Chapter 1102: Chapter 1099: Dragon-shaped Stone Sculptures Chapter 1102: Chapter 1099: Dragon-shaped Stone Sculptures There is a legend in this world that at the very center of the Legendary Continent lies Mount Mulagao Ding, and at its peak there is a Magic Teleportation Array that leads to the Moon.

Whoever can ascend to the summit of Mount Mulagao Ding and activate the Magic Teleportation Array will gain mastery over the endless wealth above the Moon.

It is also said that the royal family of the Neverfall Empire descends from Magicians who returned from the Moon to Earth, which is why they were able to establish the most powerful empire on the Legendary Continent–the Neverfall Empire. Others believe they were the guardian Knights of Ancient Magicians from the Ancient Moon Empire, who became rulers after the Magicians disappeared.

The term “Mulagao Ding” itself means “Moonlight’s Guardian Knight” in the Moon Language.

Mount Mulagao Ding is located at the tripoint border of the Neverfall Empire, Blue Dragon Empire, and Ice Field Kingdom. Currently, no one knows just how tall the mountain is, because nobody has managed to reach its summit. Not even the Dragon Knights, who can fly at altitudes of ten thousand meters, can do so.

It is said that halfway up the mountain, already higher than ten thousand meters, a perpetual titanic Storm blows, which can even destroy Dragon Knights.

Thus, the legend has stood for thousands of years, yet not a single Dragon Knight has reached the pinnacle of Mount Mulagao Ding.

Suppressing his excitement, Liszt calmly said: “Ach, if my guess is not wrong, this is Mount Mulagao Ding, and the Magic Array beneath our feet is the Teleportation Array that leads to the Moon.”

“Mount Mulagao Ding actually exists, brother, does this mean there could indeed be humans on the Moon?”

“It’s very possible. I didn’t believe in legends before, but the fact proves that if legends can exist, there must be a root cause behind their transmission.”

This is a fantasy world after all, where humans have no need to deliberately invent various myths; Dragons, Elves, Archmages, and Dragon Knights are parts of the myths themselves. So as many legends have been proven to exist, it wouldn’t be unbelievable that people are on the Moon.

After all, there’s even a Dragon called the Moon Dragon, perhaps it comes from the Moon.

If there are Dragons on the Moon, it means there are creatures, so it’s only natural that humans might exist there too.

“Ach, do you think we can still repair and activate this Moon Teleportation Circle and then be teleported to the Moon?” There is no need for too much speculation about whether there are humans on the Moon; once the Teleportation Array is repaired, everything will become clear.

Ach looked at the blueprints in his hands and pondered silently for a moment: “Brother, Ach currently has too little information, and my research on this Teleportation Array is too superficial. I cannot make any judgment for the time being… Let Ach study it here for a while and thoroughly research the Teleportation Array first.”

“Okay, research it first then,” Liszt nodded.

There was both hope and disappointment in his heart. He thought he would discover a trove of treasures left by Ancient Magicians, but it turned out to be only a possible Moon Teleportation Circle.

But that didn’t stop him from continuing to ride the Formless Dragon Bard, clearing snow from the mountaintop platform.

The snowflakes continued to fall from the sky. If not promptly cleared, the Teleportation Array would soon be covered up, which gave him an idea.

“Let’s go, Bard, we need to find Leo!”

Returning to Sun Moon Valley required Bard’s help, otherwise, both Liszt and Ach couldn’t open the natural node here. Passing through the natural node, entering the world beyond matter, a man and his Dragon did not return to the Sun Moon Star Palace but instead found the natural node of the Catastrophe Volcano Cluster.

Stepping through, they arrived at the boundless volcano cluster.

Leo was happily extracting Volcanic Super Magic from the Catastrophe Volcano Cluster. Upon seeing it, Liszt didn’t beat around the bush: “Leo, I need some of your Fire Dragon Overmagic. Don’t worry, I’m just borrowing it, will return it when done, without much depletion.”

“Oh ho!” Leo was reluctant.

“Hurry up!”

“Oh ho.”

In the end, Leo spat out a batch of Volcanic Super Magic, which Liszt stored in containers made of Volcanic Glass. Back on the summit of Mount Mulagao Ding, he released the Fire Dragon Overmagic. A little bit of the Super Magic was allocated to each area, forming Magic Little Fire Dragons that freely danced through the air.

These Magic Little Fire Dragons continuously emitted heat, melting and evaporating the snow, turning into a faint mist.

It posed a slight hindrance to one’s field of vision, but the ground was no longer covered in snow, and Ach need only unleash a bit of Wind System Magic to blow away the mist, consequently rendering the visibility unparalleled.

“If big brother is busy, go ahead and tend to your duties. Ach is planning to conduct research at the mountaintop these next few days.”

“Is the Magic Platform receiving a signal okay?”

“It is.”

“Then that’s fine. We’ll stay in touch through the Magic Platform.” As Liszt spoke, he was ready to take to the skies aboard the Formless Dragon Bard through the natural nodes, but this time Bard stumbled unexpectedly.

Crack.

Both man and dragon nearly fell flat on their faces on the ground.

Bard felt vexed, but Liszt noticed that beneath Bard’s foot, a rock had shattered. When the rock broke apart, it revealed a dark and gloomy entrance.

“Don’t move, Bard.”

He dismounted from the dragon and walked up to the mouth of the passage, peering down to find a staircase carved from stone leading deep underground. Ach also rode over on Unicorn Charlie and joined Liszt in examining the passage: “Big brother, this tunnel seems to be part of a Magic Array.”

“I’ll go down and check it out first.”

“Be careful, it might be dangerous.”

“No worries, there aren’t many things in this world that can harm me. Besides, who knows how many years ago this relic was left behind.” Liszt was not being arrogant; rather, the force of destiny hadn’t given any premonitions of danger. On the contrary, he faintly sensed a thread connected to the passage, giving him the impression that this was also part of the “Ruins Entrance” reward.

“Ach will go down with big brother.” Ach was concerned.

“Alright, let’s descend together.” Liszt said with a smile, taking Ach’s small hand and eliciting a disdainful snort from Unicorn Charlie behind them.

The stone staircase was winding but not narrow.

Liszt and Ach each held a Hand Magic Tube, the intense light illuminating the corridor so brightly that they could see intermittent Magic Runes etched into the walls.

“Ach, what do these all mean?”

“These are Magic Runes constructed by mages during the Ancient Moon Empire, many of which have already been phased out. Modern magicians use the latest structured runes… Look at this rune, big brother, it signifies ‘radiation’, able to emit Magic Power; this one is ‘acceleration’, it can speed up the flow of Magic Power…”

They walked and observed, almost all the runes on the wall appeared to be casually etched, with many rendered obsolete, though occasionally there were some still in use today.

“What were those Ancient Magicians carving these for, are they part of a Teleportation Array?”

“It shouldn’t be. These runes show no signs of being infused with Magic Power, they are likely just simple stone carvings without direct connection to the Teleportation Array.”

As they journeyed and conversed, the passage extended roughly three kilometers downward, including a fracture along the way that was bottomless. Other than this, there was nothing notable about the corridor until, after three kilometers, their view suddenly widened, arriving at a massive hall.

The hall was easily as large as a football field.

At the central position was a pillar akin to an altar, connecting to the ceiling of the cavern. Surrounding the altar, a hundred and eight colorful dragon-shaped stone sculptures were arranged in a circle, guarding the altar pillar.

“These stone sculptures…” Liszt opened his mouth, “Does each one represent a different dragon? Ach, take a look too, are there no repeated dragon-shaped stone sculptures?”

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