Author: Arion's Dolphins

Generally speaking, creatures with larger wings can continuously fly farther distances. The giant eagles domesticated by the elves can completely surpass the Argentine eagle, the largest wingspan bird that has ever appeared on the earth, in size. In addition,

With magic assistance, even if they can't flap their wings and fly thousands of miles, it's still easy to carry people flying hundreds of kilometers.

Because the Principality of Nien is further west of the Principality of Colo, Tang Zhao and his party will definitely have to spend a lot of effort to get there. Considering that the caster also has the ability to attack high-altitude targets, detection magic may detect their

As for their whereabouts, they took some time off.

Instead of flying directly through the Principality of Colo, the territory of the magician, it instead circled from the south, following the many mountains controlled by the dwarves, and then headed to its destination, the Principality of Nirn.

However, just half way through the journey, they encountered some problems.

[Let me ask, was this situation expected by you? 】

Tang Zhao also had a headache when he looked at the large group of giant bats chasing behind him.

Under the cover of magic, they would not be affected by hypoxia at high altitudes, but they did not expect to encounter enemy pursuit at such a height.

This is indeed the territory of the dwarves in name, but their fortresses and strongholds are all located underground, and the ground is basically free-range. There are too many dangerous creatures on the ground, from goblins to dragons. Now the dwarves no longer have the energy to take care of them.

Things were done on the ground, except occasionally to sweep up and drive away creatures that might endanger the settlement.

Regardless of ultimate speed or endurance, the giant eagle is stronger than the bats in front of us, but the eagle carries people on its back, so it cannot fly too fast or too fiercely, as the humanoid body cannot bear it.

If this continues, they will be overtaken before long, and fighting in the sky will be very dangerous.

"To be honest, I'm not at all!!"

The wind is too strong and the distance is very far. Even with magic protection, communication through language is still not feasible. Fortunately, everyone has some magic skills, so it is not difficult to communicate using similar methods.

[Then, should you consider making an emergency landing first, and then deal with those bats after landing. I am not good at aerial combat. If I miss it and fall down, I think we will all die without a burial place. 】

"The environment down there is a bit dangerous, but if you fly close to the ground at low altitude, it shouldn't be a problem for a short time."

While Reina was speaking, she took out a crystal stone and poured magic power into it. The crystal stone projected a map upwards. Reina frowned and observed the complex graphics on it.

[Then let’s do it like this. I’ll delay it for a few seconds, and you can take the opportunity to dive down. Be careful not to be scattered.]

"No problem! We can keep up."

After everyone riding on the back of the giant eagle learned about the situation, Tang Zhao directly used psychic energy on a large group of bats behind him. Most of the bats' movements became sluggish in an instant, and some even temporarily lost consciousness.

Fall down.

The load on him this time is not small. At most, one more attack of similar intensity would be the limit.

Everyone seized the opportunity and began to fall rapidly, then flew close to the ground at high speed.

If those bats are still chasing after them, Tang Zhao will choose to land on the ground and fight with them. A bunch of creatures that use claws to kill people cannot break through even if they use some low-level magic. It is very easy for him to deal with them.

There must be someone behind the giant bats who was directing them. After seeing Tang Zhao and the others getting close to the ground, they dispersed without much entanglement. Soon after, the bats disappeared.

Having just experienced a chase battle, everyone was somewhat in shock. The giant eagles lowered their speed and flew close to the ground.

[Those bats, under normal circumstances, they shouldn’t prey on giant eagles that are countless times larger than them, right?]

"Definitely not. They are usually hunted as food."

[Understood, they want to force us to move at low altitudes or even on the ground. Those bats probably haven’t flown far at all and have been lingering nearby. 】

"What's the best way to deal with it?" Reina was panicking at this time and seemed to have no idea: "This is different from the plan. It stands to reason that this place will never be discovered and intercepted by the mages of Kolo."

[The question is not how the plan is, but how it is actually. It is completely impossible for everything to go according to plan. Don't follow their ideas, we will fall into passivity. This place is too far away from our stronghold, and the nearest dwarf stronghold is also there.

It’s a distance of tens of kilometers. You can’t be dragged here. Just stick to the ground and walk forward for a while and then rise directly. The higher you rise, the better.]

"clear!"

More than a dozen giant eagles immediately began to pull up, and as expected, there were bats following behind. The elf who was following Tang Zhao to protect them took out two balls from his waist, activated them with magic power, and threw them behind him.

The ball exploded a few seconds after it was released, and a large amount of dust was thrown around, covering most of the bats, and they all lost their vision.

The two rangers kept throwing their hands and threw several more balls. The bats were temporarily trapped in the thick fog and could not find the correct direction.

Tang Zhao stared closely behind him. For about twenty seconds, a bat couldn't hold on and fell to the ground, becoming a meat sauce.

Highly toxic substances have been deliberately added to some of the balls. Creatures like bats that are small and have no resistance to toxins will faint before they can hold on for too long.

After the throwing weapons were used up, the elves on the eagle's back began to use their own methods to attack - some were arrows, and some were magic. Of course, the accuracy cannot be complimented when flying at high speed, but it was suitable as a distraction.

After several rounds of attacks, most of the bats behind him were reduced, and Tang Zhao and others were also raised to a relatively high altitude.

At this time, the bat stopped chasing, but Tang Zhao did not relax his vigilance.

[Pay attention to the surrounding environment. It may be a trap designed in advance. If you encounter problems, just disperse. If you are dispersed, those who can reach the destination will go there. Those who cannot reach the destination will seek shelter from the nearest dwarf. 】

Tang Zhao still has about half of his psychic energy left, just to guard against enemies that may suddenly appear at any time.

——

The worst-case scenario did not occur. Tang Zhao and others successfully bypassed the Principality of Colo controlled by the spellcasters and arrived at the border of Nirn.

[Are the relevant documents ready? It’s hard to explain to the local garrison when you cross the border in such a big way.]

"Yes, yes. The envoy of this human country gave us relevant documents. The signer is a regional governor, and his power should be considerable."

[Be prepared to be stopped again and have a fierce battle. The Governor should not care about this kind of thing. I am afraid there are also differences within this country.]

If you think about it carefully, those who intercepted them may not be the spell casters of the Principality of Colo. There are also powerful enough mages in Nien, and they seem to have certain motives to do such a thing.

"Eh? But... I understand." Reina hesitated to speak, but finally nodded slightly.

[The task given to you by the Elf nobles is to explore the situation in Nirn. Find a forest nearby and let the giant eagle hide for a while. Let's see for ourselves what the cities and civilians in this country are like. 】

I don’t know what the elf’s idea was to let this inexperienced and immature elf take the lead. It may be that there are really not enough backbone manpower, or it may be that they want to train the newcomers.

Tang Zhao personally prefers the latter. Maybe there are some fifth- and sixth-level masters among the elves he follows. Anyway, the elves all look the same, handsome and tall. Except for the particularly old elves, most of the elves look like

Only 20 or 30 years old.

In addition, they are good at magic. It is not difficult to hide themselves with similar abilities. At least it is more than enough to hide from Tang Zhao.

"No problem, the nearest forest is not far from here. We can see the shadow of the forest in ten minutes."

The group of people came to a forest, and the giant eagle entered it to rest and hide. Most of the elves were temporarily left in the forest, and a few people followed Tang Zhao.

Nairn claimed to be the successor of the Ostia Empire. In Tang Zhao's view, Ostia was a country similar to Rome in its previous life. The biggest difference was the existence of magic.

It sounds desirable that nobles and elite citizens can sit on a high floating city and enjoy the convenience brought to them by superb magic and exaggerated national power, but ordinary people and even slaves on the ground below cannot.

So good luck, just like most feudal countries and slave countries, the life of the ruling class cannot be generalized from the life of civilians.

From this point of view, the situation in Nirn is a bit more advanced, at least it is not the slavery of the classical empire.

"From the knowledge I read in the book, there is a medium-sized human city nearby, built on the ruins of Ya. Freer."

On the way, Tang Zhaozheng asked Leina various questions about knowledge. The other person could indeed be said to be knowledgeable, and she could basically answer everything he asked her fluently.

[Like your current settlement, Yadron, was it a forest before? 】

"That's not the case. It is the name of our elves' city. Of course, this city was destroyed by the dwarves during the Beard Beard War. After all, it is not far from the dwarf kingdoms. It has long been in ruins and was later used as a foundation by humans.

use."

Rena seems to be a typical elf, and she also criticized the war. She subconsciously wanted to use the derogatory name "Beard War", but in the end she changed her tune in time.

[Understood, I’m curious about one thing by the way. You elves have such a long history, you should know where the former capital of the Ostia Empire was, right? 】

"Of course we understand this. After Ostia became powerful, it made the largest floating city as its capital. The floating city was as big as a mountain. But then something happened. I don't know the specific reasons. You may

I have to ask my family elders. As for the capital city before they became powerful, it was just a small human fishing village at the beginning, which was inconspicuous at all."

[It is said that Ostia was the first human civilization to use magic on a large-scale and systematic basis. At the same time, there were many larger human city-states in terms of scale. Why was a fishing village allowed to take the lead and come up with a systematic theory of magic?

system?】

Tang Zhao had always wanted to ask this question, but never had the chance to say it.

"It's very simple. Magic was not discovered by humans through their own efforts. Even we elves got it from more powerful beings, that is, our ancestors, the ancient origin fairies. They may have been influenced by

There is some help, but no one necessarily knows the specific details right now.”

Some elves believe that elves taught magic to humans, others believe that dragons or gods taught magic to humans, and some conspiracy theorists even believe that magic was originally taught to humans by demons from hell.

Tang Zhao didn't understand magic at all, so he didn't delve into such complex issues involving origin. In short, after entering the country of Nien, which inherited the legacy of Ostia to the greatest extent, Tang Zhao and Reina also saw a lot of new things.

.

For example, there are more common alchemical creatures, familiars and more spellcasters. The guard commander of the border checkpoint is a mage, and many things in the checkpoint are maintained by magic.

The elves had similar observations before, so they specially prepared documents. On the document, Rena was a traveling mage, currently collecting rare plant seeds all over the continent.

It is estimated that many people will not believe this statement, but Nirn is a relatively secular country. They respect powerful mages and treat elves equally. Don't worry about whether the human mages guarding the gate really believe it.

Anyway, they were let in.

Some distance after the checkpoint is the human border city. The city is relatively prosperous, and you can even see many aliens such as dwarves.

The dwarves in the mountains also want to do business. The Nirn people's country is not far away from them. In addition, the Nirn people have poor metallurgical abilities and need high-precision and very technically difficult equipment from time to time. The trade between the two sides is very developed.

Observing the living conditions of human beings in the city, it seems to be okay. Generally speaking, it is not a wealthy life, but it is already very good (feudal standards).

Compared with Oran, Nairn has a small population and a small area. It can be said that it is a small country with few people. At the same time, the terrain is good. They occupy the most fertile land around them, which is very suitable for production and life.

It produces food and meat itself, and with the help of completely unscientific things like magic, alchemy, and gods, Nairn's food is self-sufficient, and the price is not even high, even lower than that of Oran, which is rich in food.

a little.

"It seems that we can buy some food from here. We are quite short of food recently. We just barely have enough. We should stock up on some to get things done."

[I think I can help by lying down!]

Tang Zhao followed Leina around the city and observed the environment. Suddenly, someone rushed toward Leina with a dagger.

Seeing this situation, Tang Zhao quickly told Reina to stay away, and at the same time, he increased his size appropriately to about three meters, and fiercely pounced on the assassin who suddenly jumped out in front of him.

The assassin did not expect this situation at all, and was bitten on the arm by Tang Zhao on the spot. Tang Zhao, who had far more strength than most humans, did not lose momentum and continued to sprint forward. The man was directly brought down by Tang Zhao, who was bigger than his head.

The big claws held him down, preventing him from moving.
Chapter completed!