Dragon Master: The SSS-Ranked School Belle Asked Me To Contract Her

After entering the crater, the group spent some time to dig the platform out from the ground. It would have been hard, but they did it in just half an hour or so.

Using spells like Mana Pulse that shook the ground and their powerful Physique, they managed to get it out. Surprisingly, the iron throne was still completely fine.

"We can take these swords," Rock said. "They are big enough for me and also durable so I can handle them. I'm not much of a swordsman but if it's just swinging, I can do that."

"Good idea! You can be like a berserker and use your might to overpower everything," Veer chuckled at his suggestion, which was actually good.

Rock and Elara helped the platform to get out of the crater, as others looked at it's underneath. It was covered with a dark soil matching the iron throne, and tightly glued together by something.

Elara punched the soil with her full strength, and hissed, "Sss! This shit rebounds the damage!"

"Let me check!" Aurora stepped forward, taking out her spectacles. Crouching near the platform, she looked at it closely and then asked, "Miss Seer, can you help me?"

"Sure!" Elizabeth nodded and sat beside her. Looking at the soil closely, she said, "There are many Runes, and I don't recognise a single one of them."

"I do, well, some of them," Aurora said. "I can see them, but not their flow and connection. Help me with that."

"Okay, that oxen one is first U-shaped..."

Watching the two girls discuss the things, Veer leaned forward and paid close attention to their conversation. Sadly, he didn't understand anything as he had little knowledge about the Runes.

"V, about our Ascension to next stage. I think if we get some time we should do it. We can delay things, you know," Elara said, standing beside him. "Enemies are too strong and it'll be good if we're all at Advance Stage."

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"I also want that, El," Veer sighed. "But we aren't getting any time. I can Ascend to Advance Stage anytime but I need atleast two days just for it and I'll be too vulnerable in that state. I don't want to become weak while monsters like that mist is around us."

"Yeah, but it is important," Elara said. "Beside, don't you remember that the mist was near the centre so we will probably meet it there. Even if we somehow reach the centre, I don't think we can win."

Veer fell in thoughts, as everything Elara said was true. Their situation was very bad, and even if they had somehow defeated Solvar, it was mostly due to luck and Solvar herself helping.

But what about next one? And even if they somehow cleared this Floating Islands, there was no chances of remaining alive in next one. Ancient horrors were dwelling everywhere.

They had survived the mist only because he had Scepter and even then he couldn't bring out it's true power. Atmost, he had brought out a Grandmaster Stage attack and that was why he couldn't damage it properly.

They needed power ups. Artefacts were one thing, but even then they couldn't use them properly. After all, higher Tier Artefacts needed higher stage power base.

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'I might need to try that.'

"I cracked it! Yee!"

As Veer was pondering over their next move, Aurora cheered in happiness. Turning his attention back to her, Veer noticed the dark soil coming undone.

He smiled and patted her head, making her smile even more, "Good job! You're a genius at this, like you even solved Ancient Rune Formation."

"Ah! That's mostly because it has been degraded by both time and corruption," Aurora said. "That is why it was easy to crack it. Oh yeah, there's a high chance we will only get mid tier artefacts."

"Hmm? Why?"

"Lower Tier Artefacts can't resist the erosion of time as their Rune Formation can't last that long. You know, even the Artefacts we carry will probably die out soon if we spend too much time here. But yeah, things can be different since it's Ancient Formations. Who knows how they used to make Artefacts back then?"

Veer watched her continue to talk without stopping for a second and nodded, "Understood! But what about Higher Tier ones? They should be able to resist the erosion of time, right?"

"Resist? They are pretty much immune to it. But they are also weird. Higher Tier Artefacts are like magnets for corruption. Corruption always targets the higher Tier Artefacts for some reason, as if it's some juicy delicious meal you prepared."

"I see."

"Yeah, my family actually found a corrupted core and it was very powerful. Do you know what it did? It literally eat away a Tier A Safe like ants, but more quickly. So yeah, don't expect any powerful ones in there since it's been a thousand years and the corruption might have already eaten away majority of things."

Aurora put her hand on her chin and continued, "But that's fine as well. It's not like we can use anything like that so it'll be good if we can get some D or C tier Artefacts, possibly Accessories, then it'll be the best."

Everyone looked at her, wondering if the pill's effect was still there. How did she talk so much in a single breath? Only Elara and Veer knew her Habit of talking so they weren't that surprised.

Sighing, Veer patted her head and said, "Chill and take some air."

Aurora's pointy ears turned red in embarassment, as she nodded and backed away. Only chuckling at her, Veer asked, "Are you sure there aren't more Rune Formation inside? Like a bomb?"

"No, I'm sure there aren't any, and even if there were, none of them are active," Aurora shook her head and answered.

Veer smiled and then began to dig up the dark soil, as others also came to help him. After just a minute of digging, he made a hole in the platform through which he could see the insides of the platform.

As he made the hole bigger, he could finally see the insides clearly. And it was just as Aurora said, filled with metallic dust mixed with other type of ashes.

There were a few artefacts, but their number was so small compared to the small hill of dust and ashes. It was clear that Aethryms of the town had a lot of treasures, sadly none of them survived the corruption.

Veer sighed, lamenting the fact that Solvar was too rich. If she had more of lower Tier Artefacts, then they would have gotten more. Now, they would only have a few.

"Whatever!" Veer turned out and said. "Let's pack up things here. It won't be long before the sun sets so pack everything you can find. We'll check the things under the river."

Everyone nodded, as they began to pack Artefacts in their storage ring. It wasn't a hard work considering the number of artefacts.

Aurora also spent that time studying the Runes on the platform. After all, which could be a better way to study then to study Ancient things when the civilisation was at it's peak?

"Let's go!" Veer announced. "Our target is to cross the river before evening!"

"Yes!"

...

It was Veer thought. They had taken a couple of hours coming back and by the time they made back to the beach, the sun was already setting below the horizon.

Fortunately, they knew what awaited them so they were prepared. They were just out because they wanted to have a nice meal. Because of meat's scarcity, they had already come down to two meals a day, making they wonder if they had to turn it into one meal per day.

The only problem was Rain, as she needed a lot of food. As she sensed Veer's gaze on her, she understood his thoughts and smiled, "Don't worry, Boss!"

"I didn't mean that way. We can manage."

"Haha, Boss, you're forgetting where I grew up and especially my race. I can survive and live even in the worst place. Don't worry!"

Rock nodded, supporting her, "She's right, Boss. We are also prepared, as we had spent months in the Academy. We can survive on practically anything. The same goes for all of our Academy students, well, except for First Dormitory."

"That's true, I guess," Veer smiled and said. "Anyway, there has been some changes in the plan. We will delay our attack on the centre and instead focus on strengthening ourselves."

"But what about the Aquatic life?" Elizabeth asked.

"Hehe, I have a plan for it. After all, my Aspect is quite unique and versatile," Veer grinned, remembering his Sub-Aspect.

Elara and Aurora also understood, as Aurora asked, "Will that work on them?"

"They aren't from my race, so it'll work. The problem is convincing them, that will cause us problems."