The Tales of Draconic Warlock

Chapter 194: I found the secret...

Where am I?

This is not the cave that I was a second before. Wait for a second, after I injected some energy into one of the markings, a lot of energy gushed out of the other markings...it looks like it transported me to someplace outside of that cave.

The question is, IS this a Secret Realm? A Dungeon? or just a random place on Ragos?

Anything could be possible. There is a high chance for it to be a secret realm or a dungeon.

There is evidence for that but my instincts are saying so. They are also saying that this was the reason behind the disappearance of the merchants and their party.

If that is the case, then they would have contacted someone but they didn't. If it was a place in Ragos, then they would have but if they weren't technically in Ragos, then there would be no contact.

Though the dungeons and the secret realms are present in Ragos, scholars believe that was not the case. They believe that only the portals exist in Ragos, while the region we refer to as the dungeon and secret realm are somewhere in a different space.

The reason why they say that is because of the sizes of these places. If they were truly on Ragos, digging near this should have opened to the insides but they did. They do become unstable and the portal collapses but never opens to a new way in.

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If they were truly stuck here as I feel, then it's going to be a problem. There was no way that I could search for them inside.

If they still stayed at the entrance or nearby then it wouldn't be a problem. If they had ventured deep into this dungeon/secret realm, then there is no way that I could search for them in a short time.

It would take months if not years if I wanted to search every nook and corner of this place, which I don't have. I am not going to waste so much time on such things. I have other things to do.

If a person dies in a dungeon or a secret realm, within minutes the body would disappear. The land would absorb everything that was present there, even the spilled blood from the battle.

These places even heal faster than the world. Unless the damage was caused by a high ranker, there damage wouldn't be permanent.

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Now that I found a clue about the missing party, what should I do?

I am not going to stay here anymore. What I wanted answer to was another question.

Should I give this information or not?

I mean, this is a secret realm or a dungeon, which I am not sure but I am reclining to it being a secret realm. There are differences between them, and I see them but I can't say with a one hundred percent guarantee.

Whether it is a dungeon or a secret realm, it's worth a lot. If I just give the information to the Mayor, then he would be the one who would benefit from this. Though I was being paid a thousand points by the academy for completing the mission, it was too low and that was to find out what happened to the merchants.

I can keep it for myself. I can get a lot of resources but I don't live here. So it would be a hassle to come here, and someone may find out about this sooner or later and it would be occupied by the ruling noble.

So it's best to sell this information directly to the Count. It would be like a 1+1 thing.

I can tell him about his cousins and at the same time about this place. I would earn a lot easily. It won't be a loss for me.

Now let's get out of this place and find the Count.