The Warrior of Love

"Hello, nice to meet you. My name is "Aisriel", you can just call me Ais."

The blue dragon with a girl's voice spread its wings to shield the three people from the wind and snow, lowered its head and spoke slowly.

"Thank you for saving me and treating my injuries. Mother taught me to repay a favor. I will definitely repay you in the future."

"It's okay..." Heber shook his head while holding the staff. "We are partners of justice. It is natural for us to help the weak."

I'm not a weak person - Aisi instinctively wanted to refute, but she closed her mouth when she saw Jiang Liu next to her.

Compared to this human, she is indeed just a "weakling"!

That ice dragon was superior to her in size, strength, experience, and combat skills. It was a leader even in the "Dragon's Nest", but it was killed by a single punch from the human in front of it during a head-on confrontation.

It really was just one punch!

Aisi saw it clearly. This ordinary-looking, even skinny "human cub" killed a giant dragon with only the simplest fist attack without using any magic or artifacts!

Oh my God, could it be that her mother had been lying to her all along? Are humans really so powerful?

Out of fear of the strong and also because of Jiang Liu's inherent "Dragon Slayer" skill, Ai Si behaved very respectfully, without any of the arrogance that a giant dragon should have.

"Companions of justice?" A hint of doubt appeared in Aisi's ice-blue vertical pupils. "Aren't you three adventurers?"

"We are not risk takers."

Alia said with a gentle and amiable smile: "Let me introduce myself first. I am "Alia" - the Sealed Goddess Alia. This is Heber, a healer, and he is Jiang Liu."

The red-haired goddess paused and said seriously: "The brave Jiang Liu is destined to save the world!"

"Goddess? Hero?!"

Aisi took a deep breath in surprise, and a strong wind arose for no reason.

"Is the legend true? There really is such a thing as a hero... ah, this is really... unbelievable!"

The blue dragon shook his head, looking extremely shocked. It took him a long time to calm down and observe Jiang Liu closely with his vertical pupil.

"It's so small..."

"Tsk!" Jiang Liu raised his eyebrows, "Want to give it a try?"

"Ah, sorry, it's my fault!"

Ai Si hurriedly apologized. Although Jiang Liu was just joking, she seemed to be quite frightened. If you looked closely, you could see that her body was still shaking slightly.

"I, I just didn't expect that what mother mentioned was actually true."

"Mother...excuse me, who is your mother?" Alia asked.

Ai Si paused for a moment, then said solemnly, "I am the princess of the Ice Dragon Clan. My mother is the Mother of Dragons, the Ice Dragon King, the Lord of Winter, and the One who withers all things!

She once told me that when darkness covers the world, a brave man will descend upon this land and take away the most precious treasure from the Dragon's Lair...

I always thought it was just a fairy tale, but I never thought that one day I would see a living hero, Gudu! "

Ai Si's throat moved, and she said with difficulty: "And it is so terrifying... No, it is powerful."

"Hearing you say that, I seem to be able to guess something." Jiang Liu glanced at Alia, and the Sealed Goddess turned to look at him, and the two of them completed a brief exchange with their eyes.

"It seems that we are here not by chance. The Dragon's Lair should have appeared on our route."

Generally speaking, the goddess of the "Unified Divine Realm" will guide the heroes forward, tell them how to develop their own abilities, what to do next, and continue to move towards where the Demon King is.

But the "native residents" of the underworld are not just NPCs, and often have unexpected developments. After all, this is a real world with many uncertainties.

There are some worlds that don't need to be saved by others. Before the goddess and the hero arrive, the local forces have already defeated the demon king... Although this kind of thing is not common, it is by no means impossible.

It often happens that some people with the ability to predict or who have received oracles in advance will make some preparatory activities in advance to help the heroes in order to defeat the Demon King faster and more smoothly in the future.

For example, making a magic sword or a holy sword, and then sealing it somewhere waiting for the brave to take it.

Another example is to train strong warriors in advance and provide reliable partners for the brave.

Some bosses can even see through the abilities and characteristics of the devil, and are just waiting for the brave man to come and solve everything!

Even the goddess cannot master all these things.

Once upon a time, Alia and the brave warrior at that time failed to collect important information about the Demon King's weakness, which led to the failure of the rescue mission and that world was completely transformed into a demon world.

And that was Alia’s only failure!

"Alfheim" is an S-level world, which means that the Demon King and the dark forces are extremely powerful, but it is obvious that the local forces here are not powerless to resist, and they have also prepared some things for the heroes.

The dragon's nest where Aisi is is a place that can provide help to Jiang Liu. Maybe something like curry sticks are buried there.

Originally, after Jiang Liu and his companions arrived in the city, someone else should have given them "hints" and guided them to the dragon's nest in the snow-capped mountains.

Now I'm going to the dungeon to investigate the cause of the blizzard... Well, in a sense, it's the same goal.

Alia asked the young blue dragon, "Lord Aisi, do you know what this snowstorm is about?"

Ai Si hesitated for a moment, then said in a muffled voice: "Yes, this is the domain magic cast by all the dragons in the Dragon's Lair. As long as it is not stopped actively, the climate here will be permanently tampered with."

"It's really the problem of the Ice Dragon Clan..." Alia frowned slightly, "But why? Is there any hatred between the dragon clan and humans?"

"It has nothing to do with humans. This matter is a shame for our Ice Dragon clan!"

Aisi's voice suddenly became high-pitched, and there was anger and hatred in her roar.

"If, if it weren't for that blue devil, how could the Ice Dragon Clan have become the Demon King's minions!"

"calm!"

Jiang Liu suddenly said, "Calm down, Aisi."

"Uh..." An incredible scene appeared. The irritable blue dragon actually calmed down as he was told. It was obviously a huge monster, but now it was like a tamed kitten.

"Sorry, I got carried away."

"It's okay." Jiang Liu smiled slightly, "Can you tell us about this?"

Only when she saw Jiang Liu smile did Ai Si finally breathe a sigh of relief. She felt like her whole body was about to collapse and her heart began beating wildly.

Although Jiang Liu had no hostility or murderous intent, she was still instinctively afraid of this young man...

"What happened is that one day a special guy came to the snowy mountain where we lived."

Aisi shook her head. "I have never seen a beast or monster like that. It feels like a beetle..."

According to the blue dragon girl, a monster that looked like an insect but had a huge body of nearly three meters tall and was covered with an ice-blue shell all over its body, like a fully armed armored knight, suddenly approached the ice dragon clan.

Obviously, that guy didn't come with good intentions, as he said right from the start that he wanted to challenge the warriors of the Ice Dragon clan.

Out of the pride of the dragon clan, the ice dragon clan did not rush forward together, but instead challenged the enemies one by one.

As a result, although both sides were huge in size, the insect monster displayed overwhelming strength and defeated seven giant dragons in a row, including an elderly dragon that was more than a thousand years old.

The most striking thing is that the big insect can actually use weapons, just like a human, and has superb fighting skills... It doesn't look like a monster at all.

Finally, Ais's mother, the Ice Dragon Queen, decided to go into battle, and engaged in a fierce battle that could be described as "equally matched".

But in the end, the insect monsters were more skilled and successfully defeated the Ice Dragon Queen.

That would have been fine, as it was nothing more than the dragon clan's self-esteem being shattered. But right after the queen was defeated, the big bug took out a collar-like item and put it around the queen's neck.

The queen had no idea what had bewitched her, but she was subdued and willing to be controlled by the giant insect.

The queen's subordinates - the ice dragons, also began to develop ominous lines on their bodies as if in a chain reaction, and lost their original minds.

Under the control of the giant bug, the Ice Dragons cast forbidden magic, changed the nearby climate, and began to consciously besiege human cities (in more than one place).

The reason for choosing siege instead of direct attack seems to be "to make humans feel fear".

For some reason, Aisi was not controlled and escaped from the dragon's nest in the chaos. She has been wandering on the snowfield ever since. This time, she saw the fallen ice dragon attacking humans again and could not bear it anymore, so she showed up to stop it.

She was not trying to help humans, but she just couldn't bear to see the dignity of the dragon race being trampled on like this...

"A monster that can use weapons?" Alia pondered. "Generally speaking, only humanoid monsters will try to use weapons to fight, but insect-like monsters... This is the first time I've heard of it."

"But it is basically certain that the guy is the devil's subordinate, right? Then our goal this time is to defeat him."

Heber paused with his staff and said with a hint of disappointment, "I thought this was a dragon-slaying trip... although we did kill one just now."

"It seems that the insect monster is a special existence."

Jiang Liu scratched his head. For some reason he always felt that this monster was a little familiar.

I encountered a vampire progenitor with the Valkyrie class before, and now here comes an ice-attributed warrior bug...

This sense of déjà vu is too strong. If the vampire's name was not wrong, Jiang Liu would have thought this was the world of "Undead King"!

Chapter 377: Leap of Faith

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The cold wind blew past them. The blue dragon Aisi was carrying Jiang Liu and three other people on its broad back, flapping its wings and flying through the gray sky.

Although Ais had used wind magic to block most of the wind pressure, the remaining wind was still able to easily blow up the girl's skirt and silver hair.

"Oh hoo! That's awesome!"

Hebe seemed extremely excited riding on a dragon's back for the first time.

"Although I often peeked into the underworld when I was in heaven, looking down at the earth like this is a new experience I've never had before! Ah huh... now I'm a dragon knight too!"

"Don't move..."

Jiang Liu reached out and grabbed the silver-haired girl who was trying to stand up.

"What if I fall down?"

"Well, I see."

Heber sat down readily, but just sat in Jiang Liu's arms with his back leaning on the boy's chest.

"Then you must hold me tight."

"Leave it to me!" Jiang Liu was in a good mood. In his world, the gray sky seemed to become brighter.

The red-haired goddess, with her legs folded, sat quietly beside them. Seeing the interaction between the two, a warm smile appeared on her lips.

As the saying goes, "When you see others happy, you will also be happy" - this is probably the state of mind.

Some people might feel jealous because of this, but at least Alia wouldn't feel that way.

"It's almost there."

Blue dragon Ais couldn't see what was happening on her back. Her eyes were always looking forward. After noticing a slight "wrinkle" in the white world, she reminded everyone in a muffled voice.

"We can already see the Ice Dragon Mountain Range. Our home, the Dragon's Nest, is on the main peak."

Jiang Liu also looked far away and saw it more clearly than Ai Si: "I saw it too... By the way, how many dragons are there in total?"

Before the war begins, you must first do a good job of intelligence work, and then decide whether to fight head-on or sneak in to assassinate - although it may not make much difference to Jiang Liu.

"Not counting baby dragons, there are probably seventy or eighty adult dragons and old dragons combined." Ai Si said in a muffled voice.

Alia was surprised: "So many? But dragons should be monsters with big appetites. If so many dragons live together, the ecological environment of this place will not be able to support it."

"We ice dragons are different..." Aisi explained, "We can enter hibernation at will, and we don't patrol the territory very often. We basically stay on the snowy mountains without moving, which consumes less physical energy than ordinary dragons."

"The energy-saving dragon tribe? This is really eye-opening."

Jiang Liu smiled and continued to ask: "You said that the dragon's nest is on the main peak. Do all the giant dragons live together?"

"No, the Dragon's Nest is a place similar to an activity square and a palace. It is the residence of my mother and the old dragons. Although other ice dragons can enter and leave freely, they live somewhere else, including me."

Ai Si paused and continued, "Adult ice dragons will dig caves on the mountains near the main peak, or directly use the nests left by their predecessors. When they lay dragon eggs and raise their children to the point where they can hunt on their own, they will let them leave the nest.

Generally speaking, almost all ice dragon nests are on the top of the mountain near the main peak, but the height will not be higher than the mother's "Dragon's Nest."

"Do all dragons like high places?"

"No... that's not the whole reason."

Ai Si hesitated for a moment and said, "It's because it's convenient for raising children. We have to choose a high place."

"Hmm?" Jiang Liu was a little confused.

Alia took over the conversation and answered for him: "It is like this, adult dragons have no natural enemies in nature, but this is not the case for dragon eggs and baby dragons.

On the contrary, because the dragon's powerful strength attracts many covetous eyes, dragon eggs and baby dragons often fall into very dangerous situations.

No matter how powerful a dragon is, it cannot guarantee that it will never leave its nest, so in order to protect the dragon eggs, it simply builds its nest in a place that is difficult for other creatures to reach. "

"I see..." Jiang Liu suddenly realized, "For example, in the crater and on the top of the snowy mountain, right?"