Make the dragon great again

Chapter 26
After the contract was established, Adrian used dragon language magic to imitate the magic that could protect the lost soul according to Edmund's description, transferred Edmund's soul body to the staff, and simply and rudely transferred the spell to the staff. The rod is named 【Edmund's Rod】.

As for the body of the Lich, it was turned into ashes by Adrian with a flash of lightning...

Adrian looked at the faintly fluorescent staff in his hand, and said to himself:
"If you want to put it in the game, although the level of this staff is not high, it will at least be a blue or purple outfit, right?"

"?" A thought expressing doubt came from the staff.

"Oh, it's nothing, those are some idioms of our Dragon Clan." Adrian said perfunctorily.

"Anyway, get out of here first."

Not long after, Adrian returned to the rest camp where Anna and the others were resting. Everyone was still in a coma, and the halo of protection left by Adrian before he left was not broken by any unexpected factors.

Adrian, who was about to wake up everyone, suddenly thought of something and asked Edmund:
"By the way, since you are a member of the Supreme Jury of Gao Talin, do you know a female magician named Glennie Angeles? She is a current member of the Supreme Jury."

What Adrian asked was actually Anna's teacher who is said to be proficient in the history of dragons.

The fluorescent light on Edmund's staff flickered slightly, and a voice of thought came out from the soul body on it:
"My lord, when I was still in Gaotalin, there was no such person among the members of the Supreme Jury. Presumably she hadn't reached the hero level at that time."

Adrian nodded. After all, after several decades, judging from the time scale of the Gaia species, it is enough for one or two generations to change generations.

"Then do you know who in the High Tower Forest has studied the history of giant dragons?"

Edmund also knew that his master was very concerned about this question, so he replied after a little thought:
"In the past, every magician from the Behemoth royal family was an expert in the study of the history of giant dragons, but more than 200 years ago, there seemed to be a major problem within this ancient family, and there have been few family members since then. The members have gone to Gaotalin to study, and there are rumors that they no longer study dragons."

It turned out to be like this... It seems that it has something to do with the unknown monster that woke up in the ancestral land of Bechymos.

Adrian's eyes were deep, and the voice of consciousness in the staff continued to come:

"...Except for them, very few people continue to study giant dragons. Many people even think that giant dragons are just myths and legends, and regard the current bipedal dragons and wingless dragons as all dragons."

Adrian frowned slightly, instinctively feeling uncomfortable.

'I can't really be the last dragon in the world, can I? '

Unable to get an answer, Adrian could only stop thinking about it for the time being. For seeing that Caroline Celico, his expectation gradually turned into urgency...

……

At the same time, in a cave somewhere in the middle of the Great Mullin Forest.

The 'Old Mage', the Lich Alvarez who captured Edmund's original body, was dotted with Griffin's hunting team far away, sitting cross-legged in the center of a black circular magic circle with a pale face.

"Ahhhh! Damn Edmund! Knowing that my time is running out, he even blew up his soul body to destroy my lich body! Let my soul be severely injured by being implicated!"

The Lich, Alvarez, actually thought that Edmund destroyed his original body before he died in order to take revenge.

The last trace of negative energy penetrated into the dry heart, and the black magic circle slowly dissipated. Alvarez looked at the gap in the phylactery made of his original heart, which seemed to be burned by the fire, and his heart was bleeding. .

"...That's good, so I don't have to worry about the future."

Putting away the phylactery, Alvarez raised his staff, and the yellow spar at the top emitted a burst of arcane brilliance, which became more and more dazzling, but when the brilliance was about to reach its peak, it suddenly flickered on and off, and finally It completely dissipated with Alvarez's muffled grunt.

"Even my strength has been affected. Now I can't use fourth-level magic, and can only use third-level magic at most. According to modern magicians, only diamond-level strength is left..."

Alvarez's face was gloomy. He possessed heroic strength in his heyday, and he could have easily grasped the direction of the incident, but Edmund, who had been trapped by him for more than 50 years, wounded his soul one after another.

"You can only use third-level magic... that's enough. There is only one diamond-level knight among these people, so you can easily deal with it with some means."

After Alvarez calmed down, he continued to follow William and the others...

……

On the other side, Rex and Behemoth's pursuit team camped in a canyon about ten kilometers east of Adrian's underground city, preparing to spend the night.

"Lord Rex." The team's adjutant found Rex who was sharpening his sword at the edge of the camp.

"We found some traces of camping nearby, about half a month ago, and the number of people was about ten people."

Rex stopped sharpening his sword and said:

"It is very consistent with the information... It seems that we are getting closer and closer to the location of the princess."

Rex stood up and lightly waved the brand-new great sword, and told everyone to rest well tonight, get up early tomorrow, and continue to move towards the clues provided by the duchess.

And this clue pointing to the direction of the next target is already the last clue they got from the Duchess...

'Before departure, the Duchess said that Her Royal Highness stayed there in the end and never left... I hope so, I don't want to trek through this forest again! '

Rex couldn't help shivering when he thought of the Goblin stronghold they had encountered back then, and the large demonic pig they had encountered not long ago.

The next day, the team set off again. Rex took out the tooth-shaped connection, followed the final guidance, and led the team to the ruins of an abandoned castle.

"There is such a castle ruin in the depths of the Mullin Great Forest?"

Rex's face was full of disbelief.

You must know that this is the Great Mullin Forest, where monsters are everywhere, and it has been a place where civilization has stopped for thousands of years. It is quite incredible that a castle appeared in the depths of this forest.

"Can you tell it's a product of that era?" Rex asked a spellcaster in the team.

"There is no known trace of any country's architectural style on this ruins. It should not come from the countries in the east of the continent, but may come from the civilized country in the west of the continent on the other side of the Roaring Mountains."

"yes……"

Rex put the great sword on his shoulder and said indifferently:

"Forget it, I'm not a master scholar, why do I care about this? Anyway, as long as I complete the contract, the reward is enough... Is there any monster lair here?"

"The concentration of magic power here is lower than the average level in the forest. It is unlikely to form a place where monsters gather. Even if it does, at most only some low-level monsters will multiply in it."

"That's fine! Let's go, go and find our 'naughty' princess, and then we can go home!"

All the knights drew their weapons and agreed in unison.

The moment he stepped into the abandoned castle, Rex shivered inexplicably, as if he was being targeted by something terrifying.

"Illusion... It seems that these few days are still a little too nervous."

……

To be continued.

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