This is what I was thinking now, but somehow I felt like I had a deep connection with the Black Dragon.
Minerva, who was nestled within me, was a so-called black dragon covered in black scales, and under her influence, I too could transform into a black dragon.
Also, Nidhogg, who was the first dragon I saw when I came to this world, was dark-colored to say the least, and the next thing I saw was a changed black dragon from Li Wuwei, a member of the Ten River.
[If you have any inconvenience, please let me know.]
… Last but not least, Landsh, where I and Han Soo-young were riding, was also a black dragon.
Although not as much as Minerva, he was also a dragon, so he was crossing the sky at a speed that was incomparable to the others.
“Can I ask you one thing?”
[I’ll tell you anything I know.]
“Do you know where Minerva is now?”
He gently nodded at my question.
[Everyone knows where she is. After all, Minerva has never hidden where she is staying.]
Randsch answered in a very polite voice.
[Probably because of confidence. And as far as I can remember, no one has approached her with hostility in the last 100 years or so.]
“I will.”
Even if you want to die, there are plenty of ways to die better than to die for her.
I nodded once and mumbled.
“And now here’s the guy who’s going to do that stupid thing.”
[…] … .]
Randsch wisely said nothing.
It was a part that showed how he had spent many years as a close aide to the fickle Milited.
[…] Minerva left a warning to his master and disappeared.]
After a while, he cautiously opened his mouth.
[I will give you the end of the full moon, so let the person who hurt you come to you. If you don’t, I’ll destroy everything you’ve built up, starting with you… I mean.]
I did not answer him.
Instead, I asked Minerva what he meant.
Because of her personality, I thought she would destroy everything right away, but I was skeptical about waiting.
‘Why do you have to wait for a full month?’
[Simple story. The wound on the wing hurts, so I’m not going to heal it.]
Minerva replied as if nothing had happened.
[If you said you were waiting, you must have been really waiting. At that time… No, it’s not much different now, but it’s because the real woman doesn’t like to gossip or devise schemes for nothing. It’s probably the first time he’s ever hurt himself, so he’s probably thinking something like this: I’m going to crush him in a perfect state.]
Having said that, she added that she seemed a little worried.
[Umm… what will happen Still, since it was the first time I was hurt by a human and even saved my life from you, I must have decided to sharpen my teeth. Of course, she will do her best to help you, but please don’t forget that her help is limited, dear. At best, it would be enough to look at the past and get a rough idea of what to do.]
‘Don’t worry, Minerva. You are the opponent in the first place, so there is no way you can be vigilant.’
Judging from the previous experience, it seemed that the dragon blood could be used in moderation somehow. In the case of the king of thorns… It doesn’t matter how many times you use it.
However, it was clear that Minerva today, that is, Minerva 300 years ago, was going to kill me with all her might, unlike the Minerva I had met for the first time.
If you think that it will be the same as when you implicitly put the matter in your hand, you will never escape death.
“… … .”
[…] Yes, I also believe that it would be possible if it were you. No matter what anyone says, you are recognized by the real woman… See, my wife’s… .]
Minerva hesitated for a moment, then let out a gasp in vain, as if embarrassed and embarrassed.
Then, Han Soo-young tapped me next to me.
“What do you think?”
I couldn’t be left alone in Milited’s mansion, so she and I were moving together.
And maybe she was worried that she would leave herself behind, and when I said that we should go together, she smiled broadly and grabbed my hand as it was.
I glanced down and saw that she was still holding my hand. After thinking for a moment, I answered honestly.
“I thought it would have been better for Sooyoung to just leave you at the mansion.”
“What?”
“You know swimming. How dangerous Minerva is.”
“… … .”
At those words, Han Soo-young looked at me once and kept her mouth shut.
Then, he began to give strength to the hand that was holding my hand, and it was a moment when he realized that she was also very powerful.
[Now it’s almost over. If you go a little further, it is Minerva’s realm.]
Saying so, Randsch sat quietly in a nearby field. He almost crawled down on the floor to make it easier for us to get off our backs.
“ruler.”
I got off first and held out my hand to Han Soo-young.
She looked at me with a sullen expression, pretended not to win, grabbed my hand and came down.
So, when we finished preparing, Randsch, who dared to return to his human form, knelt down on one knee to pay his respects.
“I hope you two take care of yourself. We will also be waiting for you in this area, so if anything happens at any time, please call this Randsh.”
“okay.”
He continued to bow his head in spite of my blunt reply.
“Then let’s go. … Saints and saints.”
“Hey, wait a minute.”
When I caught Randsch, who uttered strange words in a calm voice, he bowed his head as if he did not understand the English language.
“Yes, tell me.”
“What did you just say? A saint and a saint?”
“Yes.”
“What is that nonsensical title?”
He answered my sharp question without any embarrassment.
“The two of you are the ones who will fulfill the master’s long-cherished dream, and the one who saved the master’s life. We should… To the children of Milited, they are not lacking in being called saints and saints. so that… .”
I waved my hand, lost for words for a moment at the very serious answer.
“… At least don’t call me that in front of me.”
“I will keep that in mind.”
With those words, Randsch bowed his head politely to us once more and returned to his dragon form. It was incomparable to Minerva, but he looked like he was going to fall apart.
[Then I will leave.]
With those words, the boy flew away.
As I stared blankly at the back, Han Soo-young, who was standing right next to me, tapped me like before and touched my hand.
“What are you going to do now?”
“It would be nice to be able to convince you, but you know that won’t happen, Sooyoung. You’ll have to fight, okay?”
Saying that, I started to slowly warm up, and Han Soo-young stood next to me and started muttering something.
“Would you like to take off your jacket?”
Seeing her serious look, I took off my clothes without saying a word.
Then, Han Soo-young pricked the tip of her finger with a needle and began to apply her own blood to my body.
She continuously chanted spells and moved her hands to form a complex sign.
Soon after, notification windows began to float with a mechanical sound.
[You can feel your body tissue being activated. Slightly increases stamina for a certain period of time!]
[Fine scales of magical power begin to sprout from your skin. Magic resistance increases for a certain period of time!]
[A warrior’s cry echoes from the depths of your heart. Strength increases for a certain period of time!]
[The ferocity hidden within begins to flow through the veins… Attack power increases for a certain period of time!]
She muttered quietly as she applied numerous buffs.
“… They’ll tell you to stay away because it’s dangerous again anyway.”
She had a look that seemed familiar.
“There, I know this time well. If I’m next to you, it’s a hindrance, so you won’t be able to fight properly. … i’m no help Because there is only one thing I can do.”
After finishing the chanting of numerous buffs, Han Soo-young wiped her bloody fingers.
Then he looked at me and gave me a sultry, wonderful smile.
“So, don’t worry and do it right.”
“… … .”
I looked at her without a word.
After staring at her for a long time, I gently held out my hand.
“If you have one potion bottle left, could you hand it over to me?”
She soon handed me an empty glass bottle, and without hesitation I drew a wound. Then I put my blood in a potion bottle and said.
“You know that Minerva’s blood and breath are poisonous, Sooyoung, don’t you?”
She nodded.
“I don’t know if I told you, but my blood is no different from Minerva’s. So… In other words, my blood harbors the same poison as hers.”
“Wait, what?!”
I smiled at her startled, then closed the cap of the potion bottle, which had been filled to some extent, and handed it to her.
“And Admiral Lee… I don’t know if the word I’m using now is correct. After all, my blood can also be used as an antidote.”
“Wait, that means… .”
“I won’t tell you to run away this time. just… Swimming is only as far away as you want it to be okay. No matter how far from there, no one knows how far Minerva’s poison will spread.”
I added, stroking her shoulder, looking blankly at the potion bottle in her hand.
“After all, the choice you made was always right. So this time, you’ll make a better decision than me.”
“ah… .”
With those words, I looked at the ruins where everything had crumbled.
At the end was Minerva.
“Then I will go.”
That was the end.
* * *
[…] I hope he doesn’t run away and will really come back.]
A corner of the ruins.
Minerva, who had been burned down but was lying on what appeared to be a huge hill, spoke quietly.
A man was walking slowly in front of her.
[Don’t buy that momentum high.]
After a while, the man stopped at some distance, took a breath, and looked up at her.
Minerva, who was thinking that he was okay even though he had a poisonous poison that would have been crippled by an ordinary human, listened to him.
“Just in case, the thought of just ending a conversation… Isn’t it?”
[under.]
Minerva smirked involuntarily.
Then he lifted his head and twisted one side so that the detestable man could see.
[Can you see it?]
“… … .”
[I asked you if you could see the horn of the woman who had been cut off.]
Minerva continued speaking in a calm voice, as if it had been an illusion that he had lost his mind in anger.
[Healing the wounds suffered by Venus over the past few days… The original woman was able to heal this horn wound enough. But as you can see, I didn’t treat it. Thanks to her, she has healed in this form, and she has to live the rest of her life like this.]
Thump, her tail slammed into the ground, raising dust.
[Why? Wherever you go, please answer me.]
“… … .”
Yoo Ji-hyeok, who had wounded her pride and everything in her horn, did not answer.
[Can’t you answer me? don’t you know If that’s the case, please don’t hesitate to answer me.]
Minerva.
The Seven Music Bells, the strongest in name and reality, slowly began to rise.
Her eyes had long since turned blood-red and gooey crimson.
[This is the main bee.]
she muttered quietly.
All her nerves were focused on the human already in front of her.
[I accepted it as the main punishment for the original woman.]
A sticky, poisonous smoke began to flow from her slowly opened mouth.
[So, I will kill you and chew its flesh. Because that’s the only way she can get out of that main punishment.]
At her growling threat, Yoo Ji-hyuk exhaled without a word.
[You who presumably tried to save your life, the one who dared to cut off your horns, the one who made you think of such things!!!]
At the end of those words, Minerva suddenly exhaled and shouted toward the place where Yoo Ji-hyuk was.
[I will not leave you alone in the name of this Minerva!!!]
At the same time, a huge branch of the World Tree rose through the perimeter of Minerva.
They began to tighten her body in an instant, but she was not at all embarrassed.
[World Tree! Yeah, I figured out that your power is based on the World Tree!]
At the same time, poisonous smoke erupted from between Minerva’s scales. The branches of the World Tree that came into contact with the smoke she exhaled began to rot and rot in an instant.
It was easy for her to combine poisons in her body to create new poisons, and Nidhogg’s poison, which is no different from the poison of the World Tree, was also easily created.
― Kee eh eh!
[Well?]
Then, in the corner of her vision, a bird made of thorns flew with a sharp force and began to scatter something. For a moment, Minerva felt a strong sense of dread from it.
[Maybe that… ? Well!?]
Then, with a rattle, she lost her balance and staggered.
When I turned my head to look, one leg was buried in the shadow.
[You’re using an odd number… !]
She muttered like that, and immediately tried to pull her legs out, but she was momentarily startled by the fact that she couldn’t move at all except for a slight rattle.
‘The real woman is being pushed out of power!?’
It was the moment when she spread her wings to flap her wings in embarrassment.
She roared involuntarily at the terrible pain as if she was stabbed in the spine with an ax for a moment.
[aa!!!]
A spear made of thorns was pinned to the wing of the wing that had been wounded by Venus.
Yoo Ji-hyuk.
It was clear what the man was doing.
[This guy… !]
It was when she, with thick teeth, was looking around to find him, ironically hidden in the smoke.
[Come out! You coward, if you don’t come out right now… ?!]
Minerva, who was screaming like that, immediately noticed that her body began to lean and drag.
what.
what the hell
It was when she thought of that and turned her head urgently.
[Huh, uh… !!!]
The man was holding his tail firmly with both hands.
She was so flustered that she didn’t even think of slashing her claws at his defenseless back or bouncing it off with her tail.
It was because something that I had never even thought of in my dreams that a mere human could grab his own tail and throw it over was happening right now.
[Uhhh!!!]
A terrible voice, as if scratching with iron, resounded.
After that, her huge body swelled and flew in the sky.