Chapter 121

My guess had been right.

I couldn't tell whether to be glad about it or devastated.

The monsters started running straight at me, with pinpoint precision. If I hadn't moved when I did, people might have thrown themselves in front of me to protect me, and we could have taken serious casualties.

"Kyu, wake up. No — Your Highness! Zigolate!"

Even with the basket shaking violently, Kyu stayed utterly still.

I'd concluded the monsters' rampage had to be because of Zigolate. He'd said it himself — that he was the one maintaining the ice wall with his own power.

Once something changed in him, the ice wall ran into trouble too, and the monsters went wild because of it. That theory held together.

Those things are trying to get Zigolate back.

Monsters worshipped dragons. Sure, from the perspective of prey being eaten, they sometimes fought back viciously against dragons, but…