Chapter 163 Demon Weiver, Darton’s Palace
The wolfmen cubs closed their eyes shut tightly. Opening their eyes they could only see the world full of blurriness.
They couldn't even scream right at the moment, they could only curl up near each other.
It wasn't a coincidence that some had master-level potential among these cubs.
The tribe leader naturally chose people who showed exceptional talent from childhood. And let them live as a hope of the tribe.
Zick had a firm gaze as he looked forward. After considering the situation for a while, he found what he needed the most for the moment. ƒ𝘳ee𝔀e𝚋n૦𝐯el.c𝗼𝓂
'It's mobility. By keeping Seveleen, Varine, and other useless people around me, My movement and options would just get limited.'
'So, I have to get a base for this group of meatshields to stay. Carrying them around is not an option.'
'And the seal of the everlor organization has been removed from my mana nerves...It was eliminated by that weird black miasma.'
Zick was shocked to realize this fact, he would not be able to sense the organization's teleportation circle anymore.
He could now only use the ones he knew now. This restricted him but he shrugged it off.
'I can take care of the Everlor organization later.'
But then a realization dawned upon Zick.
'Ah, damn how can I not realize it sooner? Has my IQ dropped? Since when?' This time the mistake fully originated from his negligence.
'The identity Hevish must be discarded, I don't have to risk using it. Luckily it's not too late, I can fix this mistake.'
The mistake might have occurred because of his limited time, but not realizing it sooner made Zick reflect on himself. He didn't like making such mistakes, so he was trying to learn from this one.
While Zick was lost in his thoughts, Seveleen thought about him.
Her opinion on Zick losing his eye was different. She was somewhat devastated but admiration rose within her.
Zick put aside his pride and just gave his eye to Levienel; this showed that he could make compromises when needed, unlike the other noble heirs.
'Zick even seems to have made a deal with her.' Seveleen would never be able to do such a feat.
Being calm even in front of an enemy who was hundreds stronger than him, Seveleen had no confidence in being able to do such a thing.
Before she only felt immense gratitude but now there was a sense of admiration mixed in it too.
Seveleen also felt a sense of agitation for a while now. She knew the condition of her body better than anyone else.
She knew that there were only around three to four days before she lost her life to Revelner disease.
Every living being wanted to live, and Seveleen was no different. She wanted to live, her will could be said to be superior to others when it came to this.
They flew for another few minutes before reaching their destination.
With Levienel's speed, they reached the middle area of the eastern continent in no time. It was more than a million kilometers away from the wuirsec region.
A forest rested below Zick's feet. There were many kinds of monsters and hills in this area.
This was also where the dragon egg was located.
"That way." Zick concentrated on the connection he had with the dragon egg.
Soon they arrived above a huge craggy hill with greenish boulders.
Zick and the others got down in front of a cave that was right at the foot of the hill.
"You all wait here with this cat." Zick handed over the cat to Varine though with slight resistance.
Varine looked at the cat in her embrace, this black cat had been laying upon Zick's shoulder oozing with laziness. She was curious but didn't ask anything, seeing Zick in a rush.
MEOW~ The mythical beast acted like a normal cat and stared at Zick who was entering the cave with Levienel.
There was nothing but darkness around Zick but he could see just alright.
Arriving at an open space, Zick looked above himself.
Hundreds of red eyes stared at him in the darkness. This cave was inhabited by a bat-type monster with an unknown name.
Before the monster could make a move, an immense sense of crisis surged within them. They felt so frightened that all of them had lost their mobility at once.
Zick had released his cold dragon fear, not holding back.
Zick pursed his lips: 'They are in the middle rank at most, they are practically useless huh...?'
Zick moved forward, not interested in the bat monsters.
In the silence, only Zick and Levienel's footsteps could be heard.
At that moment, Zick felt a kind of signal being sent to his head. It was the dragon eggs, it was trying to convey its elation in meeting him again.
Zick also sent some superficial signals back telling it to calm down.
After walking in the long cave for a while, Zick reached the end of it. There were bones of the animal and monsters the bats ate littered here and there.
In the deeper part, a silver egg lay quietly, there wasn't even a single scratch on it. The monsters at the middle rank had zero chance of harming it after all.
Zick walked in front of the egg and picked it up from both of his hands with no hesitation. Mana filled with nature's characteristics left it and enveloped Zick in joy.
Even Levienel who was looking from the side was surprised, staring at the dragon egg. She had never thought a dragon egg would lay in such a place.
And it seems like the dragon egg was closely related to Zick too.
Zick just played along and talked to the unborn dragon through The mana.
'Still....why is this dragon so timid...?' Zick was bewildered looking at the dragon egg's behavior.
'Well, whatever. It seems like it is going to hatch soon. In one or two weeks, that's good. I will have another nice asset around me.' Zick turned around and started walking out of the cave.
Levienel, who was shocked, followed behind shortly.
The wolfmen, cat, and others waited for Zick patiently. They just talked to each other discussing how they just flew here.
Hearing someone walking out of the cave, Everyone focused on it.
Zick walked out with an egg that was one to the third of his size. This made everyone look at him with surprised gazes.
The cat jumped out of Varine's arm and climbed up Zick's shoulder again.
Geleen was the first one to speak: "Sir Hevish, Will we be living in thi-"
Zick cut her off: " No, We will be heading towards it now." His body was full of leisureliness.
Gathering around Levienel again, everyone flew up into the sky again. But this time they just levitated in one place without moving around.
Levienel waited for Zick's instruction.
Zick was looking at his compass right now, he analyzed the direction they needed to go.
'Leweisert kingdom should be on that side so...'
Zick pointed in the right direction: "Head this way."
Moving in the direction pointed out by Zick, the group passed by many hills and monster habitats.
They were moving deeper and deeper into the forest.
A foggy area appeared at the end of Levienel's vision, prompting her to stop a few meters from it.
"Just charge forward, My business is in the middle of this fog," Zick said, seeing Levienel's action.
Levienel nodded her head and continued moving forward.
This fog has the ability to suppress a person's senses, disabling them to sense not more than one meter around them.
But could this fog affect Levienel? Of course not.
A grandmaster could sense things normally with no sense of pressure at all here.
"Look for the palace in the middle like I said before," Zick said, not being able to sense anything around him.
Levienel had a wide range of sensing capabilities, to begin with, so she was able to find the place Zick mentioned in no time.
Levienel and others flew out in a streak reaching their destination in seconds.
Levienel stopped above the palace.
Magically, no fog neared this palace which was in the middle of this fog area. There was a huge garden around the palace too.
This palace was huge, the size of a six-story high building. It was made of pure white and gold marble shining dazzlingly even though a layer of dust covered it.
Zick smiled looking at it: 'The demon weiver, Darton's palace. He was someone with fearful might at his peak, after all, he was a dark mage. Luckily, he died a long time ago.'
This place was originally found by Aeiron and later on used as a base in the future.
Now that Zick had decided to take over this place, it doesn't seem like going to happen like it was supposed to.
"That is your home from now on," Zick said, not bothered about the gazes he garnered, and pointed at the palace from his thumb.
"This... Is our house?" Galeen seems to be having a hard time believing what Zick said.
"Our house?"
"Such a huge place....."
The wolfmen had varying expressions, some didn't even believe they could live in such a big palace.
Zick turned to Seveleen and Varine: "You can stay here and begin your training for real I suppose."
He first spoke to Varine and then looked at Seveleen.
"Miss Seveleen can also stay here as long as you want," Zick said with no change in his expression.
Then with the dragon egg in his arm, Zick turned towards everyone.
"This is your home from now on so you should clean it up first. Choose whatever room you want leaving the top floor. That would be my room."
Zick's voice was unquestionable, it was like no one could oppose his order.
"You should stay here and guard the place." Zick handed the cat over to Varine again after landing in the garden.
The cat looked at Zick with hostility: "Human, I don't like staying near other humans!"
The others who heard it were surprised but Zick calmly looked back at the cat.
"I will bring back premium wine." The words were spoken very plainly but they had a sense of the power of their own to the cat.
"Premium brand?"
"Yes, premium brand, and All I want you is to train this girl in assassination and guard the place until my return." Zick spoke persuasively, convincing the cat.
Zick walked beside Levienel: "Miss Seveleen please wait here, I will be back with the cure, and Varine, listen to the cat."
Saying this, Zick didn't waste time and told Levienel to depart.