Chapter 444 [0441] Kalya's Dragon Hunt

From Lisos, take the Greentooth Peak, go around and then go to Mithril City. This detour will take thousands of miles.

However, Ino and Kalya are not in a hurry - Lux needs to conduct a short training for the reserve soldiers, and also needs to take a large number of infected demons with him. Even if they immediately move north after the ennoblement ceremony is completed and everything is ready, they can only go in a winding way.

In this way, even if Ino takes a detour, she may arrive at Fosbyro first.

After planning the route of action, the next step is to find the traces of the dragon.

At this point, Kalya taught Ino a set of "dragon-hunting tactics".

"Elemental dragons like to live in places where elemental energy is abundant and active. Considering that there are traces of dragon fire burning in the dragon disaster of Lao Bamen this time, you have to increase your sensitivity and pay attention to the activity of fire elements."

"Even if the elemental dragons do not intend to settle down and have no intention of changing the surrounding environment, their existence will inevitably leave ripples in the elemental vision. This is the best way for us to find elemental dragons."

Ino quickly understood what Karya meant, and soon adapted to the new perspective of observing the world through elemental vision and elemental perception - her experience in the Shadow Realm taught her to rely less on her eyes, but more on her magic perception.

Now, instead of using rough magic perception, it is not difficult for Ino to open the elemental vision and use elemental perception.

In this way, Ino came to the Green Tooth Peak on the border of the kingdom while inquiring about the news of the dragon disaster. When he arrived here, Ino had collected a lot of true and false information about the dragon disaster of Lao Bamen.

Through Kalya's analysis and collation, it can be confirmed that there was indeed a serious dragon disaster in Laobamen, but there are many different opinions about the cause of the dragon disaster. Some people say that the battle between two dragons affected Laobamen, and some people say that one dragon deliberately attacked Laobamen and the other dragon came to stop it.

But as for the whereabouts of the two dragons, everyone said in unison that "they went to the west" - and to the west of Laobamen is the towering Greenfang Peak.

Unlike ordinary people's belief that "evil dragons go to Greenfang Peak to seek death", Ino and Kalya are very clear that even if Greenfang Peak and Mourngate are the places with the most garrisons on the border of Demacia, if no special targeted strategies are prepared, no matter how many Demacia elites there are, they are actually not a big threat to the dragons.

The garrisons are aimed at the Noxians. Whether it is at Greenfang Peak or Mourngate, the Demacian fortresses are guarding the necessary routes for the Noxians to march.

The pass and mountain roads are the focus of the garrison.

Dragons can fly. If they want, they can bypass the garrison fortress with a large number of soldiers and fly over from the sky. Therefore, even before people climbed the Greenfang Peak, Ino had already opened the elemental vision. Even when they were on the road, they still observed the surroundings through elemental perception.

As a result, the dragon was not found, but the infected were found.

Along the way, Ino saw a large number of people with obvious elemental traces on their bodies, leaving Demacia with their families.

Among these people, some had active elemental traces on their bodies, while others were relatively dormant. The former had just awakened or had just been exiled; the latter were the unlucky ones who drank the magic suppressant potion, and they all looked sick.

Since the identity of the infected was exposed, Ino was first used by the lord to help her hide her identity. After the incident, she was sent to the forbidden magic prison, and then taken away by Lux, so she was actually not very clear about the "usual experience" of the Demacia infected.

Seeing these exiled demon-tainted people and those who drank the magic suppressant potion, Ino's brows inevitably frowned.

"This is simply taking human life lightly." Feeling the magic power of those demon-tainted people suppressed by the magic suppressant potion in the elemental vision, Ino couldn't help shaking his head and said, "The suppression of magic power seems to solve the problem, but along with the magic power, the control of magic power is also suppressed. Even if the magic power is suppressed, it will increase with age, but the control of magic power cannot be exercised. Once the suppression is lost... This is simply asking for life!"

"So it is not advisable to completely ban magic. Magic is dangerous, but magic is not uncontrollable. The extreme conservatism of rejecting any magic is also a kind of evil." Kalya sighed, "What's more, Demacia's ban on magic cannot be treated equally - this is why we want to reopen the world in Fosbyro!"

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The midsummer of Valoran has come to the end, but the grass and trees on the Greentooth Peak are still lush and green.

As the center of Valoran, connecting the Silver Mountains in the south and the Dragonspine Mountains in the north, Greentooth Peak seems to perfectly combine the advantages of the Silver Mountains and the Dragonspine Mountains - it has both the lush beauty of the Silver Mountains and the majestic grandeur of the Dragonspine Mountains.

On the north and south sides of this east-west mountain range, two large rivers originating from the Dragonspine Snow Mountain flow through, converge in Jandel further west, and finally flow into the ocean not far south of Xiongdu.

Because the water flow of these two rivers is not urgent, the water surface is wide enough, and the hydrological conditions are relatively stable regardless of drought or flood, they, together with the Tobysia River in the south, form the three horizontal lines of water transportation in Demacia.

Merchant ships traveled east and west, carrying either the abundant harvest of grain from the Demacia Plains or various products from Nokmochi. Driven by the monsoon, they traveled back and forth on these three rivers, injecting some unique commercial vitality into the conservative kingdom of Demacia.

Although the bard said that the old gatekeeper had no gate, in fact, the place name "Old Gatekeeper" itself came from the Demacian name for the place. From the perspective of Demacia, this small town located east of Greenfang Peak was the gate entrance of the entire Demacia.

Once they passed the Old Gatekeeper and crossed the Greenfang Peak, the army from the east could smoothly enter the endless Demacia Plains. In this plain with a not dense water network but connected by large rivers, Demacia had no strategic location to defend.

Therefore, Greenfang Peak, located between the two rivers, which could not only guard the two rivers from a high position, but also prevent the enemy from entering the Demacia Plains, became the largest military fortress in eastern Demacia.

Even a country like Demacia that upholds the principle of elite soldiers has more than 10,000 permanent troops around Greentooth Peak - you know, Demacia has no auxiliary troops. Even if the permanent troops of 10,000 are not super elite like the Fearless Vanguard, the combat effectiveness of frontal combat is equivalent to that of ten Noxian-style 10,000-man regiments with logistics officers, engineers and auxiliary soldiers!

Considering the terrain of Greentooth Peak, if it is just defense, it is not easy for even 20 regiments to take Greentooth Peak!

These elite soldiers are usually stationed in various military fortresses up and down the entire Greentooth Peak according to their respective organizations. Some of these military fortresses are forward and some are hidden. They are connected together to form a line of defense against the enemy from the east.

Among them, several fortresses guard the passage into Demacia through the foothills of Greentooth Peak - tax officials, soldiers and demon hunters will check passers-by, merchants pay taxes according to the bulk of the goods they transport, and demon-infected people are prohibited from entering.

Shyvana stood on the hillside, looking at the Demacians who were waiting in full battle array from a distance.

She had good eyesight. Even though the guards of the fortress did not see her, she could clearly see the inspections that pedestrians had to endure when passing through the checkpoints. Although most people passed smoothly after paying the money, some people became weak after touching the sticks in the hands of the blue-robed men and were then prohibited from passing.

Shyvana did not know that the blue-robed men were magic searchers, nor did she know that the sticks in their hands were "magic detectors" made of magic-forbidden stones, but with the dragon's sensitivity to the elements, Shyvana knew very well that the stick could absorb magic.

It was terrible. It seemed that even if she put on a robe and a hood, she could not pass smoothly.

Sitting on the hillside, Shyvana could not help shaking her head, and her eyes fell on the lavender skin of her arms.

Although she knew that it was not the time to think about this question, looking at her body, the question of "Am I a human or a dragon" naturally appeared in Shyvana's heart.

According to her adoptive father, she was found in a volcano east of Kalduga when she was just an egg. He wanted to sell her, but she broke out of her shell without warning. Although her adoptive father called himself a bastard, he would not sell a little girl to the Noxians. Therefore, the relationship between Shyvana and her adoptive father changed from hunter and trophy to adoptive father and daughter.

If everything ended here, it would be a very warm story. The thief was infected by the baby's smile and gave up his wealth to become a baby daddy. But unfortunately, Shyvana's mother didn't think so.

The dragon named Iva regarded Shyvana's adoptive father as a despicable thief and Shyvana as a symbol of her shame. When Iva's other dragon eggs were hatched and turned into dragon chicks that could fly freely, she finally left the dragon nest in the crater in anger and found Shyvana through the connection between blood.

In the dragon's rage, Shyvana's adoptive father was seriously injured and died, but this was not the end. Iva not only wanted to kill the thief, but also Shyvana - to her, Shyvana's good life was like someone mocking her for having her most precious things stolen by a humble thief.

For Iva, his dignity was obviously more precious than his daughter's life.

In this way, Shyvana began her hasty escape.

Most of the time, the dragon is still beastly. Shyvana tried to communicate with Iva several times, but it didn't work - for the dragon, the strong take all is the natural law, and Iva doesn't think it's necessary for him to communicate with Shyvana.

After all... look at Shyvana's appearance, she completely abandoned the power of being a dragon and became a weak human!

The result is that while escaping, Shyvana doubted her identity for the first time: Am I a human or a dragon?

If I were a human, why am I much stronger than a human, why can I turn into a flying dragon, why do I crave fresh flesh and blood, why does my soul crave killing?

If I were a dragon, why would I think like a human, why would I not accept the law of the jungle, why would I want to integrate into the human society and collective?

Full of confusion always surrounded Shyvana, so that she could only flee in confusion.

Along the way, the question of "who am I" has been lingering in her mind, making her unable to sleep or eat.

Shyvana was unwilling to completely submit to the beast in her blood, but she could not divest herself of her identity as a dragon. Every time she thought of this problem, she would only feel a headache.

In this way, Shyvana traveled all the way, avoiding her mother's attacks, running from the Valzhu Mountains to the Silver Mountains, and then to the Greenfang Peak.

Shyvana was no match for her mother, so after hearing that there were "very powerful humans" at the Greenfang Peak, she chose to stay nearby, hoping to scare her mother away.

After all, for dragons who advocate the law of the jungle, "people with the ability to slay dragons" should be what Iva would not want to contact.

Unfortunately, Shyvana obviously misunderstood the huge difference between epic and reality.

Although the story of Demacia slaying dragons occupies most of the Demacia folklore, in fact, even when Demacia was just established and Oren drove away wild beasts and dark creatures everywhere, the number of dragons encountered by Demacia was very small.

The conflict between humans and dragons in terms of territory is not big. Humans often cannot accept the environment that dragons like. Unless there are evil dragons entrenched on the main roads, Demacians rarely fight with dragons.

Therefore, for Iva, Demacians are just annoying little flies, not enough to cause his fear.

I am Iva, the scourge of the fire dragon!

How could I stop the pursuit of shame because of the obstruction of a mere Demacia mortal?

Therefore, after locking the position of Shyvana again, Iva came fiercely, and the two dragons had a big battle at the old gate. The dragon fire that fell from the sky ignited a large number of buildings in the small town, forming a tragic dragon disaster.

At the end of the battle, Shyvana, who could not continue to hold on, took the initiative to leave the battlefield and plunged into the deep mountains and old forests of Greenfang Peak in human form.

After realizing that Shyvana had escaped, Iva spent some time getting rid of the interference of mortals, and then chased Shyvana - but when she arrived at Greenfang Peak, Shyvana had already hidden in the mountains.

Although the blood connection told Iva that Shyvana was nearby, she couldn't find Shyvana's trace in the dark and among the mountains. In the end, she could only leave in disappointment and find a place to lick her wounds - although Shyvana was beaten badly by her, Shyvana also left her many traces.

Shyvana, who had temporarily resolved the crisis, knew very well that she couldn't stay here for long. After recovering a little, she got out of the mountains and planned to continue to move westward and completely enter Demacia. Then, at the foot of Greenfang Peak, she found the Demacian outpost.

Shyvana was not sure whether these Demacians would let her in, so after hesitating for a moment, she simply found an uninhabited place, transformed into a giant dragon, flapped her wings and flew into the sky.

She wanted to bypass this line of defense from the sky!

The clouds between the Greenfang Peak obscured Shyvana's huge dragon body. The Demacia soldiers who were checking the pedestrians did not realize that a dragon had quietly crossed the defense line they were guarding and entered Demacia.

However, although Shyvana's actions could be hidden from the soldiers at the pass, they could not be hidden from Ino who was climbing the mountain. In the elemental vision, Shyvana's flight trajectory was as clear as an airplane line even if it was blocked by clouds.

Seeing a fire element active trajectory in the air passing through the mountains and extending to the west, Ino took action immediately.

"There really is a dragon!" She summoned the floating ice and began to drift quickly between the mountains, while paying attention to the direction of the elemental track in the sky, "Teacher Karya, your dragon-hunting tactics are really accurate!"

Karya's small class: The bestiality of dragons:

The elemental dragons of Runeland are ultimately still beasts - even if they have a certain degree of wisdom, the bestiality of the strong preying on the weak is still rooted in their blood.

In fact, the Shurima Empire has also done a lot of homework on "beasts with a certain degree of intelligence". Most of them have become the help of the empire's domestication. Some have simply completely abandoned survival in the wild (such as the Doman beast) and chose to closely integrate with humans; some are unwilling to accept human "slavery" and are eventually driven to the corners of the world.