Chapter 284 – Traces (2)

Fortunately, we were able to find our destination without any problems.

I stumbled a little in detail, but it was so wide, and it was a place where many similar rocky mountains rose up, so everyone thought so.

“Here.”

“… Are you the owner? Isn’t this a simple cliff?”

Looking up at the rocky wall rising high into the sky, Iris blinked her blue eyes.

Even though it was a simple plaza, Iris had a great desire for magic, so it seemed that she was quite interested in the legacy of the dragon.

She even tried using detection magic just in case, but in the end she couldn’t find anything and tilted her head.

She giggled at the appearance of a puppy that had just come out of the world and gave additional explanations.

She said, “Everyone of her has installed a transition door leading to the inside near her lair, but she doesn’t have to make a big entrance, right? She hid it to avoid trouble.”

“There wasn’t anything caught by the detection magic.”

“That’s right, Iris, you’re still a high-ranking mage, and the one who hid this is a dragon who has reached the rank of a great mage.”

“…”

Iris pouting her lips as if she was being sarcastic. However, she nodded as if she was convinced.

That’s a little cute. As she pokes her lips with her fingertips, she turns her head to and fro, Iris making her snort.

“Yes… Huh…”

I don’t know what it says, but it doesn’t escape, and it doesn’t seem to hate it, seeing as only its head is shaking.

It’s been a while since I’ve been playing with Iris like that. Helena, who was next to her, came close to me, she asked.

“I… Brother? If you came even though you knew her entrance was hidden, that means you also knew how to get in, right?”

“Sure. In fact, it’s no wonder that Iris couldn’t detect her, because strictly speaking, she didn’t even make an entrance.”

Create an entrance and hide it. Of course, in order to do that, you first have to dig the entrance, dig a passage leading to the plaza, and cast a concealment spell that is always maintained on top of it.

How cumbersome and inefficient is this method? There is no need to spend such effort on an entrance that is not used well in the first place.

When it comes to dragons, you can apply any number of simpler methods.

“For example, if you recite a certain spell in a certain place, the transfer magic will be automatically activated and you will be moved inside.”

“Oh oh… ! You’re reciting that incantation from now on!”

“That’s it.”

Helena’s eyes twinkled uncomfortably as she held her hand in front of her chest and looked up.

She didn’t know much, but she seems to like this very much.

She shrugged her shoulders at Helena and looked up at her cliff.

Originally, after hearing rumors about Fafnir’s rares, he rolled around, and eventually learned about the existence of the Dragon Council the moment he was about to give up after realizing that all dragon’s rares are in places that are difficult for people to approach.

A password that can be found by tracing the ancient documents hidden inside a specific dungeon and the traces left by dragons.

Using this, the original flow is to go over to Fafnir’s rare at once.

It’s a quest that incited users’ resentment because the reward was so subtle in a subject with such a cumbersome and grandiose quest line…

You did a good job clearing it though. Thanks to that, I was able to skip all these processes and get only the results.

“I know. All one Azdaha.”

I know it’s a word that roughly praises their race, but I don’t know exactly what it means.

But even if you didn’t know the meaning, the effect was clear.

Cooong-

At the same time as a dull echo, I thought the surroundings vibrated lightly.

That was it.

There was neither the subtle motion sickness felt when moving to Iona’s teleport, nor the sparkling magic light.

Just when she came to her senses, at some point, the scenery around her suddenly changed.

Everyone put on a blank look at the space movement without any sense of incongruity, but soon nodded in front of the name Dragon and looked around.

The ceiling is so high that it is hard to believe that it is inside a rocky mountain. Its surface was densely studded with glowing ores, which acted as soft lighting.

What about the sides there? The lighting on the ceiling is not very bright, but it was enough to illuminate the surroundings, so I was able to look at the end of the cavity…

Far. Really far away It was difficult to walk back and forth, and the space was large enough to require active use of magic.

Although the peak we entered was the biggest one in the area, it wasn’t this big.

It’s probably a space expansion spell.

“Here…”

“Oh? I didn’t feel it at all from the outside, but the mana here is a bit unusual.”

“Probably, as the owner said, it is the reverberation of a transfer door somewhere here. Didn’t magic tools use extremely refined magic for their stability?”

“That’s right. Normally, it’s weak, so I don’t pay much attention to it, but magic tools with high output show up right away like this. Remember, if you feel like this during a war, you should run away right away!”

No, why is the ending bloody?

Still, it’s a useful TMI, so I decided to remember it properly.

The party was looking around the square, which was needlessly wide and majestic because it was tailored to the size of the dragon’s body.

Karla tugged at my sleeve and asked, probably getting tired of it because the scale was too big.

“Master, master. There seems to be nothing here. Where should I go?”

“We have to go to the entrance where the Dragon Council was held. I know the direction, but… It’s a long way, so let’s fly.”

Since everyone is more than a skilled mid-level wizard, flying magic shouldn’t be a problem.

“Brother? What should I do? If I borrow the power of the righteous Gwangmyeong-nim, I can run at the same speed as you are flying.”

“… I will take Helena with me.”

“I didn’t mean to say that, but I won’t decline.”

Helena, who was not sure what to do with her cheeks wrapped around her and was either ashamed or delighted, was brought to her.

Back.

A soft, voluminous feel that touches the upper body. Reassuring warmth. And the smell of a woman wafting through the air.

Even though they have the same body, Solari naturally laughs at the feeling different from when she was strong.

“Why is that, brother?”

“No, nothing. Is the righteous Kwangmyeong still busy?”

“Ugh. That’s it…”

Helena, who was speechless, whispered in her ear.

“Actually, he’s already returned, but he keeps asking me to switch with him, so I’m pretending not to know.”

“…”

Can I still be a saint?

I looked at her with a puzzled expression, but Helena just took her hand and led it around her own waist.

“… I’ll do the same later, so please tell me not to be too angry.”

“Even now, everyone is listening, so there is no need for me to convey it.”

-Excuse me. You both seem to have forgotten about my existence?

Voices and tickling vibrations coming from directly below. Her startled Helena pulled her medallion out from between her own breasts, and she turned it onto her back.

– I’m really sad…

Signaling Clara’s grunt, she took off, kicking her ground in unison.

It didn’t take long for her to reach her teleportation gate.

***

“Ugh. It was sooner than I thought.”

“I know. I feel like the space moved with us, independent of the way we moved… That’s right?”

“It was the way I saw it too. I think it’s probably a principle that responds to the will and assists movement.”

“This this. I’ve heard of it! I heard that a dragon’s size makes it impossible to fly, but overflowing mana makes it possible by responding to the will? They say it’s some kind of primitive magic, but isn’t this like that?”

Iona running around with one hand raised. Every time that happened, he nodded his head as he watched the bloodsucking bag shake.

It’s always worthwhile to give blood.

“Well, whatever the principle, it was convenient anyway. Anyway, this is the entrance to the Dragon Council and… It’s a transfer door that leads to each elder’s rare.”

He dropped Helena off and looked at the structure in front of her.

A huge and ornate gate nestled in the center. And 100 small doors surrounding it.

The door leading to the Dragon Council is large enough for even a giant to pass through, and is densely studded with all sorts of complex shapes and expensive-looking jewels.

Of course, it’s been 300 years since it’s been closed, and it’s probably going to stay closed forever.

I want to dismantle it and sneak a peek at the ingredients, but… If it did, it exploded right away and the annihilation ending popped up.

Of course, I don’t know if that’s still the case now that it’s a reality, but there’s no reason to risk it.

At least not since one of us has become an archmage.

“It’s not that big door we need to focus on, it’s the small doors around it.”

“… Did that all lead to dragon rare, Master?”

“To be precise, it is the front yard of Dragon Lair. And now most of them won’t even work.”

Unlike the entrance to the Dragon Council, which was made with great care, and the internal transfer function that does not require any special management, the transfer door is a relatively rough-and-tumble and delicately structured magic tool.

Normally, when the dragons periodically crossed over, maintenance and repairs were done, so there was no problem… If left unattended for 300 years, it will inevitably break down.

In fact, most of the portals were broken as if they had exploded, or were half melted.

However, there was an exception, Fafnir’s transfer door.

Even now, the doors of the glorious Dragon Council are firmly closed and cannot be opened, and the facilities that were called state-of-the-art at the time are closer to being relics.

The transfer door leading to Fafnir’s lair was still emitting purple magic light.

I don’t know why. Because the information about why only Fafnir’s transfer gate was working was not shown in the game.

… Maybe you’ll find out through this hidden piece.

“Whoa.”

He sighed lightly and reached out for the legacy left by the once-great dragon.

Pop!

?

What. I haven’t even touched it yet.