Chapter 89: Sightings

The dragon power was somewhat amazing! I already expected it to be powerful but I didn't expect it to be THIS powerful at all. I assumed I will only be able to wield the power of the dragon a little bit and that's it.

The remains of the wyverns and its riders disintegrated after the punch so there are no remains left. Perhaps this is due to their undead trait that if they are killed, they won't be leaving any corpses.

The riders were quite wary now to me and seem to be having second thoughts in charging straight to me. They were quite intimidated from the menacing looks of my fists that I doubt they would bother to fight me head-on.

Besides the strength in my punches, my mana is slowly recovering full too and didn't take that much for me to be able to cast magic again. Seeing me getting stronger, the riders did not retreat but instead head towards me head-on together with the others. However, that is a big mistake. With my fist in the air, the wyverns realized that the danger is just immense. Before the charging wyverns and riders can reach me, I throw the punch in the air.

That punch I released suddenly rendered the air and all of the monsters that were caught up in the skill were all killed in one hit. All of the battles ended up much earlier and with minimum damage.

When I returned to the normal form, my hands returned to normal but the fatigue in my body suddenly occurred to my whole muscles and joints which must be the backlash from using the Dragon Power. It was like being under the pain caused by arthritis in all of your joints.

The seal of the dragon is somehow the only trump card in my situation. Although I can use it, I have to only use it in the last parts of the situation as my trump card. I also have to make sure I don't overuse it and use it in every situation I was in because of the backlash that might occur in an insane situation.

My whole body aches but I can still move. Who would have thought it was this painful getting arthritis. Due to the pain, I have to rest. While resting, I saw glimpses of items on the ground and if I remember right, the places where the items are were also the former place where the wyverns failed to beat me up and died trying.

It was somehow similar looking to demon's shards in their body and I was surprised to see that they looked identical. The only difference of this one is that the wyverns and the riders have brighter green color while the shards of the demons are all color light blue. I am not quite sure whether they function the same but it is never to ask goo- I mean Blue what this thing was.

"Hey Blue, you know this thing?" I asked and scanned the thing on the ground.

"I will just let it slide that you compare me to the search engine on the internet but next time, I won't be lenient next time. Alright, let see... this thing has similar structures of the Demon shards but also has a different component that makes it a little bit more powerful than the demon shards. However, this also contains chaotic mana that if you try to use it, you have a chance to be corrupted by it. I don't think it is a good idea to bring that thing with you. I suggest that you get rid of it before you get corrupted."

Hearing the remarks of Blue, I immediately throw the core away and look at the remaining cores.

"If it can corrupt a person, then doesn't that mean it can corrupt this forest if left alone?"

"It can and we cannot do anything about it. You are not strong enough to destroy it and erase its corruption power. All you can do hope is that it never happens."

The cores were all lying in the ground and were similar looking to emerald jewels if you didn't look at it carefully. There are no more wyverns attacking so I am no longer in danger. However, I think I have to get out of this place before the corruption of this place gets me swallowed too.

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I returned to the cave where the dragon's lair was before. I used the dragon's power to enhance my speed. Although I tried to grow wings from it, it is not working so only the speed enhancement helped me cover the distance immediately. It took me two hours to reach again the cave. Everyone is still worried about me when I arrived and when they saw me, they sighed in relief and approached me.

"Master! You are back!" Yuri quickly flew towards me and hugged me. Of course, she used her breasts to hug on my face. For some reason, I feel a slight bliss on it. As expected of a succubus, even me is not that immune to her charms.

"Damn it, Master. The amount of mana you gave me is immense and I thought you lost a lot of mana being transferred to me and yet you still managed to survive? As expected of Master, he is very incredible!" Yuto said puffing his chest.

"Stepfather, are you alright? You didn't get hurt fighting those imitations of daddy right?" Anya asked.

"I had a hard time but I somehow managed."

Maple smiled and nodded. "Looks like you never fail to amaze me Kazuma. I think I got it right following you with your group. However, I have to say something to you Kazuma. Those wyverns might not be the only one we will be meeting in the future."

Hearing this, I creased my eyebrows. "What do you mean? Care to elaborate?"

"After we arrived here, I decided to use some warding magic around the area in case there are wyverns who managed to track us here. At first, I only managed to find a few beasts wandering around but they are not even something worth of danger. However, I just saw a few figures in the forest. If I am not wrong, the figures are the demons."

The demons?! They have arrived here in this place too? Maple continues to explain.

"Although demons are a norm in the real world since they managed to blend in together with humanity, seeing demons here in this alternate dimension of the world is not a good sign. Nekoyama-sama is not negligent enough to let demons enter by disguising as participants, therefore it is impossible to happen. The only way to enter this place is by having Nekoyama-sama and other magicians who are the assistant of Nekoyama-sama can allow participants to enter the place."

I was just not sure but then I suddenly remembered that there are a few demons who managed to cut dimensions and cross it. Although I was half-conscious during that time, I can tell that they can easily do that. Are those guys here too?