On the east slope of the sawmill in HeMu town, four children playing house suddenly rolled into a ball due to a sudden gust of wind.
Then they saw two people descending from the sky slowly, terrified and immediately ran home.
"Mom, Mom, I saw someone flying down from the mountain!"
"Sir, your lungs are almost as strong as a dragon!"
After safely landing and calming his racing heartbeat and trembling legs, Averil couldn't help but let out a sigh.
Decelerating through the force of the exhalation caused by mouth breathing is something unheard of and unseen.
How strong a pair of lungs would it take to blow such a powerful wind.
He felt the wind George was blowing was mightier than any storm a magician could summon.
Even with a Geass from a Change user to slow down the landing, it would be impossible for someone to survive jumping from a mountain top three kilometers high without injury, and even if it reduced the height to just dozens of meters, it would still be extremely impressive.
"Meet me at the north exit of the town. Once I'm done with my business, I'll find you there and we'll head to Snowfrost City."
George didn't care about the praise for Averil.
In terms of physical fitness, he is indeed stronger than a typical giant dragon in this world. If he transformed into a giant dragon form and fought solely with physical strength, even Odion wouldn't be his opponent.
After swallowing the Black Dragon, his physical strength in dragon form is now several times that of the Black Dragon's.
The Black Dragon is also an apocalyptic dragon in the Fairy Tail world, not inferior to Odion.
"Understood, Sir. I will wait at the junction of the mountain road leading up to the bridge."
Averil nodded and turned to go around the town of HeMu towards the north, but was suddenly drawn by a strange growling sound, couldn't help but raise his head.
And with that glance, he nearly jumped so hard that he would have sat down on his bottom.
"Is that... a dragon?"
Dragons, a creature he had only seen in various history books, even though many people believed that such creatures did not exist in this world.
After all, according to historical records, the last dragon appeared over two thousand years ago.
He couldn't have imagined that he had just been making a metaphor, and yet there it was, a real dragon flying overhead.
"Aoduin, it seems that everything has been concluded at the Holy Town, and the Dragon Descendant should be coming over in a few days."
George had long discovered the traces of Aoduin, but he wasn't too concerned about it.
Because after venting his anger in HeMu Town, Aoduin should not normally attack other human villages again, but instead should hurry back to rest and revive the other dragons.
"There's no need to worry about that dragon. You'll have many more opportunities to see one."
George picked up the sack of treasure and left behind a wisp of an afterimage, then surged towards HeMu Town.
He wasn't worried about Averil running away. With his five senses, he could still keep track of Averil even if he was in the town.
If Averil had not followed his order to wait for him in the north of the town but instead chosen to flee directly, the outcome would have been death.
Entering the town, George returned to his normal pace and headed towards the merchants of HeMu Town.
Compared to before, now every passing resident would stop in their tracks with wide eyes.
The reason was simple.
Because they were dazzled by the sack of treasure that George was carrying.
There are too many valuable things in the ancient tomb, so the bag carried by the bandit leader cannot hold it all, and some inevitably protrude.
George didn't mind either.
The saying goes, "keep wealth hidden," but that refers to situations where one lacks power.
With his strength, he doesn't need to worry about such details.
If someone got greedy over the treasure, it would just mean he needed to send more money their way.
George hurried over and pushed open the door to the trading house.
"It's you! I knew it had to be the Golden Dragon Claw!"
Caimara, who was just sweeping the floor with a broom, looked up and saw George appear. There was no surprise on her face.
Because she had always thought that George was not a real adventurer, and it was not enough time yet, even to climb to the side of the thief watchtower.
He must have been scared on the way, so he came back to cancel this mission.
But before she could finish her sentence, she saw George take out the Golden Dragon Claw from a large bag full of gold glittering treasures in his hand.
Her expression then instantly froze, turning into shock and confusion.
Upon hearing his sister's scream, the man at the cashier counter immediately peered out from behind the counter.
Seeing the Golden Dragon Claw in George's hand, he also wore a shocked expression, but he quickly recovered.
Because he had always thought that George was no ordinary person.
"George Sir, it's great to see that you have successfully completed the mission, and I will be very happy to pay you the corresponding reward."
"Take a look at how much these things are worth. I want to sell all of them."
After handing over the Golden Dragon Claw to Lu Kan, George picked up the bag that was as tall as a person and emptied its contents onto the countertop.
There were golden cups and plates made of gold, various colored gems such as red, blue, and green, exquisite decorations from the nobility during the era of GNORD, as well as soul stones and a few magic weapons that faintly glowed with an unusual light.
Besides the artifact, sacred items, and magic weapons, normal magic weapons will slowly deteriorate over time, losing their power.
So, for those large-scale GNORD magic weapons and armor whose magical effects have nearly disappeared, he basically just discarded them.
They're not worth much money, and they take up space.
The remaining ones are magic items with relatively good magical effects and small volumes.
Such as magic daggers, headbands, belts, rings, necklaces, and so on.
"You have so many items from the GNORD period. Did you bring out an entire GNORD tomb?"
Lu Kan was momentarily blinded by the treasure on the table, and his voice trembled.
Lu Kan was a knowledgeable merchant, but he had never seen so many treasures at once, and all of them were clearly GNORD-style items.
But soon, he realized that he might have been right.
Since the other person was helping him find the Golden Dragon Claw, they would inevitably go to the bandits' lair in the Ruins of Flooding Waterfall, and it was quite normal to explore while they were there.
Otherwise, how could there be so many GNORD-style items.
However, that is the Ruins of Flooding Waterfall, a massive ancient tomb that has swallowed countless adventurers. George was actually able to come out of it unscathed and bring back so many treasures.
And crucially, he did it in less than half a day.
It seems that George is even more mysterious and powerful than he expected, making him a true top-tier adventurer.
"Yes, most of the valuable items are here, but there are still quite a few inside."
If you're interested, you can organize people to go in and loot it again; there should still be quite a bit to be found.
Don't worry, I have already cleared away all the bandits and zombies."
George nodded and explained.
There are indeed many valuable items in the Ruins of Flooding Waterfall, and if you're not tired, you can take a cart up there and pull it several times to make some money.
For the residents of the town, this is also a windfall.
And those zombies, probably won't recover for a few months. All the traps inside have been destroyed by him, and there's no danger at all.
