"Good Morning everyone. I am glad that you are all on time..."
"This teleportation altar will take us directly to the ancient dragon temple, and the great dragon festival is also going to start today, so let's hurry and be done with the meeting!"
"Once we are back, we can all go and tour the city; it will be so well decorated, and there will be so many amazing stalls and other things to do!!"
"It's a festival; we can't miss this chance!!"
Selain herself seemed more excited about enjoying the festival than Rio and others who came here exactly for the festival.
This is the first time she's going to it too, so she's also very excited.
Everyone nodded their heads and stood on the teleportation altar as they headed towards the Ancient Dragon Temple.
The management staff made some adjustments, and the magic circle on the altar lit up brightly in an instant, teleporting the whole group, including Selain, to their destination.
...
When Lia opened her eyes, she found herself standing in a forest, and gigantic trees that are ten times bigger than normal trees were everywhere in her sight.
Lia glanced around her and found that Selain, who was standing right beside her, was also just as shocked as her.
"Uh... is this really the Dragon Temple you were talking about?"
Hearing Lia's question, Selain couldn't answer for a few seconds. After much hesitation, she said,
"Er... I think... There was some error in the teleportation... This isn't the Dragon Temple... This place seems more like..."
Lia glanced at Selain's face and asked in a curious tone,
"Like?"
Selain, on the other hand, gulped her saliva in nervousness and said,
"Like... the forest of chaotic illusions..."
After saying these words, Selain panicked a bit and said,
"No, this place is very dangerous; we should leave this place as early as possible! I have read about it in books; once you are lost here, you are done for!"
At that moment, two golden dragon-like wings appeared from Selain's back, and she flew in the air in an instant. She stretched out her hand and said,
"Grab onto my hand; let's leave this place-"
But before she could complete her sentence, two silver wings appeared on Lia's back, and she also flew in the air.
[Divine Spirit's Blessing: Wings of Light!]
"Whoa~ You have such pretty wings... I have never seen such beautiful wings before! How did you do that?"
Lia shook her head in response to Selain's words.
"Those are not real wings; that's just a skill of mine. Forget about that; I can sense something rushing towards us; let's leave this area first...'"
Selain stopped staring at Lia's wings and nodded her head. The two of them immediately flew away and left the place together.
If someone saw them flying like that together, they would have mistaken them for two fairies flying in the sky, one with golden wings and the other with silver wings.
Indeed, it is a sight to behold.
...
When the bright light disappeared, Riya opened her eyes and found herself standing on a vast plain.
No matter where you look, the knee-high grass stretches to the horizon on this massive grassland.
Riya can also see a small river in the distance, and the fresh and comfortable breeze made her feel refreshed.
But a look of confusion appeared in her face after seeing this scene.
"Eh? Where am I? This place doesn't look like a temple... Wait... is it similar to that time when we go teleported to the wrong place when going to Oaklum?"
Although Riya doesn't usually pay much attention to things around her, as Link is always there to do that for her, even she can understand that something is wrong right now.
She glanced around, and the other members of the group were nowhere to be seen.
"Er... Did I alone get lost? This is so unfair... sigh~"
Riya brought out a packet full of candies from her space ring, tossed some of them in her mouth, and picked a random direction to walk in.
'I guess I will find something if I just keep walking, right? Oh, yeah! I can go towards that river first!'
With that thought in her mind, Riya immediately headed towards the river to see if there was something that could help her figure out the situation.
...
"This is?"
A gigantic mountain, which was so tall that its upper area was covered in snow and the peak of
the mountain was shrouded in clouds, suddenly appeared in front of Liam.
"Where the f*ck am I!? Don't tell me I have to climb this mountain if I want to go to the
Dragon Temple!?"
Liam glanced around and even used his mana detection, but he found not a single member of the team nearby.
"Ugh, the teleportation circle malfunctioned? No, this seems like someone's deliberate
scheme..."
Liam tried to go in the opposite direction of the giant mountain, but after a few seconds of walking, he found that he was standing on the same spot as he had started.
"Sure enough, I can't leave this place... I need to climb this mountain; this is definitely someone's ploy... I wonder where Link and others are..."
"Don't tell me, only I encountered this teleportation malfunctioning...."
Liam couldn't think of any other way out, so he had no choice but to go and try to climb the
mountain.
'Tch, what a pain...'
...
"A teleportation malfunction?"
Rio was also quite surprised at the moment when he saw that he suddenly appeared in a
massive desert-like place.
Dark clouds obscure the sky here, occasionally revealing bluish bolts of thunder.
Moreover, the whole desert area is filled with gigantic bones.
No matter in which direction you look, all you can see are gigantic bones that are so huge in
size that even the eye socket in the skull of these skeletons seems bigger in size than Rio's
whole body.
"These are... dragon's skeletons? And so many of them?"
Just by looking at the size and shape of the skulls, you can see that these are the bones of dead
dragons.
The most surprising thing is that there are so many here, which means thousands of dragon bodies must have been disposed of in this place.
Just when Rio was confused, a hoarse yet majestic voice came into his ears.
"Well, this is the Ancient Dragon Graveyard; most of the dead bodies of the dragons get sent here to rot... That's why there are so many skeletons here..."
Rio looked to his right and saw a man sitting on the skull of a dragon.
His silver hair waved in the air, and the haggard and torn-up cloak on his body seemed to tell
that this man had been here for a long time.
'I didn't sense his presence.. An S ranker?... no... This is a genuine SS ranker...'
Rio tilted his head in confusion and inquired.
"I am headed towards the Ancient Dragon Temple... Can you tell me the way, old man? I kind
of lost my way... surely, an SS-ranker like you know the path, right?"
The silver-haired man smiled a bit and said,
"Hoh? So you figured out that I am an SS-ranker? An interesting kid..."
The man's silver, serpentine-like pupils shone brightly as he glanced at Rio with satisfaction.
"A rare kid you are, I would say..."
Rio also nodded his head at those words and said,
"Thanks for the compliment..."
...
"You are finally here... It's been a while since I last saw you, Link Rex..."
Link raised his head and found himself standing in front of a majestic throne.
A man with dark golden pupils and hair was sitting on the throne with a stern look on his face.
A silver crown rested atop his head, and his aura alone was enough to tell who this man was.
Link ignored the fact that he couldn't sense the presence of his teammates and gave the man a
respectful salute before saying.
"Nice to meet you, Dragon King. I appreciate the invitation you sent for me..."
The Dragon King nodded his head and said,
"There is no need to be so formal, not like this is the first time we are meeting... You can be at
ease..."
A look of confusion appeared on Link's face as he heard those words.
"I am afraid I don't know precisely what your majesty is talking about."
The Dragon King thought for a moment before speaking.
"I see, I remember you were still too young... Humans are not like dragons; they haven't had intelligence or a sense of self since birth... I seemed to have overlooked that fact..."
"Forget it; just consider this the first meeting if you don't remember..."
"I am Idriud Izirzru Raos De Draconia, and I formally welcome you to the Dragon Valley as the
Dragon King myself...."
The Dragon King unleashed a bit of his aura; the whole throne room seemed to have been brightened up by his majestic presence.
Link couldn't help but feel a certain sense of awe towards him after seeing this scene.
'So, this is the supreme dragon that the whole dragon race worships as their 'King', the dragon whose mere existence makes the whole world tremble...'
People don't even dare take his true name for fear that they will attract his attention.
...
Author's Notes.
Yo! It's your beloved author here!
It seems we finally get to see the dragon king in person, and the shocking thing is that he
seems to already know about Link for some reason.
Question of the day:
Why do you think only Link was able to go to the Dragon Temple and the others got teleported
to random location?
1. Favoritism (Author is doing blatant favoritism again!!)
2. Plot twist (The dragon king already knows Link for some reason!!)
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