Dragon Master: The SSS-Ranked School Belle Asked Me To Contract Her-Chapter 137: Discoveries

Veer had expected a violent reaction from Elara, so he held her shoulders and pulled her down, making her sit again. However, Rock suddenly tapped on the ground, which made the table return to normal.

Veer gave a nod at him and then patted Elara’s back, saying, "Chill! These Labyrinths will be their new home. We just need some time."

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Elara took a deep breath and suppressed her anger, which surprised Veer as Elara was usually too hot-headed. Still, it was a good thing, so he was happy.

"Alright. Once we get outside, let me burn a few of them."

Aurora gave a thumbs up, as she didn’t have any problems with her. She knew about her flames and knew those people wouldn’t get a good death under those flames.

"Now that this problem is solved and you’re two friends, can you tell us what happened with you?" Veer asked.

Elara was reminded of the time she spent in the Coliseum as she smiled wryly, "I didn’t have a good start. Iron Woman kidnapped me and threw her Iron Soldiers at me to fight."

Veer raised an eyebrow and asked, "Are you sure it wasn’t an illusion?"

Shaking her head, Elara said, "I’m pretty sure it wasn’t since that woman was the one who sent everyone to a trial. You also completed a trial, right?"

"So, someone really did set those trials, huh," Veer wasn’t that surprised as he had some guesses. Elara just confirmed them for him.

"Yeah, she is actually..."

Then, Elara proceeded to tell them about her encounter with the Martial Saint Athena, whom she called Iron Woman. After she finished, she sighed, "She was really strong."

"Was she stronger than you in pure skills?" Rock was surprised, as he had never met someone as skilled as Elara when it came to pure fighting skill.

Elara shrugged, "Too strong. She first defended all of my attacks and then proceeded to demolish me with little to no difficulty. All the way, she didn’t ever use her powers and heck, it wasn’t even her real body. It was just an iron armour, or at least that’s what she said."

"She’s from the Dark Era so it isn’t surprising," Veer said. "Mind you, that Era was basically a battlefield for Gods, so no normal being could survive there. And if she was given such a heavy responsibility, she must be one of the powerhouses of the past."

"The problem is that Major Threat she mentioned," Aurora frowned. "If it was just that Corrupted Dragon, we still had some chance, even if very low. But if Major Threat escaped, we’re dead and even outside the False Gods would be alerted."

Veer rubbed his eyes in frustration. The task had just upgraded from hell to ultimate hell difficulty. If they didn’t have a time limit before, now they had.

He took a few seconds to think of everything, and then he said, "That being she spoke of, let’s call it Noble, it’s probably sealed in that Central Island. And there must be a purpose for these floating islands."

Aurora said with a nod, "Yes. Not to mention these underground, extinct races. Their Ancestors surely didn’t trap them here for simply survival. There must be something more."

"You mentioned there is no way to get to the Central Island, right?" Veer asked.

Aurora nodded, "Yeah. Many have tried to find a way through the Floating Island’s pattern, but it’s so bizarre they couldn’t understand anything."

"Obviously. If Noble is sealed there, then whoever sealed it there must not want anyone near it. The Floating Islands are probably a way to secure its seal, maybe a Giant Rune Formation?"

That was possible. Rune Formations could bring out power from the world itself, and the only ones who transcended the world were the Gods. Though, even that was just speculation as no True God was alive.

Unless the creature sealed there was on par with Gods, it would be affected by the World and its laws. What Rune Formation did was just use the World itself to perform miracles, so when someone was sealed with a Rune Formation, it was basically sealed by the worldly laws.

But different Rune Formations affected the world differently. To trap such a being, a High Tier Rune Formation was needed, and they could span far and wide. The best example was the Rune Formation Veer was trapped in.

It was so massive that Veer couldn’t even fathom it. It was a world in itself. So, there was a high chance that the whole Bloodthorn Labyrinth was made to seal that being there, and the Floating Islands were somehow a part of that Rune Formation.

An idea flashed in Veer’s mind, as he took out a paper and pen. He handed them over to Aurora and said, "Can you draw the patterns of Floating Islands that you know?"

Although she was a little confused, Aurora did as she was told and took the paper. She searched throughout her memories for every detail she had exchanged with other students and began to draw the patterns the Floating Islands moved in.

It took her a couple of minutes to recall everything and make it as proper as she could. But she finished it. Looking at it one more time, she nodded and gave the paper back to Veer.

"There are a total of fifty Floating Islands except for the Central one. I don’t know that much about their pattern as it hasn’t been that long, but I’ve drawn everything I knew of."

Veer didn’t say anything and began to analyse the drawing. He narrowed his eyes, and then flipped it over. But then, he flipped it again.

He did that a couple of times, confusing the others. Just as Elara was about to ask something, he began to laugh, which confused them even further.

Veer slammed the paper on the table and said, "What an idiot you are, Veer Ainsworth."

"I’m glad you have some self-awareness but what happened?"

Ignoring Elara, Veer began to piece together every bit of information and then chuckled, "It’s all that Iron Woman’s doing."

"What do you mean?" Elara asked.

"You see, I was confused about these trials," Veer finally replied to them. "Aurora, Rock, Rain, everyone had a trial which somehow targeted their weakness and forced them to improve. But mine was different."

He told them about the Rune Formation he was trapped in and how he had to spend ten whole years fighting there. Remembering those times, he shivered as he didn’t want to go through anything like that ever again.

It made him stronger, but it wasn’t worth it. Ten years without rest had even affected his mind.

Elara looked at him up and down, saying, "Damn! You’re really my hubby, huh. I also fought for probably a month straight and defeated a total of Nine Thousand Seven Hundred Twenty-Four Iron Soldiers."

Aurora gave them a strange look, as she wondered what kind of monsters they were to survive that. She couldn’t quite imagine herself surviving in their situation.

Giving his girlfriend a smile, Veer continued, "Don’t distract me. So, the thing was, I was trapped in a never-ending Space-Time Rune Formation. I don’t understand it properly, but basically it has some wheat farms, and then there were Scarecrows who attacked me."

It fried some of his brain cells, but Veer was able to explain the circumstances he was in. But there were moments even he got confused. Just that fact showed the complexity of the Rune Formation.

"So, basically, the Scarecrows were actually following the same pattern throughout the farms. They just rotated, so I didn’t notice it. I’m also guessing the Mist was responsible for that."

"Wait! Don’t tell me these Floating Islands follow that pattern?" Aurora was surprised, as she looked at the pattern she drew.

"I’m not entirely sure since we don’t have the complete drawing, but yes, the one you drew followed it," Veer smiled. "I’m guessing that woman wanted to help us, but to test, she threw me in that Rune Formation."

"It seems so. She tested everyone by throwing in trials, but why? I mean, I can understand that if we pass, we can get stronger in some way, but what about those who died?" Aurora asked. "They would have died here anyway, right?"

"We’ll have to find that," Veer sighed. "For now, let’s focus on the task in hand. Assuming that I’m right, then I can draw the patterns, but there is a problem."

"What?"

"The Central Island is in the blind zone, meaning no island would even go there," Veer said, as he drew the patterns on the paper.

He showed it to them. Sure enough, not a single Island went close to the Central Island. It was as if the Island was a magnet, pushing everything away.

"So, what do we do with this information?"

Veer was happy that they finally had a clue, but that clue just led them to a dead end. Even if they found the pattern, they couldn’t make use of it.

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