142 – I only asked for the name
‘Is there one animal per shelter this time? I guess she was planning on proceeding like a saint.’
I condensed the two spaces I had cut into the smallest possible size, extended my fingers, rolled them up, lifted them onto my shoulders, crossed the dimensional gap, and went to the place where the Palaismoon dragon that had sucked my blood a few hours ago was. Moved.
* * *
I took out the coordinates of the space where the Palrisemoon Dragon’s blood was sucked from the drawer of my memory, and after the tedious task of constantly deceiving unnecessary parts at the crossroads of dimensions, I arrived there again.
And.
“Ah…”
“You gained weight again?”
The female dragon whose blood had been sucked from me was lying on the ground with her huge body, looking at me with her big eyes twitching.
Wooow-
And then the dragon stood up with difficulty, transformed into a woman with dark brown hair, and slowly walked towards me.
“Uh… Uh, you really came… Yes?”
“How long did it take to come back? There wasn’t much difference in time when I came back?”
“Well… I don’t know either. I lost consciousness right after I broke up with you, fell asleep, and then woke up again…”
But her appearance had subtly changed from before. Looking at her more mature state, it seemed like quite a bit of time had passed.
‘It’s normal for the timelines to be different like this, but it’s a bit troublesome. When I go back, I’ll have to turn back time and return.’
Anyway, I had to move right away for the purpose of coming here. When the space was returned to its original size, the two Palaisemoon dragons inside crawled out, screaming as if they were torn apart.
“What are those young chicks?”
She frowned when she saw the two dragons released outside her.
“Hmm? Are they a lot younger than you? Oh, and more than that, what’s your name?”
“W-What?! Why is your name like this?”
“Don’t you have to have a name to call yourself, even if just for a moment? Last time, we were enemies, but this time we didn’t really come to fight. I guess you didn’t see the message with any intention this time, right?”
On the contrary, since he had brought along children who could become his friends, he had to accept something.
Her face turned as red as a blush at my question, and she soon said her name in her gnat-crawling voice.
“Anez Pungring… It’s originally a lot longer, but this is my name…”
“Anez, Pungring, Anez… Pun-Anez is easier to pronounce. I’ll just call it Anez.”
“Uh, huh…”
She tilted her head and spoke again, looking at Anez, who showed a completely different disposition from last time, wondering if there was something like a calming effect when sleeping, or if the aphrodisiac had a different effect.
“I’m going to train these guys now, so take care of them. You might need to use them soon.”
“Uh, how long? Please make a promise.”
“It’s hard to make a promise because the standards are different… But it seems like it won’t matter when the time comes anyway. But wouldn’t we have to pass by at least 20 more times than we met this time?”
“20 Times… If that’s how many times you dream and wake up, it might be over…”
How on earth can one sleep and be so calm about going through a period of time that changes one’s body 20 times?
Kyaowaa!!
Clap la la la la rock!!
“It’s time for education. Just wait a moment.”
“Yes! I’ll try my best!”
There is no need to be so enthusiastic about beating up your own people…
And then the two boss-level monster dragons of the stage that started. This time, these guys were humanoid and didn’t really fight, but tried to push me with force right from the start.
However, after lightly dodging the dragon’s attacks a few times, it seemed to have decided that its massive body was not suited to fighting a small opponent like me, so it soon changed into a humanoid form and the battle resumed again.
Interestingly, the two dogs never attacked at the same time, and seemed to leisurely wait until one of them was completely knocked down.
This time, coincidentally, they were both males, and they had very strong pride, so it was very easy to provoke them.
“You can just let two of them come in at the same time, but why? Normally, the weak are supposed to help each other.”
“Shut up!! Profit!!”
These guys were also able to talk in this space, so after raising their temperature to a certain degree and inducing them to move a lot, I punched them in the stomach dozens of times.
“Krrr!!”
The creature’s body rose one after another in the air, and blood that was between red and black continued to spurt out from its mouth.
I knelt on the floor and immediately plunged my fangs into the back of the neck of the guy who was rolling around holding his stomach.
Wow! Ugh… Ugh…
As I sucked its blood, I watched the golden threads surrounding my body flutter in the sky.
I was able to easily detect and subdue the dragons’ movements without having to unify them, and only then did I personally feel that my level had increased significantly.
‘If Nila finds out about this situation, she will be shocked. ‘There won’t be any need to call me out for a while.’
Of course, there is no need for it right now, but eventually there will come a point when integration will be brought out. But when that time comes, he might not be alone…
The male dragon, who was hesitating and making strange noises, was thrown to the floor when he was reduced to nothing but bones like Anez last time.
And another male dragon, who was looking at his kin and bursting into laughter, spoke.
“hehehe, he’s quite a player. But I’m different from that guy-“
Paakak!!
Kwakwakwakwakwakwaang!!
“Where is the bastard reciting lines from boring shonen cartoons?”
I kicked the side of the snarling dragon and sent it flying far away, then lightly shook off its leg.
The dragon, which flew hundreds of meters to the point where it looked like a small dot, did not move as if it had lost its mind.
It may have been taken for granted in the dragon culture not to hit while speaking, but there was no need for me to do that.
With a snap of his fingers, he levitated the flying creature, pulled it towards me, and began sucking blood in the same way.
Keuhaiggeuk-!!
The dragon, which woke up with a strange groaning sound when its fangs were pierced, sucked all the blood out of his companion in return for laughing at him, then lightly threw him to the floor.
Stamina: 1,244(+449)
“It’s strange… Why is this the only increase rate?”
I drank blood from two animals, but there was no significant difference in stamina supply compared to when I drank Anez’s blood.
‘Is there a factor that the effect decreases the more you drink the blood of the same species?
I walked up to Anez, who was smiling broadly and licking her lips with regret.
“Still, we’re of the same race, so don’t you like us so much?”
“Hah?! W-what! Are you putting me on the same level as those commoners? Even if they are just a little bit stronger than me, it’s absurd to think like that just based on that!”
He’s a commoner… For some reason, when he sucked blood, his stamina increase was ridiculously different, so I guess it was the quality of the blood itself that was different.
“Commoner? Then what class are you? Are you the daughter of some duke?”
ㅡ!!!
“Huh, how do you know?!”
“······.”
I was just saying this as a joke… Did I perhaps unconsciously look into her inner self?
“Anyway, when they wake up, help them get themselves together. Since they are strong, we can use them somehow. If they don’t listen, tell them that I will come back and cut them into small pieces and throw them to worms.”
“Huh, huh! Why should I listen to your orders?”
I don’t know why, but her face and gestures all clearly showed that she had a crush on me, so when she said something she didn’t mean at all, I couldn’t help but laugh. And she felt a little offended and spat out unusually harsh words.
“··· Hey.”
“Huh, huh?”
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“If you want to do it, do it. It’s going to attack you.”
“Ugh… That, that, that-“
I saw her eyes shaking violently at her verbal abuse and felt a little more cheerful, but suddenly I had a question, so I closed her legs and looked at her trembling. I asked again.
“Rather than that, if you’re lying down like that, will the consequences be dealt with even if you don’t verbally surrender? Or do I have to wake you up and receive an explanation?”
“Uh, well… They’ve probably already been defeated. This space is actually a living organism, so I can make that level of judgment.”
“It’s an organism… That’s for sure.”
From earlier, I could see the space that made up this place crying out for me. A pitiful gesture that hopes to remove the gray lines that are shackling it.
[It’s a little hard right now, but I might be able to help someday, so stop crying.]
When I conveyed the message to the spirits guarding the space of Palaise Moon through magical power, Anez was astonished and said,
“Huh?! Can you feel this howling too?”
“Yes, it’s so vivid that it hurts my ears. And he keeps saying you and you, but my name is Eungyeon. You can just call me Gyeon.”
“Gyeon… Okay… Gyun- Gyeon-“
Leaving her behind as she repeated my name over and over again, I took my steps back into the crack where she had entered.
“Are you leaving already? Just wait a little longer…”
“You’ll see me soon. Just do as I ask.”
“Okay… Uh, uh- you have to sing it again.”
I just smiled without replying to Anez’s words, whose face was so red that I wondered if I had turned into a red dragon, and threw myself straight into the crack. Then, I entered the now-familiar dimensional path and quietly got lost in thought.
‘It really feels like I’m looking at a well-organized subway route map. Countless paths constantly intersect. It’s even moving in real time, trying to confuse unauthorized intruders.’
I don’t know who made it, but there was no doubt that it was an amazing ability.
This is even more so because I can now clearly feel that there is an absolute being who created the minimum units that make up the world, formed dots to form lines, and even gave birth to living beings that think for themselves.
‘I may not be able to implement it right now, but I can understand in my head how it was done…’
It was a strange feeling. The way to swim well was clearly engraved in my head, but in reality, it was like I couldn’t even float.
‘If you start with what you can and do it step by step, someday…’
The moment I came out of those thoughts was when a surprisingly clean and clear sky came into view. It probably came out through a crack unconsciously.
‘As the number of people decreases, the air becomes different. As Aksh*ta said, wouldn’t it be right for us to fail for the sake of the Earth?’
Pisik-
I scoffed at myself for muttering words I didn’t even mean to say, and slowly fell to the ground.
And there was a monster ahead that was first seen on the stage.
A skeleton knight riding a skeleton horse.
The majesty of the man wearing a stylish red cape, wearing full silver armor cleaned with oil, and leading the shield soldiers and other monsters was truly amazing.
—–
Tom Marshild, leader of the Forgotten Knights of Dawn
Stamina: 2,559
mana: 8,435
Strength: 644
Agility: 967
Characteristics: Ordinary swordsmanship (unique), reward for effort (special), morale boost (special), knight commander’s spirit (special), knight’s guard (special), sixth sense of the whole body (special), best strategy (special) Special), Judgment of the Situation (Rare), Nimble Horsemanship (Advanced), Mana Breathing (Advanced), Knight’s Faith (Advanced)
—–
‘Hmm…’
Basically, he was a guy with the right characteristics for a leader of a large unit. Several characteristics that raise the morale of subordinates, increase their defense, and make them forget the fear of battle.
Situational judgment, which is an intangible eye that can look down on the battlefield from the sky, and [Sixth Sense of the Whole Body], Which identifies allies in danger in advance, would be very good abilities to be trusted as a commander.
‘Okay, what kind of life have you lived…’
After looking closely at the Skeleton Knight for a moment, I realized that he was an unrivaled hero who started out as a serf and left his name in history as the leader of the knights who defeated darkness through his own ceaseless efforts.
His past life unfolded like a drama in his head, and he was a person who lived with such strong will and determination that it made you bow your head towards him.
But.
‘It is truly astounding that a person like that cannot even close his eyes in peace and is being used meaninglessly in a place like this.’
If there is only one way to reach a good person or a bad person, who would want to walk only on the straight path?