Chapter 291: Possible Trigger Items for Commissions, Records of the Radiant Black Dragon.
Day One of the Voyage.
We will investigate the Divine Realm that is widely spoken of among hunters in Lok克拉k.
For a long time, accidents have been frequent for ships and airships passing through this area, and it has since been called “The Abode of the Gods.”
Although incidents have decreased after the guild designated the area as a no-fly zone, accidents involving smugglers and vessels mistakenly entering the area still occur frequently.
Moreover, there are constant rumors of sightings of the Radiant Black Dragon within the “Abode of the Gods,” with evidence of its existence being countless.
In light of this situation, we accepted a commission from the Guild to formally investigate the “Abode of the Gods,” and this log serves as our return report.
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Day Two of the Voyage.
The mysterious aspect of the “Abode of the Gods” lies in the strange conditions of the vessels involved in crash incidents.
Some were destroyed by fierce flames, others frozen by icy cold, and some even struck down by lightning.
These phenomena cannot be easily explained by natural occurrences caused by volcanic eruptions or attacks from monsters; they are highly abnormal.
Additionally, the rumors about the “Radiant Black Dragon” spread like wildfire among hunters, described vaguely as “a god emitting pitch-black light” or “a star shimmering in the dark night.” There’s no clear description of its appearance.
What exactly is happening there?
Tomorrow, we shall arrive at the “Abode of the Gods” and put an end to this mystery.
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The fingers of the dragon person scholar trembled as he translated the black-clothed dragon person’s documents. Jié Jié could sense his excitement in dreams.
He believed he needed to understand what was written on these pages first.
Thus, he approached the dragon person scholar at the Ancient Dragon Observatory to continue his interrupted dream, serving as a translator.
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Day Three of the Voyage.
The “Abode of the Gods” is filled with incredible sights — rumbling thunderclouds covering the sky, bottomless ocean abysses stretching endlessly.
The climate here is unpredictable. Just when you think a storm will blow, sharp ice crystals suddenly mix into the wind, turning it into a blizzard.
Volcanic eruptions spew fiery magma around, a sight that shouldn’t exist in this world! It’s more akin to the Underworld of myth!
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Day Four of the Voyage.
Is it a god, or a demon?
The dragon that appeared before us had scales bristling all over its body. It not only controls karma fire but also wraps itself in lightning and ice blades.
Originally, it can quickly switch its attributes, which explains why hunters have differing impressions of the Radiant Black Dragon.
Its rapidly changing form is hard to grasp, making it even more terrifying.
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Day Five of the Voyage.
We continued observing it…the dragon we officially named the Radiant Black Dragon.
The weather remains as unpredictable as ever. This terrible weather might very well be influenced by its unstable attribute changes.
The strong storms make the wooden planks of the airship creak ominously, like a call to death.
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A significant amount of content was destroyed, clearly because the airship couldn’t withstand the harsh weather. The crew was in a state of panic, and both the handwriting and records suffered from the wear of time.
The dragon person scholar’s dream began to change, as if he himself had become a member of the airship investigation team, his dream on the verge of shattering due to his excitement.
But there was still another page, still legible content, so the dream owner didn’t want to end it, barely stabilizing his excited hands.
Perhaps the scribe forgot the date, or dates no longer mattered to them given their dire situation. From the next page onward, the handwriting became increasingly messy.
The difficulty of decryption increased for the dragon person scholar, which temporarily slowed the collapse of the dream.
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—Day _ of the Voyage.
The airship crashed.
Fire rain, hail, and storms continued relentlessly, beyond imagination. The airship couldn’t endure such weather.
But something even more unimaginable happened — the breath weapon of the Radiant Black Dragon easily swept our airship out of the sky.
Most of the airship’s crew survived, but unfortunately, we lost our means of returning to town and contacting the outside world.
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Just seeing the airship crash made the dragon person’s dream start to plummet, rolling in bed, dimly aware that he was waking up.
But there was one last page.
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—Day _ of the Voyage.
We’ve been trying to cross this Divine Realm on foot because we have the mission to make this record public.
But the terrain of the Divine Realm is just as bad as the weather. Abysses filled with ocean water, lava-covered lands, and sudden climate changes weaken us.
We may not be able to leave here. To preserve this record, we will hide it here, hoping it will see the light of day someday.
We also hope that someday brave hunters will defeat this fearsome dragon.
This is our final wish.
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The dream became oppressive. The dragon person scholar woke up, dazedly enjoying the dawn’s light shining on his face, tears streaming down.
He dreamed of becoming a member of the Divine Realm investigation team, joining the exploration of the Divine Realm, witnessing the courage to pursue the Radiant Black Dragon, and feeling the regret and anticipation of burying the records.
“It was all a dream.”
It was just a dream.
The dragon person scholar looked at the “Radiant Black Dragon” he sketched after waking up in the middle of the night, shook his head slightly, tidied himself up, and then resumed his duties near the probe mirror.
Jié Jié left the Ancient Dragon Observatory with the records, matching the dragon person scholar’s translation with the text content in his mind, pondering the various thoughts behind this record.
“Let me see, will you burn it, or hand it over to humans?”
He doesn’t know what the black-clothed dragon person thinks, but the choice was undoubtedly handed over to him.
“We hope that someday, brave hunters will defeat this fearsome dragon.”
This is the expectation of the investigation team, who despite facing terrifying monsters, still represent humanity and muster the courage to fight.
And the dragon person scholar? He would undoubtedly submit this record, believing that the decision should be made by the upper echelons of the Guild, not himself.
So how does he feel?
Like the dragon person scholar, after handing over the record, the decision-makers remain the higher-ups of the Guild, who naturally understand the weight of this expectation in the records.
However… What does the Radiant Black Dragon think?
The Radiant Black Dragon has always been like a shut-in, leaving the Divine Realm only during the reproduction season of the Crimson Dragons to head to the New Continent and destroy their eggs.
Would it limit its counterattacks to within the Volcano Divine Realm, or would it leave the volcano and cause widespread destruction?
He knew clearly that it wasn’t that the Radiant Black Dragon resides in the Divine Realm, but rather that the Divine Realm follows the Radiant Black Dragon.
Jié Jié stared at this weighty record and understood the sentence:
—“See the potential of humanity.”
