Chapter 288 – Legacy

Right after I accepted all of Fafnir’s last traces into my body.

Color returned to the gray world and time began to flow again.

The notification that went off right before the scenery of the past overlapped and finally vomited out its contents.

Tring!

[Attribute: Origin Return (S) Acquisition!]

The last fragment Fafnir had spoken of penetrated my body.

I could guess what kind of effect it was from the name, but I’ll have to check it out first.

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【Return to Origin (S)】

You have realized your own origins!

A dragon in human form. That’s you

You have recognized and understood this, and it has been acknowledged by you, not you.

Now you can briefly return to origin if need be.

But be careful.

No matter how you claim to be the rightful heir, the dragon’s power is not for nothing.

Be careful not to be swallowed by the prayer.

-Yonginhwa available

-Increases all abilities when Yonginhwa is active

– Temporary creation of exclusive attributes when Yonginhwa is active

-Status Abnormality in Proportion to Yonginhwa Active Time: Increased Chance to Frenzy

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Is it the dragon version of sign language, which is an attribute exclusive to the beast race?

The effect is as expected.

Of course, I don’t know how strong it will be with this alone, and I’m worried that it can go into a frenzy if I use it for a long time… It’s more detailed. You can find out by writing it yourself.

Rather, now is the time to cool down the complicated head with all the information pouring in at once.

Fafnir’s last years, what he left behind, how I came to this world, what I have to do in the end, the warning that there is no other way, the subtleties of the fact that I was actually a chimera, and so on.

It’s also a while to organize random thoughts that come to mind.

A voice that I hadn’t heard in a long time tickled my ears.

“Me, master?”

“… Huh?”

“Did something happen? You suddenly became dazed…”

“Ah.”

While looking at the records left by Fafnir, it seemed like they were just standing around.

“Are you okay. It’s because I have something to think about. By the way, Carla, do you know how long I’ve been like this?”

“Well? Is it about 30 seconds?”

“Thirty seconds…”

While having a short conversation with Fafnir’s thoughts at the end. I was able to look around for a moment, but everything stood still as if time had stopped.

Maybe time didn’t really stop, but my mind accelerated enough to feel that way.

He smiled at Carla, who was worried, and unexpectedly pulled her soft cheek.

“Hey! Jyu-nim?”

“It’s really not a big deal, so don’t be too hard on yourself. Just… It just reminded me of the old days.”

“Ah…”

To be precise, should I say that I came to know about the past, or should I say that I came to see it. It’s not a lie anyway.

Well, this time too, Karla’s expression darkened a little because she misunderstood it on her own.

Come to think of it, my origins, which I have lied to all this time, were a lie, but it was not a lie.

Perhaps the fragment of Fafnir’s soul whispered the truth to me, and I unconsciously covered it with the contents.

Like when I was playing H&A for the last time and suddenly I wanted to play Archmage.

When I first realized this, I was reluctant to think that I was being manipulated… Let’s think about it, but it wasn’t.

The fragment of Fafnir’s soul attached to me was strong compared to its size, but in the end it was a small fragment.

It is not like a hypnosis application, all it can do is infuse a brief flash of light into an ordinary person who has no power.

It’s impossible for me now, who’s grown a lot since I was just learning magic.

Maybe after a little more time, he will be absorbed by me at all?

I nodded inwardly and let go of Carla’s cheek.

“I remembered that it was a long time ago. There is something I want to check for a while, so would you all follow me?”

“To?”

Carla grabbed one of her cheeks and blinked her ruby ​​eyes. Then, not long after, she took a deep breath.

“Hup! No way… Are there secret passages or hidden rooms, Master?”

“Oh? That’s correct. How did you know?”

As if to compliment her, she stroked Carla’s hair.

“Lol.”

Then, as if she had been depressed when, Carla was wriggling with a careless expression.

Iris, who quietly stood side by side with Karla, raised her tiptoe and pushed the crown of her head towards her, asked.

“O master. If it’s a hidden room… Could it be that Fafnir’s real treasure is hidden?”

“Treasure?”

With her other hand, she gently touched Iris’ head as well, and she nodded.

“A treasure is a treasure. It might be a little different from what I thought.”

“?”

Iris tilted her head as if she was not sure. But she thought she would find out soon anyway, so she quietly closed her eyes and began to enjoy my touch on her.

Seeing Iris nodding her head in the same direction as he stroked her hair, he patted the top of her head a couple of times before removing her hand.

She shrugged at Iris, who looked somewhat dissatisfied.

“Don’t be too sad. This is the treasure that Iris will most likely like.”

“… Do you have any primordial jewels?”

Primordial jewel. It wasn’t really created in the beginning, but it’s a gem that is pure enough to think so and has enormous attribute magic.

This is not even available at auction. Three of them are kept in the Imperial family of the Levantine Empire, and one is kept as a national treasure in the Kingdom of Alfheim.

Since it is such a rare gem, Fafnir once collected it like crazy.

Thanks to that, in all the records, it was written that Fafnir’s treasure house had different types of primordial jewels. But…

“I had it, but I wrote it all down.”

“To?”

While building my body, I consumed all the primordial jewels I had collected by type.

The elemental affinity that I had from the beginning is a characteristic that came about that way.

Opening her mouth, she handed the hardened Iris to Elisha and strode across her lair.

Unlike simply looking through the screen, I learned everything about this rare by looking at Fafnir’s memories.

For example, there are too many treasures I have collected, so I use most of the rare as a living space and treasure chest, but I have a separate laboratory.

Corner of lair. Now, the paint is almost peeled off, and I stood in front of a mural with only faint colors remaining.

Elisha, who was standing next to me, twitched her long ears as if she was concentrating.

“Um… I also don’t feel anything. But there is something, you?”

“Uh. I’ll open it right now, so step back for a moment.”

I put my hand on the dusty wall. Only then did I feel a vague sense of incongruity.

Even with mana-friendly characteristics and mana of the same nature, he could only detect this much.

Marveling at Fafnir’s concealment magic, he recalled the original image of the half-erased mural.

A huge black dragon descends from the sky, and on the ground, human elves and dwarves evenly mix and bow.

It’s a picture that a dragon with strong self-love would like, but… What should be noted here is the appearance of those who prostrate themselves.

There was one person from each race, with their backs bowed but their heads stiff.

At the same time, mana flowed towards that location.

Ugh-

The entire wall vibrates and a thick layer of dust begins to fall.

The secret door that opened only when Fafnir’s magical power flowed into the correct location began to open in front of me, who had inherited everything from Fafnir.

Dreuk. Dripping…

The wall slowly descends with the sound of stone scraping. At the same time, a laboratory that even the cultists who robbed the place once did not discover appears.

“And…”
“Behind the mural. Sometimes nobles hid secret safes behind picture frames.”
“Yep. The scale is large, but I wonder if this feels like that too?”

The mural completely went down to the floor while the women watching from behind whispered.

The moment you take a step towards the dark interior, a bright light turns on and illuminates the inside of the laboratory.

The overall atmosphere is pure white and clean. However, the tank that filled all the walls contained body parts of all kinds of creatures.

In the center, there is a case round like an egg and something like a huge press connected to it.

It looks like a crazy wizard’s workshop.

I know that this is a trail for Fafnir to make his successor, but I wonder if it was a bit grotesque in the eyes of others. The excited party flinched at once.

At the same time, it’s a little cute because it’s like that.

The first place I headed to with a smile was the only place covered with dirt in a lab full of all kinds of magic tools and specimens.

As I carefully dug up the soil, it wasn’t long before I felt the hard touch of my fingertips.

It was too heavy to lift by hand, so I took them out one by one using psychokinesis magic and laid them down on the floor.

3 large metal coffins. When I put my hand on one of them and lightly apply magic power, the lid opens automatically.

A lizard corpse preserved in pure white smoke… So, I drew the sign of the Church of Light for the Clone Dragon that Fafnir had created in the first place, and in some ways could be called my brother.

“It’s good, but go… I will use the rest of my body.”

Sorry.

But honestly, is it too much of a waste?