Author: Half-wounded but not broken

Chapter 851 Hatchery

Tens of thousands of years ago, there were no humans on this plane, and there were no dwarves, gnomes, or halflings. None of the common mortals now existed.

Because many of these mortals migrated from other planes. At that time, this plane was still the world of giants and dragons.

By the way, the first to establish civilization were the real native creatures, actually the lizard people. However, their fragile civilization was soon destroyed by a group of shapeshifters that came ashore from the sea.

At that time, a battle broke out between giants and dragons for nearly ten thousand years. The final result was that the giant god was exiled and the dragon won the final victory.

For a long time since then, the dragon has been enjoying the treatment of a ruler. Even if mortals later immigrate from other planes, they will worship the dragon as a king and rely on the dragon's powerful force to survive in a plane full of monsters.

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What the dragons who are indulging in comfort don't know is that another emerging race is quietly rising, and that is the ancient elves.

They created magic and used magic to weave a powerful civilization. When the dragon discovered it, it was already too late. The ancient elves gained the ability to kill gods.

The ruling authority of the dragons was threatened, and they went to war with the ancient elves. This war lasted for nearly ten thousand years, almost throughout the history of the ancient elves.

In the end, a terrible disaster called the Great Disaster was triggered. For a whole thousand years, everything that relied on magic power became no longer safe and stable. The ancient elves' floating cities that covered the sky fell in batches, and countless people tried to cast spells to save their lives.

The elf found that his spells were being activated randomly. You threw a levitation spell, but the result was a big fireball exploding at your feet.

As a result, the ancient elves completely became history, and their remaining descendants were scattered around the world in the multiverse, slowly dividing into different elven groups today.

On the other side, the dragon's situation is not easy either. The instability of magic power for thousands of years has made dragons that rely on magic power extremely fragile. In order to adapt to the chaotic magic environment, the dragon's body has to change.

Their size shrank, their strength weakened, and they slowly transformed into the dragons they are today, completely losing the true majesty of the ancient dragons.

This sounds tragic, a lose-lose ending, but in fact, the fight between the dragon and the ancient elves was not a bloody one from the beginning.

When they discovered each other's existence, their first reaction was to want to live in peace. After all, the multiverse world is large enough to accommodate two powerful races, and both sides also understand how high the risk is of rashly starting a war.

This was a honeymoon period, with both sides having a lot of exchanges of intelligence and technology. However, this period was too short compared to the time they fought. Currently, it is very rare to find information about this period of history.

The murals etched on the walls show dragons and elves appearing at the same time, and they seem to be very friendly. This is a product of that period.

"Maybe this scaly sky was made by the ancient elves as a gift to the dragon. I just don't know why and when it fell. Judging from the traces, I'm afraid it's quite old."

Anyway, there is no record of a meteorite landing in the southern part of the Sea of ​​Trees in the history books that Pei Renli spent. The date of its fall is likely to be traced back to the period of great disaster, that is, more than 10,000 years ago.

In this case, the traces of the battle at the door were left by the war between dragons and ancient elves?

But if it was something that fell more than 10,000 years ago, why is it being activated to cause trouble now?

Pei Renli was a little puzzled. At this time, Ravna pointed to the bottom of the mural and said:

"Your Majesty, there is a door over there."

Anyway, let’s continue exploring.

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After entering the door on the left and passing through a wide corridor, Perrenli and Ravna came to an equally empty and huge room.

Runes and magic circles can still be found on the walls of the room, but on the wall on the other side, etched reliefs can still be found.

But unlike the previous murals, only the dragon is clearly visible on the relief this time. The part belonging to the elves is also present, but it was scratched out by some kind of sharp weapon.

Pei Renli compared the scratches on it with his hand, and he could roughly judge that the thing that left the mark was about as long as his forearm. Considering the condition of Lin Jia Tian, ​​it might be the mark left by the dragon in his youth.

The difference between this equally spacious room and the previous one was that there were a lot of ashes left on the ground.

Using the dancing light technique to illuminate and identify carefully, you can barely make out that they may have been soft things like cotton and straw. They form a circle with a diameter of about three meters and are arranged one by one.

"It looks like it was originally used as a hatchery."

The surrounding temperature is also much higher than before, and it has begun to feel a bit like a sauna, except that the dry and hot air lacks moisture. For dragon eggs, it is a very suitable incubation temperature.

Under the ashes of the remains of the nest, you can see bright red lines, like circuit boards. Although they are not dense, it is certain that each nest is at the intersection of these lines.

He squatted down and gently touched the edges of the luminous lines with his hands. His fingertips could feel the surging magic flowing through these lines.

It is an energy supply system. It seems that this room is undoubtedly a hatchery.

The power of dragons depends on their exaggeratedly powerful magic power.

The dragon's body is strengthened by magic power, its wings are used to control magic power when flying, and the flames it sprays are also transformed by magic power. All of this is based on the dragon's heart energy that continuously provides surging magic power.

If a person has the heart of a dragon, then he will never have to worry about insufficient magic power.

——Pei Renli’s real name envy.

But having said that, the magic power of a dragon is not particularly strong right from birth, especially when it is inside the dragon egg.

Normally, if you want to hatch a dragon, in addition to having a suitable temperature, you also have to continuously provide it with a huge amount of magic power. In the natural environment, it is provided by the parents. The same reason is true for some dragons that use dragon breath to heat dragon eggs.

Continuing to walk forward, as if to confirm Pei Renli's guess, it didn't take long for the two of them to see some eggshells scattered on the ground that were about to become fossils. The organic parts had long since decayed, leaving only the pure

of calcium.

On some relatively well-preserved eggshells, you can still vaguely see patterns, and you can identify what kind of dragon eggs they are.

But it's a little strange.

"The dragon eggs here are basically the type of modern dragons. Didn't they fall during a great disaster?"

During the Great Disaster, there were still ancient dragons. Dragon eggs were very different from today's dragons, and the hatching conditions were of course more stringent.

There is no record of meteorites falling into the sea south of the Sea of ​​Trees in the history books, which doesn't mean anything, because thousands of years ago, the footsteps of mortals did not even reach the river countries, let alone the Sea of ​​Trees.

Since there is an eggshell of a modern dragon, it is likely that it fell within thousands of years after the great disaster.

Before its fall, it was likely used as a dragon hatchery for some time.

Some people may wonder, why use a hatchery? Don’t the dragon’s parents care?

It's normal that dragons are very unqualified parents.

Many dragon eggs lose their parents before they hatch, and many dragons don't even want to hatch them because it's too much trouble.

This is also why there are so many half-dragons and dragon-veined mortals. When dragons choose partners, they still think mortals are more suitable than those who are also dragons, especially silver dragons and golden dragons.

Of course, this also leads to the irreversible decrease in the number of true dragons.

And if there is a hatchery, the number of dragons can naturally be greatly increased. After all, the most troublesome part is already fully automated.

As for why the Scale Sky fell down...

Then you have to move on.

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Perrenli actually didn't investigate very carefully. He and Ravna walked through the hatchery room at a normal walking speed and walked into another door.

The room connected to the door is obviously much smaller this time. Of course, this is small for a dragon that is more than ten meters long, but it is still surprisingly large for humans.

This time there are no runes and magic circles on the wall, but the mural still exists, but the same part that belongs to the elves has been crossed out.

In the deepest part of the room, Perrenli could see a tree-like pattern. It was so huge that it almost occupied the front wall.

Seeing it, you can basically be convinced that this place was built by ancient elves.

That is the World Tree, the purest faith of the ancient elves.

The ancient elves believed that the multiverse world is actually in the shape of a tree, and each plane is the fruit and leaves of the tree. If you can find a complete and detailed pattern of the world tree, you will find the upper plane written near the crown of the tree.

, near the root of the tree is the lower plane.

The ancient elves believe that when a life dies, the soul will enter the veins of the World Tree and flow endlessly. They believe that this is the full strength and obligation of every life and is inalienable. Therefore, the ancient elves hate necromancy extremely. As the most advanced magical civilization,

Their research on necromancy is not as much as that of an apprentice today.

I'm going too far. In short, once you find the World Tree pattern on ancient ruins or creations, it means that the place was definitely built by the ancient elves. They will not allow other races to use the World Tree pattern, and the World Tree pattern generally only

Appears in important buildings or residences of people with very high social status.

The appearance of the World Tree pattern in the scale sky also represents the friendship during the honeymoon period, otherwise the ancient elves would not allow it.

Under the World Tree pattern, Pei Renli saw dark shadows. When he got closer, he realized that they were actually huge black iron furnaces.

There are still many traces of metal left at the discharge port of the furnace, some are extremely shiny silver, and others are bright blue like gems.

The traces indicate that these furnaces were once used to melt adamantine and mithril. The ancient elves were also the only race with the technology and ability to mass-produce these precious metals.

However, the furnace itself does not seem to have any unique technology. It may need to be combined with the unique spells of the ancient elves, or it may need to add special potions. The specific how to do it has been completely submerged in history, leaving no trace.
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