108 Episode 106: Dragon's Nest

"Well, with."

I settled with Goz and the Onigashima trio, and slowly walked through the woods with the hostaged Claire.

Really slowly, like walking around the neighborhood. Looking at me, Claire looked suspicious.

By the way, the hand that held Clair's hair was long ago.

Demonstration It was part of Goz and Klimt's violent behaviour, such as grabbing his hair and forcing him to stand or walk. If it does, the word "kill if pursued" is born.

There is no need to continue the play because they are not already there. Of course, we didn't bother to explain that, so Claire would have been hostile and vigilant against me.

Aside from that, why I'm staying in the forest without returning to Ishka, this was to eliminate one of my concerns.

Elven sages Earlier, he described the dragon as follows:

The true dragon has no egg time. A fantasy disaster born with blood when the world's conditions are met. That it is a dragon.

If this word is correct, the forest of Titis, where Hydra appeared, is now in a condition that allows the dragon species to appear in a progressive form.

In other words, simply defeating Hydra will not help, and the possibility of the emergence of second and third dragon species.

Of course, there is a possibility that no new dragon species will be born, but as long as you do not know the details of the appearance conditions, everything can not be speculated.

So I decided to make sure.

This is why Hydra, who pretends to be dead, was left behind.

Jinbo said why he found out that Hydra was not dead, because when he dropped all eight heads of Hydra the little soul came in. Whether you're a king of flies, a king of snakes, or anyway, the moment you kill, you'll see so much soul coming in.

The soul of Hydra, the fantasy seed, cannot be less than them. Therefore, I was convinced that Hydra was not dead yet.

At first, I thought that Goz and others would try to stab Hydra at the end, but pretending to be dead means that the consciousness that "I do not want to die" is working in Hydra. And it can be guessed that there is intelligence that can detect the difference in ability.

If the threat of me disappeared right before my eyes, Hydra would have fled to the nest and waited for recovery. If you add it after that, you may understand the appearance conditions of the dragon species. At least you could find that clue-I thought so.

There is no problem if this idea is irrelevant. At that time, all I had to do was stab the Hydra again.

And things start to work as I expected.

"I see, did you really hide the last neck inside your torso?"

I was small and alone, following Hydra at the terrible speed north of the Titis Forest.

The ninth neck emerged from the torso, which had lost its eight necks and eight tails and became a chunk of meat. Perhaps this neck is the body of Hydra.

This is because his neck, which breached his body and appeared, cut himself off the part that was connected to the torso and started moving alone.

The figure of twisting and creeping on the ground was a giant snake itself, and the sluggishness that had previously been traveling while melting the ground with poison was not found anywhere.

The sky "Oh, that ... don't you?"

If you follow the Hydra carefully so that you don't notice it, you'll hear a panic from a very close place—specifically, near your chest.

Looking down, there was a client and eyes filling the face with embarrassment and shame.

"Shut up. I'll bite my tongue."

"Yes, yes, but I think this position has some problems ...!"

Apparently, Claire is in a state of holding me-a so-called princess who cares about this position.

Fatigue Well, it'll be restless to hold on to someone who was seriously slashing until a while ago. I know it, but I don't think my current client can follow me, and I don't know what to do when I'm on my back. Of course, leaving it somewhere is out of the question.

With that in mind, it's best to hold and carry like this. In this state, even if the client attacks me, I can respond immediately.

"Be patient"

Speaking in a heartless manner, Claire looked down as she had imagined.

While continuing such conversations, I continue to move in the woods.

Glider Hydra is headed north, in the deeper region, and further down is the deepest part of Titis. On the way, as I passed through a sea of venom, I thought it would be troublesome to dive into it, but Hydra passed over the venom as if it were.

Whether the fight with me was so painful, the appearance of escaping at a glance was desperate, and when I saw it, I was driven by strange guilt. For some reason, I remembered running back to my mother's home while weeping as a child.

――After a while. We have finally set foot in the depths of Titis.

It turns out that the air is clearly different. The air quality has really changed, not in a figurative sense.

In short, the air became thicker.

Kei At first I thought Hydra's poison had broken through the defense, but it wasn't.

Life This is a fragrant smell. Magic created by the world-the power of mana is filled in the air, and you can see that magic is filled throughout the body just by standing. If you cast the magic now, you will be able to bring out the power of several times, or even tens of times, as usual. It was the same.

The incredible power density is even more eerie.

I slowed down my speed so that I was distracted by something, and started watching while watching my surroundings. The more we proceed, the more weird sensations become. It is the surrounding scene that fuels this feeling.

The plants in the deepest forest were different from those in the outer perimeter and those in the deeper areas. Not all new varieties have never been seen before. Every plant that you can see is a species you know.

It's just that my growth exceeds my knowledge.

For example, the grass Corsila, which can be seen on my right hand, should only grow a maximum of one meter, but here it is more than two meters, of course. The nut of Paral is supposed to be the size of a fist at best, but here it is as large as an adult's head.

All of the plants in my eyes were in such a state.

A malformed forest that has deviated from its original form as a result of continuing to take in too dense mana. That was the deepest part of Titis, who was rumored to be home to fantasy species.

I don't know why so much mana is occurring, but it should be considered that non-plants are mutated at this point. It is highly likely that the beast has been greatly enhanced.

I lowered my client to the ground, revealing my mind. That's better-or rather, the instinct said it would be dangerous.

Kreia felt the same thing, and she is putting her own guise just like me.

Fortunately, there is no risk of losing the direction of the hydra, as the trees are lined down.

I keep watching my surroundings and move on.

If you look at the cracks in the tree that have been broken down by Hydra, you can see that something like a branch has already begun to grow. It is a growth rate that cannot be achieved by natural plants.

Thinking calmly, Hydra was born in the deepest part and headed to Ishka, so the plants around it would have once submerged in the venomous sea. Even if he deviated from Hydra's path, he would have been engulfed in the tornado created by that fantasy seed, and had been blown high with the earth on the ground.

Despite the prosperity, there are no traces of it around. The plants are so thick that there are no gaps to walk, it is like a green fortress. These plants drowned out Hydra's poison with all of their vitality, and in just a few days they returned to their usual form.

As mentioned above, the poison sea still remained in the deep area. So this is a feature only at the deepest part. It was certain that there was "something" ahead.

When I thought about it, my vision suddenly shook.

Drunkenness In a hurry, stomping on one's feet and shaking a small head. I feel strange, my body is strangely fluffy and my feet are not fixed. If you drink like a bath, you will feel the same as I am now.

Incidentally, a dull pain similar to a heartburn has already occurred near the strait.

It was obvious that those abnormalities were caused by mana.

Originally, mana does not damage the body, but rather activates the mind and body. You can benefit from mana without being a magician.

However, too much mana can make your body unnecessarily active, as too much good medicine can be poisonous. It seems that it is an abnormal state of mind and body.

It can be prevented by using poison, but it cannot be prevented by using mana, because the body takes in the body without permission. Rather, a vicious cycle in which the body wants more magical power by using, and the speed of mana absorption increases more and more. In a way, it was more troublesome than Hydra's poison.

If you stay here for a long time, you can be deadly without jokes. Without knowing, the speed of following Hydra was increasing.

How long has it gone since then?

Dizzy Claire has been holding her hand on her lip all the time since she was just beginning. I myself was nauseated and seemed to fall over when I was relaxed.

Honestly, I was saved because there was no monster attack. I'm grateful to that dragon species in this regard, probably because of fear of Hydra.

That's when it jumped into sight.

――There is a hole in the ground.

Huge, too huge holes. The moment I saw the hole that could swallow even the Imperial City rather than Ishka, I felt my whole body hair standing upside down.

A torrent of mana coming out of the overburden. Compared to this mana that just blows up to heaven, the density of mana that has afflicted us so far will not reach one tenth.

Elemental In the first place, I don't even know if we can call it mana-magic. Isn't it the power of such mythological realms?

Nightmare This infinite power equals infinitely wells up.

Oh, here I can understand from my heart that there is no wonder that the fantasy species appears.

I've never seen this before. But I know as knowledge.

A hole opened in Xing Dao and the original power overflowing from it. It has been said that since ancient times, the heroes of the dynasty have steadily built a capital on it.

Dragon hole, that is.