Path of The Dragonborn

"Are you sure the two children ran here?" On Lake Ebel at night, through the heavy fog at night, two guided speedboats were driving towards the ancient city of Rongein at full speed.

There were four people on the two boats. On one ship were Laura, Klaus butler and Heilija, and on the other was Regram’s famous, experienced shipper and cargo merchant and several guerrillas. In this dense fog-shrouded night, there was such a Position navigation can be said to be assured. In the conversation just now, butler Claus asked the guide for key information again, and it was this guide who had just provided intelligence to the busy people.

"Absolutely right." As if to avoid people's distrust of him, his tone became anxious and said quickly: "In the afternoon, someone with a child came to borrow the boat and said that he wanted to experience it. Let’s have a look at the lake. I happened to have no plan to go out in the afternoon, so I borrowed one of them. I remember clearly that they headed for the ancient city!"

Butler Klaus frowned slightly: "In that case, it hasn't been back for so long. It's very abnormal? There are adults among them, not children who are completely ignorant, and the fog only rises after the sun sets. Some are time to return..." As he said, the old man's tone was also mixed with some uncertain flavors, he turned to the guerrilla next to the shipper: "I remember, there are no warcrafts around this ancient city, right?"

"Yes, Mr. Claus." The man replied very quickly, "Your Excellency will visit this ancient city regularly. He has never said that there are monsters here, otherwise, it would be forbidden to open to tourists."

Just as the two adults were exchanging opinions, the two children on the boat were also communicating quietly.

The blue-haired girl, stroking the well-maintained sword body of the giant sword, whispered to the boy next to him in a whisper: "Heliga, are you okay? You look weird since just now? How about arriving in the ancient city soon? , Are you waiting for us outside?"

Heliga wanted to open her mouth to answer, but the moment the words came out of her mouth, she felt weak again, and the words that had just been organized disappeared instantly. Had to shook his head, indicating that he was fine.

Under Laura's worried and concerned gaze, Hailey stepped up to endure the weakness of his body and the slight pains in his head, and then remembered what had just happened...

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Two hours ago.

Heliga, who quickly climbed down from the cedar tree, let go of his hand and jumped off the trunk while still three meters above the ground. The process of getting off the tree is comparable to Arsenal fans. With such a quick action, the three girls who have never received any martial arts training are naturally shocked. After spending about five minutes comforting the three frightened girls, and biting the bullet and ignoring their calm eyes and hostile expressions, Heliga heard why the three girls ran into the woods.

"The tourist and his children have disappeared? The temporary commission received by the Guerrilla Association?" Although the three girls were broken in every word and word, Heliga understood what they meant-a couple brought The two children were clamoring to go to the ancient city to play with their children, so the father of the child who had been a sailor took the children to the pier. The mother of the child was seasick and waited at the hotel. The two parties agreed to come back for dinner before sunset and enjoy the famous local dish of Regram, passion stewed pork.

However, when the sun was gradually sinking, the wife still did not see her husband and children. She vaguely had a bad premonition, so she hurried to the pier, only to learn that the three of them had already borrowed the boat for a long journey, but they had not returned. Therefore, she hurriedly went to the Guerrilla Association and asked the masters under the support hand armor to help find her husband and children.

The Guerrilla Association, headquartered in the Lehman Autonomous Prefecture in the midwest of the mainland, has a high influence on the Western Semlia mainland. With countless masters under his command, it is a force that no country dares to look down upon. It is not controlled by political forces. Its style of all actions aimed at protecting civilians also allows the imperial nobles who follow the old system to exercise their power. Due to constraints, it is common for the guerrilla associations in the empire to be suppressed and weakened by traditional aristocratic forces, and the new guerrillas are less and less choosing the imperial branch as their base of action. However, in Ragram, located in the border area, the development of the Guerrilla Association is still prosperous due to the current lord Viscount Yarside's clean and noble warrior temperament and the objective conditions of "the emperor is far from the sky". When several guerrillas on standby in the association heard that civilians were missing, including children, they immediately promised to help find them.

In a small town like Ragram, once something big happens, the whole town will know immediately. This time is no exception. Those who had no work on hand, those who were resting, and those who had just come out of the dojo to go back to rest, immediately went to help find them after hearing about it. Soon, it was confirmed that they did not return to the town by other means. Therefore, the scope of the search has also expanded from the town to the surrounding areas.

The three girls also heard about it when they were playing together, and heard that the sister they admired also put down training and devoted themselves to finding people, and they immediately reached an agreement to help find them in the woods where no one has come yet. If you find it, you must be praised by your sister!

Unexpectedly, the missing person was not found, but he found a boy who had been unanimously listed as an "enemy" by the three of them!

Under the complicated gazes of the three of them, Heliga, who had sorted out the ins and outs of the matter, held his forehead. He was in a complicated mood. After thinking for a long time, he suffocated such a sentence: "Are you... fools?"

"What are you talking about!" Kuluoai, who is the smallest of the three and the most anxious, immediately got a temper. He was about to rush towards Heliga with his neck, most likely to rush to the front. It's a pity that I stepped on a small rock in the soft soil before rushing, and rushed forward when the center of gravity was unstable. Fortunately, he caught the cuff of the boy in front of him in time and didn't slip completely.

"...It seems that this guy is the stupidest of them..." Heliga, who silently put the "BakaNo.1" label on Kulaai in his heart, thought for a second and decided to ignore the situation before him. He just sighed softly and said, "Look around, they can't be here at all, okay?"

"How did you know?" Cindy, who was the most composed of the three, asked. At this time, Kuluoai, because of embarrassment and shame, had dyed red from his forehead to his neck, and simply turned his head and stopped talking. Celia saw the funny appearance of Kuluoai, looked at her cloth shoes, which were also not strong enough to grip, and also did not speak. Only Cindy remembered that the main purpose now was to find someone, so she put the topic back on track.

Heliga sighed helplessly, "First of all, this is the same side as the pier that goes to sea. If they really go to the ancient city, how can they go back here? The father of the child has experience going to sea and it is impossible to connect a ship. You can’t control the boat, right?” Heliga patiently explained to the three of them, “Secondly, because of the strong water storage capacity of the forest here, the soil around here is very moist and soft (Speaking of which, I turned my head. Kuluoai shakes slightly again). If they come here, they will definitely leave very clear footprints. Finally, if they are coming by boat, then their boat must stay on the shore. So, shouldn’t you first look for traces of the boat along the shore, and then come to the forest to find someone if you find a boat docked?"

The three girls looked at each other. They didn't expect that the elder sister who was always pestering (from the perspective of the three of them) in front of them, and the little boy who didn't dare to speak, thought so much. Cindy couldn't help asking: "Then, where do you think they will go?"

"Since you can't find it in the city, let's look for it in the surrounding area. If you still don't find a trace, then you can only go to the ancient city to find it..." Feeling that the inexplicable hostility of the three has been reduced a lot, Hai Liga also felt relaxed, "However, the three of you, come to this forest without an adult, are you not afraid of danger? Although there are no warcraft and large beasts, there are not many snakes and insects here, right? "

"Huh, stop preaching!" Kuluoai, who had been slowed down, turned around and made a face at Heliga, "You are not a kid yourself, but you ran into the woods by yourself and hid. Frighten us on the tree!" Although it was still full of hostile dialogue, Kulaai's tone sounded a bit like a child bickering when he understood that Heliga was right.

"I'm a boy, and I still practice in the dojo!" In a relaxed atmosphere, Heliga also put on a posture casually, that posture is still imitating Laura. Knowing the origin of Heliga's actions, Kuluai immediately exploded his hair: "Huh! You are not a man! Only as reliable as guerrillas, or as powerful as Viscount-sama! You are just learning in the dojo Just a few tricks, just come out the brave kid!" Kuluoai had completely forgotten the embarrassment just now, and directly quarreled with Heliga. Celia, who was watching the play next to her, also acted a little more relaxed, and Cindy put a helpless smile on her mouth.

"I..." When he was about to use words to make Kuluoai feel fear, Heliga's brain suddenly stabbed, and the words that came to his mouth were swallowed back. His consciousness began to dissipate, but the remaining part of his consciousness reminded him that his body had fallen into the mud. In a trance, the darkness in front of him was gradually clearing, and he saw the pictures that often appeared in dreams—

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The blood-stained guillotine. The huge black monster that landed on the top of the tower. Destroyed houses, charred bodies.

On the towering snow-capped mountains, the fortress made of black rock, and the courtyard covered with unmelted snow, four old men in gray robes looked at themselves with kind smiles.

I don't know where it is, but there is a dazzling white light in front of the extremely high sky. A majestic voice is commanding himself to drive out the blasphemer in the temple.

In the dark underground tomb, holding a strange staff and wearing a strange mask, the creatures floating on the ground are laughing. And he fought shoulder to shoulder with a mage wearing a black robe and knocked him to the ground.

In the unknown cave, several powerful warriors and themselves holding a weird battle axe are fighting fiercely with blue wolf-shaped ghosts. After the battle, a gray-haired old man walked towards him and thanked him softly, before turning into nothingness.

In the depths of the castle full of blood, the scary monster with red eyes and fangs in front of him roared angrily, his body was alienated, and he rushed towards him. A girl with the same form next to him fought against him with several heavily armed warriors. After the fierce battle, an arrow shot from the longbow in his hand turned it into a mass of blood.

Somewhere in the snow-covered mountains, a man with black armor, red skin and a strange arc sword nodded at him, and then a terrifying anger spurted out and started a fierce battle with him. He struggled to defeat him with all his strength, and he passed away peacefully in the sight of his praise and relief.

A desert island covered by volcanic ash for the most part, strange relics of all kinds, shuttled among them, and found a strange black book. As soon as it was opened, a few strange tentacles were involved in another world. I saw a powerful figure, behind him were all kinds of powerful monsters following his command. He said something, and the monsters swarmed up and rushed towards him--

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"Heliga, are you all right!"

"Hey, wake up!"

The eager girl voice gradually became clear in her ears.

"Great! He woke up!"

"Hey! Don't look happy!"

"Hmph, doesn't Celia look relieved too!"

The quarrel of the girls came into his ears, and Haili stepped up to endure the pain of splitting his head, struggling to sit up and muttering "What's wrong..."

"You just quarreled with Kuluoai, and the result was that Que suddenly fainted! You scared Kuluoai to death!" The girl in red ignored the "I'm not scared" excuse next to her, and quickly answered.

"Are you all right?" Cindy asked, standing aside, bending down but heartily.

"It's okay... It's just a little dizzy..." The pain came quickly and went quickly, and Heliga felt that he was much better, and stood up. He noticed that the sun had completely set, and he and the three girls were still in the woods.

"Is it really okay? Would you like to take a break?" Cindy asked with concern.

"No need... the sun is already down, let's go back soon." Heilijia, who shook his head and said that he was fine, was in confusion now, but he realized that there were three people who had no experience in martial arts practice or survival in the wild. Girl, shouldn't stay too long in the forest at night. He didn't say anything more, just walked straight to the direction of Regram Town. The three girls looked at each other, and all followed.

No words all the way.

When I returned to the town, my vision was very blurred and the air became a little humid. Due to the climate, Ragram often gets foggy, but it usually occurs in the morning, and fog at night is rare. But the four of them were still thinking about what happened just now, and no one cared about it for a while.

When you get to town, there are no worries. After the three girls bid farewell to each other with different attitudes and tones, Heliga walked to the Guerrilla Association alone. The guerrillas who had been searching for the missing three people in the surrounding area were there for an afternoon with Laura and Klaus butler, and they were communicating. Intelligence, and the client, the woman whose husband and children have disappeared, is waiting anxiously. When they heard the news that Heliga had brought back "there was no trace of them in the forest", everyone unanimously decided to send people to the ancient city to find them by boat.

The original decision was made by the three guerrillas and Klaus butler. However, Laura insisted on going. Considering that there are no warcrafts in the ancient city, safety should not be a problem, and the eldest lady has worked hard for the whole afternoon. It should be the first time to know the result, but the Klaus butler agreed after thinking deeply. . However, Heliga, who seemed a little weak, also insisted on going, which was a bit beyond everyone's expectations.

In the end, everyone hadn't scorned Heliga and agreed to his request. On the one hand, considering that Heliga is the child of Viscount Kholzwill after all, he belongs to a noble power with privileges in the empire, and occasionally willful behavior is normal, and there is no danger. On the other hand, Heliga is usually very approachable and friendly. He was talkative, but he persisted this time, and considering that he was a little tired, there seemed to be something hidden.

When they arrived at the dock, several people found that the dense fog seriously affected their vision. They were afraid that they could not find the north in the fog. At this time, it happened that the shipper was still holding the last thought. Maybe that person would come back with the child in the evening. After the two parties had some exchanges, it would hit it off. The shipper would guide the "expeditionary army" to the ancient city. .

Heliga also didn't understand why he came to this ancient city persistently. Maybe I should go back and rest. But the strong intuition in my heart is calling myself, in this ancient city tonight, maybe it can solve the mystery behind this strange dream!

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"Here." The voice of the shipper and cargo merchant brought Heliga back to reality from the depths of thinking. He raised his head and looked at the front of the ship. Not far from the thick fog, the old castle stood quietly in the middle of the island. The ship under him is also slowly decelerating...

The feeling of rapid heartbeat speeding up like never before appeared.

"...Heliga?" Heliga, who had fallen into a "half-sleeping" state just now, seemed to be getting better, so Laura didn't continue to ask questions, just thinking that maybe he needs to rest a bit longer. But now, it seems that his physical condition has deteriorated again.

The ship stopped.

In the end, Laura did not continue to ask. She glanced at Heliga with a little worry, and watched as the other party got up from the boat with some difficulty, followed the guerrillas and the old steward who disembarked first, and followed by jumping off the boat. Down.