Chapters Chapter 299: Desdemona’s Offer (1/2)
“W-Wait!”
The cornered Desdemona tried to stop Kang Chul-In.
“Stop!”
“And if I don’t want to?
He had a twisted smile.
“H-Hold it in!”
“Why do I have to?”
“I’m too pathetic!”
“Aren’t we enemies?”
“That’s true, but…”
“The loser is always pathetic.”
Then, he revealed the meaning behind “education.”
“Oh, and also...”
“Yeah?”
“Does a true dragon have a dragon heart too?”
“Of course!”
“Oho?”
“How can we live without a dragon heart? Can you live without a human one? You stupid human?”
“It’s incomparable to a dragon, no, a drake’s heart, right?”
“Are you being serious right now?”
Desdemona asked with bewilderment.
“Are you comparing me to a fake like that? Does a true dragon look like a lowly lizard to you? You childish human.”
“...?”
“I’m an ancient-level dragon older than seven thousand years old. To be exact, I’m 7,121.”
It was an extremely old age. To humans, even a hundred years was long, but she had lived seven thousand years.
That’s a ridiculously long time.
Kang Chul-In couldn’t imagine seven thousand years.
“It’s hurtful to my pride, but if I had to compare my heart to a drake’s, it would probably be 20 times more powerful.”
“...!”
“The concentration of the mana is 30 times higher.”
Desdemona looked proud.
“Bring the knife.”
Her confidence became the decisive factor for Kang Chul-In’s greed.
“Knife? To release me?”
“Of course not.”
Kang Chul-In responded, smiling like a demon.
“Then?”
“I’m going to butcher you.”
“B-Butcherrr!?”
“This is an honor...”
“...!”
“It’s an honor to absorb a real dragon’s heart.”
Shock filled Desdemona’s heart. What was he talking about? Butchering her? An ancient-level dragon was going to be butchered like a cow or a pig by a mere human?
“Hey… you crazy bastard… are you being serious right now?”
“I’ll end it quickly… hehe…”
Kashing!
Kang Chul-In had already changed Kaiforce into a large sword appropriate for butchering, and he was ready to lift it.
This sc.u.mbag… really isn’t in his right mind!
Desdemona came to a realization after seeing him.
The human in front of her wasn’t a normal human but rather was a crazy psycho who had lost it.
“Become my mana.”
Kang Chul-In was about to cut Desdemona’s neck off when...
“Do you think you won’t regret it?”
Shiver!
Kang Chul-In stopped Kaiforce next to her neck after getting cold sweat.
What is this girl doing?
He felt like he shouldn’t cut her. No, he was sure of it. His instincts were warning him. Once he swung the sword down, Pandora’s box would be opened.
“Seems like you understand what I’m saying.”
Desdemona grinned.
“What are you saying?”
“You must’ve felt it.”
“...?”
“If I really release my power, you’ll die.”
It was the truth.
“I don’t have to explain that your tiny kingdom will also be in a pile of ashes, right?”
“Are you threatening me?”
Kang Chul-In growled fiercely.
“I’m not threatening you but telling the truth.”
“The truth?”
“Did you think that a true dragon’s strength was only this much?”
Desdemona began to explain.
“I’m seven thousand years old.”
“So?”
“Haaa… you don’t know?”
“...?”
“Listen, among us dragons, there’s rank based on age.”
“Hm?”
Kang Chul-in tilted his head, reminded of something. In the old book that he had read before, he remembered seeing something about the difference between a drake and a dragon. In the same book, it talked about the rank of dragons.
It read as the following:
Hatchling: A baby dragon less than 500 years old. A being that is protected by all dragons. According to an old scroll, the emperor of the Sharada Empire hunted the hatchling of an ancient-level black dragon and the empire was destroyed in a single day. This is a fact recorded in the [Library of the Old Ages].
Dragon: At least 500 years old, and less than 2,500 years old.
Wyrm-level dragon: At least 2,500 years old, and less than 6,000 years old.
Ancient-level dragon: An old dragon of at least 6,000 years. A single dragon can destroy an entire empire in an instant.
Currently, in the history of the continent, the recorded ancient-level dragons are the following:
Ancient Red Dragon Paragon
Ancient Black Dragon Emilia
(Sidenote: Emilia is the one that destroyed the Sharada Empire, and the name of her hatchling is recorded to be Desdemona)
Ancient Green Dragon Theseus
“No way.”
Kang Chul-In narrowed his eyes at Desdemona.
“You were that booger-dripping dragon?”
“Huh?”
“You were captured by the emperor of the Sharada empire after all…”
“Hey!”
Desdemona screamed.