Dragon King's Harem Chapter 126. Black Grotto II (Patreon)

Dragon King's Harem Chapter 126. Black Grotto II

'Piece of cake,' I grinned. As long as I could use my magic, I could kill my enemies easily. The only things that annoyed me were the terrain and certain elements. After all, my level was quite high now, there was no way I could lose to monsters like that.

Meanwhile, Eir and the others looked at me in shock. Their jaws were wide open since what I did before looked reckless yet I could prove that I could do it easily.

I jumped down from the altar or rather from the monster's frozen body and crushed it with my sword in one slash before I gestured at the others to come over to me. Then I touched the altar.

[New essence detected!]
[Shadow sacred place's essence]
[Do you want to extract it?]
[Yes] [No]

'Yes.'

[Essence Absorption initiated ...]

This time, the formation let out heavy air that swirled around my body. Within seconds, it turned into a dark aura that surrounded me. Then my body absorbed it. An announcement appeared in front of me.

[Congratulations! You have acquired a new skill: Shadow Portal!]
[Shadow Portal (Requires 5 Mana) - Create a portal that will transport those that enter the destination. Maximum 10 persons at a time.]

Yes, this skill was the main reason why I chose this place as my main destination. I planned to use this skill to visit various places. Combined with my memories, I could pick up the skills easily. I only needed an hour or two each day to pick up one skill. Not only that, but I could also take a bounty for high-level monsters and kill them to raise my level. It was the same as hitting two birds with one stone.

"Can we go back now?" said Jyne as soon as she came near me. She couldn't wait to get out of there.

"Yes. Let's go home now." But instead of leaving, I extended my hand to the empty space.
'Shadow Portal, Dragon Cross City's West Gate.'

A portal that resembled a small black hole opened in front of me.

[The portal has opened !]

I lowered my hand and smiled in satisfaction. While the others looked shocked by it. Including Eir. Although this skill had existed since the first Dragon King, the royal dragon rarely used it since using the Shadow element skill would accelerate the Dark Lord Curse. So the previous Kings and the real Argod rarely used this skill before. Unfortunately, this skill had a maximum and couldn't be opened in certain places. Like in other tribes palaces, cities or towns protected by crystal towers. Of course, except for the Crimson Flame Palace. But I had to open the access first before I could get in and out. That was the reason why I could only open my portal in front of the gate.

"Let's go," I said after I got on into my Yegaun. But they did not move from their position.

"W-What's that?" asked Eir. He had seen Argod's other skills before but he had never seen anything like this.

"It's my portal. I'll explain it later. C'mon," I said again.

Despite their doubt, they finally made their way to the portal. The darkness engulfed us, the only one that guided us was a small light at the end of the passage. When our feet stepped into the light, the view around us suddenly changed.

[The portal has closed! ]

Their eyes swept around us in amazement as the portal behind us disappeared. The warm breeze brushed our faces. The colorful sight of trees and grass. An evening sky with flying Green Wyverns and a huge majestic gate with the great dragon crest of Draconis in front of it. And some guards wearing black uniforms of Draconis, stood in front of the gate with their jaws dropped in shock. If it wasn't because of Eir, I was sure they would have taken this as an ambush and rang the emergency bells.

I took a deep breath and closed my eyes before exhaling slowly. A happy smile on my lips. Even though I just entered this world, my body was used to this place, this city. So I missed it so much.
"We are home," I muttered.

And Marissa answered my mutter.
"W-Wait a second. Is-Is this Dragon Cross City? How could we be here? It-It's impossible!" she said in a stammering voice. Her disbelief was clear in her voice. She realized where she was from the huge sign in front of the gate.
"Is this hallucination?" she guessed again.

Marissa's mind was filled with questions and mysteries that had disturbed her since her first encounter with them. She realized, during their short journey, the mysterious soldier was the one leading the group, not Eir. Besides, that mysterious soldier's attacks and skills were way above the rest. Moreover, his aura was the same as the king. But if he was the king, where were his horns? And why did his eyes change? Did something happen during his long hibernation?

While Eir and Evelina quickly caught this was the skill I got from the Black Grotto. And this skill was an epic level skill that could be obtained by the dragon king.

I turned to Marissa and smiled at her.
"This is not a hallucination, Lady Merissa. Nothing is impossible for me. Let's go. You want to meet the king right?" My hands shifted my hood to cover my head since I didn't want to make any unnecessary fuss with my face. The suns were still high now, so the streets were still crowded.

Marissa's gaze filled with obvious curiosity. But not a single question came out of her mouth. After a short pause, she finally let out her voice.
"Yes. I have a lot of things to talk about... Or am I talking to him right now?" she said doubtfully.

Her words made my smile widen.
'She's sharp...' But I wasn't interested in answering it now.
"Let's talk inside, shall we?" I said as I kicked my Yegaun's side to move towards the gate.