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< Whatever you ask for >
“Is it that good?”
“huh!”
The little one held the Ancient Serpent’s egg tightly in his arms and spoke while rubbing his cheek against the soft surface of the egg.
“This child’s name is Malrang. It’s soft and fluffy, so Malrang~.”
“You know that’s a snake, right?”
The little boy glared at me, telling me I was stupid.
“Of course I know!”
I took a deep breath and asked the little one about his plans for raising a baby.
“Where are you going to raise it once it’s born?”
“In the fishbowl!”
···You want to raise a monster that grows to be as big as a building in a fish tank?
Yeah. Let’s make a hundred concessions and say that’s how it was when they were puppies.
“How are you going to feed it?”
“You will eat with me. Snakes are carnivores, so they can eat chicken too.”
Then he looked at me with a look that said, “Don’t you know that?” I was speechless, so shocked.
“···Oh my.”
It was wrong to expect a normal answer from this kid in the first place.
Abraxas smirked and said to me as I shook my head.
“Serpents aren’t difficult monsters to raise. They’re smart, so if you raise them from a young age, they’re easy to tame. I’ve raised a few myself before.”
“···How do you manage to feed it? For someone that big, the amount it eats must be enormous.”
I thought of the Agent Serpent we had caught. It must have eaten several tons a day when it grew to that size.
“It would take hundreds of years for it to grow that big. It grows slowly.”
Now I see that there was a monster breeder here.
I asked in a quiet voice.
“··What are some things to be careful of when raising them?”
“The most important thing is the environment. First of all···.”
After hearing the dragon’s advice that he had raised most monsters, I started to think that it wouldn’t be a bad idea to give it a try.
If you have any questions while raising it, you can ask.
“You heard? Asga will help you!”
The little boy looked at me with a proud expression.
I flicked the tip of the little boy’s nose with my finger, making a loud sound.
“Ouch!”
“Why are you acting so smart? Give it to me.”
I took the mallet from the little boy’s hands.
The silver shell was soft as its name suggests, and a very faint throbbing could be felt inside.
It was a strange feeling. I think I understand a little why the little one wanted to raise this.
I said, deliberately smacking my lips.
“···This looks delicious. Should I fry this and eat it?”
“!!”
The startled little boy snatched the toy from my hands, his eyes filled with shock and anger.
“You savage! Absolutely not!”
I grabbed the cheek of the little boy who was glaring at me with a big smile.
“I’m joking. Why don’t you try raising one?”
“···Really? You’re not going to eat it?”
I nodded with a rather serious expression to the little boy who was still looking at me with suspicious eyes.
“Instead, you must take full responsibility for it. You must feed it well and educate it so that it grows up well. Can you do it?”
“Okay! Leave it to me!”
Anyway, I told you that you answered well.
We decided that when the serpent hatched from the egg, we would raise it in a fish tank until it was a little bigger, and then release it into Emerald Lake to raise.
It is expected that there will be fierce protests from the existing residents, but what can they do if the lake owner tells them to do it? If they want to live there, they will become friends.
“Malang-ah. I will raise you to be pretty.”
The little one determined that the serpent’s gender would be female, and he held the egg tightly and continued to stroke it.
“anyhow···.”
I shook my head and looked out the car window.
After crossing the Han River after many twists and turns, we took a short break and continued driving toward our destination, Incheon Station.
And another day passed.
There were a few battles, but the schedule was actually shortened thanks to the quick dash through the city.
“Sir, are we almost there?”
“Yes. If there are no problems, we will arrive at Incheon Station within an hour.”
I looked out the window at the red fog approaching.
Ssssssssut.
As we approached the source of the fog, the red fog was now almost blood red, forcing us to drive slowly.
Twenty twenty.
The fog that had approached us as if it were going to cover us retreated. Then it approached again and retreated again, repeating the cycle.
“It feels like they’re watching us.”
It was just a conversation I had done to myself, but Kiri, who was sitting in the backseat, answered in a serious voice.
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“I… maybe that’s really true.”
On Kiri’s shoulders, three
After dealing with the Agent Serpent in the Han River, these were the things that were sealed on the way here.
“Really? What do you mean?”
Kiri answered with an anxious expression.
“All the way here, I kept thinking about why the parasite demons were trying to catch me···.”
Tentacles ripened in the Han River.
He found us hiding in the formation and was aiming straight for Kiri.
But that wasn’t the end of it. Even after we crossed the Han River, there were several more instances of monsters attacking Kiri.
None were as large or as strong as the Tentacles, but they were just as tenacious.
“They’ve been targeting you from another dimension?”
“I thought so too···. That was when I had
Kiri touched the center of her chest.
The place where the ‘Black Stone’ that I took in exchange for saving Kiri was embedded. In the language of the Loro race, it was called
“Ron is an organ that contains the special abilities of our species. Each person has a different Ron ability, but in my case, it is the power to control minerals.”
It was the moment when the secret of Blackstone was revealed. I waited quietly for the next words.
“But now I don’t have ‘Ron’. Oh, I don’t blame you for taking it away. It will grow back anyway as time goes by. And you promised us land too…”
“Just summarize and get to the point. Just get to the point.”
At my urging, Kiri took a moment to collect her thoughts and then spoke.
“There is nothing left in my body that I desire. And yet the parasite demons continue to target me. And they do so relentlessly.”
My expression also became serious. Red fog clung to the window and fell repeatedly.
“···You keep targeting me even though you don’t need anything? Are you saying there’s some other reason?”
Kiri nodded with a dark expression.
“Yes. I think the reason is probably···.”
Coincidentally, we arrived at our destination just in time.
Squeak.
The driver suddenly stopped the car and called me in a distraught voice.
“···Everyone. I think you should take a look at this···.”
Everyone’s gaze turned straight ahead towards Kiri.
Ssssssssut.
As we entered, the red fog surrounding us began to thin.
And before me, hundreds of meters above, I saw an open gate and the eye of disaster swirling beneath it.
-Kwakwakwakwakwakwa!
Open gate above Incheon Station.
The first and largest
Up to this point, it was as I knew it.
“···What is that?”
Under the eyes of disaster, there was a giant tree that grew up to surround Incheon Station.
The tree was red as if it had grown from blood, and it grew hundreds of meters tall, towering right under the Eye of Calamity.
Thousands of stems were tangled and twisted in a messy manner, stretching out in all directions and writhing.
“···It’s wiggling?”
The tree was alive and moving.
Dddddddddd!
The monster tree showed its clear hostility towards us, aiming what could only be tentacles or branches at us.
Kiriga, who looked up at the tree with a yellow face, barely managed to squeeze out a voice.
“···My brother’s ability is the ability to communicate with plants and animals.”
At the top of a tree that had grown hundreds of meters tall, something resembling Kiri was seen hanging.
“Are you saying that’s your little brother over there?”
Tears began to flow from Kiri’s eyes.
“You can’t see it, but… you can feel it. My little brother is in pain….”
At that moment the tree leaned towards us.
Kkwuddudduk!
Thousands of trunks and branches pointed towards us, moving this way and that to form something that resembled a face.
The face roared.
[ЧжидIJÐŒŦıij ɥɣɳɮɬɞλ!!]
A language from another world that I couldn’t understand. Kiri groaned with a shocked expression.
“Ugh···.”
At the same time, monsters in the shape of all kinds of insects began to pour out of the tree like a flood.
Gulp gulp gulp gulp!
A wave of insects swarming over the ground, turning it pitch black.
The moment I saw that sight, I couldn’t help but scream.
“Retreat for now!”
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We stepped back and went into a strategy meeting.
“So some parasitic demon took over your brother’s body and used his
“yes···.”
Kiri nodded with a face soaked in tears and snot. But my doubts were still not resolved.
“Why does that guy want to take you? You don’t have Ron anymore, do you? Even though you’re infected with parasites, you still worry about your brother so much?”
As I spoke, I swung my sword horizontally in a large sweep.
Choaaaah!
The bugs that had rushed in were split in half, spurting out green blood. However, some of them continued to crawl even after being torn in half.
I looked around, stepping on and kicking away crawling bugs.
We were surrounded by insects that the monster tree had poured out. The number of enemies could easily have been in the thousands, or even tens of thousands.
The group was fighting against the bugs, each using their own abilities.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
The little one created a firestorm that swept away the bugs,
Dduk dduk!
The giant King Guho, who had turned into a petrified creature, faced the largest number of bugs from the front.
Sirutteok swung his axe diligently next to Wang Guho, while Abraxas stood on the roof of the car, firing arrows and assisting the group with magic.
But the enemy numbers were too many. No matter how much I burned, crushed, and trampled them, bugs kept flying and crawling.
Kiri, who was hiding behind my back, said.
“To further strengthen the fog···.”
-Pfft!
The hand cannon in my left hand fired. A path several tens of meters long was opened up in front of me, but it was quickly filled in.
“Tell me more!”
Abraxas added an explanation on behalf of Kiri, who was trembling. It seemed that she had already figured out the situation.
“To dispel the red fog or neutralize its toxicity, you need both the knowledge and abilities of your brother. Then again, the reverse is possible.”
“Increased toxicity? Why···”
I soon realized why myself.
Unlike humans, red fog is a kind of stimulant for monsters. Monsters exposed to the fog become much more ferocious and powerful.
And Kiri’s younger brother has the ability to communicate with plants and animals.
The parasite demon absorbed his abilities and his brother’s memories.
So, conclusion.
“···After further strengthening the fog, you plan to lead an army of monsters and invade Seoul.”
That monster tree is something that has never existed in my past experiences.
Perhaps by then Kiriman had come over to Earth, or perhaps his younger brother had died first.
But the future had changed, and if we weren’t careful,
Choaaaah!
As I cut down the bugs one more time, I looked up at the monster tree in the distance.
[Happy birthday!]
“······.”
The face of the monster tree. Kiri’s younger sister was buried in the middle of its forehead. Was it Siri? She was groaning in pain with only her upper body exposed.
Woohoo!
Meanwhile, the red jewel embedded in the guy’s chest continued to shine. He was probably using it to control these numerous bugs.
…Are you saying you control it with that?
I looked back at Kiri and said.
“Don’t worry. I will definitely save your little brother.”
“Your Majesty···!”
Kiri looked at me with tears in her eyes.
But while I’m being moved, I’m sorry, but let’s make one thing clear.
“Instead, I’ll take your brother’s
“···yes?”
“You said it’ll grow back anyway. You don’t like it?”
Kiri’s expression began to change subtly.
A strange expression that mixes gratitude and bewilderment.
But soon his expression changed and he smiled awkwardly.
“···Of course I should give it to you.”
Child. You know how to live in society.
I patted Kiri on the shoulder and said.
“And later, teach me how to use Ron. Both yours and your brother’s···.”
Kiri, unable to bear it any longer, shouted.
“I’ll give you whatever you ask for! Please save my little brother first!”
“Just wait. I’m planning a plan right now.”
< Whatever you ask for > End
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