Episode 379
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Dragons are the most powerful creatures on earth, in name and reality.
Duripa Lorenzo was definitely a dragon.
Even though Jack’s mana circuits are completely torn apart, the title does not disappear.
The vocal cords that had disappeared.
It was recovering now.
The ridiculous resilience of nature.
But does that make sense?
Every time it was played, a human named Saxon kept poking his vocal cords.
As a result, even though dozens of minutes had passed since he was subdued by Jack, Lorenzo’s neck was now a rag.
This is a situation where swearing just comes out naturally.
Lorenzo thought.
Substitute.
Where did it go wrong?
An idea immediately came to mind.
Valentine Milos.
It’s been like this since I got involved with that monster, that monster, that f*cking bitch.
Because of that girl, I couldn’t escape from the Demon Forest and was tied up here.
Yeah, it’s because of that girl.
It’s all because of that girl.
That was when.
[It’s been a while.]
The accident has stopped.
Because the voice was so familiar.
If my senses weren’t mistaken, the ‘thing’ talking above my head was definitely a doll.
It was a doll, but why does her voice sound like that girl’s?
If your vocal cords had recovered, you would have asked.
Who are you?
But it was meaningless.
Because it was released right away.
[It seems like you and the other dragons don’t know that I was alive. Wasn’t there anyone who told you?]
My mouth is wide open.
[They even planted spies, but it seems they didn’t hear about it from the spies. It’s really unfortunate.]
Lorenzo stopped dead in his tracks.
Valentine Milos.
It’s her.
Alive, you were.
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[It has been a long, long time. Do you remember 400 years ago, when we gathered all the dragons in the Great Hall and made a covenant?]
There is no way it can’t be done.
Isn’t that why you’re stuck in the Demon Forest?
It was really Valentine’s Day, what the heck is this… … .
[Sometimes I think about it. What if I had just killed you instead of making a covenant back then?]
Lorenzo took a deep breath.
[If I had killed you then, wouldn’t the world not have become such a mess? Wouldn’t the world I wanted have been created? I clearly told you. To your dragons, to ‘properly’ manage the Forest of Demons. But it seems you misunderstood what I meant by that management.]
Lorenzo had no idea what this monster of a woman was trying to say.
Yeah, now everything is resolved.
I couldn’t understand from a common sense perspective why that guy named Jack was so strong, but if Valentine was behind him, it’s entirely possible.
Because Valentine was that much of a monster.
Valentine, who had been looking straight ahead, continues speaking slowly.
[Why couldn’t I have thought of changing the system? Why didn’t I know that the imbalance in the system caused an imbalance in power and hindered the development of the world?]
Valentine pauses for a moment and lets out a self-deprecating laugh.
[You may not know this, but the world is truly mysterious. When you think about how all of this is the result of cause and effect, it really is… … mysterious.]
Valentine taps Lorenzo on the head with his hand.
[The five dragons, including you, have killed countless people in their vain desires and vain lust for power. Of course, we cannot leave out the two lords. That is why the seven dragons must die.]
“… … .”
[It’s not like it’s for the world or anything. It’s just something simple. If you go around killing anyone, anyone can kill you. Just the strong and the weak. Do you understand what I mean?]
The dragons of the Demon Forest must die unconditionally.
It’s the same reason the nobles of the continent died.
Because they’re the ones who deserve to die.
[The two lords are dead, two of the five dragons are dead, and you have become a living corpse, so there are only two left.]
At those words, Lorenzo’s eyes opened wide.
What did you just say?
Load.
Two Lords are dead?
really?
Valentine was rather surprised by Lorenzo’s reaction.
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[… … Didn’t you know this either? Yes, the two Lords are dead. What’s more, Cell, who was the child of the two Lords, was taken in by my disciple and became a new family.]
Valentine, who had been looking down at Lorenzo for a moment, burst into laughter as if it was ridiculous.
[I feel like an idiot. I didn’t know that the two Lords were dead, I didn’t know that Cell was alive, and I didn’t know that I was alive… … . The information is too late considering that I planted spies in each race. Too late.]
Valentine, who had been lamenting, raised his head.
Before he knew it, Jack was standing next to Valentine.
Their gazes intersect.
Jack said.
“It was like this in my past life too.”
[……okay?]
Jack nods.
“Master, do you know why I didn’t bring Cell here?”
[Aren’t you worried about the resentment that the other races hold against the dragons?]
Jack shook his head.
Anyway, you can just press down on it all with force, so that can’t be the decisive reason.
It was just at that level, which could be a reason of its own, and this was the decisive reason.
“I didn’t want to show it.”
[what?]
“About how incompetent these five dragons are.”
[… … .]
“As for the failures, there are enough examples of kings and nobles of each country that I saw on the continent. If he finds out what these five dragons were doing while sitting in the ridiculous position of the Five Emperors and being drunk on power, I think he would become confused about his identity if he found out in detail.”
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Valentine looks up at Jack silently.
“In my previous life, when I was ravaging the continent, a kind of electric tidbit about me was spread throughout the world. Those who came into contact with it knew who my master was and what my past was like. Unfortunately, the five dragons at that time did not even know that.”
I wanted to ask how that was possible, but Valentine didn’t ask.
If everything in the world were governed by ‘common sense’, it would be that much easier.
But the world is difficult because there are people who act outside of common sense.
“They even killed the two Lords first and went to the Forest of Demons a while later, without even knowing that the two Lords were dead. That’s how incompetent they are.”
[… … .]
“You could use it as a cautionary tale of what happens when you get drunk on power and arrogance, but no matter how much I think about it, it seems like you’ll only get bad results. That’s why I left Cell behind.”
Valentine nodded as if he understood Jack’s comment that it would be hard to watch him when he was so angry.
To this extent, it was clearly a reason that could be accepted within the bounds of common sense.
Then he took a step back and looked down into Lorenzo’s large eyes.
Without saying a word, Valentine’s two eyes look into Lorenzo’s.
Trembling eyes.
The fear contained within it.
Fear of inevitable death.
Valentine turned around as if that was enough.
Then he turns his gaze to Jack.
[Let’s take a rest here and then go.]
There wasn’t any huge reason or anything like that.
Jack nodded obediently, picked up Valentine, and climbed down from the dragon’s body.
Lorenzo, who was watching the backs of the two moving towards the tree stump, thought for a moment.
Could this be an opportunity to escape?
It was a mistake.
The Saxon behind him raised his sword and stabbed Lorenzo in the stomach.
Not just once.
Pok, pok.
Three times, indeed.
Saxony’s thoughts echo in Lorenzo’s head as he buries his head on the floor, unable to even scream.
‘I can hear your head rolling all the way here, kid.’
I’m angry.
Just a mere human being.
And that’s just a human being who is only an intermediate master.
Saxony could not have overlooked Lorenzo’s thoughts.
Because Lorenzo’s eyes were blatantly emitting hostility and contempt.
At the same time, Saxony’s eyes turned fierce.
‘Close your eyes before I poke dozens of holes in your stomach.’
Lorenzo gritted his teeth at the thought that was so deeply embedded in his will to live.
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‘Keep it simple.’
Saxony’s fist struck Lorenzo in the stomach.
Phew-!
“-!!”
Blood gushed out from the abdomen where Saxon had stabbed me earlier, but it bounced off once.
My pride and self-esteem as a dragon would not allow it.
But what happened next ultimately forced Lorenzo to put it all down.
Saxon’s sword in the abdomen.
Pook-pook-pook-!
Because I stabbed him three times in a row.
It hurt so much.
Lorenzo eventually realized that the mana circuits were completely burned out and that there was nothing he could do.
The head is lowered.
I glanced at it then.
Saxony smiled with satisfaction.
Cubs like Psycho.
To vent one’s complaints internally.
There was nothing else Lorenzo could do.
There really wasn’t any.
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The current time is 3:00 PM.
It was at that time that I was walking towards the tree stump.
Something suddenly rose up inside me.
As I reached out, a nearby tree was grabbed, and at the same time.
“Ugh-”
Black blood gushed out.
Gasping for breath, he vomited blood once more.
Phew.
When I turned my head, I saw my teacher looking at me with concern.
He took a step to the side, leaned his back against another tree stump, and then sat down with a thud.
The teacher asks me this question.
[Why are you pushing yourself too hard?]
I raised my head.
[Is it really necessary to go to such lengths?]
He laughed bashfully.
“Master.”
[Tell me.]
“Do you know what it means to be on top of the world?”
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The teacher seemed lost in thought for a moment.
In the past, he was a master who reigned at the top of the world.
I asked that master what it meant to reign at the top.
Our teacher could not help but sense that we were not looking for the usual answer, and immediately said,
[Are you talking about loneliness?]
He nodded.
“He who would reign must never show weakness for even a moment.”
[… … .]
“To remain strong at all times and even when you are mortally wounded and weakened, to make it so that no one dares to attack you. That is dominance. It is also loneliness.”
I let out a sigh.
“I think I’ve become a little lazy.”
I closed my eyes.
Including Saxony, Ken, Benedict, Harold, etc.
As the number of masters following me increased, I began to have this thought in my heart.
There’s no need to push yourself too hard.
I guess I can take it easy.
I guess it’s okay to take it easy.
I had no intention of denying it.
Because it was revealed by my actions.
Since when did I have a colleague?
I was alone, and I escaped danger alone.
That was an experience and a strength.
The strength gained by crossing the line.
Forgot the essence.
I am that kind of person.
The more a crisis comes, the more I make that crisis my own.
That’s where my strength comes from.
I leaned back against the tree with my eyes closed.
So 5 minutes. 10 minutes. 30 minutes.
And one hour.
I opened my eyes.
