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21.

Seonghyun recalled the sensation of using the Thunderfall technique.

Thunderfall.

When you think about it, Thunderfall is not just lightning.

It is a combination of magic and vitality pushed to the extreme to create something new.

From the moment Seonghyun understood lightning, he instinctively thought about the concept of Thunderfall.

Vitality.

It was the intention to kill the opponent encapsulated in lightning.

Because he broke through a technique that should only be attempted at the S level with just his senses.

Explaining the method was very difficult.

“Um… a collection of intentions to kill the opponent? The feeling that life and death are intertwined when the lightning strikes?”

Armin thought Seonghyun was making fun of him.

What does it mean for life and death to be intertwined? Intention to kill the opponent? Vitality?

Expressing vitality through lightning?

What nonsense is this?

“Um… Seonghyun? I really don’t understand anything.”

“Um… I guess that’s how it is?”

This was not something that could be learned and mastered.

It was a combination of experience, talent, and luck.

The harmony of these three elements manifested as Seonghyun’s Thunderfall.

Even Zeus, the master of lightning, found this technique impossible at first.

It was a technique perfected with the help of Hades.

If Armin had simply followed Seonghyun’s explanation and tried to replicate it…

He should have ascended to the ranks of the gods long ago.

“Um… what should I do then?”

“What you should do? Watch what I do and figure it out for yourself. If you can’t do that, then you can’t learn anything, right?”

So.

“Follow me, Lizamon.”

Lizamon?

Armin was puzzled by the unfamiliar word.

“Huh?”

“Let’s not think about it for now and focus on escaping.”

Seonghyun grabbed Armin’s body, which had turned into a squid, and prepared to run.

The residents of the forest who felt Seonghyun’s lightning began to gather here.

They also felt it.

An unwelcome presence had entered the forest.

They had to catch it now. If they didn’t, they would become the prey.

Oh so heavy.

The oppressive feeling made the hairs on their bodies stand on end.

This was something they couldn’t handle no matter how strong they had become.

Not yet. Not yet. They would be able to handle even this later.

But for now, they were only at the level of a sprouting seed.

“Hey, kid. Can you catch the lightning?”

“What? What do you mean…!”

“If you can’t catch it, then try to catch it.”

Otherwise.

Crackle.

“Are you falling?”

Seonghyun’s body was turning into lightning.

Seeing that, Armin was shocked.

Natural transformation!

Among the dragons, it was a technique only possible for agent-level dragons.

And only the most talented dragons could perform it.

How could a human use that technique!

As Armin’s thoughts began to race, Seonghyun grabbed his body.

Splat!

“Ah!”

Seonghyun’s hand, which had not fully transformed into lightning, was still holding onto Armin.

But soon, even his hand would become a perfect lightning.

Before that.

“Hurry up and catch it. Or else, will I leave you behind?”

Armin slowly began to feel the approaching magic. His face started to pale.

Thud!

In the end.

In the midst of a life-threatening situation, Armin succeeded in holding onto Seonghyun.

Seeing this, Seonghyun smiled like a father watching his child grow.

“Well done! Now, let’s go…!”

“What? Ah… not yet…! Ahhh!”

Seonghyun began to move following the thread of fate.

Crackle!

In an instant, Seonghyun moved like a current shifting its position.

Armin, who was holding onto Seonghyun, was just hanging on for dear life.

At least he had practiced flying tricks when he was bored.

If I hadn’t been used to such experiences, I would have fainted from the overwhelming nausea.

Fainting here would be the end.

Armin grabbed Seonghyun with all his might.

“Snap out of it! I need to engrave every move of Seonghyun in my eyes. That’s the only way I can grow!”

Armin simply didn’t like fighting.

But if given the opportunity, he was always ready to become stronger.

Crackle! Crackle!

Just a little bit.

Armin’s hands began to take on a shape similar to lightning.

Go back for a moment.

The moment Seonghyun used Thunderfall.

Every dragon in the Forest of Death felt death.

“Death! The power of death. There’s no way a Black Dragon is here! It’s the Demon King! It must be exterminated!”

The target is where Seonghyun is.

Flutter.

Under their overwhelming pressure, all the monsters and spirits in the Forest of Death began to go crazy.

As a result, Seonghyun was in the midst of running like never before.

“These bastards! How long are they going to chase us!”

In the endless running, Seonghyun continued to run.

If it was just a simple run, it would have been fine.

But everything in the forest was targeting Seonghyun.

“Hey Armin! Run faster. Can you handle this?”

Shiver.

Whether it was the limit or not, Armin’s face had turned as pale as porcelain.

Damn it! This won’t work.

Emergency escape!

Seonghyun immediately purchased two temporary rest spaces.

Kim Seonghyun and one other person are being moved to temporary rest spaces.

“Ah! Hurry!”

In front of Seonghyun, dragons flew like a swarm of bats.

Don’t think that the dragons will be like that just because Armin said they were 21,000C.

Even an ordinary goblin here is 42,000C.

Seonghyun doubted his eyes.

Red Dragon Alicia [320,000C]

White Dragon Crony [270,000C]

Blue Dragon Asha [290,000C]

Total [4,500,000C]

“Crazy!”

Even if it was one against many, it was uncertain whether he could win. And there were dozens of similar ones.

He couldn’t win.

-Moving.

As various spells poured down on Seonghyun.

Seonghyun’s position was moved somewhere else.

-Thud!

Seonghyun threw Armin to the ground and gasped for breath.

“Ah, what the hell!”

Armin, too, seemed to have finally come to his senses and was looking around, writhing on the ground.

“Where the hell is this?”

“Hey kid! Tell me everything you know about dragons.”

Seonghyun sat down and glared at Armin.

“Uh, yes!”

Armin naturally moved in front of Seonghyun.

“First of all, the reason I gave up the fight as soon as I saw Seonghyun’s lightning is because I will tell you about the dragons!”

“What are you talking about.”

Seeing Seonghyun’s puzzled reaction, Armin puffed out his cheeks.

“Boo! This is the most important thing! I can’t talk about dragons without this information.”

Seonghyun raised both hands in response to Armin’s firm stance.

“Okay, tell me.”

Armin extended a finger and created lightning.

“First. The advantage of dragons is their attributes, and their weakness is also their attributes.”

“What are you talking about?”

“Simply put. I, as a Gold and Red Half, handle fire and lightning, right?”

“That’s right.”

“I can freely handle weaker lightning and fire, but if it’s stronger than me, I can’t do anything.”

It was roughly understood.

So, because my lightning was stronger than the lightning Armin was handling, he immediately surrendered to me.

Wait a minute.

“So, if I were weaker, you would have attacked me?”

Armin rolled his eyes.

“If I had known you were from the Lom Kingdom, I wouldn’t have touched you, right? You always come to see me….”

“Or else?”

“Huh?”

Armin hit his head with his fist and stuck out his tongue.

At that ridiculous sight.

Seonghyun once again gripped Armin’s head between his fists and shook it violently.

“How many people has this crazy dragon harmed until now?”

“Aaah! I’ve never killed anyone before! I swear! It really hurts, so please stop! Please stop! Besides, the Forest of Death is managed by the kingdom, so no one else can enter!”

Tears streaming down his face, Armin pleaded, and only then did Seonghyun release his grip on Armin’s head.

“Can I trust you?”

At those words, Armin’s golden eyes gleamed.

“I swear on the blood of the Gold Dragon.”

As Armin spoke, a golden light shimmered on his chest and then disappeared.

“What was that?”

“It’s called the Dragon’s Covenant. If I lie, my blood as a dragon will vanish.”

“Are you crazy?”

“If things go wrong, I’ll become a Red Dragon, right?”

Armin said lightly. Seonghyun felt his head ache once again.

“Alright… if you say you’re okay, who am I to say otherwise…”

He seemed to understand the heart of a father raising a daughter.

Oh. The king of the Rom Kingdom is just…

***

At that moment, the king of the Rom Kingdom was looking up at the sky with a bright expression.

The duke who was drinking tea with him asked, “Your Majesty, you seem to be in a good mood lately. Is something good happening?”

The king’s golden eyes gleamed.

“Hehehe. According to Hermes’ prophecy, my daughter and Seonghyun have entered the Forest of Death just now. Yes.”

The duke also had golden hair and golden eyes, just like the king.

Because the duke was also a Gold Dragon.

“Oh! Has the princess finally entered the Forest of Death as well? It seems that she is not far from becoming a Holy Dragon. And Seonghyun… Hmph! Isn’t he Hermes’ disciple? The princess has finally met her guardian properly.”

He was one of the elders directly under the chief.

Although the only disciple of Hermes was Euklid. Most of the information Hermes provided was shared with Duke Gauss.

That’s why Gauss knew a lot.

The Rom Kingdom was a special place founded by the Gold Dragon tribe.

Hermes, seeing the human-friendly nature of the Gold Dragons, deliberately ordered the chief Gold Dragon to establish a kingdom.

Right next to managing the Forest of Death.

And so the Rom Kingdom was established.

Now it existed as a powerful nation alongside the empire.

The people didn’t know, but the royal family and the dukes were all made up of dragons.

The reason why the empire didn’t touch the kingdom.

And why the Demon King hadn’t attacked the Rom Kingdom yet was for these reasons.

“Hehe, many things come to mind about the princess.”

The duke looked up at the sky with a wistful look.

Armin.

He remembered when the princess first started handling fire.

As soon as Armin started handling fire, he jokingly set his hair on fire.

He didn’t think much of the flames of Hazeuling.

Was it because he inherited the blood of the Red Dragon?

The fire was so hot. He remembered Gauss’s head catching fire.

That’s why he wore a hat for a while.

Hehehe.

Was that all? Was there some kind of obsession with her hair?

Every time she appeared, she plucked out her hair that stood up on her head.

He couldn’t just throw away the chief’s daughter. Right.

He even thought about fighting the chief once.

Thinking back on that time, he felt his head itch again.

“Hehehe. That’s… a joyful occasion. Truly a joyful occasion.”

“Is meeting Seonghyun really that good?”

“Hahaha! Of course. How could it not be good? I just hope the princess’s spirit is a bit broken…”

The corner of the Duke’s mouth curled up towards the sky, a smirk playing on his lips.

The Duke had also heard about Seonghyun from the king and the team leader.

His mouth curled up involuntarily.

If he really was the man as described in the story.

The princess had truly met her match.

The two men who knew about Seonghyun chuckled, thinking about the princess.

Haha.

May the princess become the owner of a normal personality.

Viva! Viva!