Fortunately, Yeon-woo was correct.

「This is…! I see. Did the dragons walk the same path as we did?」 The soul of the Great Warrior’s eyes widened as he nodded in understanding. 「The dragons also wished to climb to the higher floors, even though it was for a different reason. Before we went extinct, the dragons were already an endangered race as well.」

Unlike the Great Warrior’s soul, the ancient dragon Kalatus didn’t budge even as Yeon-woo’s party approached him. Anyone watching would have assumed he was already dead.   

However, Yeon-woo could see that Kalatus was deep in hibernation. He was probably conserving energy or had probably given in to sleep, not wishing to suffer any longer. Yeon-woo didn’t think the Crawling Chaos would have allowed Kalatus to sleep like this, but Kalatus had probably found a way since he was well-versed in magic. ‘I should wake him later.’

Yeon-woo thought he needed to get Kalatus away from here first. Kalatus had helped bring him here and told him that Jeong-woo’s soul was in darkness. It was likely he knew quite a bit about the Crawling Chaos and darkness.

『From the last king of the giants to the king of the dragons…haha! Looks like it's not the Crawling Chaos doing the collecting, but you. What are you trying to do with these beings who disappeared long ago? I guess you won’t be bored since you have...