The weather in the northern hemisphere was warming up, and even the polar continent of Tarlonde had a hint of warmth in the season. When the wind blew from the direction of the endless ocean, the edge of the broken continent would churn up layers of waves, while glaciers would move slowly on the distant sea, and the schools of fish and some deep-sea creatures that followed the warm current back to the sea became the most precious resource for the troubled Dragons.
At the southeastern edge of the Tarlonde continent, Melita Pânia retracted her wings and landed on a huge reef that jutted out of the sea.
Facing the sea breeze, the blue Giant Dragon looked up into the distance. She saw that the border between the continent and the ocean was in a terrible state of being torn apart. The once-sturdy rock formations and steel coastline were now broken into jagged sections, and there was once a thick wall that supported the shield generator at the border of the continent. But now, the wall had collapsed, and a large number of craggy steel structures fell into the sea and extended all the way to the seabed.
Above the broken coastline, there was an even more unimaginable sight: boulders and even small islands of various sizes had left the surface and the sea, floating hundreds of meters or even thousands of meters in the air. Some of the islands were floating stably, while others were rolling slowly in the wind. Between these things that seemed to have lost gravity, there were also vortex-like spatial rifts that were almost transparent. Spiritual and elemental creatures that were extremely rare in the physical world were swimming out of those rifts as if they were swimming in water, moving slowly between the floating boulders and islands, and gradually disappearing as time passed …
"… Gravity storm …" Melita could not help but mutter softly. "And all sorts of dimensional rifts …"
She landed beside Melita and looked up at the sky as well. "I heard from Elder Duckmore that the abnormal phenomenon on the coast may last for thousands or even tens of thousands of years … This is the main battlefield. The power of the gods has changed the dimensional structure and gravity order here. Now the residual power is still slowly working on a few of the main floating islands, and they may even create a new ecological environment between these floating islands … In fact, a few of my compatriots have already gone up to check the situation, and those strange energy creatures and radiation-mutated plants have begun to appear on those islands."
"… The residual power of the gods is so powerful?" Melita sighed. "What about thousands or tens of thousands of years later? Will these boulders and islands just fall? "
"That I don't know." Noretta shook her head. "Probably slowly falling? The dissipation of power won't end in an instant … "
Melita did not comment on her friend's speculation. She just made a sound from her nose as a response, and then looked in the direction of the coastal waters. Several Giant Dragons were hovering at a low altitude in the waters. They would suddenly lower their altitude and release some kind of magical power into the sea from time to time, and there was another Giant Dragon by their side, using swift freezing spells or gravity magic to fish things out of the sea. It was obvious that they did not succeed every time, and there were often situations where their efforts were in vain.
They were fishing — clumsily, but they had improved a lot.
After the situation in Agundor's camp stabilized, Melita and Noretta, who had basically recovered from their injuries, took the initiative to join the team to explore the coast. They built a small camp on the broken beach and turned the coastal waters here into a fishing ground. Frankly speaking, their operation did not go well at first. The environment near the coastline was worse than expected. The gravity storm created by the gods not only tore the earth apart, but also left more "cracks" than other places. A large number of elemental creatures and darker and more twisted mutant monsters attacked like a tide, almost pushing Melita and her comrades back to the inland. But after a few successful raids, Melita led the team to seal a few of the largest elemental cracks, and finally, the hostile creatures here were greatly reduced, allowing the team to gain a foothold on this terrible coast.
After some hard work, the advance camp now began to play its role: The search team sent out found a few warehouses buried in the ruins, and the recovered materials were enough to alleviate the predicament of Agundor's main camp. The fishing in the coastal waters could provide a precious food supply — the young Dragons who grew up in the "Cradle" were not good at hunting, but relying on their almost unreasonable body and magic talent, they would not be left empty-handed in front of the sea. After a few days of adaptation, the camp began to provide a stable food output, although … the amount was very little.
But the food was enough to make the main camp at the rear determined to hatch a few more dragon eggs.
"I never thought that one day we would need to use such a primitive and barbaric method to get food from nature." White Dragon Noretta followed Melita's gaze and looked at the sea. After a long while, she could not help but sigh. "What's even more ironic is that … what we do is not even comparable to the human fishermen."
"The Dragons have deteriorated in an extremely comfortable environment for too long, but no one is to blame." Melita shook her head. "The Dragons in the lower Tarlonde used to do all day long to eat, sleep, and immerse themselves in virtual entertainment. Even the dragons with jobs in the upper levels, except for me, who was often out in the field, did not need to consider any skills to survive outside the big shield. After all … we are a group of 'large Young Dragons' who even have to let the machine do the work automatically. Now, it is not easy for everyone to find food for the camp in such a difficult wilderness."
"Young Dragon …" White Dragon Noretta whispered softly, and then seemed to think for a moment before looking up at her friend. "Speaking of which, I have an idea recently. Do you want to hear it?"
Melita was taken aback. "Huh? Just tell me if you have an idea. "
"I'm going to apply for a dragon egg," Noretta said seriously. Her huge, crystal-clear eyes reflected the glow of the distant horizon. "I've asked Leader Heragol, we can have five places in this camp …"
"You intend to apply for a dragon egg?" Melita was shocked and stared at Noretta. At the same time, she suddenly thought of something and could not help but remind her. "But I remember that it is not allowed to apply alone … at least two dragons have to claim it together, or the camp can raise it together. This is to prevent it from affecting the labor force."
"So I want to discuss with you." Noretta looked seriously into Melita's eyes. "Do you want to apply with me? The two of us should still be able to do it. "
"Huh?!" Melita was so surprised that she did not react until Noretta repeated her words. She confirmed that she did not hear wrongly. "You want to apply with me … but I have never thought about this …"
She hesitated as she spoke. Just as she was about to give an answer, a sound of wings flapping suddenly came from nearby, followed by a voice in the air. "Captain! We found some unusual small water elementals near the beach! "
"Unusual water elementals?" Melita was stunned, and then looked at Noretta. The two of them nodded at the same time and reached a tacit agreement.
In the current situation, the safety of the camp was obviously the priority of all personal matters.
…
A moment later, Noretta and Melita came to the camp located near the beach.
Some simple shelters were built here with materials collected from the ruins. The ground inside and outside the camp was clean and flat. On the open ground in the southeast corner of the camp, a few Dragons in human form were standing by the side. Melita, who had just landed and also transformed into a human form, saw the small water elementals running in circles on the open ground.
There were crude runes on the open ground. Those were rune matrices built by the Dragons using their claws and the power of speech. The effect of these matrices was limited, but it was enough to trap the weak small water elementals. Three light blue water elementals, which were only a dozen centimeters tall and looked like inverted water droplets, were running in circles within the sealed area formed by the runes. As they ran, they made subtle and sharp shouts, but they could not be heard clearly.
Such small water elementals … actually had the ability to speak?
Melita had never seen such a thing. As far as she knew, the low-level elemental creatures had almost no intelligence and could not speak. They could only move like blind low-level animals, and the elemental creatures that could speak would at least have a matching body size. What was going on with these chattering little "water droplets" in front of her?
Driven by curiosity, she could not help but take two steps forward, lowered her head and leaned close to one of the water elementals. After listening carefully for a long time, she finally understood the content of the water elementals' shouts. It turned out that this weak little guy had been shouting the same sentence, "I've caught a Chi, I've caught a Chi …"
Noretta also heard it, and a puzzled expression appeared on her face. "'I've caught a Chi' … What does that mean?"
"I don't understand, I don't understand the social customs of the elemental creatures. I've only dealt with them when I was collecting debts," Melita said with a shrug. "And then again, it's strange that such a small elemental creature has the ability to speak …"
The Dragons at the scene were all puzzled. What Melita said was also something they were puzzled about. At this moment, another Giant Dragon flew from the direction of the coast, and before it got close, it shouted, "Captain! We've caught some strange 'fish' offshore, and … and a … "
"And a what?" Melita was a little dissatisfied with the hesitation of the other party and could not help but frown. Then, without waiting for the other party to answer, she pulled Noretta along and said, "Forget it, let's go and have a look."
There were too many strange things happening on this beach that was once ravaged by divine power, and it was normal for the dragons to encounter inexplicable phenomena. As the person in charge here, Melita felt that it was better for her to handle the situation herself.
With this in mind, it did not take long for her to come to an open space outside the camp. From afar, she saw a few of her kind in the form of a Giant Dragon gathered by the gravel-strewn shore. She recognized that those were the dragons who were in charge of fishing today, and among them … she could vaguely see some figures that should not have appeared on the land of Tarlonde.
Melita went closer, and the surrounding dragons made way for her. The figures that were surrounded were reflected in Melita's eyes. At first glance, the latter saw about ten vigilant, tall half-human creatures with obvious deep-sea characteristics. They had yellowish-brown eyes and fine scales all over their bodies. Their dark blue or green skin glowed with water. Their lower bodies were thick sea serpents (also like a strange fishtail), and their upper bodies were similar to humans. There were webbed things between their fingers.
These strange half-human creatures were holding metal tridents and had some unrecognizable equipment. The dragons of Tarlonde did not recognize these creatures because the latter, as a race, was completely born in the deep sea only recently. However, Melita recognized them.
These were the Nagas, who should have lived in the distant deep sea and only recently established contact with the north of the Loren Continent. She had accidentally come across a little information about this race when she was in the field in the Cecil Empire.
Is this the so-called 'strange fish'?
Melita's eyes widened. She was puzzled as to why she saw the Nagas here. The next second, she saw another figure among the Nagas: a black-haired siren.
At this moment, she understood why the Dragons suddenly stuttered. Ordinary Dragons did not know the Nagas, but they knew the sirens. This race was very mysterious and almost did not communicate with any forces outside the deep sea. The Dragons themselves were also hindered by various' taboos' and could not deal with this group of 'extraterrestrial visitors' with starships. But after all, this was a race with a long history on this planet. At least, it was easy to find information about them in the former Omega Network.
So … the fishing team had just 'caught' a group of Nagas and a siren?
The expression on Melita's face suddenly became strange. Her mouth twitched, and then she walked stiffly toward the group of uninvited guests. The siren, who was protected by the Nagas, also noticed the movement around and turned to look at them.
At this time, Melita saw that the siren's curled tail seemed to be entangled with something. She took a closer look and saw that the end of the siren's long tail was actually entangled with a struggling water elemental!
The unknown siren smiled at Melita. Her long tail curled and moved, bringing the captured water elemental to her mouth. At this time, Melita noticed that not only was the water elemental caught, but there was also a straw on its body …
The next second, the siren sucked hard with the straw in her mouth. The water elemental suddenly screamed in a shrill and angry voice, "Caught a fish! Caught a fish! "
Melita was stunned.
In the somewhat awkward silence, a Naga finally broke the silence. He looked at the black-haired siren beside him and said, "Ms. Kassandra, shouldn't we be near the Eternal Storm? How did we come to this place? "
"I'm thinking." The black-haired siren called Kassandra threw away the water elemental, which had been sucked until it was only a dozen centimeters high. She looked thoughtfully at the bewildered dragons around her. "Here …"
The water elemental, which was thrown on the ground, swayed twice, then quickly ran away into the distance and screamed angrily, "Caught a fish! Caught a fish!"
"Actually, I didn't catch a fish …" Kassandra shook her head. "Forget it, it doesn't matter. What matters is that I think we seem to have swum …"
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