Chapter 1056 Scales

The devastated explosion crater shows how big a disaster happened here just now. Historical relics that may have valuable historical value were blown into pieces and mixed with black rot. Within an area of ​​several hundred meters There were no plants in sight, and they were all torn apart and buried by the shock wave. Just when we were guessing whether the humans that Sandora had sensed before had been buried in the explosion, the black mound in the distance suddenly moved. Then two gray-headed "people" emerged from inside.

What a tenacious vitality this is - by ordinary standards.

Although the humanoid creature that emerged from the soil seemed to be still alive and kicking, its appearance had been completely destroyed by the explosion. All that could be seen was the remains of its clothes, which had almost turned into strips of cloth, and the hand in its hand. After just a quick glance at the broken, strange-shaped tool, I still judged from the rough figure of the other party that they should be two women... Well, they were suspected to be female creatures, because I suddenly found two thick ones behind the other party, Resembling a lizard-like tail, the presence of these two tails is simply too strong and can be seen at a glance.

"Ahem, # ! # ￥% # &... # % # " The first humanoid creature to get up (please forgive me for using such rude words to describe the other party, because It seems that the other person's race is a bit strange) coughed heavily and yelled something indistinctly, with a hissing sound in his voice and a rather complaining tone, and then she (I think I can use "she" for the time being) " to refer to the other party) bent down and helped his companion. This time he finally heard what the other party said clearly: "Look at the good things you did!"

Please let us remember that for our group of guys, language issues have never been a problem, especially after being mounted to the imperial database and able to instantly parse any kind of communication information. So don’t study why we can understand what the other person is saying. Besides, even if there is no such setting, please don’t forget that someone wanted to save trouble and let Chinese rule the multiverse long ago...

"Hey, at least everyone survived. Do you want to fight that stone man?" The person who was helped up seemed to be more severely affected by the explosion. His steps were wobbly when he stood up, but his voice sounded carefree and unconcerned. Like her companions, she also had a hissing echo when she spoke, "Get out of this place quickly, God knows if there will be another stone man, the ancient city..."

The other person looked up. Suddenly he saw a large group of people standing on the edge of the explosion crater, so his words stopped abruptly.

I looked at the other party innocently, and was about to explain that I was just passing by, but I didn't expect that the other party would take a very vigilant stance first, place the damaged tools or weapons in his hands in front of me, and hunch up. It seemed like he was about to launch an attack at any moment. Such a reaction made me stunned. I never expected that the other party would be such an aggressive guy, so I had to prepare for an unfriendly first contact. However, once again, before I could make any move, The careless woman opposite suddenly put down her posture and patted her companion on the shoulder: "Forget it, there are many of them, I will surrender first."

Her companion was stunned: "How do you know you can't beat us? We are half-dragons..."

"What kind of half-dragon?" The careless guy threw away the weapon in his hand that was so tattered that it had no effect at all. "He is almost half dead now, and the other person is also wandering in the ancient city. Do you think he is an ordinary person?"

"But surrendering like this...what's the glory of a half-dragon..."

"Hey!" I finally felt like I couldn't stand it anymore. I hadn't done anything yet. What did the other party mean by just taking so many steps on their own? "I said, we are not hostile. Are you a little bit... Too nervous?"

The two gray-faced strangers in the distance were both stunned. Then they looked at each other and said, "That makes sense. It doesn't seem necessary to fight." Then they turned to look here again, and the one with a more carefree personality asked loudly, "What do you do? Explorers?"

"Passing by." I looked at the demographic composition of the group I was leading and found that it basically covered all age groups, even including a young girl (Little Bubbles) who was biting her fingers, so I was really embarrassed to say that this was an adventure. Team, "I took my family out to play, and accidentally saw this... um, ruins, and then heard an explosion inside, so I rushed over to see the situation. You see, we are not hostile."

"Playing?" The relatively calm person on the other side glanced at this side suspiciously, combed his hair, and immediately dropped the dirt, "Coming to the ancient city to play? The most dangerous place in Miracle is basically the ancient city. "

"Hey, wait Sona, they may have come up from the ancient garden." Before I could think of an explanation, the other party's companion actually found a reason for us, "We have been in the ancient city for almost half a month. It seems Recently, the ancient city and the ancient garden are getting closer."

"Um, yes, we came from the grassland." I felt that the misunderstanding between the two parties was almost resolved, so I nodded quickly, "Fu... the ancient city is quite close to the grassland, and it is not difficult to get up. He can be considered a relatively skilled mage."

I heard from Vanilla that there is a magic system in this world, and mages are a more respected profession, so I made up an identity for myself temporarily. Of course, it’s okay not to mention my identity, but I think since I want to spend more time in this world After two days of playing, it would be better to establish a good relationship with the first aboriginal person you meet: and you can’t waste the local folk costumes you prepared before departure, right?

"Mage?" The other party seemed to be surprised, not sure if it was their own misunderstanding. For a moment, hostility surged out of them again, but they soon relaxed, but their tone became very stiff, "Okay, Master Mage, It makes sense to have some strange hobbies. Sorry, we have other things to do, so we won’t be accompanying a few adults."

"Wait a minute!" Seeing that the other party was about to leave, Bingtis suddenly shouted, "What do you do?"

"I'm just an independent explorer, just hanging my head and trying to make a living." The stranger with a bold personality was already a little impatient, "What else do you adults have to do?!"

"That is to say, there is no fixed itinerary, right?" Bingtis rolled his eyes and smiled, "Now there are only two places to go to, the ancient city and the ancient garden, and it seems that you have finished your activities in the ruins. Why don't you guys Going on the road together? We are wandering around anyway, so there is no problem in following you."

The other person looked at us with obvious doubts and distrust, and then talked in a low voice. The woman who was previously called Sona nodded: "How strange, is there really a mage among you? A mage wouldn't do this... Well, anyway, there will be nothing for a few days. If you are willing to follow, you can follow, but We agreed that the two of us are just independent explorers who are 'vulgar', 'unruly' and 'risking their lives' just to make a living. If it is really Master Mage, I hope you can bear it."

I don't know what happened, but it seemed that the other party's impression of us suddenly dropped a lot, and he seemed to be disgusted with the word "mage", but I didn't pay much attention to it. I just smiled in a friendly way. I was so dissatisfied with this weird world. Getting more and more curious. So I wish I could communicate with the locals first. I planned to shake hands with them when they got closer, but before that I couldn't help but remind them: "What, you don't need to deal with it first?"

The power of the explosion just now was not small. The clothes on the other party were already in tatters. Although the underwear was still well preserved and no spring was exposed, basically 70% to 80% of the curves of the large areas of skin on the body were leaked, and there were also Because of the humus soil in the forest, their true colors are basically invisible. To be honest, I'm really embarrassed to look at others...

The other party seemed to have noticed his condition at this time, and immediately protected his body with both hands and took two steps back. He seemed surprised when he realized that several men in our team had already turned their heads and looked elsewhere, and then his tone was kind. Point: "We'll meet later."

Then the two of them quickly jumped behind the bushes not far away: they really ran and jumped, and they were as agile as animals as they ducked into the plants. Then after waiting for a while, I said to Bingtis, "Did you notice that they seem to have scales in some places on their bodies?"

"What's weird?" Bingtis patted Lin hard. "There's a girl here covered in scales. Her name is Lin."

Me: "..." Lin: "..." Sister Bing is always so sharp!

"Their tails feel so weird," Qian Qian looked at the sky from the corner of her eyes, looking thoughtful. "Looks like they're from a lizard? Or a dragon? There are also scales on them. Their pants are probably custom-made..."

Qianqian's focus is always on places you don't expect. You have to be careful not to let this girl talk nonsense and hurt people's self-esteem. And just as we were discussing these two strange-looking women from another world, light footsteps came from behind the bushes on the opposite side. Two new "partners" had already arranged their clothes and dealt with the dirt on their bodies. Carrying a huge package came out from behind.

It turned out that the two pieces of rag clothes that had been turned into works of art seemed to have been thrown away by them. Both of them put on simple brown casual clothes: a leather waistcoat made of some kind of animal fur, and a waistcoat that was as short as the thigh. Animal skin shorts were all the clothes the two wore, and they looked wild. They seemed to have just wiped the dirt off their bodies and faces hastily, and they still looked a little dirty, but I could finally see their appearance clearly. I was surprised to find that they were two quite young girls, a bit close to Europe. They have sub-mixed facial features, a high nose bridge, thin lips, and a bit of natural purple-red color. Their appearance may not be said to be particularly beautiful, but after washing their faces, they should be considered youthful and beautiful. They all have eyes that are completely different from humans: they are golden, like snake-like vertical pupils. This is the most eye-catching part of their body besides their tails. There were two girls, one had long brown-red slightly curly hair, and the other had short shawl hair of the same color. I could tell that the one with long hair was the one who had been called by her name before. She should be called Sona. Her personality She seems to be a little more stable, while the other girl with short hair is a little jumpy: she just made the decision to surrender in a split second.

My eyes couldn't help but fall on several places on their bodies: arms, necks, and outer thighs... I swear to Dingdang that my eyes were very pure. The reason why I noticed these places was because I found the outer sides of their arms. The sides of the neck to the position near the ears and the outside of the thighs are covered with a little light blue scale-like things, but they do not appear obtrusive at all, but blend naturally with the surrounding skin. If you don't look carefully , it could even be mistaken for some kind of wild tattoo. Finally, my eyes fell on the two slightly swinging tails behind them. They were the only places on their bodies that were covered with scales on a large area, with slender tips. The base is thick, I think it must be quite painful to be slapped by that thing.

The short-haired girl looked at me dissatisfied, as if she had finally had enough of the stranger's rude gaze, and made a threatening "hiss" sound in her mouth: "Hiss - when are you going to see me? Powerful mage' Master'? Hiss——"

I suddenly realized that my gaze was quite rude, especially to two young girls, so I quickly apologized, saying that I usually see a lot of weird races in Shadow City. Why is it still uncertain? But just as he thought of this, Qian Qian jumped over next to him, and hesitated with his paws next to his tail: "Well, can I touch it? Can I touch it?"

It turns out that with such a living treasure by my side, I never have to worry about being the least upright person...

The two lizard girls (?) were already impatient with my gaze, let alone such blatant teasing towards Qian Qian. The two people immediately jumped back two meters and stared at us in a blocking posture: "Please be gentle and respectful! We are free citizens!"

I quickly pulled Qianqian, pressed the girl's head and apologized: "Sorry, sorry, this is my wife, she has this problem, she is very excited sometimes. So, let me introduce myself, my surname is Chen..."

Next, I introduced myself and my group to the other party, of course just by name. As for their identities, except for the fact that I was a traveling mage, everyone else was my traveling companion. After I introduced myself, the short-haired lizard girl immediately waved her hand impatiently: "Okay, okay, more than I can't remember the three names. I'll just ask you on the spur of the moment when I talk to one of you. My name is Sakina, and the one next to me is my partner, Sona, a guy with a bit of a tough mind. As for your identity. You guys I saw it too, explorer. Wandering around with no fixed abode. You guys are quite interesting, and there are children? And the mage who leads so many people on a journey... you are really a weird guy."

The girl who called herself Sakina had just finished speaking when Sona next to her suddenly emphasized to us in a very serious tone: "We are half-dragons with pure blood, and in addition, we are free people. So I hope you can remember this. point."

"Half-dragon?" Bingtis looked at the other party with interest and poked Lin's arm, "Hey, smell it and see if it smells like your own." Lin scratched her head in confusion: "This is not a concept. All right."

Sakina tightened the big backpack on her back and prepared to set off. She glanced at her partner and said, "I told you, Sona is a little confused - eh, why didn't you react in any other way?"

"Other reaction?" I was confused.

"Other people usually laugh when they hear us calling ourselves half-dragons... Forget it, you look weird too. Let's go and leave the forest quickly. According to the cyclical calendar, the ancient city and the ancient garden only overlap for one day. I can I don’t want to stay in this damn place for another half month.”

I suppressed the doubts in my heart and led the whole family to follow him. These two "half-dragon" girls are obviously much more familiar with the forest environment than we are. They were able to find a path that could barely be called a road in such a messy environment. Although I really wanted to tell them that this place is actually within an hour. A broad road leading directly to the edge of the floating island appeared just now: it was cut horizontally and vertically by a certain dwarf winter melon, but in the end I didn't say anything because it seemed that the path they chose was also a shortcut.

"Several groups of explorers have already walked this road. It's relatively safe. There may be stone men in other places, and encountering them would be a big problem. By the way, it looks like you guys should be able to deal with the stone men," the short-haired man said. Sakina seems to be a girl who talks a lot. Although she always looked unhappy, she quickly started talking on her own. And the stone people she mentioned, I guess, should be the guardians of these ruins. , maybe a magic puppet, "By the way, that little girl sitting on your shoulder is the puppet you made? Only you mages would do this kind of thing, so..."

Mercury Lamp immediately started shouting with teeth and claws: "Who is the devil? Who is the devil! Who is the devil?"

I quickly comforted the irritable Rose Girl and explained with a smile: "No, this is my daughter. For some reasons, she is an alchemy doll. She has a soul, and she is quite mischievous, but she is definitely not a magic doll." , the mercury lamp grabbed my hair and pulled it out fiercely, but it did not deny her identity as a daughter. It seemed that she was just dissatisfied with the "very naughty" comment. By the way, this girl couldn't hear the fatherly love in my tone. A sense of pride...

"Oh, it seems you are a pretty good alchemist." Sakina muttered casually and continued to lead the way.

Before setting off, I considered whether the mercury lamp, which is 92.3cm long and has wings that looks like it is not human at first sight, could be taken outside. I also consulted with Vanilla. Vanilla didn’t know much, but she felt there was no problem. She lived a good life. It is said that there are a large number of strange races in the world, and there are also some eccentric mages and wizards who even secretly transform other creatures. The mercury lamp can only make people curious, but it will not be listed as the focus of the interview, so this time Xiaodeng followed It's rare that the family doesn't pack it in a travel bag when they go out to play. It seemed that Vanilla was right. The half-dragon girl named Sakina just muttered a few words and no longer cared about whether it was a demon or a doll.

Soon, we arrived at the edge of the floating island, and the endless prairie appeared in front of us again. Sakina and Sona took out a strange "rope" with many roots at the end from the big backpack, and tied the rope with roots. Throwing one end of the rope on the ground, the roots immediately grew rapidly and penetrated deeply into the ground, while the other end of the rope began to lengthen rapidly - it turned out that this was actually a plant.

"We don't know magic, so we can only go down in such a rude way." Sakina hummed and threw the growing end of the rope off the floating island. When it was almost grown, she sprinkled it on its aerial roots. A little pale powder stopped the rope from growing. It seemed that they used this to leave the floating island. And our method of going down was obviously more powerful: Qian Qian stood up, and a large group of young ones jumped down with cheers and joy, closely followed by a group of five protoss men, Lin Xue and Sandora smiled at me Laughing, she also jumped down... In the end, there was only one girl left who didn't dare to jump, but now she is no longer what she used to be. She silently recited the levitation technique she learned from school and then flew down leisurely in the wind.

Sakina and Sona were both frightened by the sight of a dozen people jumping off the floating island like dumplings, especially when they saw little ones like Little Bubble jumping down with the adults. She even exclaimed, and when I was the only one left who had not yet gone down, Sakina had finally organized her words: "Your children have all grown up feeding people magic potions, right?"

"Those naughty kids are so bold when they get excited," I shrugged helplessly, "Do you want me to take you two down?"

As soon as I finished speaking, the two half-dragon girls immediately grabbed the rope and slid down. Only then did I finish the second half of the sentence: "I won't jump directly..."