224. island of dragons
The round table sits quietly in silence.
The elders sitting around listened to the note that had just flew from the Royen Sea area and kept their mouths shut for a while.
No one said anything.
However, there were some elders who could not stand their shaking shoulders even in the heavy silence.
“Hey, Dragon Goddess Jane has been kidnapped.”
The elder conducting the oracle stroked his chin and muttered. I was forcibly lowering the corner of my mouth that was slightly rising.
“It is truly unfortunate.”
“The dragon god will be sad too.”
The other elders also add a word. There wasn’t even a teaspoon of sincerity in it.
“Cardinal Theosender must be heartbroken.”
“Anyway, he was in love with the Dragon Goddess. To be honest, it’s hard to understand the taste.”
“Keuheum, since ancient times, a woman is…”
Suddenly, the story started going elsewhere. It was hard to imagine that the elders, who had been setting the mood until just now, were uttering words.
After the men’s filthy fight about their taste and what kind of woman they slept with.
The elder in charge of hosting also opened his mouth with a satisfied smile.
“Then, we should commemorate the Dragon Goddess and select the next Dragon Goddess at the same time.”
“Ah, good. There are women we have prepared for you.”
Papers with countless profiles written on them as if they had been waiting for them. Since they had already carried out the oracle to dismiss the Dragon Goddess, candidates were already prepared.
“Then leave the cleanup of the pirates to the cardinal. From now on, according to the solemn will of Sharqal, the Dragon Goddess, the 730th oracle is amended, where 12 elders select a new Dragon Goddess.”
Bang bang bang.
Amendment Declaration.
In fact, it is now the 731th oracle.
The 729th oracle discusses the compensation that humans should pay to Yongin for damage to pirates.
The 730th vote was to fire the Dragon Goddess the very next day.
However, the elder naturally dismissed the 730th oracle he had previously had as nothing.
The elders worked together to fire the Dragon Goddess, even if it didn’t look good, Jane was a thorn in her eyes.
If the dragon goddess left her on her own, there was no need to leave a record that the elders fired her by force.
So, the dismissal of the Dragon Goddess was a natural occurrence, and the 730th Parliament to elect a new Dragon Goddess.
‘It’s fortunate that the cardinal asked for a little bit of time.’
I was waiting because Cardinal Theosander begged me not to announce the results, saying that he would try to persuade Jane the Dragon Goddess.
Thanks to this, the 730th trust was naturally buried as something that never happened.
A satisfied smile appeared on the elders’ lips.
Everyone thought that the new Dragon Goddess would like a woman who could dance in their hands.
“I’ll have to pull it out soon.”
“That’s right, because I have to go worship to the dragon god too.”
“Oh, it was so difficult for me to ride a wyvern.”
*
“A dragon god lives here?”
“Yes, I don’t have a name. We dare not name the Dragon God’s nest.”
At Eve’s question as she looked around, Jane began guiding us like a tour guide.
“You have to go deeper inside. I can’t see you right away.”
“Umm, the dragon god is wilder than I thought.”
“Wail, yes?”
It was Jane who approached Eve to ask what that meant, but Eve took a notebook and started to run while writing things down.
“Daniel, there’s something unsettling here.”
“……”
It’s because he’s sensitive, so he knows right away.
The whole island was wide-spread with a first-of-its-kind grand oppression, but it wasn’t just a warning to intruders.
Other than that, there was a small ominous shadow quietly under the dragon’s warning, but it was too sharp to be seen simply as a wild animal.
I was able to get a glimpse of their identities.
They were a reaper.
Those who entered the Dragon God’s Island before us. It seemed that only the elite of the elite were gathered, not at the level of ordinary members.
Thanks to that, Sen was not properly aware of their lives. I just think that I am anxious about something.
‘It’s okay to just fight now.’
If it did, there was a possibility that the offended Dragon God would not arise.
For the first time, they pretended not to know and followed the dragon goddess and Eve together as if they were pushing Sen’s back.
‘The other side doesn’t seem to have any intention of killing us either.’
On the contrary, it seemed that they had not yet achieved their purpose on this island, as we came closer and hid even more.
“Don’t go too far.”
He proceeded, paying attention to Eve and Jane, who were now sprinting as if in a running race.
The road was made.
Rather than being built by Yongin, it was naturally built because many people passed by.
Eve muttered as she looked around and said it was strange.
“There is a book that contains the contents of discussions among scholars. There, there was talk about where the Dragon God is sleeping, and the scholar who claimed to be on an island got it right.”
“Do you have such a book?”
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Jane’s eyes twitch as if she didn’t like the fact that the story of the Dragon God was being shared elsewhere.
Eve, who slowly slowed down and approached me, naturally ran away to my side.
“Hiding in the dragon’s shelter, hiding underground, actually the dragon god is already… dead. Well, there are many scholars who talk like this. Humans naturally like to talk about other people.”
“……Oh yeah.”
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Jane seemed to have a lot to say, but she looked at us and kept quiet.
After that, there was no conversation.
Eve opened her mouth in amazement as she looked around, and Sen shook her head once in a while, wondering if the back of her head was tickled by the constant feeling of soft life.
“Come on, here.”
A cave blocked off by a huge boulder that has strong bushes clinging to it like a pattern.
At first glance, it was an exquisite appearance that could have been overlooked.
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Jane slowly placed her hand on the rock, pouring mana into it, and the rock naturally rolled and cleared a path.
In an instant, the living creatures that surround us disappear. It seems that they have not been able to find this entrance until now.
“Certainly, who is there?”
As the original one disappeared, Sen was now convinced and tried to pull out the dagger.
I put my hand on her sword and put my index finger to her mouth.
“You knew.”
“Let’s go quietly for now.”
“……okay.”
Guys like the Reaper can be cleaned up at any time. The important thing now is not to make a fuss on the island.
Only then will the dragon god talk a little bit.
The cave was deeper than expected, but the end was clearly visible. I didn’t really need a torch either, as a faint light leaked in from the end of the cave and illuminated the whole area.
“I feel like an explorer.”
Apparently, Eve, who had read a lot of novels, could not calm her pounding heart and followed Jane the most closely.
It was a distance that Eve’s ferocious chest could reach if it was wrong. No, Jane turned around for a moment and looked at Eve, then closed her lips.
“Well? What are you doing?”
“……no. Let’s go.”
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Jane immediately turns around and heads towards the light inside the cave. Seeing this, Sen muttered expressionlessly.
“I know that feeling of defeat.”
“……”
It was a bit out of the blue, but anyway.
When we came out of the cave, we were welcomed by the sun and the chilly cold.
It felt colder than inside the cave, but in fact, the snow that had almost melted outside was still piled up here.
The mountains around the island are round, but the inside was a flat basin.
Even from a distance, the giant could be seen at a glance.
A crouching being that occupies the entire vast plain.
Not just this simple island, but the entire world exists alone as if it were the center.
Even though he is the only one on this continent who bears the name of God, he is a being who attaches the land to the earth.
Dragon god Shakalim.
The gigantic golden body was sleeping so quietly that it was doubtful whether it was alive, but the grass around it was lightly swayed by the faint sound of breathing and snoring.
“I will go first. Everyone please wait.”
Apparently, Jane, the Dragon Goddess, should go first here. With some distance between them, Eve and Sen whispered in case they would offend the dragon.
“But being a dragon is amazing. I think I know why people in Yongin worship them as gods.”
“I only see a little bigger than the other lizards.”
“sen! Careful. The dragon can hear it.”
“……lizard.”
No matter what the two of them mumbled next to me, I continued to look at Jane.
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Jane stepped right in front of Shakalim, knelt cautiously, and began to speak as if in a whisper.
‘Now, how will it come out?’
I heard that the dragon god often talked with the dragon god woman.
I thought Jane was probably explaining why we came.
blah blah!
In an instant, the depthless dragon’s eyes flashed open and its huge mouth opened.
It swallowed the Dragon Goddess.