The Protagonist Just Wants to Fall in Love [MTL]

Chapter 74-75 [WORLD 5]

Chapter 74 Arrested

It was a pitch-black night, without a single star in the sky. A breeze blew past, and the shadows of the trees in the forest danced, the leaves made a rustling sound, and the standing trees seemed to have turned into strange shadows, absurd and terrifying.

　　On an open space, a team of more than a dozen people made a fire on the ground. They were wearing riding clothes and walking back and forth in the open space. The horses were tied to a tree not far away and were panting. Several people were feeding the horses with hay.

　　In the silent night, the orange-red firelight looked eerie. Several people gathered around the fire and ate dry food.

　　"What do you think he is doing sitting there?" One of them bit a hard biscuit and glanced at the tree trunk on the other side.

　　Not far away, I saw a man in a black robe sitting in the dark shadow of a tree, spinning a flute in his hand. He was so inconspicuous that he would be ignored if one was not paying attention.

　　"I heard that he is a chivalrous knight who volunteered to participate in this rescue. Alas, I don't know how real he is... I haven't heard of his name either."

　　"It seems that he was very poor before and had been performing on the streets. Well, he came here just for the reward."

　　"Do you think there really is a dragon? It has been circling for several days."

　　"The Jianglong family has all been dispatched, so it shouldn't be fake."

　　"The Dragon-Subduing Family? Isn't that just a rumor?"

　　"That's a long story. The leader, Master Cheng, is from the Dragon Subduing Family. The scimitar in his hand is the Dragon Slaying Sword..."

　　"Did you see with your own eyes what happened on the altar that day?"

"What did you see?"

　　"That day, on the altar, the national teacher was performing a ritual. Suddenly, a strange wind blew, and then..." The man deliberately lowered his voice.

　　"Then what happened? Tell me quickly."

　　"There were so many people there, but they were all blinded by the dust and wind! They couldn't see anything! When they opened their eyes again, wow, something terrible had happened. The princess was gone from the stage!"

　　...

　　Xie Songzhou leaned against the tree trunk. The thin clothes on his body could not block the touch of the rough bark. He was wearing tattered clothes, and the hairpins he used to hold up his long hair were the cheapest wooden hairpins, which looked similar to the smoothly polished stick.

　　He was carrying a few bags with him, and his chest felt heavy. At this moment, he was talking to the system in his mind.

　　According to known information, this is a fantasy novel world. The existences in the novel can be roughly divided into four categories: humans, monsters, demons, and ghosts. Humans can also be divided into ordinary people and cultivators.

　　The protagonist of the novel is an evil dragon.

　　He is a villain who does all kinds of evil and is extremely rampant. He should be killed by decent people in the end. However, there is a prequel to this story.

　　The evil dragon was born as an egg. On the day he hatched from the shell, when he was still weak, a Taoist priest forcibly cast a formation on him and made a contract with him. He was imprisoned in one place for eternity to protect their descendants and extract the vitality from him in exchange for the safety and well-being of their descendants.