The best guide (1)
He lived alone for nearly 500 years.
He witnessed with his own eyes the prosperity and downfall of the dragons that ruled the world, and also survived the humiliation of the newly opened era of humans.
[Sarnus! Remember the oath you made to me!]
Surviving is proof.
Proof that my existence is not consumed for the sake of others in this world of eat and be eaten.
The oldest dragon named Sarnus, who survived like this, was also a being who had built up a reputation of his own that no one in the world could surpass.
“vow?”
At Quihano’s urgent shout, strange tattoos began to protrude from the nape of Sarnus’ neck.
The jet-black thorns sticking out were slowly tightening Sarnus’s neck according to the will of their owner.
“…Kijano?”
Sarnus did not hide his embarrassment as the old covenant he had feared so much tightened his grip once again.
However, the confusion on his face was not directed at the leash that was currently tightening him, but at the blonde knight in front of him.
“iced coffee. this.”
An old covenant that can only be moved by flowing blood or inherited will.
By that oath, Sarnus was loyal to the empire and protected the imperial family for hundreds of years.
“It’s you. “It was you.”
Wood clatter-!
But Sarnus no longer feared his oath.
He was just quietly pulling on the leashes that threatened him.
“If it were you, all of this would be explained.”
Sarnus, who recognized the Quihano inside Vlad, began to laugh quietly as if he understood everything.
A trace of the noblest knight residing in the dragon’s soul.
Sarnus, who knew what that meant, began to burst into laughter without hiding the joy rising from deep in his heart.
“You were finally born. The most perfect dragon!”
The city of Namarka was trembling.
The sound of the city shaking violently, like an earthquake, was like the groaning of the earth, which could not bear the presence of Sarnus.
[……Oops.]
I’m constantly tearing and ripping off the thorns of the oath that spread from my neck and protrude from my entire body.
Nevertheless, seeing Sarnus still smiling and walking towards him, Quihano had no choice but to turn his back.
[Everyone, run!]
Because he had something to protect more than anything else.
Quijano, who was running away, putting aside his pride, began to shout as hard as he could at the people who followed behind him.
[Go back!]
He said that he was completely torn apart and could no longer bear his burden.
“Kihano! Quijano Frausen!”
The presence of the oldest dragon, which grew larger the more they looked up, was looking down at them as they fled.
The thorn of the last oath caused it to stop for a moment, but the shadow of Sarnus, which had grown huge, was still chasing after Quihano.
“You finally see me and run away!”
The oldest dragon’s light that resonates across the vast land.
His status, which had been raised by surviving and proving and swallowing perfection, was now so high that even the noblest knight could not handle it.
※※※※
The group that had joined Vlad and, no, Quijano, were rushing somewhere.
They arrived near the castle wall with the help of the Luga warriors who had been waiting for them all this while, and were rushing into the small hole, unable to hide their shortness of breath.
“what’s this? “Is it a hole?”
“Let’s just go quickly! “Where can I find something like this?”
Nibelun screamed sharply as he saw Radu hesitate in front of the doghole.
Radu had no choice but to stick his head in as if there was nothing he could do to see his usual appearance.
“What the hell is this? shit!”
Radu raised his head and saw Pierre waiting for him outside the castle walls, and let out a small curse.
An eccentric Inquisitor who wants to take him to the cold North where the Steel Ball is.
However, unlike before when he hesitated, Radu’s movements towards him were truly agile.
“come!”
Everyone was terrified, even the magicians who pursued mysteries and the faithful priests of the gods.
Although they all had a strong world, they could not possibly be free from the presence of the dragon that was chasing them.
“…Why is the military here?”
They barely got out of the city, but there was no time to sigh of relief.
Because the dust of the soldiers running against the castle wall was visible right in front of me.
“Ride quickly!”
“What is this?”
“Hey! “Don’t ask, just come up quickly!”
It was funny to see the men standing awkwardly on an old carpet spread on the floor.
However, Radu, who was dragged in by Pierre by the scruff of the neck, was immediately frightened by the floating carpet.
“Why is this floating?”
“burnt! let’s hurry!”
Leaving behind Radu’s question, which no one answered, Nibelun’s carpet began to divide the wasteland.
Countless arrows fall dangerously close together with him.
Radu swallowed his dry saliva as he looked at the arrows that were stuck in the spot where they had just been.
“Why did the military come to this place? To catch us?”
Nibelun, who was driving while holding the end of the carpet, looked back at the soldiers in the distance and could not hide his curiosity.
“It’s not just because of us.”
As Nibelun said, there was a city visible in the increasingly distant landscape.
It was a shabby city that I usually didn’t pay much attention to, but now it was full of the central soldiers who had flocked there, and even if I vaguely guessed their number, it was in the tens of thousands.
“It’s finally ready. Ready to head north.”
Radu, who was wary of the cavalry running from the side, drew his sword and continued speaking.
Kyaang-!
The cavalrymen began to rush towards the carpet as if they had finally seized the opportunity.
Radu, who had roughly pushed them away, hardened his expression as he looked at the cavalrymen still chasing him.
“North?”
“It means breaking the Northern Union. “Originally, I was planning to destroy the flag before they could even raise it.”
The soldiers who flocked to Namarka with Sarnus the Dragon Blood Prince were the central army dispatched directly from the imperial family.
The troops heading north, gathering not only the imperial family but also all noble forces loyal to the empire, were still gathering at the capital Brigantes every moment and being called out.
“…If I did well there, I could have gotten a spot as well.”
Radu expressed his final regrets to the strong wind that passed by, but the sharp blade of the sword approaching right in front brought him back to reality, not to his past glory.
“Can’t this fly faster?”
“There are too many people!”
When it was in the city of Moshiam, it was a flying carpet.
However, there were now two more people on board, including the Radu and Luga men, so it was difficult to even run on the ground, let alone fly into the sky.
“Just get to that mountain somehow! “The horses won’t be able to chase you up the mountain!”
As if he had figured out the direction to go, Radu raised his finger and pointed towards the mountain in front of him.
The mountain, with a faint smoke rising as if waiting for the group, was a mountain range that originated from the rough north, so it was also a place with unusual danger.
“hurry!”
As if they had overheard what the group was saying, the cavalry that was chasing them began to get more aggressive.
It was clear that they were determined to somehow stop the carpet before reaching the mountain ahead.
Rumbling!
A tense situation of chase and chase.
In a situation where I would have been frozen in place if I had stopped, suddenly a loud sound like thunder began to come from the city.
“Khaak!”
“Ugh!”
With that sound, the carpet the group was riding on began to flutter helplessly.
Even the cavalry of the central army that was following him.
At the harsh roar of Sarnus, who had finally released the shackles of the covenant, not only the living horses, but even the mystery engraved on the carpet began to stumble, losing their strength.
Cradangtang-! thud!
Nibelun’s carpet crawled among the horsemen falling down here and there, sinking toward the ground.
After rolling on the ground with the same momentum as they had been running with the carpet, the group began to fall miserably, rolling across the rough wasteland without anyone knowing.
“Keuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuut] last ud…”
“Ugh.”
The groaning sounds of the group were heard through the cloudy dust that had risen up.
“Ugh! “Wow!”
However, it was Radu who suffered more than old Pierre, and the huge roar that came from the dragon world was more fatal to Radu than to anyone else here.
“Father… Dad, I was wrong.”
Sarnus’ presence was invisible but felt.
Looking at Radu begging for forgiveness without even thinking about standing up, Kihano drew his sword as if he had no choice.
[Borrow your mystery and divinity. That’s the only way left.]
The cavalrymen who followed, as if surprised by the dragon’s roar like the party, fell in front of them, but the flags visible from afar were still approaching the party.
[…….]
The oldest dragon walking towards me with tens of thousands of troops.
As numerous thoughts were passing through Quijano’s mind at the picture of despair slowly approaching, a small furrow began to connect from the mountain behind him.
“When I am walking alone in the valley of the abyss….”
“At times like this, what should I take out?”
Sarnus’ pressure on the party was becoming more intense.
Now, even Nibelun and Pierre, who are not dragons, can feel it.
His presence, which started out as an intangible force, has now taken shape and is weighing them down, so the fact that the surrounding dirt is crushing may not be just Quihano’s illusion.
Tuk!
Following the scriptures memorized by the Heretic Questioner, the furrow that started from the mountain, crossing the confused wizard, finally reached Quijano’s toes.
Kihano, who had not noticed its presence because his thoughts were complicated, was only able to look down when he felt a small presence of someone tapping his toe.
[……Hmm?]
It was a small guy.
However, despite the ferocious dragon approaching from right in front, the guy only raised his finger higher.
Kya-!
Kwazijijijik-!
There was a loud noise and the ground was collapsing.
As if the mole’s raised finger was a signal.
“Aaaah!”
“What is this again!”
A deep pit, like an endless cave.
Even Kihano’s eyes widened as he watched the ground begin to collapse without warning.
Kkyukkyun-!
The mole was smiling as if it was finally time to see his companions falling down with him.
An earth spirit that finally came down here along the long mountain range extending from the north.
The mole, still raising its finger, was glowing yellow with its own color, just like in Dobrechti.
