DKIE CH104: Extra VI

While Quill was trying to cover up the evidence of the time difference, Luka didn’t unfold his wings again. He missed the cool yet soft touch. The passage of time gradually returned to normal. Under the curtain of night, the two entangled figures remained unchanged. Like moonlight and the tide of passion, the night passed quickly.

The next day, a cold wind seeped through the cracks in the window, and Luka woke up from the temperature difference. The fog outside was hazy. The extra presence beside him had been familiar for a long time; the only difference was that this time, he wasn’t wearing any clothes.

With his atavistic physique, Luka sat up nimbly and got dressed. Quill was lying quietly on the bed, his eyes half-closed, admiring the view. The straight, smooth back in front of him showed no trace of wings. Watching the spring scenery being covered layer by layer was another kind of taste.

Luka had known the other was awake and felt a little embarrassed, which was why he had deliberately turned his back to get dressed. But now it seemed to have the opposite effect. He cleared his throat a little uncomfortably. “The air outside is nice. Let’s go for a walk.”

Even though it was a foggy day, Quill didn’t argue and was very cooperative.

As they were walking in the forest, they happened to meet Lilian, who was collecting flower seeds. When she saw them, her eyes widened. She had discovered special blue magic particles that hadn’t completely dissipated around the newlyweds!

“You two used the ‘Night’s Love Charm,’ didn’t you!”

Luka’s ears burned for a moment, but he just smiled without saying a word. In fact, they had used it. It was a gift from Lilian when everyone first celebrated his birthday.

Lilian sighed, “This potion, it died without closing its eyes.” The ‘Night’s Love Charm’ could allow the other party to experience unprecedented extreme pleasure through the spiritual sea. But now that both of them had become gods, the potion’s effect was limited. A slight out-of-body experience was impossible.

Skipping the risqué topic, Luka quickly changed the subject. “Where are the others?”

Lilian slapped her head. “I almost forgot!” “…A certain dragon lord asked me, if I saw you, to ask if you wanted to go archeologizing together?” The area where she was collecting seeds was on the way to the temporary resort, so there was a high probability of meeting Luka.

Luka and Quill exchanged a look. Archeology? What a thing for them to come up with.

Lilian accidentally blurted out her thoughts: “People with no nightlife have a lot of energy during the day.” The moment the words left her mouth, she quickly covered it, carefully observing her surroundings. Fortunately, no powerful figures were passing by.

Luka said that this sentence actually had no causal relationship and then asked where the others were.

Lilian: “At the south entrance of the resting area.”

Since he had nothing to do today anyway, Luka simply pulled Quill in the direction Lilian pointed. On the way, Quill mentioned that the land of the Caster clan’s remnants was indeed worth exploring. “I inspected this place before the wedding. There are a large number of damaged ancient building complexes around, and many beast caves can be seen.” This indicated that for a period of time, this place was not only inhabited by Casters but also demonic beasts. A place where people and demonic beasts could coexist was usually very prosperous. Yet, there was no record of this in the ancient books.

Quill reminded him, “Remember to be a little careful.” The world has never lacked unknown dangers.

Luka nodded. He was confident he could rank in the top three for caution.

Quill smiled. “You don’t have to worry too much either.” With their current strength, even if the world were to be destroyed in the next second, they still had a chance to escape to another plane.

To the south, the Saint, with the ferret, the Elf King, Cullen, and Berlanie had temporarily formed an inspection team. Cullen didn’t really want to team up with the big shots; he always had to be on his toes. But money was blinding. He wanted to see if he could find any treasures in the ancient ruins that could be sent to auction.

Berlanie said faintly, “Most treasures will lose their grade over time.”

Cullen nodded in understanding. He knew this principle, but in big business, it was often all or nothing.

The Saint, being gentle, casually asked when he had last made a good find.

Cullen replied respectfully, “Alex’s Diary.” It had fetched a sky-high price at the time.

“And the time before that?”

“Alex’s Diary.” Every few years, he could find one of his notebooks.

“…”

The main characters arrived at the scene during their conversation. Quill felt that his diaries had indirectly supported many people, for example, the Rhine Merchant Guild had made a large amount of commission without any capital.

I’m doing charity.

He thought to himself.

Love the house, love the crow on it. In front, Berlanie, with great difficulty, found Quill pleasing to the eye, giving a slight nod as a greeting. When his gaze moved to Luka, it became warm and gentle.

“Want to go archeologizing together?” he personally invited. The dwarves had built many entertainment facilities, which other guests liked, but they were of no interest to the dragons.

Luka responded enthusiastically, “Let’s go.”

The group had planned their route a day in advance. There was a glacier ten thousand miles from the altar. Following the mountains, there was a greater possibility of finding something.

When the team arrived, it was afternoon. In the glacier snowfield, the cold wind was fierce. Everyone cast spells to keep warm. After digging for a while, they suddenly stopped to examine their surroundings and said, “Something’s not right.” The temperature was too high. A real ice field should be colder than this.

Just as he was speaking, the temperature seemed to rise a little more. However, before everyone could observe carefully, a huge crack suddenly appeared in the ground. Animals are sensitive to disasters. The ferret was the first to notice the abnormality and waved its paw: Run. It ran very fast, preparing to hide in a spatial crack. When it looked back, the remaining archeology members had directly taken off into the air. Luka, with his wings, flew the most nimbly.

Ferret: …

Compared to Luka, who was about to fly shoulder to shoulder with the sun, Cullen flew the lowest and saw the clearest. “There seems to be something over there.” The Rhine Merchant Guild’s professionAlicem in this area was unquestionable. Cullen immediately took out a life detector, his eyes filled with a mixture of nervousness and anticipation. “There are traces of biological activity!” What kind of creature could survive in a snowfield?

About ten minutes later, after the initial collapse ended, everyone gradually approached the abyss. Even a depth of a thousand fathoms could not hinder the detection of a great magician.

After their divine sense extended to a certain depth, everyone was more or less astonished. In the dark depths, there was no muddy water or fierce beast, nor could any treasure be seen. There was only an oval-shaped object, similar to… an eggshell?

“An unhatched demonic beast cub?”

“Impossible. At this temperature, it would have frozen to death long ago.”

“Not necessarily. Maybe it’s an ice-element demonic beast. But what egg would be this big?”

Amidst the discussion, Berlanie asked the most core question: ownership. Finders keepers, but there was only one ‘egg.’

Quill said casually, “Scramble it.” One portion per person. Luka’s portion should have less rice and more egg.

“…”

His suggestion was completely rejected. The Saint was the first to withdraw from the competition. He had no interest in raising children and preferred to communicate with mature people. Although the dragons liked cubs, for some reason, Berlanie had no interest in this egg. Perhaps it could be attributed to… no affinity? Cullen didn’t think he had the face to auction off the egg alone amidst a group of powerful figures.

Just as Luka was about to say he wasn’t interested either, the earth’s crust began a second intense movement. The thing below suddenly grew larger in their field of vision and rose up horizontally.

Such a familiar feeling! Luka reflexively wanted to avoid it, but the strange oval-shaped object charged towards him on its own. The last time he encountered such a hot potato was when he faced the Sage’s Sword.

Luka: Spit spit spit!

Egg: Step step step!

Gray mist threads spread from behind, condensing into a large net that covered the eggshell from above. Quill appeared in front of the struggling creature, his face grim. “What is this thing?” Clearly, he had no goodwill towards this thing that had inexplicably latched onto Luka.

Taking advantage of the egg being caught, Luka walked up to the giant eggshell. After just one look, fine cracks began to appear on its surface. This sense of being framed! Luka’s throat moved, and he said:

“According to the usual plot development, next, a cute little cub should struggle to break through the eggshell, then poke its head out. Because of the imprinting effect, it will look around at the group of people, and finally, its gaze will lock onto me.”

“Mama. Mama,” it would make an affectionate call.

“–No, I’m your father.”

“–Mama, mama.”

In a very short time, he had verbally written a short story.

The scene fell silent. The egg also seemed to fall silent for a moment.

The cracks continued to spread. Under all gazes, it actually opened in a straight line from the middle. With its expansion to the extreme, this behemoth finally revealed its true face! There was no newborn calf at all; it was a shapeless black shadow.

Cullen took several more steps back. “A cute little cub would be better.”

“…”

He had voiced everyone’s thoughts. At least a cub was controllable. Now, looking over, they could only vaguely discern the outline of a demonic beast, its whole body exuding a sinister and profound aura.

Fortunately, this black shadow took the initiative to shed its mystery, transforming into a human figure in a few breaths and walking out. There was no killing intent or flow of magic elements, indicating that the other party had no intention of attacking.

Berlanie, being knowledgeable, narrowed his eyes to examine the patterns on the eggshell and immediately made a different discovery.

“It’s not an egg, it’s a hibernation pod from the last era.” Similar to sealing divine sense, sealing the main body required choosing a place that could provide a continuous supply of life force. For example, the Saintess who had dueled with the Elf King had sealed herself in the Tree of Life. The hibernation pod before them was made of a substance that had already gone extinct.

“In the past, many powerful individuals nearing the end of their lives would do this, to protect their descendants at a critical moment, or to see the world one last time.” Few succeeded. Unless the main body was a very powerful magician, they would quickly lose the last of their vitality after sealing themselves. In this era, the hibernation pod had been completely eliminated.

Berlanie’s words further aroused everyone’s curiosity. Everyone looked at the hibernation pod again. Although the tall man had a human appearance, his vertical pupils were very terrifying. The eyes, naturally containing a malevolent aura, looked around at the crowd and finally locked onto Luka, making an affectionate call:

“My dear grandson.”

Luka: “…”

The short story had come back in the form of another boomerang.

Luka’s lips moved, and he managed to explain, “You’ve got the wrong beast.” Fearing the other wouldn’t believe him, he said in a rapid-fire manner, “My grandfather was killed by my father, my father was killed by me, and my ancestor also disappeared after giving me wings.”

A series of speechless events combined, which only made the man transformed from the demonic beast surprised for a moment, then he said naturally, “It’s the Demon clan, right?” Their old tradition.

“Strange.” The demonic beast man frowned slightly. “Since we’re not of the same clan, why do I feel a sense of kinship when I see you?”

Luka breathed a sigh of relief. So that’s why. “I cultivate faith power.”

The demonic beast man had a sudden realization and enthusiastically invited, “Then are you interested in being my dear grandson?” This child was very pleasing to the eye. Their clan had a unique talent for identifying things.

Luka’s temple twitched. Due to his cultivation method, unless he actively revealed it, it was difficult for outsiders to perceive his strength level.

The Saint finally spoke, “Luka, you are the one with the best affinity with elders I’ve ever seen.” He could dig up a ‘relative’ from the ground just like that.

Quill unconditionally stood by Luka’s side. “Very impressive. All I dig up from the ground is an army of skeletons.” He had never seen a living one.

“…”

An archeological trip ended with gaining a cross-era old man. Luka’s historical and cultural knowledge was a bit lacking, and he was curious about the demonic beast’s race on the way. His atavistic eyes could actually see through the other’s race, but it had to be accompanied by the shrouding of his divine sense, a process that was a bit impolite.

Luka chose to consult Quill. “I always feel that he exudes a familiar aura.”

Quill said meaningfully, “There will be an answer soon.”

Half an hour later, when they returned to the building complex, the Old Monster, who was just discussing with the Lord of Boulder City about returning tomorrow, suddenly stopped in his tracks.

“The aura of that person in front is very similar to mine.” The Old Monster looked incredulous and said to the Lord of Boulder City, “Friend, go smell it for me.”

The Lord of Boulder City said with a blank expression, “Go to your ancestor.” Why don’t you go smell it?

It turned out that even if you didn’t greet the parents, greeting the ancestor was not safe either. The moment his voice fell, a sharp killing intent approached. The man who was several dozen feet away a second ago appeared in front of him, his fingers turning into sharp claws, a smile not reaching his eyes.

Behind them, a thousand thoughts flashed through Luka’s mind in an instant, and he suddenly understood something.

“Stop, don’t let the great water rush the Dragon… no, rush the Chaos Temple.”

He had guessed the identity of the demonic beast man. Back when the Elf King had challenged the Saintess, he had met the Old Monster who had been seconded to the Holy Court’s Outer Court in Boulder City. At that time, Berlanie had specifically introduced the other’s race—a hybrid of dragon and chaos beast. This one was probably a chaos beast, which was why he gave them a very familiar illusion.

Before the scene became chaotic, Luka took the initiative to step forward and explain, “It’s like this, our archeological dig unearthed your ancestor from the pod underground.”

The Old Monster considered the possibility that he had gotten drunk at the wedding and was not yet awake. After a long while, he still hadn’t recovered.

Seeing that a large-scale ancestor-reuniting event, witnessed by many parties, was about to begin without any warning, the Lord of Boulder City suddenly squinted at the demonic beast man. “Wait.” He pointed out an unexpected problem. “How old are you?”

Quill also raised an eyebrow at this time. “It is said that an old ancestor of the chaos beasts was seriously injured in the third continental war and his whereabouts were unknown afterwards. But according to the age at that time, he was still considered a younger generation in the clan.”

“That’s me.” The demonic beast man did not shy away from it. “At that time, I was two hundred and eight, in the prime of my life.”

The Old Monster’s rationality barely returned. “…I’m over seven hundred years old.” He had lived to this day, for real.

The air fell silent for the nth time today. Luka also didn’t expect that it would suddenly rise to a philosophical topic: Who is whose elderly to be depended on, and who is whose young to be raised? Is time static or flowing?

Looking at each other, no one could give a fixed answer. In the end, they unanimously decided to be quiet on their own.

…

Everyone dispersed. Quill and Luka tacitly dispersed together. Cullen and the Lord of Boulder City turned to discuss the auction plan for the city in the second half of the year. The Saint and Berlanie began the second round of archeology.

The private space was left for the demonic beasts, who didn’t know who was the grandfather and who was the grandson.

The temperature of the sun outside was just right. Luka bathed in the warmth and began to search online for information about chaos beasts. The Wisdom Tree’s knowledge base was more comprehensive.

“Found it.”

[Extraordinary combat power, suffers from a head ailment but has a firm will.]

According to the common terminology of the time, brain problems were generally summarized as “brain ailments.” A vague medical description like “head ailment” should not appear in historical records.

Quill explained, “It’s generally used to beautify eccentrics.”

Luka let out an “ah.” Along the way, although the chaos beast sometimes spoke out of turn, he felt the other was quite normal. Unfortunately, a magician’s appraisal technique couldn’t identify these ethereal things, so in the end, he could only forcibly suppress his doubts.

·

The guests who attended the wedding were of high status. A casual post on the community instantly ignited the internet. The story of Luka digging up someone else’s ancestor during an archeological dig spread. The Wisdom Tree was already used to its branches exploding every few days while in seclusion.

[Question, whose ancestral grave did he dig up!]
[There are rumors it was the Dragon clan?]
[It must be a misreport. Given His Excellency Luka’s relationship with the Dragon clan, digging up a dragon would be called reuniting with his ancestors.]
[Oh my god! The Dragon clan liked my comment! I declare this account my most precious property.]

News about the wedding had only started to spread this morning. Since there had already been the grand proposal scene, the netizens weren’t particularly shocked, more just watching the fun. Unexpectedly, Luka, this trending topic physique, had reached a new high!

One comment with not many likes was drowned in the tide:

[The news above is not accurate. I have a relative in the military. The one who was dug up was a chaos beast.]

Luka didn’t log into the community when he went online today and didn’t know about the online fervor. He and Quill were busy counting money in the afternoon. The victory banquet after defeating the Holy Court, and recently sorting out the former Demon King’s treasury. There were too many dazzling and strange utensils to even have time to sort them.

“Procrastination is really a no-go.” Looking at a room full of treasures like a mountain, Luka’s head ached. Next, he had to confirm the attributes and abilities of each item one by one.

Quill began to miss the distant ancient battlefields. At that time, any good things would be immediately consumed in the war, and there was no need to sort them at all.

Just as he was having a headache, a powerful aura appeared at the door. The Old Monster from Boulder City had arrived.

Luka was puzzled. Wasn’t he reuniting with his ancestor? Was the chat over so quickly?

The Old Monster, who had always been calm in the face of change, had obvious helplessness in his eyes. “That one’s head was probably hit by a meteorite.”

The resentment was too strong, and fluctuations appeared in the surroundings. The small mountain of treasures collapsed with a crash, almost drowning Luka. He struggled to swim to the door and, with Quill’s help, stretched his neck hard. “What happened?”

Old Monster: “…”

Two minutes later, Luka and Quill were freed from the mountain of treasures, tearing open space and elegantly residing in a teahouse.

Luka was immaculately dressed, extending a hand with a smile. “Please have some tea.”

The fragrance of the flower tea soothed a part of the resentment. The Old Monster began to talk about the chat with his ancestor.

“He was very surprised after knowing you became a god at such a young age, and then reminded me to be careful.” The original words were that at such a young age, not only could he become a god, but he could also sit firmly on the throne of the Demon King. It couldn’t be achieved just by being ruthless.

The Old Monster naturally did not agree with this philosophy, and the two had a debate on this matter.

Luka had a premonition that this was not the main point, otherwise he wouldn’t have come to find him specifically.

“Just as I was about to leave in a huff, he called me back and said he had left an inheritance and was prepared to give eighty percent of it to you.”

The turn was too big. Luka and Quill remembered the fear of being dominated by the sorted treasury, and their hands trembled a little.

Luka asked in disbelief, “What did you say?”

“According to him, since those treasures couldn’t help his descendants become gods, he might as well find a patron god first.”

Luka was stunned. “What if the patron god he finds is unreliable?”

“Then I can only blame myself for my poor judgment.” The Old Monster managed a slight smile. “When I was arguing for you, he even specifically recorded the scene.”

The Old Monster looked directly at Luka and asked seriously, “So, can you help me bury my ancestor again?” Wait until his brain is better before digging him out.

“…”

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