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“Boom~”
“Boom~”
“Boom~”
“Oh my—s-senior, what’s going on?”
The Black Sacred Dragon Emperor had only just climbed out of the giant pit. His dragon claw nearly slipped, and he almost fell right back in.
The ground for a hundred miles in every direction, with the white pillar of light at its center, was trembling.
“I... don’t know either...” The old man was a little dazed. Since when had one kick of his been this powerful? If he’d had this kind of strength, would that brat have beaten him so badly?
“Rumble~”
Before he could finish speaking,
the ground beneath their feet stopped trembling and began to sway.
“You little dragon brat, fly up! Get into the air!” The old man suddenly slapped his forehead, as if he’d just remembered something, then shouted to the Black Sacred Dragon Emperor at the edge of the giant pit.
At the same time, a pair of large, dark brown wings appeared behind the old man.
“Flap~”
“Flap~”
The old Dragon God and the Black Sacred Dragon Emperor beat their wings and shot into the sky, one after the other.
The moment they left the ground, the land for a hundred miles around collapsed. Everything on the surface was swallowed by a bottomless black hole.
It was terrifying.
“Oh, right, right! I almost forgot. Once the inheritance disappears from my hands, the underground space will collapse.”
“Good thing I remembered. If I’d fallen down there again, who knows how long it would’ve taken me to fly back up.”
The old Dragon God patted his chest in midair, his face full of relief.
“By the way, you little dragon brat, how did you get up here in the first place?”
“R-right, senior. I... I... back then... I... climbed up through an unknown little black hole...”
“How long did it take?”
“I... worked hard and... c-climbed for nearly a year...”
“...”
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Some unknown place in the world.
The space there suddenly began to tremble.
“Crack~”
“Crack~”
Fine cracks began to spread across the surface of a giant block of ice.
Inside the ice, there seemed to be a shadow.
Flames engulfed the shadow—and they were black.
“Crack!”
The block of ice shattered.
Black flames burst in every direction.
Everything the flames touched caught fire.
Even space itself burned, then melted.
“Awooo~”
The moment the sound rang out, all the black flames went out.
Everything returned to stillness.
“Whoosh~”
The shadow where the ice had stood stared in a certain direction for a moment, then vanished in the blink of an eye.
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A small city on the edge of the Demon Beast Mountain Range.
“Whoa, what’s that?”
Someone suddenly pointed at the sky and shouted. The people on the street probably thought he was crazy.
But then, more and more people began to cry out in surprise.
Everyone couldn’t help looking toward the distant horizon.
Their expressions changed in an instant.
“Look over there!”
“The sky! Look at the sky!”
“What’s going on?”
“How can there be a forest in the sky?”
“Is that a mirage?”
“Can a mirage really look that real?”
A forest had appeared in the sky above an open area not far outside the small city.
The forest was still spreading, and it would soon be larger than the city itself.
“Whoosh~”
“Whoosh~”
“Whoosh~”
One figure after another shot out of the city.
As they neared the space beneath the “forest in the sky”—
“Thud~”
“Thud~”
“Aah~”
Everyone who tried to approach the forest was sent flying by an invisible force.
“W-what... what is... going on...”
At that moment, whether they’d been flung away or were watching from elsewhere, everyone had the same thought.
“Boom~”
Suddenly, a massive golden pillar of light appeared at the very center of the forest and shot straight down to the ground.
At the same time, a gigantic teleportation array appeared on the ground, plain for all to see.
Three large characters floated in the air before the enormous array.
They all shone with a dazzling light—bright enough to blind anyone who got too close.
The three characters read:
“Teleportation Array.”
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