Reincarnated as a dragon’s egg ～Lets aim to be the strongest～ - Chapter 574

574 – Reunion with Friends
Now that the battle with Lilixira has ended, I fly through the fog, skimming recklessly close to the ground. Atlach-nacha’s tiny spider also came unstuck during the battle, so I don’t even know if she’s alive.

I’m worried about them all at this point. I don’t know who to prioritise. All of them should be near either Aruane or Howgrey, both of which are dangerous.

“Kishi, kishi!”

I hear the black lizard’s cry. As I turn towards the voice, I see flying, her wings spread wide. It looks like she’s also searching.

As our eyes meet, her face lights up and she shoots towards me.

“Kishii!”

I catch her in my chest and softly stroke her head. She rubs her head against my forefoot.

『Do you know where the others are?』

I ask, and she nods before slipping out of my chest and running along the ground. I follow her.

Soon enough, we arrive at a clearing in the middle of a forest marked by a single lone tree. Thinking the area strange, I look more closely and see the wreckage of countless trees scattered around. The ground is also carved open by sword attacks. It’s clear that this was the site of a terrible battle.

In the centre, Volk is sitting, covered in blood. I can also see magiatite-jii lying nearby.

In front of Volk, with a huge hole in his chest, I see the body of an old man. Howgrey the [Ascetic]. It’s clear that he’s dead.

I land next to Volk and magiatite-jii.

“Irushia! You’re safe!”

Volk gets to his feet.

『You made it back alive! Is the battle with that Saint over?』

I nod in response to magiatite-jii. Remembering Lilixira’s last moments, complicated feelings stir in me. I’m also still worried about God’s Voice doing something. But, for now, I should simply be glad we were able to safely meet up.

『Volk, magiatite-jii! I’m glad you’re both still alive! You beat Howgrey!』

I look around at the scarred land. It’s hard to believe this was simply the result of a sword battle. Even if thousands of soldiers were to fight each other, I doubt it would look this bad.

『All this is the aftermath of your battle…?』

Volk looks around, then gazes at the dead old man in front of him.

“…It wasn’t me. It was all Howgrey.”

『G-good job on winning, seriously.』

Howgrey was ridiculously strong. I had been fairly confident in my strength since evolving to an [Oneiros], so it was a massive surprise to fall overwhelmingly behind such a low level human.

“Anise Howgrey… Usually legends are exaggerated, but he was far more terrifying than anything I had heard. After all, I doubt anyone would ever believe his strength. I seems he could see something that normal people couldn’t.”

Even Volk is saying how strong he was. I gulp.

“…He also said something interesting. You said something called God’s Voice has its eye on you, right? Apparently Lilixira obtained some information that’s not good for that God’s Voice. She apparently told some of it to Howgrey.”

『To Howgrey…? What did he say?』

“It was nothing concrete. But, Lilixira’s objective might have been to somehow obstruct God’s Voice.”

…As I thought. She told me to fight God’s Voice. She also said that I should be of some value to God’s Voice, so I should do my best to prevent things from going as they want. Taking everything so far into account, it appears that God’s Voice is producing and raising divine skill holders, before making them fight each other for some purpose. When Lilixira said I should do my best to fight against God’s Voice, she probably meant that I resist whatever it is God’s Voice wants with my divine skills.

…It’s also disconcerting that God’s Voice was so noisy when I was fighting the Demon Lord slime, and yet never said anything throughout my fight with Lilixira. I now have the Hero Irushia’s [Human Realm], the Demon Lord slime’s [Asura Realm], Magic Beast King Beelzebub’s [Animal Realm], and Saint Lilixira’s [Hungry Ghost Realm].

If they’re based on the Six Realms, then there should also be [Deva Realm] and [Naraka Realm]. But, I haven’t heard anything of those two. I thought God’s Voice would take some sort of action once I got these four. Lilixira seemed to think so, too. I’d be happy if nothing ever comes for the rest of my life, but I doubt I’ll be so lucky.

Thinking about this can come later. Right now, I should prioritise meeting up with Aro, treant-san, and atlach-nacha.

『Volk, magiatite-jii, black lizard, get on my back please. I still haven’t confirmed that Aro and the others are safe. We should search for them right away.』

“Got it.”

Volk nods. They get on my back, and I take to the air again.

After flying for a while, Volk taps my back.

『Ah? Where do you mean…?』

Looking in the direction he’s pointing, I see an unnaturally large tree. The trunk turns around, revealing a familiar pair of eyes and nose… Ah, it’s treant.

I see treant-san’s huge body hopping in joy. The distance is too far for [Telepathy], but I can easily imagine a noisy 『Master-dono~!』.

“Kishii…”

Black lizard cries in an exasperated voice. No wonder…

『Wh-what are you doing, treant-san?』

…That jumping could easily attract monsters, or the remnants of Lilixira’s forces.

Still, this is a relief. From that reaction, they probably managed to rescue atlach-nacha succesfully. Aro’s probably safe too. Treant-san wouldn’t be able to act so happy otherwise.

“…Hurry, Irushia.”

Volk calls out urgently.

『Eh…』

I look at the area around treant-san again. Five fenrirs are rapidly closing in.

『O-of course that would happen!』

I whip forwards, diving towards the fenrirs.