Clock, sundial, hourglass.
Various time props are suspended in this special space. Some are suspended in mid-air and slowly rotating, while others are lying quietly in the corner, covered with a thin layer of dust.
Garos looked solemn, his eyes scanning all corners inch by inch.
"Odhos may have left something else behind."
"At the very least, tell me clearly what the ring was and what effect it had."
Red Iron Dragon thought to himself.
He still had doubts about the ring that had sunk into his wrist.
Although I don't feel any discomfort at the moment, it just disappeared without leaving even a trace. No one would be completely relieved if this kind of thing happened to me.
However, things backfired.
Garos checked the entire space in detail, but apart from the ring just now, he didn't find any other strange things here.
There were no notes or diaries, Gold Dragon King Odhos left nothing behind.
Such a big one Destiny Dragon.
It just disappeared quietly.
Garos stretched out his right paw and looked down at his wrist with a thoughtful look in his eyes.
Based on the known information, he was inclined to think so.
Odhos Just as he said to Silver Dragon King in the end, he succeeded.
However, it may not have been completely successful.
On the verge of success, some kind of accident occurred midway, causing him to disappear without a trace. He disappeared from his own field without even having time to say hello.
The mysterious ring just now is most likely one of the results of his research.
Unsure, it was also the culprit that caused his disappearance.
As for where exactly Odhos went, did he die, go to other worlds, or did he really travel to other timelines that he didn't know existed as he dreamed--
Regarding these, Garos cannot make a conclusion.
"We know too little, and it is useless to think too much."
"I hope he didn't die, but just went to the most ideal timeline in his mind. I hope he gets his wish."
He thought silently in his heart.
Garos has never been a narrow-minded character.
He will not be stingy with his blessings for those beings who have no conflicts with him, are similar to him, and are firmly moving towards their goals.
Odhos didn't have much contact with him.
But in Garos's impression, this dragon that devotes all its efforts to the mystery of time is stubborn, focused, and can give up everything else for its own goals.
Such an existence deserves at least a blessing.
As for this space----
Garos took another look at the special space he was in.
He noticed that after Gold Dragon King was gone, the flow rate of time here was still different from that outside. It seemed that it did not need to rely on Gold Dragon King to maintain operation, and had formed an independent system.
However, Garos is not interested in this kind of space that will slow down his growth.
What he pursues is power, evolution, and reaching a higher level in a short period of time.
Cold Sacred Spring.
Silver Dragon King Nereus is still lying on the huge rock, with his body half curled up.
Silver Dragon tilted his head slightly and looked at Red Iron Dragon who had turned back, with a trace of doubt in his eyes. "Why are you back so soon?"
Garos stayed in Time-Slow Space for a while, carefully checking every corner, but due to the different speed of time, only a short period of time seemed to have passed from the outside.
Without waiting for an answer, Silver Dragon then asked, "Is Odhos okay?"
"He was just too focused on research, completely immersed in his own world, and forgot to respond to the outside world?"
After saying that, she looked expectantly.
After all, this is not without precedent.
Odhos When he is immersed in the mystery of time, he can turn a deaf ear to an urgent message. He can definitely do this kind of thing.
Garos was silent for a moment and shook his head slightly.
"I didn't find him in the space where Odhos occupies."
, he lowered his eyes and glanced at the wrist of his right paw, then raised his head and told Silver Dragon King his findings one by one.
"That's probably what happened."
Nereus listened to it all in silence.
The scales on her forehead were deeply wrinkled.
Silver Dragon King rarely shows such an expression. On her usually calm and calm face, this is an extremely rare change of expression.
"You mean, Odhos built a strange thing and disappeared at the same time?"
"So far, yes."
Garos said, raised his right paw and stretched it slightly forward in the direction of Silver Dragon King.
"Come and take a look, use your sensory method, or any method you are good at, and see if you can see any clues. I have already checked, but I can't feel anything. Maybe you can find something I missed."
Nereus did not refuse.
She stood up from the rock, stretched her slender body, and moved closer.
Under the gradually darkening sky, the red scales glowed with a heavy sheen. Silver Dragon looked at it for a few times, then raised a front paw and gently placed it on Red Iron Dragon's wrist.
The moment the claws touched each other, a cold breath spread from Silver Dragon's claws.
The cold air seeped in along the gaps in Garos's scales like a living thing, like countless extremely fine ice needles traveling under the skin, causing bursts of stinging and cold feelings.
I didn't feel good, but Garos didn't change his face.
Nereus narrowed his eyes slightly and explored intently.
Her perception swept over inch by inch.
From the scales to the skin and flesh, from the skin and flesh to the bones, from the bones to the fascia... the exploration is extremely detailed and no tiny detail is missed.
The north wind lingers and whispers between the two Destiny Dragon.
Time passes minute by minute.
A long time.
Silver Dragon King released his front paws and shook his head.
"I feel everything is fine."
"Your position is completely normal, and there is no trace of any foreign object. If, as you said, a ring disappeared on your wrist, then its degree of concealment is beyond the range of my perception."
She paused, raised her eyes, and looked at Garos.
"It doesn't seem to exist on the physical plane at all."
"A thing that even Destiny Rank can't detect, if there really is any hidden danger----"
She didn't finish her words, but the warning and reminder were self-evident.
Garos retracted his right paw. "In this case, we can only wait and see what happens."
As the person involved, he didn't have any violent reaction to this.
Garos believes that even if this thing is harmful, unless it can kill itself in a short time, if it exists in oneself for a long time, no matter what it is, it will only be adapted to it sooner or later.
Silver Dragon King said nothing.
However, the wrinkled dragon scales on her forehead became deeper, and there was a layer of gloom in her eyes. Obviously, she was not able to accept the disappearance of Odhos.
The atmosphere is a bit heavy.
Red Iron Dragon turned his head slightly and looked at Silver Dragon.
"Thinking on the bright side, maybe Odhos got what he wanted."
Garos said, "He spent so many years of hard work, didn't he just want to go to some other timeline? Maybe he finally succeeded in the last experiment and ran to the most perfect timeline in his mind happily.
"And before leaving——"
"He was grateful for the evolutionary materials I had provided him over the years, so he left a special treasure for me as a thank you gift, but he left in a hurry and didn't have time to leave the instructions."
Nereus heard this and reluctantly showed a faint smile.
Then, it was gone in a blink of an eye.
"This doesn't seem like something he would do."
"Odhos's mind is all about time. Everything else is just secondary and can be omitted in his eyes."
"If----he really succeeds."
"Faced with the ideal timeline in his mind, he would probably just rush out excitedly and forget to even look back, let alone leave anything behind. This is Odhos."
Garos listened and nodded thoughtfully.
But one thing confused him.
He knew that Gold Dragon King was obsessed with time, but he never knew where this obsession came from.
What made Dragon King devote his whole life to the mystery of time?
There has to be a reason.
He thought for a while and then asked, "Why is Odhos so obsessed with time? Has anything special ever happened to him?"
Silver Dragon hesitated for a few seconds, then she nodded slowly.
"When he was young, Odhos was no different from the traditional Gold Dragon in terms of personality, except for his innate special talent."
"Integrity, enthusiasm, toughness... standard Gold Dragon style."
"But suddenly one day, he changed."
Silver Dragon said in a faint voice, "He said that he had a completely real dream."
"In the dream, he suddenly discovered that it was a completely different history. The great Nine-Faced Dragon God never fell, Platinum Dragon God and Chromatic Dragon Queen were not born, and Dragonfall War never happened. The dragon lords have always carried glory and glory."
"The most bizarre thing is that he said he spent thousands of years in that dream."
"He said that he became Immortal Realm in the dream world, and had his own partner and heirs. He fought to protect the world with the dragon in the dream, and every day was fulfilling and happy."
"Until---- I woke up from the dream."
Garos had a look of surprise on his face after listening to it.
Frankly speaking, he was a little surprised.
He had guessed a lot about the reasons why Odhos was obsessed with time, but he never expected that it would be related to a dream.
He thought that Odhos had an accident while studying his talent, or that he was born with a special sense of time.
But a dream?
Dream World, Garos are also regular customers.
He has been to the dreamland created by Seroel too many times.
No matter how many times he enters it, he can clearly distinguish the difference between dreams and reality. No matter how real the things in the dream are, they still have a sense of illusion, and the difference between the two is extremely huge.
But Odhos seems different.
Garos looked thoughtful, and then said slowly, "A dream for a thousand years, this sounds like some kind of short story compiled by Bard."
Silver Dragon nodded. "Yes, when Odhos first woke up, he couldn't accept reality at all. He did a lot of crazy things. Other dragons even thought he was crazy or was cursed."
"Later, his mood gradually stabilized."
"But he still felt that he was not dreaming."
Garos took the words and said, "So, he feels that he has gone to another timeline."
"That's probably true. Otherwise, he wouldn't be so obsessed with exploring time. He really believes that that world exists and that he has a chance to return there."
After learning the truth, Garos fell silent.
A dream made a Dragon King who should have broken through the Immortal Realm early, trapped himself in Destiny Rank for many years, and then disappeared.
Perhaps some listeners think he is a little crazy and feel that it is not worth giving up everything for a dream.
But Garos doesn't think so.
"Odhos's dream", how beautiful must it be to make him willing to give everything and risk everything for it?"
Instead, he thought so.
Silence fell again.
Nereus looked across Sacred Spring Lake to the gray-white skyline, Radiant Dragon Realm's line of defense.
"Sheffield is lost to Abyss, and we don't know whether we are alive or dead."
"Odhos disappeared from his own domain without even leaving a farewell."
"Bronze Dragon King, Gold Dragon King----Suddenly, only three of our Metal Dragon Realm and Dragon King are left."
Nereus felt it clearly.
The era of Dragon Kings protecting Dragon Race seems to be coming to an end with an unstoppable trend.
Garos can understand how Nereus feels.
But times are changing all the time.
No matter how powerful the individual is or how long the inheritance is, nothing can stop this torrent of change.
The old order collapsed and a new order emerged.
Those who live in it can only adapt or be eliminated.
Or----create a new era yourself.
Red Iron Dragon's eyes were as steady as steel and his voice was sonorous as he said, "However, Bernardo's Dragon Race has one more empire and one more emperor."
He paused and looked directly at Silver Dragon.
"Moreover, this emperor will eventually Immortal Realm, and the empire will last forever."
Nereus was slightly startled and stared at Red Iron Dragon carefully.
Then, she sighed.
"Maybe, this is fate."
"We Dragon King will eventually come to an end one by one. Now is the era of Xula, and I sincerely hope that the sacred Xula can go further."
After saying that, Nereus slowly withdrew his gaze.
She lay down on the rocks again, her dragon wings slightly spread out, like a silver-white cloak covering her sides, her posture more relaxed than before.
"I'm a little tired."
"I want to have a good sleep."
She closed her eyes, and the luster on her scales gradually dimmed in the dusk. "Garos, if you have any news about Sydhos, whether it is good or bad, remember to inform me."
"Okay."
Red Iron Dragon Short response.
He turned around and spread his wings slightly.
Before leaving, he took another look at Nereus. Silver Dragon was lying quietly on the reef, with the tip of his tail dipped back into the lake water, hanging quietly without even a ripple, as if he fell asleep in the blink of an eye.
He looked really tired.
Moreover, I am tired as never before.
Garos looked away.
The north wind roared past, and the red figure tore through the space and disappeared from the place.
Sacred Spring Lake returns to silence.