The Price is Everything of Yours (76 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 219

The place where they stopped was the end of the corridor—the very dead-end alley Neris had inspected earlier and left in disappointment.

Yet the moment the dragon placed a hand on the blocked wall, Neris immediately realized there was more to it. The entire wall vibrated, glowing with a green light.

Whuuuuum.

“Oh.”

Neris’s lips parted slightly. The arch-shaped carving that had filled the massive wall—

every part of it had vanished except for the edges. All that remained was an arched passageway

and, beyond it, a slumbering giant dragon.

A colossal golden dragon coiled tightly, its head so high one had to crane their neck for a long while just to glimpse the top. Though its eyes were closed, the sight of its enormous, undulating scales and the faintly pulsing veins along its eyelids filled any observer with overwhelming awe.

Neris felt herself diminish into insignificance. She even felt ashamed—ashamed that she had instinctively cowered before this being that had done nothing at all.

She understood now—if this dragon were to open its eyes and roar, no living creature could endure its presence without prostrating themselves. And many among them would have come to hate themselves—and even the dragon—for that very reason.

“…It’s sealed.”

Between this side and the other side of the archway hung a thin, golden film—transparent yet undeniably present. Cledwin touched it and murmured.

Neris turned to her, who stood beside them, and asked,

“If you’re standing here with us, then who is the one inside there?”

“That is my true body. What you see before you now… yes, in your terms, ‘dream’ would be the most fitting word. My memories and thoughts briefly escaped their seal and wandered the earth. Soon enough, I shall be reabsorbed.”

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