Chapter 38: If were lucky. (1/2)
Arima emerged in a dark place after his teleportation. The first thing he saw was a huge shadow right in front of him that looked like a monster's leg.
He slowly raised his head to look up. The appearance of the 'thing' in front of him became clearer and clearer in his head then he thought of something that perfectly matched the figure.
As he was looking up with his neck crooked, he stared at a pair of green eyes that were observing him from above. Arima forgot to react, not that he was scared, or surprised, he actually seemed to be in a daze.
”Mh? What's wrong? This is the first time a human has this kind of reaction in front of me,” A strong voice resounded.
”No, just…” Arima lightly laughed, ”It was unexpected.”
”Unexpected?”
Arima nodded, ”Yes. In my homeland, your kind is only recorded in books and are supposed to be extinct. I only ever saw creatures like you on paper. That's why it took me off guard.”
”Extinct? Me?” The head of the figure moved and asked.
Strong hind legs on which he stands, small front claws, a long neck, and a threatening head with a mouth that could probably chew steel like it was nothing.
”'Tyrannosaurus Rex', it's the name given to you from where I come from.”
”Tyrannosaurus Rex? What a strange name,” The T-Rex snorted and shook his head.
”It's also abbreviated to T-Rex. In fact, the marking point of that name is that 'Rex' means 'King' in another language,” Arima explained and smiled.
”Oh… forget what I said, I quite like the name actually. I'll take it if you don't mind,” The dinosaur started laughing and his attitude made a 180° turn.
”Hey, stop blabbing already. Seriously, why did you need to lock yourself in there to find him?” Another voice echoed and the ground suddenly shook and a ray of light illuminated the area.
Arima turned around and witnessed the wall sliding as if it was a door. A land dragon was actually pushing a huge boulder blocking the entrance of this place which was, in reality, a very large cave.
The imposing land dragon put his head inside the cave and focused on Arima, ”Let's go. The old geezer told you why you're here, right?”
”Oh, right,” The T-Rex had almost forgotten about the main reason he called Arima. He stood up and left the cave.
Arima followed and raised a question: ”By the way, how did you find me?”
”That old geezer doesn't have that much of fighting strength, but his ability to control magic is something out of this world. He can locate anyone on the continent without being detected at all,” The land dragon said while pointing to the T-Rex with his chin.
”That's indeed impressive,” Arima honestly praised. ”Even I almost failed to notice.”
”Huh?”
”What?”
The T-Rex froze on the spot and the dragon looked at Arima with an expression full of surprise.
The T-Rex was dumbfounded. ”Seriously?” He muttered toward and Arima casually nodded.
”Before you started a telepathic link with me, I sensed your spirit scanning me. The only thing that surprised me was that you suddenly talked to me.”
The dinosaur bitterly laughed since he wasn't used to having his scan being seen through but the dragon laughed cheerfully for some reason.
”See that, old geezer? A human beat you in your own domain that took you hundreds of years to master!”
”Shut up!” The T-Rex snapped and shouted.
Arima shrugged, ”I just felt it, anyway. I don't think I would be able to do the same as he did.”
This time, it was the dinosaur's turn to laugh and the dragon to fall silent. ”That's true, totally true,” He kept nodding exaggeratedly.
”Can you stop now, though? Your personalities are kinda 'heavy' and it annoys me,” Arima scowled and the two beasts instantly closed their mouth. They were being obnoxiously loud in his opinion.
After a few minutes, they arrived at the top of a mountain and stopped at the edge of a massive crevasse.
”So that's the volcano you were talking about, huh?” Arima remarked after looking down the crevasse.
”Hm?” The dragon raised his voice, ”What is a volcano?”
”That's how you call this type of natural formation,” Arima shortly answered. He sat down and closed his eyes.
”[Index mundo] (World Index),” He chanted and inspected the entire mountain but he mainly concentrated on the underground.
”What are you doing?” The T-Rex was surprised by the sudden wave of spirit.
Arima opened his eyes and stood up, ”A small assessment to clarify the magnitude of the volcano's threat.”
”The results?”
”Bad. The magma chamber is too wide. We're lucky that one side of this mountain is nearing the sea, but…” Arima looked left and right, ”If the lava comes out of this entire crevasse then this continent could end up at least half-destroyed.”
The land dragon groaned, ”Are you sure? I thought that it would only threaten our territory.”
”Yeah, and what's scary is that the magma is unusually dense and hot… Or maybe it's just something that is different in this world,” Arima mumbled the last part.