Chapter 99 - Chapter 16: Summons (1/2)
Chapter 99 - Chapter 16: Summons
Felicia had taken a few steps away from the room containing Night Watch when she stopped abruptly and looked back.
Caitlin, who was walking slightly behind the group with In-gong, wondered what was going on. Felicia then opened her mouth and said,
”Hey, is there no time at all? I want to take a look at this floor at least. We might not get to look around next time.”
Her face was filled with regret.
Silvan sighed at Felicia’s attitude and called out her name with the tone of an aggravated older brother.
“Felicia.”
”Shutra, what do you think?”
However, Felicia just talked over him and called out to Shutra instead. Felicia glanced at In-gong who replied with a frown,
”As Seira said, 10 days is an ample amount of time. And to a certain extent, Felicia noona is correct. To be honest, isn’t it a little disappointing?”
This was the lair of an elder dragon.
Until now, they had been to places related to an elder dragon, but this was the first lair.
In the case of the Great Enkidu, it had been a place to store treasuresrather than Enkidu’s lair. Additionally, they hadn’t even visited Watcher Ainkel’s place.
Felicia’s expression brightened as In-gong sided with her.
”Isn't it? Shutra thinks so as well? Isn’t it a shame to just leave?”
Felicia was more emotional than usual due to her regret and desperation. It was pretty cute, but In-gong spoke without losing his composure.
”However, Noona, will you really just look around? My guess is that we’ve seen half of this floor. Can’t it be delayed for a few days?”
He could roughly guess the scale of the place through the mini-map.
Of course, he couldn’t reveal the basis of the information, but the group regarded it as true.
“Felicia.”
Silvan called Felicia’s name once again, but she ignored it.
Felicia folded her arms and shook her head.
”Uhh, won’t it be okay just for today? Amita... we can leave at night.”
Their transportation wasn’t a carriage but a flying ship. She felt sorry for Silvan’s crew members, but they could move at any time, morning or night. Taking a break wasn't a problem either. They could rest while the flying ship was moving.
Felicia gazed at In-gong with earnest eyes and Delia, who was also interested in exploring ruins, had a similar expression.
Would In-gong allow it?
As everyone paid attention to In-gong, Silvan once again felt isolated.
In this situation, shouldn’t Felicia be seeking permission from Silvan who was her older brother and the master of the flying ship?
Why was she asking permission from the youngest prince, Shutra?
As Silvan floundered about, In-gong sighed like it couldn’t be helped and said with a smile,
“That should be fine.”
They were supposed to return to the Demon King’s Palace within 10 days. Half a day wouldn’t be a detrimental hindrance.
Moreover, In-gong was interested in the areas he hadn’t seen yet.
He had achieved his goal after acquiring Kaltein’s Night Watch, but it would be a shame to go back with just that.
'Maybe I can get more information.’
The records of a destroyed species…
And information about who attacked Violent Kaltein.
Neither were important at the moment, but it wasn’t bad to know.
As In-gong gave permission, Felicia jumped up and cheered. Her face was bright like a young child.
“Yes! Okay! Then let’s look around!”
“Felicia.”
Silvan called Felicia for the third time. This time, Felicia did something worse than ignoring him.
”Oppa, can go back to the flying ship first? Do you know how to use the magic tool that allows you to breathe underwater?”
Silvan’s shoulders sagged at her words and he said,
”I’ll just stay with you.”
”Okay.”
Felicia hummed lightly as she walked toward a path they hadn’t been to yet. As everyone followed, Carack patted Silvan’s shoulder lightly.
”Prince, cheer up.”
The orc’s tone was inappropriate despite being Shutra’s aide, but Silvan didn’t rebuke him for the rudeness.
Was it a type of charm that somehow couldn’t be resisted? It was actually comforting.
Carack patted his shoulders a few more times and Silvan stepped forward with a grim expression.
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After following Felicia for three hours, the party accomplished a lot in Kaltein’s lair.
Nothing else at the Night Watch’s standard was found, but there was a considerable amount of artifacts, gold and silver as well as archeological data that was more valuable than gold to Felicia.
No records related to the extinct species were found, but In-gong was also satisfied. Thanks to being well instructed by the sword duke on dungeon exploration, he was able to get his hands on a considerable amount of gold and silver.
He already had quite a lot of gold packed, but it never hurt to have more.
In the final stretch of the exploration, they found a staircase leading down. Felicia made a pitiful expression, but it was impossible to delay any further.
He didn’t know why but Silvan was also sulking, so the dark elf siblings looked strangely cute and pitiful.
However, In-gong urged Felicia with a decisive expression and the party was able to leave Kaltein’s lair on time.
”Lift up the anchor and spread the sails. We are going back to Spider Forest now. Soar, soar! Black Flame Dragon ho!”
Silvan cried out towards the sky from the deck of the flying ship. Although it was eccentric, it was what Silvan always did, so the crew members rushed to depart without paying any attention.
Then after half a day…
Once it was close to dawn, the party was able to reach Spider Forest.
”It is insane to come at this hour.”
At the entrance of the small temple, Amita glared with sleepy eyes while being carried by Daphne.
Instead of asking, ‘Aren’t raccoons originally nocturnal?’, In-gong looked at the person standing next to Daphne.
”I’m back, Your Highness.”
”I’m back as well. Good job, Karma.”
Karma smiled at In-gong’s reply, but she looked awkward. She had gone to call for support, but everything had already ended. As a result, it seemed like she didn’t help at all.
Carack sent Karma a look of consolation and she smiled.
It was at that moment that Daphne, who was carrying Amita, gazed at the Black Flame Dragon with wide eyes.
“This is... Is this perhaps a dragon?”
Silver scales shone in the light.
Amita narrowed their eyes and shook their head from within Daphne’s arms.
“No, it is a sea serpent. The owner of Sun Lake was one, but he is gone now.”
Amita clicked their tongue, but they seemed quite satisfied. They asked the party in a loud and cheerful voice,
“Anyway, what happened this time? Why are you in such a rush?”
There had to be a reason why they left the lake forcefully and arrived so early.
Felicia came forward and replied,
”Amita, something urgent has come up,so we need to go back to the Demon King’s Palace. There might be trouble which is why we hurried here to get Daphne and Karma. I’m sorry.”