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Boom, boom.
"Davian, what's that sound?"
"Just wait. A spectacle will unfold."
The ground split, creating a deep and narrow fissure.
The surrounding area was overturned, creating a rocky mountain on top.
Finally.
Through the hole pierced by the mana sword, an 11-star fire elemental magic was cast into the deepest part.
The place where the mad dragon Insanis was buried.
Boom, boom.
The entire forest shook as if an earthquake had struck several times.
KWA-AAAAANG!
A volcano erupted.
"Wh-what is this... Davian?"
A spectacle filled with terror and fire unfolded.
Crimson flames spewed up over the rocky mountain.
The sky was covered in black smoke and volcanic ash.
The rocks of the rocky mountain melted into crimson lava, flowing down.
"A volcanic eruption..."
A volcanic eruption.
Created by humans.
"This is just what it looks like on the surface. Deep down, the 11-star flame magic is surrounding the mad dragon Insanis, not letting go. If this doesn't catch him..."
Stella Cloud turned her head and looked at Davian.
He was watching the volcanic eruption with an expressionless face.
'He looks expressionless, but his eyes are sharp.'
He must be watching to make sure the mad dragon Insanis doesn't jump out.
"Davian."
"Yes, Professor."
"If Insanis gets out of there..."
There's no way.
Then, we can only hope that the mad dragon disappears due to external factors.
Humans can't do anything.
"We'll just have to wait for other dragons to appear and catch the mad dragon. While running away and being slaughtered."
Stella turned her head again.
It looks like you'll burn and melt just by getting close.
Thinking that the mad dragon Insanis is in the center deep inside.
It seemed impossible for even a dragon to come out alive.
"There's no way he'll get out of there, right? Anyway, amazing, Davian Naone."
"We can't rest assured yet."
At the same time.
Deep underground beneath the volcano Davian created.
'It can't be the work of that human. Did dragons from other continents come to get rid of me?'
When a mad dragon appears.
At least five or more dragons come forward to get rid of the mad dragon.
'How so fast?'
Well.
Thinking about it, it's not that fast.
It's only been a few days since I broke out of the seal.
But it's been hundreds of years since I became a mad dragon.
'Even if I get out of here, it won't be easy to survive.'
But I can't stay here either.
The Red Dragon's breath is wrapped around my body and won't let go.
My clothes and skin have been melting since a while ago.
'I have no choice but to go out and try to resolve it through dialogue.'
But the worry is.
I'm fully sane now.
Even if I feel the murderous intent of the dragons I'm about to meet as soon as I go outside.
Whether I can continue to be sane.
'Maybe as soon as I see the dragons outside, I'll lose my mind again and run wild.'
Even while worrying, my skin continues to melt.
It's just the shape of human skin.
It's actually dragon scales.
The dragon scales are melting in the flames.
It wasn't that there was no pain.
Terrible pain wrapped around my whole body.
But the noble dragon's spirit continued to be intact even in the extreme pain.
'Rather than losing my mind and revealing my claws to my blood relatives...'
The mad dragon Insanis closed his eyes.
'It might not be bad to end my life like this.'
Perhaps.
Without attacking right away.
The fact that he trapped himself in the Red Dragon's breath through this troublesome method.
I even had the thought that it might be the last consideration of the dragons on the ground.
My skin and muscles have all melted away, and my bones have begun to show.
Soon.
The dragon heart will be exposed to this flame.
Once the dragon heart is all burned,
Insanis' long life comes to an end.
Mad Dragon Insanis.
A black dragon who couldn't overcome the weight of death.
As he accepts death.
The moment he overcame the weight of death.
Hwaaa.
His vision brightened and the surroundings turned white.
Of course, he was still surrounded by overwhelming flames.
Both eyes were tightly closed.
No, maybe even the eyeballs have all melted away.
'This place is...?'
Infinite space.
You can see without seeing.
You can feel without feeling.
A space where all the lights are mixed together, rather dyed white.
A place I've been to once when I was born.
And.
A place where all dragons go when they die.
The hometown of dragons.
Or the father of dragons.
-Insanis.
"Wh-who are you."
-I am your father, your home, and the very existence of you.
"Patria!"
-That's right.
"Am I finally dead?"
-Finally? It's like a dragon who has been waiting for death.
"I was at the last moment."
-Therefore, you have overcome.
"What do you mean?"
-You were a dragon who couldn't overcome the weight of death. But you overcame the weight of death once again.
Insanis laughed emptily.
"Yes. I felt it too. I was so ashamed of becoming a mad dragon because I couldn't overcome the weight of death. I couldn't bear to see the faces of the other dragons waiting outside. More than that, I was too afraid that I would show my beastly claws to them, my kin."
-Dragons haven't found you yet.
What does that mean?
That flame is definitely the Red Dragon's breath...
'Could it be!'
-Ironically. You have become the first dragon to overcome the weight of death once again by the humans you thought were so lowly. To be exact, two humans.
"By humans?"
-Fabian Hendricks. He sealed you and hundreds of years passed, and your mind, which had become mad, gradually returned.
"Yes. I thought so too. But my body was beyond my control. I flew across the continent in search of meaningless claws. I couldn't stand the murderous intent of just a few wolves and became a beast again."
-And today. In Davian Naone's fire magic, you completely overcame the weight of death.
"Davian... Naone?"
-The flames surrounding your body were made by humans.
"How? How can a human create such intense flames?"
-You will know when you go back.
"Wasn't I dead?"
-Not yet. You have only briefly visited this place as the first dragon to overcome the weight of death again. Now go back. Go back and live the rest of your life.
"The rest of my life..."
Hwaaa.
I returned to the crimson flames again.
Tadak, tak.
The fire has already spread to the dragon heart.
'It seems I went to Patria when the fire spread to the dragon heart.'
Insanis opened his eyes.
Because his eyeballs were all burned out, he couldn't see anything.
He could only know that he was surrounded by crimson flames.
'Polymorph.'
Flash!
'Warp.'
"Damn it!"
Chwaaa!
An ice sword appeared in Davian's right hand.
Stella Cloud also hurriedly drew her sword.
Above the volcano created by Davian.
A black dragon appeared.
His whole body was burned, and the dragon's majesty was gone.
The emaciated bones were more than half burned.
Even the two wings were not intact.
Flap. Flap.
But as if emphasizing that he was once a noble being.
He flapped his wings leisurely.
Even with the emaciated wing movements that seemed unable to support the huge body.
The dragon's body floated leisurely in the air.
"We have to finish it now! Professor, stay here!"
Davian threw himself.
"What are you talking about! Me too..."
Stella couldn't bring herself to jump into the sky.
"What the heck is this."
The pillar of fire spewing from the volcano began to cover the dragon, becoming a wide wave of fire.
Instinctively, I could tell.
Me.
I can't go into that wave of fire.
At that time.
[Are you Davian Naone?]
Davian, who was flying towards the dragon, stopped.
The wave of fire that was covering the dragon also stopped with Davian.
Dragon language.
The dragon's will flowed into Davian's head.
[Are you the master of this flame?]
"That's right."
[Thank you. You made me, Insanis, completely escape from mad dragonization.]
"What? Then you're not a crazy dragon anymore?"
[That's right.]
"How can I believe that?"
[It's up to you whether you believe it or not. Wait. A month later. I will appear before you again.]
"Are you coming back for revenge?"
[Rest assured. I will not harm any humans after today.]
Pot.
Insanis, who was floating in the air, disappeared as he was.
"What the hell happened."
Ting.
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[Conditional quest 'Defeat the Mad Dragon Insanis' complete]
Reward: 120K Mana Points (x2)
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The quest was completed.
I earned a whopping 240K mana points as a single quest.
'But I definitely talked to a living Insanis?'
After thinking for a while, Davian slowly nodded.
'He said he was out of mad dragonization, so I guess it's true. At least he's not a mad dragon anymore.'
"Davian!"
Stella Cloud appeared to Davian, who had landed on the ground.
"What is it? What happened?"
"I think..."
"I think?"
"Insanis seems to have come to his senses."
"Come to his senses?"
I cleared the quest.
I also received a huge reward.
For some reason, Davian felt uneasy.
"I have a feeling something annoying is going to happen... It's so unsettling."
"Davian, what are you saying?"
"It's nothing, Professor. Let's go back. Thank you so much for today."
Stella, who was leaving the scene with Davian, turned around.
A volcano that is still spewing lava.
'My student... made that?'
Student cafeteria.
"Hey, Liber. Why are you bringing a book to the cafeteria and looking into it so intently?"
"Ah... this. It's a book about tectonic activity. It's a book that records all the unusual tectonic activity that has occurred in our Pax continent."
"Because of that incident?"
"Yeah. I'm curious. What kind of volcano suddenly appeared, then exploded, and is now a dormant volcano?"
A volcano that suddenly appeared in the forest west of Elton City.
It suddenly sprang up a few days ago, scattered a lot of volcanic ash, and left traces of lava flowing.
It burned all the trees within a radius of hundreds of meters nearby.
Then, it suddenly became a dormant volcano in one day.
Traces of volcanic ash that fell that day still remain on the buildings and roads on the west side of the city.
Teob!
Liber closed the thick book.
"In my opinion!"
The eyes of his friends were focused.
"This isn't a geological phenomenon. I've been looking for all the cases for two days, and there's never been anything like this."
Bellum, who swallowed pasta, asked.
"Really? Then if that volcano isn't a geological phenomenon, what is it?"
Liber looked around at his friends with a meaningful look.
"It's not a geological phenomenon. And it's not something humans can do. This is..."
"Don't hesitate and tell me."
"It's clear that God is angry."
Nubes put the turkey leg he was holding back in his mouth.
Bellum also twisted the pasta with a fork.
"I'm an idiot for concentrating even for a moment."
A month later.
Elton City West Gate.
Gatekeeper Cladis is very angry.
"This f***ing. It's always a fill-in."
Today is the day I finally decided to go on a picnic with Amelia, whom I decided to date officially.
But.
"What is it this time? Suddenly a relative's grandfather died? Didn't he die two months ago? That damn Bertus bastard. He must have given some bribe to the guard supervisor. A dirty world."
This time, I made a fuss saying it was absolutely impossible, but the guard supervisor told Cladis to work overtime, saying that he didn't know how much trouble it would be to adjust the work schedule again.
"I should just quit this dirty gatekeeper job."
At that time.
A handsome young man walked towards the west gate.
Long black hair and unusually black eyes.
"ID."
"I don't have one."
"You can't enter without one."
"What?"
"Can't you hear me? I said you can't enter without an ID! You look fine, but are you deaf? I'm already annoyed to death."
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