Arcanum: Chaos Path

Chapter 432 The Secret of the King of the North

After the brief incident where the ascetic Snowman nearly fainted from excitement at Little Amon's words, the remaining people naturally continued with their self-introductions.

After everyone got to know each other, Mobert Zoroaster asked his companions whether they planned to leave the world in the book directly, or decide to kill the King of the North, bring their story to a close, and then leave the world in the book.

Unsurprisingly, everyone trapped in the book world chose to kill the Northern King. They had been entangled with this dragon for far too long. Even Long Ze'er, who had recently entered the book world, had been dealing with this frost dragon for over a hundred years. It was truly unwilling for them to leave just like that.

"In that case, let's go slay the dragon!" Seeing that everyone agreed, Roland made the decision decisively. Then, as if sensing something, he looked up in a certain direction, smiled, and said, "Ah, it's here."

Just as the final battle between the hero and the dragon is inevitable in any dragon-slaying story, the arrival of these outsiders and the people in the camp clearly triggered some mechanisms of the events in the book, causing the King of the North, the big boss in the book, to come to their doorstep.

Amidst the raging blizzard, a gigantic, ice-blue frost dragon flew in from afar.

"What a beautiful dragon! I love its scales!" Little Amon looked up at the giant dragon that was about to descend from the sky, his eyes shining slightly, but then he said with a hint of regret, "It's a pity it's fake."

"It is indeed a bit of a pity." Roland also looked at the giant dragon in the sky and nodded in agreement with Little Amon's assessment.

In terms of appearance, this dragon's scales are indeed very beautiful.

Just as the two were commenting on the dragon, the King of the North finally descended, accompanied by a breath of icy blue flames.

With lightning speed, Xiao Ke dodged the icy blue flames that seemed capable of freezing everything. As he prepared for battle, he also glanced at the location of his companions.

Neither Little Amon nor Jack were pushovers. One of them appeared out of nowhere behind the dragon, patting his chest in a slightly exaggerated manner, as if he had been startled.

The other remained in place, but a red flame, completely opposite to the icy blue flame, surged from its body. This red flame, once it appeared, actually ignited the flames spewed by the Northern Dragon and burned all the way up along the flames.

Upon seeing this, the King of the North immediately tried to stop spewing flames. However, before it could act, Little Amon behind it snapped his fingers, causing the King of the North to pause in its actions and completely forget what it was trying to do. In a moment, it was burned by the red flames.

The flames were clearly extremely domineering, causing the King of the North to writhe in agony. He tried every means possible, but could not extinguish them even slightly, and he could almost smell the aroma of meat burning.

"Oh dear, we can't let it burn to death!" As Rolin said this, he casually fiddled with the pendant around his neck, an extraordinary item containing Medici's power. With his movement, the flames on the Northern King, whose entire dragon had been almost cooked, finally went out.

The King of the North was now in a far more miserable state than when he had made his imposing entrance; his entire aura was weak and feeble.

This series of unexpected events clearly stunned everyone else present. At this moment, Roland glanced at them and said with a smile, "It's been weakened, aren't you going to attack?"

The others exchanged bewildered glances. Without hesitation, the giant Grosser drew his greatsword, and the elven singer Shatas, her body crackling with electricity, drew her bow and nocked an arrow. Each of them charged forward, unleashing a furious barrage of attacks on the King of the North.

Luo Lin didn't get involved at this time, after all, he was just an ordinary faceless man with no offensive capabilities.

Luo Lin simply stepped aside, keeping an eye on the situation, while raising his hand to reveal an ice-blue scale.

This scale clearly came from the King of the North. Just now, Roland wasn't merely roasting it with flames; he was also taking the opportunity to probe the identity of this dragon with such a special status. After all, Roland had always been curious about the King of the North, the only designated boss in the story, and what his role was in this world—was he just an insignificant figurehead like everyone else, or did he possess some unique abilities?

After conducting his initial investigation, Roland confirmed that the King of the North was indeed somewhat special, as it was closely connected to the core of this world.

Rowling even suspected that it might be, to some extent, a symbol of the imaginary dragon.

“They deliberately made the divine kingdom into such a book, allowing people to enter and adventure within it, and even arranged the dragon as the final boss, guiding others to kill it…” Roland looked up at the Northern King who was being besieged, and suddenly narrowed his eyes, muttering to himself, “Part of the resurrection ritual, huh?”

The Imaginary Dragon is dead, killed by the Sun God's slaying.

The Northern Dragon is also about to die, falling to the wrath of the adventurers.

So, if the Northern Dragon were to be resurrected someday, would it affect the Imaginary Dragon?
Of course, Rowling knew that the Imaginary Dragon's contingency plan in "Grossell's Travels" was related to 008. Theoretically, as long as 008 encountered "Grossell's Travels," the Imaginary Dragon could be resurrected through 008, and then use the negative personality sealed in "Grossell's Travels" to control the Chaos Sea, possessing the power to compete with Adam.

But these are just spectators, after all. Who says there can only be one way for Him to resurrect?

“This scale…” Little Amon, who had somehow broken away from the battle, approached Roland. He frowned as he looked at the scale in Roland’s palm and hesitated, saying, “I feel a bit of danger.”

"It's a key, the key to unlocking the true secrets of this world." Roland didn't hide anything, giving a brief introduction, and said, "I will give it to my teacher; perhaps it can bring us some surprises."

Little Amon looked thoughtful. After a moment's hesitation, he asked in a low voice, "Is it related to Father's resurrection?"

“Hmm.” Roland nodded, then looked at Little Amon and asked with a smile, “At least it will have some reference value.”

Little Amon's expression clearly brightened upon hearing this.

While they were chatting, the boss battle was already coming to an end. Even the King of the North from the original story was successfully killed by Klein and his group. Now, the King of the North, who had been roasted half to death by Rowling, was no match for Klein and his group.

Just as Little K was about to use the Puppet Master's skill to transform the King of the North into a Puppet, he suddenly heard the voice of "Jack".

“Wait, Gehrman.”

Little K paused, somewhat puzzled, but stopped the final transformation of the King of the North. He looked at Rolin, who had walked to the side, and asked, "What's wrong?"

“The situation has changed somewhat, it’s best not to kill it.” Roland explained simply. He looked at the dying dragon in front of him, thought for a moment, then took out a talisman from his pocket and activated it directly on the dragon.

"seal!"

This was the talisman Bethel created to seal others, so with the activation of the talisman, the King of the North immediately changed. In just a moment, he turned into a statue, as if time and space had frozen on him.

(End of this chapter)