62.5 per cent for option I, 6.3 per cent for option two and 31.2 per cent for option three.

……

[Option 1]

[Just jump in like that]

Advantage: Must shake off the kobold

Disadvantage: May fall in front of the blue dragon

……

"Just jump in...... Just jump in like that!? ”

Is it really okay?

Zheng Zhuo felt a little uneasy in his heart, but this uneasiness was quickly dispelled away by the approaching footsteps of the kobold army.

Zheng Zhuo doesn't want to fight the kobolds head-on!

"Hey, hey!"

Zhuang Yusheng couldn't maintain [Stealth] anymore - his stealth level was too low, and when he was closely watched, he would have long since lost his effectiveness.

He followed closely behind Zheng Zhuo, constantly looking back at the kobolds who were getting closer and closer and their hideous mounts.

"What's the best way, get out of it quickly, get it out quickly!"

He yelled in a hurry.

"Fireball! Chain! What kind of hand is that - an inexhaustible cure! What about the combination? I know you have a good idea! Big brother, big brother! Think of a way! There's a passage ahead – hey, hey, hey! Channel, channel! If we run again, we'll fall in! ”

"It's going to fall in!"

Zheng Zhuo said quickly. Instead of slowing down, his running speed increased.

"It's going to jump!"

"Jump...... What!? ”

The kobolds behind them bent their bows and arrows, and the arrows flew like raindrops. Zheng Zhuo jumped forward and jumped into the passage.

"What ——!"

Seeing Zheng Zhuo jump into the passage and slide all the way down, Zhuang Yusheng was completely dumbfounded.

But he can't stop here either.

"It's really going to die...... I say! I'm really going to die this time - ah——! ”

There was no way he could have stayed up alone, in front of hundreds of angry kobolds!

Zhuang Yusheng gritted his teeth and jumped down.

……

Zheng Zhuo sat down on the ramp. He jumped in too violently, and now, sliding down at breakneck speed.

A rain of arrows flew over his head and clanged down around him. He heard a scream behind him, followed by the sound of Zhuang Yusheng falling behind him.

The creaking sound of clothes rubbing against the smooth passage mingled with the sound of the wind, and it continued, echoing through the passage. The yellowish glow of the fluorite continued to fade from the eyes, and the field of vision soon darkened, and then changed from yellowish to blue.

It's time to enter the fourth floor.

The lighting began to change from yellow fluorite to blue crystal.

Rustle, rustle.

Zheng Zhuo fell all the way down. The blue light is getting brighter and brighter......

At last.

The slope has become gentler.

He stopped at the bottom of the ramp.

……

For a moment, Zheng Zhuo's breathing stopped.

Because, it was not the lair of the beast that he fell into...... Rather, it's a stunning, art-like space.

Blue and gold light illuminates the only room on the fourth floor: a stone chamber. The roof of the cave, the wall of the cave, all the places as far as the eye can see, are large and small, scattered blue crystals. Each sapphire glowed only a faint soft light, but there were so many of them that the entire stone chamber was lit up like an ice palace.

A dry and warm ice palace.

In the very center of this ice palace is a dazzling, golden mountain. Countless gold coins, bars, jewelry, ornaments, and tiaras are piled together. Gorgeous, extravagant. I'm afraid that any treasure in this golden hill can be regarded as an heirloom by the royal court counts thousands of miles away.

Now, however, they are haphazardly stuffed between the sapphires like twigs picked up by birds, piled high and turned into nest material.

There is only one creature in the world that can afford such extravagant nest materials.

Zheng Zhuo was speechless. He looked ahead.

Sapphires are not the focus of this stone chamber, gold coins are not, and jewelry is not.

The center of this stone chamber, in the middle of all the sapphires, is at the top of the mountain of treasures......

There's a blue dragon that lives there.

It was a huge blue dragon. Its eyes are larger than the heads of adult humans, and its long, wide snout is hidden under its claws. Its scales were a dull blue, and that blue seemed to have some kind of magic, and Zheng Zhuo only stared at it for a moment, and then he was distracted—even the brilliance of the sapphire was eclipsed in front of them.

In the end, it was the movement of the dragon's tail that woke Zheng Zhuo up.

Its tail wagged slightly behind it, gliding across the surface of the treasure hill. The tail stood up. The height of the tail alone was taller than the tallest windmill Zheng Zhuo had ever seen in the town.

“……”

Zheng Zhuo thought for a moment that the blue dragon had found himself. However, it put its tail down again.

The blue dragon closed his eyes. It didn't seem to sleep soundly, and occasionally, its eyelids would wrinkle so hard that Zheng Zhuo almost thought it would open its eyes in the next second.

Its heavy snort inhaled and exhaled. The body then contracts and swells.

The ground is moving. The entire stone chamber trembled with its breath.

This is the blue dragon that Zheng Zhuo saw when he entered the [Dungeon World]. However, seeing it in person was much more shocking than it was at the time.

Zhuang Yusheng slipped to the bottom at this moment and hit Zheng Zhuo's back. And Zheng Zhuo, who was in shock, didn't even react much.

To find a thumb-sized sapphire from under the body of such a monster......

That's an exaggeration.

Zheng Zhuo raised his hand and opened the [Appraisal].

……

【Drach】

【Race: Elder Blue Dragon】

[Level: Lv.60]

[Ability: All Resistance: Large, Rapid Healing, Dragon's Blood Cast, Quick Cast]

[Skill: Cone Lightning Lv.10, Lightning Lv.10, Water Formation Lv.10, Corruption Lv.10, Voice Imitation Lv.10, Spell Recognition Lv.10......]

……

This was the first time Zheng Zhuo had seen a monster with a name. It was also the first time he had seen such a long skill list. This ancient blue dragon has a rough estimate of more than 50 skills, which is longer than his spell scroll, and most of the skills in it are Lv.10...... Zheng Zhuo guessed that this was the highest level that a skill could have in this world.

And......

"[Rapid Cast]."

Zheng Zhuo said silently.

This ancient blue dragon also holds [Rapid Cast].

【Identification】The ability to glide over the Ancient Blue Dragon.

[Total Resistance: Large] is literally true, allowing almost all attacks to deal only one-tenth of the damage to it. [Rapid Healing] allows it to heal all wounds at an astonishing speed, and [Dragon's Blood Spellcasting] makes it a natural mage: it does not need to learn, scroll, or equip, it can be learned from the depths of the spirit and increase the level of spells.

Zheng Zhuo compared himself.

……

【Zheng Zhuo】

[Class: Mage Lv.10]

[Class Trait: Fatigue Resistance: Medium]

[Ability: Identification, Rapid Spell Cast]

[Class Skills: Fireball Lv.1, Mage's Hand Lv.1, Heal Lv.2, Greasy Spell Lv.3, Energy Chain Lv.2, Summoning Bat Lv.3]

[Equipment: Pyroxene Staff (1 Lv.4 Spell Slot, 1 Lv.3 Spell Slot), Dread Blade (Slice Lv.1, Dread Lv.1)]

……

No way. No drama at all. No matter how you look at it, this ancient blue dragon is not something that Zheng Zhuo can beat.

Now, his only hope is that the blue dragon won't wake up too soon......

…… Wake up?

Zheng Zhuo realized one thing again.

[Until the end of the world: 42 days]

Is the time before the destruction of the world the time when the blue dragon will wake up?

If that's the case......

…… Just find the cracked sapphire before you rush there, and you're good to go.

……

【Question】

[It's time to start looking for sapphires.] How do I find it? 】

[Option 1]

[Rummaging with both hands and identification skills]

Speed: Extremely slow

Possibility of disturbing the blue dragon: Near none

[Option 2]

[Use spells that don't have much movement to help find]

Speed: Slower

Likelihood of disturbing the blue dragon: small

[Option 3]

[Use a variety of compound spells to help find]

Speed: Faster

Likelihood of disturbing the blue dragon: Great

[Option 4]

[Teleport back to the town here, learn a variety of powerful spells, and bring various props to find them]

Speed: Extremely fast

The possibility of disturbing the blue dragon: it is bound to alarm