Chapter 98: Dragon Fear (3)
‘Wow! Dragon Fear scroll!’
I almost said that out loud. It was that shocking of a reward. This was a scroll I didn’t even manage to get in the ga.
But it was not ti to be happy yet. Since it is such a strong skill, it might have a significantly high requirent. What would I do if I had sothing like, ‘Magic over 1,000,’ as a requirent?
I wanted to quickly check the information.
But I held back. There would be no good letting the other mbers know about this. If it is a skill I can learn, I needed to make my hidden card.
Thanks to the healing potion, my injuries were pretty much healed.
The other mbers seem to be feeling better as well.
We could see the exit not too far away. If I really wanted to, I could instantly leave the Demon Cave.
But I needed to go grab Shione before we did that.
“Let’s leave the hall first.”
“Yes.”
We didn’t have a reason to put our shields up. The monsters started to run away as I stood in the front.
“Why are they acting like this?”
“I think it might be because of the Bone Dragon’s blood.”
The sll was still very pungent.
But I don’t think it will last very long. As ti went on, the blood started to beco faint. Just like how the corpses of monsters disappear quickly in a Demon Cave, the blood must follow the sa rule.
“Let’s hurry over.”
We quickly headed out of the hall.
Outside the hall were a total of 16 mbers. Other than Shione, the other 15 were the ones who could not overco the terror of the Dragon Fear and could not take part in the attack.
They will receive the punishnt for that once we leave the Demon Cave. The bishop will take care of the ans to punish them.
But at this point, they were all healed. The Dragon Fear disappeared once the Bone Dragon died.
But Shione’s face was still pale. She must have used up a lot of strength to use mind control on close to 90 mbers.
“Can you move?”
“Yes.”
Shione bit down on her lips as she stood up. However, she still had issues moving around.
I gave her my back.
“Get on.”
“Hwi Ram-nim needs to open a path.”
“Just get on. I will explain later.”
Shione quietly got on my back.
I started to run in front of everyone else.
It wasn’t as strong as before, but the Bone Dragon’s blood still had so effect. The monsters looked like they would attack us before slowly moving away.
A path to the exit was created just like that.
“What is going on?”
I could hear Shione’s voice in my ear.
“Bone Dragon’s blood……”
I maintained my speed and shortly answered.
While we did that, we all arrived at the exit.
“Let’s hurry up and get out of here.”
I had Shione move to another mber. I then waited until all of the mbers safely exited the cave.
The effect of the Bone Dragon’s blood seed to wear off at that mont. The monsters were slowly closing the distance before finally launching their attack.
Grroooooooowl-
To be honest, I had no plans to leave like this anyways.
I needed to raise my level. In order to do that, I need to go look for a large herd of monsters.
With that being the case, why would I throw away all this valuable experience?
It wasn’t like there was a really high leveled monsters that would cause any issues.
I also recovered from my injuries and had no issues with my stamina.
My nausea from the Bone Dragon’s blood was gone as well. There was also no more baggages like Shione to protect.
I just need to casually dance around.
‘Then shall I have so fun?’
I first threw a couple fire marbles around.
The monsters whose morale was pushed down were attacked by my Drake’s TBSA. I even used my still high mana to launch a Bladestorm as well.
There were around 3,000 monsters left.
But the battle was not long. I completely killed all of the monsters in less than 20 minutes.
Once I killed the last monster, I even heard a wonderful noise.
I put away my twin blades and took a deep breath.
I was now used to this sight of being surrounded by the corpses of monsters. If I join the Demon Cave Clearing Squad one more ti, I should be able to hit level 300.
‘But the Dragon Fear scroll.’
Since nobody else was here, I should be able to safely inspect the scroll.
[Dragon Fear Scroll]
Dragon Magic. A strong mind control magic to instill a strong sense of fear or force a movent.
Restriction: Magic 70, Level 300, basic stats totaling 1,500
My eyes instantly opened wide.
‘Wow! Why are the restrictions so low?’
I thought the magic restriction would be really high, but it is just 70. The biggest number was the total amount of points I have in my stats, but I was already past that level.
‘I just need to raise just two more levels.’
Then both my magic and level will et the restriction.
I wanted to quickly try it out. What kind of impact will it have on the monsters?
Will I be able to have the sa effect that the Bone Dragon had?
I’m sure that’s not possible. I would be satisfied even if it had just half the effect.
‘Anyways, I should head out now.’
I threw my body into the portal.
***
‘Did it work?’
I opened my hand.
[Jewel of Creation: Creation Index 76]
I combined two jewels with creation indexes of 47 and 51. I was pretty satisfied with the results.
‘Check Skill.’
[Jewel Alchemy: Interdiate level 4, 98%]
Interdiate level 5 is right around the corner. Once that happens, I should be able to get a high luck index with Jewels of Luck, and if I raise it even further up, I should be able to use the Jewel of Reinforcent as well.
‘Should I do it once more?’
I had used it nine tis continuously. My focus was a bit scattered.
Still, I was planning on trying it one more ti before I heard a knock.
Knock Knock.
“Co in.”
The door opened and Shione ca into the room.
This was a residence inside the Athena Temple.
Temples usually never provided a residence like this for outsiders.
I just got this special perk for continuing to participate in Demon Cave Clearing Squads.
All of the services were the best. Living here made feel like I was the emperor or sothing like that.
In addition, Shione personally took care of so things like my maid. It might be because of the after effect of the Mind Control, but getting serviced by Shione like this felt pretty good.
Of course, Shione has not used the mind control on since then.
Even still, I could feel my heart shake from ti to ti. It was especially the case when Shione’s beautiful face ca into view.
Like right now.
Shione really suited the completely white priest outfit the best.
“I brought so Canaba Tea over. It will warm your body and clear your mind.”
“Thank you.”
I took a sip of the Canaba Tea.
It tasted a bit like papaya tea, both sweet and refreshing. The fragrance felt like it was clearing my head.
“Have the rewards and punishnts been determined for the squad mbers?”
“I know another eting is happening tomorrow about it. The bishop-nim will let us know when the decision is made.”
“We need to take good care of the mbers who were sacrificed in the battle with the Bone Dragon.”
That wasn’t it.
We also needed to clearly distinguish between the mbers who were able to overco the Dragon Fear and those who could not.
I’m sure they will do it right since I told them enough tis.
“Yes. When should we plan the next Demon Cave Clearing to begin?”
We’ve barely co out for a day and she’s already talking about the next one.
In addition, we’ve been continuously clearing Demon Caves until now. We rested only about an average of three or four days before going into another one.
By now, there should be three or four Demon Caves getting ready to open at the sa ti. There should be at least two that are ready to enter as well.
I held back from answering for a bit.
Once I did that, Shione must have felt sothing weird as she quickly consoled .
“We should be able to complete the map with about 5 more pieces. I know it is hard but please help us a little more.”
Of course I will help until the end. I had a just as important reason to enter compared to the Athena Temple or Shione.
The use of spirit energy that was the specialty of the Orthodox Church of the Sun.
In order to gain that, I needed to find the Church of the Sun, and I needed to complete the map for that to happen.
But I had no reason to rush it.
To be completely honest, the hunting beca harder and harder as we continued with the clearing.
Even this past Demon Cave resulted in a lot of casualties. If I didn’t know the critical weakness of the Bone Dragon, I doubt we would have successfully completed it.
It will only continue to get harder from here.
I an it was obvious. It has to be much harder to hunt level 500 monsters when you are level 300 than hunting level 200 monsters when you are level 100.
If we continue clearing squads like this, we will face a failure at so point.
We needed ti to prepare.
I also had sothing to do right now. I had originally planned to do this when I was level 250.
I needed to go to the Dwarf Village and get the final quest to beco an Expert Blacksmith. OF course I have one more thing to do as well.
“I will rest for about 1 year.”
“What? Why all of a sudden?”
I don’t need to tell her about the Dwarf Village. It is not normal for a human to go to the Dwarf Village, and I might even need to ntion the Jewel Alchemy skill.
I had enough reasons other than the Dwarf Village to push the Demon Cave Clearing back.
I put my lips close to Shione’s ear and whispered as quietly as I could. This was sothing only Shione needed to know.
“I plan on visiting Arlington.”
Shione’s face instantly turned pale. She knew what I ant by Arlington.
Shione responded in a just as quiet voice.
“Why all of a sudden……?”
“I can’t always stay under the Ari Kingdom’s banner. Your grandfather needs to co back out as well. I plan on discussing that issue. Priest-nim, please send soone ahead to inform them in advance. Only then will there be no misunderstanding.”
I could read the concern in Shione’s eyes.
It was an expected response. It was the sa as saying I was going to go against the Ari Kingdom.
“I am just saying we need to prepare. You cannot expect any type of future if you do not prepare. Isn’t the reason priest-nim is putting her life on the line to clear Demon Caves following the sa logic?”
Shione still was not able to say anything. The concern in her eyes did not diminish either.
It wasn’t like I didn’t understand Shione’s concern. In Shione’s point of view, she could think that I was asking for so information. For example, sothing like where Shione’s father Harrison was hiding right now.
If I was a spy in the Ari Kingdom who was hiding their identity, wouldn’t there be nothing more dangerous than this?
However, I don’t need information like that. The Royal Roader draft plan included all of the information including his location.
Of course, there was a chance the information was wrong.
“Do not worry. I do not plan on asking priest-nim for more information. But I am a bit disappointed in your father. I would have expected him to try to approach at least once by now.”
“My father has passed ……”
Shione stopped there. She read my smiling expression as, ‘I know everything.’
“Since your father is not making the first move, I have no choice but to go visit him myself. All priest-nim has to do is let him know that soone nad Kang Hwi Ram will co to visit him. That is enough.”
Shione finally seed to settle down after that.
“But 1 year to do that……?”
“Of course I have other reasons as well. Lately, I feel like we are reaching the limit of my abilities. If we continue like this, we will end up being completely decimated at so point.”
Shione had to agree to this as well. The last three clearings were all extrely close calls.
In the Demon Cave before this one, only 14 people managed to co back alive. There were many dangerous situations that it was thankful that all of us did not perish.
But Shione thought a bit differently than I did.
“Will the situation change from taking 1 year off?”
Normally, not much will change. At most, we would be able to select the mbers and train together to develop their teamwork.
But I am different. In 1 year, I could definitely increase my strength. Of course it was a way to increase my strength without raising my level.
I just need to tell Shione one of those thods.
“I gained so information that Shadow Foxes were found. If I can hunt them and make an armor out of them, the Demon Cave Clearing will beco much easier.”
“Ah, Shadow Fox!”
The Shadow Fox Leather Armor surpasses even the Gaia Armor Set that the Athena Temple treats so dearly.
Shione lightly nodded her head as if she approved.
But her concern was not completely lifted.
“Will it be possible?”
Shadow Foxes were known as monsters that were impossible for people to hunt. It would be the sa situation even if level 400 hunters went in a herd.
The Shadow Fox was sothing only the Dwarf and Elf races could hunt.
Unfortunately, the Elves do not hunt the Shadow Foxes, and the Dwarves as a tribe prefer tal armor over leather armor, so they do not put their lives on the line to hunt Shadow Foxes.
That is how difficult it is to hunt a Shadow Fox.
But it was possible for . I know the thod to do so. I also have abilities that are comparable to an Elf or Dwarf.
“My hobby is making the impossible possible.”
I said it like a joke.
But Shione did not laugh. She must be worried about what would happen if I did not return.
“I will return in 1 year at the latest. Priest-nim should take it easy and relax for that ti. It is better to take it slow and be certain than to rush it and fail.”
“Will you promise …… to return?”
Shione’s eyes were starting to tear up.
At the sa ti, I could feel my heart sink. I had not felt the Mind Control for a long ti.
But I didn’t mind it. This was a clearly visible use of it. I guess I can say it was her way of showing just how much she didn’t want to go?
I started to laugh and joke with her.
“Depends on how priest-nim does.”
Shione finally started to smile as well.
Dragon Fear (3) End
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