Ice and Fire: Reign of the Dragon.

Chapter 16 The Missing Legion
Not sensing any blood fluctuations from worm-like monsters in the city, Longzel signaled everyone to follow him toward the ruins.

The road to the ruins was not far. After all, during the heyday of Valyria, although the dragon kings often did not do anything humane, public facilities were still well built. Although the Doomsday destroyed everything, the remaining Valyrian roads were still very flat.

They might have been faster if horses hadn't been unable to survive the toxic air of the ruins.

"Longzel, I can feel the effects of the magic fading." Valar could feel his mouth and nose getting hot, which was a sign of the protective magic gradually becoming ineffective.

"I feel something is wrong, so drink the second potion." Longzel also felt some changes in his blood. It seems that he cannot go too far into the ruins. When he got here, the magic was on the verge of failure.

Everyone understood and took out the potion and drank it. Some of them could still hold on, but they still took the potion out of caution.

"The magic can last for about seven days." Longzel gave the order. "Our search range is this city. Lin, you and Ago follow us. Sebastian, Aslan, Amos, and Hoffa, each of you will lead a team. We will camp in the abandoned tower and act separately. Try to search for valuable items. Don't touch anything that glows or gets hot. Once you find something, return to the camp and report it together. Do you understand?"

"As ordered."

The red-robed monk stood beside Longzel without saying a word, his eyes flashing with great excitement.

Everyone set up a simple camp in an orderly manner at the designated location, and then Longzel and his group set off first. They had the strongest magic protection in the team and were responsible for expanding the search range and determining the safe area.

"My Lord, it can be seen that this is most likely the legion that disappeared that year." Malach has studied in the Great Temple for twenty years. He is not only familiar with theological knowledge, but also has a certain understanding of the basic knowledge of the East Continent.

The red-robed monk carefully observed the human-shaped rock in front of him, and called Longzel, who was searching carefully in the ruins nearby, to come and see his discovery.

"Master Malach, what is this?"

Malach did not touch the rock, but pointed to the two protrusions on the top of the humanoid rock. "If I'm not mistaken." His voice recovered shortly after entering the ruins, and Longzel attributed it to the effect of the rich magical elements in the ruins.

"These are the Black Goat Riders of Qohor," Malach continued. "The Dragonlords would not allow soldiers from the colonies to appear on their doorsteps, so these soldiers must have come from outside."

"Oh, gods." Longzel looked at the densely packed human-shaped rocks in the ruins and couldn't help but sigh. "What on earth happened here?"

"It's been too long," Malach said with some regret. "Magic can no longer work on rocks."

"Any findings here?"

Longzel shouted to the few people who were still searching in the ruins.

"Brother!" Rei shouted in response. "Come and help, there's something good!"

Lynn and Valar were also there to help, while Ago carefully supported the strange thing that had a human shape but whose original appearance could not be determined.

"This is..." Longzel saw at a glance what Lin En and Valar were picking down.

It was a set of black plate armor that looked like a mirror.

"Valyrian steel armor, a complete set of Valyrian steel armor!" Valar was very excited, because even the Varezes family did not have a complete set of Valyrian steel armor.

"This should be the commander of Emperor Orion at the time." Marach judged. "It is likely that he is a branch of the Varese family. Given the arrogance of the Dragon King family at the time, it was common for them to equip their confidants with Valyrian steel armor and weapons. So."

"Brother, look at this." Rei approached Longzel, dragging a long sword as if to seek credit.

"Valyrian steel sword?" Longzel took over the long sword that had been sleeping in the ruins for hundreds of years. The sword was covered with strange red and black traces. It should have been invaded and polluted by magical elements when this legion was destroyed, but it did not affect the sharpness of this divine weapon at all.

A griffin, also carved from Valyrian steel, roared to the sky at the sword's hilt, with rubies for eyes, amethysts for teeth, and traces of gold on its wings.

"It seems that even if we can't find the dragon egg or the dragon this time, we can still make a lot of money." Long Zeer smiled and helped several people take off their armor. They continued to search for a circle. They got a lot of rewards.

Aggo picked up a simple arakh, also made of Valyrian steel, next to a cavalryman whose body had exploded.

Ray's good fortune brought the team a set of Valyrian steel lamellar armor and a spear head made of Valyrian steel. The spear body has long been lost.

After searching around the ruins, everyone began searching in the direction of the dragon.

When they arrived under the giant dragon's skeleton, they discovered how big this incomplete and broken dragon's skeleton was.

Even though it is dilapidated, it still looks like a mountain.

"According to the family history books, Emperor Orion's dragon is a cunning 140-year-old red dragon. Our ancestors rode it to wipe out the remnants of the Loyna people and won 12 dragon battles with other families." Longzel stared at the dragon in amazement. "I didn't expect it to be so big."

"Maybe the ancestors are still on the dragon's back." Valar joked.

"It seems real." Rey pointed at the dragon's back with a trembling voice.

There was a mass of ashes left there whose original appearance could not be seen clearly, and it was only barely maintaining its shape by relying on a set of still shiny scales.

A pure silver Valyrian steel longsword was stuck next to Ashes, two dragons roared on either side of the hilt, their wings overlapping, a large ruby ​​was inlaid, and a red mark like dripping blood was dripping onto the blade.

The family sword of the Varese family, "Silver Blood".

There was also a lance inserted into the dragon saddle, whose appearance could no longer be seen.

Also made of Valyrian steel.

"Ancestor, please forgive me, please forgive me." Longzel prayed silently. "This is all for the family."

Then a few "robbers" climbed onto the dragon's corpse like monkeys and stripped Emperor Orion's ashes clean.

"Didn't you find the dragon eggs?" As soon as Lei climbed down from the dragon's back, he asked everyone one by one without giving up.

"Our ancestors wouldn't be stupid enough to carry dragon eggs with them when they rode dragons into battle." Longzel smiled bitterly and held his forehead. "Let's look for them nearby."

"My Lord, we can switch to the next group." Malach reminded. "Everyone needs to rest, and you also need time to recover your magic power."

Only then did Longzel realize that the blood in his body had turned slightly cold.

This is not a good sign.

So he readily agreed to search for the dragon corpse and then go back.

In the invisible corner.

A not-so-smooth stone suddenly flashed a bright light.

Then it fell silent again.

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