Dragon and Ogre, Sacrifice and Sin (28)

"W-whaaaaaaa!?"

I shot into the sky at tremendous speed. The wind blasting against me and the gravity pressing on my body were intense.

Before I knew it, I was high above the Lef Magitech Empire, at an altitude roughly level with the Red Gate.

'Hmph. You have no time to enjoy a journey through the sky.'

"I know! Toward that light!"

I was currently riding on a dragon's back. Its enormous body was stable in flight, and it seemed capable of carrying not just one person, but ten without a problem.

The solution for closing the Red Gate was to shut down three or four of the Labyrinth of Nine Emotions. Since it would be better to stop the labyrinths with the greatest amount of energy, I was riding on the dragon's back toward the Labyrinth of Awe.

The red dragon—the "Flame Dragon," apparently—had immediately believed the solution I proposed.

Gwooooooooh.

Two dragons, one blue and one green, were flying around the Red Gate and firing magic at the rift. The blue "Sea Dragon" wielded 【Water Magic】, while the green "Tree Dragon" wielded 【Flower Magic】. Though it was called magic, its scale was incomparable to anything humans could use. Ice chunks and gigantic trees like battering rams struck Lost Jewel head-on, successfully holding it at bay...