While there was light in the underground tropolis, its perpetual twilight hue couldn’t compare to true natural sunlight.
After savoring the sun for a mont, Hulim dispelled her Strengthen buff and walked toward the ruins’ exit.
"I should confirm my location first—I couldn’t judge directions accurately underground."
Hulim stepped out of the ruins.
When she saw the scene outside, she froze in place.
"I... I’m still in the safe zone?"
Yes—she recognized the familiar surroundings: the city ruins surrounding the area, and various scattered relics inside.
Undoubtedly, this was the previous safe zone!
Hulim glanced back at the ruins behind her.
After a mont’s thought, she understood.
Clearly, this passage had been dug by the sages of this era.
This was one of the few safe zones in Mirnabith—it made perfect sense for scholars of this era to choose it as their excavation starting point.
"Since I’m already here, I might as well check if my luggage is still there. It’s been over half a month—the giant dragon should have left long ago......"
Many tools for traveling and living were in her luggage. During these half-month underground, Hulim had to make tools herself most of the ti, which was inconvenient and less effective than specialized ones.
Roughly confirming her direction,
Hulim headed toward the church ruins where she’d left her luggage.
After so ti, she arrived at the church ruins. The buildings here were still intact, with no signs of damage from the giant dragon.
Hulim entered the church ruins.
"Great! The luggage is still here!"
Her luggage was exactly where she’d left it—no creatures had wandered in to cause trouble during this ti.
She just wondered where the Shieldhorn Beasts she’d grazed on the grass outside had gone......
"Could the giant dragon have eaten them?"
If that were the case, returning would be troubleso.
"There’s no point staying on the surface. Charkin hasn’t shown any sign of coming back. I might as well take my luggage and return underground."
Both the Tower of Ages in the underground tropolis and the Mana Pool hidden in the underground cave were far better than staying on the surface.
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After checking her luggage to ensure everything was in order, Hulim slung it over her back and walked toward the church exit.
"I wonder what kind of giant dragon that was. And when will Charkin co back? By the way......"
"Should I leave him a ssage here? If he cos back and can’t find , he might leave on his own—that would be a hassle."
With that thought, Hulim stopped.
She glanced back at the church.
"I’ll carve it on the entrance wall so he’ll see it right away."
Hulim drew Helkem and began leaving a ssage on the church wall.
As she carved, a large shadow covered her area without her noticing.
The shadow was so big that Hulim—focused on carving—didn’t realize it...
...seed to be in the shape of a creature’s head.
"There, that’s done!"
After finishing the ssage, Hulim sheathed Helkem and prepared to leave.
"Mirnabith’s weather is really strange—it suddenly turned cloudy......"
Hulim muttered casually as she put away Helkem.
At the sa ti, she instinctively looked up at the sky.
And then......
Her eyes t those of a massive creature with red scales, staring down at her from above.
She could even see her own reflection clearly in the creature’s huge golden slit pupils.
......
"Why is this happening?!"
A girl’s scream echoed across the safe zone’s plains.
It was imdiately followed by a roar that shook the very air.
"Growl——!!!"
At the sound of that roar, all creatures in the plains hid on the spot. Those who couldn’t hide in ti simply dug a hole and buried their heads in the soil, leaving their lower bodies exposed, trembling violently......
"No, why are you chasing ?! It’s been half a month—why are you still here!"
Using both Strengthen and Agility, Hulim ran much faster than last ti, but she was still far inferior to the giant dragon behind her.
And just like before, the giant dragon couldn’t understand a word she said. It only kept opening its fanged maw, snapping at Hulim again and again.
Even though Hulim wasn’t even enough to fill its tooth gap......
Hulim could only predict where the dragon would bite based on its mouth movents and dodge in advance.
The girl and the dragon chased each other across the plains in a zigzag path.
"Why is the entrance so far away?!"
The only place Hulim could flee to was the underground passage’s entrance—only there could she truly escape danger.
But the distance, which hadn’t seed that far not long ago, now felt unattainably distant......
Misfortune never cos alone.
From continuously using high-intensity magic, Hulim suddenly felt a sharp headache, and the mana in her body gradually beca unruly.
"Oh no, why now of all tis......"
The unstable mana made the white glow surrounding Hulim flicker.
Her running speed inevitably slowed down.
"Growl——!!!"
The giant dragon roared.
Its bloody maw lunged at Hulim.
It seed Hulim was about to be swallowed whole.
Suddenly, a teor streaked across the sky.
It then rushed toward the giant dragon at extre speed, hitting it directly on the head.
"Roar!!!"
The giant dragon let out a shrill cry and was slamd heavily to the ground by the teor.
"Wh... what?"
The sudden turn of events left Hulim stunned.
She froze in place.
At that mont, a glowing orb rose from the dragon’s head and slowly drifted toward Hulim.
"......What is this?"
Hulim instinctively stretched out her hands.
The orb landed in her palms.
Before Hulim could get a clear look at it,
Whoosh!
A gust of strong wind blew, forcing Hulim to squint her eyes.
Through the blur, she saw the red giant dragon spread its wings and soared into the sky......
"......It left?"
The dragon’s abrupt departure left Hulim dumbfounded.
At this ti, the glow of the orb in her hand faded, revealing its true form.
It was a... tal sphere?
Click!
A crack suddenly appeared in the middle of the tal sphere.
"Huh? Wait, what is this? Is sothing going to co out?!"
As Hulim hesitated whether to throw away this unknown object,
Boom!
The tal sphere exploded directly!
Then,
a palm-sized, humanoid creature with transparent wings popped out of it.
"Hello! Hello! Hulim! How are you! I’m the cute and charming figurine character! Little Semiris desu☆!"
Hulim: "................................."
"Semiris???"
......
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