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Chapter 366
Inside the inner space of the Sky Island R'lyeh, the Arc Dragon Tooth—
that is, the white armors— possesses a power that automatically recalls them to the island if they move too far away from it.
Since you can’t control them without the horn, and since they can’t really be sold because of that, the only option is to use them internally.
Anyone who wears an Arc Dragon Tooth can exhibit strength far beyond their normal capability.
So naturally, if elite knights equip the Arc Dragon Tooth, the ceiling of their combat ability becos even higher.
In fact, it wasn’t possible to apply buffs from the Hall of Communion.
The Sky Island and the Arc Dragon Tooth can both be treated as military supplies, but the buffs of the Hall of Communion are sothing we bestow.
aning—
it would count as direct participation in the war.
Also, this ti we wanted to test the pure capabilities of the Arc Dragon Tooth itself, so we decided not to interfere.
…And then—
BOOM!!!! THUD!!
The hundred or so elite knights who suddenly appeared and launched a raid were basically like bombers sweeping entire regions with a single pass.
If it looked like that to us watching, how much more overwhelming must it have been for those on the receiving end?
Of course, the reduction of fall-impact damage and the automatic recall when the knights dove from the island were also important factors.
But this too wasn’t particularly difficult—
using the Arc Dragon Tooth’s ability to briefly hover made it trivial.
You couldn’t really fight during the hover, but since they completely obliterated the region first and then casually flew back up to escape, there was simply no way for the enemy to catch them.
The aerial mobility of R'lyeh is, compared to the average warfare standards of the Lazarus continent, nothing short of incomprehensible.
Even sending down re Expert-class knights for a raid would be troubleso for the enemy—
but with the Arc Dragon Tooth added on top, it was only natural that the balance of the war collapsed instantly without having to lift a finger.
However, there was one problematic point in all of this.
Everything else could be used by others, but the control of the island itself had to be done by .
The ability to move the island wasn’t sothing that could be transferred.
Still, the other side could only harbor vague suspicions; there was no real aning in digging deeper.
As long as I didn’t appear on the battlefield personally, that was enough.
It did require sowhat delicate control, but the Librarian was far more competent than expected.
Once we began teleporting and smashing every rear supply base one after another, the advance of the Taporna Kingdom’s army was halted, and huge confusion spread throughout their forces.
At first, the frontline units didn’t have a problem since they carried minimal food and water, but once their rear supply bases were all destroyed and supply lines cut, they were forced to falter.
This was a tactic I had already used in the war against Coral.
An army with its food line severed cannot endure—
the difference between skipping a al at ho and skipping a al on the battlefield is enormous.
Currently, I was sitting comfortably in the Cascadia ducal residence, savoring coffee while observing the battlefield through the eyes of wraiths.
There was no reason for to stay on the island while testing its capabilities anyway.
Plus, I wanted to see whether the Arc Dragon Tooth could draw out the level of power I rembered.
And the result?
It was more than satisfying—
in fact, it surpassed satisfaction entirely.
Sothing this outrageous was lying dormant in R'lyeh…
so why hadn’t Dagon used it?
Because he didn’t have the horn to control the dragon warriors?
Possible—but for that, there were no signs of any intrusion into the space at all.
“How’s the war going?”
“They’re having the ti of their lives. The general commanding the special operations unit from the island is gleefully bombing everything with a map spread out before him.”
The island is huge.
Naturally, plenty of people can reside on it without issue.
Because of that, the Dima Kingdom’s special detachnt had built their base on one part of the island, fortified it, and were launching air raids from there.
When the hundred elite knights belonging to the royal family of Dima returned from each mission, their condition was checked, they were allowed to rest, and then they contacted for the next destination.
Then all I needed to do was move the island.
“That’s good. Recently, that so-called ‘Conqueror King’ or whatever climbed the throne of Taporna, and they’ve been unbearably brazen in diplomacy.”
Openly revealing their desire for conquest, massively increasing their military, keeping neighboring countries on edge, and constantly provoking border skirmishes.
And if the other side seed passive, they shalessly demanded tribute.
A country in appearance only—
aren’t they basically mountain bandits?
Taporna wasn’t like this before.
The current king was apparently infamous for being violent long before he took the throne.
“But hey… is it fine to keep lending them the island like this? Things are getting really wild right now.”
The only ongoing war in the Central Continent is between Dima and Taporna.
And just in ti, all forces that had been searching for the Sky Island suddenly witnessed it appear in the middle of the battlefield, producing unbelievable results, so naturally attention was being forcibly drawn toward it.
“The royal family contacted us earlier. The Pinas Archipelago is now claiming ownership of the island and insisting that we pull it out of the battlefield imdiately.”
Well, the Pinas Archipelago is allied with Taporna, so this behavior wasn’t surprising.
“What about Dima?”
“They’re completely ignoring it. Since when were relations between the archipelago and the Central Continent ever good?”
lissa smiled coldly.
“What’s wrong?”
Then I noticed Luna deep in thought.
“No, I was just thinking about that sealed space past the room where the Arc Dragon Tooth was.”
“We don’t know what’s inside, right?”
“The energy leaking from it… feels strangely familiar.”
She shook her head.
“No… no. I can’t be certain. It’s complicated.”
“What did you think of?”
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“The Progenitor Dragon.”
At that word, lissa’s eyes widened.
“Th– the Progenitor Dragon? That’s a real creature?”
Dragons are hard enough to encounter as it is.
In fact, aside from the Labyrinth, the only dragon I’d ever seen in this world was the demon-dragon Baril.
And honestly, Baril alone would be enough to say I’ve t all the dragons I ever needed to in my lifeti.
When people think “dragon,” the first phrase that cos to mind is the strongest predator alive.
In children’s tales, dragons appear now and then.
Their breath pierces mountains, their magic is unfathomable even to ordinary mages.
Many things are said of them, but—
To put it bluntly, dragons are sowhat overrated.
Their breath is strong, sure, but from the perspective of soone who has reached 9th-circle magic, a dragon’s magic has a high floor but its ceiling isn’t much different from a human’s.
However—
“A Progenitor Dragon…”
A Progenitor Dragon is a different story.
It may share the na and general appearance of a dragon, but in truth it is on par with ancient god-type beings—
the sort I hunted only after reaching the peak inside the Hall of Swords near the very end.
“In other words, there’s a Progenitor Dragon inside?”
“That can’t be. Progenitor Dragons disappeared long ago. My guess is that the space contains so kind of legacy of a Progenitor Dragon.”
Co to think of it, the Arc Dragon Tooth is the prototype of modern dragon-warrior armors.
If the legacy of a Progenitor Dragon were sealed there, then guarding it with Arc Dragon Tooth units wouldn’t be strange.
“When you think about it, that lines up.”
“Low probability. Unlike ordinary dragons, Progenitor Dragons didn’t have the habit of owning or storing things.”
“You’ve t one?”
“A very long ti ago. Very briefly.”
She closed her eyes as if recalling the distant past.
Then quietly chuckled.
“That’s all long gone. I’m strangely sleepy… I’ll nap a bit.”
Luna curled into my arms and fell asleep with soft breaths.
Just then, Grivy burst through the door.
“Father! On the zoom-zoom island we’re making a swing—”
I put my finger to my lips, and she widened her eyes, then mimicked the gesture with a cute “shhhh~.”
She stared at Luna for a mont, then scampered out with the other two spirits.
lissa didn’t say anything more.
So I once again focused on the artifact and began moving the island by resonating with the undead spirits.
Normally, teleportation magic requires coordinates and many conditions, but this insane Sky Island seed to ignore all such laws, moving anywhere my will desired.
More precisely: it vanished beyond so nonexistent conceptual space and then reappeared at the destination as if leaping through a wormhole.
It resembled warp magic, but it completely bypassed all the required steps.
No wonder the Librarian called it dinsional leaping.
Perhaps R'lyeh is actually a transportation device capable of crossing dinsions.
Thinking that, I watched through the wraiths’ vision as elite knights clad in Arc Dragon Tooth armor carried out assaults.
And in a corner of their vision, I also saw foreign agents secretly observing the war situation.
Well, of course.
With the Sky Island making such waves, attention was inevitable.
* * *
Thanks to the Sky Island scoring overwhelming achievents across the battlefield, Taporna’s advantage flipped instantly.
As though they had been waiting for this, Dima began counterattacks on all fronts, and the island appeared and vanished throughout the battlefield, striking only the crucial points.
Taporna’s army, despite all their careful preparations, was forced to endlessly react to a new style of warfare that ignored every previous convention.
And the problem was sheer force.
These weren’t even high-rank Experts, but seasoned knights carrying the title of “elite.”
And with the Arc Dragon Tooth granting them imnse power, each one beca a strategic weapon, utterly annihilating whatever region they struck.
Taporna suffered unimaginable damage in a short ti.
Then, falling for Dima’s bait tactics, they were hit by both flood attacks and fire attacks, losing massive numbers of troops and forced into retreat.
Though they had spent ages preparing for an invasion, the war collapsed before it had even properly begun.
Unlike the war between Bata and Coral, this ti countless eyes from both the Western and Central Continents were watching.
With the Sky Island unmistakably proving its existence in front of the world, various nations naturally grew greedy.
Because this war demonstrated that possessing that island alone ant even a small nation like Dima could defeat a military powerhouse like Taporna with ease.
This wasn’t about a single national treasure or talented individual—
this was strategic-level military hardware, and nations could not help but covet it even more strongly.
But when it beca clear—
through information acquired by the Dima royal family—
that the Sky Island R'lyeh belonged to the Cascadia Duchy,
many countries instantly beca cautious.
The shift in attitude was unmistakable.
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