Chapter 52: 52

Rumble, rumble—

Flutter—

The huge black wings appeared sparsely through the clouds . The whole body did not appear yet, but people could tell, that the monster was on a different level than other monsters . It was only spreading wings above the sky, but a huge wind reached to the ground . The monster’s body looked like more than 100 meters, and it had giant wings . It breathed out the ominous magic that nobody could ever experience .

“B-boss?”

“Is that…?”

That monster was the boss of the green dungeon . It was the boss of the highest level among the green dungeons .

“The half demonic dragon, Igolas,” Su-hyeun mumbled .

It looked like a dragon, but it was not technically a dragon . That was why it was called half demonic dragon . The reason why it had “demonic” in the name was that it had such ominous energy .

“If this monster flies to other places… not just Anyang City, the close cities like Seoul, Ansan, and Suwon could be in danger as well,” Su-hyeun thought .

Everywhere this monster would go, more and more people would die . Especially, at this time, the S-rank awakeners had been vacated their seats .

“I will take care of it,” Su-hyeun said .

“You mean, by yourself?” Kim Do-ui was surprised .

He knew Su-hyeun was pretty good, but the energy from Igolas was something beyond anything an individual could afford . Kim Do-ui, though, even if Su-hyeun was S-rank, there would be no way he could catch it by himself . But Su-hyeun stepped up and said he would catch the Igolas .

“Please take care of other random monsters . Can you do that?” Su-hyeun asked .

Su-hyeun considered Kim Do-ui as the head of the awakeners . When an outbreak occurs, the highest command on the field was held by the owner of the highest rank among the awakeners who belonged in the country . Kim Do-ui was in the highest rank beside Su-hyeun in this place . He was also the closest assistant to the director . So it was natural that Kim Do-ui had control of the situation . Su-hyeun left other monsters to him, except Igolas .

“Don’t let any monsters go out of this city . Do you understand?” Su-hyeun ordered .

“…I will try . ” Kim Do-ui answered .

“Trying is not good enough . ”

“Okay . I got it . I won’t let that happen . ”

At Kim Do-ui’s definite statemen, Su-hyeun smiled a little and nodded . Then, Su-hyeun noticed somebody came next to him . He turned his head .

“When it’s over, we need to talk . ”

Hak-Joon was glaring at Su-hyeun with fierce eyes . He looked like he was feeling sorry rather than angry . Su-hyeun thought Hak-Joon would react like this, but when he saw his face, he had no idea what to say .

“Yea . Let’s talk later,” Su-hyeun answered .

They were busy with their own businesses, so they did not have many chances to see each other, but still, they contacted often . Somehow, they became brothers and got closer . That was possible, of course, because they were interested in each other . Su-hyeun was interested in Hak-Joon’s talent, and Hak-Joon was…

“He was contacting me… For what?” Su-hyeun thought .

He had no idea why Hak-Joon did not avoid his contact . What he heard was ever since Hak-Joon had decided to join Ares Guild, he cut off all other people except the guild members . He thought it was something he should check it out, but he was too busy to do it . He decided to find it out after this thing ended .

“But at first—”

Krrrr—

The clear cry covered the sky . Igolas’s body finally appeared under the clouds . The dark scales and skin, and the darker eyes than those scanned the ground . Su-hyeun looked up at Igolas and muttered .

“—I guess I have to something with that first . ”

Whirl—

Whoosh—

The Blue Flame skill wrapped around his body . There was no reason to save his magic anymore .

[The Flame . ]

[The Flame – Phoenixes]

[The Indomitable body . ]

[The Transfiguration Skill: Imoogi . ]

His body started to harden like steel and scales started to cover his arms and neck . The blue flame surrounded his body and two Phoenixes spread their wings .

“Here I go . ”

Bang—

He used Leap skill and jumped higher . Soon, he used Imoogi’s characteristics and floated his body . He used Leap skill again and floated his body to a higher place .

Krrrrr—

Even though he did not use Provocation skills, Igolas looked at Su-hyeun . Perhaps the power of Flame and magic from Su-hyeun caught its eyes .

“Come on, half-lizard,” Su-hyeun yelled .

Kiyaaaa—!

As if it understood what he said, Igolas open up his mouth and roared to Su-hyeun . The black breath started to cover Su-hyeun’s body .

“Should I avoid or fend off?” He briefly thought and decided to break through .

Whoosh—

The sword in his hand, Gram started to form his Flame . Soon, he wielded his sword in front of his face .

Rip—!

There was a path through Gram’s cut . Su-hyeun used the Leap skill again and jumped through it . It was the last jump that could be used in the air without steppingstones .

Whoosh—!

Su-hyeun quickly narrowed the distance, and Igolas swung its wings toward him .

Whiz—

Crack—!

Su-hyeun quickly wielded Gram and struck the wings . He cut Igolas’s skin through its heavy scales, but he could not block the impact all the way . His body flew away . His whole body was soaring . He found a tall building and barely landed on it .

Crack—

The roof of the building, which looked like a department store, was broken . Su-hyeun raised his head again to look at Igolas .

Kiiyaaaak—!

Igolas let out a horrible shriek . Blood was dripping from the wing where he wielded his sword .

“Gram is the best . ”

The Gram’s sharply wrapped magic pierced even the hard scales of Igolas . He did not expect he would cut it at once, but Gram’s performance was better than what he had expected . The angry Igolas started to breathe out to Su-hyeun . If that breath reached to the ground, this department store building would melt .

“I can’t help the building…,” Su-hyeun thought .

The building was empty anyway . Near here, there were no civilians except awakeners . And awakeners would protect their bodies by themselves . Su-hyeun put Gram back into the scabbard and pulled the spear from his back . It was the spear that he had specially prepared for this day .

[Dragon Slaying Spear – Nir . ]

It was an item that is made by mimicking a mythical spear Gungnir . He could buy it from the store . It was quite expensive . It was a weapon that could give overwhelming additional damage to reptilian monsters . To the monster like Igolas, this spear would be more harmful than Gram .

“Although there is a limit that, I can use this only once . ”

Su-hyeun grabbed the spear with one hand and largely bowed his body like a bow .

Swish—!

The breath of Igolas came closer . Su-hyeun could faintly see Igolas through the breath . He aimed spear to its body .

“One, two, three . ”

He counted number in his head as his habit . And—

Boom—!

The spear flew and torn Igolas’s breath . At the same time, the tip of the spear split and scattered into hundreds and thousands of thin pieces .

Whoosh—

At a time, the magic in the spear began to fire . The blue flame covered the spear, the pieces became countless spears and beat the body of Igolas .

Boom, boom, boom—

Wham—!

Kiyaaaaaa—!

Igolas screamed out . Su-hyeun frowned at the loud crying that sounded as if it would tear his eardrums .

But the effect was useful . It was worthwhile to pay a high price .

“It is too bad that it is just a one-time use item,” Su-hyeun thought .

He could use it only once, but if it was this powerful, it would not be bad to buy more just in case . The time for the Leap skill reset . When Igolas was in a panic, Su-hyeun flew up again .

Swish—

Soon, Su-hyeun arrived above the clouds and looked down Igolas . It was still suffering and could not see Su-hyeun . He gulped air .

Boom—!

Shortly after, he used the last Leap skill and ran into the top of the Igolas’s body . Su-hyeun, who got on the body of Igolas, grabbed Gram and started to cut his body .

Rip, rip—!

Whack, whaaack—!

The thick scales were cut in small pieces . It was too thick to cut deep in the first try, but he was able to cut the minor wounds quickly .

“More, more . ”

Hack, slash—

Igolas struggled from the sword of Su-hyeun . It screamed out in pain, swung its wings, and breathed out to resist . The giant wing and tail of Igolas almost grazed the tip of Su-hyeun’s nose . One attack from Igolas had enough power to destroy Su-hyeun’s body .

“A little more!”

Riiiip—

Kiyaaa—!

He put Gram into the deep of Igolas’s back and drew it down . The blood spilled out like a fountain . Igolas let out a scream louder than before . At that moment, Su-hyeun’s eyes sparkled .

“Now!”

Whooosh—!

The blood fountain that spouted out fell towards Su-hyeun . It moved as if it were a living thing, tried to pierce Su-hyeun like a sharp awl .

Whoosh—!

Crackle, crackle—

As Su-hyeun’s gesture, the flame burst from the below . That flame blocked the awls of the harden blood of Igolas and burn those .

“I was looking forward to seeing you . ”

Su-hyeun looked at Igolas’s wound he just made with his sword Gram . From the wound, that spilled blood like the fountain before, the blood came out slowly once more .

Rumble, rumble—

The dark blood gathered together and started to make a form like a human . The man who had an elaborately shaped dragon face turned his head from side to side and stared at Su-hyeun .

“Who are you…?”

Igolas asked in wonder . He had been looking down at the ground from behind the clouds for hours . He also had seen Su-hyeun was fighting with other people . But somehow, he teamed up with other people now and fought against him . Su-hyeun acted as if he knew their existence beforehand . He could not help but ask . However, instead of answering, Su-hyeun told a completely different story .

“Are you… Happy to live like that?”

“What?”

Igolas asked back at Su-hyeun’s question like building castles in the air .

“What the hell is talking about,” Igolas thought .

At Su-hyeun’s words, Igolas’s face contorted . He felt like he could remember something .

“Hey, you, half demonic dragon . You who tried to kill this monster now became one with it and run amuck . Remember . You… Are not a demonic dragon . ”

The being in front of Su-hyeun was Igolas but not Igolas . He was…

“The knight of the half demonic dragon, Falcon . ”

He was a misfortune knight who decided to assimilate with the half demonic dragon Igolas to stop it . He had been united with Igolas and fought against it for a long, long time . And while that, he lost the initiative of the body, and he became like this .

“I… I…”

The eyes of Falcon made with dark blood started to have a focus . But the focus that spackled once quickly disappeared . And at that moment, Su-hyeun raised his sword again .

“Well, if you don’t remember, it can’t be helped,” Su-hyeun said .

He did not expect much in the first place .

“I will make you remember . ”