Chapter 268 - Dark Zero (2/2)

”Yes,” Zero replied. The friend in his mindscape hummed.

”Hold on, let me search my archives. I think there was something mentioned about him but it's not a lot. I can't remember it all at the drop of a feather. You've called me too suddenly!”

The young doctor apologised and waited as the self-proclaimed universal librarian searched her physical library while maintaining their mental connection.

”Olaf the Frost Dragon... oh! There it is!”

Excited, Zero wanted to know what it was.

”Olaf is the last of the intellectual dragons who preferred hoarding books and scrolls instead of gold like other dragons. His knowledge is far and wide, spanning from the ancient language of fallen gods to the gossip of fallen kingdoms. he is described as an eccentric dragon who hardly killed.”

Zero had a hard time believing it. The Olaf he knew was trying to kill his students on a daily basis.

”Is there no mention about Olaf's personality?”

The librarian giggled. ”Is he really that difficult to understand?”

Zero sighed. ”According to Bob, he is a loyal dragon who would stand by his friends and families even if the world turned against them. If not for the curse his brother put on him to send him to the abyss, Olaf would have died. I cannot believe that this is the same dragon who is constantly trying to freeze us to death in the name of training. Just what is this training all about anyway? It isn't really fair fighting one on one against a dragon, is it?”

Zero's friend laughed loudly while Zero fumed. ”I don't think you're getting the point, Zero. Olaf didn't say anything about winning or fighting fair, did he? He just said to defeat him. There are many ways to defeat a person or a dragon. Why don't you take a step back to observe a little more carefully? As you mentioned, Olaf doesn't use fanciful techniques. Surely there must be a way to overcome it.”

Zero thought about it. The librarian made sense.

”Thanks, Swift.”

”Anything for you, sweetie!”

When Zero came out of his meditation, he felt a familiar chill from behind him. This time, instead of dodging, Zero chose to remain unmoving to see what would happen if he got his by the frost breath. he circulated the yang qi within his body and waited as the cold blast of air hit him.

Olaf was surprised when only Vrald and Gerald dodged. Zero just sat there and took the attack without moving. Hua Tuo was going to demand dragon blood if anything happened to his precious student! Olaf panicked and quickly went to check on Zero even before the misty cloud settled. That was all Zero needed.

Zero took the cover of the mist to cast a qi-infused lightning net over the unsuspecting frost dragon. Who knew that this was all it took to defeat the mighty Frost Dragon?

Olaf screamed in pain when lightning attacked him from all directions. He begged for Zero to release him but this time, Zero had enough of Olaf's lies. The last few times Gerlad, Vrald and Zero negotiated with Olaf, the Frost Dragon didn't keep his promise. He still morphed into a dragon and attacked them. Sleep hours were also ignored and Zero was legitimately pissed. Payback was a bitch.

”If you concede defeat, I will stop.”

”Aghh! It hurts! Release me!” Olaf wailed but Zero remained unmoving. Vrald and Gerlad stared with disbelief as Olaf tried to escape by shifting into his dragon form. Zero didn't let the size difference break his tightly woven net. In fact, he added a qi-infused fire magic net in a dome shape over the electric net. The fire was hot enough to burn the dragon if he touched the edges so Olaf was forced reluctantly into surrendering.

”I concede! Release me!”

Zero paused and took out his communicator and pointed it at Olaf. ”Sorry, I didn't get that the first time. What did you say again?”

Olaf gritted his teeth. Exactly what has he unleashed? He didn't recognise this side of Zero at all!

”I concede! You've defeated me, I lost! Please let me go now?”

Satisfied, Zero dismissed the magic with a snap of his fingers before walking over to the shaking dragon with a smile. Olaf whimpered and tried to move away but Zero restrained him with gravity magic.

”Hold still or it's going to take longer for me to heal you. No more disturbing my sleep from now on, ok?”

Zero was back to his sweet and kind self as he said that, throwing everyone in the cave into confusion. What was that before? Zero looked so ready to throw someone off a cliff earlier but he was back to his usual worrywart self so quickly. Weren't the injuries he was healing inflicted by him?

As the boy walked past the warriors, both swordsmen trembled in fear. No wonder there was a saying that the world should never make the nicest people angry. It was downright terrifying to see them mad if they lived to tell the tale that is...

If there was no light without shadow then without a doubt, what Hua Tuo just witnessed and what Olaf suffered first hand, was Zero's dark side. Finally, a discovery that set their minds at ease. If Zero had a dark side, he would be capable of protecting himself and the people he cared for when the time arrived.