The lich king’s Domain
“Is that right?” Karo mutters after hearing his subordinate’s words.
“Yes, Sire,” the blighted one exclaims with their head down, “immediately after The Reaper cleared a Tier 2 dungeon within our Dimensional Block two days ago she has done nothing but teleport the hellfrost dragon around everywhere since.”
Karo leans back in his throne as he considers the blighted one’s words.
Ever since he first heard that the Dimensional Champion of the neighboring Dimensional Block was actually The Reaper, he immediately felt a strong desire to abandon his Dimensional Block and move far away. But he fought against that instinct, instead choosing to wait it out a little bit before coming to a decision on what to do. Particularly because The Reaper has shown him no animosity or even the slightest hint of care since she arrived beyond asking a couple simple questions to terrified citizens. Questions that Karo assumes were to narrow down if Karo would attack her or not.
Even with all that, Karo still felt weary of her and had his soldiers keep an eye on her the entire week and a half she has been in his Dimensional Block. But all she’s done is spend almost all of that time in a dungeon before apparently playing taxi to the hellfrost dragon.
Is she training her teleportation skill?
It’s the only possible reason Karo can think of for why The Reaper would work as a mode of transportation for a dragon. For anyone else, really. Not just a dragon.
“Has she shown any indication of leaving the Block?” Karo asks, turning his cold black gaze towards the blighted one, making the girl shiver in fear.
“No, Sire,” the blighted one answers right away, “she has simply been bringing the hellfrost dragon throughout the Dimensional Block in search of fire magical ore.”
Karo grimaces at that news since he had originally planned on mining the abundant fire magical ore of the Dimensional Block himself. Before the hellfire dragon got in the way of that plan and decided to declare all of it as his own.
But for a dragon to give away what he had previously declared as his… even for another dragon, that’s practically unheard of…
The lich king frowns before closing his eyes and thinking for a few seconds in silence.
In that case, considering that they’re both types of hell dragons, there’s a strong chance they may be related. I already know exactly who Ethan Silva is, but even if he’s important in their clan, a dragon normally wouldn’t give away anything like that unless it was for family.
After a few more seconds of pondering over the matter, the lich king clenches his fist and opens his eyes and glares at the blighted one as he orders, “Continue keeping watch on them. Both of the dragons and The Reaper. And warn me the moment they make any suspicious moves.”
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The blighted one immediately answers with a short, “Yes, Sire!” Then flees down the stairs without hesitation.
The Reaper must be training her teleportation skill and getting a favor out of the dragon in the process of doing so. And if she were to attack me now, there’s no way I’d stand a chance against her.
Karo grits his teeth for a few more seconds, debating on his next actions while feeling a strong pull to simply abandon the Dimensional Block. But then he’d be abandoning everything he has done ever since the Reset. All for nothing but a feeling of dread with no real proof that The Reaper will attack him.
Unfortunately for him, he hasn’t been able to determine a single thing about The Reaper’s personality and outlook since she tends to remain neutral in her expression with very little in terms of displays of emotion. She also doesn’t speak very often from what his scouts have told him, and she’s spent most of her time in the Block in a dungeon where his scouts couldn’t follow.
But most importantly, she hasn’t so much as paid him a single visit since entering the Dimensional Block, despite being a visiting Dimensional Champion. Almost as if he was nothing more than air to her while the Dimensional Champion of his Dimensional Block was actually the real leader of the Block.
Karo grits his teeth at the thought before eventually standing up from his throne and raising his voice, “Vargo! Letralt! Opal! Desmir!”
A high level blighted one appears in front of him with each name he calls. But unlike the blighted one who had just left him, these are all the highest level blighted ones of his forces and the closest to evolving to Class S, even if they’re all still extremely far away from that point.
“Handle things while I’m gone in the dungeons,” Karo immediately declares, making the four blighted ones bow their heads before he begins stepping down from his own pyramid.
The only thing I can do now is grow stronger and reach the level cap myself. I just have to hope that The Reaper is stuck on her ascension requirements.
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Alexia
I let out a yawn as I continue holding the hellfrost dragon by his upper arm with my hand and teleporting him repeatedly. A process that I have to admit has become incredibly boring. Not to mention that I’ve had to hold onto him like this for days now, with the exception of the breaks meant to restore my soul. Ever since finishing that first Tier 2 dungeon I found in this Block, clearing the first requirement to ascend. The ‘kill two monsters at the level cap of Tier 2’ requirement.
Honestly, the very fact that he’d suggest this when I mentioned having to train my teleportation skill was… rather surprising. Considering how dragons usually don’t like touching other species. Even other Class S species. Beyond mere handshakes and the like for Class S species that is.
So the fact that he suggested this was completely unexpected.
Then again, it works, so I guess I can’t complain.
As it turns out, teleporting someone else is proving to be more efficient training for Quantum Displacement than simply teleporting myself. Even if it takes more soul.
I let out another yawn before we both pause as the hellfrost dragon finds another magical ore and raises his hand to stop me. So I let go of his arm to let him go to wherever it is and grab it.
At least this whole teleporting thing works out for everyone.
I get to train my skill to clear the second requirement of bringing a skill to Tier 3. Ethan gets to have a faster mode of transportation than his flying for finding magical ore. And I get something to do while waiting for that lich king to level up.
Win-win all around.
Still.
I yawn again as Ethan returns, making me grab onto his upper bicep again before returning to my teleporting.
It’s still boring as hell.