69. King of the Kings
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Do-yun, who entrusted Winnie with a blood sample, returned to the World Tree.
He practiced until the results came out, and talked with Tiamat.
“okay. How old is your daughter?”
“I am 90 this year. I gave birth shortly after the world became peaceful thanks to you.”
Dragon offspring are counted from egg to age. This is because they go through most of their growth inside the egg, and are already born as near-perfect creatures.
“I’m glad you’re much younger than me. If my nephew was older than me, I would have been in a lot of trouble.”
“Is it the number of years including the regression? How old were you?”
“I don’t know. I stopped counting when I reached 100, and I feel like I have passed 200.”
Doyoon sipped the tea.
“By the way, isn’t it too late to be born at 90?”
“okay. Because I was injured, I didn’t have enough aura to give to the child, so hatching was slow. It is sad.”
“Well…”
Although it was not apparent, Doyoon sensed that Tiamat was grieving.
‘If possible… I’ll stick with Al for a long time.’
At first, I grumbled that it was annoying, but it was all a joke.
If it’s for a friend can’t you do that much?
“Are births affected by the quality or quantity of Aura energy absorbed?”
“of course. The more high-quality aura you use, the healthier and better you will grow into a dragon. It has a big effect when it’s a fluid, but it’s not too different when it’s an adult. Most divine species are like that, and spirit species are also affected to a great extent.”
“Are you a spirit creature?”
Doyoon remembered Sophie and asked.
“okay. The word came out and the word came out. The half-eye, a spirit creature from another dimension who travels with you.”
“Sophie. Why is she?”
“The potential is huge. He seems like a caring child, why don’t you give him a lot of energy?”
“Oh… is it?”
Doyoon also recognized Sophie’s talent, but hearing it through the dragon’s mouth felt different.
“Reiki, is it something I can give you as much as I want?”
“Basically, if you spend a long time in close proximity, that is the case. The most effective way is to feed them semen or plenty of them.”
Doyoon was speechless for a moment.
“…why is the semen coming out of there?”
“Did you not know? Semen is the seed of life. It is the place where the most aura is concentrated in the body of a creature.”
“…”
“In the meantime, it would be nice to give some to my daughter.”
“Are you crazy?”
“Whoops.”
Tiamat laughed subtly, but didn’t say it was a joke until the end.
“…Come to think of it.”
Doyoon desperately changed the subject.
“Dragons give birth alone. So what will be your daughter’s first name? Did you have a last name?”
In this world, sex is passed down to biological descendants. This is a law that can never be broken, and is the most commonly used method for determining parentage.
Enoch was not inherited because his father was a lowly man without a last name. Then, aren’t dragons without castles just not accepted?
“There is no gender. Instead, I must pass on my name.”
“So it is. So what will you call the child? Tia?”
“I don’t think that would be appropriate. When the child comes out of the egg, I will tell you that it is the nickname given to me by the hero.”
“Just call me uncle.”
Doyoon sipped tea, thinking of his soon-to-be-born nephew, who would be very cute.
“Ah, the cores you gave me. I wrote some this time.”
“It’s yours, do as you please. I have a few more in my rarity, so tell me if you need them. Instead, it is precious, so use it carefully.”
“Don’t worry, I used it for something very important.”
Anyway, Do-yoon has no place to use it, and it is meaningless to sell it to make money.
As Dokgo Moo-yeong told us, this was a serious matter for the survival of the alliance.
Why did he suffer so much from his previous life? Doyoon’s core was not a waste at all.
‘By the way… the sun. Where the hell are you going to use that huge thing…?’
Doyun was really curious about that.
“Hey. Do you know about ‘the sun’?”
“You know, you know. why?”
“I heard that my blood can be effective as an ingredient that kills its power.”
Tiamat stiffened her face and hesitated.
“…What are you talking about?”
“Looks like the Coalition is trying to do something with it.”
“Are you saying that it is a real elixir?”
“okay. And it appeared in royalties.”
“Huh…!”
Tiamat was really surprised.
Yes, the elixir that frightens even that Dragon Lord is the sun. But, where the hell are you going to use it?
“I really like it. Shall we ask the alliance for a deal?”
“Arthur. They said it was going to be used for something very important.”
“It’s a pity… If I could feed it to my daughter, it would have the potential to far surpass that of a red dragon with just a simple fire attribute.”
“…That’s it?”
“If you feed it, it will grow into the strongest individual of all dragons that surpasses me. I’m really sorry…”
Do-yoon was very surprised to see her showing greed like this for the first time.
‘The sun is such an amazing thing…’
He sipped his tea, curious about the use of the sun.
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Doyoon and the team headed to the best forge in Skeletonia, which had an alliance with the World Tree. It was to match Sophie’s equipment.
This is a blacksmith’s shop that provides goods at a low price to World Tree guild members first. For this reason, most World Tree guild members used this forge.
“Welcome~!”
Presenting the seal of the World Tree and entering the smithy, a cute female assistant greeted them lively.
“Wow… so many nice things…”
Sophie looked around the extension with admiration with an innocent face, perhaps for the first time in a place like this.
“Is there something you are looking for?”
“A female apostle who focuses on agility and uses each method. Please set it to the maximum without a limit on funds.”
At his order, the assistant said with considerable embarrassment.
“Ah… cow, guest. I’m sorry, but our forge is a place where we dare to say that Skeletonia is the best. Of course, I am confident in the cost performance of mass-produced products, but if I make the best equipment with my grandfather’s hands, the price is really heavenly…”
“I know. You can also contact the guild to check your credit rating. This is a tip.”
At the tip of a single gold coin and the way he confidently handed out his seal, the assistant’s face disappeared from doubt and bewilderment.
Although she had never seen his face, she recognized that the man in front of her was an apostle at the top of the world tree.
“Hi-Hi…! Sorry for sounding rude! I got the order, I’ll tell Grandpa right away! Ladies, I’ll measure you, so come this way!”
A smile that he couldn’t hide spread across his assistant’s lips. Excited at her long-awaited jackpot, she guided Sophie inside.
“yes? It’s okay, it’s okay! I’ll pay for my equipment, so Do-yoon’s equipment…”
“I’m fine, so let’s get Sophie’s equipment matched. Even though it is a two-person team, I, the team leader, live.”
“Yeah, but…! I’m really fine…”
“Ah, my wife said she bought it for me, but I’m not taking it out~ Come on, come on, go this way!”
“yes!? Vice…!”
She, who was scrambling with an apologetic expression at Do-yoon’s order, was sunk by the assistant’s skillful words and dragged her red-ripened head down.
Weapons and armor are expensive. The higher the quality, the truly eye-poppingly expensive. This was true even for the apostles who belonged to the guild that was reputed to have good earnings.
However, the eyes of the people around me were focused on the counter at the very bold order that had no regard for such circumstances.
“Uh, that rookie… No, Sado. Was it Han Do-yoon?”
“Wow… A rich man with 20,000 gold coins can put such a spell at a top-notch forge…”
“envy. If I lose a javelin, I lose a month’s wages. pestilence.”
Despite the whispers around him, Doyoon stood still, tickling the sword at his waist with his fingers. This reaction was all too familiar to him.
But in the midst of that, a wagon of the World Tree stopped in front of the blacksmith’s shop and an errand boy from the guild came in.
“Apostle Doyoon Han! This is an urgent call from the guild master!”
Everyone looked at him curiously. emergency call? What’s going on?
“Someone from the Union has come!”
His eyes focused on Doyoon. Doyoon nodded and headed for the carriage.
Apparently, the result came out.
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Millaine was riding in the carriage. The busy deputy master came out to pick up Doyoon, who had gone shopping at the blacksmith’s shop in the city.
Millain said with a tired face.
“Apostle Doyoon Han. What the hell have you done…? The warrior Dokgo Moo-young came to visit us. It’s not a personal business, but as the chief executive representing the current coalition…”
“Well…”
Do-yoon swallowed his saliva with an apologetic heart. Apparently, it seems that he unintentionally surprised Millaine again.
The carriage ran very fast, and Do-yoon, who arrived at the house, headed straight for the reception room.
“I see you often, old man.”
“hahahaha! I feel really good whenever I see you now! You surprise me every time I see you like this, Won!”
he smiled pleasantly. How he persuaded Eloa this time, he was holding a cigarette in his hand and drinking it very sweetly.
“I really had no expectations! It was just Winnie-Kaysk, a sign of his longing for her. But I never thought it would work out so well! Thanks to you, it feels like a tooth has been knocked out! chuckle!”
Dokgo Moo-young let out a rich smoke with a laugh.
“Yes, because you provided a decisive clue to dealing with ‘it’?”
“…was the fact that she spoke out caught?”
“Don’t worry! Originally, the death penalty should have been imposed for leaking confidential information, but they said it was a necessary discussion to resolve the issue. As proof of that, it’s been resolved like this! The coalition decided to do extenuating circumstances.”
“I’m glad.”
“Sooner or later, Winnie-Kaysk said she would contact you. I noticed there are so many things to ask. What the hell did you give me? Did you really give them dragon blood?”
“I can see with what expression he said that.”
Doyoon kept quiet.
“And even though this is not a formal request, you will receive a huge amount of points. You can look forward to it!”
“Good news.”
Do-yoon needed a large amount of points to find out the whereabouts of the missing god of death. This was very encouraging news.
“And apart from that, there was a reward that was promised to us privately.”
Dokgo Moo-young’s momentum became serious.
Doyoon nodded. The expectation of learning a new skill tickled his desire to practice.
“How, shall we begin now?”
“I see.”
They got up at the same time and headed out of the building.