53 . Episode 53: Guardian Dragon of the Star and Ice Cave

Moisture turned to freezing in an instant. The inside of the cave was bright as the frozen ceiling and ore walls glittered and shimmered.

The 【Blue Gear Cave】 on the island of Runkleisa, everything inside that cave was frozen. The floor was also frozen, but thanks to the blessing of the flame of the Great Spirit of Fire, Sarah, I was able to walk without slipping.

The first to walk is Egil-san and I'm following him from the back. Serena and Jane join Leia's hands in a line behind Egil's as they walk.

I'll take care of Leia, Jane tells me. Leia misses Jane, so I let her take care of her, thinking it was safe for her to do so.

Chloe looks around the cave, she goes to the wall and picks up an ore.

'This is [light blue mithril ore]. This wall and the ore embedded in it are all mithril ore.

Hey, Master Chloe, are those glowing things in the ceiling made of mithril?

That's the one with the frozen water. This is a very good cave for collecting armor and weapons, unlike other caves.

When Chloe said that and Ayame looked a little concerned, Ange called out to her. What's going on?

What's wrong with you, sir? Ayame? Think of something.

'Hmm. There's a lot of mithril ore. I mean, I'm sure the adventurers often come to this island in tourist boats to collect it, but there's not a single adventurer on the island.

It's true that there are no other adventurers on the island except for us.

Oh, handsome Ayame, that's a good guess. It's true that adventurers here sometimes come to the caves to collect mithril ore, but they risk their lives.

'What? When you risk your life, you mean...

The moment Ayame said that. Two demons appeared from the ceiling. Their entire bodies were crystal-like bodies and a number of them. They had legs and arms.

It's been a long time since the human race has been here. We're here for a feast tonight!

I've been eating nothing but rocks lately! Come on, come on, come on, come on!

You didn't make this!

One of the demons tweaks the other one. And we are shown some kind of demon comedy.

There are a lot of demons like that in the cave, so handsome adventurers don't come to this cave very often.

'I see, that's why the adventurers don't come here!

Once Serena's convinced, I learned a few things about the ice harvesting process, and it's not just dragons that are the problem.

We couldn't send any of our staff to the cave because there are too many of these things out there attacking people. We couldn't let our staff go out there, because there were too many monsters in the cave.

'Well? Are you the demons that live in this cave?

Serena asked the two demons, "Yes, girl! He says.

'We live in a cave here with a stone-headed dragon and a cute little zombie girl. And we're a demon called 'Spider-Man Cell'! Now that we're done talking, let's go eat, shall we?

Is this "comic duo" going to eat us?

'Who's a comic duo? It's Spider-Cell!

Chloe says the wrong thing, and the spider demons give her a sharp tweak. Then the two demons spread their arms.

'Oh well. I'll eat from the little girl over there first!

Preparedness!

The two spider demons moved, but I held Magna in my hand and let both of them simultaneously carve a slash into my body that my eyes couldn't keep up with.

''Ugh!''

Abebe?

In an instant, with a thud, two of the spider demons went down. I put the Magna back in its sheath and approached.

I've got a question for you. I'd like to ask that Spider-Man-Cell comic duo a few questions.

'Attah! Do you want to hear it?

What do you want to ask them? And a comic duo! And we're very tight-lipped. Don't think you can ask me for personal information with that blabber, bong!

I was hoping to find out more about dragons from the duo of two tight-lipped spiderman cells.

Stonehead? Since that's what he said about the dragon's, I decided to ask him if he had any information that would allow me to collect the ice safely.

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The deepest part of the cave. A lone star-dragon stands in a wide, icy place. From neck to tail, it was covered in shining ore like armor.

The depths of his eyes are a clearer blue than the ocean. The pupil which receives the light and shines more.

I'm sure you'll be happy to know that I'm not the only one.

"It's been so long since we had a visitor from the human race.

I heard a voice in my head, probably a star dragon calling to me telepathically. Then, the star dragon turns its head to face the direction where we are hiding.

'How long will you be hiding? Human race. Or would you rather just let me turn it into ore with a breath?'

'Wait a minute! Oh, man! These people are bad humans, aren't they!

Yeah, yeah. I'm just hiding in a bit of oku!

"Oh, yeah? That's unusual. I'm surprised you side with the humans.

Star Dragon says that and Serena says that when the two Spider-Man cells get impatient, they have no choice but to leave here.

'Yes, let's try to convince them well,'

Me, Selena and the others stopped hiding and came out in front of the star dragon. Then, the starry dragon is in front of Serena and me, who are approaching the starry dragon's face, and there's a starry dragon with big eyes in front of me.

I said, "Welcome, human race. Then let's hear the reason why you have come to this cave.

The clear blue eyes that peek out reflect Serena and me.

Gowan!

What?

The sound of giant bells echoes. The walls of the cave reverberate and the earth trembles.

The skill 'State Disable' has been activated.

The opponent has activated the auxiliary magic 'Interrogation'.

Auxiliary Magic! Is there such an effect on those eyes of the Star Dragon? When I looked at Serena, her eyes were empty. Egil-san, Jane and the others also had the same eyes.

''Serena-sama! You're under the influence of magic!

Mew feels the power of the auxiliary magic from Serena.

''Mew-dono, are you alright, Gosal?''

Yes. Master Ange and the others.

We'll be fine, but Ayame and Chloe don't move.　

Chloe and Ayame, as well as Egil, Jane and Leia, are not moving. Neither did the two Spider-Cells.

Then Serena opened her mouth.

''.........The reason we came is to collect ice from the cave after receiving a request. We need it to give away free ice creams to those who come to the concert.

"Oh, yeah? 'You're going to harvest all the ice in here and offer free ice cream to the humans?

No, not all of it. I just need to get some of the ice.

Star Dragon's eyes moved and looked at Ren.

''You're not under the influence of magic? Who are you?

'I'm Azuma-Ren. Please, Seiryu-san. I need to share some ice with you.

"With a star dragon. Did you guys teach them?

The magic affected them. The two spiderman cells nodded yes and no.

'....Weira....I was ready for these guys to take me down, but Ren's bonbon said he would give me food if I told him about the dragons...'

So we told Ren's bonbon about the guy, the zombie girl and the zombie girl who fed us delicious roasted meat because we told her.

The food is delicious and you've managed to get us out of it. Not bad for a human being, I guess....

So we told him where he could find his father.

'So you've been lured by the food of the human race, boy. You said your name was Ren?

The clear blue eyes reflected Ren's figure, but I felt something a little pressure on Bok's whole body.

The skill "Gravity Invalid" has been activated.

The skill 'Curse Disable' has been activated.

My opponent is activating the curse and gravity manipulation system magic.

Gravity and cursed magic?

"Oh, you can't subdue the boy with my eyes or force him to do what you want. You will tell me the truth.

When the star dragon stops peeking with its eyes, it opens its mouth and gathers a vast amount of magical power. He intends to bring out the breath.

''Master, this is impossible to persuade! Hurry up and get the magna!

Liara said from her bag. But I didn't hold the Magna in my hand.

Master!

'What is it, boy? Are you too scared to move your body?'

''You have someone you want to protect, Seiryu-san.

What did you say?

'I lived quietly with that person to protect them, so I would manipulate them and let them get away with it, only to chase them away when the adventurers came.

Star Dragon closed his mouth. He stopped letting out his breath and stretched his head to look into his eyes again at Bok.

'You want to protect me? Who! The Boy Who Could Say It.

'What's wrong, Master Seiryu? Ah! I had a visitor. Hello.

A beautiful woman appeared from behind Star Dragon. She is dressed as a city girl. Perhaps this person could be the zombie girl that the spider demon was talking about.