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

Talking to everyone without worrying about anything was certainly good and a change of pace. It made Veer's mood and mind stable, and calm enough to begin the Ascension to new stage.

But he decided to wait.

For his next breakthrough, he needed to activate a total of eighteen new Mana Veins and they were many more times difficult than the first nine. Of course, in those eighteen, the previous nine weren't included.

Because of that, he might need to go in a seclusion of two days or maybe even more. He wasn't sure how much pain he could handle and how much actually those new Viens would cause him.

So, Veer was taking his time to talk to others. After their meal, others began to discuss random things, trying to get the stress off their mind.

On the other hand, Aurora began to work on the barriers everyone would need. Fortunately, they had the Iron swords from the Iron Throne which were durable and a good material for the Rune Formation.

As he excused himself, Veer went towards her and found her drawing the Runes on the Iron swords. Surprisingly, they weren't rusty and looked like someone took care of them.

Crouching new her, he stayed silent and observed everything. He was also interested in Runemastery so why would he waste such an opportunity to learn new things.

Aurora was too focused on her work so she didn't even notice Veer and continued on carving the Runes on the Iron Swords with her special Ink. The barrier was fortunately not of Higher Tier, so she could still make it.

She drew a total of seven Runes on first sword, followed by three on second and six on third one. After finishing those, she took even more time on the fourth one to draw only a single Rune, which wood serve as the core.

Veer didn't recognise many of the Runes, so he ran his imagination wild trying to guess their work. He frowned, thinking, 'That one should work as a separation, sort of like a one sided mirror where one could see from one but not from other. The same application but in different ways.'

"Don't stare at it so much," Aurora said, finally noticing Veer. "The one you're so focused on works on the separation of two elements on the larger scale. It's a smaller one, which just separates two big bodies of water and air, giving us that room."

"I see," Veer smiled, as he was mostly right. "Is it done?"

"Yes, it's more of a crude version though," Aurora sighed. "I can only hope it works."

"I can see that from the fact that you only used a bone to make that barrier. Anyway, Let's try it then," Veer said, as he stood up and took the four Iron swords but Aurora snatched it from him.

"You don't know the position we have to place them on," Aurora said, going towards the river. "Let's go!"

Soon, they were under water again and touched the base. Aurora tried to place the iron swords properly, but due to water float and it's pressure it wasn't easy.

Frustrated, she once again tried, only to fail yet again.

Seeing that, Veer tapped on her shoulders and said, 'Just use the barrier to clear out the water and then place them. It'll work anyway.'

Aurora gave a thumbs to him for the idea and did as he said. After making the barrier, she placed the first three iron swords in a triangle. But the angle of them was very precise.

Finally, the last sword was placed at a random spot in the triangle, making Veer confused. So, he asked, "How do we even know where to place the core?"

"It's actually simple," Aurora explained, whlle doing her work. "Once you become a proper Runemaster, you'll begin to feel the energy fluctuations these nodes cause and find the focal point to place the core on. That's still tough for me, though."

After placing the final sword, Aurora withdrew and also took out the bone from the ground. Instantly, the barrier disappeared and the water came rushing in.

But It stopped after coming to a certain distance, making the duo smile. The barrier had worked, but in a much smaller area. It was fine, though, as these new barriers were supposed to be for a single person.

"Let's go, I'll need to make 5 more of these," Aurora said with a smile. She loved Runes and it's mysteries, so making more Rune Formations was something she enjoyed a lot.

Veer nodded and they came back to the surface after retrieving the iron swords. He kept them with himself to study them, while Aurora once again begin to work on more Iron swords.

Now that she knew they worked, she was more confident. But of course, that didn't make her arrogant as she still paid a close attention to the iron swords. Even a slight mistake could change how the Rune Formation worked.

Who knew if she would make a internal exploding bomb instead of a normal barrier?

As Veer sat to study the iron swords, he had a thought and turned towards Rain, saying, "How much time do you think you'll take to get to the centre of this island?"

"Hmm, roughly around two hours at my max speed. Though, it's mostly thanks for the absence of Magical Creatures," Rain answered. Experience new stories on My Virtual Library Empire

"Good!" Veer said with a nod. "Go and check on it. We will need to attack it once we're ready so gathering intel is important. However, be careful, there are three overlords of this island and each of them can crush us like ants."

"Gotcha! I'm off then," Saying that, Rain stood and vanished from her spot. Her speed was, as always, a top notch even for Assassins of her state.

Thinking of his team, Veer had to say every single one of them was a prodigy, making even him embarassed as he couldn't do much extra despite being a Battle Mage.

'Whatever! As long as we defeat that bastard, everything is good.'

After around five hours, Rain returned back to them and hopped on Veer's back, surprising him. Then, she whimpered, "Boss, what is with this Labyrinth and the powerful bastards living here?"

"What did you see?" Veer asked.

"The final bastard we'll have to face," Rain said, shuddering as she remembered her encounter. "Unlike Solvar, this guy is completely corrupted and it's clear."

"Tell me everything in details," Veer said, caressing her hand to calm her.

"Hmm," Rain hummed and then said. "As you guessed, the mist is there at the centre of the island and it's actually being protected by a thin white line. I don't know what that is, but it can't get out of it."

Others got closer to hear the details, as Rain continued.

"That white line circle the centre except for a tiny space where it's cut off instead of joining together. I was afraid of the mist and wanted to come, but remembering the mission, I went forward and realised that the mist couldn't come out of that white line."

She closed her eyes, resting her head on his shoulder and said, "It was very angry seeing me, but couldn't do anything. It was like a trapped beast humans gather to show in zoos. I became confident and went close and saw that tiny space on the circle."

Noticing that she had stopped, Veer patted her head and said, "You don't need to continue if it makes you..."

"No, it's fine," Rain said. "I'm just remembering that guy. It was a male, with his skin dark as obsidian and eyes like black abyss. As usual, they were filled with hunger and madness of the corruption."

"You looked into his eyes and he didn't do anything?" Elara blinked in confusion and asked.

"No! Despite the corruption, that guy seemed to be Intelligent. He even taunted me to get inside the white Circle. Also, his ears were similar to Boss Aurora."

That made Veer's interest peak, as he asked, "He was an Elf?"

"Yes!" Rain nodded. "I don't know why I'm feeling so much fear. It's like that time when we encountered those unknown beings in those jungles. But..."

Veer patted her head, and whispered, "it's fine! I'm here for you. Everyone is here for you. Even those beings can't do anything to us."

Even if she knew those were just fake words of consolation, Rain felt better as she smiled and said, "This time, it felt intentional, like that guy was trying to induce fear in me. But that time, I actually felt that fear even without looking at that being."

Her words just made Veer wonder who they had encountered in Rain's trial. He thought, 'If even Saints are beneath them, then they can only be Demi God and above. The hell? Don't tell me we even have False Gods...oh wait! We have one! That's what we're fighting against.'