Episode 207
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When the cave was collapsed.
To prevent the dragon from getting hurt, Elric set up a barrier with several layers of magic fields around it.
The dragon’s breathing was almost completely cut off due to excessive bleeding.
I had to be as careful as possible because if I received even the slightest shock, my remaining breath might be cut off.
and.
While Herman and Sailor dealt with the demon lords, Elric moved back to where the dragon was.
Scum!
Scum!
The sight of such a large dragon breathing heavily seemed pitiful.
【Mer… ice… thing.】
This was all the dragon said even when it met Elric.
『It’s completely delicious, isn’t it?』
Originally, this dragon was not in very good condition.
Because he was trapped in a cave for a long time, he lost his powers and was in a state where he was going in and out of reason.
It was no exaggeration to say that he had degenerated into a mere monster.
In the meantime, he met Elric and was barely able to continue the conversation, and it seemed like whatever reason he had maintained during the fierce battle with Leda had completely collapsed.
『I don’t think I’ll be able to find out anything like this.』
Mephisto walked around the dragon and clicked his tongue.
The conclusion he reached was very simple.
Recovery is not possible.
『These lizards have always loved shiny things, so I wondered if they could get something like that. From the looks of it, it looks like he is broke in that respect as well.』
Mephisto, who had advised Elric to learn the mantra, could only grumble.
however.
『… hmm?”
At this point, Elric, who should have responded, said nothing.
I wonder why, but I’m just looking in that direction.
Elric narrowed his eyes and stared at the dying dragon. The dragon’s huge pupils were already out of focus.
[Mephi.]
“why?”
[How big is the dragon’s mental world?]
『What kind of idiot… you! What kind of useless thing are you planning to do again?』
Mephisto’s expression became astonished.
It was because he sensed what Elric was thinking.
Now Elric was thinking about the possession of this dying dragon!
To be precise, it should be seen as assimilation, or sympathy, or resonance, rather than possession.
In any case, the intention was to peek into the dragon’s conscious world in the same way as by possessing Nahatram’s ghost and imitating his skills and insight.
But in Mephisto’s eyes, it was crazy.
『No matter how injured it is, a dragon is a dragon. It is a dragon with a status that even most low-level gods cannot match! However, no matter how many times you have fallen into failure after failure, you, who have not yet sensed such a dragon as breaking away from it or transcending it, are you going to take a peek at its cross-section?』
The dragon’s world of consciousness is like an infinite sea. However, Elric’s consciousness as a human is just a small stream compared to that.
Mephisto’s thought was that no matter how Mervinger it was, it would disappear without a trace if it were swept away by the sea.
but.
Elric showed no signs of giving up at all.
[Do you remember when Mephie and I were assimilated before?]
When I was in the black snow field. This refers to a phenomenon that occurred when a baby demon deeply rooted in Prime Minister Norus was pulled out and eaten.
At that time, Elric was able to glimpse aspects of Mephisto’s past. Even if it was only for a moment, Mephisto’s thoughts, senses, consciousness, and information were all felt as if they were his own work.
And it seemed like Mephisto had also glimpsed another side of Elric. Even though she didn’t tell me what she saw, I could tell that she had looked very deep inside.
『Why then?』
Mephisto frowned as if it was unpleasant to think about, but Elric paid it no mind and continued talking.
[Was I safe back then?]
『Do you think that then and now are the same? At the time, it was only a moment, but now we are going to thoroughly search through the dragon’s consciousness!』
[no. It will be okay.]
“this person… !』
[Did you forget that the magic stone I have also doubles as a dragon heart? It will work out somehow.]
Elric seemed to think that there would be absolutely nothing wrong with him. His hand holding the magic sword hanging around his neck tightened.
Mephisto was impressed as he looked at Elric.
[Are you worried?]
『What are you worried about? You’re doing that because you can clearly see that if you make a mistake, even your own king will be swept away!』
[Hehe. Replying to @Alexander All right.]
『This guy!』
Is it some kind of illusion that Mephisto’s appearance reflects Sean, who is always irritated by himself?
Elric somehow felt that it was not an illusion.
‘The devil is worried about Mervinger. It’s the end of the world.’
Until we first got tangled up with Mephisto, we were anxious to figure out how to devour each other.
Perhaps because we had the same goal and had been working together for a long time, we seemed to have developed a sense of kinship without realizing it.
[Anyway, I’ll be back soon. Please take a good look outside.]
“Do as you will! Anyway, you won’t listen to King Bon’s advice.』
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Elric had a faint smile on his face, but then his expression turned solemn and he knelt down on one knee.
I placed my hand on the head of the dragon, who looked as if he would stop breathing at any moment.
‘You said you’ve been waiting for me for a long time. Please tell me what that means and what a prophecy is.’
【mail… le… Binger… !】
With those thoughts.
“【Show me】.”
That moment.
Hwaaaaaaa!
Numerous afterimages quickly passed before Elric’s eyes.
Meanwhile.
『Did you say Usden?』
Mephisto muttered something unintelligible as he looked at Elric, who had begun to join in.
When I aligned myself with Elric. Someone he had ‘seen’ deep in Elric’s subconscious kept coming into his sight.
Although I didn’t know exactly who he was at the time.
Now that I had spent a lot of time with Elric, I now knew who he was.
『Mervinger, whom this king does not know. What on earth are you thinking?』
* * *
Elric was almost beside himself with numerous afterimages passing before his eyes.
My vision became dizzy here and there. Everything was spinning and all senses were useless.
Even my sense of space and direction were distorted, making it difficult to distinguish front, back, and sides. I felt motion sick and dizzy.
It was so difficult to just hold on to reason.
Only then did I understand what Mephisto’s warning meant, that I would be nothing more than a piece of a shipwreck floating in the open sea.
In the turbulent world of the dragon’s consciousness, Elric was nothing more than a tiny fragment that would have been shattered into pieces without a trace if he had been swept away by mistake.
-I am. I’m waiting.
-I hope he comes.
-Hopefully he will come as promised.
-I don’t know how long I waited.
-I lost my authority. The status has collapsed. Now the country even disappears.
-I, who was a great dragon, who flew through the sky and stepped on the earth, is slowly being forgotten.
-It’s becoming nothing more than a trivial thing.
-Still, you have to wait… .
While countless wishes and earnest wishes are mixed together like a whirlpool.
In it.
Elric was able to see the section he wanted.
-Great Dragon King! I will join you too! We are with you! Please help protect your fallen comrades!
In the now collapsed dragon’s nest.
The dragon was looking at another dragon that was much larger than itself.
However, the appearance of the new dragon was all too familiar to Elric. It was a sight I could never forget.
‘Jewel Dragon!’
He was the owner of the nest that Elric first discovered, and he was the one who helped cure his arrhythmia during his first encounter with Mephisto.
He, who was said to be the last remaining dragon king, was looking down at the very young guardian dragon of the Borfur tribe.
The emotion contained in that gaze was sadness.
Before leaving the final battlefield, I feel sorry for my descendants who will lose all their compatriots and be left alone on this land.
-Can not be done. Don’t you know that it can’t be done? You must stay here and protect our children.
-This egg has already lost its warmth! Don’t you know that you can’t wake up again! But, I’m the only one left here… !
-no. Those children are just sleeping for a while for the distant future.
-Dragon King! Still saying that… !
-Mervinger. All you have to do is Mervinger come.
-If you mean Mervinger, who is still roaming around in that land, then it’s too late! They have already lost all their old covenants! Haven’t they lost all the power they had back in the day!
-It’s not lost. You forgot.
-Isn’t that what it is!
-no. different. Because they will get it back someday.
Jewelryong’s strong faith was evident.
That made the Guardian Dragon’s chest feel tight. It feels like talking to a wall. No matter how much he talked about it, it seemed that Jewelry Dragon would never accept his ideas. That whirlwind of intense emotions was conveyed to Elric as well.
‘egg?’
Then, Elric belatedly discovered three eggs lying at the dragon’s feet.
Things that only appear to be solid stones on the outside.
One was red, one was blue, and the last one was gray.
‘Dragon’s egg… .’
Elric came to his senses.
If what Jewelryong said is true.
It means that the dragon has endured for a long time to protect those eggs.
Exciting!
Exciting!
If those three eggs are still left… ?
As his thoughts reached that point, Elric couldn’t help but focus even more on their conversation.
-So wait. They are our founders. One day, I will awaken the oath I forgot again.
The Jewel Dragon left without saying anything to the Guardian Dragon.
The guardian dragon gritted his teeth as he watched his comrades disappear into the western mountains where the sun was setting, filling the sky in the distance.
Even though he could not join them on their final journey, he still felt that he had to protect their last secret wish at all costs.
Although he was still doubting the true meaning of what Jewelryong said.
Even so, he couldn’t let his three remaining descendants disappear.
So from then on.
The guardian dragon had to wait repeatedly with no promise at all.
It’s snowing.
Spring is coming.
Summer came and went.
Autumn passes by.
Many times I wish winter would fall again.
As time went by endlessly, the guardian dragon slowly grew tired. The long years of swamp took a lot from him.
My toenails fell off and my teeth chattered. His eyes darkened, and the skin on his wings became tattered.
The eyes that could have glimpsed the providence of the world have long since closed. His head, which was a treasure trove of knowledge, did not open properly and he often lost his reason and sense of self.
The life of a race that had lost its power and was in decline was so miserable.
-why… Even though such a long time has passed… no one… .
Still, the Guardian Dragon held on and held on.
If it weren’t for the three eggs, it was a tedious wait that I would have given up on. Of course, the three eggs had long since turned into fossils without being able to find warmth, but the last remaining attachment continued to hold him on this earth.
Then one day.
‘He’ has come.
-Are you Arowana, the guardian dragon of the Borfur tribe?
A human man wearing a deeply hooded hood.
He was holding a long staff in one hand, so it was clear at a glance that he was a wizard.
-You… Who is it?
-I am.
The man slowly took off his hood.
At that moment, Elric’s eyes widened as he watched.
Even at the Academy. Because there was a face I saw in the arrangement.
‘Grandfather!’
-My name is.
-My name is Ousden Mervinger.
Wizard who swallowed talent
