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Chapter 2895 Dragon and Man
Chapter 2895 Dragon and Man
In the 308th year of the Common Calendar, it was another snowy winter, just like when the light and shadow began. However, the position of the dragon egg was far away from its original position after years.
The heavy snow buried the dragon eggs once again. In the deep and deserted forest, the snow seemed unusually heavy.
But a wild wolf that came looking for food in the heavy snow still dug it out of the snow. Perhaps one of its ancestors had done something similar.
The size of the dragon egg had not changed from the original, but the color of the surface was slightly paler. Grandma Cassandra had just said that this was a sign that the egg was about to break.
The wolf tried to bite it several times, but it couldn't break the dragon egg that was older than itself. So it tried to smash the egg, and after charging, the egg was shaken and rolled in the snow for a few times.
The wolf walked over on the snow to see how his attempt went, but the egg vibrated violently, frightening it so much that it ran away with its tail between its legs.
The egg was indeed shaking in the snow because of its own movement. It probably sensed that there was no possibility of hatching, so it shook itself desperately in the last moments of its life.
The wolf just happened to push it to the edge of the snow slope, and the dragon egg rolled down the snow slope. Although the snow was very soft, there was a big tree at the bottom of the snow slope that was thicker than Shade. In its current state, it would probably break into pieces if it hit it.
Due to its own physical properties, the dragon egg was not stuck to the snowflakes as it rolled down, so the egg rolled faster and faster at a very fast speed and was about to hit the tree.
Ajelina was so nervous that she held Dorothy's hand tightly. Fortunately, a slightly raised stone on the snow slope caused the egg to fly up at high speed.
It drew a parabola and fell into the bare tree canopy, and after several collisions with branches, it fell back into the soft snow. The tree canopy was shaking because of the collision, and in addition to the snowflakes accumulated on the branches falling down, white mist suddenly emerged from the snow.
"Is this what the tree hole originally looked like? Is the egg going to travel through time?"
Xiwei said in a low voice.
The dragon egg was wrapped in white mist, and the scene became a white expanse that was even a little dazzling. But the mist soon dissipated, and the egg was still located under the ancient tree. However, the tree now looked more upright, with lush green branches and leaves on the treetop.
The surroundings are no longer the midwinter with heavy snow, but the woodlands full of vitality in the midsummer.
The egg lay there alone, and the time beside it changed to 1457, which was 1479 years before 22, the second year corresponding to the tree hole.
After several days and nights of rapid change, footsteps were heard, and a young man wearing long boots and holding a cane passed by, pushing aside the grass. In an inadvertent glance, he saw the half-meter-high giant egg.
"Time stands still!"
Xia De pointed at the screen, and unexpectedly, the spell was successful, and the floating light and shadow actually froze. He heard a small complaint from someone, so Xia De pretended not to hear it and asked everyone:
"Does anyone recognize this face? It looks like a northerner's face."
The frozen picture showed the face of the young man, and the witches all shook their heads. Four hundred years ago, cameras had not yet appeared, and even if the oil painting was preserved, it would inevitably be distorted, not to mention that not everyone could leave behind an oil painting, so no one knew who this person was.
"It looks very similar to the face in a painting at my uncle's house."
Only Ajelina said this, but she wasn't sure.
Xia De lifted the magic and let the picture continue to flow. The young man who discovered the giant egg was frightened and ran back into the bushes. Seeing that the egg was motionless, he walked over carefully.
He seemed quite interested in the egg. He touched it and then knocked it a few times. Although he was frightened again when he found that the egg shook slightly, he did not run away immediately this time. Instead, he studied it for a while before leaving.
Fast forward, when the light in the shadows went from noon to afternoon, the young man who had left came back with a wheelbarrow that porters often used. It took him a long time to successfully load the egg onto the wheelbarrow, and then he pushed the egg away.
The scene continued to move with the egg, and he transported the egg to a cabin in the forest. The cabin did not look like a hunter's resting place, but more like a temporary holiday place built by rich people in the forest.
The egg continued to sway, trying to move toward the fireplace. After some strenuous "communication" with the egg, the man placed it there.
After working hard to light the fireplace, the egg finally stopped trembling when the flames began to lick the eggshell. The flames slowly flowed into the egg as if it was absorbed by it. The man, who was very curious about this, stayed by the fire all night.
When dawn arrived the next day, the egg's originally fragile skin had returned to its thick state.
After that, time quickly moved forward again. The man could not have stayed here forever. He suddenly disappeared one day and did not appear the next day. Only the lonely egg was left lying in the ashes of the fireplace.
But when the autumn of that year came, the man in hunting clothes opened the door of the cabin again. He was surprised to see the egg was still there, so he lit the fire again. After going out hunting, he sat in front of the fireplace that night, eating the prey while telling the egg about his life.
Because time passed quickly, he spoke at an astonishing speed, but everyone present except Ajelina was at least at the middle ring level, so the people at the table could tell that he was indeed a member of the Jindel family.
At this time, the Jindel family had already bred a generation in Ximu Town, so the young people were born in Ximu Town and did not know their distant northern hometown.
Time continued to move forward, and starting in 1457, the man would come to live in the woods alone for a period of time every spring and autumn. In 1459, he even temporarily hid the dragon egg, and then found workers from the town to renovate the hut, adding a stove that could burn for a while even if the owner was away for a long time.
Because of the careful care, the dragon egg actually showed signs of hatching in the fifth year after the man picked it up. This seemed almost impossible to Granny Cassandra, who was familiar with alien creatures:
"The egg was so badly damaged that theoretically it shouldn't have the potential to hatch. Maybe this is really a miracle."
But since 1462, the egg that seemed to be about to hatch has never really hatched. Year after year passed quickly in the light and shadow, the dragon egg no longer changed in appearance, but the man became older and older.
To the people in the banquet hall, only five minutes had passed, but the young man had become middle-aged. He still maintained the habit of going into the woods every spring and autumn, and had long been accustomed to taking care of the egg and telling it his troubles.
The accelerated time finally stopped again in 1479, 22 years after the man found the egg, 103 years after the egg itself, and 1252 years after it first appeared in the dead of winter.
This spring, the man, who was already showing signs of aging, came to the woods alone as usual. On the third night of his arrival, he was awakened from his sleep by the sound of rattling.
He woke up from the bed in the cabin, walked towards the fireplace where the sound came from, and saw cracks appearing on the violently shaking dragon egg.
The surprised man subconsciously wanted to step back, but immediately stepped forward again:
"Do you need my help?"
He asked. Over the years, he had mastered the ability to judge the other party's intention by the shaking amplitude of the dragon egg. After confirming that the egg did not need help, he sat down in front of the fireplace with his clothes on, and then continued to throw charcoal and firewood into the fireplace, making the flames in the fireplace more vigorous.
He waited expectantly, just like the night he found the egg. But he was no longer young, and soon fell asleep in the firelight.
At dawn that day, as the little claws tore through the eggshell, the pitch-black "little dragon" was finally born into this world.
In the light and shadow, the dragon beast that emerged from the eggshell was not as deformed as Shade remembered. Although it was not very good-looking, at least from a human aesthetic point of view, it was not ugly, and was at the level of an ordinary street cat or dog.
The hatched black dragon beast still had slime on its body and it fell into the fire. The awakened man was so frightened that he hurriedly took the fire tongs to rescue it, but found that it was not injured in the fire.
The wings that were attached to its back finally spread open, and then it flew up and crashed into the man's arms. The man hugged the newborn with a look of surprise:
"I knew you would be able to hatch. Look at your appearance now. I want to give you a name. How about Kingsley? Kingsley Jindel! This is the name of my eldest son who died young. But you will definitely grow up healthily!"
"Oh~"
Ajelina at the table looked at this scene and sighed softly:
"At least up to this point, it's a beautiful story. But just imagine how crazy and disgusting this little dragon will become in the end."
Then she didn't dare to continue, because the witches at the table all looked at her. Everyone knew the ending, but no one wanted to hear Ajelina say it again at this time.
The hatched dragon beast looked very similar to a real baby dragon, and its bloodline from the other parent was not obvious. The man was just an ordinary man, but he also understood that this thing might be a dragon, so he prepared fresh meat and fruit for Kingsley to fill the little guy's stomach.