Book 16 Chapter 35

Episode 92

"Greta Bayer returned to this Akrad continent, crossing the sea about a month before the start of the Age of Chaos."

Nils explained.

"At first, I thought she came to catch me and Link… but she settled in the southern part of the continent and didn't move. But as soon as the Mad Dragon and the Fire Dragon left to stop the chaos, she suddenly began to strengthen her forces tremendously."

Friede put his pipe in his mouth and tilted his head.

"There shouldn't be any ruins worthy of the name around the Republic, right? The few structures located in the Red Mountains were mostly built by dragons, not by the <Ones Who Came>."

"No, no, there's nothing like that."

Pipi flapped her wings.

Nils, who was putting on combat gear all over his body, nodded.

"I found that strange too. Where on earth did she get so many artifacts?"

Greta Bayer's activity area was originally the frontline, deeply penetrating into the Demon Realm, beyond the border between the Human and Demon Realms.

The closer she was to the Demon Realm, the easier it was to avoid the eyes of the divine dragons, and convenient to collect various test subjects from both humans and demons.

Furthermore, the Adrion continent was also the greatest battleground between the Lizard Lord Neigalath and the <Ones Who Came> in the history of liberation during the Mythic Age.

Artifacts and ruins were scattered everywhere. Whether they belonged to the <Ones Who Came> or the Abyss.

"What about the possibility of coincidence?"

Lista asked.

Since her body had become too small, Nils was modifying and adjusting Rin's dedicated seat, which was installed on Link's shoulder, to fit Lista's physique.

"Zero. There are absolutely no coincidences for Greta Bayer. Greta never believes in coincidence. She's a genius who perfectly calculated even the world observation cycles of the Mad Dragon and the Water Dragon."

At that moment, Rin, who was turning the pages of 『Hurk's Grimoire』 with a quiet and dignified gesture, opened her mouth.

"Hmm, so this is how it happened… I thought it would be simple, but something more profound than I expected is intertwined."

Everyone's eyes wavered in confusion for a moment, but soon they nodded with expressions of understanding.

'As expected of Rin, she immediately saw something we missed, just like usual!'

'There's no need to ask. As long as Rin knows, we can respond to any variable.'

'Does this mean she's already calculated all possible scenarios, just like when we caught Svalargh?'

Friede exhaled a long puff of tobacco smoke and grinned.

"Then, instead of debating here, we'll have to go and check it ourselves. The dragon-kind won't be able to interfere because of the Anti-Dragon Barrier."