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As I followed Draculea, I realized it again.
It’s unreasonable to chase after a monster that runs away with determination.
Originally, this was not a concern. The monsters that move according to their instincts do not run away until they become disgruntled, but often run into them head-on.
However, once they get to the point where they can think, they develop to a level where they can think, and they have the intelligence to run away when they are at a disadvantage. In this case, I have to chase it down and get rid of it, but I can’t pursue it at my own speed.
[let’s go!]
Luckily, Yong-yong was able to keep his distance, but he couldn’t rely on him for thousands of years.
I’ve solved the damage that can be done by forging the Force, but this is going to be a problem.
It’s hard to keep up with the transition, so I’ll have to think about how to improve this part.
It feels like when one is solved, one by one that has to be overcome.
In the absence of a ranged attack, it is now possible to kill enemies without chasing them by saving a sniper, and by smelting force, it is possible to damage two-horned monsters, and now it is necessary to keep up with the speed of escaping.
The method of chasing Dreculia was repeated by following me, and when the distance widens, Yong-yong narrows it by moving.
He was able to keep a certain distance because he had a dragon that could move freely in space.
So, the place we arrived at was not the land, but the sea, the Black Sea.
[uh?]
“what’s the matter?”
I was also puzzled by Yong-yong’s abnormal reaction.
[I’m trying something!]
“trial?”
With my gaze fixed in front, I could sense a strange force of air. At the same time, the flying speed of Draculea, who was flying fast, was gradually decreasing.
This is the Black Sea, where nothing can be found. What the hell is that guy trying to use in an empty place?
There are only a couple of things that are strange.
[It’s a space-based ability!]
“Move him forward.”
[okay.]
The moment Yong-yong put me in front of Draculea, a huge crack in the space appeared in front of him.
Keek!
The guy who saw me was startled and screamed. At the same time, a crack in the space swallowed him up. I hurriedly stretched out my hand, but only tore a piece of the skin, and he disappeared without a trace through the space rift.
When I saw this, it was too early to conclude that I had missed it. His faint presence was linked to the piece of leather I had taken.
“Goes.”
[yes.]
I followed his trail and immediately cast the transfer. Moving over the space rift, I could confirm that I had arrived at a cavity covered in pitch black darkness.
Is it a space located under the sea? Where are you?
[I don’t know either. I’ll figure it out. It’s not far from where I first moved.]
Then somewhere in the Black Sea.
I looked around and sensed Draculea’s energy. it was over there
By the way.
“What are you doing?”
Draculea’s life response was weaker than at the beginning. Is your life at stake because of a serious injury? It was moving well enough for that.
there is something
First of all, this space was strange.
The transfer did not work normally. If it had been activated properly, I would have arrived in front of him.
[It’s a familiar feeling. But it’s so faint that it’s hard to see the details.]
Yong-yong said that something familiar had twisted my transition results. If so, I’m not alone in my misunderstanding.
I walked between the cavities. The space I was walking in now was covered in deep darkness, but as I went forward, a faint light was leaking in.
There will be Draculea in front of me. At first, things that were not caught in my senses slowly returned to their place, and a presence in front of me was sensed.
But the weird thing is.
are you two?
[Two?]
Yong-yong answered the question, and I agreed. One is Draculea’s and I’m not sure what the other is. It’s a bit calming to be called a monster. It’s kind of like a dragon, but it’s too weak.
When I finally reached the end of the aisle, it was another communion that greeted me.
There was Draculea, whose wounds had not fully healed. He was curled up with his eyes closed and his wings wrapped around him as if he were asleep.
And before that… … .
“yes?”
There was a huge thing that could not even be compared with Draculea. At first I thought it was a rock. However, looking at the faintly radiating vitality, he recognized that it was a living thing.
Yongyong’s reaction to discovering its existence was intense.
[Hey, what is this? you, who are you!]
Draculea didn’t respond to Yong-yong’s cry, but the gigantic creature did. The eyes of the beings who opened their closed eyelids were those of a reptile that had a golden color. And when I looked at the whole body, I could see what it really was.
“Dragon?”
[I didn’t know humans would come here. It also wears my people.]
cognation?
[He’s Shinsoo!]
I was convinced by Yong-yong’s words. The fuselage that looked at least 200m above was suitable for being a divine beast, but the response was weaker than I thought.
Do you think one hit will kill you?
“Why is Shinsoo so fussy?”
[flaw!]
At my words, the dragon’s lips curled up and smiled.
After a while, it turned into an eerie life and started pouring down on me.
[It’s your guy. The guy who ruined my plan to punish the traitor!]
It was on the verge of death, but the pressure of existence itself was intense.
He tried to crush it with the presence of a servant.
It’s just a little bit of pressure for me. If their heads break, they all die.
I lightly bounced off the guy’s momentum.
“I’m fussing around.”
He could smash his head right away, but the reason he didn’t use his hands was not because of his respect for the goalie, but because of a little curiosity. Draculea was still.
“But what do you mean by traitor?”
[If it wasn’t for him… … .]
I express my anger at my words again. Yong-yong, who was watching the scene, dried up in a hurry.
[Stop, stop! Then you will perish!]
[Heh, thank you. If I had a friend like yours, I would have avoided ruin.]
[What the hell happened? tell me.]
[The story is nothing special. A story about a guy who betrayed his friend and a fool who was betrayed.]
The dragon began to confide in what had happened in the past as if complaining.
* * *
After the appearance of the monster, in Eastern Europe, two divine beasts began to form at a close distance. The two have been conscious of each other for a long time, and have been together for a long time, sometimes as collaborators and sometimes as competitors. And after the appearance of the monster, it took shape and established a cooperative system.
[He and I each built a realm. I wasn’t interested in the human gaze. I thought that as long as we didn’t get disturbed in our own territory, it would be enough.]
However, it was only the dragon’s mistake.
The return is a desperate betrayal. As a result, the dragon lost all its essence and had to flee here.
The loss of the essence of a divine beast meant that it could not exist as a divine beast. The dragon was outraged by this situation that had come upon him.
[I have no choice but to burn everything that he treasures. But I don’t have the strength to do that. So I made a tool to burn everything for me.]
That’s how Draculea was born. The dragon was convinced that if the demon Draculea came forward, the person involved would not be able to reveal himself and would have no choice but to watch his estate burn.
Since central, northern, and eastern Romania had never been seen during a burning fire, the predictions were correct.
Come to think of it, Shinsoo doesn’t want to appear in front of humans, so what’s the reason?
The dragon’s golden eyes twinkled at my question.
[Heh, I’m curious. Didn’t you know that while you were carrying Shinsoo? Shinsu is in the original world… … .]
[for a moment!]
Yong-yong interrupted the dragon’s attempt to speak. It looks pretty urgent, is there any restriction? I was puzzled, but the dragon didn’t say any more.
I thought it was important information, but I’m sorry.
He was stubborn and wanted to say more, but he didn’t even know what kind of trick Yong-yong had done.
I’m sorry.
“So, revenge seems to have failed.”
[Human, if it were not for you, my plan would have been successful.]
“but.”
[Now that I have explained the self-inflicted species, step back.]
A dragon that speaks as if it were natural.
I made eye contact with him and made a puzzled expression. No wonder you thought that if I told you my poor past, I would sympathize with you and withdraw.
“why me?”
I was just expressing my thoughts, but a bloody life was passed on. Either way, I have no reason to back down. Is there no reason to let go of the two-horned monsters you’ve caught?
[Are you saying you just won’t back down? So what is this? I can pay you.]
“What are you going to give me?”
[What do you want?]
I pointed to Draculea.
“I wish it was his body.”
[Now say that… … .]
“I don’t like that.”
[I’ll give you something else.]
“It’s done. I have that guy and I want your eyes too.”
[uh? for a moment!]
Even if he was called a divine beast, he was a guy with only a shell left. Without hesitation, I approached the dragon. Until then, the dragon had not even responded. There are only emotions in the eyes that chase me.
I heard Yong-yong curling up behind me, but I didn’t care and used my hand.
Kwajik!
The dragon’s head shattered like a rotten branch. As the light faded from the golden eyes, the eyelids closed.
I got an invoice to die soon. The guy who barely managed to breathe is talking like he’s good-looking.
I didn’t stop there and rushed to Draculea to react. Maybe it was because I was under the control of a dragon, so I couldn’t react for a moment as if I had a lag, and my brain was shattered like a watermelon when my attacks that triggered Force Refinement on mines hit my head one after another.
Kee eh… … .
Behind the faint resounding cries, I put my hand into Draculea’s heart and tasted the blood.
Except for [Vampiric], which quickly recovers stamina, and [Ultrasound] that causes confusion, everything was garbage. Bloodsucking is meaningless, and the ultrasound thought for a while and then gave up. It didn’t seem like I was free to use anything I couldn’t hear.
“It just got easier because of the stupid guy.”
[…] … .]
“why?”
[Did you really have to kill me?]
“What if I don’t kill you? Do you think the guy who was overturned by revenge will be persuaded and come back with a good look?”
[It must be difficult. Still, I wanted to talk a little more and get information… … .]
“I don’t think any important information would come out anyway.”
The dragon’s words were enough to stimulate curiosity, but while listening to his words, I focused on Draculea’s condition. And as a strange air current rose, I knew it was restoring Draculea.
While meeting each other as enemies, this is enough to have a conversation. The dragon took advantage of the pun, and I just figured it out and gave him an end.
“Now let’s go.”
[…] … .]
“Are you pissed off?”
[no. It’s not like that.]
The words still seemed to have a lot of thoughts. Well, I don’t even care about that.
This is a twisted space, so as long as the dragon dies, it will return to its original state soon. Then you can take Draculea’s corpse with you.
“I crave that too.”
I fixed my gaze on the dragon’s corpse. I didn’t feel the vitality from the beginning, but wouldn’t I be able to carry it with me?
But when he touched my hand as if to ridicule my thoughts, the dragon’s corpse began to crumble like a sandcastle.
A single light the size of a small candle was flickering in the place that had been destroyed. Even that disappeared as if it had been hit directly by the wind.
I was left with only the strength to take my form. I could see how crazy he was for revenge.
I was curious as to who the target was, but I decided not to try hard to find it. A guy with ambition like the Thunderbird will one day come face to face with it.
“let’s go.”
[okay.]
I took the corpse of Dracula and left the twisted space with Yong-yong.