Chapter 56 [All I need is me](6)
Olivia, she was a very large dragon.
It’s not just big, it’s not just figurative.
To borrow Dante’s words for a moment,
‘Seriously, a gigantic lizard.’
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A physical black dragon with an overwhelming physique that dares not even compare with ordinary Jackie Chan.
Even if it’s all muscle.
When I hit it with my hand, there was a sound of hitting an iron plate.
I should have recognized him when he did push-ups on his hands with one finger.
The strength and durability of each scale are so different that it would be embarrassing to put them on the same comparison line as other dragons.
Not only boasting absolute defense against almost all levels of magic attacks, including divine power, but it was so strong that even a small scale could not be broken unless the same dragon attacked with the determination to become friends.
In short, Olivia was a dragon born with the qualities (=physics) of a king from birth.
The incomparable charisma and leadership that drew the voluntary obedience of dozens or even hundreds of clan members just by showing one’s true self were not of this world.
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Shudder.
There is a sharp shudder that suffocates all around.
With a sense of fear to the point of trembling hands and feet, and a truly overwhelming sense of awe felt instinctively, everyone present was in awe and looked at a lofty black dragon standing tall on a bedrock.
A quiet silence swept around.
Cheers, admiration, groans, nothing.
No one dared to open their mouth.
I couldn’t even blink my eyes carelessly.
At this moment, only one thing is allowed to them.
All you have to do is carve that great leader’s holy image deep into his pupils!
However, Olivia waved her hands in the air as if she was used to their reaction, and continued in a gruff voice.
“[Hey, you stupid, ragtag bastards, doesn’t it make sense to ask for help from Rod, who went out to play because he couldn’t properly guard that territory? Huh?]”
“[Shame on you being pushed around by wandering kites who aren’t even from the White clan and don’t even have genealogies. You weak bastards. Ugh f*ck… These are my subordinate clans…]”
With her last words muffled, Olivia quietly put her index finger between her eyebrows as if her head hurt.
“[—Grandpa.]”
“[…! Yes, yes! Great Lord of the Black Clan.]”
At her low call, the Ancient Dragon, who was the first to wake up, hurriedly answered.
With flashing red eyes, Olivia spoke as if chanting.
“[I heard from Shen that I have a rough idea of the situation. So let’s end it as soon as possible.]”
“[[[……!!?]]]”
The eyes of the dragons, who were nervous and anxious about being beaten for the cause of mental education, saying that they were weak cubs, widened their eyes.
This bewildered and overwhelming emotion rushes like a wave.
Hope.
That was hope.
The atmosphere of the venue changes in an instant even though a black dragon has simply expressed its intention to participate in the war.
Amidst the chattering dragons, sparks of morale to seize victory rise again.
Fight and courage, the ultimate revenge to decorate the path of the dead.
My heart, my dragon heart, starts boiling hot.
“[f*cking bastards dare to cross someone’s land.]”
It’s a land that might be used as a newlyweds’ house.
At Olivia’s muttering with cold anger, everyone in the family is convinced at this moment.
Without the slightest doubt.
Without the slightest hesitation.
Not unfounded confidence, but grounded confidence.
This is what reverse charter and reverse tourism mean.
I want to express this thrilling feeling outside, but I don’t want to irritate her nerves, so I quietly roar in my heart without making a sound.
‘We will win this war unconditionally.’
The flare for the counterattack has already been fired.
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The very center of the Elos Mountains.
With a rustling sound, the tall bush moves aside, revealing two figures.
“It’s arrived. Take it right away.”
The black-haired woman and the white-haired boy, Shen and Dante.
However, Shen must have released the polymorph, and unlike in the Lesta Empire, the horns stood tall on her head.
There were long scars around her eyes.
“Whoa…”
Dante let out a long breath, wiping the sweat from his forehead with the back of his hand.
As soon as I lifted my head, I saw the entrance to a huge cave that filled my field of vision.
Its true identity was another rare of the Black Dragon Lord located in the Elos Mountains.
“…That’s what I’ve always thought, but size isn’t a joke, really…”
“By the way…I am surprised every time I see it.”
Agreeing with each other, the two nodded.
‘It could be dangerous this time, so you go to my lair. I’ll pick you up when I’m done.’
‘Did you hear me, Shen? Take responsibility and take him.’
‘Instead, if you do something stern or put a finger on your body, you’ll die. Behave well.’
It was Olivia who decided that it would be emotionally inappropriate to take Dante to a bloody battlefield where dragons risked their lives and fought each other, so she ordered Shen to take Dante to Ze Lair.
Of course it’s safest to be by Olivia’s side, but on her part, it’s because she doesn’t want to be cruel to the person she loves.
Besides, even if it’s a wanderer, as long as the liver doesn’t come out of the ship, there should be no one who will break into the rare demon dragon, which is notorious even among the enemy.
Dante, who quickly organized his thoughts, readily agreed.
I’m crazy and I’m going to the dragon battlefield.
It’s not like there are multiple lives.
Above all, it seems to be bad visually and mentally.
Anyway.
“Thank you for taking me there, Mr. Shen.”
Bowing his head, Dante expressed his gratitude.
Then Shen hurriedly shook his hand and replied,
“Oops, don’t talk like that, Bocchan! You are our family’s lifesaver!”
On the contrary, Shen chuckled, slyly replying that this was normal.
“It’s the first time in my life that I’ve seen Rod-nim hit by someone else! It seems Rod-nim likes you a lot!”
“Ahahahaha…Is that so?”
But I don’t need that kind of like!
Dante laughed off her words and hurriedly changed the subject.
“Th-Come to think of it, the surroundings are very clean for a rare that Olivia-sama has been emptying for a long time?”
A neat length of bushes wrapped around the cave, removed moss, and definitely left traces of someone trimming it.
“Oh! Are you recognizing me!”
Shen, with a thrilled expression on his face, spoke proudly.
“Because I’m an aide, this is the standard.”
Look, what a thorough work spirit this is.
Somehow, he seemed to overlap with someone he knew very well,
Dante, who quietly covered his mouth with one hand, could only shed tears.
“Oya, then I’m going to go back to Lord-sama’s side soon. No matter how many enemies there are, I don’t think there will be one big enough to attack the Demon Dragon’s residence… But it’s better not to come out of the rarity if possible. Be safe.”
“Yes, I will.”
“Well then, see you later!”
Flutter!
Shen spread his wings and soared into the sky at once.
Dante is left alone in front of the cave.
“…Ugh…It’s cold…”
Perhaps it was because he was deep in the mountains, he stepped into the lair, shivering with the chill of the highlands climbing up his back.
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“…Whoa.”
Dante, coming out into a large space, let out a small exclamation.
The cold was short-lived, and Olivia’s lair had a considerable temperature difference, as if the outside and inside air were separated through a wall.
“I thought it would be cold because it’s a cave, but it’s much warmer than I thought…”
Cozy and warm, it felt like being in a room made of cotton.
Perhaps these red scales that cling to the walls of the cave give it a warming effect.
…I don’t know what it really is.
With his hands behind his back, Dante slowly looked around him.
Not too many items for Lord’s rarity.
He said he didn’t stay here for very long.
I probably stocked up on only the essentials.
The first thing that catches your eye is the fluffy pile of straw spread all over the place and the wide hides that look like those of animals.
It must be sleeping while in dragon form.
So, is this the bedroom?
Dante crossed his arms as he looked at the three forks that stretched behind him.
It is a very large cave, so it is rare that there are several other baby caves inside the cave.
I’m supposed to be here until Olivia comes back anyway, but since it’s boring, I’m going to take a look around.
Honestly, how many times in a lifetime can an ordinary person have the chance to see a dragon’s rarity?
Somehow, it feels like exploring, so my heart is pounding.
“In the middle, I decided on you.”
Dante, who had trimmed his clothes, took a fresh step.
Not knowing that a small hair ball was chasing after him.
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‘I like treasure.’
It was one of the commonalities of all dragons, very well known in the human world.
Dragons with a strong desire for possession and materialism enjoy piling up shiny gold coins and jewels in their rares and looking around, but the main type of goods they collect differs slightly depending on which clan they belong to.
There are dragons that like to eat.
For example, gold coins are the most rare in the gold clan, but platinum coins and pearls are the most rare in the white clan.
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Among them, it is known that black dragons like black diamonds, black sapphires, and black spinels that are as black as their scales.
──But, that seems to be true.
Dante smiled wryly, his tongue hanging out as he gazed at the mountain of gold coins and glittering black jewels that almost reached the ceiling of the cave.
What’s more, rubies, sapphires, emeralds, it emits a very iridescent light that makes your eyes hurt.
At this amount, it’s not a mountain, it’s almost a sea of treasures. Ocean.
I’m not kidding, I think you can really swim here.
It was at that time when Dante was appalled at how much this would cost if he exchanged money.
Awesome.
“…..?”
Udeuk, Wooddeuk.
“…!”
The sound of something being chewed was heard clearly in my ears.
A very unpleasant noise, like a hard iron plate or animal bones being crushed.
What, what? Wasn’t I alone here…?
Dante, his golden eyes wide open, quietly began to approach the source of the sound.
The place where the sound can be heard strongly is probably on the other side of this mountain of treasure.
The more you move backwards, the clearer the crunching noise.
Finally, the moment I slowly turned my head towards the sound, hiding behind the pile of treasure,
“….!!!??”
Dante desperately had to cover his mouth to keep his screams from leaking out.
“[Ughhhhh..hhhhh…]”
It was because the black dragon, estimated to be a sub-adult body, was eagerly chewing on gold coins and jewels from the opposite side of the treasure pile where Dante was standing.
The sheer volume and height of the treasure helped, too, but fortunately it seemed that he was so preoccupied with eating that he didn’t recognize this side.
A pale complexion.
Shaky legs.
With some autosuggestions to keep his breathing from becoming rough, Dante managed to calm his breathing.
Calm down, calm down first. Me.
We need to get out of here calmly, as calmly as possible, quietly.
The possibility that that black dragon is from Olivia’s clan is extremely low.
I lived while experiencing the fear of the dragon, so how could I have the guts to search for a rare rod?
Then is it the enemy’s dragon?
Since Olivia is known to have gone out to play, she must have approached her aiming for a huge treasure in the absence of the landlord.
He said no one would come! You said no one would come, you crazy lizard!!?
Resenting Olivia, Dante desperately stepped forward with his trembling legs in fear.
Bite your lips tightly, with the thought that if it hardens here, it will be the end.
However, what a joke of fate.
Took!
“…..!!?”
A gold coin that was far away, unable to see down, caught on the tip of his foot and floated into the air.
Clink! Ting! Ting! T-DDDDING…!
Fall to the ground with a loud sound.
In addition, it echoes many times like an echo.
“[…… Huh?]”
Then the black dragon, which had been resting its head on the treasure, immediately raised its head high, rolled its vertically-shaped pupils surrounded by a film, and began to search for the rat that disturbed its meal.
Soon, a gray-haired boy with gray eyes, slumped in his seat.
The black dragon growled in a displeased voice.
“[How dare an insignificant demon try to steal the dragon’s treasure…]”
No, before that, this isn’t yours. Why are you pretending to be yours?
“[Ha! The sight of him risking his life blinded by greed is like a moth clinging to a light.]”
Raising its forepaws, which were studded with sharp thorns, the black dragon sneered.
Oh no, I have to run away.
“[Die. You lowly——]”
“[Hey. Ong]”
“[Hah?]”
…..Meow…Meow!?
False! Gripping!
The black dragon, startled by the sound of the sparks, looked back.
“[What, what is this fat cat…!?]”
A small tuft of hair that appeared out of nowhere, with no sign of popularity, was firing a tiny lightning bolt from the tip of its tail.
At the level of lightning magic that didn’t even sting, the black dragon regained its pace and sneered again.
“[Huh, that’s right. Familiar. You’re struggling until the very end. It’s foolish. This kind of magic seems to work on dragons——]”
“Nagiyaaa!!!!!!!”
I’ve been waiting for this moment.
After cutting off the black dragon’s words, Dante raised his middle finger and screamed out loud, his voice cracking.
“f*ck you!!!!!!”
“[…Yes.]”
Soon, in line with Dante’s slogan, Nagi’s cute paws are gently placed on the black dragon’s tail.
“[That’s why I said it doesn’t work—-]”
Pajik.
“[──?]”
A blue lightning struck.
Weave!!!!!!
“[Kiyaaa!!!!!!!!]”
Looking at the burning black dragon, Dante raised his middle finger.
“Yongho Sangbak you son of a b*tch!!!!!”