Anime Crossover: Master is Not Here Today

As she casually walked to the other side, a torrent of magical power suddenly erupted behind her, accompanied by a mournful cry that would break the hearts of all who saw and heard it.

"How could this happen?!"

……

...

The price of teasing Mei Liuqina during the day was that afterwards, she clung to her like an octopus, refusing to let go no matter what she did.

Meanwhile, her cheeks were puffed up in anger, making her look like a pufferfish, which made Fujimaru Ritsuka feel helpless but also a little amused.

This continued until the other person fell asleep without letting go. Fujimaru Ritsuka lay on the bed, afraid that she would have some strange nightmares after falling asleep.

Fortunately, no.

Because the natural will of the New World has come to find her again today.

"Could it be that a black dragon has appeared?"

Once again encountering the will of nature in her dream, Fujimaru Ritsuka's first thought was the arrival of the black dragon.

"No, it hasn't appeared in my perception range yet."

Natural will gave a negative answer, and then said:

"I wanted to thank you for taking down that ancient dragon."

"what,"

Fujimaru Ritsuka was somewhat surprised, not expecting that the other party had come for this matter. She waved her hand and smiled:

"It's nothing, we wanted to do it ourselves."

Not only that, she proactively asked:

"Besides that guy, are there any other ancient dragons in the dangerous ecosystems of the New World that need to be dealt with?"

The ancient dragon energy within the ancient dragon is a special energy unique to this world, and it is very helpful to Meryuchina's body.

Melyuchina told her that if she had enough ancient dragon energy, she might be able to restore her body to its full potential and become a complete Albion dragon hatchling.

Under these circumstances, not only for the sake of the New World's ecology, but also for the sake of Melyuchina's health, she would naturally be more proactive.

On the other hand, the natural will of the New World was equally pleased with this outcome, affirming:

"Have."

“That ancient dragon is incredibly powerful. I originally wanted to seek help from other powerful beings, but today, I witnessed your battle with it. I never imagined that the ancient dragon beside you would be so powerful.”

“You, who are equally powerful, might be able to help me solve that problem.”

Upon hearing this from the will of nature, Fujimaru Ritsuka became curious and asked:

"May I ask what the problem you mentioned is, and where is it located?"

The will of nature answered:

"It dwells in the upper right of what you call the Elder Dragon's Recess, an area that hunters have yet to reach. The death of the ancient dragon beneath the ley lines awakened it."

Upon hearing this, Fujimaru Ritsuka was stunned. She hadn't expected it to be related to that baby Xeno'jiiva again.

It gives me the feeling that it's the root of all evil.

Seemingly sensing Fujimaru Ritsuka's inner thoughts, the Will of Nature explained:

"That ancient dragon is of the same species as the ancient dragon beneath the ley lines, except that it was born much earlier and is about to enter adulthood, and is continuously extracting energy from the ley lines."

"If the other party is an adult, the threat to the land will be even greater."

Upon hearing this, Fujimaru Ritsuka seemed to be deep in thought.

"Of the same species as the Xeno'jiiva..."

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 295 An Encounter, Current Situation, Bai Feng and Reya

Two days later, both Meryuchina and Nergigante successfully digested the ancient dragon energy within their bodies and prepared to set off again.

After this round of absorption, the black threads on the giant horn on the head of the Destroyer Dragon increased again, and several more crystal-like diamond thorns appeared on its body. Compared to its initial appearance, the changes were quite obvious.

Conversely, despite absorbing more ancient dragon energy, Meryuchina showed no outward change, though according to Meryuchina herself, the results were gratifying.

This answer was enough for Fujimaru Ritsuka.

So they began looking for their next target.

According to the clues given by the will of nature, the other party is inhabiting the northeast corner of the new continent. Starting from their current location, it would take several days to travel across almost all the areas that the hunters have explored.

After flying back to the New World, Fujimaru Ritsuka first had Meiru Zina take her to the area where the [Starry Sky] base was located, so she could look out from afar.

Only a few days had passed since they left the stronghold, but the stronghold had already changed quite a bit. It was now fully armed, just like when they fought against the Zorah Magdaros, with crossbows and cannons set up everywhere, and dragon-slaying lances ready, turning it into a temporary fortress.

However, at the same time, the number of people inside the base was inexplicably less, which Fujimaru Ritsuka found rather strange.

Seeing this, Mei Liuqina asked:

"Want to go over and take a look?"

"Forehead……"

Fujimaru Ritsuka was conflicted. Although she wanted to find out what was going on, she felt a little awkward about letting it go like this.

But just then, Meliuchina seemed to sense something, turned her head to look in the other direction, and smiled:

"It seems like we don't need to go through all that trouble."

As she finished speaking, a familiar, joyful voice suddenly came from afar—

"Ritsuka!"

"...Reya?!"

Fujimaru Ritsuka turned her head in surprise and saw Reya and Shirakaze flying towards them on a pterodactyl.

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"Honestly, I thought you guys had already left!"

After a chance encounter with Reya and Baifeng, the group temporarily returned to the ground. Reya was very happy, but couldn't help complaining:

"Even if you're leaving, shouldn't you at least say goodbye?"

"Feel sorry……"

Fujimaru Ritsuka gave an apologetic smile.

That's what she thought too, so she was very happy to meet Reya and Baifeng again.

"Don't worry, we won't be leaving for now. When we do leave, we definitely won't leave without saying goodbye."

Then Fujimaru Ritsuka told Reya and Shirakaze what they had been doing recently.

"Eh--"

"Cleansing out the ancient dragons that threaten the ecology of the New World sounds amazing! And communicating with the will of the New World is just like something out of a novel!"

After listening, Reya couldn't help but exclaim in amazement, her eyes sparkling.

"As expected of someone from another world who can use magic!"

"No, it's just that I happened to encounter this situation."

Fujimaru Ritsuka scratched her head somewhat embarrassedly; she didn't want to encounter this kind of thing every day.

But for some reason, I always seem to have a connection with these kinds of events.

Bai Feng, who was standing to the side, showed a hint of envy after hearing about the experiences of Fujimaru Ritsuka and the others.

First it was the Netherworld Dragon, then the Heavenly Crying Dragon... She really wanted to follow Fujimaru Ritsuka and the others to fight these rare and powerful ancient dragons.

Unfortunately, she has more important tasks to do and cannot simply follow Fujimaru Ritsuka and the others.

At the same time, Reya looked at the Nergigante beside her and exclaimed in surprise:

"Nergigante is a little different from last time!"

"I just don't know if this is a normal growth process for Nergigante or a sign of mutation."

Reya was very curious about this, but unfortunately all she could do was observe and study, so her research results were very limited.

Meanwhile, the Nergigante being observed listlessly swayed its tail, completely oblivious to Reya's thoughts.

Fujimaru Ritsuka was also curious, wondering if Meme could now be called the World Destroyer Dragon, or if it would only be truly called the World Destroyer Dragon after all the thorns on its body were replaced with Adamantine Thorns.

"correct."

After recounting her experiences, Fujimaru Ritsuka asked Reya about the unusual situation at the base.

"The reason there are fewer people inside the base than before is because we are relocating academics and researchers out."

"Huh, relocating outwards?"

Fujimaru Ritsuka was somewhat surprised to hear this, and when the topic came up, Reya's smile faded considerably. She explained:

"Is such that……"

Just as Fujimaru Ritsuka had heard before leaving, after receiving news that the Black Dragon was about to descend upon the New World, the Commander-in-Chief immediately convened an emergency meeting to discuss the next operational strategy.

Although no one knows just how powerful the legendary Black Dragon is, the Commander-in-Chief is rather pessimistic, believing that if the Black Dragon were to descend upon the stronghold, a direct confrontation would likely result in total annihilation.

Therefore, their final strategy was—

Transfer positions.

The base was temporarily moved to a more secluded underground location, specifically within the ley lines.

"...Personnel and items were transferred in batches. Priority was given to investigation reports and research materials, as well as researchers and scholars. Hunters were transferred to escort teams, guard teams, and investigation teams. Aibo and I were members of the investigation team."

The escort and guard teams go without saying, while the survey team is mainly responsible for observing any unusual situations that may occur in the New World and reporting them promptly.

At this point, Reya unconsciously frowned slightly and sighed:

"In fact, in just these few days, the entire Ancient Tree Forest area has become much quieter."

Upon hearing this, Fujimaru Ritsuka noticed that it was unusually quiet around them, as if the animals in the forest had all fallen asleep.