Chapter 1: I. Wake up

The viscous lava accelerated the flow rate, and the radiated bursts of heat rose up to the cave above. As the temperature began to rise, the huge creatures in the nest grew long enough to make people misunderstand that their dead breath began to speed up. The heartbeat throbbing makes the bones piled on the other corner of the cave rub against a noisy noise, and after two consecutive sprays let the rock wall burn to a red nose, the slender under the protection of the double eyelids of Nidhogg The pupil was stimulated by the dim light, refocused and contracted into a narrow slit, and the 752th hibernation in life was over.
During a winter of dormancy, Niederhogg did not move, and the frequency of heartbeat and breathing was reduced to the minimum to sustain life. This time is the most dangerous cycle. Whether it is other carnivorous giant dangerous species that does not need to hibernate, or humans who have been stunned by money, reputation and other factors-these are usually regarded as the presence of ants, this time period can easily end the life of the dragon. Through careful and meticulous measures such as carefully disguising the entrance and exit of the nest before each hibernation, and burning the lava wall from the inside to block the entrance curve, the Black Dragon has safely passed every hibernation so far.
　　 Opened the exit of the nest, with a chill of early spring breeze blowing the dragon's nose, stretching the muscles and bones that have not been active in the sun for a long time. The dust and mist from the scales and the rock dust on the wings are not yet scattered. The huge body has been vacated by the wind of Mana, splitting the mist of dust, Niederhog began to tour his territory, full of heart Looking forward to the first meal of the New Year. The stomach pouch that had been empty for several months was waiting for a daredevil who had broken into the Black Dragon's territory to fall in. Only in this way would the shameful abdominal noise and hunger cease.
　　In order not to disturb the prey on the ground and miss the opportunity, Niederhogg is at a high distance from the ground. Even some birds may not be able to reach that height to help stuff the teeth. Creeping ground creatures will only see a blurry little black spot even if they look up at the sky. The dragon's dynamic vision can accurately capture any moving objects on the ground.
　　'S proud eyesight quickly searched for similar targets, a cluster of yellow-green lines creeping between the gray broken rocks at the bottom of the valley.
　　 Jormangund, a neighbor of Niederhogg, is an old slider snake that is more than 164 feet in length and nearly 20% longer than Niederhog. Today, I also twisted my carrion stature to find its sacrifice. When I saw this neighbor who also woke up from hibernation, his strong appetite was beaten without a trace.
The snake has a strangling force that can crush the bones of the ogres, it can spray venom or poison gas in its mouth, and its combat experience is more abundant than that of Niederhog. More importantly, the strange smell first makes the sense of smell sensitive The dragon family can't stand it... it's a type that can't be swallowed, and it may also cause some inexplicable disease to barely fall.
　　Although it was an appetite, the speed of the serpenting somewhat aroused the dragon's curiosity. The crawling speed can be called leisurely on weekdays, but now it is a bit close to the high speed range. Maybe something good was found? If Yorman Gund really finds something to eat, it is also necessary to swallow before the bad guy. Anyway, it's not that the old immortal.
　　 made up his mind to make a guest visit to the black dragon of the corpse bird, carefully adjusting the airflow through the membrane and the mana holding up the body, slowing down the glide speed, and also avoiding his whereabouts being noticed by the other party. The calm trail of the high-altitude tracker quickly paid off-the triangle snake's head pointed straight at a black egg lying quietly at the bottom of the valley.
It was a dark, slender oval egg, with some red and black hanged on it... strange soft tree vines of various colors, it seemed from which giant fir tree or similar to fall down to this only Barren valley of hot sand and gravel. It is a matter of course that it is believed that the egg is the world's first delicious Yorman Gunder to fill this unowned object into his first menu after waking up.
　　 This seems very reasonable, but Niederhogg doesn't think he should do it immediately, even the possibility of lowering the height is rejected. The cautiousness that helped it avoid the crisis countless times is ringing the alarm bell in the heart of the dragon. A stronger alarm than before has driven the dragon to examine the black egg again, and some details that began to emerge began to put the blood vessel inside. The restlessness increased.
　　 Niederhogg had eaten a lot of eggs, but no one species in memory would lay such special eggs. The object is more like the obsidian in the dragon collection. The object wrapped around the outside is also different from the tree and vine. The color and flexible material have never been seen before, and it can never be any plant known. All, not to mention that the material under the bark is obviously some kind of metal.
The decisive blow to the dragon’s lucky heart and appetite, whether it belongs to life or non-life, will not release the ominous atmosphere like this [black egg], even the dragon who stays in the sky will taste From the scalp to the tip of the tail tip is tingling.
　　 Hurry away from here-drawing this conclusion to prepare to execute, it did not take more than half a second before and after, but compared with the speed at which the mutation occurred, it was slow and almost fatal.
A smooth longitudinal circumferential crack appeared on the [black egg] shell. Milky white gas erupted to block the black dragon’s sight. The sudden cold air brushed the tip of the nose of Yorman Gand immediately tightened his body and entered a tight bowstring. In a general attack situation, the triangular head suspended above the white mist continuously spit out the bifurcated letter to capture the odor in the air, and the organs that sense heat also entered a high-speed operation state, and a slightly abnormal toxic liquid will be ejected from the gland The opponent is poisoned.
The scene where the dense fog turned into a white storm could not be captured by the snake's near-blind vision, but the tiny vibrations on the ground turned into a nerve signal reaching the brain marrow, and the snake that got the signal wanted to attack, but the body did not react. , Fell to the ground like a pool of mud.
The useless visual system and the severing of the body's nerve signals prevented Joelman Gunder from understanding and grasping the state of affairs. The strange scenery was deeply burned on Nedhog's retina, looking at the unimaginable vision. The dragon’s fear instincts were too late to describe the impact of that scene.
　　 A thin human figure waving a huge leucorrhea in mid-air-a thing like a snake-like spine.
　　Yorman Gund's body has hard scales that can resist high-level spells, and the mucus attached to it can absorb physical impact and let the attack slide away. Such a double line of defense was torn apart like tissues in an instant, and then pulled the spine away from the flesh and jumped into the air.
When the dragon's brain understood and accepted the events, the black egg had already made a last blow to the dying Yorman Gander, and the rotten brain content and blood flesh were pushed out of the body together with fists. Red and white mixed paste squeezes skin and sprays to the ground. It easily kills the strangulation of large ogres, venom that corrodes flesh, and toxic gas that paralyzes the opponent's body-without any effect, the 164-foot-long giant snake is killed like a ants.
　　 Complete, unilateral killing.
Fear tightened Niederhogg’s body and mind, using the body of Mana’s suspended air to stop the trembling that swept over, the survival instinct issued a rapid escape alarm, left here, left this unknown breath, and escaped far away .
　　 But the sharp sight clearly told Niederhogger-to act will only meet the tragic fate of Yorman Gund.
　　On the ground, only creatures with a finger height of the dragon raised their heads and looked up at the sky. After a pause for a few seconds, the hand that killed the snake made a beckoning to the black spots in the sky.
　　 "Great Marfa! Save the unfortunate me!!"
The dragon’s heart wailed with tears. Because the wailing was easily misunderstood as a prelude to convening a companion or an attack, the black dragon just carefully spread the mana around the body while controlling the spread of the wings while slowly Lowered height. The 73-foot dragon danced like a dandelion seed in the wind and then landed on the scene of the killing.
At the end of the landing, even the dust did not rise more than 1 foot. Nidhog, who completed such a difficult movement, was not happy and showed no interest in showing off. Just lying on the gravel ground and holding his head in a short, the slight vibration of the whole body sounded with the broken rock, and the slit-like pupil looked at the powerful existence with a human shape from the gap between the paws.
　　Non-cognitive things—the phrase when I witnessed that powerful force reappeared, and then superimposed on the image imprinted on the retina and carved into the brain marrow.
　　 is not Kong Wu's powerful giant, not a downright dwarf, nor an old man with a beard hanging to his chest and cracking skin like dry bark. The gap with the strong influence of the above two-legged upright creatures even made Niederhogg almost forget that he was being shrouded in the shadow of death.
The nakedness of the inconspicuous is not a problem for the dragon’s point of view. The shapely and slender slightly petite body with smooth and pearly skin outlines the best statue-like line combination. When the sight moves above the neck, the perfect highlight The combination stopped the dragon's breath for a moment.
Junyi's face is obviously different from any known humanoid creatures. The height of the nose bridge and cheekbones are lower than the average height. The facial muscles and skin together form a somewhat childish face, which has not been seen. His dark hair hung down on her forehead, and her lowered eyes were crimson like the sunset sinking into the horizon after purifying the blood.
　　The vision of dark night and sunset cleverly matched in one place, flying across this face that the continent created and loved by the ancestors has never seen before-this is the beauty of 752 years of life accumulation without resentment.
Any delicate jewelry is inferior to the dusty beauty, and raised his hand, UU reading www.uukanshu.com opened five fingers, palms pointed at the head of the dragon, a clump of consciousness is being intervened by the invisible hand agitation. The dragon at this moment no longer fears death, but puts the deviating life that deviates from the common sense in the world at the top of the appreciation, trying to interpret the mystery.
　　 [You are a wise race. 】
　　 is neither contempt nor sigh, the purely transactional tone in the mind of Niederhogger sounded with the dragon's language.
　　 No need to look confused, the dragon lying on the ground understands that this is what the immediate being is doing, and will respond with irresistibility to the phrase of obedience.
　　【Yes, sir. 】
　　 [I need knowledge, your knowledge of this world. 】
　　【Everything belongs to you, sir. 】
　　It was as smooth as a master and servant for many years, and the two creatures that met for less than 2 minutes naturally reached it. The consciousness in the brain met a burst of light, and Niederhogger glanced at the strange scene.
　　The palm of his hand drooped back, and he returned to the air from the ground. The flesh on the ground retracted to the lower jaw of Yorman Gund. The white spine drilled into the flesh from the air--
　　This is its memory, or a retrograde memory.
Autumn hunting to store heat before hibernation, caravans overlooking the ant colony 43 years ago, fighting between the army watching 116 years ago, the excitement of the first hunt, the first bite mother sent to the eyes The smell of the living creature's throat, the light and cold that stings the senses when drilling the eggshell.
　　 The focus of memory tracing, the other side of life.
　　I don't know what it is, I don't know if this is not the starting point of death.
　　 Seeing, hearing, feeling, thinking is all out of reach, even the side where memory does not exist-not even darkness, the complete void covers Niederhogg's consciousness.