Chapter 53
Eldrin and Demir (2)
Before the true body of the Giant Dragon Drugan.
Clang! Clang!
Demir simply swung his hammer down.
The hammer contained the pride of his race.
And was imbued with the bravery of a hero.
“We shall build an altar.”
It was what Demir had said to Eldrin before the battle.
A single altar to be constructed by exquisitely combining Eldrin’s spell ritual with his own alchemy.
“Drugan is strong. We absolutely cannot seal that immense power entirely with our strength alone.”
Demir had to find a way.
His heart was impatient.
The dragon was so terrifying that it didn’t simply kill the two races that defied it.
Even though it could obliterate them in an instant.
It dragged things out for a full 100 years.
The painful hundred-year war with the dragon.
Of course, even that was likely mere amusement for Drugan.
“Then what should we do?”
At that time.
Eldrin was disheartened.
She was regretting.
What if they hadn’t raised a rebellion against the dragon?
Even if a minority suffered, wouldn’t some have lived ordinary lives and passed on?
Even if deprived of freedom, wouldn’t it have been better than this current agony?
Many thoughts pricked at her heart.
“We must impose a Ban.”
“A Ban?”
“It’s not about sealing all power. Just a mental seal. Surely that’s sufficiently possible with your ritual?”
“Ah, could it be.”
Eldrin flinched.
As if she had never even imagined such a method existed, her body trembled.
The final ritual she knew.
A spell of peace that, by offering one’s own life, prevents the opponent from destroying something with their own hands.
