I Became the Companion of the Gods

119 – EP.26 Grave of Dragons -3

“Oops! Is our cute Tia here?”

“Oh! Welcome!”

“Tiya, look at this! This old woman was collecting so much money to give Tia’s allowance!”

“Eh! Tsk tsk! On the subject of money obtained through net fraud!”

“That’s not a scam!”

Three old dragons greet our baby dragon brightly.

Seeing them repeatedly fighting over the past while welcoming Tia affectionately, I thought that dragons have very colorful emotions.

At the same time, I even began to suspect that Tia’s bad speech habits might have originated from them.

“Installment payment! Damn you! Bring Yuu today!”

“Oh! Tia, did you bring your partner you were so proud of?”

A grandpa dragon with bright red scales on an overall sharp body.

It was a mysterious dragon that naturally harmonized strength felt from the outside and softness from the way it spoke.

“Certainly, as our Tia said, you are a good man! It’s a bit unfortunate that the energy of women’s suffering is strong.”

This time, a grandmother dragon with a round body and purple scales.

Her unusual insight and sense made me nod my head.

Despite the fact that it was my first time meeting, Grandmother Dragon was able to pinpoint the biggest problem I was facing.

That’s time.

“Aren’t those elders uncomfortable with me? I broke the rules of Shinsoo by signing a contract with Tia.”

“Sounds absurd! By giving such a cute dragon a pretty name, Tiara, and with all the hard work you have put in to take care of it, you deserve the favor of the dragons.”

Grandpa Black Dragon is the largest among the three.

A dragon that possesses both sanctity and holiness, you will feel sorry just by facing him.

If he were alive, he would surely have matched the Great Master. Even compared to Fenrir, he was a strong man who would never yield.

If there’s only one problem, it’s that there’s a suspicion that this dragon was understocked?

If it hadn’t been for that suspicion, I might have bowed with my head on the ground.

“Draw. After all, we are already dead and only our souls are left, so why bother with the rules of Shinsoo? Nothing to worry about.”

“As Grandma Blinn said, it’s good to have a comfortable mind when we face each other. Above all, inside of you, we are…… No, nothing.”

Will the ancient dragons not accept my existence and say harsh words to Tia, such as telling Tia to get rid of humans?

I expected that, but my expectations were spectacularly wrong.

Three ancient dragon spirits who treat not only Tia but also me, my companion, with kindness.

All of them had a presence as dragons that would make any living being intimidated.

Inside, they were kind and considerate grandmothers and grandfathers.

“Grandpa Linus, Grandma Evelyn, Grandpa Gungon. Have you been at peace?”

“Oh! Somehow, there was a familiar face, wasn’t it the fox brought by the giraffe boy?”

“Yes. Thank you for remembering me, Uncle Linus.”

“Oh my God! That little fox has become such a true and pretty lady! Time flies too.”

“Thank you for the compliment. Grandma Blinn is still beautiful.”

“Heh heh! This is a very longed-for guest. Nothing could be happier than this.”

“Until Grandpa Gungon. Everyone is so happy to welcome you, so I don’t know what to do.”

To be honest, I was shocked.

In the meantime, there are only a handful of cases where Miho truly respects Miho…….

At least it’s about my parents, but that’s because they were my parents. There was never a case where I showed my utmost respect to someone who was a stranger.

Miho, who acted as usual even in front of Fenrir and Hresbelg, is an existence that treats her with sincerity.

I couldn’t help but doubt my eyes and ears.

“Leusis.”

“Yes, did you call? Linus.”

“Since these happy guests have come, hurry up and prepare the plates.”

“When you say plate, do you mean the one that Linus and Gungon made this time?”

“Yes, it’s good to have a leisurely conversation, but it wouldn’t be bad to have a light game and then relax. Wouldn’t it be?”

“Okay. We will prepare it right away.”

Yongin, the gravekeeper who guided us, hurriedly leaves.

What are you preparing for?

Guided by curiosity, I tried to follow it slightly, but as if telling me not to, the tail of a huge black dragon blocked my path.

“Tia’s inquisitive companion. Don’t worry too much, the reason Leusis left is because of the preparations for play.”

“Play?”

“Yes. It’s a very fun and enjoyable game. It’s probably a game you know too.”

“What? Is that so?”

“Yes. Linus and I made the board, but Tia came up with the way to play.”

“If you think of Tia… “

If it came from Tia’s head, it was most likely one of the games she enjoyed with me.

Among many games, if it is limited to multi-games, what games are likely to come out?

It was difficult to make a decision as there were not one or two multiplayer games that I had played.

“Then let this old lady explain her rules before the preparations are over! The total number of participants is eight, including the people here and Leusis, who are not here. And the tagger…….”

So the long explanation of the purple dragon continued, and the summary of her explanation was as follows.

1. There are 2 hunters, and the other 6 are the survivor team.

2. The play area is the entire dragon tomb, and even if you are not familiar with geography, each dragon has a map of the tomb.

3. You can kill 1 tag every 10 minutes, and you have to kill all members except the tag team to win.

4. Survivors must pass three of the trials in each section of the tomb.

5. The survivor team wins when all ordeals are passed or all seekers are expelled.

6. If one of the survivors dies, the remaining survivors must pass their ordeal.

7. The tagger cannot attack survivors who are being tried, and survivors who are being tried are invincible for 10 seconds.

8. Anyone who finds a corpse or can shout a dragon word through the tombstone in the center of the tomb, and after 3 minutes the dragon word spreads, all the people including those who were undergoing trials will automatically gather and a round table conference will begin.

9. At the round table meeting, the survivors must seek out the seeker and expel them by majority vote, and the seeker must thoroughly appeal by pretending to be a team of survivors.

10. Other elements include the ability to move quickly through shortcuts in the fog throughout the tomb, and the ability to inflict great trials every 15 minutes to hinder the progress of all survivors.

11. Survivors can also inspect the entire tomb for 5 minutes through the dragon hill that appears every 10 minutes, and can obtain special benefits from the dragon souls through trials hidden throughout the tomb.

12. Lastly, the cooldown is reduced from 10 minutes to 5 minutes when the seeker becomes single, and conversely, the difficulty of the ordeal drops exponentially when the survivor becomes single.

“This is the rule of play that we will play from now on. Is there anything you don’t understand or something that is ambiguous?”

“No, no. I totally understand.”

It had to be easy to understand.

I’m pretty sure which game this play originated from…….

A co-op and mystery mafia game that takes place inside a spaceship.

From the middle of listening to the rules, the first thing that came to my mind was the game, and even after the explanation was over, I could only think that it was almost the same even though some parts were different.

As a result, not only I, but also Alice, my fellow game fanatic comrade, understood the rules at once.

At least Miho may not know, but since our pet fox is so good, there doesn’t seem to be any particular problem.

“I couldn’t do it because I had no one to be with. But finally you can do it! It’s been a long time since I’ve had fun… !”

“You must be very embarrassed to be the playmate of our old friends, right? I’m really sorry, please look at it with a generous heart. It is because for us who have to live here forever and ever, boredom is no different from poison.”

“Still, I have no intention of asking you to play bare-mouthed. I promise to give you a worthy reward as soon as the play is over.”

“Oh no! It’s okay if you don’t have to do that!”

Including the fact that they had been petting Tia from unknown places and the fact that they took care of Miho when they were little, I was grateful enough to them.

On the contrary, even if I express my gratitude to them, it is absurd that the hat is a gift for the sale.

Besides, Alice and I like to play games.

The fact that we can enjoy a game that we only played through the screen in real life was an honor for both of us, so we don’t want any rewards for playing.

So I tried to reject the old dragons’ favor by waving my hand.

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Leusis, the dragon who had been away from me for a while, came up to me and whispered to me.

“Sir, I hope you will not refuse the favor of the elders.”

“Yes… ?”

“The elders have long wanted to meet you, Lady Tia’s lover, and at the same time, want to give you something precious. However, he said that the shipowner would reject it if he just gave it, and he set up the justification of reward for play as it is now. So, I hope you will accept it here, even if you think about the feelings of the elders.”

“Ah… all right.”

“Thank you for your understanding, Lord.”

Why did the ancient dragons try to give me a gift, a mere human being, not a god?

I don’t know. At least you will never know until you finish playing and see what the gift they give you is.

“Haa…”

The tomb of the dragon that came unexpectedly and the play of the ancient dragons that came out of nowhere.

Now I want to leave my body to this flow.

“Leusis, are you all ready?”

“Yes. It’s perfectly done. You can start anytime.”

“Okay then let’s start right away!”