Chapter 276 – 22. Warrior’s Party – Blackened Mint (12)

Dragons have a very long lifespan.

Thousands of years at least. Because of that, there were not a few cases where they could not endure a long lifespan and returned to nature on their own volition. Also, if there was a major disaster on the continent, the first thing to do was the dragon.

Thanks to this, there were very few dragons that died after completely ending their lives.

The green dragon Eleniak was dissatisfied with that.

The number of dragons is already low. It is at a level where one is born every hundreds of years.

However, when a disaster strikes, it is common for two or three birds to die, and old dragons give up their lives before the end of their lives. It was a condition in which the number of objects could not be increased.

And a long sleep period.

It is a great help in enduring a boring and long life, but at the same time it also makes the dragon feel helpless. Waking up after hundreds of years of sleep and waking up right away was a very difficult thing to do.

If it was the spirit of the dragon, there was nothing difficult, but there was no reason to do so. If you just move leisurely as it flows, you will feel sleepy. Decades were enough. If you get sleepy before you get tired, you can go back to sleep.

Most of the dragons on the continent fell into indolence and languor.

“I will never do that.”

Eleniak muttered as he stretched out.

Green dragon. President of the Union Republic. The only awake dragon. An infinitely neutral dragon. Mediator of the United Republic. The guardian dragon of the different races.

All of her were words that referred to her.

The result of decades of work in order to raise the prestige of dragons and pursue the safety of the species.

No matter how the outside world judged her, Eleniac didn’t care.

Anyway, the system of the United Republic was almost complete. Some races are annoyingly revolting, so they dream of independence, but even so, they are few and weak.

Having subsumed some of her most important races of her, they were no problem for her.

“It’s about time.”

A map of the northern part of the continent spread out in one corner of the House of Representatives’ office. Several circles were drawn there. Each of the multicolored circles indicated the rarity of the sleeping dragon.

Her green eyes her turned to one place.

The first of her circle her to wake up was where her own daughter her was.

It was a place adjacent to the land of the Dezac Empire, but there was nothing to be a problem. Due to the nature of the mountain range, it is difficult to strictly identify the owner, and there is no existence that has gone so far as to dare to claim something by raising the ownership of the land in the dragon’s lair.

“Should I wait a little longer or would you like to wake up?”

Eleniak frowned as he looked at the calendar next to the map.

It’s been a while since I started living in human form to adapt to the United Republic, but the concept of time is still difficult. A month on the continent is only about one day for a dragon.

Even if there is an error of several months, they think of it as a few days. So, a few days by human standards were not even considered an error. I was confused as to whether or not her daughter would have woken up thanks to this.

“He’ll need time to wake up and come to his senses, so he won’t mind being a little late.”

I looked at the papers piled on the desk as I muttered that to the green dragon.

Because of the recent rebellion of the Lizardmen, it wasn’t a nuisance.

There were only less than 10,000 people, but it was not easy to subdue them as if someone was behind them. Until other races notice. Thanks to this, work continued to pile up, and there were setbacks in completing the United Republic system.

“I’m sure they’re the Empire bastards. Ugly trash people with a lot of greed.”

Emperor Dezac, who first felt the desire to conquer while looking at himself.

Just thinking about those eyes made me feel dirty. It was to the extent that men who felt sexual desire by looking at their beautiful appearance were much better.

“Let’s finish the paperwork and go to his daughter.”

Eleniak said that and laughed bashfully.

Now, he must have become Jackie Chan who has just escaped hatchling, but due to the nature of a green dragon, his fighting ability his is weak. Still, there was no sign of war yet, and there was a United Republic, so there was no danger to her daughter her.

“I’m looking forward to seeing you for the first time in hundreds of years.”

She was always a solemn and authoritative green dragon, but now she had the face of a mother who cared for her daughter.

“Ha, that’s a lot.”

“Whoa… Whoa…”

“Shut up, are you all okay…?”

“Maybe…”

How many hours have passed

The warrior party underestimated the dragon’s rare.

The traps were at a level that could be removed somehow, and the monsters were scattered, so it was suitable for defeating them individually. However, when the quantity increased, the story changed.

Even before dinner, they were full of confidence. It’s not that I was careless or lazy. Their emotions are more appropriately referred to as themselves, not arrogance.

But as the days went by, that thought gradually faded away.

About 12 hours after entering rare. Current time around 3:00 AM.

The warrior party was still in the middle of breaking through the rare.

“Ugh, why does this dragon live in such a deep place…”

Vilma muttered in a melancholy voice. But that was also everyone’s opinion.

It was inevitable to spend a lot of time in between. If you were looking for traps and found them, you had to dismantle them, and you had to fight monsters. Stamina and mana are not infinite, so you need to take a break.

However, the fact that the end of the cave could not be seen for more than 12 hours could only be considered as a problem. No matter how much a dragon goes in and out of a cave, it must be transformed with magic, but this depth was strange.

“Isn’t it actually a trap?”

“… Of the demons?”

“The dragon could have installed it. For humans who dream of becoming dragon slayers.”

“It’s difficult.”

I think I’ve already gone into a lot of depth, but I can’t jump to conclusions because I don’t know where the end is. However, it was not easy to go back due to sunk costs.

“It’s a total mess.”

“…”

In a tired atmosphere, Yuri suggested sleeping.

“Let’s go to sleep first.”

“What? Sleep?”

“Yes. Let’s go to bed. Without a night watch. Otherwise, I won’t be able to hold on mentally. If Vilma and I install magic and use magic tools, there won’t be a big danger. We caught all the monsters up to this point, right?”

Yuri’s words were dangerous in many ways, but no one gave a negative opinion. It was because he was so tired. Even if it means waking up in the middle, everyone in the party thought that they would rather have a good rest.

After getting ready for bed in less than 30 minutes, everyone in the party fell asleep as soon as they lay down.

‘… Everyone is asleep.’

Valdes was the only one awake.

It wasn’t even that tired of him. The body is still unfinished, but the mind belongs to a former warrior who has gone through all the battles. During the war decades ago, there was a time when I had to fight nervously all day long.

He got up quietly and got out of the camp to avoid getting caught in the alarm spell. Then, widening his senses as far as he could, he looked inside the rare.

‘If it’s too deep, I’d rather go back.’

Unless it was a trap made by demons, this rare was either for thorough protection or a trap made by dragons. If it was the latter, it would have been better in many ways to return quickly.

“It’s filthy deep.”

Since he had sealed his own power his, the range of his senses his was reduced, but if he followed only his passage his, he could reach the entrance. In other words, if I had to go in for more than 12 hours, it might have been better to give up.

“…?”

However, his winddown was not necessary until 12 hours.

“…You’re close.”

Valdes murmured softly.

At the speed at which they were moving now, it would take about 5 hours to reach the full-fledged rarity, the dragon’s nest. Five hours is an ambiguous time to go back. It was difficult to pinpoint exactly what was inside.

‘There is only one life. Is it a baby based on its size?’

The only dragon he has ever seen is the green dragon of the United Republic, so it is difficult to judge easily. Still, if it was a creature with this level of mana and presence, it was clear that it was a dragon.

“I look forward to tomorrow.”

It felt like I had a box in front of me that was guaranteed to contain the minimum amount of treasure.

Valdez recovered his spirits and headed back into camp. As long as he was not completely tired, he preferred to sleep if he could.

After sleeping later than usual, he woke up at 10:00 and saw the warriors. After going through breakfast and lunch and reorganization, we were able to start again only after the opinion came out that we should go back if the aisle continued until evening.

And, as expected by Valdez, after about five hours, they were able to face each other.

“Kwuing?”

“…”

A young dragon the size of which would be many times the size of a human.

“This…”

“This is it.”

“No, then… Boy?”

“But it’s a living thing, so that’s right.”

“But does it matter?”

“… It’s a dragon.”

“Is it a hatchling?”

No one here knew about the dragon’s ecology.

No one knew that he was a full-fledged Jackie Chan, just waking up and dreaming.

It was too big to be called a young dragon, but the appearance of a dragon with higher intelligence than a human making a squealing sound and tilting its head like a young animal was enough to think of it as a baby.

“…What do we do.”

Though they thought it was an abandoned rare, the party of warriors who did not know that they would find a living dragon fell into a state of panic. If that dragon were to go wrong, they might face the dragon before the demons.

The curse in the dragon’s blood calls for vengeance on his own people. There was also a folk legend that dragons chased after them even if they fled to the demon spirit, and among the ancient dragon slayers, some died as a result of the dragons’ revenge.

“Is this breaking even?”

“Maybe it’s ruined. You can’t even steal treasure.”

“… I guess so.”

Fiora grunted on how to report to the Vatican, and Sasha patted her on the back with her pitiful eyes.

“It’s a young dragon… It won’t recognize us as parents, will it?”

“No way.”

An episode that is likely to happen in fantasy genres as well as warriors.

Jinhyeok dreamed of becoming a hero flying in the sky riding a grown dragon, but that didn’t happen.

I didn’t watch out for them, but I didn’t follow them either.

The only dragon to show interest was Valdes.

“Wow, that’s amazing.”

“I see. Why does Valdes keep looking at me?”

“Kwuing!”

“…”

Valdez, who was often stabbed for no reason, looked at the dragon with cold sweat on his back.

It was a dragon drawn by looking at the color of its scales and eyes. And the green dragon was famous for having a special talent even though its fighting ability was weak. Usually it’s to the extent of speeding up the growth of plants, but there might be something unknown.

‘Why are you only looking at me….’

Kang Jin-hyeok, who had been quiet for a while thanks to the dragon’s bloated interest, even received a fierce glance.

The hero glered at Valdes as if he had been robbed, and he was annoyed by the attention of a human and a dragon.

Bullying Kang Jin-hyeok is fun, but even if it’s not a dragon, there are many things that can upset him.

First of all, the care she received from Fiora on the way here was enough to make Kang Jin-hyeok angry. I didn’t know how much fun it was to see him angry inside the tent.

“Why are you looking at me like that?”

Valdes muttered as he approached the dragon.

I didn’t really want an answer. I just hoped it didn’t mean anything bad.

However, the dragon kindly answered his question.

“…Dad?”

“…Ok?”

Light emanated from the dragon’s body, and everyone’s eyes focused on it.

“What?!”

“Is the whelp glowing?”

“No, more than that, didn’t the dragon just say something shocking?!’

The green light that had been brightly illuminating the inside of the rare stopped, and a girl in her late teens was sitting on the floor in the place where the dragon had been. Then she looked at Valdez and put her words into her mouth her once more.

“Are you the father?”

“?”