Rolled Pumpkin (3)
[Woo!]
The dragon’s roar echoed again from within the mountain range.
Harley and Heinz’s impressions were frowned at the sound of spiritual pressure and suppressing the existence of the lower class.
Of course, it didn’t have a huge effect on them, but this instinct-stimulating echo was just as annoying.
‘Was there a dragon that made a nest in this area?’
Originally, it was at the foot of the vast northern mountain range, so it wouldn’t be strange to have a dragon locked up in it…
The important thing now was that it wasn’t.
‘Dragon-like beings were eaten like this in madness?’
Because the roar I had heard from before was not normal at all.
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Just like Enthracio, who became an undead Bone Dragon and filled with the energy of death in its sound, it now exudes the energy of madness.
‘For now, it is clear that this is not a normal situation.’
Although it is said that monsters are susceptible to madness, dragons were more intelligent than monsters.
It was also a creature with the highest intelligence and ability among all the races of Auterica…
hard! Close!
While Harley was diligently chewing and swallowing the magic stone, her head was spinning and analyzing the situation.
‘anyway. That rare dragon was here, and it’s not in good shape right now?’
Despite the fact that their numbers were small, they went through two immortal kings, and their numbers decreased even more, and now they are almost an endangered species.
The Immortal King, who tried to cover the continent with death, was a menacing enemy even for dragons, and, of course, they joined forces with the Continental Union to fight the Immortal Army.
And the first Immortal King focused on thoroughly hunting down the dragons that would be the biggest obstacle to conquering the continent.
Even if they were pushed back from other fronts, first of all, reducing their population was the top priority.
Thanks to that, the Continental Union was able to defeat the Immortal King beyond maintaining the front line, but the damage of the dragons was irreversibly large.
The second immortal king born in that situation was nothing like driving a wedge, and after that, dragons were not easily seen in the continent of Ion.
Even if there was, I thought it would only be seen in the places where the war was fought and in the far east.
‘If you look at their inclinations, there is no easy way to corrupt them.’
There were so many sacrifices, why is there only one undead dragon, Enthracio, inherited from Hans right now?
‘Because of his lofty pride, it is normal to self-destruct without leaving a single piece of bone if he is likely to be caught by the Immortal King.
It was the vivid information of the parties that were grasped through the information of the squadron inherited from Hans.
Even if it was resurrected as an undead somehow, the other dragons who discovered it were said to have destroyed it somehow.
It could be said that they were a stubborn race that did not tolerate the corruption of their own people as well as their own people.
‘It was very fortunate that Enthracio got into Hans’ hands.’
But does it make sense that such a dragon was devoured by a level of madness that had no effect on humans as it was widely spread across the continent?
I still didn’t understand…
“Actually, it’s a good thing what happened.”
“Khahaha! It’s a dragon! What kind of cake is this?”
Heinz raised the corner of his mouth with a cold face, and Harley, who ate all the magic stones, jumped up from her seat and burst into laughter.
Yes, in fact, if you check the details of the inside story yourself, you should know.
“What does dragon meat taste like!”
Excitedly, Harley sprinted to the place where he could feel his presence.
Because he had just been filled with energy, his footsteps were so light.
“If it’s a dragon blood, you can eat it if you remove the madness. It will be a good comfort food.”
Heinz, who was looking at Harley’s back, lightly arranged his tailcoat and disappeared from the spot.
Of course, his destination is also the source of the roar.
It was where the dragon was.
***
– It hurts, it hurts, why am I like this, let’s kill it after all!
– It’s because of him. Who is that guy? Incompetent humans, stupid elves, smelly dwarves! I think it happened again…?
– You’re hurt, so you need to recover. You have to eat well to recover. So let’s eat. Let’s eat a lot!
[Koo——!]
Red Dragon and Heratos roared in a hazy mood at the noise that resonated in his head.
Then I felt good again, as if drunk on something.
As the mood improved, the desire to enjoy it a little more arose.
For some reason, the state of my body, which I had to spend a long time cultivating, recovered rapidly, and I felt like I could go outside as much as I wanted.
‘Good, very good. I recovered faster than expected. After all, this body is great!’
Heratos was a dragon who was seriously wounded in the war with the 2nd Immortal King three hundred years ago.
Unlike the first time he had not yet participated in the war when he was young, the battle he had personally experienced was easier than expected.
Continental people, of course, the dragons were not fools, and it was natural to deal with them more efficiently than before through various preparations.
Even so, the entire western region was passed on and an empire was defeated, but compared to the first time, this was a very good thing.
It would have been better if he hadn’t been so distracted by his activities.
‘By the way, where is this… Ah! It’s where I made it. But for what reason?’
As a result, Heratus fell into a trap while fighting the Immortal Army and was seriously wounded in the process.
It was fortunate to have survived the great war in which countless powerful men were dying helplessly, but the injuries he sustained were so serious that it could never be dismissed as such.
Deep wounds were formed throughout the huge body, and the abyss of death penetrated through them.
To Heratos, who was only about to die from the mortal curse that neither recovery magic nor the Holy Law worked.
Last luck has arrived.
The immortal king, who was the subject of the curse that devoured his body at the same time, was subjugated by the death squad.
As a result, he, who was on the verge of death, was able to be revived as a knight, but he was still in critical condition, so he used the most reliable means for recovery.
‘ah-? What was I thinking? yeah right I was trying to get out of here. I’m hungry, so I’ll have to eat as much as I can after a long time.’
They settled in one side of the northern mountain range infested with monsters, installed all kinds of barriers for safety, and started preparing for hibernation.
The dragon’s hibernation lasted for hundreds of years, and there was no better way than this, as the body’s growth and resilience were extremely active.
Setting up all those barriers with an injured body was really mortal, but he was able to finish it by using all the magic tools he had saved so far and even his own blood as a medium.
However, after his last good fortune, there was misfortune that came to him—.
In order to amplify the recovery power to the maximum, a barrier was also installed that draws in the surrounding energy and draws in monsters to suck the life force.
how did he know
The abyss will open again, and ‘madness’ will spread throughout the world, and the body of the bustling monsters in his realm will be filled with it.
Naturally, the barrier was equipped with defenses against all kinds of abnormal situations, but there was no way to deal with the madness of the abyss.
Madness continued to build up in his body, which had fallen into such defenseless hibernation, until it finally polluted his brain.
[Woo!]
Flutter—! Flutter—!
Heratus, who had escaped from the nest he had built, flapped his wings wildly.
The body had already been fully recovered.
He had been hibernating for quite a long time, but the amount of madness accumulated in his body was by no means small.
‘Ah- this fresh air. But I’m a little sad. I think it would be nice to add a little bit of blood to this. It smells good too.’
His thoughts, completely engulfed in madness, went through all sorts of leaps and bounds without realizing it himself, leading to an absurd conclusion.
‘···okay. I think there was a human city nearby, and you can shoot a breath on it!’
Then it seemed to be possible to enjoy the meal while enjoying the smell of burning and screaming at the same time.
Also, if you chew the food raw, you will be able to enjoy the scent of blood as well.
The dragon, Heratos, could only live by absorbing mana, so he did not need to eat anything, but that fact was no longer in his mind.
Encroached into madness, he did not even pay attention to the monsters around the area, and measured the distance to go to a place where there would be a lot of humans.
‘Then, let’s go see… huh?’
That moment.
He felt a presence that stimulated his senses.
An existence that emits explosive vitality from its entire body, approaching at high speed with a loud noise.
‘···human? No, are you really human? There was one more. I almost missed it. Is this a vampire?’
Drooling—
Recognizing them, saliva flowed from his huge mouth.
Both eyes had already turned bright red, and he couldn’t feel a single ounce of reason, but Heratus didn’t feel any abnormality in his condition.
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Just.
‘First, shall we eat those as an appetizer…?’
It was just dominated by the sudden soaring appetite.
“Kah ha ha! It’s a real living dragon! Wow, this is my first time!”
“I was completely consumed by madness. You can’t expect reason. How it is strengthened is the key.”
Similar humans and vampires, who reached Heratus in an instant, calmly observed him and gave their opinions, but he did not respond.
I didn’t even care what the ingredients were talking about.
‘Shall we eat that juicy-looking guy first? I think it will be delicious as it bursts with vitality every time you chew it. Vampires seem to be quite a delicacy.’
I’ve been thinking about it like that for a while.
At one point, a flash of light flashed in his mind.
‘uh? Why am I doing this?’
His brilliant brain sensed a sense of incongruity in his actions.
And the brain, which had been dyed with madness, began to think logically again.
Why was he just staring at them silently?
As a result.
[Ugh—!]
He opened his mouth wide and flew towards them.
‘okay! All you have to do is eat both at once!’
There was no need to worry in the first place!
I was planning to eat a full-fledged meal in a human city, so now I just have to throw it out in one bite and go on my way.
In that way, Heratus bit the space where they were in the blink of an eye with his enhanced physical abilities…
“Whoa—!”
Whoops— quaang—!
Harley, who was already ready for battle, lightly avoided the spot, swelled up and smacked the huge head with her right hand.
[Cruckling——?]
For a moment, Heratos was embarrassed by the sudden shock, and the black Inyeong silently descended from the back of his nose.
“excuse.”
Shhhh!
Sharp veins of blood spurted out of his hands, slashing those huge eyes in an instant.
Heratus covered his eyelids with great reaction speed, but where could Heinz’s attack be blocked with such a thin leather?
His eyelids were cut, and blood spurted from both eyes momentarily.
[aah——!]
Was it pain or was it anger?
With the dragon’s wild roar with its blood flowing eyes tightly closed, a huge magical energy exploded around him, and a shock wave that distorted the surrounding space exploded.
Heinz, who had taken a step back from the attack, stopped for a moment as he tried to run at him again.
“…you’ve already recovered.”
Heratus’s eyes, which suddenly opened their eyes that were blazing red, were still intact with no scars.
‘Although I felt that the attack was a little shallow because of my eyelids.’
The reaction speed and durability of the leather were also beyond imagination.
In addition, when you consider the incredible resilience and destructive power of such an overwhelmingly large body…
“Kah hahaha! This is going to be difficult for the two of us, isn’t it?”
Of course, Heinz and Harley wouldn’t be beaten by him.
Their physical specs cannot be ignored either, but it seems that the dragon’s physical abilities have skyrocketed with madness, but their magical abilities have rather deteriorated.
In addition to the dragon’s reputation, there was no intelligent aspect at all, and it was just showing the aspect of a giant lizard faithful to its instincts.
‘But if a lizard of that size had that kind of regenerative power… it would be useless to beat it for a hundred days.’
You will be trapped in a chain of infinity that never ends.
‘No, unlike this one, where there is a limit to the energy it possesses, the dragon can recover by sucking the surrounding energy.’
In the end, there will be nothing but the end of them retreating.
They were not very compatible with the giant lizards.
If there was an overwhelming power, even that could be ignored…
The real blood vampire Heinz II and the savage warrior Harley were not at that level yet.
‘Then, there is nothing I can do.’
I can’t, what can I do?
All you have to do is bring in an opponent of that level.
and.
Darkness suddenly gathered at a point in the air.
oh oh oh-
The darkness that had absorbed all the light as if there was a hole in the sky disappeared only after summoning a being there.
At the same time…
Even though the sun was still rising, the brightness of the world went down in an instant as if a filter had been put on.
[Khhhh— a dragon steeped in madness. I think this will be a good material!]
A disaster that brought the dragons to the brink of extinction.
descended there
