Although David had followed Jed into many perilous places rarely visited by anyone and witnessed scenes scarcely recorded even in books.
Before he began adventuring with Jed, and even while they were on the road.
He still had not believed that dragons with intelligence rivaling that of humans existed in the world.
Put it this way: it was like someone telling you that humans today were pets raised on Earth by Jurassic dinosaurs.
Because tens of millions of years had been enough for them to develop an immensely prosperous civilization.
Yet no history or ruins supported such speculation.
What consciousness could humans and dinosaurs have in common—just as wizards and Fire Dragons had in common with oversized lizards?
Yet Jed repeatedly assured him that he was telling the truth. Bound by some agreement, he could not tell David the details.
Newt had told Jed some information, but made him swear not to spread it.
Yes, he had learned from Newt what had happened in the underwater city of Atlantis.
Ancient dragons existed, and they possessed intelligence that could rival wizards!
Fortunately, even though Jack did not believe the truth David spoke of, he was still willing to accompany him on a thrilling adventure.
David had also forced himself to believe that the Path of Trials existed.
To do so, he had sacrificed quite a few brain cells.
For the first stage, they had to arrive beneath a deserted mountain range recorded on the parchment on the night of a full moon.
Then they had to climb, without relying on magic, to a cave halfway up the mountain.
Why not use magic?
Because on full-moon nights, this place was always hit by an incredibly fierce blizzard, and within that blizzard lived a kind of Ice Sprite with an extremely strong sense