Volume 2: Empire Chapter 167 Dragon Form
The World Tree Ancient Language Development Team has now been officially formed, with members including the troll linguist Laconia, Clear Sky, Meteor, Demon Tyrant and Dragon Soul Banat.
When assigning their respective tasks, Laconia suddenly asked Luke, "Sir Marquis, should we give our team a name?"
"name?"
I really haven't thought about it before.
Luke said to ☆Clear Sky: "I think Her Majesty the Queen should have the final say in the name of this team."
☆Qingkong did not refuse. She said, "Recently I read an ancient legend about the World Tree. Every leaf on the World Tree corresponds to every star in the night sky. Perhaps this is true. That is why the moon and the starry sky have such a deep bond with the World Tree.
What we are about to do is to lift the curtain covering the starry sky of the World Tree and let it shine on the entire world.
How about calling our team 'Dusk'? "
Dusk represents the coming of the night sky.
Luke thought it was very vivid, but a little ominous.
But the evil tyrant praised: "This name is good and auspicious."
auspicious?
Luke looked towards the demon tyrant.
Is this the superstitious view of the devil?
Troll Laconia also said that this name is good: "For us trolls, night is the time for hunting. At dusk, the priests in the tribe will perform hunting dances and pray that they can catch enough prey at night.
I support using 'Dusk' as the name for our team.
Of course, the decision still needs to be made by the Marquis."
Three of the five members said that the name of the team should be "Dusk". Luke felt that his and Dragon Soul Banat's opinions were no longer important.
"Okay, our team is called 'Dusk', and our mission is to develop the ancient language of the World Tree and bring the World Tree into the starry night that belongs to it.
Let’s get to work.”
Luke declared the meeting closed.
Laconia first said to ☆Clear Sky: "Your Majesty, just now you said that every leaf on the World Tree corresponds to every star in the night sky, which gave me some inspiration.
In our development of the ancient language family of the World Tree, perhaps we can try to start with the stars and see if there is any connection between the star traces and the branches and veins of the World Tree..."
☆Qingkong said: "Your inspiration is very interesting. Astrology in magic has detailed star charts, and astrology has a deeper interpretation and application of star charts. Secret arts also involve a lot of astrology and deduce the language of secret arts from it.
Astrology itself is a very complex language.
The veins of the World Tree are an infinite storage...
We can certainly look for a connection.”
Banat said: "I have seen the spiritual starry sky of Her Majesty the Queen. That starry sky is more spectacular than the starry sky we can see now. Many stars that are difficult to observe are very clear.
Now that I think about it, the galaxy that runs through the sky seems to represent the trunk of the World Tree, the stars scattered across the sky correspond to the leaves of the World Tree, and the moon beside the galaxy should be Her Majesty the Queen.
Regardless of whether astrology can be used to compile the ancient language of the World Tree, it is a research direction that is very worthwhile to try. "
☆ Clear Sky said: "Neither Tyrant nor Laconia have ever seen my spiritual starry sky. I invite you to enter, perhaps it will bring more inspiration."
Laconia, the Tyrant said: "Thank you, Her Majesty, for the invitation."
"Relax your minds and connect with my spiritual universe."
Laconia and the Demon Tyrant enter a meditative state, and the Banat Dragon Ball disappears.
☆Qingkong winked at Luke: "I am going to end my awakening state. Let Qingkong accompany you on your business. Is this... double happiness?"
Without waiting for Luke to respond, the clear sky was handed into his hands.
Luke looked at the clear sky, not thinking too much about the double happiness, but savoring the other words she said. They seemed to be spoken casually, but each sentence seemed to have deep meaning.
It's like intentionally guiding the development of the ancient language family of the World Tree towards the astrology.
And why did she deliberately add ☆ as a prefix before Qingkong's name? Was it just to deepen the connection between our spiritual power?
"How many secrets do you have?"
Qingkong didn't answer.
"Why can't you say it clearly?"
Qingkong still didn't answer.
Luke could only smile bitterly and left the study with Qingkong.
A ban was imposed in the study, and a group of trusted spies were stationed there to prevent anyone from disturbing Laconia and the Demon Tyrant who were meditating.
Luke and Clear Sky came to an underground secret room where a set of secret rituals had been set up.
Twenty-four fire pillars made of dragon bones were placed on the four walls. The fire pillars were hollow and filled with geo- mercury was secreted by a creature called the mercury clam. In order to get enough geo-mercury, Lady Tasia not only sent her own people into the dangerous trenches to collect it, but also offered a large reward to recruit warriors from other Naga tribes.
It is difficult to count how much sacrifice and money was spent, but after more than a year of continuous collection , the twenty-four pillars of fire were finally filled.
Then there are the Mist Flower Crystal, Navellin Teardrops, Higanbana, and Moon Nectar...
A red dragon's spine bent into a circle serves as the core of the ritual formation.
The red dragon's spine is covered with dragon blood ink runes.
The bone spurs are polished into buckles and horseshoes are hung on them.
Luke entered the secret room and climbed over the red dragon's spine. In the crystal plate in the middle of the formation was a bright red dragon heart.
This is the heart of the real red dragon Neil Colon. Even though he has been dead for a long time, the heart is still fresh, as if it had just been dug out.
Luke walked to the dragon's heart, took out a sharp dagger and split the dragon's heart in half.
The horseshoe on the spur vibrated violently.
The jingling rhythm carried magical ripples, reverberating and echoing in the room. The magical ripples touched the dragon bone torch, and the geo-mercury inside surged up, painting the dragon bone torch a mercury color from the inside out.
Then the silver fire began to burn.
Next step……
Luke took off his shirt, revealing his strong muscles, then turned the dagger upside down and pointed it at his chest.
But I didn't have the courage to stab it.
“Qingkong!” Qingkong appeared in front of Luke, and Luke handed the dagger to her: “Only you can help me…”
After saying this, Luke realized that he was talking to himself and couldn't help but laugh.
Without further ado, Qingkong took the dagger and stabbed it straight into Luke's chest.
According to Luke's current physical strength, even a sharp blade would have difficulty piercing his skin. But this dagger was made specifically for this ceremony, and the tip of the blade was made of special alchemical material, which was given an extremely sharp characteristic.
The purpose is to perfectly cut open the dragon's heart.
The sudden stabbing pain and chest tightness almost made Luke faint, but this ritual could not be performed with anesthesia. Instead, he needed to concentrate his mental energy to experience the entire process in detail.
The body is ready for the blood transplant, and the mind also needs to be prepared.
Luke tried his best to steady himself, relying on his strength to endure the heart-wrenching pain.
Strength is not something that comes easily.
He first inherited the bloodline of the troll, and then the bloodline of the lava stone demon, all for this moment.
Qingkong's hands were steady. She cut a hole in Luke's chest, reached in and pulled out a still-beating heart.
Blood flowed down Qingkong's hand. She swung the dagger to cut off all the blood vessels on the heart, and then used ice to stop the flowing blood.
Qingkong squatted down holding Luke's heart. The fist-sized human heart formed a sharp contrast with the huge dragon heart.
Qingkong took the dagger and split the heart in his hand into two.
The horseshoe on the spinal spur shook even more violently.
Magic ripples formed dense shock waves, and the mercury flowing out of the dragon bone torch turned blood-red. A layer of blood-fire attached to the outer layer of the silver fire, making the fire even stronger and more fierce.
Qingkong chanted a spell and placed the two halves of the heart in his hands symmetrically in the open dragon heart.
The dragon's heart gradually closed under the spell.
The wound healed and then it started beating again.
At this point, the subject of the secret technique is completed.
The next step is to recite the words of the secret technique.
But Luke, who had lost his heart, did not utter the secret words for a long time.
The empty feeling in his chest made his thoughts drift away.
All the things that had happened were playing in his mind like a movie played in reverse.
The self in the story has a strong sense of strangeness. The self before the time travel could never have imagined that the self after the time travel would be like that.
Luke opened his eyes and looked at the clear sky which seemed to have become his own image.
Two selves, which one is the real me?
Luke knew that he was in a state of confusion. This was the risk of this kind of secret technique, so he needed to increase his strength and adaptability to strength step by step.
But even though he knew he was in chaos, he was still entangled by all kinds of inner demons and could not get out of it.
Even though the lava stone demon bloodline has strong vitality, it cannot withstand the heart being away from the body for a long time.
Got to get through it, got to get out of it.
Luke kept giving himself psychological hints.
Qingkong walked forward and kissed her passionately.
Luke's eyes widened, and the clear sky turned into Agatha, then into Dale, Yin, Kailina, Darikova... and even into Queen Christina.
Hallucination!
Luke blinked hard and saw that Clear Sky was still standing there with a smile on his face.
☆Clear sky?
Luke, who had an epiphany, immediately recited the symbol in his mind that only he and she knew.
Luke stood under the stars.
The clear sky was standing in front of him, but the connection was no longer there.
Luke didn't know what state he was in now. Was this the real spiritual starry sky or just an illusion?
"Which Clear Sky are you?"
"Which one is you?"
As Qingkong asked, another Luke also appeared here. He was wearing the home clothes before the time travel, with the decadent feeling of a otaku.
Luke replied: "They are both me. One is me before, and the other is me now. The environment has changed me, but I am still me."
"I am also me. One is me before awakening, and the other is me after awakening. It is you who made me change."
"If a clear sky is just a clear sky, what's the point of you asking me to remember it?"
"Its existence has its own reason. Without this star, there would be no starry sky. Just like without the meteorite, there would be nothing created by the meteorite."
"What other secrets do you have?"
"We have plenty of time, you can slowly explore... It would be meaningless to tell you everything.
Speak the secret words quickly, you are very weak now!"
With a dragon roar, Taotie swooped down from the starry sky under the moonlight.
Luke read out the secret words at this moment.
"Your heart is tied to my heart, dragon form!"
In the spiritual starry sky, Taotie bumped into Luke.
In the secret room.
Flames burst out from Luke's body, forming a fire tornado that expanded in circles.
In the burning flames, the spine of the red dragon turned into ash in an instant. Under the influence of the fire tornado, the mystical auxiliary words also turned into smoke and dust in the flames. The dragon bone torches exploded one by one, and the blood-stained mercury fell to the ground with fire, and then gathered at Luke's feet along the carved array patterns.
Soon the mercury enveloped Luke's entire body.
In the crystal plate at his feet.
The beating dragon heart floated in the burning fire, and layer by layer it turned into ashes and peeled off. But the amplitude of the dragon heart beat became stronger and stronger, and the color became more crystal clear.
When the dragon's heart becomes the size of a human heart, it looks like a forged piece of glass, emitting a textured luster.
The dragon's heart floated to the position of Luke's heart. The heart in the fire stopped changing and moved closer to Luke's chest.
The heart touched the flowing blood-colored mercury and sank into it bit by bit. As the heart beat, ripples appeared on the surface of the mercury.
In front of Luke, Qingkong always stood there, with a layer of ice armor attached to her body to block the invasion of high temperature.
As a dragon-shaped flame rose and bloomed, the flowing mercury turned into a hard shell. As the fire gradually subsided, cracks appeared on the hard shell, and then it fell off piece by piece.
It's like being reborn from a cocoon.
Luke's entire temperament inside has changed drastically from before.
He closed his eyes, and a strong dragon power radiated outward. Between breaths, the illusory flame layer expanded and contracted around him. On his chest, the wound on his heart disappeared without a trace, and his strong muscles were angular, like pieces of armor.
Eyes suddenly opened.
The left eye is an activated lightning and fire pupil, and the right eye is a vertical dragon eye pupil.
Then, armor components appeared in the space around him and were nested together on his body.
The armor is red with gold edges, and the flames form a cloth-like lining.
The dragon helmet fell on his head and the Tan Chi Dragon Spear was held in his hand.
A circle of fire surrounded my feet.
Thunder and lightning moved across the outer layer of the armor.
Luke took a deep breath and exhaled, and flames erupted from the joints of the armor.
Sense of power.
This is a sense of power that cannot be experienced by those with lava stone demon bloodline.
Luke felt that there was infinite power in his body, just like the feeling when he controlled the clear sky.
We have the confidence to fight any opponent.
What comes from the heart is the desire to fight against the strong.
"Qingkong, do you want to be my opponent?"
Qingkong smiled and said, "Of course, but you are not my opponent yet, so you must be prepared to be beaten.
Besides, this armor is really beautiful!"
Luke raised his arm and looked at the armor on his body: “This set of secret words does not come with armor, it should be a Taotie transformation.
Its bloodline is the same as mine, so it must have created some unknown resonance."
"I can try to see if your nails are hard enough."
