I entered Ba Huang City with members of [Crimson Contract] still after at me. After resupplying some items, I went straight to the cold barren lands of Dragon City. It’s been awhile since I visited Dragon City so it was useful to see what that old Tomb Guardian Karl was doing. After rising to Lv 60 and changing to my 3rd job, I might have a new instructor and will no longer see that old guy in the future.
After a walk of 40 minutes I finally arrived at the cold barren lands of Dragon City.
At the foot of Dragon City, Beast Tamer Dalin’s tent was in complete tatters and looked like he hadn’t been living there for a long time. Even the number of flags on Dragon City’s walls had lessened. If it was not because of those red colored battle flag fluttering in the wind, I might have thought that there has been a change in the city’s ruler.
Drawing the Frost Rain Sword, I climbed along snowy mountain path step by step to reach Dragon City. However, I didn’t enter the city itself. My teacher was not located there; instead, I went to the snowy ridges of the valley – a plain and barren land with various dragon bone fragments everywhere, gleaming duly.
In the distance, the stone cottage was still quietly standing there.
I held onto Frost Rain Sword just in case and slowly walked towards the door. I knocked on the stone door with my free hand “Da, da”, and then said, “Teacher, I’m back. Do you have anything for me to do?”
“Creeeeak.”
The stone door slowly opened as the Tomb Guardian of the Dragon Tomb came outside with his wheelchair. His face was very pale; he even had a fresh scar on the right side of his bony cheek. The cut was extremely deep and should have been from a very sharp weapon. The end part of his wheelchair had also been slashed off while there were sword marks on the tomb walls with streaks of dark blood on the floor.
“Teacher, what’s going on? What happened?” I asked in surprise.
Karl’s eyebrows furrowed and sighed, “Three days ago, a legion of Dark Dwarves attacked the cold barren land of Dragon City during the night. After a night of intense fighting, the Dark Dwarves retreated after they suffered more than 3000 casualties.”
“The Dark Dwarves?” I paused.
“Yes!” Karl looked at me and lightly said, “The Dark Dwarf King dispatched an army of ten thousand Dark Dwarves to destroy Dragon City after you killed their Dark Dwarf Prince. Unfortunately for them, they Dragon City was stronger than they expected and Lord Lou Lin led us to strike back against the cruel Dark Dwarves. Heavenly King Ran Min also lent us his help in slaying one of the leaders of the Dark Dwarf army. 3000 Dark Dwarves died before they started fleeing towards the east of Fire Stone Canyon…”
I took a deep breath and inquired, “Our losses are not that great, right?”
“Not that great?”
Karl sneered and answered, “Even I and Captain Frost have been injured and you still think our losses weren’t heavy? We only had 1000 Dragon City soldiers and 178 of them perished in that battle. This time, we truly enraged the Dark Dwarf King and when the Dark Dwarves decide to attack again, their number would be in the hundreds of thousands instead of tens of thousands. At that time, Dragon City might become not more than a ruin!”
“That will absolutely not happen!” I clenched my fists and continued, “If Dragon City become history, then our school will be finished as well …”
Karl responded, “Boy, your powers sure have grown. However, it’s still not enough to defend Dragon City. Do you know that deep within the Tomb of Dragon City lies a secret, a secret from the ancient times? It’s an incredible mission but I still cannot give it to you yet…”
I was stunned, “Teacher, why?”
“Because…” Karl sighed, “I do not know if you are strong enough to accomplish it. Also, I, Karl, am a detached person. I have never received any disciples other than you. Among the youths I saw, you are the one with the most potential. I don’t want to see you die.”
I tightened my fist even further, “Teacher, how can I prove that I am capable of completing the ancient duty?”
Karl pondered for a while and finally answered, “Well then, to prove that you now possess the strength, you must first kill a dragon….”
My whole body trembled, “Kill …kill a dragon?”