Chapter 48 - It’s All Mine (1) (1/2)

It’s All Mine (1)

Run.

Zhang Wei, struggling with pain, incessantly uttered this one word. Moreover, his vocal cords were burnt and losing their function. The only sound that could be heard was his faint, weakened gasps.

*plop*

The chained man fell into the lava pit. Zhang Wei closed his eyes. He had never seen anything like it. This insidious thing had swallowed a person whole.

Bubbles rose where the man had disappeared.

Meanwhile, Zhang Wei’s body was regenerating and gaining life again. Outraged, he lowered his head.

‘How long will I have to suffer this pain……Wow.’

He could hear the sound of something breaking.

Zhang Wei’s eyes widened. To his astonishment, his chains broke. His hands were now free. He regained full consciousness and slowly threaded through the lava towards the man as if wading through a strong water current.

“I can’t do this!”

A magnificent voice filled the place. Red molten lava splashed against him like waves in an ocean. Numerous waves pinned him down.

Ka-dumph.

A strange thing happened. The waves split in the middle as if pulled apart by large hands. Zhang Wei started moving again.

‘I am without hope. I can only await my demise. Soon the pain will end.’ Suddenly, a ray of light shone in his eyes.

Klanggg.

The chains were taut and pulled him back. Zhang Wei did not falter and kept struggling forward towards the man.

Whether the body had melted or his flesh burned.

Weird.

Thang Wei pushed his body forward. The lava had burned his face. He had been freed from the chains, not because they had broken, but rather because his hand was gone.

“Alas!”

A weak sound escaped his throat. The man lied in front of Zhang Wei. Looking down at him, he slowly reached out.

“Let’s go.”

He felt a burning sensation in his heart. He couldn’t even remember the last time he had heard another person’s voice. Be saved and survive. He was almost overwhelmed by emotion.

His desire to be a doctor, and then training to become a hunter, all of the memories were resurfacing.

Get up.

Zhang Wei’s hand, amputated mere seconds ago, was now whole again. He could make out something that resembled a hand. He grabbed hold of it and pulled the man out.

“Get back right now! Where humans transgress the will of nature, where inferior things…!”

A loud voice rumbled.

Crumble.

He was attracting all kinds of monsters from everywhere. They were dangerous. Some were people burnt head to toe; others were figures whose form rose more than 5 meters.

“Up.”

The man muttered in cryptic pronunciation. Maybe he wasn’t Chinese, but Zhang Wei understood it and got on his back.

“Hold tight.”

‘What is he muttering about?’

He had no time to ask.

One rustling of the wind and the scene in front of us changed.

“Creally…Ryu!”

Somebody tore the body of a flaming giant asunder. He didn’t know what had just taken place. All that he had perceived was the sensation of wind moving, the blur of the man’s movement, and the demise of dozens of monsters in an instant.

* * *

Dragon (龍).

I could confirm that the monster was the most powerful of all races. Even though all the modifiers had disappeared, I was immensely powerful.

ROOOOAR!

The power possessing the strongest monster on Earth was beyond my wildest expectations.

“Everyone who saw the dragon’s flight said, ‘It was like witnessing a flash of light.’”

The body was wingless, yet its energy was boosting the strength of my legs. Every time I touched the ground, my legs catapulted my body forward like a bullet.

I kicked at my foe’s head with incredible speed and power. The impact produced an ear-splitting sound, and the monster’s head exploded like an overripe grape. After only one kick, my enemy already lay dead in front of me.

[Unfortunately, you can’t use the breath. A dragon that can’t breathe fire… Hahaha.]

As the traveler said, the breath was unavailable. My oral cavity structure was completely different from that of the dragon, and even if I could exhale fire, it would melt everything on its way up my body.

I didn’t even have an accessory to allow breathing.

Exciting.

My heart was beating against my chest — vigor coursing through my body. My body was brilliant. I was faster than ever before and much stronger. I had a head-splitting headache, and my veins were crystal clear against my skin.

With him, my body moved at an unimaginable speed.

Everything stopped.

It was only me.

Wow.

I was passing by the monsters that are still in motion, injecting small attacks.

Head, chest, side, eyeball, nape… I ran, cracking my fists in the vital spots.

“Ke-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-ee-e-e-e e-e-ee on them!”

When I trotted away from the monsters without slowing down, from afar, I could hear an odd sound of something being ripped apart.

When I gazed back, their bodies were collapsing like broken dolls hanging by unwoven threads.

The heads broke, a gaping hole appeared in the chest, their flanks exploded, and fountains of blood gushed forth. As I took in the glorious sight, I didn’t watch where I was going.

“…Hey!”

A long chain darted towards us. It wasn’t a threat.

[‘Never back down’]

[No one can stop this being.]

[Resists all restraints.]

[Resists all movement impairing effects.]

Teeing!

The chain broke, and I ran non-stop with Zhang Wei on my back. The attacks that found their way to us were blocked by the scales imitating the ‘dragon’. Petty bridles were not meant to reign in the power of the dragon.

[To use the ‘Red Orb’ to leave, you must first reach the beginning of the rift.]

Binggg.

The elite Lizardmen’s swords and spears missed my head by mere inches. Instead of striking them with my first, I flicked my fingers to use magic.

Kroooooahh!

A deafening roar, which could make your eardrums burst, was heard. The Lizard’s heads turned to ash.

“The dragon’s real weapon is magic.”

Since my skills were not sufficient yet, I couldn’t use advanced magic. Still, if one used simple flame magic produced from the dragon’s essence, it transformed into the magic of enormous power.

Sparks, storms, sometimes lightning and ice.

Owing to the Akashic Records, the ‘Battery’s’ mana had drained. Thanks to it, I had been able to bring forth resourceful magical properties like the ‘dragon’, which makes even the weather wary.

“………”

Zhang Wei’s expression was hilarious. Watching the mighty magic sweep away the monsters made his jaw drop.

How long did it go on like that?

Wow.

Red beads constantly fell to the ground. Perhaps we had arrived at the beginning.

“Phew…“

[The remnant of the soul remains, and some of its abilities are added to the body.]

[The soul is low, it cannot handle its full power.]

The link got severed.

The enhanced strength was fading, and I felt my legs getting weaker.

I spit out the red marbles, picked them up, prepared to leave, and gazed at the notification window that had appeared in front of me.

[You have acquired the skill ‘Dragon Heart (F)’.]

I think I just hit the lottery.

* * *

“Woman…Where are we?”

Puzzled, Zhang Wei continued to mutter. I listened to him and spoke Chinese again after a while.

“This is Korea. This was probably where I entered the rift, I think you also came through here.”

“Oh, I see. Versus… Republic of Korea. You are very fluent in Chinese.”

Zhang Wei seemed pretty out of it. He spoke gibberish and quickly sat down on the floor.

“Ah…”

Then, after checking a bruise for a moment, he started blushing and bowed his head.

“… Thank you. Thank you for saving my life.”

He sobbed heavily with his head bent down. Emotions started flowing in. I patted his back a few times and comforted him, then left him for a while.

“Who…”