Chapter 25 The Queen of the Earth
Finding a place with lush vegetation and hiding it temporarily, Gordon took out the map given by the instructor and turned the map to the back, which recorded some details about the dragon's nest.
The structure of this rocky mountain is somewhat similar to a volcano. There is a large space in the mountain with an opening on the top of the mountain, making it easy to fly in and out. It is the best nesting place for flying dragons.
Therefore, even if the "owner" dies or leaves due to some accident, other flying dragons will soon move in. Due to the distribution of species, the nest owners are basically fire dragons.
In addition to the entrance and exit at the top of the mountain, Dragon's Nest also has two passages for entry and exit.
One is a low cave entrance with a height of less than one meter, and the other is a long and narrow stone crevice.
To the huge flying dragons, these two passages are equivalent to mouse holes in human homes. They don't pay too much attention to them. The smell alone is enough to keep ordinary animals away from here.
Hunters, however, will use these two passages to "visit" the owner of the nest.
Just like Gordon at this time, except that the role he plays today is a sneaky "thief" rather than a "robber" who kills and sets fire.
The first step in burglary is to confirm whether the owner of the house is at home.
“Pork chop, it’s up to you, be careful.” Gordon whispered.
Pork Chop nodded his little head, tightened the cat pick on his back, and ran to the dragon's nest on all fours.
The petite stature and flexible body are the core advantages of the Elu clan.
The larger the monsters, the less they will be taken seriously. After all, in the wild, small size is often synonymous with "harmless".
Even if Pork Chop is unlucky and bumps into the owner of the nest, as long as it doesn't take the initiative to attack, it will be fine.
A few minutes later, Pork Chop ran back.
It seems very excited.
“The fire dragon is not in the nest, meow! I saw the fire dragon’s egg, it’s so big! There are three in total, meow!”
Gordon's eyes lit up when he heard this. This is simply the best situation.
He pushed aside the branches and leaves of the shrubs and looked up. There was nothing in the sky. Gordon no longer hesitated, left the shrubs and ran all the way to the narrow stone crevice.
The stone gap is narrow at the top and wide at the bottom, but it is enough for an adult man to pass through normally.
After walking about eight or nine meters along the stone passage, a wide space appeared in front of him.
This is a huge cave with an area of more than one thousand square meters. The internal space is roughly cone-shaped. At the top of the cave is an opening with a diameter of about 20, which even a flying dragon can easily pass through.
Exactly consistent with what the instructor described!
It was the afternoon, and the bright sunlight shone into the cave through the opening, forming a beam of light that illuminated the dark cave.
The cave is not neat and tidy, but it is very dry. The remains of large animals such as herbivorous dragons are scattered everywhere, and a pungent fishy smell permeates the air.
Pork Chop couldn't help but sneeze, but Gordon's attention was completely attracted by the lair illuminated by the light beam.
There are a large number of trees and grass leaves that have been burned to charcoal by the flames and even turned into white ash. In the center of the ashes, which is more than half a meter thick, three huge dragon eggs are lying there quietly.
Each dragon egg is about forty to fifty centimeters high. It may be difficult to hold it with both hands. The surface of the eggshell is not very smooth and is gray-white like granite, giving people a very hard feeling.
Just hold one in your arms and take it back to the camp, and the mission is complete!
In the dragon's lair, Gordon would not waste time stupidly. He moved his arms and was about to walk over and pick up a dragon egg.
But at this moment, Pig Chop suddenly screamed, its pointed ears moving around, and there was unconcealable nervousness in its eyes.
Gordon immediately stopped walking towards the dragon egg. He could feel that his heartbeat nearly doubled in a few seconds!
Gordon has 100% trust in Pork Chop’s sense of hearing and smell. Instead of repeatedly confirming it like a fool, it’s better to take action as soon as possible.
It is impossible to grab the dragon egg and run away. The fire dragon will be furious when it discovers that the egg is missing. It will immediately take off and search around, and it will not have time to run far.
You can only hide it first!
Picked up the pork chop and looked around. Gordon bent down and grabbed a handful of the fire dragon's excrement from the ground, and smeared it all over himself and the pig chop.
The strong stench made him almost nauseous, but this was the best way to eliminate the odor.
After finishing all this, he and Zhu Ba quickly ran into the stone crevice that they passed through when entering the dragon's lair. The stone crevice passage was not straight, so hiding in the corners could avoid the fire dragon's sight.
The person and the cat who had determined the hiding place lay down and tried not to make any noise as much as possible.
Not long after they hid, a huge shadow appeared at the opening at the top of the cave amid the whistling sound of dragon wings stirring up the airflow.
With a huge size of more than fifteen meters, monsters like the Blue Speed Dragon King are like immature children in front of it, and their broad wings almost completely cover the entrance of the cave.
The turquoise scaly carapace, thick and powerful legs, and the iconic thorn on the chin all announce the identity of the visitor.
The Queen of the Earth—Leorea (female fire dragon)!
Sneaking his head out from the corner of the stone passage, Gordon looked at the female fire dragon that landed steadily in the lair, almost forgetting to breathe.
Is this really a creature that can be fought with human power?
The instructor's warnings dozens of times were no longer effective at this moment, and Gordon felt regretful for the first time.
If the big wild boar king during the assessment mission could still rely on courage and strategy to hunt with difficulty, then the gap in physical strength between himself and the female fire dragon was a gap that no way could cross.
This is simply not a monster that I can face now!
Gordon could feel that the pork chop next to him was shaking uncontrollably.
This is of course, let alone Pork Chop, even he himself was completely unable to contain the fear in his heart.
The female fire dragon returned to the nest and first glanced at the eggs in the nest. Her cold vertical pupils showed a rare trace of maternal tenderness, but then she raised her head alertly.
There seems to be some strange smell in the lair.
It folded its wings, stretched its neck, and sniffed around.
After noticing all this, Gordon and Pork Chop couldn't help but hold their breath.
Ten extremely long seconds passed.
Fortunately, the handful of foul-smelling fire dragon excrement played a decisive role. The female fire dragon who found nothing more thought that it might just be the strange smell of the prey she brought back before.
It slowly returned to the dragon eggs, lay down, wrapped the eggs in its arms, and gently breathed its hot breath on the eggs, as if to assist in hatching.
Gradually, it fell asleep.
Gordon and Pork Chop looked at each other. This might be the best time to leave.
One man and one cat carefully tried to get up, but the heavy steel weapons and full set of armor were unable to move completely silently.
As soon as he moved, the head of the explosive knife scraped the ground, making a neither light nor heavy clang sound.
The awakened female fire dragon instantly opened her eyes, raised her neck, and looked around.
In the passage, Gordon and Pork Chop were frozen in place, as if they were playing a wooden game, afraid of making the slightest movement again.
(End of this chapter)