I’m not a Regressor

I am not a returner Episode 311:

Faded Promise (3)

As soon as I looked down at the ruined interior of the royal castle, I felt disgusted.

Smoke rising faintly from the collapsed houses that were reduced to ashes.

The residual heat, which was clearly felt even from a distance, made it clear that not long had passed since the Dragonian Kingdom fell into ruins.

‘Did they dispatch an army after hearing the news of the Beast Man Kingdom?’

Looking at the map, the Demon Kingdom’s ‘Niflheim’ was much closer to the Dragonian Kingdom than the Beast People Kingdom, which was blocked by the Sky Mountains.

That’s why I tried to get to the kingdom quickly, even taking the gamble of crossing the Sky Mountains.

“what? “What do you think the situation is like inside?”

Ha-eun approached Oh-jin, who had landed after the duration of the stroke of the thunderbolt had expired.

Ojin let out a deep sigh as he recalled the situation in the Dragonian Kingdom seen from above.

“late.”

“…are you late?”

“The inside of the kingdom has already been completely taken over by demons and demonic beasts.”

The only people wandering around the ruined city were various demonic beasts and the demons who led them.

There was no sign of the Yongin tribe anywhere.

“Are you saying that the demons moved faster than us?”

“Maybe so.”

Oh Jin nodded with a heavy expression.

Still, I thought I had saved a lot of time by crossing the Sky Mountains.

Even that wasn’t enough?

“No matter how strong the demons are, how can they already…”

Isabella trailed off as if she couldn’t understand.

It took only about 10 days for Ojin and his party to cross the Sky Mountains.

The long journey, which would normally have taken more than a month, was shortened by one-third, but we arrived at the Dragonian Kingdom quickly.

The Dragonian Kingdom was destroyed in just 10 days?

“There must be a reason. “Either the demon race was that strong, or conversely, the dragon race was too weak.”

“What do we do now?”

Originally, like during the Khan Kingdom, the plan was to eradicate the demons that were parasitic within the dragon people and then join forces with the dragon people.

Because the demons moved first, the plan came to nothing.

“I’ll go up one more time and check the situation inside.”

I didn’t know that there might still be dragon people alive.

Ojin soared into the air again using the Thunder Step.

Beyond the high walls, I could see a city carved entirely out of a huge rocky mountain.

The city of dragons, which once had a brilliant civilization, was now reduced to ashes and trampled under the feet of the demons.

‘The hunting dog of Jiknyeo Castle.’

A faint, invisible blue thunderbolt spread widely in waves.

Countless amounts of information pouring in like a flood.

A headache that felt like it was going to split my head came flooding back along with the information, but in order to obtain as much information as possible in a short period of time, there was no skill better than the hunting dog of Jiknyeo Castle.

“Ugh.”

A picture of the inside of the kingdom in my mind.

There were an incomparably greater number of demons and demonic beasts roaming around the city than during the Khan Kingdom.

A movement that seems to be looking for the Yongin tribe who may still be left.

Among them, there was a group of demons raising a toast as if to celebrate victory.

at that time.

Something caught Ojin’s senses.

‘That’s…’

the center of the city.

I saw thousands of Yongins gathered inside a huge circular building reminiscent of the Colosseum.

The movements of the Yongin people, who were caught as if they were tightly restrained by something, could hardly be felt.

‘Are they gathering all the captured Yongins in one place?’

Still, I guess I should say I’m glad that they didn’t kill everyone without hesitation.

Oh-jin, who was looking down at the place where the Yongin people were captured, came down to the rock wall where Ha-eun and Isabella were waiting.

“I found the place where the dragon people are being held.”

“But fortunately, it looks like they didn’t kill everyone.”

Isabella narrowed her eyes and looked at the tall castle walls.

“Are you planning to rescue the captured dragon people?”

“If I could, I’d like to, but…”

Ojin crossed his arms and was lost in thought.

Ohjin, who continued to think for a moment, shook his head quietly.

“I think it will be difficult to rescue them.”

The situation was different from the time of the Khan Kingdom.

At that time, there were only five demons and there was no demonic army led by them.

Now, at first glance, there were over a hundred demons and thousands of demonic beasts guarding the area around the circular building where the dragons were captured.

Breaking through them head-on and rescuing the captured dragons would not be easy, even if Ojin and his party had a strength close to a hundred.

“So you’re going to go back like this without doing anything?”

Ha-eun frowned and asked as if she was not sure.

Oh Jin nodded with a heavy expression.

What if there was a helper?

There was nothing we could do with just the people here now.

“Okay. “Something makes me feel a little uncomfortable.”

I’ve never even had a conversation with the dragon people before.

Is it because I developed quite a close relationship with the beastmen who were in the same situation?

My heart felt heavy, as if a heavy stone had been placed on my chest.

“Then, let’s look around to see if there are any dragons who escaped.”

Oh Jin also did not want to leave like this without any gains.

“huh.”

“Yes, first take a look around.”

Like that, Ojin and his party began circling around the Dragonian Kingdom to find the group of dragon people who escaped.

How long did you wander around?

“Look over there.”

Ha-eun suddenly stopped and pointed to a place.

This time too, it was a blob of blue light that only she could see.

“What I saw near the kingdom is also here.”

Of course, the number of lights was significantly lower than what was seen in the kingdom.

In any case, the fact that a clue was found was important.

“come here.”

Ha-eun took the lead and led Oh-jin and his group.

The place she was heading to was a narrow path that crossed through a maze-like canyon.

Ojin and his group walked along a narrow road that was only about 10 meters wide at most.

“Grrr.”

Poppy narrowed her shoulders and cried in frustration, as if she was uncomfortable in the narrow street.

Could it be that we passed about halfway through the canyon?

Wooooow!

Arrows began raining down on the heads of Ojin and his group along with a sharp crack.

Even though it was an arrow, it was not made of iron and wood.

Blue arrows made of magical energy, from arrowhead to feather, fell like a meteor shower in the night sky.

“Gather around me!”

Despite the sudden surprise attack, Ojin did not panic and took out Dantalian from his waist.

When Dantalian, which had changed into the shape of a spear, was swung like a windmill, the blue lightning that formed on the spear spread wide like an umbrella.

Coo! Googoo googung!

A magical arrow that explodes in a powerful explosion when it touches the blue thunderbolt.

The impact of the explosion shook the surrounding ground, and the high rock walls of the canyon began to collapse.

“Ugh!”

Hundreds of tons of rubble fell like rain.

‘charge.’

He raised the magic power of the stigmata and condensed lightning on the tip of the spear.

Just before a pile of rocks rained down on my head.

I stepped on the heavy stepping stones and raised my spear high.

Kwajajajajajajag!

The thunderbolt condensed on the tip of the spear exploded, like a wild animal trapped in a cage jumping out.

Hundreds of tons of rubble fell, breaking into small pieces and scattering in all directions, accompanied by a roar that shook the eardrums.

A destructive power that far exceeds human standards.

Ohjin, who turned hundreds of tons of rubble into a pile of gravel in the blink of an eye, turned the tip of his spear in the direction from which the arrow came without any sign of fatigue.

I tried to get close to the guys who shot magical arrows at once using the wire shooter.

“I’ll take care of this.”

Before the misdiagnosis occurred, Isabella took a step forward.

“You can’t kill me.”

“Yes, I know.”

I could tell who was in charge of this sudden surprise attack without even looking at it.

Isabella smiled slightly and cut her palm with her sharp fingernails.

Drop, drop.

Blood dripped from my cracked palm.

“Flow.”

With a low chant, the blood that fell on the floor began to multiply explosively.

A chain made of blood stretched out from the wide expanse of blood and was shot in the direction from which the magical arrow had come.

“Ugh!”

“Aaaah!”

A scream heard from afar.

Soon, the attackers who were hiding in the canyon were tied up in chains and brought in front of Ojin and his group.

The identity of the chained attacker was, as expected, a dragon race.

The beast people were like that too.

The appearance of the Yongin tribe itself was not much different from that of humans.

The only differences are the vertically slit pupils reminiscent of reptiles and the scales covering the nape of the neck and parts of the cheeks.

‘On the outside, it looks more like a combination of a lizardman and a human than a combination of a dragon and a human.’

I had seen the Yongin people being held together as a group from afar earlier, but the distance was so far back then that this was my first time seeing what the Yongin people looked like.

“Kill the Lord!”

“Dirty demons…!”

The number of Yongin people who were caught in chains was twenty.

The Yongin people, who were helplessly caught by Isabella’s formidable power, glared at Ojin and the others with eyes full of hatred and anger.

“…uh?”

“You’re not from the demon race, are you?”

The dragon people, who were glaring at Ojin and his party with murderous eyes as if they would tear them to pieces at any moment, soon realized that they were not the demon people.

The Yongins look back at Poppy, who is standing calmly after Ojin with a puzzled expression.

‘I guess because I was with Poppy, I thought I was a demon.’

but.

Except for Cassia, the only demons who can treat ferocious demonic beasts like minions are the demons, so it would have been natural for them to have mistaken Ojin and his party for being demons.

“Why are humans here…?”

The Yongin people looked at Ojin and the others as if they couldn’t understand.

Unlike the beastmen who feared humans, calling them ‘the devil beyond the veil’, they did not seem to have any particular aversion to humans.

No, he was looking at Ojin and the others with a look of awe that went beyond showing no resistance.

“Hey, are they from the Yongin tribe?”

Ha-eun, perhaps preparing for the escalation of the battle, removed the blindfold covering her left eye and approached the captured Yongins.

The Yongin people looked at the corner of Ha-eun’s left eye after removing her eye patch, and their eyes widened.

“Yo Yongan…?”

“A woman with dragon eyes will come….”

“Yes, a prophecy! “It’s just as Cailus prophesied!”

The Yongin people make a fuss with expressions of astonishment.

When Ojin and his group are taken aback by the unexpected reaction.

“Are you… the ‘dragon maiden’?”

A Yongin tribe member asked Ha-eun cautiously.

“Eh?”

Ha-eun frowned as if wondering what he was talking about.

“I’m not a virgin?”

“….”

A heavy silence fell in the narrow canyon.