Chapter 127 52. The Quiet Eye of the Storm
team walked through the jungle on the edge of the Thorn Valley. There are many giant beasts living here. The crowns of the giant trees are extremely dense, and sparse sunlight occasionally shines in through some gaps in the crowns. Lean is no longer able to guide and detect in heaven. Similarly, the water network here is not as dense as that of the Amazon River. They are all tributaries or creeks, which are enough for the daily needs and passage of the giant beasts.
When Darkus was marching, he could always hear the neighing sounds of giant beasts one after another, and the giant beasts in the team would occasionally respond with high-pitched neighs. The content was nothing more than oral pleasure and courtship, but the third ancient triceratops just continued from beginning to end. None showed up. His ears have been suffering, and he cannot deafen them. He can only learn to adapt to and block the perception of his ears.
The pirates of the Lengyan family greeted their captain along the way, and they were extremely attentive. It seemed that they knew that Naika would become more prosperous after this disaster. Their eldest lady, Elmir, was speechless and shook her head.
Along the way, no special stories happened. Darkus was still trying to block the perception of his ears, but a sound that sounded like a brass band attracted him. Unable to bear his inner curiosity, he blew the horn rhythmically, trying to respond to this beautiful sound. Play.
The jungle began to tremble, and the team happened to encounter a group of Coryosaurus and Parasaurolophus living together in groups. Some of these adult guys had a half-moon-shaped bony crest on their heads that looked like a chicken comb, but the size was a little different. It might be Because of gender, age and individual reasons. Some look like crested lizards, with the slender crest on the leading end even touching its back. The strong hind limbs appear to be shorter than the forelimbs. The weight of the body is carried on the solid hind legs, but it can also walk on four legs when necessary, because Darkus saw several Parasaurolophus in the team lying on all fours. Secretly eating leaves on the ground.
Darkus and Akadan, who has traveled far and wide, can't figure out why giant beasts from different species live together? Maybe they are all herbivorous giants? Or are they all hadrosaurids?
But this did not stop Akadan from starting to show off. He said that he once encountered these giant beasts at a very far distance, but before he could get closer, the giant beasts relied on their keen and developed visual and auditory organs to advance in advance. He and the cave dragon were discovered, and the giant beasts fled before he could react.
The Druchi also began to discuss, but their discussions were usually from a practical point of view, such as what role it could play in wars and battles, and nothing else could be discussed.
While stroking the rough, knob-like scales of the giant beasts, Darkus listened to the beeps of Akadan, nodding in agreement from time to time. He began to stroke the crowns on the heads of the giant beast cubs surrounding him again. These giant beasts loved to show off their unique headdresses and unique calls. He had no intention of climbing on the giant beast, it was too high. He communicated with these giant beasts, and he felt that these giant beasts had little war value. Although the giant beasts are large in size, heavy in tonnage, and extremely intelligent, the skin of the giant beasts is not defensive, and there are no defensive objects such as sharp teeth, spines, and claws, and their personalities cannot be used to charge into battle. Such actions.
At best, it can be used as a beast of burden when marching, but only if the opponent doesn't like to rob food roads. The appearance of predatory beasts and sudden cavalry in the sky would frighten the docile Corythosaurus and Parasaurolophus and cause them to flee. This is a huge beast, not a pack horse. Where can I find it when the time comes? Camel wall? The camel is fixed in a designated position, and its limbs are tied and weighted to increase its defense and prevent escape. The camel is not stupid. If they are allowed to serve as the main force in the bridge repair project, Darkus may not even be able to carry forward Huang Baitao's spirit.
In short, it's not very reliable, but Darkus decided to bring it with him. After all, these giant beasts are herbivorous and don't have to worry about supply problems. When it's time to put them down, there are so many abandoned temple cities waiting for them. Rebuilding, the giant beasts can carry heavy objects and work hard. Perhaps when being used as beasts of burden, a certain amount of weight should be put on them first so that the giant beasts can only walk slowly but not run?
In the following days, the team reached the deepest point on the edge of the Cangji Valley. Coronosaurus and Parasaurolophus were hanging noisily at the back of the team, and Drucki beside Darkus also began to be tortured. They didn't feel any pleasant playing, only the noise. The Skink Lizards also met their opponents, and there were actually beings even more noisy than them. The big guy was also dissatisfied with the giant beasts on his diet. The other giant beasts in the team were also a little impatient, and the two noisy Triceratops screamed loudly in protest from time to time. He also warned several times. Not long after the warning, these giant beasts became unbearable and began to scream. He simply ignored them and regarded them as training his ears. This is a giant beast and not a soldier with forbidden orders. If he coughs suddenly in Druch's army, he may be pulled out and sacrificed to Kane.
The troglodyte of Arkadan has no vision and can only perceive things with senses other than sight, judging by its keen hearing, quill-like whiskers to track movement, and a forked tongue to taste the air. He reported to Darkus that the cave dragon had become more and more irritable recently, and Darkus also sensed it.
Darkus thought quickly and realized that the disadvantages outweighed the benefits, so he decided to disperse the group of Corythosaurus and Parasaurolophus. But at this time, the roar of the giant beasts suddenly stopped, and they looked alertly in one direction. He happened to see this scene when he turned back, and the next second, the giant beasts turned around and dragged the family and their families away in the opposite direction.
"Be on guard! That direction! Something is coming!" Darkus reacted directly. Something must be coming, or these noisy and unreliable beasts cannot escape.
However, these unreliable Coronasaurus and Parasaurolophus greeted Darkus as they ran, telling him that something was coming.
The trainer who did not go to the sky for reconnaissance quickly jumped off the cold lizard's back, took down the harpoon crossbow and crossbow arrows hanging on the saddle, quickly climbed to the Triceratops' combat platform, and raised the harpoon crossbow to be on guard. . The primitive bed crossbow on the combat platform has also been loaded by the skinks and is ready to fire.
After a while, there was a violent and rapid vibration from that direction, and the big guys and beasts in the team began to scream, and they automatically formed a formation without being commanded by Darkus. The big one is telling him something is coming and letting his little brothers huddle around it. The ancient Triceratops, Triceratops and Ankylosaurus were also telling him that something was coming, and warning each other not to come.
Similarly, under the command of Fu Dega, the lizard men began to go to the giant beasts in groups to supplement their feet. Chupa Coco stood on the shoulders of the giant lizard Kami and commanded the giant lizard to move, and the skinks also moved to give the giant lizard a foothold.
"It's not unreasonable to be chosen by Ancient Saint Iqi. Those herbivorous dragons are really unreliable." Darkus took advantage of this short time to think about it.
The sound of the earth shaking came closer, and it sounded like the thing was moving very fast, but fortunately there was no sound of falling trees.
"An Ais, what the hell is this?" The family trainer standing on the Triceratops combat platform vaguely saw the thing in the distance through his vision from above. He exclaimed in surprise and then thought of Dak. Wushu's previous stern warning was immediately suppressed again.
"The wind of Aegir nearby has begun to become stronger." Chupa Coco's nostrils dilated and he said after sniffing the air.
The thing never made a roar. It suddenly stopped running, began to slowly approach the team, and then stopped far away.
"Honor the Ancient Saint! Arcane Dragon! There is actually an Arcane Dragon here! But why is it this color?" Akadan said in surprise while riding on the back of the cave dragon.
The sparse sunlight shines on the arcane dragon's body, and the scales reflect a dark reddish-pink color. Lying on the ground, you can see obvious black blocky bone scales on the forelimbs, and the abdomen is pink-blue. There are numerous thorns on the top of the back, and three huge horns of different sizes are arranged side by side on the head of the giant beast. There is also the mark of blessing from the ancient saint Iqi on the crown, which is really beautiful.
Darkus knew what this existence was. It had many names: Arcane Dragon, Omiron, and Okanodong, but the color of this head was a bit strange. He made a visual inspection and found that the arcane dragon in front of him was about two times larger than the adult tyrannosaurus. The two were not of the same magnitude. Although he has never seen a dinosaur lizard before, he judged that the dinosaur lizard should be bigger than the giant beast in front of him. He knew that he had indeed won the lottery, because the larger the behemoths were, the smaller the number of them existed in Lustria. He estimated that there might not be more than ten arcane dragons, and their branches were in Lustria. In various jungles on the mainland.
"The wind of Aegir is emanating from it."
The arcane dragon in front of him never roared, and his giant mouth showed no sign of opening, nor did he mean to communicate or demonstrate. Its oppressive eyes sometimes stared at Darkus, and sometimes looked up at the Eternal Glory Orbiter on the combat platform of Big Brother's old friend.
The giant beasts in the team stopped roaring. The arcane dragon in front of them was an existence from the upper level of the food chain. Except for the ancient Triceratops, which is not afraid of Tyrannosaurus, other Triceratops and Ankylosaurus may have a fight with Tyrannosaurus, but if Tyrannosaurus hits Arcane Dragon, it will have to wait for death. But they didn't turn around and run away like those unreliable herbivorous dragons, nor did they go crazy. Instead, a tense confrontation began, as they waited for Umak's instructions.
The big guy's old friend was a little hairy at the sight. Heavy air flow was constantly coming out of his nose. He lowered his head and laid the three giant horns as flat as possible. Its eyes were fixed on the arcane dragon, and its left forelimb was constantly digging at the ground, ready to charge at any time.
"Sir? Master? Umak?" The Druchi dignitaries and Chupa Coco beside Darkus were waiting for his instructions. The Druchi dignitaries rode on the backs of the cold lizards, holding high the Soul Eater and the God Quiteli halberds. Chupa Coco also drew out the treasured God Sword.
Darkos also murmured in his heart, why doesn't this arcane dragon open its mouth? Mute? Or is it because of some other reasons? On his side is an army with complete firepower from both near and far, although the number may be slightly smaller. But as long as he doesn't encounter the largest Thunder Monitor Lizard and the second largest Terror Lizard on the Lustria continent, he is not afraid. Besides, he can't encounter those things. The vibration of the earth and the fallen trees when traveling will make him feel uncomfortable. The celestial scouting Callion detects far, far away, unless there is a change in Callion. If he could, he didn't want to fight this arcane dragon. After all, if one of this giant beasts died, it would really lose one. The most important thing was that this arcane dragon had the mark of the ancient saint Iqi on its head.
"Big guy, let's go meet it?" Darkus decided to meet the arcane dragon. Except for cave dragons and ancient salamanders, there are no Lustrian behemoths of this level that can breathe or spit poison. , if it doesn’t work, just turn around and run. He leaned down and stroked the big guy who had been staring at the arcane dragon and said.
The big guy suddenly turned around in surprise, looked at Darkus with his left eye, his eyes were full of doubts, and then he neighed in a low voice.
"Little Bean Sprout, are you sure?"
Darkus slapped the big guy on the head hard, and the big guy started up, almost dodging him. Surprised inquiries from the Druchis came from behind, and he waved his hand to indicate that it was okay. The big guy walked around the team from the side and ran to a place far away from the arcane dragon and stood guardedly. He could feel that the big guy under him was also a little scared, and his tail was wagging uncontrollably.
"Can we communicate?" Darkus began to speak to the arcane dragon in a language that the Druchi could not understand.
The Arcane Dragon began to observe Darkus after the big guy ran out. The strange thing was that Darkus no longer had that suffocating sense of oppression. Darkus did not see the tyrannosaurus in its eyes. His cruelty, bloodthirsty and unruly nature gave Darkus a very plain and friendly feeling.
After a moment, the arcane dragon made a whining sound from its throat, nodded calmly, and opened its mouth, showing that only the base of its tongue was left.
"Oh, feelings have no tongue."
At this time, a figure whizzed past the jungle.
"Do you want the Eternal Glory Orbiter?" Darkus tried to ask again.
The arcane dragon nodded.
"Then you want to follow me?" Darkus thought that this arcane dragon was very smart, so smart that it was unbelievable that he didn't even need to understand what he was talking about, so he asked casually.
The arcane dragon thought for a while. It was not understanding, but thinking about whether it should agree. After a while, it nodded again.
The sudden change confused Darkus. He had originally wanted to drive away the arcane dragon and come back when he could control it. Why did the arcane dragon agree to join the team now? He suddenly thought of the first time he met the big guy. Is this also a change? Duplicate changes? Is it that exaggerated?
Chupa Coco, who was doing simultaneous interpretation in the team, was a little confused after seeing the reaction of the arcane dragon. Drucci, who listened to his translation and saw the arcane dragon nodding, was also confused, although he was stunned along the way. Darkus has been giving them a little shock, but the shock in front of them is as intuitive as the shock they saw in the mine before.
Kalien started aerobatic flight on a pterosaur and shuttled under the tree trunks of the jungle to check the situation. He could vaguely see the light from the team through the gaps in the air. Now the light was slow to move. He decided to come down to check the situation, and then he Just saw this scene of Darkus confronting the arcane dragon.
"An, Anton!" Carlion almost forgot the taboo and called out the name. The pterosaur, which had lost his empathy, reacted in time and avoided the tree trunk in front of him. The pterosaur began to hiss and curse at him. Only then did he react. He was so panicked that he adjusted the pterosaur's flight direction and tried to find a place to land to check the situation.
"Then do you have any special skills?"
Arcane Dragon nodded.
The Eternal Glory Heliometer on Big Brother's old friend's combat platform began to rotate rapidly, and a trace of lightning flashed across the halo of the instrument.
A moment later, a thunderbolt from the clear sky penetrated the tree trunk and struck a stone between Arcane Dragon and Darkus. Debris flew everywhere and hit Darkus' helmet and breastplate with a clanging sound. .
"Okay! Can you call me Eye of the Storm from now on?" Darkus asked.
The arcane dragon nodded again.
Although the Arcane Dragon's crown bears the mark of the ancient Saint Iqi, Darkus is still a little uneasy, worried that this too smart Arcane Dragon will suddenly say a word of praise to the Lord of Changes one day! Then he chopped him up. He specially invited Master Ma to give him a palm eye, and except for the color, there was no problem.
After struggling for a while, the team set off again. They had to find a place to camp when evening came.
The next day, the team continued to set off along the jungle on the edge of the Cangji Valley. The earth kept trembling, and Darkus' internal organs kept shifting, but he always felt that something was missing, as if the surroundings were a bit too quiet.
"It doesn't seem like there's much noise anymore?"
(End of chapter)