At its widest point, there is only room for three or four people to walk at a time, and the flowing water, moss, and falling vines paint strange patterns on the rock walls on both sides, giving rise to many imaginations. There is only a whimper from the intersection of wind and water, and occasionally a few birdsongs are far away as if they are outside a dream, and after walking for a long time, the whole person will be in a trance, wondering if he is already in another world.

Kormit couldn't remember exactly where he had seen Scott, he only remembered that one night he was in the valley and woke up in the middle of the night to see a faint fire in the distance...... There was also a group of heavenly rats that flew past his instep in a panic.

Curiosity led him to touch it with his hammer, and then saw the figure completely surrounded by flames.

"It was like the fire came out of his body. "It's like ...... again," he told Ise. He wasn't flesh and blood at all, his form was nothing more than a transformation of flames. ”

So initially, before Scott turned his head to look at him, he thought of him as a fire elemental. Travis once said that a long time ago, in No Man's Land, where the power of magic was purer, it was not a big fuss to find elemental creatures, and there were even adventurers who would try to catch these creatures and sell them to mages - they had the same power, but they were much more tame than their counterparts summoned from the Atlas, and they were not easily banished, and they were extremely popular minions.

He approached cautiously, but soon became difficult to move forward. It wasn't getting higher and higher, suffocating temperatures that stopped him, but a visceral fear.

"Like this?" asked Is, and let out a thunderous growl from deep within his chest.

The sound rumbled through the valley and crashed into Kormit's head, and the feeling that even his soul was about to be blasted out made him turn white in an instant.

“...... That's it. He said, trying not to let his teeth hit his tongue: "Long Wei?"

Isis nodded, his face even uglier than his.

"I thought 'Dragon' was a spell that relied on sound. Kormit pretended to be unintentional and held on to the buttress, stabilizing his somewhat limp body. His heart was still pounding like a fish in a stream, and it felt a little ...... when he knew he wasn't in danger Stimulate.

"He didn't make a sound at that time. He recalled.

"Long Wei is a natural ability. Isis explained to him, "It's easiest to cast it with sound. But a full-grown dragon ...... A dragon strong enough to exude a terrifying aura without the help of anything it wants to. ”

He was in a bad mood, but he didn't keep a cold face and say a word, or go his own way regardless of it. Kormit was a little more relieved - he had always feared that the dragon would easily get out of control because of Scott, but in the past year or so, he had clearly matured a lot.

That way, he could also try to ask more questions.

"Scott is not a dragon...... Right?" he said.

That hesitation was due to the golden eyes that made his blood freeze when Scott turned to him.

So bright, yet so cold.

It wasn't the first time he had seen Scott's eyes turn golden, but he could have felt the anger or excitement in them, the intense emotions that belonged to humanity, and that time, the most profound thing that had been chiseled into his mind was a word that gave him the creeps.

- Outliers.

A terrible monster that shouldn't exist in this world.

He had to be suspicious.

"It's not. Iss replied to him, his tone still calm, but the muscles on his cheeks were already tensing in exasperation: "But what you see is probably not him at all." ”

Kormit frowned in confusion.

"You call him 'Sage'," Iss couldn't help but sneer, "Do you know where the word comes from? That's just ......"

A tool that allows the gods to walk in this world.

Scott had told him that he wasn't. He said that at least while he was alive, his soul belonged only to him, and he would not let the will of the gods manipulate it, even if it was the will of the gods.

However, the power of fire flows in the blood and can also be imitated, but the dragon power is a talent inherited from the soul, which is a real coercion that only a dragon can cast.

He lied to him, or ...... Did he fail to hold on?

He didn't know which one was more disappointing.

What made him sad and dazed was that in the past, no matter what the reason, he would be extremely angry, but now, his anger seemed to gradually subside because of repeated disappointments, and it was difficult to ignite again.

He was still worried about him, but he was able to make decisions more calmly...... And that might not be a bad thing.

But when you think about it, the last time I saw Scott, he still had his own will...... There is also fear in human spells...... Maybe he's just getting more and more like a dragon?...... No power can turn a person into a dragon...... Maybe he really has a little bit of dragon blood? Could it be that the absurd legend that "Ni'e fell in love with a dragon" is true?...... Doesn't Ed also have dragon blood...... Maybe there really is?......

He was immersed in the tangled thoughts, jumping from question to question until Kormit stopped.

"This should be it. He said.

The word "should" is not necessary – the black rocks around it have melted and solidified.

Iss looked left and right, a little puzzled: "Is he just standing here and not moving? Or did he just start to fire when he walked here?"

"I don't know. "When I saw him, he was standing there, not knowing where he came from or where he was going...... He looked back at me, and I froze for a moment, and before I could say a word, he was gone. ”

For a moment he thought he was going to die here, to ashes, and the water was washed clean and nothing was left behind—because Nesses could no longer tolerate his presence, and Scott had appeared to punish the gods.

At that moment, he was no longer afraid. He calmly faced his death, at least his biggest questions were finally answered. He may have betrayed the gods, but not himself.

He felt that he should express his anger and disappointment to Scott, because he had believed in him, that he would not be as carried away by strength or power as Copas did, and that he had forgotten his original insistence. But as soon as he opened his mouth, there was only darkness in front of him.

"I don't know if it was affected by being too close to him...... Or did I lose a memory in the middle, in short, when I reacted, I was no longer there. ”

He had inexplicably appeared outside the valley, even closer to his original destination.