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48 Floating City(11)
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The place where the bright light that covered the world disappeared.
There was no longer a shadowy sky that seemed to swallow everything.
All that existed was the dark night sky visible through the open ceiling and the king of shadows slowly scattering in the moonlight pouring from it.
– I… … .
Stigma slowly opened her mouth as she looked at Shion, who returned to her gray eyes because she had consumed all her powers through the last blow.
– Did you lose again?
A voice filled with only emptiness.
The fire of life already burning in his eyes was completely extinguished.
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Most of his life was consumed by the attack a while ago, and the aftermath of Zion’s light that pierced the sky of the shadows shattered even the rest of his life.
– For hundreds of years, I dedicated everything to thinking of only going beyond you… … In the end I couldn’t
Stigma slowly closes her eyes with him.
at that time,
“ You know what?”
Sion, who looked at Stigma like that, smiled and opened his mouth.
“ Even if you spend thousands of years, no, tens of thousands of years, you cannot surpass me.”
Those words were neither arrogance nor guesswork.
assurance.
It was the conviction that the emperor who devoured the world accurately grasped the level and limits of the dragon.
Stigma only expresses emotions with her swaying eyes at Shion’s words, but eventually disappears without answering.
and.
Silence settled in the cavity.
The Light Watcher, the Empire, and even the wizards of the Shadow Nest were all looking at Zion with their mouths shut.
“ Really Stigma… … .”
A trembling voice came out of Akendelt’s mouth as if to represent everyone’s feelings.
When Prince Zion said there was a way to deal with Stigma, he believed it and acted according to his plan, but he never dreamed that that way would mean a head-to-head confrontation.
But, beyond actually putting it into practice, I would have even destroyed it.
In the meantime, the darkness and the power of Obergia used by Prince Zion were all questionable enough, but Stigma’s death was so shocking that nothing else caught my eye.
‘ Even if they were a direct blood relative of Agnes, who are called monsters, it would have been like this… … .’
When Archendelt calms his trembling body with that thought,
“I ’m sure you guys will suffice.”
Shion turned his head and opened his mouth towards him.
Due to the death of Young Dragon, the power and will of the wizards of the Shadow Nest had been bent to the point where they could hardly fight, so it was decided that there was no need to even go out on their own.
And in fact, due to the power of Gwangryong and the recoil of the lunar eclipse, he was unable to fight right now.
“ Dispose of the remaining remnants!”
A loud cry erupted from the mouth of Akendelt, who finally came to his senses at Shion’s words.
Finally, the final battle began.
“ Don’t stop! All shadows must be erased from the world today!”
Kwagwagwagwang!
“ aah!”
As expected of Zion, the battle was going in a unilateral way, in which the Watchers of Light were pushing.
and,
‘ By the way… … .’
Ahmad, who helped such watchers deal with the wizards of the nest, was unable to concentrate fully on the current battle.
The reason was because of Prince Zion.
To be precise, it was because of the one word Stigma uttered in the middle of the battle with Prince Zion a while ago.
‘ Obviously, Yeongryong looked at His Majesty Zion and shouted “Eternal Eternal Life.”
At that time, the situation was urgent, so I didn’t pay attention to it, but now that I think about it, it is very strange.
No matter how much Prince Zion is said to be a descendant of the Eternal Eternal Empire, even so, a cry that did not fit the situation at all.
‘ I have no idea what that cry means.’
The only possibility is that it has to do with the unique darkness used by Prince Zion, but that was also just a baseless guess.
‘ His Majesty Zion… … What the hell are you hiding?’
Ahmad’s eyes deepened as he looked at Zion’s back as he exited the cavity.
* * *
Finally, after all battles, the ruined Shadow Nest.
In the nest where no one was left,
“ He’s an interesting guy.”
A girl appeared and muttered.
A girl with purple lips in a dark red lace dress.
The girl’s eyes were slowly scanning the traces of the battle between Sion and Stigma earlier.
As soon as he sensed the target, he ran to this place, but the situation had already ended, so the girl was gauging the level of the battle that had taken place while scanning the trail.
“ Can one person use such opposing powers? Without any lack of anything.”
There is a deep curiosity and interest in the eyes of the girl who scans the traces.
Of course, that target was Zion who won the battle.
“ Did I say Zion Agnes?”
With that muttering, the girl remembered Shion, who had been out of the cavity as soon as she arrived earlier.
“ I want to see a little more detail… … .”
The girl furrowed her eyebrows as if contemplating with that murmur.
How much did you worry about it?
“ Ah, that’s it!”
A cheerful voice came out of the girl’s mouth, who had finally figured out how to do it.
* * *
The floating city is a magical sanctuary, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t places for leisure.
No, rather, there were unique leisure facilities that could not be experienced anywhere else by taking advantage of the advantage of floating in the sky.
And the ‘Heaven Cafe’ where Zion is now was also one of those facilities.
‘ Sky Cafe’ were treated with magic and reflected transparently, and the vast clouds visible beyond those walls made it feel like where we were right now was above the sky.
“ How is it? The ‘cloud coffee’ you drink now is the highest-grade specialty that can only be made here.”
Across from Shion, who quietly put down her teacup, Obergia, who changed her body shape to a blonde middle-aged man, asked with a soft smile.
After receiving the information that Shion really likes coffee, he immediately took Shion to the ‘Sky Cafe’ right after the shadow nest was finished.
Even though it was difficult for him to even move, the fact that he moved directly like this meant that he was feeling grateful to Zion for preventing the fall of the city.
“ It’s pretty good.”
Shion nodded and answered him.
It can be said that it is really rare that such praise comes out of Sion’s mouth, who has stricter standards for coffee than anyone else.
It’s almost like the first time.
“ Haha, I knew that. I was sure you would like it.”
Obergia, who burst out laughing once with him, continued the conversation with a slightly more serious look.
“ Now, I want to hear what you want.”
The man in front of him was never one who moved for no reason.
The reason I took the initiative in taking the lead in this matter must also be because I had a desire for it.
Even if he didn’t want anything, Obergia was going to give the reward to Shion’s hand even by force.
Thanks to this, in addition to preventing the fall of the city, it was possible to completely eradicate Stigma and the Shadow Nest, which for hundreds of years had been a secret threat to the floating city.
In the process, his lifespan and powers were greatly reduced, but there was not much free time because the person who had been sick for a long time was missing.
“ I want the whole city to be mine.”
At the dragon’s question, Shion opened his mouth without hesitation.
It was an unconventional, but only because it was Zion.
In fact, from the beginning, Zion planned to acquire a floating city through this journey.
As it is a place where the highest level of wizards are gathered, it will certainly be helpful in the great war that will occur in the not-too-distant future.
In addition, it will have a significant influence on Zion himself ascending to the throne.
“ It is, too.”
Obergia nodded her head as if she knew how to say that.
Soon after, I closed my eyes for a moment as if to organize my thoughts, and then opened Gwangryong’s mouth,
“ Orrelion, if it’s you, it’s okay to go downstairs.”
There was a positive response.
In fact, he had been worried before.
About what the floating city will be like after you die.
Obviously, the balance of power will be shaken, and it will be difficult to maintain autonomy as easily as it is now.
If so, it might have been better to rely on Zion for protection from now on.
If he became an enemy, he reigned with overwhelming despair, but on the contrary, if he could get inside that fence, the most reliable thing was the man in front of him.
” I can’t give you a definitive answer here as it’s not a matter for me to decide on my own, but I’m going to suggest it to the mayor and city council.”
Zion knew that those words were the same as acceptance.
Obergia’s influence in this wealthy city was almost absolute.
“ In addition, I will also participate in the ‘World Conference’ from now on, is that enough?”
“ Enough.”
At Shion’s answer, Obergia, who had a lighter face, smiled and changed the topic.
“ I’m glad that’s enough. By the way, is it okay not to attend the exchange meeting now? It seems that the wizards who have been there since Shadow Lair want to see you. And I think you want to ask about the ‘space distortion by gravity magic’ technique you made in the past.”
Shion gently shook her head at those words.
Even without confidence, Ahhamad was doing well, and above all else, there was no longer any purpose to attend the exchange meeting.
“ There is something I want to ask you more than that.”
“ Ask me anything. I’ll answer everything I know.”
“ Do you know that in the past when I was Orrelion, I had already waged a war with the Demon Magician once?”
Gwangryong quietly nodded at Shion’s words.
“ Of course. At that time, it was not called a magician, but… … After all, I am one of those who helped erase that fact from the history of the Empire.”
“… … Did you erase history?”
“ Yeah. You asked for it yourself, don’t you remember?”
Of course I couldn’t fly.
It must have happened after Zion himself entered this body.
“ Why?”
Obergia shrugged her shoulders as if she did not know the question.
“ You know better, don’t you? That I am not the type to give directions and explain why.”
“… … .”
There was nothing to say because it was true.
After being silent for a while, Shion brought up the question he was originally going to ask Gwangryong.
“ Then change the question. Were there any words or actions that I remembered at that time?”
A scene from the past from a dream I had a while ago.
The question was to get a clue as to why he acted that way in that scene.
“ Hmm… … It’s not an action, but at that time, you felt like you were thinking about something.”
“ Worried?”
“ Yeah, worry. Of course, there were no signs on the outside, so I guessed purely from my senses. So it would be better to listen with one ear.”
But Zion did not listen to those words.
Because the old dragon’s sense of living for nearly ten thousand years was never good enough.
‘ What were you thinking about?’
There was nothing to guess.
Before entering this body, Zion himself had no worries.
There was only the emptiness that there was nothing more to achieve and the boredom that came from it.
‘ Then it means that I was created after I came into this body… … .’
Shion intuitively felt that the troubles must have affected the contract with the gods and the scene in the dream.
‘ Even so, I have no way of knowing right now… … .’
“ It looks like you still have trouble.”
Obergia slowly opened her mouth as she looked at Shion who was holding the teacup in her thoughts.
“ Somehow, I think that worry is about me… … If so, maybe these words will help you.”
Zion looked at him with a questionable face, as if asking what he meant.
Gwangryong continues to speak while looking at Shion with dizzy eyes.
“ Not long after it was announced that you had passed away, I happened to have the opportunity to speak with a certain god. Naturally, there were also stories about you, and then that god uttered these words about you.”
It was just a passing word, and even that was a word with no special meaning, but it was strangely engraved in the dragon’s mind even after hundreds of years.
The old dragon’s intuition was whispering that it would be helpful to the present Sion.
“ What?”
Zion’s question continued as if to tell him.
“ Outside.”
At that question, a word finally came out of Obergia’s mouth.