My wife is a dragon.

Chapter 261 The Brave Man's Great Trick (6.2K)

Lackland City.

Xia Li searched for two days and two nights before he found such a place.

The land here is not rich, the scenery is not beautiful enough, and there are no mineral resources worthy of attention.

But it was in this place that the new kingdom would emerge in the next fifty years.

Fifty years later, they will activate the plane summoning magic to summon a brave man from Earth.

In the name of "defeating the dragon" and "saving the world", the brave man will gain enough confidence and sense of justice.

Then he pulled out the sword from the stone and started his adventure of slaying dragons on this land... and finally, by some strange coincidence, he fell in love with his greatest enemy in his life.

Well, very nice story.

Xia Lilian has even thought about the content of the story after returning to Earth.

I have secretly taken leave for so many days, so I should write 100,000 words in one go to honor my readers, right?

Retracting his thoughts, Xia Li looked down at his feet.

At this time, Lackland was still a forgotten town.

Precisely because it was poor and weak, it was forgotten in a corner by the empire, and the lord of Lachlan City had enough time to develop.

Later, after the rebellion war broke out, the army from Lachlan City became the strongest main force in the resistance.

People raised the banner of protest and trampled on the empire's hegemonic rule that had lasted for thousands of years.

The people of Lackland City were liberated from oppression and gained a new life.

They made the city lord their king and established a new dynasty.

The name of this dynasty was called the 'Lackland Kingdom'.

This is the 'future' that Xia Li saw.

Although there will still be people who are starving in the future, compared to the wars and despair brought about by the corrupt imperial rule, humans on the continent of Aize in the future will at least be born full of hope.

The influence of the empire's foundation is difficult to eliminate in a short period of time. Perhaps in a hundred or a thousand years, this struggle will be regarded as the most important milestone by future generations.

"The civil war of mankind will soon be over..."

Lucia stood on the top of the mountain and retracted her dragon wings.

The silver dragon raised its long and beautiful neck and looked down.

Under the cover of night, human cities fell into a deep sleep.

The buildings were silent in the darkness. The city here was not large, and the buildings were uneven. From the moldy wooden frames and the missing tiles on the roofs, it could be seen that most of the residents here had not returned home for a long time.

Looking from afar, there is an indescribable sense of desolation and depression.

But this desolation is only temporary.

Even Lucia, who disdains human power, has heard of the name "Lackland". This is enough to prove that the future Lachlan is already successful enough.

"Humans will only turn their attention to other races after the civil war ends... After expanding their own territory, they will target other races. We dragons are one of the victims of human desire for expansion."

Lucia exhaled a breath and said in a sad and angry tone.

"That's right."

Xia Li sat cross-legged on the dragon head.

He did not excuse human behavior, but put it from a different perspective.

"But think about it, they are trying so hard to research new magic tools just because they want to expand their territory. This is an important process to promote their own development..."

"It is precisely because they have such 'desire' that they summoned me here, and I was able to meet you."

"..."

Lucia was moved by Xia Li's words.

Think about it too.

If humans had no desire to fight against dragons, Xia Li would not have come to this world, and she would never have been able to meet Xia Li in this life.

Thinking of this, Lucia glanced at the human town below her feet and felt that it was more pleasing to the eye than before.

In view of the great contributions this town has made, let us put aside our prejudices against it for the moment.

With the dragon knight on her head, Lucia jumped down and found herself in the night.

……

The next day, early in the morning.

As the first ray of sunrise rises in the sky.

The center of Lachlan City, the City Lord's Mansion.

At this time, the City Lord's Mansion was deserted.

When the empire was in dire straits, no one, including the common people and high-ranking officials in its territory, could stay out of it, and the same was true for the city of Lachlan.

In order to actively respond to the call of the empire, the army led by the young city lord left the town with great momentum three months ago.

No one knew where the team went in the end, but the awareness that the city lord shouted at the city gate when he left moved everyone.

Everyone knows that this is a one-way battle, and the soldiers who embark on the distant army will never be able to return home.

But even so, the support rate for this expedition reached an astonishing number.

“Haha!”

The back garden of the city lord's mansion.

A little boy, estimated to be about seven or eight years old, was holding a wooden sword and waving his arms quickly at the straw dummy.

At a young age, the little boy showed great talent in swordsmanship and extraordinary magical abilities.

This is the orphan left behind by the city lord and his wife.

Because the child was too young and it would be impossible to cross the western snow-capped mountains with him, the young city lord stayed behind. Also staying with him were two maids and a swordsmanship instructor, who were responsible for taking care of the young city lord's food, clothing and daily life.

It was morning now. After getting up early and washing up, the young city lord went to the garden to practice swordplay.

He worked so hard that sweat was pouring down his face, and his tender little hands were rubbed by the hilt of the sword, forming a thick layer of calluses.

Just as the young city lord was concentrating, the originally clear sky suddenly darkened.

The young city lord pulled up his collar to wipe the sweat off his face, thinking it was going to rain.

But when he looked up, what he saw was not dark clouds... but a pair of huge lanterns that were bigger than his palms.

Looking again, this is not a lantern, it is a dragon pupil!
A giant silver dragon, taller than the sky above, stood silently in the back garden.

The lord's back garden, which was relatively spacious, seemed quite narrow under the dragon's towering body.

The dragon is like a cat that has settled into a nest that is not the right size for it.

The silver dragon sat on the ground with its body hunched. It had to coil its tail around its claws and fold its wings at the same time so that it could sit in the garden.

"you you you……"

After all, the young city lord was still young. When he saw the giant dragon, he reacted like most human children. He sat down on the ground with his eyes wide open, and the fragile wooden sword in his hand flew away to who knows where.

"Hello, young king."

As the dragon lowered its head, the man jumped off from the dragon's head.

"Dragon, Dragon Rider?"

The young city lord swallowed with difficulty due to his dry throat.

It's not like he hasn't seen the dragon riders from the empire's elite troops.

But the dragons ridden by those dragon riders are at most two or three times larger than horses.

A dragon like the one in front of me... is almost a pure-blooded dragon.

Even as the experienced son of the city lord, the young city lord also understood this in his heart -

No one can conquer a dragon of this size!
This kind of giant dragon could only exist in the Empire’s Fossil Museum!
His still somewhat childish eyes were stunned by the silhouette of the giant dragon.

He retracted his gaze and examined the man in front of him.

The young city lord couldn't help but recall the first words the man had just spoken.

What did the other party call me...

'The young king?'

"As you can see, I am indeed a dragon rider."

Xia Li smiled slightly and reached out to help the little king who had fallen down.

It is clear that this guy has such a solemn and dignified face fifty years later, but I didn’t expect that he was so timid when he was a child?
But...Lucia didn't scare him to pee his pants, so he was already brave.

"Long story short, I'm a dragon rider from the future."

Xia Li didn't waste any time. After helping the young city lord up, he went straight to the point.

Lucia now cast a magic spell to conceal their presence, and no one except the town lord can see them.

After all, Xia Li only needed to make a prophecy for the future king alone, and there was no need to cause too much confusion.

"future……?!"

The little boy looked incredulous and was deeply surprised by what Xia Li said.

Xia Li resisted the urge to laugh and nodded solemnly.

This guy used to fool Xia Li with sugar-coated bullets, and he was so confused that he couldn't wait to take up the sword to kill the dragon and fulfill his racial justice.

With his eloquence and ability to impart inspirational quotes, he would definitely rank among the best high school class teachers on Earth.

Now seeing his dazed and idiotic look, Xia Li formed a strong contrast in his mind.

How on earth did I get fooled by this little brat before? ?
"Well...in the future, Lachlan's war will be successful." Xia Li said concisely.

The little boy secretly tightened his clenched fists.

Lachlan's war... This matter should not be known to outsiders except the people in Lachlan's own town.

In other words, if Lachlan's betrayal was discovered by outsiders in advance, then there is no doubt that the war will fail and the entire city of Lachlan will be massacred by the Lyon Empire.

"Don't be so nervous, I'm not from the Empire."

It was the first time that Xia Li saw what "thought" and "enlightenment" meant on the face of an eight-year-old boy.

It seemed like he would really swing the wooden sword over and, with the mentality of hitting a rock with an egg, hit Xia Li's neck with a knife.

Calm and brave... In this respect, he is very similar to the future King Lachlan.

"The current empire has no ability to tame the dragon behind me, right?" Xia Li tried his best to use a logic that even an eight-year-old child could understand.

"To put it another way, if I were a member of the Empire, with the power of the dragon behind me, it would only take a thought for me to raze the city of Lachlan to the ground. There is no need for me to stand here and talk to you."

"..."

The little boy listened with some despair, and the wooden sword in his hand loosened a little.

Rough words are not rough.

In the city of Lachlan where there is not even a single guard stationed, even a fifth-level monster, let alone a dragon, would be able to turn the world upside down.

Although I don't want to admit it.

However, he and the city beneath his feet were indeed like ants in front of the giant dragon.

"It's good that you can understand it."

Seeing that he had let down his guard, Xia Li felt relieved.

The first step is to make the little king trust himself. This step has been achieved.

"You said you came from the future."

The little boy raised his head and glanced at the silver dragon behind the man with some fear, then retracted his gaze and focused on the person he was talking to.

"Yeah." Xia Li nodded.

"Future...how are my parents?"

"This one……"

Xia Li hesitated for a second, but decided not to tell this gentle lie.

Giving him more hope now will make him more desperate in the future.

Judging from the little king's psychological endurance and his great ambitions, Xia Li judged that he would not fall here.

"They will live up to everyone's expectations and fulfill their promise to all the people of Lackland City..."

Xia Li paused and continued.

"They have never let anyone down in their lives, except their son."

Xia Li said it tactfully. After the young city lord understood it for a moment, he instantly understood the meaning of this sentence.

"It's fine……"

He lowered his head, clenched his fists again, and wet tears welled up in his red eyes.

“They didn’t let me down.”

The young city lord wiped his eyes with his sleeve, took a deep breath and said.

"So, I won't let them down!"

"Well, that's a good realization." Xia Li did not comfort him much, but just stared at the young city lord's face quietly. After this young face had digested all the emotions, the young city lord looked up again and asked Xia Li.

“What will my country be like in the future?”

"The future..." Xia Li looked around.

There are big changes here.

But it is not difficult to see the outline from the distant mountain scenery and the details in the corners.

Xia Li had been here before.

It’s just that the city of Lachlan at that time was quite wealthy, which is very different from the scene now.

"The future Lachlan Kingdom will be very stable under your rule. Although the gap between the rich and the poor will still make some people poor and destitute... But compared to most human countries in this world, you have done a good job."

Xia Li elaborated based on his own memory.

He did not make any positive or negative comments.

But in order not to influence the king in front of him too much, he gave him an ambiguous imagination space.

"Is that so..." The young city lord pondered for a moment and felt relieved by Xia Li's answer.

"That's good."

"I will also work hard in the direction you mentioned in the future." He said in a firm tone.

Xia Li smiled and then sighed.

"As for human factors, you have done well enough... But as for natural factors, there is a hurdle that you need to overcome together with your people and even with the help of neighboring countries."

Xia Li deliberately threw out a lead.

The unsuspecting little king immediately took the bait and asked back in a stern face.

"What's the hurdle?"

Xia Li raised a finger and said only one word.

"dragon."

His pure black pupils were as calm as a still pond, and his deep gaze was unfathomable. It seemed as if such a look really came from the mysterious future.

The young city lord was shocked by his words and actions, and he couldn't help but repeat the word Xia Li said.

"……dragon?"

"Yes, in the future, the frequent appearance of dragons will be a new disaster for the Lachlan Kingdom..."

Xia Li mumbled out the lines he had prepared in advance.

Basically, the number of dragons increased and they became more and more active, and there were constant frictions between humans and dragons in the already unclear territories... Later, pure-blooded dragons appeared in the world, and humans were defeated by the power of pure-blooded dragons. This was another disaster for humans after the fall of the Lyon Empire.

These stories are not all made up by Xia Li.

After all, according to his own memory, the Kingdom of Lachlan once told him such a story.

In a sense, the words he said to deceive the little king will also be used by the little king to deceive Xia Li in the future.

It's a matter of time.

"...I understand. I will summon the hero at that time."

The young city lord was stunned when he heard this.

The situation was too serious, beyond his imagination.

According to this mysterious dragon knight.

If I don't activate the summoning magic and summon the savior hero after fifty years... then, not to mention the Lachlan Kingdom, even the entire world will be destroyed!

This is something that cannot tolerate jokes or mistakes!
You must keep this in mind!

"I'll set up the hero's summoning circle. It's not difficult to activate it. You just need to inject enough magic power into it." The man's expression was meticulous as he spoke.

"it is good……"

The young city lord nodded vigorously and continued.

"I have one more question..."

"You ask."

"According to what you said, the hero comes from another world... He will save my country. But why should he do this? And what kind of reward should I give him? According to common sense, saving the world cannot be driven by some gold or interests, right?"

"Isn't this simple?"

Xia Li's mouth twitched.

I didn't expect that this man, who would become a smooth-talking old man in the future, was so naive when he was young.

"Just lie to him."

"--cheat?!"

"Yes," Xia Li nodded.

"Besides, isn't the reason of 'saving the world' enough to motivate people? Young men are most likely to be excited. You can speak with more passion. The heroes in the other world are also human beings. He will definitely be moved by you."

"..."

The young city lord fell into a long silence.

This kind of thing concerns the fate of all mankind. Cheating seems too frivolous...

However, what the other party said seemed to make sense.

There is nothing greater than saving the world.

If he also had this ability, he might also be touched by this.

"Then the last question..."

After a long silence, the young city lord finally prepared himself mentally.

Xia Li looked at the sky and saw that it was getting late. Lucia's magic was about to be lifted, but he still nodded patiently and said, "Ask."

"...After I summon the hero, how should I send him back?"

"Well..."

Xia Li pinched his chin.

To be honest, he didn't know how to get back.

Besides, I didn’t know how to go back at that time.

The old king just told him that after completing the hunting mission of the pure-blooded dragon and collecting all the materials, he could go home.

However, Xia Li hadn't even completed the task, so how could he know what materials to collect?

But...he can be sure of this.

The old king who said this at the time didn't know what materials he needed to collect.

After all, plane teleportation magic only exists in theory, and humans do not have the key to master this magic.

The real key is in Xia Li's hands.

"Danggui, Baizhu, Poria, Pinellia, Tangerine Peel, Hawthorn, Coptis, Sophora flavescens..."

“Ah? Ah???”

Xia Li chanted a string of words like a spell, which the natives of the other world had never heard of.

The young city lord turned pale when he heard this.

Not only did the other person speak very quickly, but every pronunciation he made sounded unfamiliar to him.

"Hold on!!"

The young city lord immediately squatted down and wrote and drew on the ground with the wooden sword in his hand.

"Please say it again!"

"Bupleurum, Chinese angelica, white peony root, atractylodes, Poria, licorice, mint, ginger..."

"..."

Why does it feel different from what I just said?!

Without time to think carefully, the young city lord was in a panic and barely wrote out a string of pronunciations that he himself could not understand.

Xia Li tilted his neck to take a look.

Then he nodded in agreement.

"Yes, it is like that."

"Really... is that so?" The young city lord had little confidence.

"Do not worry,"

Xia Li patted the little boy's shoulder and comforted him.

"The other party is a hero who saves the world. He will figure out the rest of the solution himself."

"Okay... I got it."

At this point, the young city lord can only choose to believe this mysterious man.

Of course, the prerequisite is that the many prophecies the mysterious man just said have come true, then he will also activate the summoning circle at a fixed place according to the agreement.

"Take this."

Xia Li picked up a pebble on the ground seemingly casually, and handed it to the future city lord.

The young city lord was still wondering, is there anything unusual about the small stones that can be seen everywhere in the garden?
However, when the stone was handed over by the mysterious man, the originally ordinary stone surface instantly turned translucent white.

The inside of the stone was filled with ethereal white mist.

In the center of the stone, a complex magic circle was slowly rotating.

The young city lord suddenly opened his eyes wide.

Obviously, the ability to engrave complex magic into stone with such ease is quite mysterious.

It wouldn't be an exaggeration to call it a 'miracle'.

Modern magic does not have this kind of technology.

This further confirmed the fact that the mysterious man was from the future.

"This is 'summoning magic', you can also call it 'plane transfer magic'."

After Xia Li handed over the stone, the silver dragon behind him tacitly lowered its head.

He grabbed the horn on the dragon's head with one hand and climbed up easily.

"Remember our agreement."

"Summon the hero, and then take him to pull out the sword in the stone..."

As a strong wind blew, the mysterious man and the silver dragon all disappeared.

The mysterious man's voice faded away after a long time. The young city lord clenched the stone in his hand and was stunned for a long time.

He didn't come back to his senses until the maid brought him lunch.

It was as if he had experienced a journey through time and space, and he saw the future he was about to arrive in...

It's a future that's very reassuring, but also a little regrettable.

Lachlan successfully gained independence and established a kingdom.

The price he will pay is that he will no longer have any relatives in this world...

"Ah!"

After a long silence, the young city lord swung his sword again.

Even if the future is already determined, we cannot relax for a moment.

That kind of future is the one that everyone has reached with their best efforts.

So now, take action, it’s urgent!
"Um……?"

The sword successfully hit the scarecrow's neck, and the young city lord suddenly remembered something.

He lowered his head to look at his feet, at the line of words he had just written in a panic.

These words were related to the secret of the brave man's future return home, but he had not yet had time to copy them onto parchment.

However, this sight made the young city lord dumbfounded.

broken!

All the words written on the ground just now are gone!

When the dragon took off, it raised a cloud of dust that completely covered the words.

The little boy squatted on the ground with his head in his hands, racking his brains to recall what the mysterious man had just said as if a disaster was imminent.

"White phosphorus, neck core, dragon miscellanea... No, it doesn't seem to be these things."

The more the young city lord thought about it, the more desperate he became.

His upright gentlemanly life has not even begun, but it is destined to end in deception!

(End of this chapter)