Reincarnated Dragon Goes to the Academy!

Chapter 131 : Alita's Relic (1)

After leaving Hasel's lair, Lucas decided to first do what he could.

'Hasel said he would move with the elders...'

Hasel had said he would first find a way to prevent the demons from ever coming up to the surface.

Therefore, the dragons would now enter into a heated discussion. The method to prevent them from ever setting foot on the surface was very simple, yet also difficult.

'If the only way is through the gate, then we just have to prevent them from making it. Even if they did make it, we could just destroy it immediately.'

In fact, this was not the first time they had attempted to come up to the surface from the demon world. They often tried to set foot on the surface to see the families they had left behind, or because they could not adapt to the new demon world.

But each time, the dragons found them and slaughtered them mercilessly.

'It was unavoidable for the greater good.'

Lucas had been at the forefront of that. He could not show them any weakness or leave any room for them to come up to the surface.

'If I had, demons would still be living on this land now.'

At that time, he had believed it was the right thing to do, and he thought it was the correct course of action.

'Should I have left a little room...?'

But Lucas once again corrected his thoughts.

'Even if I went back to that time, I would make the same decision.'

Regret was always a poison. So now, he had to focus on correcting what could be corrected.

'The Sirens.'

According to what Amore had told him, two of Alita's relics were held by the Sirens and the Dwarves.

Therefore, Lucas was now preparing to set foot in the Siren's waters.

'I know roughly where they live...'

But he had no idea how to get there. The place they lived was, of course, the sea, but he couldn't know their exact location.

'To be precise, I don't know where in the sea.'

Humans and other races called the area where Sirens often appeared the Siren's waters.

Lucas first decided to rent a boat to go out to the waters where they were.

'I can't just drop right into the sea.'

The place with the most developed port and closest to the Siren's waters was Vamaras.

Arriving at the port, Lucas looked around and began to search for a place to rent a boat.

'There it is.'

A small sign was visible among the boats docked at the port.

-Boats for Rent.-

As he approached it, he saw a small booth just big enough for one person to enter.

"I'd like to rent a boat."

At Lucas's voice, the man who was reading a small book inside the booth raised his head.

"Yes. Where are you headed? And how many people?"

The man asked indifferently, turning a page of his book.

"Big Rock Island. I just need to go to the front of it."

"There's a hazard pay for that area. And small boats can't even enter."

Big Rock Island was a small, uninhabited island that could be seen after about an hour's boat ride from Vamaras.

Sailors coming down from the north would say they had arrived at Vamaras when they saw the rocky island, so it served as a coordinate, but the surrounding currents were rough, making it an equally dangerous place.

Therefore, sailors would circle around Big Rock Island when they saw it and head for Vamaras.

"Just me. The money is fine, so please get me an experienced boatman."

At that, the man finally put down the book he was reading and began to rummage through a notebook.

"When are you departing?"

"I'll go now."

"Hmm..."

The man, who had been looking at the notebook for a moment, got up from his seat and came out of the booth.

"Follow me for now. I don't know if this guy didn't drink yesterday..."

The man leading the way muttered.

"Hey!!! Denny!!!"

The man's loud voice echoed through the port.

"What!"

At that, another man peeked his head out from the bow of a boat and shouted.

"Is Tony in there?"

"No!"

"Where'd he go!"

The men talked in loud voices despite the distance between them closing.

"Probably passed out drunk!"

At the bowman's answer, the man leading the way glanced back at Lucas.

"Hmm... he says he's passed out drunk."

"Are there no other boats?"

"There's this friend right here, and he's an experienced boatman, but the friend who's passed out drunk right now is actually better."

"It's fine, so please ask that person if he can go out."

At that, the man nodded his head and looked forward again, shouting.

"Denny!!!"

"Ah, what!!!"

The men began to talk in loud voices again.

"Big Rock Island!!! Wanna go?!"

"How much!!!"

When the topic of money came up, the man quickly ran to the boat.

'I was going to see how long this would go on.'

The man, who had quickly run the distance of about a dozen steps, was seen talking to the man named Denny.

Not long after, the man looked at Lucas and gestured with his hand.

"He says he'll go!"

Lucas nodded his head and approached the boat.

"How much is it."

"First, give this friend 20 gold as a down payment, and give the remaining 20 gold to me. If this friend returns safely, I will give him the rest. It's 40 gold in total."

It was a clear rip-off. Only an hour's distance, and it was 40 gold? No matter how expensive, 20 gold would have been enough, but this was too much.

'How absurd.'

He could haggle the price down if he wanted to, but Lucas didn't want to cause such an uncomfortable commotion.

"Here you go."

Lucas opened his pouch, paid the price, and got on the boat.

"The remaining 20 gold is also for your sake, sir. If any dispute arises, please come and find me anytime!"

The man who shouted excitedly and the man named Denny exchanged glances and grinned.

"Welcome aboard~ Welcome to the Denny. Since you're going alone, I'll serve you more comfortably! Now, please sit there!"

Denny skillfully guided him to a seat and untied the rope.

"You said you're going to Big Rock Island?"

"The front of it will be fine. Ah, and I'll be there for a little while, is that okay?"

"Of course! Are you going fishing or something? Well, there are often people who fish in rough waters, but if you're going to fish, I know a really good spot. You just have to cast your line and clunk! they bite~"

Saying so, Denny glanced at Lucas's luggage, as if to see if he had any fishing gear.

"Just go to Big Rock Island."

But Lucas had boarded the boat with no luggage, wearing only a robe. Therefore, Denny gave up on persuading Lucas further and nodded his head.

"Yes! Understood. To Big Rock Island~!"

Just from Denny's excited voice, one could tell how much of a pushover Lucas was being treated as.

About an hour after the boat departed, the shape of Big Rock Island began to gradually appear.

"Now, my boat can't go any further inside. See those small whirlpools up ahead? If you get swept up in that current, you're a goner! See all those trees in front of the island over there? That's all~ shipwreck debris."

"It's fine. Wait here until I return. Three hours should be enough."

"No, but where are you going? You're not going into the sea, are you?"

Instead of answering, Lucas first looked around to see if the place he remembered was correct.

'It seems to be right.'

Denny anxiously dropped the anchor and watched Lucas.

"If I don't return in three hours, you may leave."

"Yes?! Are you going in?!"

Leaving Denny behind, Lucas jumped straight into the sea.

Lucas wrapped his body in defensive magic.

'I'll need warmth magic too.'

No matter how much he wrapped himself in defensive magic, and although there was no risk of drowning, the inside of the sea was too cold.

Lucas, who had wrapped himself in both defensive and warmth magic, began to dive into the sea.

The place Lucas had entered was only about 20 meters deep. Lucas, who had soon set his feet on the bottom, looked around.

'There it is.'

Then he saw a place where a whirlpool was raging fiercely. Just by looking at where the whirlpool was being sucked in, one could tell that the water was deep.

The place, which was connected to where Lucas was standing and then plunged down, was a bottomless abyss.

'Hoo.'

Lucas, who had composed himself, maintained the defensive magic wrapped around his body even more firmly.

'I can't be crushed to death.'

The pressure he would receive if he went down that whirlpool in an instant would surely be enormous.

Therefore, if the defensive magic wavered even for a moment, he would die in an instant.

-Wooooong.

As he got closer to the whirlpool, a crying sound was heard in the otherwise completely silent sea.

'Here I go.'

Lucas kicked off the bottom and entrusted his body to the whirlpool.

'Ugh.'

The whirlpool was more enormous than it looked from the outside.

'If I go on like this, I might even pass out.'

Lucas thought that he could not go down this path, which he did not know how long it continued, spinning around like this.

Lucas, who somehow held onto his consciousness, cast a light spell to match his darkened vision.

'I'll go down in one go.'

He couldn't cast teleportation because he didn't know the coordinates. Therefore, Lucas judged that it was better to end the dizziness quickly.

-Swoooosh!

The method Lucas chose was a magic that increased weight. As he cast the spell, he felt a sensation of his body being pressed down, and at the same time, a feeling of someone pulling him down from below his feet.

Simultaneously, Lucas descended rapidly.

Thanks to that, the dizziness was reduced, but the sight of the deep-sea creatures flashing past his eyes was disorienting.

'Why does that one look like that again?'

Although he had lived for thousands of years, he, who was not a Blue Dragon, had never stirred up the seabed to explore the inside of the sea.

The reason he knew the Sirens' territory was because he had visited once with a Blue Dragon he knew in his past life; Lucas had never sought them out on his own.

'Damn it. I came by teleportation back then.'

After descending for a long time like that, another world finally began to appear.

'I'm here.'

There were no more whirlpools, and there was no more darkness.

Solid city walls and brilliantly shining luminous stones.

A transparent barrier covering it, and colorful, brilliant fish and deep-sea monsters circling around it.

'It's still a marvel to see again.'

Those who lived in the sea had created their own city. They had gathered the fragments and remnants of shipwrecks to add to the construction, and they had also used the items loaded on them.

Before he even approached the entrance of the Siren city, a Siren knight holding a spear approached.

"Who are you."

No hostility was felt. It was because he knew that a human who could visit this deep place was definitely not an ordinary human.

"I've come to find something."

Lucas showed the crest of Aman engraved on the back of his hand.

"You are the contractor of the Blue Dragon Lord."

As if everything was understood with just the crest, the knight bowed his head low.

"This way, please."

He swam with an elegant flick of his tail and guided Lucas.

"If you go inside, another clan member will help guide you."

"Thank you."

The knight personally opened the gate for him.

"Welcome. Contractor of the Blue Dragon."

At that, another Siren came out and greeted Lucas.

"There is something I am looking for."

"I will guide you to the king."

And then he immediately guided him to their king.

'How Siren-like.'

They were beings who lived in the sea and had only experienced invasions from ferocious deep-sea monsters.

Therefore, they showed no hostility whatsoever to other races who came to visit them directly like this.

They were a strong race that could rule the sea, but they always chose peace.

They wanted to build their own city and live safely within it, and they did not hunt or slaughter more than necessary.

"You can enter here."

As the Siren in charge of guiding opened the door, small bubbles rose up.

"Oh, visitor!"

At that, from on top of a large seashell that looked like a throne, an incredibly large Siren swam vigorously towards him.

"Welcome!"

He grabbed Lucas's hand and shook it up and down vigorously.

[End of Chapter]