Chapter 91 - EPISODE 91 – SACRED PLACE (2) (1/2)

“Lena! We’re back! Lena!”

Cordelia entered the cave with a loud shout.

It was the bathhouse where Jude and Cordelia met the wild fairies for the first time.

“Cordelia.”

Inside their temporary shelter, Lena had laid down a mat inside an empty bathtub and was modestly sitting on it. When she responded to Cordelia’s call, Cordelia brightly smiled and ran to her.

“Lena, Lena. Good news! We found a way to cure Demon Syndrome!”

Cordelia quickly clung to Lena’s side and conveyed their conversation with the Fairy Queen.

“So we’re thinking of going to the sacred place. Isn’t that good news?”

“It is. Thank you very much for helping me in various ways.”

“Eh, you’re welcome. Hehehe.”

The happy Cordelia’s cheeks blushed, and Lena unconsciously laughed.

In fact, Lena was familiar with this kind of affection.

Because almost all those who knew of Lena’s nickname, Holy Angel, were very friendly to her.

But she felt that Cordelia was a little special.

Not just because she liked Lena, but because she was concerned with Lena herself.

“Cordelia is so cute.”

“Yes? Eh…hehehe.”

When she kindly said that, Cordelia’s faced blushed even more as she let out a silly laugh.

But Cordelia looked so cute that Lena laughed again.

“What a heartwarming sight, very nice…”

It was when the pleased Jude was watching that scene from the entrance…

“Jude, are we heading to the sacred place now?”

The Dwarf Kaplan, whom the Fairy Queen recognized for his gentle and moist eyes, asked with sparkling eyes.

The ruins of Solari and the sacred place of a wild god.

For him, an archeologist, it was like getting many valuable things in only one package.

“Yes, we will.”

“Oooh…”

Though not as adorable as Cordelia’s, Kaplan’s ecstatic face and flushed cheeks was also enough to make him smile.

‘Come to think of it…’

Kaplan had become strangely brighter than before, even after going through this incident.

‘Perhaps he found some confidence?’

Jude and Cordelia had said to Kaplan many times that they were glad to be with him.

But it wasn’t just that.

Kaplan’s cheerfulness had another slightly different reason.

‘I was nothing.’

Kaplan was called a god of disaster because an accident happened wherever he went.

But in retrospect, it was merely accidents such as falling rocks, activating hidden traps, or encountering monsters.

‘It’s trivial in front of these two, it’s trivial.’

It was trivial in front of these two who didn’t stop at destroying a city but even collapsed half of Raptor Canyon.

Moreover, he found out that this wasn’t the first time when he listened to their story.

When they went to a mountain, they collapsed it.

When they went to the fields, they burnt the fields.

When they went to an underground city, they were truly destruction incarnate as they annihilated it.

In front of these two, Kaplan himself was merely a drop in the ocean, so he felt that his worries so far were just something trivial.

Of course, the biggest reason for him finding his confidence was because Jude and Cordelia repeatedly reassured him, but it couldn’t be denied that he was also humbled by the great destruction caused by the two.

‘Let’s become stronger too.’

Just like Jude and Miss Cordelia.

So that whatever difficulties that may come, he can break them down and move on.

With a renewed determination, Kaplan gazed at Cordelia who was warmly acting like a spoilt child in front of Lena, while Jude narrowed his eyes.

‘Somehow…it somehow feels different from what I intended.’

But that didn’t matter.

The important thing was that Kaplan found his confidence.

“Jude, Jude. When are we leaving?”

He heard Cordelia calling him just then, so Jude turned to her and answered.

“Well…there’s no reason to drag it out. Miss Lena, if you don’t mind, I’d like to start right away…is that okay with you?”

Jude asked somewhat carefully.

Because Lena’s condition had worsened after the battle.

Demon Syndrome would worsen whenever mana was used, and Lena had already used a lot of mana before joining Jude and Cordelia’s group.

If she used a little more mana now, it would really lead to an irreversible situation.

Cordelia had a worried look upon hearing Jude’s question, but Lena held Cordelia’s hand and said as if she was okay.

“I don’t have a big problem in terms of physical strength. Let’s start right away.”

“Okay, then let’s hurry.”

Lunchtime was already approaching, so even if they depart now, they had to hurry to get there before sunset.

About an hour passed by.

As they were heading northeast towards the sacred place, Cordelia quickly approached Jude who was leading the group.

“Jude, Jude.”

“Yes?”

He was glad to see the approaching Cordelia, who had been by Lena’s side for the past hour, but Jude became curious why she came to him.

He asked as he tilted his head, and Cordelia said while keeping her voice down.

“We’re going to the sacred place now.”

“And?”

“According to the Queen, the sacred place is where the golden dragon, the king of the wild gods, and Solari, the sun god, interacted in the past, right?”

“Yes. So it’s a sacred place for both the wild gods and the Solari denomination.”

“Yes, yes, so there must be a dragon vein in the sacred place, right?”

Jude was about to nod his head immediately at Cordelia’s words but stopped. His eyes narrowed and he then said in a low voice.

“What… Is this a murder notice? No, is this a terror warning? What terms are you demanding?”

“Hey, it’s not like that.”

“No, it is. And put your hand on your heart and ask your conscience. Think if your words were excessive or not.”

“Umm…it’s excessive. That’s right, Jude said it was wrong.”

Cordelia put her hand on her chest and calmly said as if she really heard the voice of her conscience.

And at that sight, Jude unwittingly sighed.

“Huu…your acting skills have improved.”

“It’s because of someone evil. And it wasn’t acting just now. It really was the voice of my conscience.”

“If you say so… Anyway, why did you bring up the dragon vein?”

“Ah, no…it’s just in case.”

“Just in case?”

“Yes, just.”

“Hey, I’m saying this just in case then. Not the sacred place. Seriously, not the sacred place. The Queen will weep bitterly. Do you understand? She’ll weep and cry.”

“I know, I know. I understand. I don’t want to make the Queen cry too, so don’t worry.”

Cordelia said before going back to Lena while humming, and Jude had a somewhat ominous feeling as he continued to move forward.

***

By late afternoon, the group was able to reach the sacred place.

Located in the northeast of the Raptor Canyon, the sacred place was a basin similar to Gentle Snow Breeze’s land, and it was a place that stood out from afar.

“Only that place has no snow.”

It was a green land in the middle of a pure white snowfield.

Furthermore, it wasn’t just without snow.

As they approached the place, they could feel a warm wind blowing from inside the basin. It was as if only that place was spring.

“I can feel Solari’s divine power.”

It was as Lena said.

They could feel Solari’s divine power all around them, just like when they entered Leisegang’s sealing place.

Inside the small basin that was about a hundred meters in diameter.

A place where it was spring despite being winter all around it.

“Ooh…it’s clearly Solari’s ruins. The architectural style is old too.”

Kaplan said in an excited tone as he closely approached the pillars that served as gates at the entrance of the basin.

But Jude and Cordelia focused more on another place.

“Tomb Guardians.”

Beyond the pillars sat four Tomb Guardians. They seemed to have no intention of doing anything that was particularly harmful, but their eyes that were looking at the group were those of a watcher.

So instead of going in further, Jude stopped in his place and shouted loudly.

“We humbly ask Blue Whiskers, guardian of the sacred place, to allow us entry! The Wild Fairy Queen sent us!”