At least, thatâs what the king of the gargoyles felt.
That human sorcerer with brown hair.
He didnât appear to the king of the gargoyles as a human being.
âWeaker than I thought.â
On the other hand, Ian was at ease. Â At least, he felt many tens of folds easier compared to when he had faced the dragon. Â Of course, the power of the gargoylesâ king was in the headcounts though.
But since the source of his power was being kept at bay at the entrance of the cave, it would render useless.
âShould slowly subdue him now.â
How long the shield at the entrance would hold was not known. Â It was better to subdue him when possible. Â If it was possible to interrogate this entity, that would be attempted. Â However, assessing the conditions of the bastard, that choice would need to be forgone.
âLet me end it.â
A gigantic hand appeared above Ianâs head. Â The pair of hands of ice mimicked exactly that of Ianâs hands. Â The looks of them and the movements all exactly mimicked Ianâs hands.
(Kwaaaak-!)
That gigantic ice hands snatched the bastardâs wing. Â Was that all? Â It ripped up the right wing from there. Â The screams of the gargoylesâ king echoed loudly throughout the cave.
(Stop! Â Stop! Â You..humaaaan-!)
At that moment. Â An unfamiliar voice struck inside of Ianâs head. Â The nasty voice that brought out the utmost unpleasantness from just by listening, it was certainly the gargoyleâs voice.
âYou could talk?â
Ian relieved the enormous pressure that he was exerting through the ice hands.  Instead, he held him lightly and brought him close to his face.  The two entities, Ian and gargoylesâ king, finally met each otherâs eyes, for the first time.
ââŚ..?â
Soon, Ian felt awed.
The bastardâs eyes were truly weird.
It wasnât that he was one eyed or had no eyeballs.
It surely wasnât such an issue.
âThe eyesâŚ..â
Half bow, they were exactly a half bow shape.
Both of gargoyleâs eyes were exactly half bowed.
That is, only half remained in each eye.
It was as if that much was torn apart.
It was beyond being grotesque.
(Allegrapo.)
It was right then.
It was truly in a blink of an eye.
That was, in the time that Ian stared into the bastard.
It didnât even come to a few seconds.
Thatâs how long it was for sure.
(Hoonkanathio,Harknap!)
Allegrapo, Hookanathio, Harknap.
The words that could not be interpreted came into his head.
âKrâŚ..!â
Ian let out a painful moan.
Indescribable pain overtook him.
Even the ice hands were melting away.
Exactly what witchcraft is this?
The answer was immediately found.
âPetrificationâŚ..?â
Ianâs body was hardening stiff.
It wasnât an ordinary symptom of paralysis.
He has begun to transform into a stone.
It was âpetrificationâ as the word suggested.
âLetâs be calm. Â Be calm.â
Ian held on to the last strain of his consciousness.
And he thought it out first of all.
First, the king of the gargoyles.
âEven that bastardâs body was hardening.â
The problem would be much bigger, should Ian be the only one turning into a stone.
However, the king of the gargoyles also began to petrify.
It appeared to be the power of some type of a suicidal bomb.
âPetrification is the ability to enter the dimensionless space.â
He thought of the information that the spirit of Reeses Rajendu had spared him. Â At the end of the petrification process, the body turns into a stone, the mind enters the dimensionless space. Â That is, even Ianâs mind would enter the dimensionless space.
âI would enter the same dimensionless space with the bastard.â
Based on the process, that was the most likely scenario.
Of course, it could have been the bastardâs plan all along.
âIf I can only stay focused, I can somehowâŚ..â
When Ianâs thoughts reached that point.
The blurring view turned into darkness.
Even the thought process has stopped for that moment.
It was the effect of the body, completely turning into a hard stone.
ââŚ..!â
How much time has passed, having been in that condition?
His lost mind has woken up.
Even the vision returned from the darkness.
âThis isâŚ..?â
The gargoyleâs cave that he was in.
At least, this wasnât that place.
The prairie that was filled with purple sand.
There was even purple lightening.
Kwaaang! Â K-k-kwaaaaang-!
Beyond being unfamiliar, it was a disparate space.
Even the king of the gargoyles came into his view.
As if he was used to it, the bastard flew away to somewhere.
Although an immediate attempt was made to chase after him, it was impossible.
That was because no magic could be initiated at all.
âThis was different than the repository of time.â
Ian calmly surveyed the surroundings. Â In a short time, he couldnât help, but be astonished. Â A nebulous landscape, at the end of the direction to which the gargoyle flew, came into his view. Â That was the issue.
ââŚ..?â
A gigantic purple sphere.  The sphere that was as big as if the gargoyleâs eye has been magnified by tens and thousands folds, was levitating in the air.  The purple lightening that was thought to be from the sky was also the energy that was spewing out of that sphere.
Yet, there was an entity that has captivated Ianâs eyes.
And it wasnât the purple sphere.
Of course, the sphere was also astonishing.
However.
âNoâŚ..â
The entities were surrounding the purple sphere.  With each oneâs mana power, the entities were helping to maintain the sphereâs form.  The countless number of entities came into his view.  There was no wonder.  The identities of the entities were very definite, and familiar.
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ââŚ..Dragon?â
The spirit of Reeses Rajendu.
The speculation that he had made was correct.
The dragon race that was thought to have been extinct.