Ch.5959. Georgius Appears in the Underwater Prison

“Hehe, this body seems somewhat useful!”

Morgan swings her whip and attacks me. However, I can feel she’s not being as serious as during the training session in front of Recter.

Still, the fact that she continues the act suggests she’s under the Galaxy Empire’s surveillance.

Then I’ll play along. I matched Morgan’s movements with my martial arts.

The whip wraps around my arm, and anticipating the closing distance, I launch a straight punch with a running start. Morgan deflects it. She lowers her center of gravity, thrusting her high heel forward while bending her upper body. I counter with a double kick.

Having fought her many times, I continue our exchange of attacks and defenses smoothly, like flowing water.

We can’t keep up this act forever.

During the battle, I glanced downward to signal her. Morgan understood and nodded slightly.

Seems like their surveillance has limits.

I jump high. Pushing my red power to its limit, I launch downward at Morgan with a punch filled with genuine force.

Although Morgan could avoid it, she acts as if she’s been grazed and hit. The impact shatters the ground and collapses the road.

CRASH!

Morgan and I fell through the city infrastructure, instantly dropping dozens of meters underground.

Once we reached the bottom and darkness enveloped us, Morgan slowly knelt before me on one knee.

“How have you been, Red Dragon?”

“What are you plotting?”

“As I told you, this girl is your ally, Red Dragon.”

“You think I’d believe you?”

Morgan’s shoulders flinched. She knows I didn’t consume the healing stone last time.

It wouldn’t be strange for her to recognize that I don’t trust her.

“…Do you still have the medicine I gave you?”

“That thing? I destroyed it as soon as I received it.”

“…I see.”

Morgan bit her lower lip. Perhaps she thought it might still help me if I had kept it.

“You’re a monster—when the Galaxy Empire falls, you’ll have nowhere to go. Yet you’ll cooperate with me?”

“My treatment isn’t important. I’ll be satisfied if you achieve your goals, Red Dragon.”

“Why are you loyal to me?”

“As I said, I’m repaying a debt.”

“What debt do you owe me? Explain in detail.”

“It’s… nothing special. Just one of your many rescue operations that you probably wouldn’t even remember.”

“You’re slippery like an eel. So the Dark Kingdom turned you, a human, into a monster?”

“I explained it that way before due to time constraints, but it’s slightly different.”

“Different?”

“To be precise, I am a fusion of human and monster. That’s why I retain memories from my human days. When Dark Arthur was alive, my monster characteristics were stronger and suppressed, so I wasn’t aware of them.”

It’s a story that’s hard to accept.

But I don’t know much about the Dark Kingdom either.

The monsters were just there, and that’s what they were.

“Is this related to the ability extractor that Bedivides possessed?”

“Ability extractor…? That’s the first I’ve heard of it…”

Morgan wore a puzzled expression.

“I was born after the three executives of the Dark Kingdom fell, so I don’t know much about what happened before.”

“Useless.”

“But my resolve is genuine. Now that you’ve abandoned the hero’s path and chosen to be a villain, if your goal is to seize the world, I’ll give even my heart to eliminate the Galaxy Empire that stands in your way.”

Morgan pleaded with emotion.

I already confirmed last time that she was telling the truth. I also judged her to be trustworthy.

Now I’m deliberately testing her with this conversation to confirm her intentions.

Is it atonement for slaughtering humans, or does she want to die as a human?

Such things must be her driving force.

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Mor■an=Ur■■la

Position: Monster

Rank: T■

Ability: ■■■■ ■■ L■.■■

Affiliation: Gal■■■ Em■■■■

Gender: ■■-■

■■: ■■ ■■■ (T■)

■■■■ (■■)

■ woman who ■■■■ ■■ loves ■■■.

—

Even with the Dragon’s Eye, I can’t see this one’s specs in detail. Monster data doesn’t normally appear to the Dragon’s Eye.

“Alright. I’ll trust you, Morgan.”

“…Thank you, Red Dragon.”

Morgan looked relieved. I crossed my arms and looked down at her.

“Many of the Galaxy Empire’s executives have already been eliminated. Today, my subordinates are scheduled to eliminate Eridanus too. In the Galaxy Empire, power decides everything. Dorado is quite strong, but he’s not involved in politics.”

“Then?”

“Take control from within. Take the position of Recter’s right hand. Come out and overwhelm me. I will retreat. Go back and tell Recter that Gerogius was much stronger than Eridanus but below you. Also mention Gerogius’s growth potential.”

“I will obey your command.”

“Move. When the time comes, we’ll launch a surprise attack on the Galaxy Empire and take down Dorado and Recter at once. Until then, prepare to dismantle the empire’s internal systems.”

“Everything according to your will.”

Morgan approached me with her head bowed. She lightly kissed the back of my hand.

I grabbed her chin, lifting it to meet her eyes. Eyes filled with sorrow, bewitching enough to drive men mad.

I commanded:

“Now tear me apart.”

***

CRASH!

Morgan drove her nails into my chest and soared into the sky. With her wings magnificently spread, she slammed me back to the ground.

“Ahaha, ahahahahahaha!!”

Morgan offered a sadistic laugh. Her mad woman act is quite good.

My entire body is in tatters. I had ordered her to inflict injuries on me.

I take a defensive stance and face off against her. Media helicopters have arrived.

“This is terrible! Gerogius seems to be losing to Ursula!”

“Was it a bad power distribution?”

“Eridanus’s side is also in danger with Dark Matter in peril! The villain alliance’s next move is drawing attention!”

Lu-a is in danger?

I contacted Deep Dive to check the situation.

“Lord, my Lord! Lu-Lu-a is getting beaten by Banwolgyeong…!”

Shin Yukyong appeared there?

I need to change the plan.

“Ahaha… huh?”

I leaped at Morgan who was still acting. I delivered a powerful kick to her abdomen. Morgan crashed down with a boom.

I should at least show this much showmanship.

“I’ll postpone our match, sadist. I need to help my subordinate.”

Saying that, I summoned my mech and boarded it. I shot off at full speed toward the East Sea.

***

“Haa, haa. *cough*!”

Lee Lu-a coughed up blood. Her left arm’s muscles were torn and wouldn’t move. Her internal organs were being damaged by broken ribs piercing them. Her trembling legs barely supported her body.

“Heu, heu. Huaaa!”

Lu-a squeezed out her last bit of strength to shoot dark matter. But Shin Yukyong swallowed it with just a few touches.

A mirror appears before her.

Shin Yukyong, who suddenly emerged from it, strikes Lu-a’s face.

“To think I struggled so much against someone like you. Haha. I’m pathetic too.”

The plant was on the verge of collapse from Yukyong’s rampant use of her ability.

Shin Yukyong approaches Lu-a to deliver the final blow.

“Die.”

A dagger in her hand aims for Lu-a’s neck. At that moment.

“Ugh?”

A hard, red dragon-person’s hand grips her wrist. Before she can register what’s happening, a knee strikes Yukyong’s chin.

As Yukyong is pushed back, the dragon-person looks at Lu-a with gentle eyes.

“Geo… I’m sorry… I should have become stronger… I’m just holding you back again…”

“Rest now. Lena will come up soon to provide first aid.”

“I’m frustrated. If I were stronger, I could have won.”

Jung Ui-seok stroked Lu-a’s head.

“It’s okay. You have your own pace. Blindly pursuing strength isn’t always good.”

Jung Ui-seok turned around.

“Watch. I’ll show you how someone who only pursued power dies.”

Saying that, Jung Ui-seok stood before Shin Yukyong.

“Gerogius…! How lucky. The prey walks right in.”

As Yukyong happily tries to manipulate her pad, her right hand suddenly disappears.

Only her wrist remains in the air, dripping blood.

“Huh…?”

To the dumbfounded Shin Yukyong, the red dragon-person holding a pure white light bow spoke in a low voice:

“Yukyong.”

Shin Yukyong couldn’t understand. Surely the one standing before her was Gerogius.

“I’m a bit angry.”

***

“Hoho, I see. The human race refuses to cooperate even when facing a powerful enemy, instead turning against each other. Perhaps this is the curse of beings with limited intelligence.”

Great Sage Dorado was floating in the air, looking at the underwater prison plant from a distance.

Eridanus seemed to be in a slight crisis, but the humans quickly started fighting among themselves.

Not just here, but the situation was similar wherever they attacked on this small planet.

“Even though they were united and researching Dark Kingdom technology in case Recter might be defeated, it was needless worry. Hoho.”

Dorado stroked his stiff beard.

Then, sensing a presence, he turned around.

The waves crashed against the sea. From the shore, a thin, long stretch of land extended toward Dorado. Soil gradually approaching him.

At its end, a figure was slowly walking toward him.

“A human child. What brings you here?”

She raised her head to look at Dorado. Her eyes, deeply shadowed by darkness, seemed to have lost all sensation, yet they shone with an even stronger attachment to life than before.

Choi Minseo opened her mouth toward Dorado.