Chapter 289: Dragon’s Isle (1)
Chapter 289: Dragon’s Isle (1)
When Karnak first heard the words Dragon’s Isle, he didn’t believe it at all. A dragon in the South Sea? It was complete nonsense.All dragons remained in the far eastern reaches of the continent, in Dragon Land, where they shared territory with the fairies. Even the dragon lairs closest to human settlements were still hundreds of kilometers away.
No one knew exactly why dragons followed such territorial habits. Scholars had proposed several theories, but none had been conclusive.
But Karnak knew the reason. It’s because the Dragon Emperor is slumbering at the heart of Dragon Land.
The oldest and mightiest of all dragons, Grateria, exuded a presence so powerful it instinctively compelled the others to stay close to him.
Wait a second. Does that mean the Dragon Emperor exists in this world too?
The name Dragon Land existed on this world’s map as well, suggesting things weren’t so different here. In any case, that was why Karnak had dismissed the notion of Dragon’s Isle as a local myth. It was likely yet another common folktale passed around by bumpkins. But as it turned out, that wasn’t the case.
The old man continued his explanation. "Did a dragon live around here? That’s not quite the case."
It wasn’t called Dragon’s Isle because a dragon had lived there. It was called Dragon’s Isle because a dragon had died there, and its bones remained.
"It’s a fairly well-known legend in these parts."
Long ago, in a time now lost to memory, an unnamed ancient dragon perished in the South Sea. No one knew when exactly it happened, why the dragon had left Dragon Land to venture so far south, or how it died.
"If all that were recorded, it wouldn’t be a legend, it’d be history, wouldn’t it?"