Chapter 623: Dragon Cemetery
At the foot of the mountain, Kira released his magical perception, followed the magic particles in the wind, and led Natsu and the others to the place with the most concentrated magic nearby.
"Really... Why doesn't Natsu know what artificial respiration is?! His reaction is so slow! He will suffer a great loss in the future!"
In the end, Natsu didn't have time to use the 'Fire Dragon's Artificial Respiration' on Lucy, causing Kira to keep complaining, "I still want to record this beautiful scene!"
The loss of such good photographic material was a huge loss both for Kira himself and for the rest of the guild.
"It would be strange if he knew!"
Gray glanced at Natsu and Lucy who were following behind him and complained, "How much do you want to see them flirting?! This behavior is simply like a pervert..."
"How dare you say that my artistic behavior is perverted? How dare you, a guy who runs naked in the guild all day without clothes, run around naked all day long!"
Kira looked at Gray with disdain and curled his lips, "Besides, I just accepted someone's long-term commission to record their love process. After all, I am working!!"
"Huh?! Really?! Work?!"
Gray was greatly shocked and could not wait to ask, "How could someone send such a request?! Isn't this person too bad?! Who is this person?!"
It's me...
"It's Mira!"
Kira found someone to take the blame without hesitation. Anyway, Gray would not really ask about such things. Even if he did... with Mira's personality, she might just admit it directly and then drag Gray to join in the fun.
"Sorry! Just pretend I didn't say that!"
Gray did not doubt Kira's words, because after thinking about it carefully, he found that Mira was always gossiping about Natsu and Lucy in the guild intentionally or unintentionally, and was simply a big promoter of their love.
From this perspective, it is reasonable for Mira to issue such a commission just to have a look.
"Mira... doesn't that seem surprising?"
From behind, Natsu and Lucy's voices could be heard.
"I say, what were you planning to do just now? Are you really going to give me artificial respiration?!"
Lucy's face was still a little red, and she wasn't really unconscious just now. So when she heard Kira asking Natsu to give her artificial respiration and Natsu really lowered his head, she could not lie down anymore.
"No……"
Natsu blinked and looked blankly at Lucy, who was puffing up and blushing. He felt that her reaction was totally incomprehensible. "I didn't mean to kiss Lucy!"
"Then don't kiss me!!"
For some reason, after hearing what Natsu said, Lucy became even angrier and simply turned around and ignored him.
Natsu was confused again, "Ah! Lucy is angry again! Why?!"
He looked at the person next to him for help, but Erza was just as confused and shook her head like a rattle: "I don't know! Maybe your legs are sore from walking for so long?"
"Ohhh?! Then let me carry you, Lucy!!"
"unnecessary!!"
Looking at this scene, Kira, Gray, Happy, Wendy, and Xia Lulu were all stunned: "..."
"What the hell is Natsu doing?!"
"If you can't speak, can't you just shut up? Silence is also a beautiful quality!!"
"Well... this is Natsu!"
"By the way, is Erza-san's EQ so low?"
"Ah, it does sometimes!"
Half a day later, they finally found a mysterious cave.
"We're here! Judging from the magic concentration and the environment, this should be the place we're looking for!"
Kira was the first to walk into the cave, and waved for everyone to follow him. "Let's go! Although I have seen dragons more than once, you probably haven't seen a dragon's graveyard like me, right?"
Over the long years, this cave deposited underground has been carved beyond recognition.
There was no light in the cave, and the air was dry. All you could see were broken stones, with a strong smell of decay wafting in the wind. Countless undead dragons were wandering here, and the remaining magic power and pressure created a depressing and gloomy atmosphere.
Erza looked around at the stalactites that could be seen everywhere in the cave, and then looked up at the stone wall above her head that had several protrusions and was constantly dripping water. After pondering for a moment, she said, "Judging from the location, this should be directly below the arena , and it has existed for a long time."
After going deeper for a while, their vision suddenly broadened and they were finally able to get a glimpse of the entire picture of the depths of the cave.
“We’re here!”
“This… this is…”
"What a huge corpse..."
"Is this really a dragon's graveyard?!"
"Why are there so many dragon corpses here?"
In the field of vision, corpses paved the road, gray-white powder and skeletons piled up into countless hills, and the smell of death was everywhere.
Based on the few rare skeletons that have not been eroded by time and are still well preserved, it can be seen that they were some kind of giant animals in their lifetime. These animals had ferocious and ugly claws and wings. They were the supreme overlords that could soar into the sky, gallop across the continent, and rule an era!
Dragon!
However, at this moment, they have lost their lives and no longer have the majesty to rule the world. Their corpses have been completely worn away by decomposers invisible to the naked eye. Even their bones have lost their original hardness and become extremely fragile. They can turn into pieces at any time, or weather into grayish-white powder on the ground.
"Dragon King Festival!"
"What?"
Kira explained slowly, "Four hundred years ago, in response to the proposal of 'whether humans and dragons can coexist peacefully', the dragons were divided into the peace faction and the fighting faction. The two sides fought for a long time. Those wars were later called the 'Dragon King Festival'!"
"As for the final winner of the Dragon King Festival...you all know it!"
"Akuno Rolia!" ×N
"That's right! This cemetery in front of us should be left by the dragons that died in a certain war."
Erza frowned and asked, "Why is the dragon's graveyard near the capital? Or underneath this arena? It's so close, the Fiore royal family can't be unaware of this place, right?"
"Hmm? Well..."
The sudden question caught Kira off guard.
Erza was right. Since the Colosseum was built on a dragon's cemetery, the Fiore royal family should have discovered such a cemetery underground a long time ago!
But the question is, why is this dragon graveyard, the ancient battlefield of the Dragon King Festival, near Kulocus? Is there any connection between the death of these dragons and the Fiore royal family?
Kira had no idea either, so he could only speculate: "Perhaps a rebel dragon attacked the Fiore royal family, and after a brutal war, the royal family buried all the dragon corpses here? Or perhaps the capital of the Kingdom of Fiore was built on an ancient battlefield full of dragon corpses?"
This point was not explained in detail in the original work. The only function of the Dragon Cemetery was to use the Emerald Dragon to reveal the truth about Acnorolia.
However, now everyone has fought with Acnorolia, and even met Selene, Kurnuki and other dragons who escaped from Ishgar to Kiltina, and know some things that happened four hundred years ago, so naturally there is no need for it to provide information.
"If you want to know, you can try to see if you can summon the giant dragon spirit here, but I think it's useless even if you know..."
Erza didn't listen to the second half of the sentence at all. She pounded her left palm with her right hand, as if she had suddenly figured something out: "That's right! There's also the trick of summoning the undead!!"
“I can help you with this!!”
Wendy volunteered to step forward, straightening her body and looking quite confident. "As long as the undead here have not completely dissipated, I should be able to wake them up from their slumber. After that, I just need to ask them about the relevant things, and I will know the relationship between the war and the Fiore royal family."
"Um...isn't our goal to dig up dragon bones for Natsu?"
However, no one paid attention to Kira's words, and everyone in the group was immersed in the anticipation of summoning the dragon ghost.
"Ohhhh!! You're so awesome, Wendy!"
"Then I'll leave it to you!"
“I can’t wait to learn about that history!”
"You can dig up dragon bones anytime! Fairy Tail is a magic guild full of adventurous spirit, and we should have this adventurous spirit!"
"The ghost of a dragon? I haven't seen it yet!"
"The dead dragon and the ancient kingdom... I feel like this theme could become a new chapter in the novel."
Kira looked at the excited faces of the crowd and fell completely silent.
