Chapter 485 - Taming SSS Dragons’ Records
Chapter 485 -485 – Taming SSS Dragons’ Records
The King asked the experts to withdraw, which they obeyed reluctantly but immediately…
However, not only did he allow his son Julius, he also let the girls and Zhao follow him for some reason.
The door opened toward a staircase that descended deeper than any of them had imagined possible.
“How far down does this go?” Julius asked, his voice echoing strangely in the cavernous space that opened before them.
“To the other side of the world, hahaha, or so some believe,” Dragarion responded, beginning the descent while carrying Ren. “Though in my opinion it’s less deep than it should be.”
The small fungus jumped ahead of them with renewed determination, as if it were finally approaching its destination. Its movements had become more deliberate, faster, guiding them through a staircase carved from living rock and with intricate symbols that seemed to have been built by a civilization that knew no resource limits for geometric ‘artistic’ finishing.
The craftsmanship was extraordinary and unsettling. The patterns seemed to shift subtly as they passed, creating the illusion of movement in static stone.
“Father,” Julius murmured as they descended, “you never let us enter this deep below the castle before… Only stories and…”
“There are many problematic things down here,” Dragarion replied, his tone casual but carrying the weight of secrets guarded for hundreds of years. “Some because sharing them would only cause problems. It would serve no purpose except to create unnecessary tension.”
Zhao, struggling to keep pace despite his weakness, listened to every word with the attention of someone whose curiosity was not much less than Ren’s.
“Besides, the mana could ruin your cultivation when you were children if you spent many days here… we’ve gone only about 200 meters so far,” Dragarion estimated. “But it’s just the beginning.”