Laslo raised his proper hand and hit his chest.

Each time he remembers that day, he nonetheless feels suffocated.

– Don’t forgive me.

Laslo’s life crumbled as soon as extra when he found the spherical tear marks left within the letter.

How troublesome and horrifying it should have been for her earlier than she made that alternative.

Laslo exhaled like a fish whose gills had been severed. His eyes went pink in a flash.

“To what extent?”

“What?”

Reika posed an arbitrary question.

“What lengths will you go to for the Duchess?”

“What a foolish query. Wizard. If I may see her once more, I’d lick the satan’s or Sebastian’s ft.”

Laslo chuckled to himself. His smile was chilly and dismal.

“What are your data ranges concerning God’s servants?”

“God’s servants?”

“What in regards to the final dragon?”

“What do you imply?”

Reika staggered over to the couch and sat down with out permission.

“Sit down. It’s going to be an extended story.”

“What are you making an attempt to say?”

“Likelihood. Final probability to get the Duchess again.”

Laslo’s throat twitched. His voice trembled barely and his pupils dilated.

“Is there a approach? Is there a option to revive her?”

“I can not convey a useless individual again.”

Reika shrugged her shoulders.

“Nonetheless, it’s attainable to return to the time when she was nonetheless residing. Just like the Duchess.”

Her closing phrases sounded important. Laslo sat throughout from Reika and moved round as if he was possessed.

“Sure, that’s proper. She stated I died. Nonetheless, she returned to the previous after signing a pact with a dragon.”

“Are you prepared to listen to me out proper now?”

Reika leaned again and crossed her legs. Laslo’s lifeless eyes lastly started to glisten with life.

“Please. Please. Wizard.”

“All proper, let’s start with a tedious outdated story. It is going to be simple to grasp this fashion.”

Reika prolonged her hand ahead. Dragons, people, and God’s servants appeared one after one other.

“The three of them have been capable of coexist. Up till it was found that the Mana Stone got here from the dragon’s physique.”

“Mana stone comes from the physique of a dragon?”

“Sure. Really, a dragon’s physique finally turns right into a mana stone because it deteriorates over time. It’s 10–20 occasions extra pure than drawing mana via the air and placing it in jewellery the way in which we do it proper now. If they’d a mana stone on the time, anybody may have develop into a wizard.”

“You imply the golden age?”

Reika nodded. People and God’s servant thrust a spear on the dragon.

“Somebody realized about that and contemplated. A dragon’s physique carries such potent mana; what a couple of residing dragon?”

“So, you’re claiming that people are trying to find mana, however what about God’s servants?”

“God’s servants are corresponding to the meals that mana stones eat. Sadly, the prediction turned out to be correct. The purest sort of mana was dragon blood.”

“Oh.”

“An extended, frantic hunt has began.”

Extra particularly, it marked the beginning of the disaster. At the moment, people and God’s servants who had used considerable mana stones to develop into stronger banded collectively and devoted themselves to dragon looking.

As an increasing number of dragons dwindled in quantity, they turned extra conscious of the gravity of the state of affairs. Dragon inhabitants has decreased, and Mana Stone has been working out.

“The dragons deserted the world to flee hazard. Nonetheless, there was just one dragon left on this planet since people continued to hunt dragons nonstop. A dragon egg that has not even begun to hatch.”

“Is it Eugene?”

“Most likely.”

People and the God-servants stood over a dragon’s physique and a spherical, hard-looking grey egg floated within the air.

“What’s even hilarious is that one other battle is brewing to grab this egg. Greed is aware of no bounds.”

“I’m listening.”

“God’s brokers triumph in battle. Nonetheless, the hurt was extreme sufficient to trigger extinction. In any case, they left the egg because the final line of protection and tried to seal it.”

“…….”

“A mature dragon has extra magical energy than a younger dragon; subsequently, they may chain it, increase it, after which eat it.”

“Agnes performed a vital position in releasing the seal.”

He recalled what Agnes had beforehand advised him. Reika nodded.

“Sure, the final key. To interrupt the seal, He wanted the Duchess’s coronary heart. He additionally saved your life in trade.”

A fantastic worth.

The phrases struck a really deep chord in his coronary heart. On the similar time, a thought all of a sudden entered his head.

“Would I be capable to return to the previous like Agnes if I may pay the value?”

– That’s sufficient for me; I paid with my soul to see you as soon as extra.

He all of a sudden realized what she had stated. He wasn’t conscious of it on the time. He handled her frantic confession with skepticism. He was solely involved with what he felt. Wanting again, there may be nothing that he doesn’t remorse.

“That’s the reason I advised you in regards to the dreary outdated days.”

Reika pulled a shocking bead from her possession. Laslo was immediately distracted by its dimension, which was bigger than an grownup’s fist, and the good mild it emitted.

“That is…”

“It’s one thing that has been handed down via my household for generations. Each time a wizard passes away, they pour their final little bit of mana into it.”

She gave the beads a young pat. There was a way of remorse. Nonetheless, she shortly handed it over to Laslo.

“After spending plenty of time in a seal, the dragon received’t be capable to absolutely get well its mana. That’s roughly one-tenth of its preliminary mana.”

“Will you actually give me such a valuable factor?”

“I’m the one member of the household that’s nonetheless alive. No matter how I exploit it, it’s as much as me.”

She shrugged as if she didn’t care.

“Go forward. Attempt to work one thing out with this, and if it’s not sufficient, go promote your eyes or your soul to get your duchess again.”

“Archmage.”

“Cease crying at evening whereas holding the physique of your deceased spouse. Your love life must be taken care of. It’s a little bit creepy.”