Chapter 26 The King of the Sky
The female fire dragon's vigilance lasted for several minutes.
Fortunately, although the intelligence of the flying dragon species is far superior to that of ordinary beasts, it is not as clear as humans or Elu, who have clear logical thinking and intelligence.
After a period of time, seeing no more movement, it lay down again and continued to rest, while Gordon and Pork Chop had no choice but to lie down together with a grimace.
It seems that we have to wait for the female fire dragon to wake up and leave the nest before considering evacuating.
Time passed like this, minute by minute, in the female fire dragon's sleep.
Until nightfall, the female fire dragon had no intention of waking up. Gordon and Pig Chop had to take turns to be on guard, closing their eyes to rest, but not daring to really sleep, lest they inadvertently make a noise.
The whole night passed.
The stars are falling in the sky, and the sky is slightly gray.
Gordon and Pork Chop yawned silently, but they kept cursing the female fire dragon for her snooze.
At this moment, the female fire dragon finally woke up!
I saw it shaking its head, as if to dispel the sleepiness, and then slowly stood up.
The dragon's egg has become warm after being baked overnight. It uses the tips of its wings to stir up the thick ash in the nest, and covers the egg with the residual warm charcoal ash to maintain the temperature of the egg.
After doing all this, it spread its wings. The strong muscles drove the wing membrane to stir the air, providing it with enough lift. The huge body weighing more than ten tons slowly rose into the air.
Through the opening at the top of the cave, it finally disappears into the dawn light.
Gordon and Pork Chop did not take action immediately, but stayed there for a few more minutes. After confirming that the female fire dragon had flown far away, they got up from the ground where they had been lying all night.
He twisted his waist hard, and the stiff back and spine made a dense crackling sound. The soreness and numbness accumulated all night seemed to dissipate, and Gordon couldn't help but moan in pleasure.
It’s time to leave!
However, under the golden light of the morning sun pouring in through the cave entrance, the three fire dragon eggs in the ashes-filled lair were like legendary treasures, exuding an almost magical attraction.
Gordon and Pork Chop looked at each other.
The female fire dragon has just left the nest to look for food. No matter how fast it is, it still takes half an hour and an hour, right?
If you don’t steal the eggs now, when will you wait?
One person and one cat came to the dragon eggs with strange smiles. Gordon compared them and selected the smallest one.
Anyway, the rewards are the same for both big and small jobs, so why bother yourself? Big, sturdy babies should be left to their mothers to take good care of.
Take out a light yellow medicine from your bag and drink it down.
This is a special medicine called "strengthening medicine". During the duration of the medicine's effect, the user's endurance will become stronger. In short, it will not be so easy to get tired.
After all, carrying a round giant egg over mountains and ridges for several kilometers was a strenuous task. He had been hungry all night, and it was not possible if he ran out of energy halfway.
Due to the baking of the female fire dragon's breath, the temperature of the dragon egg is relatively high, even to the point of being hot to the touch.
But this is not a problem. He is wearing a full set of armor, and the temperature will not burn him.
“Hey!”
Hands around each other, Gordon picked up the fire dragon egg. He weighed it and found that the weight was okay, at least not as heavy as his exploding knife.
It’s just that the round shape makes it difficult to focus on, and the thick egg liquid in the eggshell sways around, causing the center of gravity to become unstable and making it a little difficult to walk.
Gordon doesn't want to stay in this dragon's nest for a second longer. If he leaves a second earlier, he can run farther before the female fire dragon comes back. Now is not the time to waste time!
Pork Chop opened the way in front, and Gordon trotted after him. The two of them passed through the cracks in the rocks, ran out of the dragon's nest, and plunged into the leafy mountain forest.
From the moment he entered the forest, Gordon breathed a sigh of relief.
Even if the female fire dragon has excellent eyesight, it is not easy to see them clearly at high altitude through the layers of tree canopy. As long as you pay attention and choose a route with lush vegetation, there should be no surprises.
Perhaps it was the effect of the escaping drugs, or perhaps he was in a good mood after completing this high-paying mission without any danger, but Gordon felt that his legs were windy and he ran faster and faster.
Several kilometers of forest mountain roads were left behind them in the blink of an eye. As long as they passed the last pebble river beach in front, they could reach the camp at the bottom of the valley!
The river beach is flat, which is much easier to walk than the forest trails that are full of roots and rattans. Unfortunately, there is no tree canopy to cover it, which makes people feel less safe.
Gordon sighed in his heart.
But it's okay. The female fire dragon probably hasn't returned to the dragon's nest yet and found that the dragon egg is missing, right?
Stable!
Just as the young hunter couldn't help but reveal an excited smile on his face, dreaming about what he would have for the celebration dinner when he returned, the screams of pork chops and the howling of the wind blasted in his ears at the same time.
“Watch out, meow!”
Under the interaction of the crisis awareness and muscle reaction developed by running around the hunting grounds all year round, Gordon directly threw the precious but obstructive fire dragon egg aside without thinking about it.
At the same time, the body then pushed away the reaction force of the dragon egg, flew towards the other side, and flew out with all its strength.
“Crack!”
The huge dragon egg smashed to pieces on the pebble river beach, and the thick golden egg liquid splashed everywhere.
However, Gordon didn't have the energy to care about this at this time.
A huge dark red figure, with a fierce momentum that could tear everything apart, swooped past where he was just now.
Huge claws that were twice as big as his whole body clawed hard at the pebbly river beach, carving out a conspicuous deep groove on the river beach.
Gordon couldn't help but swallowed as he stood up in a hurry.
Had his reaction been half a second later, he would have been caught in a puddle by those sharp claws.
The attack failed to hit the target. The dark red figure pulled up in a nimble manner that was incompatible with its size, turned half a circle in the air, and looked down at him while suspended.
“Roar, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow!”
The terrifying roar that they had never experienced before turned into a deafening sound that swept across the entire river beach. Gordon and Pig Pork involuntarily covered their ears and were unable to move.
This is the roar of a flying dragon!
"Leores (Male Fire Dragon)! XX, there's more than just a female Fire Dragon?!" Gordon looked up at the huge flying dragon soaring in the sky like a falcon, and couldn't help but curse.
He finally understood why Pork Chop, who had a very sensitive sense of hearing and smell, failed to issue a warning earlier.
Living up to his reputation as the "King of the Sky", the Fire Dragon had just approached him in a swooping posture similar to that of a raptor, and Pork Chop had no time to react!
From the corner of his eye, he glanced at the torn fire dragon egg on the river beach.
The mission was destined to fail, but now he had no time to feel upset or regretful about it.
Looking at the male fire dragon who was obviously in a furious state, he seemed to realize that the puddle on the ground was his unborn child, so he should not call the mother of the child again later.
Hehehe, can I still return to the village alive this time?
(End of this chapter)