Chapter 65
Chapter 65 Strongest Sage, Forgotten
"I"d like to end this trip by noon if possible . Let"s hurry . "
After entrusting the lecture to the teachers and leaving the academy, I"m heading to the city"s entrance while accelerating with magic .
I"ve already finished packing and putting all the necessities inside Storage Magic .
"Okay! . . . So, where are we going?"
"To the mountain over there . It"s a bit far, but well, we should arrive while it"s still bright outside . "
I pointed south as I said that .
We can"t see the mountain cause it"s hidden by the townscape from here, but I can tell from the mana reaction .
"Eh? But isn"t that direction the opposite of where the demons are . . . "
"That"s right . However, that"s where our transport is . "
Traveling a 4500 kilometer distance on land isn"t easy .
Moreso on lands with unknown terrains .
Therefore, we need a transport that can ignore those terrains .
"There"s a transport in the mountain? Is it some kind of weird magic?"
"It"s not magic . It"s a living thing . "
I answered Ruli"s question .
"Living thing?"
"Yea . The reaction is quite weak compared to the last time . . . . Let"s hope that it"s usable for transportation at least . "
I upped my speed after confirming that the two were following me .
--Several hours later .
" . . . Our destination is in this mountain! Just a little more!"
I called out to the two at the base of a mountain about 100 kilometer away from the capital .
"What"s "a bit far" about this!? It"s farther than our hometown!"
"This distance isn"t anything to write home about for the us now . In fact, it didn"t even take half a day did it!"
"Movement magic is amazing . . . "
We begin to climb the mountain while having that conversation .
The mountain has no road, but since there"s no steep cliff or anything like that, climbing it isn"t too hard .
"Is there a transport bird at the top of this mountain?"
"It"s not exactly a bird though . "
" . . . Not exactly?"
"You should be able to grasp its presence with 【Pa.s.ssive Detection】 . We"re still far away from it, but its reaction is big and all . "
Ruli and Alma concentrated on using 【Pa.s.sive Detection】 .
" . . . Is it perhaps at the summit?"
"Yeah . "
"This reaction, it"s quite huge . . . "
"It is yep . Well, it"s gotten quite smaller compared to the last time I saw it though . . . . "
I"ve been being vague since I"ve got a feeling that the two would run away if I told them the details .
Even in my past life, there were lots of people who would flee just from hearing the thing .
Those creatures aren"t really something to be feared of though in reality . . . .
"It"s fine . Well, you can stay at a viewing distance when we actually meet it . "
We climb the mountain while talking about that-- .
"That"s our vehicle . "
I stopped at a place where we could see its figure .
The two turned pale when they saw it .
" . . . Vehicle? This is weird . It looks like a super calamity cla.s.s legendary creature to me . . . . "
"No . That"s a vehicle . A very fast vehicle that can even blow out flame you know . "
"It looks clearly dangerous judging from the mana reaction . . . . Or rather, isn"t that a dragon . . . . "
"Some people do call it with that name . It"s 『Dark Dragon Iris』 to be exact though . "
I think it has other names too, but that"s what I personally call it .
"『Dark Dragon Iris』 . Just how is that a vehicle!? We"d be killed if we get close to it!"
"Forget vehicle, isn"t that one of the dragons that destroyed a whole country from the myth! . . . It"s not the real thing is it?"
"I"ve no idea about the myth, so I"m not sure if it"s the real thing or not . . . . But that"s our perfect transportation . "
Dark Dragon Iris is my acquaintance, though I don"t know about it appearing in the myth .
It was one of the dragons that picked a fight with me, but since it immediately surrendered unlike other dragons, I ended up not killing it .
I felt like it wasn"t too tough, thus I wouldn"t have fun beating it anyway .
I was expecting it to get stronger if I left it alone--but judging from its condition now, looks like it"s gotten weaker instead .
"Well, I"ll talk with it for a bit, you two wait over there . "
""Talk!?""
I left the two and took a step toward the dragon .
"Wai!? It"s too dangerous even for Mathi-kun . . . . "
"Mathi-kun, you can talk with dragons . . . ?"
I approach the dragon while hearing those voices .
Iris is an old friend of mine .
To celebrate our reunion, I"ve got to be friendly here--
《O intruders, you are within my domain . I do not remember giving you permission to tread upon it . 》
Words that didn"t have even a fragment of friendliness were hurled at me who got closer to talk with it .
" . . . Huh?"
《I do not wish for needless slaughter . Be obedient and retrace your path . However, if you take any more step forward, be prepared to part with your life . 》
《Don"t you remember me?》
Since Iris was speaking in dragon language, I replied in it too .
Dragon"s memory is better than human"s . Especially memory related to mana .
I"m currently using a small scale magic, and the mana reaction from it is similar to the past me .
There"s no way Iris won"t notice nor forget it .
It should be impossible for a dragon to mistake mana reaction since each one is unique .
《You will no stop, huh . I am not too keen of doing this, but I have no choice . --Die . 》
However, it didn"t listen to me .
Iris ignored the perplexed me and opened its mouth .
And then, it activated a great magic peculiar to dragons, 『Dragon Breath』 .