The Journey of the Rainbow Dragon

Ron looked ahead, and a vibrant scene appeared in Jiucai's eyes.

This is the only city built in the forest - the Green Forest City.

Even though it was still far away, everyone on the ship was amazed by the appearance of this city.

The outline of the entire city is like a huge flower, stretching out in a lush green world.

The branches and leaves of hundreds of meters high ancient trees that can be seen everywhere are like towering pillars, guarding the boundaries of the entire city. The tall buildings are integrated with the natural environment, as if they are gifts given to mankind by nature.

The sunlight casts colorful light and shadow through the dense leaves, adding a mysterious and pleasant atmosphere to the city.

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Finally, Ron and his party stopped at the Green Forest Port Entry and Exit Inspection Office.

"Here, stop."

A male guard who looked to be in his thirties, wearing green vine leaf leather armor and a green leaf badge on his chest, stood on the driftwood set up in the port.

While directing the passing ships to enter the port, he lowered the anti-collision checkpoint and stopped the express ships preparing to enter the port.

"That is one of the Five Color Legions, the emblem of the Blue Legion stationed in the Green Forest City, right?"

Raya looked at the green leaf badge on the guard's chest and whispered in Fran's ear.

"Well, that should be it. I heard that this city is completely managed by the Blue Legion, and even the city lord is concurrently served by the legion commander."

Fran nodded in response.

However, her eyes were always fixed on the looming city in the distance, and her eyes seemed a little blurred.

"Sorry, please accept the inspection by the Blue Legion. We need to check whether you are bringing dangerous or prohibited items into the city."

Although the beautiful ship in front of him was a model he had never seen before, the soldier of the Blue Legion did not ask more questions, but spoke businesslikely.

"We are members of the Royal Capital Magic Academy, so we should be able to enter the city without inspection."

Tina scratched her head and said doubtfully.

"What?"

Hearing this, the guard's expression changed, and he immediately stood upright, and at the same time, his originally casual expression became serious:

"Sorry, I'm rude. Please show me your tokens, otherwise we won't be able to deliver the message to the superiors."

"Token? Hmm. Does this count?"

Tina rummaged around and finally took out the gold mentor badge issued by the college from the storage space and handed it to the other party.

After careful inspection, the soldier who confirmed that the mentor badge was not a forgery became more respectful.

"Sorry for wasting your precious time, Master Mages. Please keep this."

He handed over the mentor badge with respectful hands, and at the same time commanded the anti-collision barrier behind him to rise quickly.

Seeing that the arrogant guard captain in the past could be so attentive, the sailors and guards queuing up to enter the port also cast surprised and envious glances at Tina and her party.

"It doesn't matter. Only by sticking to one's duties is a qualified soldier."

Tina just smiled slightly after taking the badge, and then led everyone to take a boat into the harbor, leaving only a silver-white silhouette of the ship behind.

Watching Tina and her companions leave, the guard captain showed a trace of emotion on his face.

I was so energetic and motivated back then, right?

Unfortunately.

He lamented the changes of time, the changes in people's hearts, and the decisions he had made. Finally, he looked at the fishing boats queuing up behind him and waved his hand casually:

"Next ship"

"Wow--"

The waves in the harbor crashed against the pier, making a splashing sound.

Seagulls screamed and flew by in the distance, the breeze with the unique fishy smell of sea water gently blew people's hair, and the sailboats on the sea swayed like a sleeping child in a cradle.

The three lighthouses erected in the port are still bright even during the day, guiding ships in front of the ferry to find their way home.

"Setsuna, Ron, hurry up~~~"

Standing on the earth again and resurrected with full blood, Tina stood on the shore, excitedly waving and shouting to the ship that had just stopped behind her.

In order to get ashore early, she used [Group Wind Technique] and [Group Feather Fall Technique] to jump off the boat with three students.

Setsuna is still in the operation room, responsible for docking the ship.

As for Ron?

He didn't know where to start, he had already fallen asleep beautifully in Setsuna's arms.

"I'm coming."

After turning off the power source in an instant and turning on the ship's protective measures, he trotted out of the cabin with Ron in his mini form.

Glancing at the energetic Tina, Ron, who had worked hard all night, rubbed the non-existent dark circles under his eyes and complained dissatisfiedly:

"Really, Tina, you are not a green dragon, why do you get more excited the closer you get to the forest."

Tina raised her head:

"Humph, I'd love to!"

Seeing Ron's still sleepy look, Tina's big eyes rolled around with a malicious expression on her face.

I saw her sneaking closer to Setsuna, and while the rainbow dragon was still paying attention with its eyes closed, she suddenly stretched out her hands to hold Ron's mini dragon wings, and suddenly pulled him out of the warm "nest".

"Don't sleep, don't sleep! A new adventure is about to begin, big color dragon, aren't you excited!"

Tina laughed wildly while shaking up and down crazily.

However, she was so excited that she didn't notice the murderous expression of the iridescent baby dragon with an angry face.

"state!"

Does it sound good?

What sounds good is a good start.

Half an hour later.

Tina and her group, riding in a carriage, finally left the Green Forest Port and arrived at the gate of the Green Forest Capital.

After successfully passing the guard inspection at the city gate, the group entered the famous "Green Forest City".

Walking on the cobblestone road, everyone looked curiously at this city that is integrated with nature.

On both sides of the road are various buildings, ranging from quaint oak houses to magnificent giant wooden palaces.

Most of the people living in this city also wear forest-related trinkets and clothing.

Ron could clearly feel that the atmosphere here was very different from that in the Royal Capital.

The most obvious thing is that along the way, they encountered an extraordinary number of non-human intelligent races.

Halflings, tieflings, catfolk, gnomes, dwarves.

It can be said that except for the human mercenaries who can be seen everywhere, most of the people walking in the Green Forest City are foreign travelers and adventurers from other places.

Therefore, along the way, Ron also heard a lot of the various alien-tinged legends about the Ibi Forest that they told.

There are countless strange stories like "the flexibility of the Pixar goblin's body", "the shape of the dryad's butt", "the weakness of the harpy", "the poignant love between the underage green dragon and the princess", and some It was even printed into books and openly sold on the streets.

However, Ron seriously suspected that the last one was false news released by the Green Dragon himself to beautify himself.

After all, what those green-skinned dragons who like to play tricks and people like to do most is to package themselves as harmless good people, and then reveal their ferocious claws and signs the moment you relax your vigilance. The poisonous dragon breath.

Just when everyone was observing the unfamiliar environment around them.

Tina was covering the bulge on her head with both hands, her eyes filled with tears but she still complained dissatisfiedly to Ron:

"Uh┭┮﹏┭┮, damn big color dragon, can't you be gentler!"

"If you do this every day, Tina's head will be broken by you, and she will become an idiot!"

"?"

Ron, who was lying on Setsuna's shoulder, glanced at the Golden Dragon Girl next to him in surprise, wondering when did you have the illusion that you were not an idiot?

Tina was keenly aware of Ron's malicious gaze, and suddenly turned to stare at him:

"Damn it, were you thinking about something bad just now?!"

"I didn't, I'm not, don't talk nonsense."

Ron, who expertly shouted out three consecutive denials, did not blush at all for his lies.

Looking at the two dragons who were "flirting", and the ice wolf girl who stood aside and always looked at Ron with gentle eyes.

Fran sighed helplessly, a little confused about the relationship between the three.

"that."

Fran raised her hand and tried to ask in a low voice:

"Teacher Tina, Master Ron, should we find a hotel to stay first, or find a whistle to understand the situation here?"

After speaking, she pointed to the group of children around her who were watching eagerly.

Those are the whistles that live in the [Green Forest].

Normally, facing obviously unfamiliar faces like Tina and her group, they would take the initiative to promote themselves.

It's just that they are now frightened by the gorgeous costumes of Tina and her group and the pseudo-dragons on their shoulders (referring to the miniature version of Ron), and some of them are afraid to get close.

[As we all know, most of the spellcasters recognized by the pseudo-dragon are powerful and even legendary. 】

"It's okay, no need to look for a whistle, I'm very familiar with this place~~"

Facing her students, Tina put away her aggrieved posture, patted the towering peaks on her chest and said confidently:

"I came here once last year and know all the information here. We can just go directly to the hotel where I used to stay."

"Okay."

Fran said with some worry.

She always had an ominous premonition in her heart.

And this ominous premonition reached its peak when Tina led everyone to twist and turn for half an hour before arriving at a dilapidated hotel with a sign on the door panel that was about to fall off.

"this"

"Well, I'll just say it here."

Tina wiped the cold sweat from her forehead, put one hand on her hips, and patted her chest confidently.

Looking at her look, I recalled what Tina had said before.

"I'm very familiar with this place" and "know it like the back of my hand."

Everyone fell silent.

"You don't know, staying here for one night only costs 10 copper coins."

Just when Tina was triumphantly explaining why she lived in such a place last year.

"state!"

The crisp sound of dragon fingers colliding with his head sounded again.

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

Looking at the two big bags on her head, Tina squatted down and covered her head with tears in her eyes.

Everyone silently praised Ron for taking back the dragon claw.

Ron pinched his eyebrows with a headache and said helplessly:

"Sure enough, I shouldn't expect you, an idiot, to lead the way."

After speaking, he turned to Setsuna and ordered:

"Go and see if there is a suitable place to live. Remember to choose one close to the entrance of the Ibi Forest."

"yes."

Setsuna nodded, turned and left.

ten minutes later

Inside a hotel called [Forest House].

"Hmm~~~~"

Ron lay comfortably on a soft mattress filled with some kind of plant stems and leaves and rabbit fur. He took the brewed green tea from Setsuna with his dragon tail and took a sip of the warm tea that Setsuna had specially blown to cool it. , hummed comfortably.

"This is where a normal dragon should live. By the way, how did the shabby hotel that Tina found earlier survive to this day?"

Looking at this spacious and clean wooden house, Ron stretched and said with some emotion.

And the other side.

"Damn big lecher, just wait, sooner or later Tina will beat you all over the head, cry and beg Tina for mercy!"

The 'gorgeous' Tina was sitting on her bed angrily, while staring fiercely at the enjoying rainbow dragon lying in the next room, muttering something strange in her mouth.

Raya, Fran, and Bill, who lived in other rooms, were sitting cross-legged in a circle on the bed, discussing tomorrow's graduation assessment.

After all, their visit to the Ibi Forest was not just for a vacation.

The first assessment objective is easy to say, but the second assessment objective of "forming a team to defeat the level 4 monsters" is not an easy task.

You know, generally speaking, level 4 monsters correspond to the level of human great magician.

Moreover, due to their talent and physique, monsters and beasts of the same level are often far stronger than humans.

Many times, if humans want to conquer the rebellious monsters, they need to send at least four mercenary teams of the same level to do so.

As for combat power.

Except for the instructor Tina, who was only responsible for recording the assessment data, only Raya, Fran, and Bill, who had no power, were left.

This is only 2.5 people at most. If you can't even gather a standard adventure team, you must plan traps and tactics in advance if you want to defeat the level 4 monsters.

Of course, the two girls were mainly discussing tactics, while Bill basically remained silent and listened.

Only occasionally, he would turn his head and look out the window of the tree house in a daze at the forest shrouded in the sunset.

The reddish sunlight shines through the gaps in the leaves, like dotted golden spots, bringing a mysterious and peaceful atmosphere to the Ibi Forest.

Thinking of the legend here, Bill's palms were quietly grasped at some point.

It is ten kilometers away from the hotel where Ron and others stayed.

In a tower-shaped giant tree with a height of 100 meters.

A woman wearing a blue strapless backless robe with an elegant figure and a mature feminine charm was holding a wooden watering pot and leisurely watering the flowerpots placed on the windowsill.

And behind her exposed beautiful back.

A soldier wearing full body armor was kneeling on one knee, loudly reporting today's intelligence.

"A team from the Royal Capital Magic Academy? Also bringing a pseudo-dragon familiar?"

Listening to her subordinate's report, the woman's mouth slightly raised, as if she had thought of something interesting.

"Find where they live."

"Yes, legion commander."

The soldiers wearing the green leaf emblem bowed their heads and saluted, and then quickly left the tower.

And just as he turned to leave, the plants in the flower pots that he had blocked were finally revealed.

Looking from the bottom up: the green stems and leaves, the purple flower buds, everything looks so normal.

But at the top, the huge bloody mouth with a 180-degree split and full of fine teeth completely revealed its identity.

That turned out to be a piranha with a strength as high as a fifth-level monster!

This ferocious carnivorous plant that usually only appears in the Ibi Forest is now like an ordinary little flower, constantly swaying with the watering of the mature woman's showerhead.

"Pseudo-dragon, it seems like I don't even have one~~~"

While the woman continued to water the flowers, she looked up and looked out the window outside the mage tower. At the same time, she gently licked her lips, with a curious expression in her eyes.

"It's really exciting."

Looking from the windows of the Mage Tower, one can have a clear view of the entire Green Forest City.

In a blink of an eye

Time flies by

By the time Bill woke up again, it was already early the next morning.

"Are you awake?"

What caught Bill's eyes was a smiling face with wheat-colored skin.