Chapter 249- Sea Of Remains
Kai didn't reply immediately as he kept staring at the sky for a while before he sighed and looked down.
"I don't know. Maybe I could and maybe I couldn't. I can't say from looking at the remains." He replied with a cold tone.
In reality, Kai was sure that he wouldn't at least be defeated by this thing no matter how strong it was as he also had his tricks and trump cards that he could use. However, that doesn't mean that he can defeat it as this thing seemed to have been ridiculously strong when it was still alive.
The fight could be brutal and could go in a completely different route than Kai anticipated but it was still something he wouldn't willingly get into.
"I see…" Kaya murmured as she turned around and stared at the monster again. "So, what should we do about this big boy?"
"Should we get a sample of its bones. They seem really strong, we can make weapons out of them."
"Sounds like a good idea to me. What do you think Kai?"
"Suit yourself." He shrugged as he turned around and pulled his sword before he approached one of the intact ribs and then, in the blink of an eye, he sliced through it like butter. Immediately, the giant bone fell to the ground, shaking the whole place because of the impact.
"You made it look too easy, darling…" Kaya chuckled with an impressed look.
The fact that Kai was able to cut those hard bones as if they were nothing was a proof of how powerful he was.
"This was the hardest object I had to cut." Kai replied as he stared at his own sword. He clearly felt the resistance of the bones and he was shocked how much it took him to cut through it.
The vibration of the impact was still coursing through his body vividly. Something that Kai never experienced before in his life.
So, with a thoughtful look, he turned around and picked up the giant piece of bone.
"We will have to carry it around like this." Kai murmured as he turned around to the two girls. "Let's go."
The two were still surprised at the sight of Kai carrying something tens of times his size but they quickly shook their heads when they saw him already on the move.
Then, the group started their journey again east. The journey was silent for the most part except for some comments made here and there by one of the trio as they explored the place with their eyes.
At this point, their unease was starting to lessen since no danger appeared to them this whole time. The place was as peaceful as it could get.
A while later, the trio noticed that their path was starting to incline upward as if they were climbing some kind of hill or mountain. However, since this place was made out of vast plains and hills, it didn't seem alerting at first.
However, when they reached the top of this hill, they were met with a sight that completely rooted them in their places. If what they saw before was shocking, this one simply knocked it out of the park.
Ahead of them was a vast land filled with endless remains of dragons, similar to the one they saw before. However, their numbers were easily in the hundreds if not thousands as they covered every are for as far as the eye could see. Far into the distance, a cloud of mist covered the plains and made it hard to see beyond
"What the… fuck?" Kaya exhaled a long breath after a long while as if she finally realized she needed to breathe.
"What is this place…?" Aria's face turned even paler as she felt the sheer primordial strength emitting from these dead creatures.
This place felt so ancient and raw that none of the trio could even comment on it.
But, eventually, Kai opened his mouth. "This is a graveyard for these creatures… They all died here."
That was obvious from what they could see. However, what Kai meant by that was that this wasn't a normal graveyard.
"Kai… Is this… the result of a conflict?" Kaya asked.
This many dead dragons in one place wasn't a coincidence especially with the fact that these creatures weren't even supposed to exist. Well, at least not in this world to be more precise.
"A war perhaps?" Aria suggested with a thoughtful expression. Deaths in this scale aren't considered a conflict anymore, it was most certainly a war of some kind that killed all of these monsters.
"But… Why would a war occur here? And how did the Progenitor kill this many of them if he truly was the one to kill them?" Kaya asked one question after the other. She was now even more invested in this mystery than ever before as it linked so many new things together, creating even more mystery and unknown reason for such things to happen.
"It's a war… for either protection or invasion." Kai finally spoke.
"Huh? How so?"
"The Progenitor was either protecting this land or invading it. In both cases, these dragons were there to attack him. I'm more inclined toward the first one since as you can see, the direction these remains is facing are toward us which meant they've arrived from the opposite side." Kai explained.
If these dragons were there for protection rather than attacking, they would be facing the same way Kai and the two girls were facing.
In that case, it was all a matter of perspective rather than a firm conclusion.
"That makes sense. These things came to invade this place and ended up dying in a war. However, why can't we find any other remains of humans or other creatures? The Progenitor could've not faced this many monsters alone, no?"
"He couldn't."
"Yeah, s-"
"But, who said people died in this war?" Kai asked.
"Huh?" This time, Aria was the one to make the confused sound.
"We assume that the people who defended this place died or sustained casualties… We can't say for sure."
"How can we not say for sure? They couldn't all be stronger than these dragons, could they?"
"..."
Kai hesitated to answer that question. At this point, from that what they revealed, this world is basically a freshly discovered place that just started its baby steps in the path of Origin a few thousand years ago.
Who knows what kind of development occurred in this other realm during that time? Kai was certain that whoever lived there weren't merely humans or Origin users for that matter. They were far beyond that and this ancient graveyard is perhaps a sign of that.
"I'm really starting to fear what we're getting into." Kaya smiled worriedly. She felt like they were digging out forbidden information that should've stayed deeply buried forever.
However, she was also glad she was starting to learn about this since in the future, perhaps sooner than they expect, they will end up in the heart of this matter. So, to be able to understand what or why they were there in the first place would be really helpful.
"We need to move. There are more things here to be discovered." Kai said as he started descending the hill toward the graveyard confidently.
The two girls followed after him. Walking through this place felt really off to them. As peaceful and majestic it felt, these were still horrifying creatures they were walking around. They feared that one of these things would suddenly wake up and perhaps attack them when they aren't even aware.
'I wasn't told to get mentally ready to fight a legendary dragon. *Gulp* hopefully that won't happen.' Kaya gulped down a mouthful of saliva.
As they walked, they felt the howling of the winds, as it passed through the holes between the remains, making a weird whistling sound akin to a deadly melody of ancient times.
Kai hesitated to answer that question. At this point, from that what they revealed, this world is basically a freshly discovered place that just started its baby steps in the path of Origin a few thousand years ago.
Who knows what kind of development occurred in this other realm during that time? Kai was certain that whoever lived there weren't merely humans or Origin users for that matter. They were far beyond that and this ancient graveyard is perhaps a sign of that.
"I'm really starting to fear what we're getting into." Kaya smiled worriedly. She felt like they were digging out forbidden information that should've stayed deeply buried forever.
However, she was also glad she was starting to learn about this since in the future, perhaps sooner than they expect, they will end up in the heart of this matter. So, to be able to understand what or why they were there in the first place would be really helpful.
(A//N: Things are going to get more and more wild as we go, hehehe. Hope you're all having fun reading the book.)