Episode 214. Kill the Dragon.
Climbing the World Tree was truly amazing.
I never thought about going up to Ragnarok in my previous life, and I didn’t feel the need to do so this time either.
‘I can’t believe there was a place like this.’
Ragnarok arrived after passing Midgard. As I climbed through the clouds beyond Thunder Island, the branches of the World Tree appeared to create stairs to go up.
Although the scenery right above Ragnarok was obscured by clouds, it was impossible to see the scenery. As I climbed even higher, the blue sky spread out beneath my feet and the entire continent came into view.
While following the stairs created by the World Tree, I saw an unusual creature.
If I had known that there were people this strong, I would have come sooner.
A bird much larger than the divine beast Greedori passed overhead.
With a triangular head larger than my body and two wings spread out, it becomes a monster as big as four or five ogres put together.
“how is it? Verdin. Like I said, the top of the World Tree is truly amazing.”
The red-haired girl, Valkyrie, smiled brightly and asked me.
‘Isn’t this sight just amazing?’
If I had known the way up here in my past life, I was so intrigued that I wanted to bring a group of knights and go hunting.
‘How strong are the creatures here?’
Even without using aura or mana, I could feel the strength of their bodies.
‘If I feel like it, I’d like to cut it with a sword.’
I’m not here to have fun right now.
“How did you know about this place? “Didn’t you say you grew up only in the tower?”
“How did you know?”
“Yeah, you talk as if you’ve been there before.”
“… I know? “How do I know?”
Judging by his reaction, it seems like he really doesn’t know how he knows about this.
“If you ask me that, will you give me an answer?”
“I’m sorry, but I don’t know how I know about this.”
“done. “I don’t think my curiosity about you will be answered if I continue the conversation anyway.”
“Because every time I ask, I answer that I don’t know.”
Valkyrie crossed her arms and nodded her head with an expression of approval.
“Uh, um. yes. “Well, even though I think about it, they say they don’t know everything I ask, so what can I do?”
“It’s okay, just lead the way properly.”
“road?”
“Okay, let’s see what’s under your feet now.”
She looked at something squishy under her feet and tilted her head.
“The tree is incredibly soft.”
“Does that look like a tree?”
“Then what is this?”
“I don’t know.”
The giraffe that lives in the western plains, or rather the round face of a wild beast with a longer and thicker neck, flew by.
“Hi!”
Valkyrie jumped high and narrowly avoided an attack from an unknown creature.
She didn’t seem to like the reaction of the monster targeting her, so she twirled her right arm in the air and struck it towards the ground to subdue it.
The monster screamed and fell to the bottom of the World Tree.
I thought as I watched the falling monster.
Are the transcendent level monsters occasionally found on the continent missing here? A creature that has national-level power, but unlike monsters called champions, its intelligence is low and its true identity has not been discovered.
I never thought it would be so easy to find out where they came from.
I swallowed my saliva without realizing it.
This is not a feeling of fear or a longing for an unknown world.
The anticipation that a fight with strong guys I didn’t even know existed was waiting for me.
Anyway, when I reached a certain height, my breathing started to become difficult. Moreover, as the height increases, the number of giant creatures decreases and their size becomes larger.
‘This is what I mean.’
The closer I get to the top of the World Tree, the more powerful creatures are waiting for me.
Then, I could see that the person guarding the dragon’s hourglass at the top was a much stronger creature than I thought.
Thump, pound, pound!
My heart started pounding.
An image of an unknown dragon appeared in my mind. She has yellow skin that I’ve never seen before, or should I say golden?
It was a dragon that was so brilliant and had a large appearance compared to other dragons.
“Valkyrie, is there a dragon waiting at the top of the World Tree?”
Valkyrie answered with a meaningful expression, as if she had been waiting for my question.
“Right, how did you know?”
“I do not know. As you said to me earlier, I don’t know how you came to know what I pictured in my head.”
“Oh, I can’t believe Verdin and I are the same. “This is so good!”
It doesn’t feel good to hear that I have something in common with this woman.
“Then do you know about the dragon up here?”
“Yes, my friend.”
“friend.”
“uh! “He told me to bring you here.”
“… “You mean the dragon told you to bring me?”
“when.”
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“When you reach the tower.”
“No, I mean when did you find out?”
Valkyrie tilted her head.
“yesterday? No, I don’t know. “I suddenly remembered that too after I got out of the tower.”
My mind seems to be a mess.
Afterwards, I continued to climb the World Tree based on her messy memories.
And I don’t know how long it took, but when I reached the end of the stairs made of tree branches, I arrived at a vast land.
This place is not land but sky, and there is no soil, only trees, so it cannot be called land.
A skyland so vast that I can’t see the end from where I’m standing, and so vast that I can see trees rising beyond the horizon.
‘Then here.’
The place where the first humans lived at a time when the entire northern land was frozen and called ‘Niflheim’, and the southern land was boiling and called ‘Muspelheim’.
The oldest nation in the world and the dragon’s nest.
‘Asgard.’
Could it be that we arrived there?
I never thought I would reach a place of record that could only be found on the upper floor of the tower, a trace of which could not be found anywhere else on the continent.
‘That’s amazing.’
I couldn’t keep my mouth shut at the unique view of the World Tree. On the other hand, Valkyrie ran around and shouted brightly as if she knew about this place.
“Ahhhh Dean!”
Her voice echoed from the top of the World Tree. As if echoing from the mountaintops.
The World Tree responded to her voice. No, is it something other than a tree that moves?
The branches of the tree beneath my feet shook violently, dropping their leaves, and the sky seen through them sent a chill to my stomach.
‘If I fall from here.’
I guess it would be impossible to survive.
“Adin?”
“I called a friend.”
“friend? “Are you talking about a dragon?”
“that’s right! “You said you knew too?”
I only know the form, but not the name. Because his image suddenly flashed through my mind, as if I was recalling a picture I had briefly seen a long time ago.
“What kind of friend is Ardyn?”
“Which friend?”
“So, am I close with you? Or do we just know each other’s names?”
Valkyrie responded without a moment’s hesitation by raising her thumb.
“A total friend. “He is such a close friend that if I were to die, I would die right here.”
“If you tell me to die, will I die?”
As soon as she could answer, an unknown male voice came from behind me.
“Is that possible?”
There was no sign of anything.
Even when I quickly changed my posture and looked at him, I couldn’t recognize his presence.
We’re obviously face to face at a distance of about five steps. How can I feel like such a nobody?
I asked without realizing it. At the same time, his blurry appearance became clearer and a long-haired knight wearing golden armor came into view.
‘young.’
I felt like he was around the same age as me or even younger. The dignity and composure that can be felt in the expression, and the vast auror latent in the body to the extent that one can tell that he is stronger than me even without holding a weapon.
‘This guy is Ardyn.’
The golden dragon guarding the top of the World Tree, Valkyrie’s friend and the one who called me here.
‘A person who manages the history of this world using the dragon’s hourglass.’
Gold Dragon, Ardyn.
I reflexively held out my sword towards him.
“Oh my gosh, Verdin. I know how you want to become the sword god. “No human power will be able to reach me.”
“Besides, the purpose of your coming here is not to fight me, is it?”
But the desire for the strong boiled in my heart and surged like crazy.
The desire was so strong that I wanted to jump in right now and swing my sword at him.
“I don’t think we’ll be able to meet again if it’s not this time. “Before we talk, I’d like to compete for a moment.”
“You will die.”
“You probably know the answer to that better yourself.”
A smile appeared on Ardyn’s lips.
I read his expression and watched Valkyrie’s reaction. If she didn’t want me to attack her, she would have come between us too.
Valkyrie is also seen waiting one step behind, which means that she is waiting.
‘Thank you.’
I wanted to fight at least once, even if it was an opponent I couldn’t beat.
“Is it okay to hear the story about the hourglass after the fight is over?”
“Do whatever you want. “After all, you have followed the path I have made so far.”
“The road you made?”
“Yes, it is very strong and sturdy, made with the help of not only me but also other dragons.”
“A way to defy the tower’s will to prevent this world from falling into destruction.”
The memory in my head denied his words. This is probably due to the influence of ‘Bor’, the so-called owner of the tower, along with the spirit of the three dragons that have melted into me.
If the spirit of those who want to protect the world that has been absorbed into me and the spirit of those who want to destroy the world clash with each other, what will be the answer?
My current appearance is probably the result of what Bor, who was called a god and the owner of the tower and the four dragons who lived around the World Tree, wanted to create.
‘To find the answer.’
Regarding the topic of the survival of this world.
I infused my sword with aura and prepared to attack Ardyn. He welcomed me in human form, not in dragon form.
He’s probably convinced that I won’t win.
‘Then I guess Ardyn doesn’t know.’
The fact that I have the skill to cut down a dragon, which I learned from Siegfried throughout this life.
“Don’t die.”
I whispered softly to Ardyn and then jumped towards him, who was smiling.
Will my sword be able to reach the dragon this time? With that question in mind, I swung my sword at Ardyn.
fantasy,
