Chapter 165

[The Frost Monarch, King of Snowfolk, listens to Sirkas prayer]

[Sirka, descendant of the Frost Monarch, prays earnestly!]

Sillad heard the earnest prayers of Sirka who had left to search the tombs of the dragons with Cha Hae-In earlier.

The descendant's prayers had originally maintained its purpose to offer praise and worship for the spirits of the dead. Because Sirka had been a descendant of his own choosing, Sillad readily responded to her first prayer. Heartfelt and wonderful emotions overcame him after hearing the first prayer ever directed at him.

…Wait… hold on what is this?

Of course, it was nothing like the praises he had seen before.

"Mister Sillad! I'm in a hurry right now! Can you call Suho for us?"

Huh?

[The Frost Monarch doubts his ears.]

"Oh! If it's possible could you also show him the things we are seeing too? Although for a Monarch even that might be too much huh…"

[The Frost Monarch widens his eyes and opens his mouth at Sirka's provocation!]

Her purpose in talking to Sillad was clear. Just like modern humans, Sirka was using the prayers as an excuse to text message Suho, or even video message. And just how could he, The Frost Monarch, King of Snowfolk, be used as a simple messenger?

No, I mustn't get mad, this is still the first prayer after all, but still, there should be a sacrifice or greetings at minimum!

[The Frost Monarch falls into thought with a remorseful expression.]

[The Frost Monarch sighs deeply.]

"Why are you so noisy all of a sudden?" In a different place, Suho clicked his tongue briefly as he watched the system's messages appear one after another in front of him. His confusion was apparent as he could only hear Sillad muttering to himself while he had been running forward to strike the frozen skeletons.

T-ring!

[A message has arrived!]

"A message?" Another window suddenly popped up in front of him. "Could it be a new level-up quest?" Suho welcomed it immediately and opened the message box.

[You have one unread message]

[Mother's Letter] (Unread)

"A letter from my mother?" Confusion appeared in Suho's eyes. At first, he had seen something about Sirka's prayer, and now it seemed like there was a real message that arrived instead of a quest. Not to mention that it came from the tomb of the dragons where his mother had gone.

"Did something happen to her? Check Message!" Suho rapidly opened it to see the contents of it. A belt rang and at that moment Cha Hae-In's voice was heard from beyond their dimension.

[Suho, it seems like we found something here, can you ask Beru to check what it is?]

[Kieek?!]

Beru suddenly popped out from Suho's arms.

[The King of Snowfolk, The Frost Monarch uses his skill 'Ice flower Illusion']

All of a sudden a frigid blizzard that raged in all directions started to blend around Suho, making transparent ice flowers bloom similarly to a spring haze or a mirage in the desert. In front of Suho and Beru, the images of Cha Hae-In and Sirka, who were at the tomb of dragons, began to spread out.

!

[Kieek?!]

The fantasy ice flowers became smaller and smaller as they showed the place where Cha Hae-In and Sirka stood.

Gigantic bones of berserk dragons towering over them like huge ruins and pillars. Underneath it, Cha Hae-In and Sirka fought a battle against the numerous dragon soldiers that surrounded them.

[Unbelievable! It's a Dragon disease!]

Beru wore an expression of disbelief.

[Little Lord this is a big deal!]

He immediately realized what was Cha Hae-In's intention by showing him that scene and explained it to Suho.

[The dragon soldiers are beings born from dragon teeth, but they disappear as soon as their owner dies, so how…]

"Hold on, does this mean there are as many soldiers as there are live dragons where my mother is?"

[No! That's nonsense! Early on, the Destruction Monarch's legions were killed and incorporated into the Shadow Legion!–]

Beru felt as he talked, suddenly realizing something in the middle and opening his eyes.

[I can't believe the descendant of the Destruction Monarch is…]

Beru had no choice but to hold back his words over who he was talking about.

The King of Light Dragons, The Monarch of Destruction, Antares!

He was the strongest of eight monarchs, born in the beginning of darkness, and the only one who could overpower him was the Shadow Monarch Sung Jin-Woo. He was the true incarnation of destruction, willing to even destroy himself for the sake of waging a war of blood, screams, madness, and destruction. It's for that reason that Sung Jin-Woo had thoroughly pushed the dragon army to the brink of extinction. Not a single dragon survived on the path that the Shadow Monarch led.

What was the reason Sung Jin-Woo had fought such a terrible battle? Wasn't it because he was concerned that a new descendant of the Dragon Emperor[1] would appear later?

[But the descendant of the Dragon Emperor must have appeared beforehand!]

Beru couldn't believe the situation at all. Yet the dragon soldiers teeming around them were proof! Realizing the seriousness of the situation, Suho hurriedly opened his mouth.

"Sillad! Tell my mother to get out of there as quickly as possible—"

Kwurreung!

Right as he said that, in the illusion of the ice flower, Cha Hae-In raised her sword. From above, silent lightning bolts stretched out and pierced those dragon soldiers.

Cha Hae-In's cheerful voice was heard again by Suho and Beru

[Should we be worried about your mother right now?] [2]

"..."

[...]

The demon king's Longsword in Cha Hae-In's hands was none other than the weapon of Baran, King of Demons, Monarch of White Flames. There was nothing more dangerous here than an S-class hunter carrying such an object. Even if the descendant of the Monarch of Destruction appeared, it will still be only a descendant. They wouldn't be Cha Hae-In's opponent yet.

[Something seems to be strange here. There are many dragon soldiers but no matter where I look, I can't find a single living dragon.]

Hearing Cha Hae-In's words, Beru gained back his sanity. Considering the size of a Light Dragon, there shouldn't be a way to hide such a huge body in such a vast world.

[Looking at the movements, it seems as though their feelings of protection are really strong. In this situation, do you think Beru could give me some advice on what to do?]

[Yes, I understand the situation.]

At those words, Beru looked at the ice flower illusion with calm eyes. In the meantime, Suho kept wandering among the frozen skeletons in the cold blizzard, looking for traces of a hidden Gaye.

Beru finally opened his mouth.

[First of all, dragons have a habit of gathering their magical energy inside their hearts! So if something important exists, the location is most likely near their heart.]

No matter how many bones were left, the corpses of the light dragons collapsed in the same way in which they were alive. Their gigantic corpses are similar to huge ruins. The place Beru pointed towards was right around the heart of those corpses.

[The King of Snowfolk, the Frost Monarch, nods his head saying that he will convey that.]

As soon as Sillad said that he would convey Beru's words to Cha Hae-In, something happened.

"Who dares to use magic in front of me!"

!

Pachangchang!!

[The Skill 'Ice Flower Illusion' is forcibly canceled.]

Sillad's skill shattered as the entire sandy beach full of skeletons began to sway like waves.

"Ehh?!"

"Kyaaaaagh!!"

"What is this!?"

The hunters that fought the skeletons, struggled to keep their balance on the rolling sand.

Kuwaaaa

However, the sandy beach they were standing on formed a huge whirlpool and began to suck everyone –including the skeletons– down like a vortex[3].

The aftermath continued even for the citizens watching from afar.

"Viewers! It seems something strange has happened–Ahh!" The Streamer who had been piloting his drone camera had unknowingly come close to the scene and was sucked into the sand with both legs intact. He couldn't run away.

"Ahhh! Ahhh! Help! ¡Help!" He struggled to get out of the sand while his body was being helplessly sucked downwards.

"Oh god, I'm going to die!" The idea of dying, which he had never thought about once in his life, suddenly appeared in his mind as a guest.

Snap!

!

Suddenly, someone's hand grabbed the Streamer by the collar and lifted him up.

"Phuak!" He struggled to breathe as he was forced to the top. He instinctively turned his gaze to his savior.

"Thank you-aah!"

Poof!

He couldn't finish his words as his body was mercilessly thrown out of the sand.

"¡Aahh!"

"Here! Take him!"

Fortunately, the association hunters caught the Streamer before he almost plummeted to the ground. After letting out a heavy breath, he turned around to find the person who had saved him.

And he noticed he wasn't the only one being saved.

¡Poof poof poof!

"¡Aaagh!"

"Ahh—"

From the distance, he could see the people flying through the sky as if they had just been thrown around and getting caught by the hunters of the association. The Streamer's gaze finally recognized the face of the person who was throwing them outside.

"Hunter Sung Suho…"

"It's hunter Sung Suho of the Woojin guild!"

It was the hunter that had caused the blizzard in the middle of the beach. And he wasn't the only one. The other members of the Woojin guild soon followed Sung Suho.

"Do-Gyun Hyung!"

"¡Yes! Leave the rescuing to me!"

Surprisingly, even Lim Do-Gyun, who was an E-class hunter, was rescuing people from the sand vortex faster than any of the other hunters there. Due to his agile legs, he was even rescuing hunters from higher classes than himself, all without losing his balance on top of the whirlpool that raged relentlessly under his feet.

'He is really good at escaping.' Suho didn't dare to imagine just what kind of training torture Ammut had given Lim Do-Gyun all this time. Although thanks to that he was able to concentrate on the battle at the center of the sudden chaos.

A sand vortex? Suho didn't care about this at all.

'Rigid Body Art.'

Quaang!

Instead, he ran towards the center of the sandy vortex with his rigid body overlaid on both legs.

[Little lord.]

"I know." At Beru's words, Suho's eyes shone intensely. There was a familiar energy at the end of his glaring gaze.

Illusions.

An ability most often used by the evil races living in the fantasy world.

"There are demons."

[The King of Snowfolk, the Frost Monarch, frowns at the fact that his magic has been broken]

Just like Sillad's reaction, it seemed that the magic he used had also touched the pride of the demons hiding inside the sand. Suho shouted as he rushed towards the center of the sand vortex to the demon's hideout.

"Sillad! Tell my mother about Beru's words!"

He had already delivered said words to Cha Hae-In. Coincidentally, she had arrived at the heart of the dragon guarded by the dragon soldiers when she heard him.

"Right here…"

"What are all these things?"

Cha Hae-In and Sirka looked with firm expressions at the numerous eggs gathered there. Sirk muttered in a groaning voice

"These are dragon eggs."

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[1] I think they gave him the title of Dragon Emperor instead of Dragon King, the same went in the SL light novel so I won't change it.

[2]: the most direct translation I got was: [Oh, by the way, aren't you worried about your mother right now?] Soooo… I kinda changed it to make it more understandable.

[3]: Literal translation would be swamp though vortex or whirlpool does get the point across better.