Chapter 721: East, Dragon. (1/2)

”Uh...what's going on here?” Vendrick was confused.

He just landed on the Eastern Continent a few hours ago. He had been walking along the edges of the continent to get a feel of the place but so far, nothing.

Yeah, that's right. Compared to the other continents he had visited so far, the Eastern Continent is the weirdest since he can't feel an ounce of demonic beast aura here. Not even trace of savageness or aggressiveness was in the air, it's clean which in itself is very surprising.

It looks like he arrived here at the peak of spring. Lush vegetation could be seen practically everywhere. He could see animals, not demonic ones, regular animals. Deer, boars, hares, poultry, cattle, etc. freely roaming around. The trees are filled with ripe fruits, some of them even fell to the ground since nobody comes to pick them.

There is an aura of peace and serenity in this place, which is a major sign of the place suitable for humans to live.

This is something that Vendrick wasn't expecting at all. He had been walking for hours and he has yet to see a shadow of a demonic beast here. How can that be possible? The other continents are crawling with them but this continent doesn't for some reason? This doesn't make sense to him.

The made Vendrick want to investigate. He started venturing deeper in the vast jungle of the Eastern Continent. He was on a look for any traces of civilization since that's one of the few reasons of this strange setting. So far though, he can't feel anybody around except animals.

None of the animals attacked him, they looked at him curiously but that's about it. He initially thought that this animals might possess some form of mystical existence backing them but honestly, it was very unlikely. In his eyes, there's nothing strange about them.

Well, he can't find any humans or any intelligent creatures out here. He also can't find anything weird that might possibly be the reason for the peaceful environment of this continent despite looking around for nearly two days now so he could only bet on his last idea.

”Now, where should I look for that Dragon?” He asked to particularly no one.

It's weird. He had gotten used to sensing the savageness in the air which allowed him to narrow down his search for the overlord for the other continents but here, since it lacked that particular factor, its somewhat difficult to search for the whereabouts of that dragon.

At this point, Vendrick could only think that the Infernal Dragon has something to do with the strangeness of the Eastern Continent. Aside from it, he really can't think of anything else. Well, there's that God but it doesn't seem to be so concerned so he ruled out this possibility.

Vendrick went deeper into the continent. He didn't bother being all sneaky and stuff, if he was to be sensed, then he'll be sensed. It truly doesn't matter at this point.

His first destination is the center of the continent since it seems that the Deities had a particular liking to these spots.

With Vendrick's speed, it didn't take long before he eventually arrived at the core region of the continent. There he found one of the tallest mountain that he had even seen in this world. He was currently at the foot of the mountain, squinting as he looked up, his pupils shone with rainbow colored light.

”Yep, it's there.” Vendrick muttered.

Indeed, he could feel the presence of a very strong Demonic Beast. The likes of which were as strong if not stronger than the previous Deities he fought before. He can't seen the silhouette of the Dragon but he could feel its aura and the faint thrumming of his bloodline.

A grin appeared on Vendrick's face. He flew up the mountain, not even bothering to hide his presence or minimizing the sound he was making. He shattered the sound barrier a couple of times which should definitely alert the dragon who's probably resting at the peak.

Although the mountain was high, Vendrick didn't take long to scale it. In a matter of seconds, he arrived at the peak. There, he saw the hulking beast, looking his way with a sharp gaze.

”Ooh!! A Crimson Dragon! Jackpot!” Vendrick grinned as he glanced at the enormous beast in front of him. He didn't look remotely alarmed of the dragon nor its growing animosity.

”A human with my kin's bloodline?” The Dragon muttered in human language, its words were heard by Vendrick of course. ”My, how interesting. I never knew that puny creatures like you can do something like this.”

Knowing the instinctual pride at the core of every dragons, those world probably meant that it can't understand a human managed to slay a dragon and integrate their bloodline successfully without them exploding. Well, Vendrick's not wrong. The Dragon truly thought of it this way.

”Well, I have my own means.” Vendrick shrugged.

”...I can see that.” The Dragon replied. ”Speak, Human. Where did you come from? I haven't seen any traces of your kind for at least centuries now, not to mention, someone of your caliber.”

”Do you really need to know that?” Vendrick raised a brow. ”I mean, you can probably guess why I'm here, don't tell me you think that I'm that naive.”

”I guess not.” The Dragon muttered, its voice sounded calm and composed, its as if everything that's happening so far is under its control. ”Were you the ones who killed the other Deities?”

”Yep.” Vendrick nodded, he didn't even think about denying any of it at this point since its practically useless. ”Right, can you tell me the reason why there aren't Demonic Beasts here?”

”I ate them all.” The Infernal Dragon replied non-chalantly.