Isekai Adventure in the Dimensional Cube

Chapter 1731 - 1172: Magic Array of the Underground Altar (2)

Flames blossomed all over Reiger’s body.

In the raging blizzard, the extreme low temperature began to be replaced by a temperature that climbed higher and higher.

Waves of fierce fire surged in from all directions, gathering in Reiger’s hand and turning into an arrow-shaped flame.

"[Open]."

As he spat out the syllable, Reiger loosened his hand and shot out that flame.

"Boom!!!"

Amid the endlessly stretching snow-covered mountain range, the Red Lotus Light appeared abruptly, so dazzling, so beautiful in this vast expanse of white ice and snow.

The violent roar was like the sky collapsing and the earth shattering; as the sea of fire exploded outward, it scattered the low temperature and the wind and snow.

Scorching flames clashed with the blizzard; though they couldn’t drive back the storm, they melted countless ice and snow, causing torrents to appear on the snow mountains, like waterfalls crashing down from the slopes.

A sea of fire rampaged, flames roared, and the burning heat did not fade for a while even in this frozen world, illuminating a slice of the sky.

Only after a long time were the flames finally swallowed by the blizzard and gradually vanished between heaven and earth.

Right after, the ice dragon, charred pitch-black all over, fell out from within, like a downed fighter jet trailing smoke, and once again crashed heavily into the snow, sending up waves of snow in all directions.

"Swish!"

Only then did Reiger appear as if by teleportation, descending with the posture of a victor to land on the charred body of the ice dragon.

"Roar..."

The ice dragon sensed all this and wanted to roar, wanted to struggle, but the searing pain throughout its body stopped it; its ferocious bloody maw had just opened when a large mouthful of fresh blood surged out from within.

"What a waste." Reiger commented carelessly as if he had no heart, and said, "Dragon blood is good stuff. It can be used to refine high-grade Magic Potions, and also to raise monsters, accelerating their growth. It’s especially rare and precious. If I’d known, I wouldn’t have hit you so hard."

The ice dragon, understanding Reiger’s words, burned with rage inside. If its body could still move, with its pride, it would definitely fight Reiger to the death.

"So you really can understand me." Reiger obviously noticed the fury in the ice dragon’s eyes, and he laughed. "That makes things easier."

"Hey, you. Since you live here, you should know where the teleportation Array in the Kasafei-Gel Mountain Range is, right?"

"I don’t care whether you were brought in later or were placed here from the start to guard this mountain range. Take me there and I’ll consider sparing your life."

Reiger did have a route map, and the teleportation Array was marked on it, but eleven thousand one hundred years had passed, and the environment here was so harsh. Who knew if the terrain and paths had changed?

With that in mind, to play it safe, Reiger decided to interrogate the local native.

"Roar!"

The ice dragon finally caught its breath, but it had no intention of complying; instead, without a word it opened its maw wide and lunged to bite Reiger.

As was only natural, although that bite successfully enveloped Reiger, the sharp fangs inside stopped a few centimeters short of his body. No matter how hard the ice dragon bit down, its teeth could not reach him.

"Your breath stinks."

Reiger spoke with a blank expression.

"[Shut it for me.]"

The fluctuation of Curse Power wrapped around Reiger’s words and spread through the air.

"———!?"

The ice dragon was shocked to find that it could no longer control itself and, in accordance with that tiny human’s words, shut its fanged jaws.

As if he hadn’t noticed the ice dragon’s shock, Reiger first used [Red Blood Manipulation] to collect the spilled dragon blood.

Even if this dragon blood wasn’t used as a material for refining Magic Potions, using it as a medium to activate [Red Blood Manipulation] would still be excellent.

Even if it couldn’t compare to Divine Blood, the Magic Power contained in dragon blood was far denser and more massive than that in ordinary blood.

If he used dragon blood as the medium to activate [Red Blood Manipulation], the power of this technique would increase significantly.

So, whether he would get to use it later or not, Reiger collected it first just in case.

Then Reiger used [Curse] again to issue an order.

"[Take me to the teleportation Array.]"

The compulsory Curse forced the ice dragon, even though it was drenched in blood, its scales charred black, and its body practically unable to move, to slowly start moving regardless of everything.

The acute pain made the ice dragon howl in misery, yet while howling it still couldn’t resist Reiger’s Curse and had no choice but to spread its scarred wings and take to the air.

The blood-soaked ice dragon then wobbled and flew toward the depths of the snow mountains, and the route it took did indeed differ somewhat from the route on Reiger’s map.

Fortunately, the difference wasn’t huge; even without this ice dragon guiding the way, as long as he spent a bit of effort and time, Reiger would still be able to find it in the end.

But now that someone was leading the way, Reiger was happy to relax. He simply stood on the dragon’s head and let the ice dragon carry him into the depths of the Kasafei-Gel Mountain Range.

After crossing one towering mountain after another and flying over one snowy field after another, who knew how long had passed before the ice dragon finally brought Reiger to a place.

"A cavern?"

Reiger jumped down from the dragon’s head and looked up ahead.

It was a sheer cliff face sealed in ice.

In the middle of the cliff face, far from the ground, an inconspicuous cavern mouth sat there.

"Is it in there?"

Reiger muttered as he stretched a hand out to the side.

"Bang!"

The massive dragon head that had just been carrying him suddenly lunged, unwilling to give up, biting toward him, only to be caught in Reiger’s outstretched hand.

"[Release · Soul‑Severing Blade]."

Reiger didn’t even turn his head, speaking calmly and indifferently.

Time itself seemed to freeze in that instant.

"Pshk!"

The next second, an invisible slash swept across the giant ice dragon’s body, yet it no longer cut open its flesh.

Because this time, the slash severed its soul.

"——"

The feral light in the ice dragon’s eyes stalled, then gradually dimmed.

"Boom..."

A few seconds later, the ice dragon’s enormous body slowly toppled, stirring a dull, heavy sound.

Reiger still didn’t look back at the ice dragon, merely speaking in a low voice.

"You could say I’ve avenged you all."

Naturally, Reiger was referring to those human-shaped ice statues on the mountain.

He did not believe for a second that those human-shaped ice statues were naturally formed.

Therefore, he had never planned to let this harmful, sadistic dragon off.

Of course, there were quite a lot of treasures on a dragon’s body as well, and those couldn’t be wasted either.

With a wave of his hand, Reiger stored the ice dragon’s entire corpse into the dimensional cube’s storage space, saving it for dissection later.

"Mm... there shouldn’t be any other creatures showing up here now, right?"

Staring at the pitch-black cave entrance, Reiger thought this without much certainty.

But since he had come all this way, there was naturally no reason to turn back now.

Thus, Reiger rose into the air and drifted slowly toward the cavern’s interior.

...

It had to be said, the environment here was indeed harsh; even the temperature inside the cavern was extremely low.

Though there was no longer a blizzard, the inside of the cavern was still a world of ice and snow. The ceiling, walls, and floor were all covered in thick layers of ice and accumulated snow.

Reiger kept flying inward, and then realized that he seemed to be slowly descending.

"Is this cavern passage leading underground?"

That thought was correct.

Soon, Reiger noticed that he had already reached ground level and was beginning to penetrate into the depths below.

His flight speed was not slow, yet by his estimation, he had already gone at least several thousand meters beneath the surface.

After flying like this for about half a day, the space around Reiger grew larger and larger. It was no longer the same monotonous passage, and his vision suddenly opened up.

At last, Reiger arrived at a vast underground hollow.

Inside the hollow stood an altar.

The altar too was covered in thick ice and snow.

After Reiger swept the ice and snow away, a Magic Array about ten meters in diameter appeared.

The teleportation Magic Array leading to the Hidden Land had finally been found by Reiger.