A Race to (Be) The Top

The green grass is lush, the fertile fields are thousands of miles away, and the melancholy hamster stands upright and looks far away.

The hamster landed on its front paws again when there were no more guards in sight, turned around and stared blankly at the cloud of air again.

If I remember correctly, he and Ji Meng stood there once and witnessed the guards being punished for the hamster.It's just that they were in a dim and different space at that time, watching everything from the sidelines, and people in this world couldn't see their existence.

Now it is in this world, but it can't see itself at that time.

"Lubi! Where are you, Lubi?" Ji Meng called it's name and found it. Ling Xiaolu no longer missed this place, and ran back to where the sound came from.

It doesn't matter which world he is in, the important thing is that no matter which world he is in, Ji Meng is always by his side.

The nimble hamster followed Ji Meng's legs and jumped onto his shoulders in circles, as skillfully as a pet that Ji Meng had kept for many years.

"Where have you been? Why are you always running around?" Whether it's a human Lubi or a hamster Lubi, they always have the ability to disappear before his eyes in the blink of an eye.

Ling Xiaolu leaned his little head over and rubbed his cheek on Ji Meng's face.

Ji Meng couldn't say the question again, he somehow felt that the hamster's action was sad.

"Cough, then," Ji Meng was at a loss for words for a moment, "Then let's continue to do the task, I seem to have seen Sha Ya just now."

Ling Xiaolu lay on his shoulder for a while, feeling that the armor was too hard, and jumped on Ji Meng's head again, making a beautiful nest with his hair.

Ji Meng headed towards Ling Xiaolu and found Sha Ya on the west side of the grassland. The other party's attitude was not as arrogant as before, but it was obviously not from the heart, but was asking for them.

"This little dragon is lost, can you help me bring it home?"

The second quest in the series appears, [Lost Drake].

Ling Xiaolu stood up: Chi Chi Chi! (You can help me, but you have to transform me back first!)

She tapped the magic wand in Shaya's hand, and Ling Xiaolu, who turned back into a human form, rolled off Ji Meng's head unpreparedly. Fortunately, Ji Meng was quick to catch it, otherwise Ling Xiaolu's butt would definitely bloom.

"Hey! Before you change people around, can you say hello in advance!" Ling Xiaolu, who was still in shock, yelled angrily.

Shaya's expression was indifferent: "Are you guys going to help?"

"...Help, just help!" The last task hadn't been completed yet, and they had no right to choose at all.

The young dragon became Ling Xiaolu's pet. In order to send it home safely, Ling Xiaolu and the others had to inquire with the villagers they met along the way.

Humans and dragons have had a long history of conflicts, and most of them refused to respond to their questions.Braving the disgust all the way, they finally found the territory where the dragons lived together.

Seeing the familiar home, the young dragon immediately ran and jumped happily, but was swung back by the huge black dragon.

"Did we find the wrong place?" Ling Xiaolu looked around, no matter the sky or the ground, there were all black dragons, and there was no shadow of a white dragon.

"Didn't you see the performance of the young dragon just now? Obviously it is very familiar with this place."

"why?"

"I knew this task was not that simple."

Ji Meng came to the black dragon: "Can you understand me?"

Dragon language automatically appeared in the minds of the two.

—Take this scourge away, damn human!

The young dragon also understood, took two steps back, and carefully lowered its front half, looking very pitiful.

——It is a mutated dragon that will bring disaster to our group!

"I thought only uncivilized human beings were ignorant, but I didn't expect dragons to be so superstitious."

The baby dragon made a "woo-woo" sound from deep in its throat.

The black dragon didn't show mercy because of this, and his attitude was even worse.

--roll!Otherwise, I will burn the three of you to ashes together!

Ling Xiaolu was helpless: "What should I do?"

"Let's go down the mountain first, and then find a way."

At the foot of the mountain, they met unexpected people.

"Sha Ya? You are a child, how can you run so far away from the village?"

Shaya cast a dissatisfied glance at the young dragon who was following them dejectedly: "I knew it, it would be impossible to leave it to the two of you."

Ling Xiaolu was about to be pissed off by this girl: "You know it can't be done, why did you send the two of us here for nothing?"

Sha Ya's magic wand warned, Ling Xiaolu shut his mouth mightily and unyieldingly.

"Did you come here to find a solution?" Ji Meng was more sensible than him, and knew how to advance the task.

Sha Ya hesitated: "I know that there is... a mother-in-law, she may have a way."

The third task, [Forest Witch].

A small wooden house in the forest, a frog on the eaves, a strange purple liquid boiling in a cauldron...

Ling Xiaolu couldn't stand it anymore: "Isn't this the standard configuration of a bad witch in a magic story?!"

While the witch was boiling the liquid in the pot, Tai Ruo replied naturally: "You are right, but if you dare to ask which witches go out to do evil by themselves, aren't you all here?"

"..." Ling Xiaolu turned to Ji Meng, "What to do, she makes sense."

Ji Meng: "Let's talk about the conditions directly, we are in a hurry."

"The white dragon has been the bane of the dragon clan since ancient times, and I can't change that." The witch shook her classic black nails, "But I can make it exactly like an ordinary dragon, so that the dragon clan will accept it .”

"Can't we? Like ink or something."

The witch's movements paused: "You are the one who talks the most nonsense among the people I have ever received."

This "best" is not very happy.

"Okay, state your terms."

"My condition is very simple. I only need ten black dragon stones, and I can dye the mutated white dragon black. As a reward, I need ten black dragon eggs, isn't it too much?"

"How to get the Black Dragon Stone?" Ji Meng asked.

The witch smiled sinisterly.

"Every black dragon has black dragon stones on it, you just need to put them like this," she made a gesture of touching her neck, "kill them, and the black dragon stones are at your fingertips. Find the female dragons that are hatching eggs, kill them, and bring them Return to the dragon eggs, and I will make your wishes come true."

"Are we really going to help the evildoers?" Ling Xiaolu asked after walking out of the wooden house.

"Killing monsters is the most common part of missions," Ji Meng said, "What's more, we have no other choice."

Two people return to the dragon's territory, one kills the dragon and the other steals the eggs.When the mother dragon saw that someone was going to snatch her child, her temperament became more and more violent. The two of them spent a lot of effort to collect all the items that the witch told them.

Before leaving, Ling Xiaolu looked back, only to see dragon corpses everywhere, a desolate scene.

The witch was very satisfied with what they brought: "Please help me put the dragon eggs in the hatching room over there. They are precious objects for my experiments."

After that, she threw all the black dragon stones into the cauldron, and bubbles appeared in the cauldron.

When Ling Xiaolu walked out of the hatching room, he bumped into the witch head-on and threw the young white dragon into the pot.

"Hey!" Ling Xiaolu rushed over to save him, but he was a step too late.

"What are you doing!" he yelled.

"Didn't you want me to turn it into a black dragon?"

"I want you to turn it into a black dragon, not to boil it!"

The witch waved her hand: "Young man, don't be impatient."

The cauldron began to vibrate violently, and Ji Meng stretched out his hand to pull Ling Xiaolu back a step. The two of them saw a strong light coming from the mouth of the pot at the same time. With a loud noise, the pot shattered into several pieces, and a pure black young dragon jumped out of it. Make a painful and sharp roar.

Seeing this, the witch laughed strangely: "As you wish."

The black drake was sent back up the mountain without a single dragon coming to trouble him, for they were all mourning their companions.

Ling Xiaolu was not very satisfied with the direction of this mission: "Can't you design a branch of your own choice in your mission?"

"The wrong process is also a process, and it also needs players to promote it."

"Why can you speak so freshly about cheating blades?"

Ling Xiaolu completed the task of returning the young dragon, and Shaya followed them back to the village reluctantly.

As soon as Shaya's teacher saw her, she started nagging: "You child, why are you always disobedient and always..."

"Don't quarrel with the old man, isn't it just practicing magic? I'll do it." Shaya stepped aside and began to vent her anger at training the scarecrow.

The teacher blew on his beard and sighed: "A child cannot be taught."

He saw Ling Xiaolu and the two on the side: "Thank you for helping me find her back. If you two still have time, please help me send this letter to the school in the town. Sha Ya used to be there. Student, I will report her current situation to the school regularly."

The fourth task, [Saya's life experience].

The principal of the school in the town read the letter they sent, sighed and put the letter back in the envelope.

"Sure enough, she is a problem student who is difficult to manage. It's really difficult for her teacher."

Ling Xiaolu asked: "Principal, I have a question. Since Shaya is a problem child, why not keep her in the town, but send her to the village, and give her to an old man who can't control her at all?"

The headmaster looked distressed: "This... Shaya has some special circumstances, and it is not suitable for her to stay in the town."

"What special circumstances?" Ling Xiaolu asked.

The principal sighed again: "No, you said that when Shaya was born, she had a birthmark on her body. According to legend, this kind of birthmark is a symbol of a disaster. Even if I agree with her to stay in school, the residents of the town will have objections. .We sent her secretly to the village to conceal the truth, and it was also for her sake."

Ling Xiaolu was a little angry: "Why are they all disaster stars? The dragon is superstitious, and you are also superstitious. Are you uncivilized and ignorant human beings?"

Ji Meng suddenly pinched his arm, with a serious face: "The mutated white dragon is a disaster, and it has indeed brought disaster to the ethnic group. We are that disaster. Many things in this world may be false, but legends must be true." it is true."

Ling Xiaolu thought about his words carefully, his face gradually changed: "Not good..."

The two ran out, Ji Meng tried to summon the shadow deer, but was told that he was not allowed to use the mount.

They strode towards the village, and the surrounding environment changed drastically.

"No!" Ling Xiaolu finally noticed the anomaly, and pulled Ji Meng back, "Look!"

The branches sprout new leaves at a speed visible to the naked eye, the branches are full of buds and then bloom, the weather becomes hot and dry, and the cicadas begin to tweet, all of which happen in a flick of a finger.It's as if someone has deliberately adjusted the time in this world forward. One second ago, it was early spring, and this second is midsummer.

The unimportant time passed away quietly, and the ominous premonition became stronger. They ran across the field and the hillside, and Ling Xiaolu stopped again, staring at the direction of the top of the hill in a daze.

Ji Meng found that the person disappeared suddenly, and turned to look for him: "What's the matter?"

Ling Xiaolu grabbed him eagerly: "Do you still remember this place? Where we fought the dragon, there were commanders and unknown soldiers..."

Ji Meng raised his head, and even faintly heard the sound of fighting coming from the hillside.

Ling Xiaolu turned around and ran up the slope, but was stopped by Ji Meng, "Where are you going?"

"Go help them," Ling Xiaolu said anxiously, "if we help, even if we remind them, the commander will not be seriously injured, maybe the future will change, and the guards will not die."

He shook off Ji Meng's hand, and was forcibly stopped again before taking two steps away.

"Have you forgotten our mission this time? Do you still remember the burning village we saw here last time?"

Ling Xiaolu tried his best to link the two missions together: "Kill... the... evil dragon that attacked the village."

Ji Meng nodded quickly: "The facts that have happened will not change. Even if you rush over, you may not be able to save the commander. But this time is the mission we received, and we still have a chance to save the entire village!"

"But the guard..."

"The guards were dead by our time. But Saya, it's still unknown."

Ling Xiaolu struggled to make a choice, what Ji Meng said made sense, but the guard was his first regret in this game.Rationality and sensibility, two forces, struggle repeatedly in his heart.

"No time, let's go!"

Ling Xiaolu glanced at the top of the slope resolutely, made up his mind, and followed Ji Meng to the village without looking back.