"Normal Speech"

'Thought'

Past Narrative

"Past speech"

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The location that On and Hong chose to buried the black orb was out of Cale's expectations.

The Viscount's villa was 30 meters away from the dragon's cave. On and Hong buried the orb 50 meters away from that cave, in an area filled with trees and shrubs that made it difficult for the orb to be found.

"You two are just wonderful."

"Something like this is a piece of cake~" On's nose twitched in joy, happy to get a praise for something this easy.

They were currently crouching around the area of the buried black orb, or officially known as Mana Disturbance Tool.

"Do you remember the plan?" Cale had explained the plan on their way here.

"Is that even a plan?" On asked. The plan was for Choi Han to defeat the guard and then Cale, Hong and her to go in and rescue the poor dragon. A Dragon!

Cale only mentioned that the being they were to rescue was a dragon when he explained 'the plan'. Talk about being surprised.

"Well, there are a total of 6 people on guard at this time."

Cale recalled what was written in [The Birth of a Hero]. The black dragon was smart, and he wasn't being held captive for four years for nothing. He actually had been gathering information, the reason he chose two days later as the day he attempted to escape.

There were approximately 30 people residing in the villa. Originally, there were close to 100 people, but it slowly went down as they realized that no one really came to this area.

However, those 30 people couldn't be underestimated, as there were 3 high-level knights as well as 7 mid-level knights among the 30 people. There were also soldiers, torturers and laborers.

This showed just how important this place to the Marquis. Luckily, Cale had Choi Han, the strongest swordsmaster in Roan kingdom.

"Let me go over the explanation again. There are one high-level knight and two mid-level knights as well as two soldiers at the entrance. Inside the cave will be a high-level knight and a torturer at the end of the cave."

Choi Han flinched at the word 'torturer' but Cale couldn't effort to care about what he's thinking right now. The black orb would be activated soon, he needed to concentrate and move quickly in response.

"The magic recording devices located from the villa to the the cave entrance will not work for 40 minutes, thanks to On and Hong's hard work. This will be the same for the alarms, magic traps and anything else."

The Marquis wanted to domesticate the dragon, so he couldn't ask any mages for help. That was why he chose to fill the area with magic tools instead. The small amount of soldiers also because he trusted the magic tools.

The Dragon had to chose the last option of using mana explosion to escape.

[An eye for an eye, and money for money.]

Since the Marquis spent money to keep the dragon imprisoned, Cale had also used money to save the dragon from the Marquis. He has all sorts of magic items, useful tools inside his spare spatial bag.

"I just need to take out the guards?"

Naturally, Choi Han is the only one fighting, since Cale is currently a weakling who hadn't trained his body at all, and hopefully he didn't have to use the shield yet. He wanted to keep it hidden for as long as he could hide it.

"Yes. You are the only one I rely on to cover our back." Cale looked at Choi Han with a serious expression.

And Choi Han nodded his head and sincerely responded back. "I will definitely live up to your expectations."

"Thanks. But as I mentioned before, make sure they see our outfit and then knock them out. Don't kill them, and don't show your sword arts. It's too unique."

"I remember what you said."

"Good. I'll leave it to you." Cale handed Choi Han the voice changer device. Cale just wanted to throughly making sure that they won't be recognized by any methods at all. "It's rented and it's expensive, so don't break it."

"Yes, I got it. You don't have to worry about it." Choi Han sighed softly. 'Cale-nim and his money issue. Just how expensive it is for this rich young master to call it expensive.'

"Five more minutes." Cale reminded them as he recalled the warning Billos told him about.

"The magic items that have been influenced by the Mana Disturbance Tool will instantly stop working, and most of them will turn off to prevent it from blowing up. However, the highest quality magic items will start beeping to signal that they are broken. It isn't like alarm magic, instead, it is more like a clock alarm."

"It will probably be loud?"

"I promised I won't asked, but it should be loud enough for your enemy to hear it. So, please be careful." Billos said that but he smirked and continued "However, if there are a lot of magic items in the area, it will probably get chaotic with all the alarms going off at the same time."

Chaotic? That's perfect for Cale.

"Get ready."

The kittens had covered themselves with charcoal to cover the color of their furs. They then left Cale's side and disappeared into the darkness. Cale knew that they would still follow the plan.

Brrrrrrrrring! Something started to vibrate right underneath where Cale had been sitting. The black orb had started to activate.

Tik Tik... the seconds hand of Cale's watch slowly approached the set time.

And finally, the last Tik.

"Let's go."

At Cale's order, Choi Han dashed ahead while On started to create fog. She had been training hard to create more fog as well as to not burden her body much.

Briiiiiiing... The black orb finally fully activated.

"I guess they aren't all highest quality magic items."

Some of the magic items started to ring loudly to sound their status. Cale followed behind Choi Han with fog surrounding him, and they headed toward the cave.

Choi Han had started to fight with the soldiers and knights at the entrance. In a short amount of time, the soldiers are all knocked out on the floor.

Choi Han was fighting a high level knight when another one showed up from inside the cave.

"Shit! Just What the hell is going on?"

Cale spoke through the voice changing device. "Poison"

Right away, there was a paralyzing poison spread throughout the fog. This would help them gain some times, as even if the fainted enemies woke up, they wouldn't be able to move for a while.

Cale made eyes contact with the high level knight and muttered another word. "Cover"

Choi Han, who had made the high level knight unconscious, instantly stepped in front of Cale and darted toward the cave entrance, Cale followed behind in a safe distance.

"Block them!"

At the shout of the high level knight, the two mid level knights as well as the high level knight himself, with aura smoke surrounding his sword, came and blocked them.

However, the three swords were cut in half. Very cleanly.

Clang. Clang. Clang.

The three knights were dumbfounded. "I-Is he a sword master?"

Only sword master could used aura, and only aura could cut down another aura. The three immediately felt despair and shock.

But Choi Han didn't give them the time to think about it, as soon as he cut down the sword, he immediately used the scabbard to attack the three knights on the stomach and neck, rendering them unconscious.

'Wow, one hit K.O. So amazing.' Cale didn't hide his amazement at all as he followed Choi Han into the cave.

More people came from the villa because of the commotions. Unfortunately, either they fainted from the Choi Han's hit or dropped down to the ground, paralyzed by the poison.

Cale used the chance to enter the deep part of the cave together with the cat tribe children, while Choi Han dealt with the knights and soldiers.

After seeing that Cale had gone into the cave, Choi Han who had endured the shouts of 'intruders' and 'assassins' from the enemies, finally grumbled out loud. "So noisy."

Choi Han then moved to block the entrance of the cave. "None shall pass."

While Choi Han was protecting the cave entrance, there was another person who protected something in different manner inside the cave. It was the torturer.

He had a duty to protect the dragon's prison. But he was in a state of chaos. "Why!? Why is this magic crystal ball not working!?"

Magic crystal ball is one of the backup that Venion had prepared for emergency.

"W-Who are you? Don't come near me! If you come, everyone will die."

Of course, Cale knew this wasn't just empty threat, it's another one of The psycho Venion's safety measures for emergency.

If this torturer received an attack higher than an average person's strength, he will blow up. The strength of the blast will make the prison key as well as the prison itself blow up with the torturer.

That's why the torturer is scared, he didn't want to die. Cale's indifferent eyes looked at the shaking torturer, he waved his hand as a signal to On and Hong.

The poisoned fog quickly spread, but the area near Cale is fog-free. The fog quickly surrounding the torturer and paralyzed him. He started to drop to the floor.

Cale didn't really feel pity for this kind of people. He rummage through the torturer's clothes to get the prison keys.

Cale snapped his fingers when the torturer finally lost consciousness, maybe died, he didn't care.

On and Hong fell from the ceiling. Cale verified that they are safe and no injuries, before he headed toward the cell with the black dragon.

Cale could see the Black Dragon curled up inside the now useless magic prison. And what made him shocked and angry was the amount of blood covering the dragon as well as the blood puddle around the dragon.

Cale hastily opened the prison's door, and approached the Dragon slowly. The Dragon still had his eyes closed. He was probably in a state of chaos.

Cale saw all kinds of torturing tools as well as the luxurious couch that Venion sat on to watch. Cale felt like he wanted to kill Venion right now.

Cale swallowed the lump in his throat, turned his head to look at the Dragon who had his eyelids trembling as it laid there with the eyes closed.

"Hey." Cale called out carefully.

"..." The Dragon didn't answer him.

Cale smiled a little sadly and helplessly. 'This little guy is still prideful, it's good.'

Cale glanced at his watch. They need to leave now. "Let's us leave this place first."

Cale used the keys he got from the torturer and unlocked all the chains. The Dragon opened his eyes at that moment, his eyes met Cale's. At that moment, Cale's smile turned a little happier and genuine.

"What a beautiful eyes you have, even a nicer gaze." Cale said as he cautiously scooped the Dragon and hold him with both his arms. 'His gaze is still filled with desire to live. Unlike the lifeless eyes that described in novel when Choi Han killed him.'

"Let's get you out of here." Cale repeated gently, disregard the blood that stained his clothes. "We have to heal you as soon as possible."

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Tsuki: I tried... I feel like I failed this chapter....