Chapter 209 – Demon Dragon King (1)

The massive underground plaza where the dragon lived.

The so-called dragon’s lair was different from before when Zigmund was sleeping.

Several wizards wearing black robes stood on one side, and one of the two dragon incarnations that had been sealed was nowhere to be seen.

And the Green Dragon Zigmund who had been sleeping was already awake.

The Green Dragon was checking its front paws this way and that, trying to move its wings.

Every time the dragon moved, whirlwinds arose in the underground plaza and the wizards had to fix their bodies with magic.

[Now I can finally get a rough feel for it.]

The dragon transmitted telepathy to the wizards while holding breath in its mouth.

“O Demon Lord Aim. Are you satisfied with that dragon’s body?”

One of the wizards bowed his head to the dragon and asked.

[Good. It’s a body with power. Especially the flame breath is to my liking. It’s a bit stiff from being forcibly awakened from sleep, but that should disappear soon.]

Green Dragon Zigmund, no, Demon Lord Aim possessing the dragon, looked at the demonic energy flowing through his body with a satisfied expression.

“Everything will be accomplished as the Demon Lord desires.”

[Don’t call me Demon Lord. It’s a good body, but it’s not even my main body, so being called Demon Lord is ridiculous. Just call me by the name you people use, Demon Dragon King.]

The king of demon dragons who, according to legend, appears at any time to destroy the world and devour dragons.

But the reality was a Demon Lord possessing a contaminated dragon.

[But why did you leave that incarnation?]

The Demon Dragon King pointed with a huge finger at the sealed incarnation standing on one side.

Originally, two incarnations were sealed and sleeping in Zigmund’s lair.

Isabel, Zigmund’s incarnation, and the incarnation of Black Dragon Darksore who died on the island.

He who tried to contaminate Zigmund and kill Isabel was instead attacked by Isabel and sealed together with her.

Darksore’s incarnation had already been annihilated to awaken the Black Dragon, and only the sealed Isabel remained here now.

The awakened Black Dragon had been killed by Sun-woo on the ancient magic empire’s island…

Isabel’s appearance, frozen with one arm severed, looked like a half-broken statue.

“O Demon Dragon King. It’s better not to annihilate this incarnation for a while. If you annihilate the incarnation, the sleeping dragon’s consciousness awakens. Because when the Demon Lord possessed the dragon, it wasn’t possession by mutual agreement but forced possession, you must only annihilate it after the Demon Lord has completely dominated the dragon’s consciousness.”

At the wizard’s words, the dragon canceled the destruction magic that had been rising from its fingertips.

The Demon Dragon King could feel the consciousness of Dragon Zigmund sleeping in the depths.

[You did quite an annoying thing.]

“Because dragons’ pride is tremendous and they refuse possession, it couldn’t be helped.”

Dragons with powerful mental strength had a clear sense of self even after being contaminated. That lofty pride wouldn’t allow even a Demon Lord to mix with their consciousness.

Fortunately, there were still sleeping dragons remaining, so they could recreate the legendary Demon Dragon King.

The Demon Dragon King issued a word command toward the half-broken Isabel.

[Recover.]

When the dragon finished speaking, Isabel’s severed arm was recreated and her torn waist returned to normal.

Anyway, Isabel was an incarnation created by Zigmund’s dream. For the Demon Dragon King who claimed Zigmund, restoring Isabel was no task at all.

[This way she won’t break absurdly.]

Satisfied looking at Isabel with all her injured parts disappeared, Zigmund finally flapped its wings.

[Since I’ve roughly adapted, shall I start rampaging? Would it be good to smash uncontaminated humans, or should I eat dragons first… Hm?]

The Demon Dragon King, who was spouting words undragonlike but very Demon Lord-like, suddenly stopped speaking and stared intently at the passage leading outside before opening its mouth.

[Before that, there’s something to deal with first. The presence it gives off is just right for warming up.]

The dragon raised its massive body and began moving toward the passage.

***

“Wow, you have tremendous holy power, Saint. All the contamination retreated. Even the contaminated monsters seem to be sneaking away, don’t they?”

Sun-woo and Daniel, Alda, and Knight Commander Iliana and the saint. These five people were walking through the massive passage leading to the lair.

They had been to Zigmund’s lair before, but since they went through a secret passage then, this central passage was the first time even for Sun-woo and Daniel.

“Can you tell how much demonic energy there is? It would be hard to know without holy power…”

Iliana made a curious expression at Alda’s words.

“No, I can’t see it, but ah! I could tell through the spirits.”

Alda, who had spoken thoughtlessly since Sun-woo and Daniel were summoners, hurriedly made excuses at Iliana’s question.

At that sight, Sun-woo chuckled and smoothly revealed about them being summoners.

Alda and Daniel became surprised expressions, but nodded at Sun-woo’s telepathic message.

[We can erase their memories after leaving the contaminated zone.]

Of course, unlike the two people’s thoughts, they only needed to erase one person’s memory, but there was no need to mention that.

“Another world… Could it be that the place the semi-priest went was also another world?”

“Yes, please keep it secret.”

“I understand. I will absolutely keep the secret.”

Even if they tried not to keep it, they’d have no choice but to keep it, but Sun-woo asked them to keep the secret to avoid misunderstanding.

“I’ll definitely keep your secret too!”

Saint Lydias also shouted in a clear voice that she’d keep the secret, but Sun-woo just turned away with an indifferent face.

Thanks to sharing the secret, the awkwardness between the group decreased, but Sun-woo alone was troubled.

Coming with the others wasn’t much of a problem, but Saint Lydias, no, Goddess Frig following was the problem.

No matter how he looked at it, Frig following was because of Sun-woo.

Whether she wanted to monitor him or for some other reason, thanks to her following, he couldn’t use demonic energy.

If he couldn’t bring out demonic energy, since it wasn’t easy to injure those related to the Demon Lord, the fight would inevitably become more difficult.

Sun-woo glanced at Daniel.

Daniel’s face, which had been spirited until then, was full of worry.

From the moment he heard from Sun-woo that a Demon Lord was trying to possess Zigmund, his face had gone deathly dark.

Because if they were late and Zigmund awakened, Isabel might be annihilated.

“If a Demon Lord possessed it, there’s a high possibility the sleeping dragon’s consciousness remains asleep.”

Sun-woo comforted him through speculation.

However, if a Demon Lord was already possessing it as Sun-woo speculated, dealing with it would certainly become very tricky.

Because if they mistakenly killed the dragon, Isabel would also be annihilated.

So Sun-woo thought it would be better if Isabel had already been annihilated.

‘Damn, I’m really not normal.’

And within Sun-woo was another consciousness objectively watching such selfish thoughts.

Thanks to that, it was holding back his personality that was trying to completely change, but it was becoming increasingly difficult to act like before.

‘Is it the aftermath of divine status rising? Or has demonic energy invaded?’

Whichever it was, Sun-woo’s worries deepened at his own appearance becoming increasingly indifferent except to a few close people.

While many thoughts passed like that, Sun-woo’s sorcery was monitoring the vast earth.

The next moment, the earth spirit informed him of a massive life form approaching Sun-woo.

“Everyone prepare for battle! A dragon is approaching!”

At Sun-woo’s words, Daniel turned deathly pale. The dragon had awakened. Daniel worried about the sealed Isabel.

Seeing Daniel frozen stiff, Sun-woo spread the earth spirit even more widely. If there was a dragon, the lair must be nearby.

The earth spirits broke through the dragon’s magic and spread far and wide.

The earth spirits passed the approaching dragon, found the secret passage, and soon discovered the lair too.

Inside the lair were several wizards and a sealed being. Isabel was there.

Sun-woo hurriedly shouted to Daniel.

“Isabel is safe!”

At Sun-woo’s words, blood began returning to Daniel’s pale face.

Kuaaaang!

Thanks to Sun-woo’s words, Daniel’s face returned to normal, but the next moment everyone except Sun-woo and the saint froze stiff.

Because the dragon’s roar echoing from below the cave contained tremendous power that shook the soul.

“Break!”

But the frozen group’s bodies could return to normal thanks to Sun-woo’s sonic technique.

“Wasn’t it just a dragon?”

Alda, who had seen a dragon before, had a clearly terrified expression at this completely different dragon’s appearance.

“All the spirits got scared.”

It seemed Alda wouldn’t be helpful in battle.

And shortly after, one dragon revealed itself, filling the massive cave.

[Kyahaha, even excluding the trash, there are two delicious-looking ones.]

At the same time as speaking through telepathy, the Demon Dragon King opened its mouth wide.

Massive flames were increasing heat inside the dragon’s mouth.

It was a situation where everyone turned pale at the sudden appearance and attack, but Sun-woo moved immediately.

Thud!

Sun-woo’s leg struck down on the ground, and simultaneously a pillar surged from the ground below the dragon’s face and a stone pillar drove down from the ceiling.

Thwack!

Thanks to the pillars that struck above and below the opened mouth, the dragon’s mouth closed again and the dragon’s flame breath ended up exploding inside its mouth.

Phuak!

Flames leaked from the mouth caught between the stone pillars and the Demon Dragon King screamed in pain.

[Kuaaaa! What are you doing!]

The group who had been intimidated by the intense momentum lost their tension at the absurd scene unfolding before their eyes.

Sun-woo’s attack didn’t end there.

Countless pillars continued surging from the cave walls to strike the dragon’s body, and their number gradually increased until later it looked as if the cave was trying to crush the dragon.

[You’re really being annoying! If you like the ground so much, I’ll make you stay underground forever!]

Despite countless attacks, the Demon Dragon King’s body didn’t have a single wound. Even the mouth where the breath exploded was fine.

However, thanks to the movement itself being blocked, the Demon Dragon King’s irritation rose to the top of its head.

[Follow if you can follow! Warp!]

The moment the Demon Dragon King finished speaking, a massive magic circle covered the dragon’s body. The next moment, the dragon’s appearance disappeared from the cave.

“Barely chased it away.”

When the dragon disappeared, Sun-woo breathed a big sigh.

Even for Sun-woo, fighting underground wasn’t easy. If he were alone it would be no problem, but there was no way for his companions to escape from the cave collapsing from the dragon’s rampage.

Sun-woo hurriedly said to Daniel.

“I’ll handle the dragon, so everyone go to the lair and deal with the contaminated wizards.”

[Daniel, protect Isabel!]

While speaking, Sun-woo simultaneously told Daniel his true intention through telepathy.

Daniel’s expression became slightly conflicted, but he soon nodded and ran deeper into the cave.

“Everyone please go together. I’ll chase the dragon.”

After finishing speaking, someone grabbed Sun-woo’s arm as he tried to spatially transfer.

“I’m going with you.”

As expected of a deity. Sun-woo, whose arm was grabbed while off guard, sighed and spatially transferred.

The two women who were bewildered at the events unfolding chaotically had no choice but to run into the cave following Daniel.

***

And the Demon Dragon King revealed its massive appearance in the sky above Kudas Kingdom’s capital.

[Kyahaha. Humans. All of you meet your deaths at the hands of this Demon Dragon King!]

The Demon Dragon King, who was proclaiming to humans from above the capital’s sky, ended up screaming before even finishing speaking.

Because Sun-woo’s fist that appeared above its head struck its skull.