Chapter 316 - Pretty Much Deduced to the Max (2/2)

“Look at your Mana transformation here. It’s very clean and peculiar, but you overlooked the sudden changes of spatial curvature in extreme situations…Look, this is correct.”

Link took out a pen and started scribbling on the scroll. His writing was crude, but it was okay. The queen could understand and followed his train of thought. At first, she was still feeling awkward, but she quickly forgot about it, refocusing on Link’s deduction process instead.

She read the whole thing while Link continued writing. After filling one scroll, he switched to a fresh one. This went on for more than one hour before Link finally stopped. He breathed deeply and smiled victoriously. “See, the final result shows that my idea is right while yours is flawed.”

Gretel was in disbelief. She took the scroll and checked multiple times. Finally, she muttered, “Fine. You win this time.”

Link was full of pride. He didn’t win against some nameless person this time. He’d won against the ruler of the Red Dragons, and this boosted his ego to the max. He laughed loudly. “Don’t feel down, Your Majesty. You still have the chance to beat me.”

“Look how proud you are! If you were a dog, your tail would be wagging like crazy.” Gretel wasn’t willing to admit defeat, but she’d truly lost. She was ready to make a comeback. “Come, let’s continue.”

Link refocused. He pushed away all extra emotions and grew serious.

The two started discussing the spatial problems again and quickly forgot about time. They didn’t even waste time eating and just used a spell for it. Link was now in the Elemental Rejection state and couldn’t use Elemental Healing, so Gretel had to help him.

Her spell was very powerful. Link didn’t know what specific spell she’d used, but whenever she used it, he would instantly become spirited and stronger physically as well.

A week passed in the blink of an eye. Link’s spatial thesis was unrecognizable from before and had improved greatly. At this point, even the Red Dragon Queen felt unable to help anymore. Many of the theories had become crazily obscure.

Link felt the same. He knew that it had reached some kind of extreme.

“Your Majesty, I think it’s pretty much done.”

“Indeed.” Gretel understood what Link meant without him saying it. They’d deduced this thesis together for one week and knew each other well now. Many times, they could guess what the other was thinking with just a look.

“It’s time for you to leave.”

All things had to end. Gretel found that she was a bit unwilling for this to end. Shaking her head slightly to get rid of the emotions, she eyed Link and sighed inwardly. He’s just a mortal, in the end, with a limited life. I don’t know if there’ll be another chance to see him after this.

One hundred years was a lifetime to humans but just a snap of the finger for dragons.

Link didn’t know what Gretel was thinking. He was still immersed in the new conclusion, thinking about how he could apply these results to his spells. He believed that before long, there would be a huge breakthrough in his spatial magic.

As for his life, he was only 20 years old now. He still had a long time.

Without him realizing, Gretel left. After a while, Felina walked over. She’d completely healed now, and her abilities seemed to have improved as well.

“Link, shall we go now?”

“Ah? Okay.” Link finally snapped back into reality. He organized his luggage and followed Felina out of his room.

At the inner square of the temple, Felina transformed into her dragon shape. Link and Nana climbed onto her back. She flapped her wings, and with a low whistle, soared into the air.

Inside the temple, Gretel watched as Link left. She waited until he disappeared into the fog barrier of the Dragon Valley before looking away.

Sighing, she glanced back at the scroll of spatial laws. About half of the words were written by her while more than half were written by the human who’d just left. His thoughts were filled with spirit. Near the end, it was mostly him who guided the direction of the deduction.

She put the scroll away carefully, sealing it away with the weeklong memories. Her sadness had mostly faded through this week of willfulness.

With a long sigh, Gretel recovered the majesty of the Red Dragon Queen.

…

Ten thousand feet in the air.

“Felina, where are we going?” Link asked.

“My induction tells me that the exiled god Elodim is in the Golden Plains up ahead. He’s not far from us, only around 300 miles,” Felina said with a laugh.

It was much easier for her to take Link and Nana this time. Fighting with the Red Dragon duke had helped her break into Level-8. With her speed now, 300 miles was only around half an hour. Link waited patiently.

The Golden Plains was very open. The grassland reached as far as one could see while the sky was all blue. The color was pure, and the view was vast.

Link had worked for more than one week and was exhausted. Now, he looked around, enjoying the view. Suddenly, he made a curious sound and pointed into the distance. “Felina, that’s the Beastmen city, right? I think it’s on fire?”