"Alright, because I want to leave some protection in the village, I'll only go with my family." I explained to my group. "Everyone else will stay here. Rakasha, you'll be in charge."
"Wait, what?! But I wanted to go!" Yuki complained. "I wanted to beat that plant monster thing too!"
"Yuki, don't be like this. Obey your master's words." Said Kraxka. "We will make sure to protect the village, Lord Drake."
"We shall." Larzak nodded.
"Hmph… Well, whatever. We're just passing time until we can go to the Inheritance." Yuki shrugged.
"Are you sure you don't need our support in anything?" Pekora wondered.
"Well, leave them go, they're already a pretty mighty family on their own." Tisha giggled.
"Nice, you're in charge now, Rakasha." Ruby smiled.
"I guess it made sense, seeing how you're the oldest and most experienced of our group." Ruby's mother nodded.
"Um, I don't know about that… Am I even ready for that responsibility?" Wondered Rakasha, feeling rather nervous.
"You're a big guy, come on." I laughed. "You got this man, just do what you do best and smack whatever appears while we aren't here. If Surtr comes out of the Trial, you'll know because of his presence, guide him here if that happens."
"Alright…" Rakasha sighed. "I'll do what I can…"
"That doesn't sound so reassuring…" Tyrannus muttered, looking at the huge Ice Giant Vampire man. "Lord Drake, are your friends truly as strong as you say? Their presences feel common…"
"Oh, that's because their Auras are concealed, it is a trick we usually do to not attract the attention of monsters." I explained. "Anyways, Emerald, are you alright?"
"I'm fine… I've fully healed and I'm ready to go!" Emerald said. "But why did you had to make me enchant all those armors and weapons so much? Maybe you could had done a better job alone!"
"Yeah but I felt like I had to force you to help a bit… Also your Magic is special, I've felt that it is more than just mere Divine Wind Magic. The quality of the items increased a lot after your enchantments."
After spending half a day remaking weapons and armor using my many skills, such as Divine Metal Creation and my Blacksmithing Skills, I asked Emerald to enchant them on top of my already enchanted powers.
The results were amazing, the rather plain-looking dragon scale and divine metal armors gained green metallic colors, and some even gained decorative feathers and small green jewels.
Since the beginning that I knew he had something special, and it seems that much like Surtr, this kid's Wind Magic is not just your average Wind, they're called [Heaven's Winds], something I found out after checking his Status.
It seems that the reason why his family was so confident he'll be alright was because he's the first Wind Dragon born with the Heaven's Winds, the strongest form of Wind Magic in the world… Emerald said that his mother told him when he was younger that "The Wielder of the Heaven's Winds will one day dominate the Skies".
His Heaven's Winds made the armor and weapons super strong, increasing their bonus stats and mostly going for speed and lightweighted bonuses, alongiside giving wind magic abilities. We shared these armor and weapons to every warrior in the village, and also enchanted normal clothes for everyone.
The people that was "marked" by the beast and were sick were given "Mantles of Reliving Light", enchanted by Benladra's Heaven Magic and Emerald's Heaven's Winds Magic, which will keep them on a state of comatose, without further worsening their bodies until we can find a cure.
No magic worked on them, so we assume we can extract a cure from the origin of the poison itself, that plant-like creature we're going to hunt down.
"I never thought my magic could even do that though…" Emerald wondered, looking at his golden claws. "Wow, maybe I'm really special?"
"And you're just realizing that?" Amehia and Tyrannus facepalmed.
"Anyways, the entrance seems to be slightly close, how are we getting inside?" Benladann asked, crossing her arms.
"Hmm, maybe we can slip inside through shadow magic?" Asked Miranda. "I think I can do it… I've been practicing dark and shadow magic, I've become rather good at both."
"Or we could just wreck the entire entrance and open a hole inside…" I wondered, rubbing my chin.
"Please let's enter without having to destroy this… Even if there's a monster inside, it is a sacred place for our tribe." Tyrannus asked.
"Fine…" I sighed. "That's boring, but it makes sense."
"Shadow Travel! Shadow Travel!" Benladra and Kate were excited to travel inside of shadows.
"Alright then, we're going!" I said. "Say your goodbyes, everyone."
As I announced that, Tyrannus hugged his daughter, who was staying behind with half of the warriors, she and the warriors were now well armed with divine armor and weapons.
"Make sure to bring mom back." Amehia hugged her large father.
"I will." Tyrannus gave his daughter a head pat as he walked away. "Take care of the village, you're in charge now, Amehia."
"O-Okay, I will do my best, father…" Amehia nodded. "And Emerald, please behave! Okay?"
"I'm not a kid!" Emerald said angrily, like a child would do. "I'm already a full-grown Wind Dragon… And I'll show you by bringing everyone back. I have to somehow repay you for all your kindness, even with my wings still broken."
"Heh, you'll never change, don't you?" Amehia giggled.
"W-Why are you laughing?! I put a lot of seriousness in those words!" Emerald felt embarrassed.
I nodded after seeing everyone ready, as Miranda started spreading her shadows around, which slowly sucked is inside a pocket Shadow Realm.
Tyrannus and the warriors that accompanied him panicked a bit, but they calmed down once they realized there was no danger.
FLAAASH!
The shadows instantly started to travel, sliding across the cracks and holes inside the Ancient Ruins, until we arrived inside a large corridor, covered to the brim with rubble.
We kept moving down, not just dozens, but hundreds of meters deep into the underground…
"Just how deep is this place?" Benladann wondered.
And once we finally reached an open area, what we found was… not what we expected.
"A laboratory…?"
