Now, at this moment.
A meatball was running around among the food. If you looked closely, you would find that it was moving the goods one by one to a deeper part of the cave. The meatball had a pair of wings. Although the wings reminded people of the roast turkey at the New Year's festival, it had a pair of fat claws. The claws were short and small, but they could still grab the boxes and drag them back. Its thick and sturdy hind legs were obviously overdeveloped. It swayed as it walked, as if it couldn't move if it didn't do so. Every time the meatball took a step back, its tail, which was as thick as a water bucket, swayed and made a puffing sound.
If it were not for the dense and beautiful pale scales on its body and the two pairs of horns that proved its identity, most people would think that it was a hippopotamus instead of a dragon.
Even though Shitah was a real dragon, a Frost Dragon Whelp that was very rare even among the dragon race, he was driven back by the dragon race when he was young. Because as a dragon, he did not store his wealth but was passionate about collecting food. Shitah's parents thought that it was a shame, and then kicked him out on the first day he could be independent. In fact, it was this experience that created Shitah's timid character. However, he was satisfied with his character and his current life. The humans always' gave 'him a lot of delicious food, and this place was very comfortable to live in. Of course, there was one thing. Shitah was still a dragon after all. He felt that the humans thought that he did not notice them, which was an insult to his intelligence. In fact, whether it was for Veronica or Arreck, Shitah had already noticed these humans from the moment they entered the glacier. If a person's intelligence was directly proportional to the capacity of their brain, then Shitah's intelligence was probably hidden in his fat body.
Shitah rested his chin on his claws and thought for a while. He seemed to remember that he still had work to do. He had been preparing to move since two weeks ago. The humans seemed to be up to no good, and Shitah had never bothered to fight with these lowly creatures. Although the dragons probably thought that he was a timid dragon and the shame of the dragon race, Shitah did not think so. Why fight? There was no benefit in fighting. Fighting would consume calories, and it was not easy for him to collect so many delicious things and raise himself to be white and fat. It was not worthwhile to find trouble with those poor, country bumpkin adventurers. There was an old saying in Nine Phoenix, and Shitah had always regarded it as his motto: those who have nothing to lose are not afraid of those who wear shoes. And now he just felt that he was the one who was wearing shoes. How could he be confused with those beggars?
All in all, our Frost Wyrm Whelps spent about two weeks to move all the items that could have been moved in two days. In the meantime, they even used magic to make up for the time they wasted when they suddenly fell asleep. Shitah's magic was also unique. He called it the magic of wisdom. Its specific principles were: don't use troublesome spells, don't use spells that were too long, don't use spells that required movements, and don't use spells that were too tiring.
The rest were Lord Shitah's exclusive spells.
After the cave was emptied, it became spacious except for one place. In the center of the cave, there was a column of frost standing between the blue ground and the cave ceiling. This column did not look like an ice prism that was frozen by water. From afar, it looked more like a trapezoidal ice wall, and on the front of the wall, there was a 'sun' inlaid. To be precise, it was an object that constantly emitted light and heat to the outside world. Four silver rings surrounded this ball of light and slowly rotated in four directions. And further away from the ball of light, there were some small, mercury-like spheres that were also rotating in the same orbit. If one counted carefully, there were a total of thirty-six groups of mercury-like spheres of different sizes surrounding the ball of light.
This was eternal energy. The witches gave it a name – Dragon's Heart. According to legend, it was a divine object that Dragon King Bahamut brought out from ancient ruins. There were a total of twelve such Dragon's Hearts in Wohnde, but three of them were destroyed in the flames of war. The remaining six were still in the hands of the dragons, and the remaining three were missing. The one in front of them was obviously one of the three missing Dragon's Hearts. Shitah looked at this thing and hesitated for a moment. Then, he wriggled his meatball-like body up the column, grabbed the silver rings, and removed this thing from the icicle. Then, he looked at the empty groove left on the icicle. After thinking for a moment, he took out a gray gem the size of a washbasin and inlaid it in. It had to be said that the size was just right.
Only then did the meat dragon nod in satisfaction. Holding the Dragon's Heart, he quickly hid in the depths of the cave.
… …
"My Lord, this is the place." The Magus looked at the narrow crack between two glaciers not far away. He turned around and respectfully bowed to Grand Duke Arreck, replying respectfully. Arreck's body was bent over at this moment. It seemed that even the deerskin coat was too heavy for him to straighten up. He looked like an old man with one foot in the grave. But when he stood in front of everyone, his aura alone was enough to make them not even dare to breathe loudly.
He looked at the crack. The crack was slanted under a layer of ice that was hundreds of meters thick. Inside the crack was a sea of blue. As he continued to look forward, his vision was covered by shadows. Before Arreck opened his mouth, his followers had already lit torches. Although the world of Wohnde had widely used magic for illumination, in most unknown areas, magic was actually an unstable existence. It could be noticed by some unknown existence, and it could also cause some trouble that you didn't want to see, especially in the Black Forest.
The fire quickly lit up the cave. The narrow and long crack seemed to extend into the depths of hell. Arreck naturally wouldn't take the risk himself. He first sent a team of Knights in. The situation inside seemed to be better than expected. The Knight sent in quickly turned back and reported that everything was safe.
"The dragon really left. My Lord is wise." The accompanying wizard immediately replied flatteringly. "Dragons are very arrogant. Generally, they wouldn't set any traps in their lairs. Since that's the case, why don't we immediately go in and find the Dragon's Heart, my Lord?"
"What about the two hunters?" Devard suddenly asked.
Arreck turned around and glanced at him. He was a little impatient. Ever since the battle of Ampere Seale, this guy lost to the young man. He seemed to have suffered a great setback. Even his ability to do things had greatly decreased. This made Arreck very dissatisfied.
Devard shivered and immediately understood Arreck's meaning. He turned around with a gloomy face and gestured to the Knight behind him.
"Kill them."
When the hunter girl hiding in the ice field saw this scene, she almost immediately wanted to rush up, but her hands sank into the snow and she forced herself to hold back. Brando turned back and looked at the girl's cold red knuckles. He couldn't help but ask comfortingly, "Is your brother in there?"
Peya froze and slowly shook her head.
"Even if he is in there, we can't save him. Do you see those Knight? " Brando pointed to the Black Knight guarding the periphery of the cave. He couldn't help but squint his eyes. "Those should be the Order of the Dead Knight Regiment of All For One. Arreck's position in this organization is not low."
"Brando, do you know something?" Veronica lay on the other side, frowning as she stared at the Black Knight. However, unlike Brando, she couldn't help but feel a little scared. She found that each of the Black Knight had a faint fluctuation of Elemental Power, which meant that these Knights were at least at the peak of Gold and Elemental Awakening level. But the key was that she knew that this was actually a conservative estimate, because she found that many of the Knights had already shown signs of Elemental Awakening. She narrowed her eyes. It was difficult to hide the Lines of Law of those who had just entered the Elemental Awakening stage.
There were hundreds of Black Knights. Veronica realized that she had never heard of the origins of these Black Knights before. In fact, she suddenly realized that even All For One itself seemed to have no clear understanding of the world. The four Holy Cathedrals all thought that All For One was a cult, but it was hard to say how much the world, including the ordinary nobles, knew about the inside of this organization.
Brando heard Veronica's question and smiled slightly, "It's normal that you don't know, Lady Veronica. We often hear about the cultists, and the world hates them, but when it comes to understanding, it's unknown how many people really know about them. After all, the ban of the Holy Cathedral of Fire is there, and who dares to go deep into understanding these cultists without permission? Even the nobles of Cruz, I'm afraid it's similar. "
"From what you've said, you seem to know them very well, little guy?" Veronica turned back and asked with some interest.
"Naturally, the wizards know more. The four most famous branches of the cultists are Silver Heavenly Snake, Sheephead Cult, All For One, and Tree Herders. Among them, the Sheephead Cult is the devil's henchman, exuding the stench of sulfur from head to toe. They help the devil do evil, but it's actually not worth mentioning. Silver Heavenly Snake believes in their agnosticism, believing that the exploration of knowledge and order by mortals violates the mysterious majesty of the world itself. They mainly target wizards and have nothing to do with the average person. The main enemies of the Four Holy Cathedrals are, in fact, All For One and Tree Herders. "
At this point, Brando paused for a moment before continuing, "But there's actually a big difference between the two. Tree Herders … The Tree Herders are said to have once belonged to the Sky Ring of the Druids. After the fall of Babel Fortress, one of the Withered Ones broke away from the original Druids. This tribe later followed the Dark Dragon and became the terrifying Tree Herders Legion, which is how they got their name."
"Tree Herders, Tree Herders …" Veronica muttered to herself.
Brando nodded, "But the Dark Dragon was defeated by the Four Sages, and the Tree Herders also fled in all directions, their whereabouts unknown. When they appeared again, they were already as crazy as they are now. But unlike All For One, who is enthusiastic about subverting the order of civilization, the Tree Herders have always been obsessed with stealing the 'bloodline of God'. "
"Stealing the bloodline of God?" Miss Scholar finally couldn't help but ask when she heard this.
Brando looked back at Scarlet. This mountain girl was once a victim of the Tree Herders, and he himself suffered greatly. But even he didn't know the root of the Tree Herders' madness. This was also an unsolved mystery that players had been searching for. He shook his head and said, "No one knows the answer to this question, and it's not what we want to talk about now. What we want to know is the current enemy, All For One. "
He interrupted Shido and continued, "The Tree Herders is just a loose organization. Although there are twelve Patriarchs, they are actually independent. The Disciples of the Black Flames who rely on them are a typical example. As everyone knows, the Disciples of the Black Flames split from the former Sheep-Head Cult, but All For One is completely different. This is an unprecedentedly strict organization. As far as I know, they lurk in any civilized country in Wohnde, plotting every conspiracy to overthrow the regime, create chaos and war. "
"It's not an exaggeration to say that half, or even more, of the wars and conspiracies in Wohnde have the shadow of All For One behind them. But it's such a huge organization that's inextricably linked to the nobles, but it's like an invisible monster. Everyone knows about it, but no one knows what it is. " Brando frowned. In his previous life, he had worked hard to find the organization behind All For One, but it was in vain. He finally came to Gretius, the country of the Knight Regiment, and found that All For One's network and claws were all over the world, as if there was no end to it.
"All countries?" Shido seemed to be shocked by this sentence.
But Brando hesitated and replied, "There may be an exception."
"Where?" Veronica looked back at him. She hoped it was Cruz, but she also knew that it was unlikely. The Holy Cathedral of Fire was seriously infiltrated by All For One, not to mention the Empire itself. This was a helpless fact, not to mention that most of the nobles also thought that All For One was a relatively moderate cult.
All For One preached all things as one, and this doctrine in fact confused many people. Only Brando knew that this one was actually not the truth itself, but the dusk.
"Eleranta …" Brando replied, "The only country where sages still exist."
"Ah!" Shido couldn't help but cry out. Eleranta was the only country that was completely neutral and did not participate in the affairs of the mainland. The Holy Cathedral of Nature was also distant from the other three Holy Cathedrals, and rarely took the initiative in the Holy War. This country was a mystery to most people in Wohnde.
"I should have thought of it." She murmured.
"You've said so much, but you still haven't talked about the origins of these Knight, Brando." Veronica asked.
"I was just about to say that rice has to be eaten one bite at a time, right?" Brando smiled slightly.
He looked at the Black Knight.
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