gordon asked.

"I had a dream again last night..." Falia showed a tired look on her face.Although her body was fully rested, her spirit was slightly exhausted by the dream.

Unlike Gordon who only talked to the ghost of the old mage Cyprus in his dream, Faria still dreamed that she was incarnated as a silver dragon.Fight fierce battles with a fearsome black dragon before being slain.It must be uncomfortable to dream of such bloody and cruel dreams for two consecutive nights.

Gordon casually comforted Faria.He knew that this kind of verbal comfort was useless, and only by finding the root cause could he relieve her troubles.

"By the way. Is there any difference between your dream and the last time. Or, did you get any useful information?"

Faliya thought for a while and said, "This time, the black dragon called me 'Donabelis', and he called himself 'Tamedaros'."

Dragon clan names are generally longer.And they all end with "Si", which is determined by the special sounding structure of the dragon's throat.What Faria said was indeed a very typical dragon name.But some are mavericks, or are interested in other ethnic cultures.It will also have a different name.

Gordon took down the two names that Faria said, and then went to meet Ms. Bishop.

Originally thought it was just a routine meeting in the morning, but Gordon did not expect that a lot of people gathered at Ms. Bishop's place, which was a noisy and crowded scene.

After a little inquiring, I found out that the family members or friends of these people disappeared last night.

Gordon called Viscount Angelo and asked, "Pastor, you should have set up some early warning measures to deal with the undead last night. Did you find anything?"

After discovering undead in the Siwanan Canyon during the day, when camping at night, Ms. Bishop gave special instructions to ask several priests to respond accordingly.

Viscount Angelo shook his head and said with a wry smile: "The pastor and me, there are only five people in total, even fewer than your mages. And the camp is so big, we can only give priority to the key places."

The so-called key places are the camps of the nobles.Most of the victims whose family members went missing this morning were mountain people from the town of Andolli.

It's really the real world.

But Gordon could also understand Viscount Angelo's actions.He also just set up two triggering alarm circles outside the tent where Xiona and Faliya slept, as well as his own Leomon Sanctuary.Donne and Ms. Bishop don't need him to worry about. As for the others, I'm sorry, he needs to keep enough mana at any time to deal with emergencies, and he has no time to worry about him.

Walking out of the noisy crowd, Bivis ran to Gordon on tiptoe, and whispered, "Captain, what happened last night, could it be that the devil instigated Burdisso, a spy, to do it? Didn't the devil want to do that?" What 'scarlet hunt' ritual?"

Gordon thought for a while, and denied Bivis' guess: "Probably not. Because most of the missing people are civilians, they are useless to demons. What's more, with Burdisso alone, he doesn't have this ability." Let so many people disappear at night."

Seeing Bivis' expression of regret, Gordon took out a notebook from his trouser pocket and handed it to the other party: "This is some arcane experience I wrote down, which may be of some use to you."

Watching was hard work, and Gordon couldn't make the horse run and keep the horse from grazing.Giving Bivis some sweetness can also further mobilize his enthusiasm.

Bivis took the notebook and was overjoyed: "Leader, you are so generous... Otherwise, you might as well accept me as a student!"

"No, please don't. I am only a four-ring mage myself, and I need to continue to explore on the path of the arcane, and I am far from qualified to accept students." Gordon waved his hands quickly.This is just one of the reasons.More importantly, it is really embarrassing to accept an old and wretched guy who is older than himself as a student.

In the thick fog, the reconnaissance team headed by Gordon set off again.

Perhaps it was because of the unidentified missing persons incident that happened at night, or perhaps it was because of the annoying thick fog that made the atmosphere of the team a little depressing.

Until noon, the fog cleared, the sky became a little better, everyone's mood also improved, and there were more conversations among them.

For lunch, Bernie caught a wild boar with his bare hands.

Compared with domestic pigs, the meat quality of wild boars is a bit poor, but the advantage is that it has less fat and is not greasy. If it is cooked properly, it tastes good.

After lunch, Gordon approached Sir Polevich and asked for a tome called "The Dusty Road—From the Kingdom of Sedin to Freydon" from him.This is by far the most detailed history book on the history of the Ancient Road and the founding of Freidon.

In the book, he quickly found what he wanted by using the two names "Donabelis" and "Tamedaros" that Falia told him as keywords.

Donabelis, the silver dragon, is the emissary sent by the platinum dragon god Bahamut to protect the last bloodline of the Sidin Kingdom.And Taimodaros was sent by Tiamat, the five-color dragon god, to assist the Dorag Kingdom—this is the biggest murderer who destroyed the Siding Kingdom, and a country with the most devout belief in the five-color dragon god, chasing and killing the Siding Kingdom. A fearsome warrior of the Lastblood, a legendary dragon.

The book is vague about the last earth-shattering battle between the two sides, but it only uses a lot of gorgeous words and complicated rhetorical techniques to embellish it.

However, the epilogue at the end of the book made Gordon read something different.

"The last bloodline of the Sidin Kingdom, the sixteen nobles with the blood of the Golden Dragonborn, finally defeated the black dragon Timodaros after the sacrifice of Donabelis. They came to a new land and finally established the The glory of the new country, Bahamut, continues..."

Gordon notes that when describing the outcome of the battle, the book uses the word "defeated" rather than "killed" Tymodaros.If he guessed right, he thought he already knew the meaning of what Cyprustin said to him last night.

The black dragon, Timodaros, isn't dead yet.He is recovering his strength, and he is very close to this time node.That's why Cyprus Ding had to give up the sacred barrier, and even pretended to be a fool to run errands for him.

The legendary black dragon... that is a terrifying existence that can destroy a city-state or even a small country.

Moreover, there are many levels of legends.The silver dragon Donabelis recorded in the book is also a legendary powerhouse, but she is obviously no match for Timodaros, otherwise the black dragon will die in the end.

Even after nearly a thousand years, the black dragon is still very weak when it recovers, but folding is still a very difficult problem.There is a legendary black dragon in front, followed by Balor and its thousands of abyssal brothers. Can this situation be worse?

The respite gained by entering the ancient road has not been long!

"Brother, what's the matter with you? Is there something wrong?" Seeing that Gordon's face was a little ugly, Xiona ran over and asked.

Gordon closed the book, shook his head and said, "It's nothing, maybe I didn't sleep well last night."

Before the speculation in his heart was confirmed, he still decided that it would be best to bury this matter in his heart.If it gets out, I'm afraid it will cause panic.

Just like Gordon's bad mood, after lunch and taking a nap, the sky suddenly became overcast, and then it began to rain.To be precise, it should be that the Cold Mist Mountains have received the largest snowfall since the beginning of winter.It's just that the climate of Siwanan Canyon is quite special, it is not affected by the cold air, and the temperature is relatively high, so when it descended from the high altitude, the white snow had already turned into rain.

Throughout the afternoon, a group of people braved the biting winter rain to carry out investigation activities. Even if it had the effect of heat preservation, after being soaked, the mage robe was still very uncomfortable to wear.Fortunately, Gordon's physique is very good, and he won't catch the wind and cold because of the rain. (To be continued..)