Chapter 33 - Chapter 4: Awakening #8 (1/2)
Chapter 33 - Chapter 4: Awakening #8
The sky was ablaze.
It was neither day nor night and there was an enormous presence under the red sky.
It was a black dragon.
Instead of scales, steel and rocks covered its body. Red and yellow lava was flowing endlessly along the cracks in the steel and rocks.
The wyrm Enkidu.
A great dragon that had been born in lava.
In front of him, In-gong was only a small presence. It was impossible for him to even see all of Enkidu’s body.
Enkidu was on top of the Jishuka Mountains and the steel and rocks made him seem like one with the mountains.
At the feet of the Great Enkidu, there were a number of dwarf treasure keepers. Behind them, paying homage in their own way, there were the swamp mammoths and many varieties of powerful chimeras
They all had the same mission:
Protect the Great Enkidu.
They formed a barrier between the Demon World and Human World.
Enkidu opened his mouth slowly and his voice resonated through the Jishuka Mountains. The sound was so loud that In-gong reflexively blocked his ears. Then out of nowhere, he was swept away by lava.
”Heok!”
In-gong sat up and almost vomited. His whole body was drenched in sweat like he had fallen into water.
In-gong continued to breathe rapidly. He could hear his heart pounding wildly.
It was a dream. Whether it was a fantasy or something else, it wasn’t reality.
A black dragon - it was probably the wyrm, Enkidu.
In Knight Saga, he had been one of the six elder dragons that were said to have the power of a god.
He wasn’t in the Demon World anymore. He had only mentioned in Knight Saga and never appeared directly. So, he may already be dead.
In-gong covered his face with both hands and took a deep breath. He seemed to be calm.
”Okay.”
In-gong muttered, removed his hands and got up. Then he saw Carack who wasn’t moving. However, he wasn’t dead. He had simply lost consciousness.
“Carack! Carack!”
In-gong called out Carack’s name while shaking him wildly. Then he hit Carack’s cheek a few times.
“Uh...uh...”
Just like In-gong, he finally regained consciousness. In-gong sighed with relief then stepped forward again when he saw the other side.
“Caitlin noona! Are you okay? Wake up!”
In-gong cautiously held Caitlin’s upper body, which had fallen on the altar, and called her name repeatedly. He shook her shoulders a few times before she reacted like Carack.
“Oh... Shutra?”
Her voice sounded like someone who had just woken up from a deep sleep.
”Do you feel okay?”
“Uh... Yes.”
Caitlin nodded before sitting up. In-gong didn’t question Caitlin anymore and looked around. As expected, everyone around the altar was in a collapsed state.
”Caitlin noona, I will wake up Felicia noona.”
“Eung, yes.”
Caitlin responded while pressing her hand to her temple like she was dizzy. In-gong stepped over Carack’s legs and approached Felicia.
“Noona, Felicia noona!”
He knew it wasn’t a dangerous condition after experiencing it twice already. Therefore, In-gong just lightly tapped Felicia’s cheek. Her response was much faster than Caitlin’s.
”Heok!”
Felicia sat up and took a deep breath. Just like In-gong, she was covered in sweat.
“Are you okay?”
”Uh, I’m okay. Yes, yes. There is something I need to check. I have to check it.”
At first, she sounded sleepy but her voice and eyes became clear by the end.
Felicia grabbed In-gong’s arm and asked,
”Shutra, did you see Enkidu? A huge black dragon covered in lava?!”
”Uh, I saw him.”
After In-gong replied, Felicia turned and asked Caitlin who was waking Seira up.
“Caitlin, you?”
”I saw him.”
”Me too.”
The last to answer was Carack. Felicia made a bright expression and shook her fist.
”Okay, no problem. It is the same as the records. I was a little surprised because it was more abrupt than I expected, but it is just the procedure. Now, I just need to use the anvil.”
It was like Felicia was talking to herself, not anyone else.
Felicia got up slowly from where she was sitting. In-gong turned to Felicia and asked,
”Then, is it all over now?”