The Dragon'S Blue Gem
(S2) Chapter 54 [The Hero's Prediction]
Levana Empire, Palace
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The sound of knocking on the door was heard in the silence of the night. An old man in luxurious clothes and robes entered the room after the owner of the room gave permission to enter.
"Baginda, Count Demifa came to face the imperial sun."
"Come in!"
After the owner gave permission, the cloaked man who called himself Count Demifa entered the room politely. A man in his 30s was sitting at a desk with a stack of files on it.
"There's a matter of what the head of the palace witch came in late at night without notice" the man quipped without removing his file.
"There is an important message from the Holy Continent, precisely in the Anessa Empire. A revelation has come down."
"!"
"Wahyu said?!" surprised the man.
"Yes Your Majesty! Before I explain, I will make soundproof magic first. Is allowed?"
"Do it!"
Count Demifa lowered his head politely, then took out a stick hanging behind him. After sprucing up for a moment, the entire Emperor's workroom was covered in magic that made no sound to come out from outside.
"Then I'll start."
"As His Majesty knows, there is currently a war in the Demon Continent between angels and powerful races and the forces of the Evil God. The revelation that comes down makes it clear that the impact of the defeat of the God of Evil will lead to disaster."
"Disaster?"
"The Resurrection of the Demon King!"
"?!!"
"It's bad! If the God of Evil, the angels will intervene directly. But if the Demon King."
The emperor held his head dizzy.
"You need not worry, Sire. In Revelation, it is explained that there is a solution."
"Say from earlier!!"
"Please forgive me. In one of the Revelation, it has been described that in addition to the resurrection of the Demon King. Will rise a person who will be able to fight the Demon King. This is the hero's resurrection, Sire."
"Hero?!"
The Emperor was shocked to hear it, not without reason. Usually the Demon King would rise again after 500 years since being defeated. But the resurrection of the hero does not always occur along with the rise of the Demon King. The case of the previous hero party was arguably lucky.
"Is there any explanation as to who or where the next hero will rise?"
"Unfortunately not, Sire. There is no specific explanation as to who and where the hero will rise. But..."
"Don't break such an explanation!!" angry Emperor.
"It's a little bit difficult to understand, Sire. Based on the coming revelation, the heroine is a girl with maroon red hair," Count Demifa said somewhat doubtfully.
BRAAAKKK
"Daughter you say?!!" snapped the Emperor annoyed.
"Playing such responsibility on children... What exactly does the Goddess think???"
"It's dizzying... These people of the Sacred Continent, they were pretty fast when it came to that matter. Saintess yes... The next selection of Saintess is still 1 year away, right?"
"Yes, Sire. And it seems like they want to advance their schedule."
The Emperor fell silent and kept thinking complicated things in his head. After quite a while, the Emperor sighed tiredly.
"All right! Give the search order for girls with maroon red hair to the entire Empire! Find him first from the Sacred Continent if he's here!"
"Okay, Your Majesty!"
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*Dungeon, 9th Floor**5*
Aqua was having trouble fighting ordinary monsters on this floor. Although not a floor boss, the average of them is already level 500s. Several times his body was severely injured, hands severed, legs crushed, even until his heart was torn. It was a miracle he still survived desperately.
Every time the boy was about to die, his body became a Dragonman. Aqua herself did not like him too much, as her humanity would diminish with each use of it. If he were to rely too much on the dragon's changes, long ago he could lose his so-called compassion and kindness.
"Huh.. ahhh..". ahhh..."
A white body with blood stains all over it looked exhausted. His eyes were heavy, wanting him to fall asleep now.
"Solving a single floor is almost impossible.when can I get out of here..."
Aqua rubbed her face rough. Since there were no more monsters on the 95th floor besides the floor boss, the boy chose to rest first. There was a reason why he could get stronger quickly despite almost dying many times. Besides Dragonman, Aqua has gluttony. All the monsters he defeated were not saved but were absorbed completely.
Aqua was leaning against a pile of snake corpses the size of 2-3 meters.
"It's already day 48... How much longer will it take? How many floors?! Just one floor took this long..."
His face looked desperate and full of longing. He squeezed out the necklace Ashlan had given him. The necklace is the only reminder of his humanity. Every time he fell into the abyss of despair, he would always squeeze it.
"One monster here is already the boss equivalent on the 25th floor. Fighting one takes 1/2 day. Not yet added recovery pause."
"Hahaha... if this is the case.maybe I just come out when I'm old."
Aqua's eyes that were filled with light and hope earlier started to dim. His eyes were emitting words of life unwilling to die reluctantly. The irony that motivates him to stay alive and out is vengeance and murderous desire.
With a face that looked exhausted, Aqua looked at the pile of snakes. All the snakes were sucked in with gluttony except the one closest to it.
"I hate snake meat."
Aqua burned the last snake and ate it without seasoning it. If the child was told to review the dish, then he would loudly say. It tastes disgusting!!
In a dungeon, it was difficult to eat normally. The only option for survival is not to be picky and eat anything that can be eaten. Even so, many monsters were poisonous, like this snake. Well, Aqua had nothing to worry about thanks to her poison tolerance skill.
Aqua ate as fast as she could so as not to taste too disgusting the taste of snake meat. Fortunately Aqua's previous life was a spy agent, the boy became familiar with the smell of blood. After the snake ran out and where Aqua was full back, the boy prepared to face the floor boss without wasting any more time.
In front of the towering stairs, Aqua did not hesitate to climb it at all.
"I had to go down to the bottom, but was told to go up the stairs. Troublesome."
Up there, there is a very spacious hall and around it there are many stone statues in the form of people and monsters.
"I think I know who the boss of this floor is."
A figure of a beautiful woman with pale skin walked slowly to the center of the Hall. The only difference the woman had with a human was her hair which was not ordinary hair. The snake's dangerous-looking hair was hissing looking at Aqua.
"Look! Don't you! Boss on the snake floor, Medusa!"