Chapter 180 - Dragons

I cleared my throat.

"Um, I definitely don't see monkeys."

The piece of paper hummed.

"Ah, well that makes sense, they are probably just coincidentally looking over here."

I shook my head.

"No, I see things looking at us. But they aren't monkeys."

The necklace trembled.

"Huh? What do you see?"

The eyes in the sky had cleared a little more to reveal giant black jaws, like a lizard's. They seemed to be looking at me, but after a bit of time, I realized they weren't exactly looking at me.

They were looking at the three things behind me.

I turned to them.

"Hey, I think you guys should run."

The piece of paper trembled.

"Huh? Why? We are unable to interact with the objects here. Plus, there isn't anything to run from."

I pressed my lips together.

"I mean, you don't have to trust me, but I think you guys are in far greater danger right now than compared to me."

The necklace trembled.

"From what?"

I pointed up towards the giant heads in the sky that were slowly opening their mouths, with saliva dripping out.

"Those things. They are uh, kinda scary."

All of a sudden, the pale grey light began crying intensely. It shot back, running away from the heads that formed in the sky.

The necklace gasped.

"Ah, child, wait!"

The piece of paper similarly followed from behind, also concerned. I naturally followed them, but took a look over my shoulder as I did so.

Now with a closer look at them, I recognized that they were the heads of dragons. As for how the others saw monkeys, I don't exactly know. It appears that they had some sort of camouflage ability that either made them look scary to me or less scary to the others.

The few dragons froze for just a moment once we started running. Then, they seemed to notice that the jig was up. Several blaring roars reverberated, prompting me to cover my ears.

They directly charged through the mist, revealing their gigantic bodies. They were covered in countless scales and had wings that seemed to spread across the sky. I could feel intense gusts of wind blow down as they shot towards us.

The necklace gasped.

"The monkeys are flying towards us!"

The piece of paper crumpled up slightly.

"But how does that make any sense for monkeys to do?"

I clicked my tongue.

"Because I told you before that they weren't monkeys!"

The piece of paper mumbled.

"If that really is the case... it appears they have adapted in such a way to trick prey like us that it's harmless, but do the opposite for everything else."

As for the pale grey light, it continued to run away and cry loudly. It was unknown if the kid could see it, but he definitely at least recognized the danger.

Unfortunately, the dragons were simply faster. Though I felt unsettled by how huge they were, they also seemed to ignore me entirely. Instead, their eyes were trained onto one of the three objects in front of me.

I furrowed my brows.

"Um, I will try to hold them off."

Though I doubted it would cause much damage, I began preparing several firebolts. If that didn't do anything substantial, then there was still the vine spell.

I started off strong, shooting three firebolts out.

...But they all went right past the dragons.

It was now I realized that while I could see them, that didn't mean I could interact with them. This place only got more confusing by the second.

"I can't hurt them! Maybe you guys can do something? They are very huge from my perspective, by the way."

The necklace trembled.

"If they are huge, then I'll just attack as much as possible."

A massive amount of some black mass spewed out of the necklace, passing by uncomfortably close to me and towards the dragons. Almost immediately, I heard several deep cries of pain. Once the black mass cleared, it revealed the dragons with the scales peeling off of their faces.

They had rapidly decayed into stone before being unable to stick onto their bodies. Dark red flesh was revealed from underneath. As for their expressions, they seemed to be extremely pissed off.

Two of the dragons darted to the side, disappearing off into the fog.

I decided to notify them.

"Um, the attack seemed pretty effective. I don't know why but two of them shot towards the side. They definitely don't seem to be running though."

The piece of paper crumpled up slightly.

"It sounds like they are trying to cut us off."

The necklace trembled.

"Oh dear, what do we do now?"

Suddenly, the pale grey light turned to the left, opting to go that way without giving us a warning. This prompted the necklace to freak out a little.

"Child! Where are you going?"

It hurriedly chased after the kid while Noah and I followed close behind. After a few moments of diving through the mist, I saw a giant dragon head on the right. I pointed towards it.

"Incoming!"

The necklace promptly spewed out a massive wave of black mass towards it. The dragon had already been struck before, making its flesh melt further and causing some of the scales on its upper body to peel off.

It screamed with rage, going even faster than before.

My eyebrow twitched.

"Um, maybe try to do that time slowing thing you did before?"

The piece of paper yelled.

"Ok?"

Suddenly, I found myself unable to move. Well, unable to move at a rate that realistically counted as moving. As for the dragons... they were frozen in place too.

It seemed that everything would be fine so long as Noah had that ability. It was kind of overpowered.

The piece of paper trembled.

"Er, I don't think I can maintain this ability for more than ten seconds."

...Weren't you able to do that casually for a minute before?"

The piece of paper sighed.

"For some reason, the more time passes, the weaker I feel."

In response, the necklace let out a concerned hum.

"Oh don't worry, honey. I'm sure it will all work out in the end!"

As I contemplated why Amy wasn't using this chance to attack, I heard a loud cry coming from the pale grey light. Violent gales of wind whipped around.

Immediately, several large gashes appeared on the dragon's skin. Some blood spewed out from them, but froze in the air before getting too far. The surroundings were also hit in the process. Some trees directly snapped off their base and several concerningly large marks appeared on the ground.

One of which was right next to my foot.

After roughly six seconds passed, I found myself able to move again. As for the dragon, it let out a severe cry of pain as multiple fountains of blood spilled out from it. That dragon was stubborn though, still taking a few steps forward.

However, only after two steps did it stop walking and collapse to the ground as a corpse.

The necklace didn't even seem to notice the dragon.

"Oh, my child! Everything is ok, your mother is here!"

I coughed.

"There are still others coming. We should probably move."

The piece of paper was panting, despite not having lungs.

"I... I think we should as well."

They continued on. Unfortunately, I heard the cries of several dragons from behind me. After taking a look over my shoulder, I saw three dragons that had caught up. Two of which had their faces peeled off from Amy's power.

I coughed.

"Um, they are getting a little close."

The necklace trembled.

"Agh... they look so harmless, the only thing they are is fast. Maybe we should stop running. Who knows if they could even harm us?"

I cleared my throat.

"For the record, it was your kid that started running in the first place. I believe that it sensed some sort of danger, so unless you don't believe him, you should keep running."

The necklace seemed shocked.

"Oh dear! I will deal with these then if they are frightening my child!"

This time, even more black mass spewed out from the necklace. This time, it was a constant flow, so my vision of the dragons was completely obscured. The only thing I could hear was the cries of pain that came, probably meaning that they were effective.

After about roughly a minute, the cries of pain stopped, prompting the necklace to as well. It was heaving.

"Ha... Ha... That will show you..."

Once the black mass disappeared, I saw a horribly decayed dragon with one eye far off in the distance. A little closer was what appeared to be a dragon with only a thin layer of dark red flesh coating it.

And just a few meters away was just a set of bones.

I let out a soft sigh.

"It appears you dealt with them."

The piece of paper chuckled.

"Wow Amy, you are so strong!"

The necklace trembled.

"That's just natural, honey."

But at that moment, something blue glowed from the eye socket of the set of bones.