Chapter 260 – The Bad News (4)

The mansion arrived with the things he got from Rebecca and Fay.

Even Iris joined in and explained what had happened in the chairman’s office (Jin).

This and that, and that, and that, and the other, and the platypus.

“That’s how it happened.”

“Huh. This is that…”

Iris, fully armed to fight at any time as instructed, nodded her head with admiration.

Others were not very different. Unlike before the War of the Gods, where you could see dragons flying in the sky at least once in your life, dragons today are virtually extinct.

Even when the number of people is high, they don’t leave dragon hearts well, so it’s bound to be surprising in this era.

“I’ve seen dragons fight before, but this is the first time I’ve seen a dragon heart.”

“I am i’ve seen it once before When a dying dragon self-destructs, it pulls out its dragon heart and throws it. What? I caught a glimpse of it then!”

What kind of era did you live in…

Not only Carla and Elisha, but even Familan’s family, who were standing politely in the back, looked slightly fed up.

I am afraid of the great war generation!

“But but. What is this staff? I’ve seen the chairman use it a few times, so I know it’s a great item, but can it really be used as a power source? Are you a staff?”

Iona tilted her head while holding a splendid staff with a proper combination of silver and red.

For reference, it has an attribution, as most end items do. Even though we’ve heard, the staff’s natural mana-boosting effect doesn’t work at all.

Iris, who was staring at the dragon heart piece as if possessed, closed the lid of her box and shrugged her shoulders.

“If it is, I know. It felt familiar from before.”

“Is this it, Master?”

“Probably so, Elisha.”

Elisha and Iris looked at each other and nodded.

“No… Don’t just know the two of us, let me know too.”

“What? I had no intention of hiding it from the owner. It’s just that I really miss it, so I’m just a little sentimental.”

Iris affectionately stroked the staff and continued.

“This is a staff made from the branches of the World Tree. By applying a mithril coating on it, or by attaching magical jewels, it creates a synergistic effect that even I can’t fully understand… Anyway, the important base is the branches of the World Tree.”

“In case you don’t know, I’d like to add that this staff has a stronger energy than the sacred object enshrined in Alfheim.”

Even if Elisha doesn’t tell her, she knows.

Before moving on to the second round, Rebecca, who moved the player party to the place where her last boss, the lofty reign, is reunited with Rahim.

The two, who joined forces again like before, help the player and succeed in defeating the lofty reign.

However, neither Rebecca, who had already reached her limit, nor Rahim, who had been waiting for the day she would die because her mind was in tatters, could not stand it any longer.

As soon as the battle is over, they die hugging each other.

The cutscene where a ray of light from the sky illuminates the peaceful faces of the two, followed by a group of players, was really touching.

A production that seems to pass generations from the heroes of the past who have protected the world to the heroes of the present, including the player.

Even if I hadn’t had an exceptional memory trait, I wouldn’t have forgotten.

After seeing the ending like that, the player will get Rahim’s holy sword and Rebecca’s staff.

To put it simply, a weapon like a clear privilege that can be used from the second playthrough.

It must have been the Holy Sword Galatine and the Star of Dawn.

The performance itself was a bit disappointing because it was set to lose its original power after a long time had passed and it was heavily damaged in the last battle.

It’s because it’s set about one tier lower than the ending weapon you can get during the main game.

However, since there is a characteristic that all sorts of buffs are added when using both at the same time in the same party, they were also called graduation items under the assumption that both are used as fixed equipment…

Because of the problem of having to fix the two of the party to a paladin and a wizard, at some point I didn’t use it well.

To be honest, the base is solid for multi-play or alt start, so it becomes too easy if you play the standard way.

Ah, my thoughts drifted to the side for a moment. Anyway, I know how great this staff is, but I can’t help but tilt my head at the word that it will be a power source.

Even though I received it because it said it would be possible, there was no option related to saving mana in the status window of the Star of Dawn in my memory.

Mana amplification, elemental magic bonuses, spatial magic bonuses, increased health and mana recovery rates, and conditional all stat buffs.

This is all the Star of Dawning options I know of.

Shouldn’t it also have a function like a mana battery to use as a power source?

The mana amplification rate is so good, so if you do well, you could have a similar effect, but… Since it’s a bound item, we won’t be able to bring out its performance.

Perhaps noticing my question, Iris stretched out her small breasts and said,

“The branches of the World Tree contain enormous vitality. If there is only the life spirit that circulates as a part of the physical body, even if it is separated from the main body like this, its power will never run out.”

“It’s a great effect, but… Life force isn’t magic. It’s mana resilience, but it can be improved.”

It must be because one of the options has a health and magic recovery boost attached.

“That’s what the owner said. However, vitality and mana are very closely related. The master must be experiencing it every day, right?”

“No way… ?”

Shake your head! Turning around to look to the side, Iona waved her V-shaped hands with a calm face.

“That’s right. I’m going to apply the magic formula of blood magic. I’m not very good at magic circles, but… Isn’t that Iris? If the two of us join forces, there will be some pretty good results, right?”

“Something like that. If I may add a little more, I have received the special protection of the high elves. Thanks to that, you will be able to assimilate with the energy of the World Tree to some extent, so the conversion will be easy.”

Iris, who said that if it works properly, it will be a better power source than the fragmented dragon heart, as Rebecca said.

It’s a method of use that focuses on the branches of the World Tree, which became the material, rather than the staff’s abilities.

It’s also an impossible method without at least one of Iris and Iona.

Perhaps Rebecca knew everything and handed over the staff.

“Then, has the magic circle problem been resolved?”

“Right. It’s impossible right now, but today will suffice.”

“Good. Then let’s move on to the next one.”

After handing the staff to Iris, I lifted the box containing the dragon heart pieces.

“I’m thinking of eating it from now on, but does anyone have a better way?”

“””…”””

“If you don’t have it, eat it right away?”

“Now, wait a minute, Master! Even though it’s a dragon heart, wouldn’t it be nice to get help from Iris-sama or Professor Iona?”

“It doesn’t seem like much, but… Still, just in case you don’t know. Huh. Iris, Professor. Can you please?”

“Leave it to me! I will help the owner to absorb it as safely as possible.”

“Yep. I will pick up as much overflow as possible, so Yandel students just focus on absorbing it completely!”

I nodded at the reassuring words of the two and looked at the pieces in the box for a while.

A sharp and transparent appearance like a crystal. However, inside, a group of five-colored lights showed off their presence by repeatedly intertwining and falling.

It doesn’t emit mana separately, but the condensed energy itself comes as a heavy pressure.

It was at this level that it was fragmented, but what kind of existence was the whole dragon heart, the dragon that is the owner of all of it?

How strong was the evil god that drove such a dragon to extinction?

Can’t even get a feel for it What’s certain is that it was on a level that couldn’t even be compared to what I am now.

You must become stronger. This piece will definitely shorten that time.

After hardening her mind on the idea of ​​going to rescue Helena, she put a piece the size of her finger into her mouth at once.

“Yes.”

The moment it touches your tongue, the dragon heart melts like a snowflake on the ground. I didn’t mean to swallow it, but it naturally went down my throat and swallowed it in a daze.

Gulp.

“… ?”

What? Is this the end?

Even when I ate the magic pills or other elixirs I ate the other day, the system calibration automatically digested them, so there was no problem.

So I thought it would be okay this time too, but… Still, it’s a dragon heart piece, so it’s absorbed so easily?

The moment I tried to contemplate the inside while tilting my head.

Pounding!

An intense burning pain felt in the chest for a moment.

Feeling as if someone had set fire to my heart, I unknowingly grabbed my chest.

“Cuck!”

At my sudden reaction, I feel the surroundings move and say something.

“Master… ! … Crab?!”
“Right… Stable from power… Turn it on!”

But the pain was so severe that I couldn’t understand it properly. The feeling that you can hear with your ears but not with your head.

Mana felt more clearly than ever. But the problem is that the mana is boiling like crazy.

The heat that started from the heart spreads throughout the body.

Could it be because of the characteristics of Lindelheit’s breathing method, in which the core is placed in the heart and the mana load is placed in the blood vessels?

The heat rises all over the body and it is difficult to even breathe.

What? What was the problem? Her dragon heart was real, judging by the enormous mana swirling through her body.

It was also a moment when she held on to her mental strings while continuing to breathe somehow with her confused head. Suddenly, a cool breeze blew from behind.

Perhaps Iris or Iona is trying to stabilize her runaway mana by infusing her mana into me.

However, there was no significant effect. The coolness that started from the back didn’t spread much and was eaten up by the heat.

The moment when I and the other women were also nervous. Mana, who had been raging as if she was going to jump out of her body at any moment, became calm in an instant.

Pounding.

And a small beating sound.

I knew it instinctively. This sound is my guide. To follow those faint whispers.

I grabbed hold of her temporarily hardened mana and pulled it desperately. To practice the lintbloom breathing method.

At first, it didn’t budge as if it were a huge rock. But as she kept tugging and tugging, she began to slowly roll away.

Pounding. Pounding.

Mana slowly found her way. Her heartbeat got louder. As if she were praising her for doing this well.

Thanks to this, he managed mana with a stronger forged will.

The mana from her heart spreads to her fingertips and toes, circulates throughout her body, until it returns to her heart.

The mana that rotated once was much more docile than before. Naturally, the operating speed is accelerated.

Pounding. Pounding. Pounding.

A heartbeat that gets louder and louder. Now I know That this is not the sound of a real heart beating.

The core… It is a resonant sound that can be heard as mana resonates with the body.

No. Conversely, it could be that the body resonates with mana. Considering the beginnings of the Lindelheit family, this would be closer to the correct answer.

In the series of flows of the Lindbloom breathing method, the intention is clearly drawn as if it could be grasped in the hand.

A genius desperate to feel and control the enormous mana that was trying to kill him. I began to understand all the processes and results one by one.

It is clear that the Lindbloom breathing method was created for people like me.

The moment you realize this. The core became one with the heart, and the mana rod melted as if overlaying the blood vessels.

It feels as if the whole body has become a magical organ.

However, it wasn’t unpleasant. Rather, it was refreshing as if I had thrown off a hard shell.

Before I knew it, the mana running through my body at a faster rate than when it first ran out of control was neither scary nor painful anymore.

Like moving her limbs, mana was completely under my control.

After the heat that had heated his body cooled down and the integrated core and mana rod were fully seated, he slowly reduced his rotation speed.

Pounding… Pounding…

The sound of a heartbeat that gradually slows down in proportion to it. The mana, which had been gradually slowing down, soon completely calmed down and returned to her heart.

A feeling of fullness in her chest. It was almost dangerous, but I opened my eyes with a twitch at the thought that I had grown up.

And the moment I saw the notification that popped up in front of her eyes, I unknowingly frowned at her.

Tring!

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【You have taken the Dragon Heart Piece (S).】

[Attribute: The effect is amplified by weakness (C).]

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“Ah!”

Was it because of you!