Chapter 44 Saying goodbye (1/2)
Chapter 44 Saying goodbye
Translator: Tchu
Shaar gave of some hollow laughs and did not reply. He suddenly remembered the words that the old man taught him when he was still alive.
“Remember, stupid people who like to act smart always die very quick and seemingly foolish, but wise people will have a long life.”
“When others think that you are a fool they will ignore you. If everybody knows that you are smart, they will keep their focus on you – It will be much harder if you want to stab someone from behind afterwards.”
Thinking about it, Shaar forcefully shook his head and put on an innocent smiling face, looking like he could do no harm to either humans or animals: “Who said that I am intelligent, I am a mountain hillbilly.”
If Tatara would have seen Shaar’s honest smiling face, his eyes would have definitely twitched. However, Ada only gave him a faint smile and no longer talked about this topic.
He looked at the dying Dora and seemed to be distracted for a moment before finally speaking: “Actually ……If you had know back then that harming me would put you in such a position today, I am sure you would have regretted it.”
On Ada’s face was a big smile: “The so-called Dragon god’s blessings, is actually very simple. Since I was the lucky fellow who was selected from our race, the Dragon god granted me a special ability which was……The first enemy who would harm me will suffer from a condition! Whoever harms me first will lose half of its strengths, lifespan, magic and health……everything halved! Furthermore, it will forever stay on that level!”
His smiling face became even gentler: “Dora, back then you were still very young and we dragons will only reach our peak in magic and strength during adulthood. Because you poisoned me too early, the moment I was trapped in a human body and unable to restore to my dragon form, you also lost half of your power. Furthermore, you lost half of your power during your ‘childhood’! The noble and proud Dora actually became the most vulnerable and weakest of the dragon race! Don’t you think that this is such a wonderful irony?”
Shaar grinned when hearing about this. This damn Dragon god’s blessing – How could this be a blessing, it was just a curse!
“The effect of Eternal tears of the elves can only be lifted by the person who used the poison. You are naturally not willing to help me lift it, but I will also not help you lift the Dragon god’s curse ……In fact, I need to tell you that it’s not that I don’t want to help you, but actually I can’t! There is no way to break the Dragon god’s curse! Letting you know this information must surely annoy you a lot right now.”
Already standing up, Ada lightly caressed Dora’s neck with his finger. His movement were gentle, similar to lovers touching each other. However his look and voice was awe-inspiring cold.
While Ada was stroking her, Dora’s breath was getting even weaker. She weakly opened both eyes, but there was barely any light left in there. She made a whimpering sound with her breath and did not even have the strength left to speak.
Ada gently placed the amber stone in his hand on Dora’s forehead and said while laughing: “Do you know what kind of item this is? I have travelled many years in the human world just to find this thing. Yes, this is a soul stone. Don’t worry, I will not use your soul and make you my slave, because I don’t have that magic. However, your soul will be forever trapped in this stone unable to return to the sacred tomb.
Now. Please. Die.”
Although Dora’s eyes were not very clear, but Shaar actually felt that they were deeply frightened. She unwillingly opened her mouth and seemed to want to spit a Breathe to kill her enemies. However, she was only able to utter a low wail.
“Finish her, magical beast hunter.”Ada turned his head and gave Shaar a cold look: “Pierce her forehead with your sharp weapon! Your weapon is too short and can’t directly pierce her heart. But the sharpness is enough to pierce her solid skull.”
Shaar did not hesitate and walked towards her with big strides while holding his fire pitchfork in his hand. Arriving in front of the dragon’s head, he muttered a few sentences: “Hey! Every debt has its debtor. It is Ada who let me pierce you. You die in his hands and I am only the executioner doing the dirty work. Do not bear any grudge towards me.”
Finished his sentence, he made an effort to close his eyes and fiercely jumped on the dragon’s neck. Aiming at the skull with his fire pitchfork, he forcefully stabbed downwards!
With a dull crushing sound, the fire pitchfork entered the skull and pierced straight into the dragon’s brain until there was only a small piece from the handle sticking out!!
Dora roared and raised her head a bit before finally powerlessly dropping down. She breathed her last and a mass of blue smoke came out from her nostrils…….
When Shaar’s fire pitchfork pierced the dragon’s brain, a strange smelling fragrance was suddenly released. He did not know that the brain fluid of a dragon had a natural scent and this fragrance made Shaar’s mind instantaneous hazy. He felt as if this smell rushed through his nose directly into his brain and his whole body instantly felt relaxed. The pain he suffered from multiple wounds on his body instantly vanished.
On the dragon’s body soon emerged a mass of translucent green radiant fog. Seeing this, Ada squinted his eyes and held up that amber stone while chanting some strange words as if he was singing a song.
It was not a magic incantation, nor was he speaking in Dragon language. It was just a normal requiem with some weird and incomprehensible pronunciations. Although it was in a human voice, the language was something ancient and archaic. While listening, Shaar could not even understand eight out of ten words.
That mass of gently floating green translucent radiant fog was actually the dragon’s soul. After each dragon’s death, a soul would leave its mortal body and fly towards the mysterious dragon’s tomb!