My original plan was to see if I could form my own team after leaving Sharia, or perhaps go look for Rudelious near Isolte's location. I hadn't planned on involving myself with Rudelious at all.
Anyway, as long as I was in the Northern Magic Three Kingdoms, I was bound to run into him.
I recall he was supposed to reach the Red Dragons Jaw around the time Eris turned fifteen. That should be quite soon, so why did the Human God ask me to go to Ranoa to save his sister?
It feels like the timeline is all messed up.
Just then, I remembered a detail I had completely forgotten. The last time I saw Paul in Roa, he seemed to be alone. I didn't see him with Norn. Where did Norn run off to? Surely she wasn't teleported to some wilderness all by herself?
That would be terrifying. She's the tough one destined to marry Rujerud!
Her fate shouldn't be that fragile. I hope such a tragedy didn't occur.
Also, the Human God is acting strangely this time. According to the usual pattern, he should offer several suggestions, gain my trust, and then make a small request, which is usually a trap to harm the other party.
But this time, after only one suggestion, the Human God immediately made a demand of me. And the demand was to go to such a distant place to rescue someone. This is no longer a small request.
Could it be that the Human God already saw through me and realized I wouldn't truly trust him, so he set this trap?
I'm really conflicted, not knowing whether I should carry out the Human God's mission. In my memory, Aisha and the others were saved because the Human God told Rudeus their location. If he doesn't tell him their location, Rudeus might not run into them.
Although I can't be certain they would be harmed, if that scumbag prince really resorts to violence against them, it would be troublesome!
So, I have to go, but I can't follow the Human God's suggestion. I plan to take a different route.
After leaving Sharia, I didn't take the normal path. I headed directly south. After two weeks of riding, I reached the Red Dragon Mountain Range.
That's right, I'm preparing to catch the Human God off guard by crossing the Red Dragon Mountain Range directly to reach the Fitoya Territory in Asura. He might know I'll take this route through his future sight, but if I avoid the Red Dragon Mountain Range precisely because he knows I'd take it, that might also be part of his scheme.
This is hard to explain. In the eyes of someone with future sight, every move you make could potentially be guided by the other party.
So, no matter which way I go, it feels like everything is arranged by him.
However, being a stubborn person, I just decided to deliberately take a route that isn't the normal one.
Upon reaching the Red Dragon Mountain Range, I released the horse I bought in Sharia into the forest and began climbing the mountain alone, carrying my luggage.
I didn't choose to fly. Doing so would deplete my magic power, and if a Red Dragon attacked me when my magic was low, I would suffer a huge loss.
So, I planned to climb the mountain on foot. If I encountered a large number of Red Dragons that I couldn't defeat, I would use Flight Magic to escape.
The section from the foot of the mountain to the mountainside was extremely safe. Perhaps because Red Dragons were nesting higher up, there were very few magical beasts near the base.
As I climbed to about 1000 meters below the summit, fierce roars echoed across the tranquil peaks.
Red Dragons can fly. On slopes with a certain gradient, they can use the force of a dive to achieve flight.
But on flat ground, they can only run on two legs. This is also why S-Rank Adventurers often accept quests to subjugate rogue dragons; if a Red Dragon accidentally lands on flat ground, they can't climb back up and can only wander on the surface.
A Red Dragon just flew overhead. They patrolled the Red Dragon Mountain Range like loyal servants, killing any enemy who dared to cross the peaks.
My luck didn't last. Although they were small, besides having excellent eyesight, Red Dragons also have a keen sense of smell. When I was only 500 meters from the summit, I was attacked by a Red Dragon.
This time was different from the ground-dwelling Red Dragon I fought previously. Upon spotting me, this Red Dragon immediately unleashed Dragon's Breath at me from the air. A massive flame rushed toward me.
But I had already prepared a way to deal with this move.
I used magic to control the wind element in the air, extracting the oxygen from the air in the direction the Red Dragon was spitting fire at me.
After extracting the oxygen, only nitrogen and a small amount of other gases remained in the air. Nitrogen is completely non-combustible.
So, it looked like a lighter without a flint. The Red Dragon blew air at me in the sky, but the flame couldn't ignite at all. It was somewhat comical, actually.
Haha, I felt that Red Dragon becoming enraged. It flew toward me, as if intending to crash right into me.
I didn't give it that chance. I launched four Rock Cannonballs sequentially in the air. Just like last time, the Red Dragon thought its scales could easily block my minor magic and didn't bother dodging. As a result, after being hit by the Rock Cannonballs, the projectiles exploded at the wound on its body.
I easily ended that Red Dragon's life. A pity about the materials. Last time, the materials from one Red Dragon sold for several hundred gold coins.
This time, I didn't have time to collect them. More importantly, I couldn't carry it all by myself.
With a mournful cry, the Red Dragon fell from the sky into the valley, causing a massive landslide that took five minutes to stabilize.
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