Chapter 347
The sudden appearance of the dragon instantly stunned me.
“A dragon… … .”
Before the birth of the Bytenor Empire.
A time when myths were still real.
There were beings who were in charge of mediating between numerous gods and protecting the balance of the world.
they are dragons
“Dragon was destroyed by the gods in the age of mythology… … I’m sure I heard that, but how… … ?”
Miss Elena muttered to herself with a shocked expression.
I was so surprised that my inner thoughts came out in words.
“… … Dangerous.”
Mimir’s expression was no different from Elena-sama’s.
He is biting his lip with a shocked expression on his face.
“If this guy is a real dragon… … There is no chance of winning.”
As Mimir said.
If this guy is a real dragon, there is no such thing as victory for us.
A monster that is the origin of the Bytenor style, the originator of black magic, origin magic, and at the same time possesses power enough to overwhelm the gods.
Defeating a dragon is too much for Master.
Right now I have no chance of winning.
“Heir. You have to run away.”
Mimir warned me to flee from this spot right now.
“If he’s still quiet… … .”
“no.”
I cut off such an urgent Mimir and said.
“There is no need for that.”
“… … Heir?”
“Because this monster is not a real dragon.”
If this monster was a real dragon, it would have had to run away as soon as it met eyes.
No, he would have ended his life as it was before he could even run away.
A dragon is a monster with that much power.
If it had been a real dragon, everyone would have been walking hand in hand and wandering through the three kingdoms without even thinking about it.
“… … Isn’t that real?”
Mimir looked in disbelief at something that looked like a dragon.
“My eyes can only see the real thing… … .”
In the books left in the Age of Mythology, the characteristics of dragons were accurately recorded.
This guy exudes the same appearance, personality, and energy as recorded in the book.
It is reasonable to conclude that Mimir is real.
In addition to that, it has the peculiarity of avoiding the detection of my eyes.
I can’t help but think it’s real.
“It’s fake.”
But no.
This guy is not a real dragon.
“No, should I say half real and half fake?”
This guy is something that imitates and reproduces dragons.
He tried to make the real thing by mixing the real thing, but in the end, he failed to reproduce everything and became a fake monster.
That’s what this guy is.
“How do you know that?”
Elena-nim asked with a genuinely curious expression.
His expression is quite sharp, as if he couldn’t completely control his surprise when he saw the dragon.
“Didn’t God’s Eye not work with this monster at all?”
“yes. It doesn’t work. I still can’t see anything.”
“I can’t see how… … .”
Can you be sure this guy is fake?
Can you accurately grasp this guy’s condition?
Elena-sama was asking that.
“They say that sometimes the invisible is more visible, right?”
Certainly, right now, my Shinan is completely incapacitated.
Some kind of energy that this guy exudes made my Shinan completely useless.
All that can be seen beyond the Shinan is black darkness.
“So I could tell.”
When I saw it from afar, it was just darkness for no reason.
Something unknown that simply doesn’t work with my eyesight.
It was nothing more and nothing less.
But up close, it was different.
Looking at it up close, I could see why my eyesight had been ruined.
In the darkness that can be confirmed with the divine eye, a slight twist gave me a realization.
“… … What are you talking about? Don’t be blunt. Please explain properly.”
As if Mimir was frustrated, he furrowed his eyebrows and brushed them off.
I met Mimir’s eyes for a moment and nodded.
“Adela’s mind’s eye and my god’s eye. The biggest difference between the two demon eyes is whether it is possible to detect through the soul or not.”
Adela’s mind’s eye cannot see the soul.
But my God’s eye can see the soul.
This is the crucial difference between the two eyes.
“The reason my demonic eye is able to detect a little deeper is because it can detect the subtle energy flowing from each individual soul.”
It’s not for nothing that Master has Gumiho as his partner.
Sensing through the soul is one of the main functions of the Shinan.
“That’s why I didn’t see it.”
“… … I still don’t know what you mean.”
I smiled at Mimir, then slowly turned my gaze to the dragon.
“To put it simply, this monster. Body and soul are different.”
“… … what?”
“yes?”
All three opened their eyes at the same time.
“Drake has a dragon soul in his body.”
That’s why this guy is not a real dragon.
Just poor drake who didn’t become a dragon.
“Drake? this one?”
Adela looked at him in disbelief.
“No matter how you look at it, his body structure is different from the Drake I know? It doesn’t even have such huge wings.”
As Adela said, this guy’s body structure is hard to see as a drake.
“that’s right. The structure of this guy’s body is the same as the structure of a dragon that has been left in the literature. This guy can’t be Drake.”
Mimir is right.
This guy’s body structure clearly has a dragon’s structure.
“It’s just that the soul’s rank was too high, and the body changed to follow the soul.”
Mimir said ‘Ah!’ It made a sound.
“Does the soul also have the proper form?”
“That’s right.”
It is one of the phrases written in the book Master left behind.
Since the soul has a form, it can only enter a body that fits that form.
It was like that.
“That’s why the structure of the body changed like a dragon.”
Mimir stared at him curiously.
“Interesting. I simply thought that the soul would not adapt to the body, that it would rupture and come to an end.”
“It usually happens that way.”
Combining different bodies and souls is like putting toy A on toy B with wrapping paper.
Most of them don’t fit the standard, which ruins the packaging.
“But isn’t Drake a being called a degraded copy of a dragon? To some extent, the standard will be correct. The fusion was possible even if forced.”
“ah… … .”
However, sometimes, there is a case where the toy B fits into the toy A.
Made by the same manufacturer, or coincidentally the same size.
The wrapping paper may be dented and punctured here and there, but somehow it is possible to wrap it.
This is the current state of the monster.
“Then why is this guy still not moving… … .”
“Luckily, fusion was possible, but there was no strength enough to move the forcibly changed body.”
That’s all that’s happened to poor Drake right now.
“okay. now i get it It is a fusion of different souls and bodies.”
Mimir nodded with an expression of understanding.
“The disparities flowing from the different bodies and souls gave confusion to the successor’s god. The result of that chaos converged into an undetectable darkness. Is it roughly like this?”
“Exactly.”
Because it has to do with the soul, my God Eye has been disabled.
Since it had nothing to do with the soul, Adela’s mind was clear.
“Something very… … It’s complicated.”
Adela, who had been quietly listening to the conversation all along, uttered a hint.
It seems that I did not understand 100% of what Mimir and I just said.
He’s making a funny face.
“still. If that’s the case, you don’t have to worry about the new eye being neutralized.”
I didn’t understand it 100%, but I think I got the gist of it to some extent.
Should I say Adela?
That’s a lot of comprehension.
“right. Being undetectable due to the separation between the soul and body doesn’t mean you can use it just because you know it.”
The possibility that Bale Stoll would act in defiance of my beliefs was gone.
I internally let out a sigh of relief.
“Now the question is… … .”
However, not everything has been resolved.
It’s just that the possibility of my new eye being neutralized is gone.
The seriousness of this incident has not changed.
“How these guys are crazy about the idea of merging soul and body… … .”
The existence of spirits has not been publicly disclosed.
This is something only a few people, myself included, know about.
How and who found out the existence of such a soul?
How did you find out, and who came up with the idea to fuse like this?
You have to figure that out.
… … and.
“Where did you get the dragon soul? These two things.”
A race that perished during the Age of Mythology.
Where did you get the dragon soul?
We need to figure this out.
“I don’t think so. It may contain an additional dragon soul.”
At that time, various difficult situations may arise.
I don’t think they can really resurrect a dragon, but if it ever happens or something like that, then it might be a real global threat.
It has to be stopped no matter what.
“Then let’s finish it soon and get out.”
“Finish?”
Adela asked again with meaning what kind of ending she was talking about.
“I have to free this poor dragon’s soul.”
I answered by pointing at the dragon staring at me from behind with the same eyes.
“Aside from being sorry, if you leave it here like this, you don’t know what the researchers will do.”
“aha.”
Hazards must be avoided in advance.
“Then are you going to kill me?”
“no. That doesn’t solve it.”
Killing it simply won’t solve it.
“Even if it’s coincidental, this guy is in a state where his body and soul are intertwined. If you kill him in this state right now, his body and soul may collide and collapse.”
And the disintegration of the soul, which has the rank of a dragon, will come to us in the name of a disaster.
That’s not going to happen.
“Even if that’s not the case, if you openly kill this guy right now, the guys in the lab will notice that there’s an intruder.”
“Ah, come to think of it, we were undercover, right? … … I forgot because it was so easy.”
Adela gave a small nod of her head with an expression of forgetfulness.
“Then what are you going to do?”
“Simple.”
I grabbed the red necklace that was still hanging around my neck.
A medium for Factio and a medium that connects Miho and me.
Covenant Stone.
“There is such a proverb. medicine to the pharmacist. My soul belongs to Miho.”
“Oh~”
The beautiful red color held my mana and shone softly.
beautiful person-!
Miho appeared with a lively cry.
“Did you have a good rest?”
Miho immediately fell into my arms.
As if she had just been asleep, large mucus hung from her eyes.
After removing the eye mucus, I stroked her hair.
As if my touch felt good, Miho let out a more tender cry.
“Sorry I was sleeping well. I called because I need your help. Can I ask you one favor?”
Miho’s ears and tail pricked up.
A rather solemn expression.
It was an expression that conveyed his will to give anything for my request.
“See that poor fellow over there?”
Miho removed his head from my arms and looked back.
And at that moment, Miho’s eyes widened.
The expression of what the hell is that.
… … .
In Miho’s expression, you can see a bit of disgust and a lot of anger.
As a guardian of the soul, it would be impossible to forgive someone who created such a terrible being.
“Please. Give that poor soul a peaceful end.”
Miho nodded with a determined expression.
It was a look that begged me to leave it alone.
Miho escaped from my arms and stood tall on the ground.
And one step, one step.
I approached something that did not become a dragon.
three steps like that.
Roaring-!
Miho’s body was engulfed in pure white fire.
“… … Miho, that. You’ve grown a lot.”
“huh. He grew up a lot.”
Miho, who reappeared like that, has become a decent divine being.
It gently wags its seven tails and walks gracefully.
… … !
In the meantime.
Miho’s body trembled.
A reaction as if greatly surprised by something.
“Is it Miho?”
Miho’s body stiffened.
He looks like he’s scared of something.
A feeling of uneasiness crept in.
and.
“no way… … .”
That anxiety soon became a reality.
I slowly raised my head.
oh oh oh oh oh-!!
The dragon, which should not be able to move, was moving.
