Reincarnated Dragon Goes to the Academy!

Chapter 124 : Valima's Heart (1)

Lucas, who had left Hasel's lair, asked Aman for his understanding and headed straight for the Rodrata city-state.

'That was definitely the last clue.'

The reason he was heading to Rodrata was to find a hidden artifact.

'I was too lazy to look for it when I was dying... but this is so helpful now.'

In his past life, he, like other dragons, had enjoyed collecting precious artifacts and gems.

'The fun of finding hidden things was also considerable. Like a treasure hunt.'

The artifact he was now looking for was one that Lucas in his past life had given up on finding.

It was something that dragons didn't particularly need, and it was also annoying to look for, so he had left it alone, but now it had become something he desperately needed.

'I couldn't find the warehouse either.'

If he had found the secret warehouse early on, the situation might have been much better. Because the warehouse was full of rare artifacts that he had collected in his past life.

'Ha, now that I think about it, I'm so angry. Where in the world did the warehouse go?'

Lucas had gone to look for the warehouse several times after that, but he had come back with nothing each time.

The warehouse had disappeared as if it had never existed in the first place.

'Hasel is right. I can't do anything with this weak body, so it's right for me to build up my strength.'

As Hasel had said, there was nothing Lucas could do to help with his current body.

Of course, from the perspective of humans, he was a mage of tremendous skill.

And now that he was using Aman's mana, he could show magic comparable to that of a dragon, but this was also useless without Aman.

'But if I just find this, the situation will be much better.'

Magic was basically based on mana, but if you didn't know how to use it, a vast amount of mana was useless.

On the contrary, no matter how outstanding your skills were, it was also useless if you didn't have mana.

Therefore, the best synergy was created only when both skill and the amount of mana were equipped at the same time.

Lucas had no problem using magic thanks to the vast knowledge he had accumulated while living as a dragon, but he was lacking in the amount of mana.

Of course, for now, he was rich in mana due to his contract with Aman, but if a war with the demons really broke out, a situation might arise where the two of them would have to share Aman's mana.

'That's not going to happen.'

That's why the item he was looking for now was something Lucas desperately needed.

'Valima's Heart.'

It was an artifact that was said to contain the heart of the first and last white dragon.

Valima's Heart was known as an artifact that gave its user an almost infinite amount of mana from the moment it was bound to them.

That's why it wasn't a particularly coveted item for dragons, but it was different for Lucas, who was now a human.

'Did I look up to here last time?'

The middle of Mount Brunus, located in the north of Rodrata. Lucas, who was standing there, looked around.

There was not a single blade of grass around, and the rocks that occasionally peeked out from between the thick snow clearly showed the barrenness of the place.

'Hmm... who was it that hid this?'

The one who had hidden this was also a dragon.

There had been a time when Valima's Heart, which had fallen into the hands of a human, had brought about a tremendous side effect.

The human who had obtained this artifact by chance had wielded magic mercilessly based on his enormous mana, and as time passed, a dragon who had sensed the danger had tried to stop him, but had failed and had lost his life.

The incident of a human killing a dragon was widely passed down among the dragons as an oral tradition, and humans also recorded it in books and history.

'Who was it... was it a silver one?'

Lucas had also set out to find this artifact, which had been hidden for a long time, several times, but he had given up and had gone back each time because things had not gone well.

Lucas, who was once again retracing his memory.

"Ah."

Then, as if he had remembered something, Lucas's movements became busy.

He scanned every corner of the rocks with his eyes, blew away the snowdrifts with the wind, pressed the rocks, and injected mana.

"Did I do this last time?"

It was when Lucas was wondering at the very natural movement of his body, as if he had done it once before.

"I think I've seen that for the first time."

A strange rock came into Lucas's view.

"Was it revealed by the wind?"

The unusually pointed rock was in the shape of it soaring into the sky. Whether it was luckily revealed when Lucas had created the wind, the rock was relatively smooth without any chipped parts.

Lucas, who had approached the rock, created the wind once more.

-Whoosh!

As the strong wind swept over the rock once, the snow that had been covering the rock was swept away without any strength.

"Hmm..."

Lucas began to carefully examine the rock.

At first glance, it was no different from the other rocks that were rising around, but his old intuition was telling him.

That there was something about this.

-Boom

As Lucas injected mana into the rock, the rock made a booming sound and then became quiet.

"Is this not it?"

As there was no reaction, Lucas changed his method and began to press here and there on the rock.

"Is this not it either?"

But that was also of no use.

He looked around again, just in case there was another clue.

-Whoooooosh!

As the wind was created again, the hidden rocks began to show themselves one after another.

Then something flashed through Lucas's mind.

"Could it be...?"

The shapes of the pointed rocks were all different, but some of the rocks had quite similar shapes.

Lucas, who had noticed that, began to create a wind under his feet.

-Whoooooosh.

Lucas's body, which was floating up with the wind.

Lucas, who had risen high into the sky, began to carefully examine the rocks that were placed under his feet.

'There are six rocks with strangely similar shapes.'

There were a total of six rocks that were in the shape of them soaring into the sky.

From a distance, the whole picture began to be seen.

'A pentagonal shape with one in the middle...'

-Whoooosh.

Lucas, who had gone up a little higher, began to examine the rocks by turning the angle here and there.

'If I'm right...'

Then things that were not visible began to be seen.

The five pointed rocks were all at slightly different angles.

'Are they connected? Or is there an order?'

Lucas, who had been thinking for a long time as if he were solving a puzzle, came down to the ground again.

"I'll know if I try."

First, Lucas began to put mana into the rocks in the order he had first thought of.

'From the left...'

As he followed the strangely bent direction, the rocks arranged in a pentagonal shape were all connected.

Lucas, who had injected mana into all six rocks in order, stood for a moment and examined the rocks.

But the rocks were just standing there without any movement.

'Then the other way around.'

Lucas began to inject mana in reverse order once more.

-Boom... boom...

But the rocks were still the same, without any movement.

"Hmm..."

And so, Lucas was thinking for a long time again.

"Ah."

This time, Lucas injected mana into all the rocks at the same time.

-Boom! Boom! Boooom! Boooooom!

Then the rocks all made different sounds.

"I found it."

Lucas had found the rule.

And so, Lucas, who had repeated the process of injecting magic power into all the rocks, memorized the sounds of all the rocks.

"I don't know who it is, but he has a strange hobby."

There were various ways to hide artifacts or dungeons.

Among them, there were those who required problem-solving using the pitch or length of the sound, but they were extremely rare.

This artifact, which was said to have been hidden before Lucas was born, was like a legend among the dragons.

That's why Lucas had also been able to come this far by solving the problem over and over again with a lot of time and effort since his past life.

-Boom! Boooom! Boooooom...!

Lucas, who was injecting mana in order.

Then, not long after, the rocks began to shake slightly.

-Rumble... rumble...

"Is it done?"

The other rocks surrounding the middle rock began to vibrate first.

-Rumble! Rumble!

Then the rock in the middle vibrated, and then it began to shake violently.

-Rumble...

The shaking rock was pushed aside, and a large vibration echoed through the mountain.

Lucas, who had looked at the gap under the rock, smiled.

"It's open. I hope this is the last one."

Even when he retraced his memory of his past life, this kind of problem had already come up several times.

When he solved one, another hint would come out from inside and would guide him to another place, and when he solved that, another hint would come out.

And so, he had been running around like a dog being trained, and he had given up at this point...

"To do this again."

The space under the rock looked so narrow that only one person could barely fit in.

-Pew...

Lucas, who had shot a small light down first, estimated its depth.

But the light did not go down very far and hit the floor.

"Ah. There are stairs under this."

He could see that the stairs began at about the height of an adult man.

-Thud.

Lucas, who had jumped down lightly, lit up his vision with light magic.

As if a lot of time had passed, a musty smell wafted from the underground space, and a cool air, different from the outside, rose up.

"Hmm..."

Lucas spread his detection magic wide and began to look for traps.

"There are none. Anyway, he's a dragon with a very unique taste."

It was the same when he had been looking for Valima's Heart in his past life. They were all different dungeons, but it was difficult to get in, and the inside was very simple.

'Well. It must be the creator's taste.'

Lucas, who was slowly following the stairs down without any particular suspicion, stopped walking for a moment.

'That's again...'

A faint light at the point where the stairs were ending.

It would have been nice if it was Valima's Heart, but unfortunately, it was not.

'Ha, another hint?'

As he approached the place where the faint light was coming from, a small dagger was seen.

And on the stone tablet under the place where the dagger was placed, a phrase was written.

"A dagger?"

Lucas grabbed the sword on the altar.

[I warn you who have found Alita's sword. This will be the beginning of a journey to a dangerous place...]

And Lucas, who was slowly starting to read the phrase.

"What's this written in ancient language again... damn it!"

-Rumble!

The dungeon began to shake madly.

And the last phrase that came in.

[So if you don't want to take the risk, don't pick up Alita's sword carelessly. If you have already picked it up, it would be best to run away as soon as possible.]

-Rumble! Rumble!

Lucas, who had quickly put the dagger in his bosom, cast a teleportation spell.

-Pew...

But the spell was not cast.

"Damn it! What's this, they've even blocked the mana?! You dragon with nothing to do!"

Lucas, who had sensed the seriousness of the situation, turned his body and began to run.

-Rumble! Rumble!

Stones were falling from all sides, and the hazy smoke in front was even obscuring his vision.

-Boom! Boom!

Lucas, who was quickly moving between the falling stones.

"Ah, damn it."

But Lucas knew.

"I'm f-cked."

That he could not avoid this.

(End of Chapter)