288 – 276.7 Days of Dragon-5
I was embarrassed.
Why do pocket watches come from places like this?
I couldn’t understand it so I tried to open the watch.
However, the magical energy contained within the watch made the hairs on my entire body stand up and I quickly closed it.
There was no way to inspect the pocket watch at this point without Prah.
‘I have to find out about pocket watches…’ !’
I opened the village chief’s diary, intending to read it later.
Without the small details, I quickly looked for a page with the word ‘clock’ in it.
As time passed, I was able to find the content I wanted so much.
[It was a day when I was suffering from the pain of losing my family day by day. Merchants came to the village. After experiencing a terrible accident caused by a foreigner, I was furious and tried to chase the merchants out.]
[I knew I was not normal. It is ridiculous to kick out merchants who are involved in the village’s livelihood. But if I didn’t do this, the memories of that day would come back and I couldn’t bear it.]
[The merchants were disgusted by my progress and left. However, a merchant with a strange feeling approached me. I couldn’t hold back my anger and ended up hitting him on the cheek, but he didn’t care and quietly whispered to me.]
[The question was whether you wanted to bring your precious family back to life. At that moment, goosebumps appeared all over my body. This is the devil’s whisper. Even though I was repeating it over and over in my head hundreds of times, I wanted to hear what he said even more.]
[He handed me a pocket watch without saying anything. As soon as I accepted this, I instinctively knew what to do. You must extract demonic energy from the demonic beast and place it inside the watch.]
[The amount of magic energy that had to be contained in the pocket watch was greater than imagined. On the other hand, my time was limited. If things continue like this, I might pass away before I can fill up all my magical energy. As I was venting my anger at such despair, knowledge about rejuvenation appeared in my head.]
[You can rejuvenate by extracting and ingesting the bodily fluids of a human male who has been fed demonic beast meat. When I realized that fact, I immediately captured a traveler from outside and conducted an experiment.]
[The experiment was successful. The fine wrinkles on my face were gradually disappearing. Even though the traveler died without being able to last a few days, it doesn’t matter. They took my precious family away from me. So, until the day my family is revived, I will sacrifice them to survive.]
It was not known exactly where the pocket watch originated.
However, there were certain things I realized from this content.
The chief has gone insane with anger over losing his family, and it is highly likely that the pocket watch’s function is time travel.
‘Actually, I was brought back to the past by a pocket watch…….’
It was safe to say that there was no way to revive a family member who had already died.
But seeing him confident that he could be saved, the only thing that came to mind was going back to the past and changing the future.
In other words, the village chief’s ultimate goal is to use the power of the pocket watch to change the past in which his family was massacred.
“I sympathize with you, but I cannot tolerate such atrocities.”
I understand how to fill a pocket watch with the magical energy of a demonic beast.
However, I did not understand the fact that they killed innocent men for the sake of rejuvenation.
If you’re worried about your lifespan, isn’t there a way to find someone who will carry on your wishes and hand over your pocket watch?
After being betrayed by an outsider whom I trusted, I lost the ability to trust others and ended up with blood on my hands for something that could have been completed without sacrifice.
This means that she is already an irreversible murderer.
“Because a person who has been ruined by others can set out on a path of slaughter at any given opportunity.”
Percussion-!
I closed the diary and took a deep breath.
I learned about the village chief’s secrets and evil deeds. I should have made this fact known now, but I couldn’t.
This was because the village chief and a strange type of monster whose identity I could not determine were standing at the entrance where I came in.
“How do you feel about having my secret revealed?”
“Is there anything special? “It’s a crazy revenge story by a senile old man.”
“I guess not using honorifics is your true self.”
“That’s right, are you disillusioned?”
“I was disillusioned from the moment I entered the mansion. “He was talking enthusiastically while wearing a mask throughout the conversation.”
“He must have been seen through because he is a terrible liar like me… ….”
As I said before, people who are good at lying are sensitive to the lies of others.
The village chief, like me, was fully aware of my lies during the conversation.
Fortunately, it seems like they didn’t see through the act of pretending to be unconscious.
However, looking at the fact that he is not greatly disturbed, he must have judged it to be nothing more than a minor variable.
“You’ve been wandering around other people’s houses like a rat, so you should be punished accordingly, right?”
“It’s a disaster. It’s your fault for not confining the rat properly.”
“The rat I was trying to keep quietly bit my servant.”
“They are trying to exploit me by forcing me to eat something hideous, so what can I do if I want to survive?”
“If I had been nice, at least I would have died less painfully… ….”
“Are you telling me to obey that old b*tch? “f*ck you!”
I raised my middle finger and showed off to the village chief.
Then she frowned and did not hold back her anger.
Did she even realize that she had uttered words that were no different from telling her to humbly accept her tactical hack?
The young man’s ‘bodily fluids’ confirmed in the contents of the diary.
In the current situation, it was highly likely that blood was ingested, but we could not be sure.
I glanced at the family photo again. When he saw the old man standing behind his happy family, he got goosebumps all over his body.
“Unfortunately, you will have to be disposed of. “No matter how much rejuvenation I need, I have no desire to absorb your bodily fluids.”
“I also refuse to work with an old man who is more seasoned than a chicken coop.”
“I’m glad we hate each other. “I can kill with peace of mind.”
“You’re so good at saying things you don’t even mean to say.”
The village chief left the place, leaving Lee Hyeong’s monster behind.
It probably means that it’s enough even if you don’t deal with it directly, or that the person involved is weak.
I reached out to my empty waist without realizing it.
It was his habit to pull out Prah whenever there were signs of a fight.
But now, Prah, my lifelong companion, did not exist.
“Ugh… ….”
Gulping my appetite with regret, I changed my posture.
Just because you don’t have a sword doesn’t mean you can’t fight.
Just like when I lectured at the academy, I can use my body parts instead of the sword.
It’s insignificant body is soft enough to be cut with a single knife, but that part can be replaced with magic.
‘You won’t be able to use techniques like sword energy…’ ….’
Even so, I had a knack for swords.
In the process of becoming a Grand Sword Master, there was a crazy restriction that you had to love the sword itself, but that wasn’t a big problem.
There were often people who actually dedicated their lives to the sword.
Nevertheless, most people who devoted their lives ended up failing to achieve their goals.
The reason was simple. This was because they had a marked lack of understanding of the sword.
Just because you love someone, it is rare to know that person well.
They boasted that they knew about swords, but it was probably just bragging.
“What do guys like me know about swords who have never climaxed by f*cking them with a sword?”
“Kiryaek!!”
Each of them has five different arms, a large single eye, a torn mouth, and a rotten odor and pus coming out of their entire body.
The appearance of the chimera, which seemed to be a mixture of the meat of over hundreds of magical beasts, was disgusting.
He came at me screaming.
The chimera’s arms rose all at once and hit the floor harshly.
If your body cannot keep up with your visual acuity, you can move on to the area of prediction.
I thought about where my fists would point and moved my body in advance.
Compared to the powerful enemies he had fought so far, Chimera was a one-dimensional opponent.
A meat doll that moves solely to destroy the enemies in front of it.
It overwhelmed its opponents with its size and grotesqueness, but considering its simple movements, it was inferior to the Yeti.
“First one.”
I swung my arm with the blade raised and cut off one arm of the thick chimera.
There were signs that a new body was emerging from the neatly cut surface.
I kicked a rock that formed from a crack in the floor and hit the chimera’s leg.
The moment he fell to his knees due to his lost balance, flames formed in his palm and he hit the cutting edge.
The chimera’s fist aimed at my side due to its destructive nature.
She closed her fingers and blocked her fist.
I didn’t have enough strength and my body was pushed slightly, but my ribs didn’t break.
Instead of cutting off the arm he was holding with his fingers, he climbed on top of the thick arm.
Before it could react to the sudden action, it ran up to its shoulder and turned its body.
He cut off all the arms attached to his back and cut off his neck in one go.
“…… “Is this what happens?”
Honestly, I was a little surprised. Although it was not up to Bern’s level, his technique was partially reproduced.
While I was hopeful that I might be able to fight like Bern if I had a good body, I also sighed as I remembered techniques that could not be reproduced.
“I’m glad the time I spent possessing Bern wasn’t in vain.”
Kwajik-!
He kicked and exploded the head of the chimera that was lying on the floor with only its head and body remaining.
Today, the things that happened at the academy come to mind.
“Anyway, I took the notebook, which was evidence of corruption, and the watch…” ….”
It remained completely in my arms.
Why didn’t the village chief try to retrieve it?
Even though it was the only means to save his family, the village chief left midway.
‘Maybe this pocket watch is a counterfeit and I have a separate copy of the real one…’ ….’
First, I think I need to get out of the mansion and join Breeze.
There are 30 minutes left until the appointed time.
We needed to escape before Breeze ruined this place.
I followed the route I entered the prison and returned to the entrance.
When I got on the device and pressed the button, the elevator started to go up at high speed.
I escaped from prison safely and arrived in the furnace of the mansion.
“…… “What?”
When I got out, everything in the mansion except the furnace was already burning brightly.
And Breeze was standing outside the window, as if he had been waiting in advance.
“Tsk!”
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Breeze’s light punch turned the wall of her kitchen into powder and brought her inside.
Now I can see that she was holding a torch in one hand.
“Pff, Mr. Freeze? “Did you set the mansion on fire?”
“Yes! “I started screaming 30 minutes ago!”
“Why? “It hasn’t even been three hours yet?”
“That’s the entry time, right? “Before that, it didn’t matter what you did, right?”
It was far-fetched, but there was no room to refute it. Because, as she said, she didn’t specify what she was doing.
Still, I couldn’t understand her reckless behavior of setting fire.
When I asked this, Breeze’s always bright answer came back.
“You didn’t say it, but I was feeling the emotions your heart was feeling. After I realized that what you were feeling was unusual, I thought I had to do something about it, so I set it on fire! Still, you are somewhat restrained? If it had been the same, the mansion would have been blown up without leaving a trace!”
“… ….”
The magic imprint on the heart not only shared the location, but was also able to detect emotions.
Once I realized that fact, I thought that maybe I had handed over my heart to a demon, not a dragon.
“The case has been solved, right? “Then let’s go back to the nest!”
Breeze pulls my arm with an innocent smile.
I began to feel like Breeze in my youth was someone in the same league as me, committing acts without looking back.