Looking at the snow-capped mountain in front of her, which resembled Mount Fuji from her home country before Ellie came to this side, Ellie already knew it was not a simple place without Ligurit explaining it.
This snow mountain should be the hiding place of the Platinum Dragon Lord, because Ellie had kept her senses open all the way. Although she was high in the sky, under Ellie's perception, she could generally get a rough idea of the flowers, plants, various small animals, and monsters in the places she passed.
But when she got near this mountain, Ellie's wide-range perception couldn't detect any information from inside the mountain, just like when Ellie wanted to go to the Dwarf Kingdom and met Ligurit halfway.
That mountain seemed to be protected by some kind of barrier Ellie didn't know about. Ellie's perception couldn't detect anything at all. Wasn't this clearly telling people there was a problem? So, these natives were really quite stupid.
Sure enough, Ligurit also said that the Platinum Dragon Lord's barrier was protecting the front, and the rest of the journey had to be on foot.
Hmm? Why did this operation give her such a strong sense of déjà vu? She felt like she had seen this routine two days ago, didn't she? Was this not just a direct copy of the Sky City's method?
So... Ellie could only let Sticky Rice Cake retreat first. After all, this was someone else's territory. Under unknown circumstances, rushing directly into the barrier, who knew what would happen?
Besides, it was best not to conflict with the Platinum Dragon Lord at the beginning. Her goal was to shift the Platinum Dragon Lord's attention to Chao Lu, and the best outcome would be to stir them up to fight, while she reaped the benefits.
Afterward, Ellie and her group followed Ligurit's instructions, continuing on foot. However, looking at the towering and steep snow mountain in front of them, they really didn't want to climb a mountain, did they?
As mentioned before... there were no normal humans among this group, but Ligurit's physique, uh... Ellie expressed doubt.
However, after entering the forest at the foot of the mountain, Ellie's constantly active perception immediately lost its effect. It seemed they had entered the barrier.
What kind of ghost barrier was this... it could even directly block intelligence-type skills? But strictly speaking, the perception skill learned from Aura shouldn't belong to an intelligence-type ability, right?
Soon after stepping into the forest, they saw a small wooden house. It looked like the kind of wooden house used by hunters. Although her perception was unusable, Ellie's True Ancestor characteristic was still there. There were no living beings in that wooden house.
"The wooden house ahead is it," Ligurit said, which greatly surprised Ellie. The legendary Platinum Dragon Lord, whom she had always been wary of, was in that empty little wooden house?
Don't kid around, could such a small, dilapidated house accommodate the size of that dragon? Besides, she hadn't sensed any living beings in that wooden house at all. It seemed there must be some kind of mechanism?
Sure enough, upon reaching the small wooden house, Ligurit, who was walking ahead, pushed open the door. Indeed, there was no one inside. The wooden house simply contained a very crude-looking wooden bed, a wooden table, and some wooden chairs. And it looked like it hadn't been used for a long time. Looking at these things, Ellie could only think of the wooden houses in her world, at the foot of many logging and hunting grounds, that provided rest for hunters or loggers overnight.
"It's really a big help that no one is here," Ligurit said, seemingly relieved, after pushing open the door and seeing no one in the house.
In such a strange place, if one wasn't deliberately coming here, only Adventurers with problems in their heads would come, right? This place was super far from the town Ellie sensed, and the density of monsters in the forest along the way was not something an ordinary Adventurer team could break through. So, in Ellie's opinion, unless they had another purpose, no one would be willing to approach here.
However, the observant Ellie still found some clues in this wooden house: the painting hanging on the wall. Its presence was indeed too abrupt. In a wooden house deep in these mountains, there was actually a painting hanging.
Although from the simple frame, it wasn't anything high-class, even so... its existence was indeed too strange. By the way, the painting depicted a knight in silver-white armor. This knight looked a bit familiar.
Oh... uh... ah! I remember now! Isn't this the armor controlled by the Platinum Dragon Lord! Oh wow! Combining Ligurit's remark about no one being there when she entered, it seems this wooden house must have some mechanism that allows direct teleportation to see the Platinum Dragon Lord. Is it inconvenient to use if there are other people present?
Compared to Sky City, this was several levels lower in terms of 'low-budget'. Although it imitated Sky City by creating a barrier to prevent intelligence-type skills or magic from working, their barrier could hide the entire Sky City. The Platinum Dragon Lord's still needed a small wooden house as a cover. In comparison, the difference was indeed stark.
"Please wait a moment... I'll contact him first," Ligurit said to Ellie, then directly faced the painting on the wall. See... it really was that!
"Silver, I've come to see you," Ligurit said to the portrait.
"Hmm? This voice... is that Ligurit? You found..." The portrait indeed emitted a voice, which was clearly the Platinum Dragon Lord. However, the Platinum Dragon Lord's words were cut off by Ligurit.
"Silver, today I've brought a few friends who want to see you. Are you available now?" Ligurit interrupted the Platinum Dragon Lord. As for the Platinum Dragon Lord's unfinished words, Ellie, who had read the script, knew what the Platinum Dragon Lord wanted to ask. He probably wanted to ask if Ligurit had found equipment or information about the Transmigrator and returned to report?
"Oh? Friends who want to see me?...Understood, then as usual!" The Platinum Dragon Lord's reply seemed very surprised, and he was silent for several seconds before replying "Understood." But what did the Platinum Dragon Lord mean by "as usual"?
"Understood, then please prepare yourself a little, don't keep the guests waiting too long," Ligurit replied.
"Okay," the Platinum Dragon Lord replied, and then the painting became silent. Ligurit also turned back to Ellie to explain.
"There's a barrier protecting this place. To get to where the sword is kept, we can only use teleportation, and we have to wait until the barrier closes first."
"It's fine, I've waited two hundred years, a few minutes won't matter," Chao Lu said from behind without any emotion. Indeed, two hundred years had passed since the Demon God Turmoil. It was truly rare that Chao Lu and Snow Elf managed to endure without coming out and causing chaos in this world.
"It's ready, you can come over now," after waiting for almost 5 minutes, the Platinum Dragon Lord's voice came from the painting again.
"Good, then let's teleport!" Ligurit said.
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