Chapter 86. Five Breaths of the Red Dragon (2)
(What, what is this?)
The first to react was the fairy queen. Ian has vanished from right before her eyes. He has vanished with the great flare of fire. What the heck? To where? Why? Very perplexed, she looked in the directions of spartoi, the undead dragon soldier and Evantus, the dragonian. However.
(The human…. He has suddenly…. Disappeared.)
Like the fairy queen, Spartoi appeared to be puzzled. Then he turned his head toward Evantus. Elixir, the liquid that Ian just drank, you did clearly say that you knew about it, isn't that right?
(But, I, I do not know the effects of the liquid!)
Feeling the stares of his family members, Evantus, the dragonian, was quick to explain. Has he not only had a chance to drink the liquid himself, nor has he ever seen any other dragonians drink it. It was only that he had applied his breath upon their requests. It was the same this time around.
(Would it….. perhaps, the liquid is only allowed for them and them alone? And could this be just a side effect to a lowly, mere human that happened to have drunk it?)
The fairy queen provided a rather a reasonable hypothesis.
A drink that cannot be tolerated by human body.
That's what Ian had drunk.
(And the side effect of that…. Is….. Vanishing?)
(It is also possible that he could have been extinct as it couldn't be tolerated.)
The fairy queen dryly tossed out an eerie thought. If he really went extinct, that means he had just died with the flare of fire. Not just anyone, but Ian Page.
(Reasonable…. That seems….. Reasonable.)
(I always believed that he wasn't someone that would easily die.)
(Before their power….. human….. are impotent.)
(Hey boney. Who doesn't know that? It seems true, all I'm saying!)
As the arguments between the two old natural enemies, the fairy queen and spartoi, ensued, there was a flash of light in the eyes of Evantus, the dragonian.
It wasn't just Evantus. The fairy queen and spartoi also stopped their argument as if it was synchronized. They felt sudden change in the special energy that was inborn in them. To be precise, they felt the 'dissipation' of that special energy.
(The power of the family…..)
The fairy queen murmured.
The power connected from Ian.
That is, the power of the dragon.
The energy called the power of the family.
(Dissipated?)
It wasn't just the fairy queen. Spartoi, the undead dragon soldier, and Evantus, the dragonian, that was just been defeated by the power of the family. It had dissipated from the body and spirit of those three members of the family. The absolute affect, the obedience towards Ian Page, that is.
(Truly….. has he gone dead?)
The fairy queen murmured confused.
That was the only logical thought at this time.
With the flare of fire, he had vanished without a trace.
And even that absolute influence has dissipated.
(So….. suddenly like this?)
To be sure, he was no ordinary human. He was born a human, yet reached an incredibly high level, and there was endless potential for him to continue to accomplish. Was that all? He could read and wield the magic of the dragon's language. As if he had been granted a gift, he had obtained the power of the family. His progress was extraordinary. It was an interesting story. But then.
(No way…..)
It was Espel, who said, feeling vain.
It was pitch black all around.
It wasn't possible to see even an inch ahead.
It didn't appear to be an ordinary night.
There was not a single point of light.
It was as if it has been blocked by magic.
All the light and the energy that is similar to it.
'Is it sorcery again?'
Ian thought of an incidence from a few months ago.
The effect of magic from a portal artifact.
Of the sorcerer that had the same hair as he did.
But, the feeling was not the same from that time.
All his five senses were in normal conditions, right now.
He didn't feel even a touch of disharmony.
It would be perfect only if this darkness can be chased away.
'Light.'
A small ball of light has formed.
However, the power of the darkness was stronger than anticipated.
It felt as if though the light would be engulfed by it.
'Light.'
Ian has strengthened the light spell.
Finally, the light began to be shed at the surrounding area.
And.