Chapter 508. Unidentified Area (4) + Dragon City (1)
“Let’s ask why. Why are you refusing’?”
If there’s no reason, it’s like losing a few and going again.
If there’s a good reason, it’s going to take a few hits and start again.
If you’re halfway there, you’ll lose a few and move on.
Okay.
All for world peace.
So I will hold back the tears that won’t come out and grab the Hogu Dragon by the collar.
“You dare to bring humans into the land where your compatriots live. joy! Do you think you will tolerate it?”
“Yongnaaaaaap?”
I smiled brightly and clenched my fists.
Even if you don’t talk, you know?
“…And it’s hard to imagine that your countrymen will accept your visit.”
“Hmm? I expected there would be a backlash… but is that enough?”
Dragons are mostly arrogant regardless of the world.
Even if there are guys who can communicate, they are either geeks or pretending to be.
“Is that enough?”
“Especially because of that monstrous person from a thousand years ago, I know that people have a lot of distrust in humans….
By that monster, you’re probably referring to Harial.
Was the dragon also damaged by him in the past?
But if that’s the case, why… are the leylines manipulated through them?
Again, if you don’t go directly, it won’t be solved.
“If you still want to go?”
“…What is the reason?”
Delnef didn’t seem to be disgusted as if he had noticed something, but on the contrary wanted to hear the reason.
“I don’t see the need for you to obsess over it.”
“That’s right… I’m not interested in those lizard nests… I’m interested in the treasure that might be there.”
“What?”
“no. Anyhow I want to go there. The influence of the monster you speak of may have affected them.”
You can’t placate him by just hiding it.
I told Delneph why I wanted to go there.
Continental mobile gun and the strange flow that causes it is passing through there.
And even that the cause is presumed to be the work of the monster you speak of.
Having said that, Delnef couldn’t just refuse.
“So, I think going is the surest way to solve it?”
“Even if that’s the case… Ummm… No, if that’s the case, no one will be able to bring it in.”
stubborn
I’m afraid someone might not be a lizard, so it’s not normal for me to be stubborn.
I can’t.
So let’s go ahead and intimidate.
are you okay. It always happens.
“good. Then tell Kania noona.”
“?…”
What?”
Delnef glared at me with eyes saying, ‘What bullshit is this guy talking about?’
Know.
Even after that, noona comes to visit you from time to time and harasses you?
Well… it sounds like you’re asking him to help you train, not as a bully, but as a dragon.
There’s no way I wouldn’t know that they come from time to time.
At first, Delnef refused whatever his sister said.
My sister gave him a superpower that was hard to refuse.
paid right away.
Instead of matching them, they pay the price.
Yes… Even if it seems so, Kania noona is from a princess.
Actually, I do have some talent.
…Well, it seems that he was influenced by me in half.
Before that, this guy who was swayed by money was just a hogu.
is he really stupid?
“If my sister knew about it, would she stay still? You’re going to ask me to go there with you right away? Whoop whoop whoop.”
“You bastard…
Delneph gritted his teeth as if he was angry.
“Choose. Will you officially guide me on all fours? Or will I go in there with my sister?”
“Your compatriots will be happy to see you. When you see someone being swayed by a mere human.”
As I smirked and teased him, Delnef growled, shaking his shoulders in resentment.
It’s an energy that would make a normal human being stiff, but to me it’s not even as good as a cat purring.
No, even cats are cute.
This guy isn’t cute, so it doesn’t work at all.
“So what?”
There is no need to hear an answer.
okay. This secures the guide and mediator.
To Dragon City (1)
In the end, the visit to the unidentified area was decided to be an unofficial visit.
This is because the conditions could not be met properly.
It takes time to officially pursue it.
Not sure if we’ll have enough time for that.
And if they rush in, the range of my actions is limited when I need to.
So, for this first visit, the three of us, Shen, and Delneph, who was on a leash as guide, decided to visit only the elite.
After we teleported to the vicinity of the border to the unidentified area.
After that, I decided to ride on the back of this hogu dragon.
I want to teleport to the depths, but from what I can see, there’s something like a barrier.
You can break it.
But if that were the case, a serious conversation with them would be impossible.
The purpose is not intrusion, but investigation and dialogue.
So even if it’s annoying as much as possible, I chose a moderate way.
“. It’s definitely a place where no human foot has reached for hundreds of years.”
I murmured as I glanced down from Delnef’s back to the ground.
Perhaps because it is untouched by human hands, this area is literally a dense forest like a jungle.
And just as much, the energy of nature is strong.
hmm? It’s a fresh wild energy.
“It’s all wild animals.”
And sometimes you see monsters.
If so, could that be food for dragons?
“Come to think of it, what form is the dragon staying here? Did you even make a village?”
[…I don’t know.]
Delnef was silent for a moment, as if he was disapproving of something, then replied.
I don’t think I’m pretending not to know because I’m upset.
“I don’t know?”
[I refused the invitation of my compatriots to move and remained in the land. So I don’t know about this place. How are your compatriots doing? Or how many are left.]
“Haven’t you ever gone back?”
[…never.]
Hmm, is there a reason?
For some reason, he seems to be uncomfortable with going back to his hometown.
Heck, even humans sometimes feel embarrassed to go back to their hometown.
That doesn’t mean that the thing he hated so much at the time was simply disapproving of outsiders.
Runaway then?
Then, if things go back like this, will Delnef get slapped on the back by someone?
No, because it’s a dragon, is it hitting it with its tail?
It’s just the same stupid thoughts.
Actually, I wasn’t too curious about Delneph’s work, so I decided not to bother.
What I’m curious about more than that.
“Why did you have to move to this land?
Is there some other reason?”
If it’s purely about the dragon’s life, it’s a little interesting.
Of course I don’t know at all.
If I had to ask, the areas of expertise I knew well were where to hit him to make it hurt and where to hit him so that he could hunt cleanly.
The ecology of each creature in the world is slightly different.
How about just being here right now?
A massive migration of dragons.
Considering that they’re usually people in the corner of the room who don’t come out of their own rare, it’s something I’m interested in enough.
But Delneph is silent.
It’s not like you pretended not to hear me.
Perhaps you are worried
“Is it something you can’t say?”
[It’s a pity, but I don’t know the exact reason because it’s not the generation at that time. I was just told that it is desirable not to intervene and not contact humans as much as possible.]
“Hmm??????
Anyway, there are many things to ask of the other dragons, so it doesn’t matter.
What I’m concerned about is a different issue.
‘I’m not sure if I’ll have a proper conversation with them…’ I can’t predict what kind of attitude they will be and what kind of position they will be in.
Depending on the time, the return from this visit may be quite bloody.
For now, Delnef has a position, so I have no intention of being that cruel.
At the very least, he was thinking of not shedding blood as much as possible if it flowed in a bad direction.
teacher.”
At that moment, Shen, who had been staring around silently behind me, called me.
“What is Shen?”
Aren’t you in a hurry to go to the bathroom? It’s between guys anyway. Just solve it in moderation behind me.
But for just that reason, this guy won’t call me.
“There is one thing I am concerned about.”
“What is it?”
“Is it okay for you to empty the territory yourself?”
“Aha… was it like that?”
understood.
I left my alter ego behind as an alibi and to grasp the real-time situation, but compared to the main body, it is infinitely weaker.
“It would have been fine if I had just come. Or wouldn’t it have been better for you to take turns with me after that?”
“Shen, I know what you’re worried about.”
They’re probably worried about what will happen to the manor after they’re both gone.
The owner and the one who can reliably protect the land from the enemy leaves.
know.
I’m on the fence about that too.
“At least not for now.
I was convinced of that, so I came out myself.”
“Is that so?”
“He’s plotting something, and he doesn’t easily touch my temper when he’s in the process of doing it now. Even if I were in his position, it would be the same.”
“Inviolable… is that?”
“No, it’s a little different from that.”
I scratched my cheek, pondering for a moment how to explain.
“For example, what would he do to my house? So do you think I’ll stay still?”
Shen was silent.
Sure enough, isn’t that the reason why this disciple, who lived quietly in the eastern continent, came all the way here?
“Never stay still.”
It’s an excuse to say it’s annoying now, but I don’t move as much as I have a fence that I have to protect.
But no? Or is it gone for some reason?
If that’s the case, there’s no reason to stay still.
If you’re determined, you can really just go out.
There’s no reason why I have to keep this place.
We’re just helping each other to live better.
But what if that fence breaks down?
Then I don’t even care
It can also show you what a real madman is like.
“He can’t touch me at this point, unless we all want to go to hell. Maybe in a while, but at least not now.”
“I can’t be careless though.”
The world has what ifs.
It usually comes down to that what-if.
I’ve been bitten by that if too.
That’s why at least I thought of a countermeasure policy.
If anything, I plan to immediately stop investigating here and return there.
“And Shen. My estate is not that weak.”
I don’t remember building a house out of straw so flimsy that it would fall apart if I didn’t pamper it.
Still, I think I’ll have to suffer in the end.
Because he won’t be able to handle anyone else but me.
‘Though that’s a headache.’
Ha ha…. My darling.
Who wouldn’t kill him instead of me?
“So at least when I can move without worrying about my surroundings, I have to move myself.”
“okay. I understand, sir.”
Shen nodded and stopped asking for concern.
While we were talking, Delnef, who picked us up, began to lower the altitude slightly.
