As YuSung and HimChan began walking in the 14:00 direction, the lava-covered ground eventually beca a mineral-filled cave.
Tap.
Before entering the cave, HimChan crouched and placed his hands on the floor.
"Wait."
Within the open space of the cave, it would be easy to notice even the smallest movents. Not only that, but if a dragon were inside, it would probably have its mana spread to detect intruders.
"Hmm. I can't feel any movent. Judging by the fact that theres a dungeon, though, Im sure it was summoned.
Not only were they not able to detect any traces of a dragon, but it was also surprisingly silent.
'There isn't any movent?'
YuSung found that weird, so he also put his hands on the floor. He used his Super Sense to check the area, but he couldn't sense any life inside.
"On top of that, YuSung, doesn't it look a bit like a maze?"
HimChan spoke as he looked at the beautiful crystals.
"I once went to an amusent park that had a maze like this inside, but it was full of mirrors instead of crystals."
YuSung gave him a curious look, and HimChan said, Ah! with a laugh and then began to kindly explain.
"It was a place full of mirrors that you had to find your way through. Although it might sound easy, the reflections make it difficult to find your way.
HimChan smiled and began walking again. The farther they walked through the cave, the narrower it beca. The crystals were scattered around in pillar-like shapes.
Slide.
There was a chilly energy coming out of the crystal mine, and two doors opened as if theyd been waiting for YuSung and HimChan.
"This... is a zone."
YuSung reacted first. He'd experienced Lorelei's zone, so he was able to recognize what was in front of him. Although the quality of mana was different, it was clearly constructed as a type of zone.
"A dragon's zone... I'm not that great with opponents like this."
To HimChan, facing a dragon that rushed forward with its mouth open was more comfortable than facing a dragons zone.
Since a dragon's zone was higher-dinsional magic, it was sothing not even YuSung could destroy with Mana Resonance, and the only way to catch the Incarnation was to go into the zone.
"Still, the opponent is one of Sardonyx's Incarnations. I was ready for this much. Student YuSung, will you enter the dragons zone?" HimChan shouted.
Shin YuSung nodded.
'There's no other choice.'
As they walked toward the passageway, blue light began pouring toward YuSung, creating a dream-like atmosphere. The crystals either reflected YuSungs image or rainbow-like colors.
- To think that dealing with an Incarnation would be so hard. We should continue forward as we talk to ensure we're aware of the dangers.
HimChan's voice echoed through the cave. Since they'd entered the opponent's zone, their location was already known to the opponent. Therefore, keeping tabs on each others locations was a good idea.
"Okay." YuSung replied shortly.
HimChan began thinking about what they should talk about.
- Student YuSung, do you know why Sardonyx was divided into Incarnations?
Why had Sardonyx, the strongest red dragon, been divided into Incarnations? What HimChan or the other hunters knew was superficial. After all, most of their knowledge was based on the information in the Tower Records.
Although they couldn't see each other, YuSung nodded.
"I heard Sardonyx was looking for fun."
Compared to humans, dragons lived eternally, so they often couldn't handle the boredom and traveled around the human world.
- Right. In the Tower Records, it says that Sardonyx divided herself so that she could enjoy the human world.
Did she enjoy spending ti with humans? The final part of the Tower Records wasn't very detailed. For so reason, Sardonyx had lost her mind.
Feeling responsible, a few red dragons tried to stop her. but it was useless. The damage caused was nearly unimaginable.
- I was curious What caused a dragon who broke her soul into pieces just to et humans to lose her mind and start attacking people?
[Sardonyx invaded the human world. She ended up being sealed by the hero and the red dragons.]
That was all that was written in the Records. No matter how much they wondered about it, with the information they had, all they could do was guess.
- Haha! Of course, being curious about the boss we have to subjugate is dumb.
It seed like HimChan's story had touched a nerve.
"You're wrong..." A girls voice countered him. They could feel sadness in the girls tone.
Crack!
Cracks began appearing in the crystals surrounding YuSung, and a huge magic circle appeared on the ground.
Swoosh!
They'd co prepared, but as expected from a dragon, the zone surrounded the entire cave. It was bigger than they'd thought.
Paf!
Light covered his eyes, and YuSung was teleported sowhere else.
'A teleport...?'
If hunters used Traits, dragons used magic. Of course, even among magic, large-scale teleportation was very difficult.
YuSung looked around nervously and saw that the ground was made of a transparent crystal, and he was surrounded by blue light and fog. There was only pitch-black darkness ahead.
"That story is wrong..."
Tap, tap.
Soone walked out of the darknessa girl with mysterious-looking hair that resembled the night sea with stars reflecting off of it.
"That's not why Sardonyx created us..."
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The girl didn't seem to be intending to attack YuSung. Instead, it seed like the girl was trying to convince him of sothing.
The dark place brightened, and a green forest was shown with birds chirping in the trees.
The footage that Crupeos created with magic was perfect, even with regard to sound.
All they could see in the beautiful forest was a boy with brown hair.
"Hey, Taru!" A girl with red hair called out to the brown-haired boy.
"Wake up! Ms. Heinda says to co to eat! The soup has a lot of at, so you should hurry."
"Okay, Lepina..."
The girl called Lepina seed to care about the boy called Taru.
Tap.
The video suddenly paused, and Crupeos looked at the girl called Lepina with a sad expression.
"At first, it was out of caprice. Sardonyx was bored with the eternal life that dragons had... She felt envious of humans."
YuSung was sure that the girl with red hair and eyes was, in reality, Sardonyx.
Crupeos read YuSung's thoughts.
"You have good eyes. That's right, she's Sardonyx. She felt so envious of humans that she chose to live a normal life, just like them..."
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