Genius Corpse-Collecting Warrior - Chapter 94

Tamed Disaster (4)

Crying….

The dark red sky cried softly.

Under a sky heated with thunder and fireballs. On the contrary, the air of the snowy mountain was cold.

“hmm.”

Dallen scratched his chin. He was standing in the snowy backyard of his cabin. When did you get here? Was I meditating?

As he waded through the ankle-deep snow, Dallon slowly looked back on his memories.

Almost fifteen days have already passed since the fight with Cheonglin.

The day after Dallen returned to the dragon cave, Felber came to consciousness.

It was not possible to return to the headquarters right away. Because his original body was weakened, it took some time for the power of his family to be grafted onto him.

After about a week, Felber reached a plateau. Dallen immediately returned to the headquarters with him.

It was just yesterday that I arrived at the headquarters after crossing the Estra River and traveling for several days.

I was thinking of taking a day off and then leaving for the labyrinth city.

Rumbling….

The sound of thunder tickles my ears. Dallen was brought out of his thoughts.

Come to think of it, it’s been a long time since I entered the area in this way.

So far, most of the time I have looked at the entire area as if looking down from above.

When was the last time you walked through the realm in the flesh like you do now?

Sabak.

Cold softness crunching beneath your feet. Dallen suddenly raised his head and looked up at the mountain peak.

‘Come to think of it, I’ve never been upstairs before.’

A cabin in the snowy mountain that was the starting point of this life and the starting point of the game.

Even though I have visited this place hundreds of times, I have never once headed to the peak rather than the bottom.

In fact, it is natural.

In the game, because it was the starting point of the tutorial section, the upward path itself was limited.

After waking up in this world, there was no reason to gamble with my only life heading towards steep ridges and cliffs where I had no idea what was there.

Is that why?

The thunder that echoed between the mountain peaks seemed to be calling to Dallen himself.

Sabak. Sabak.

Before he knew it, he was climbing a snow-covered ridge.

A rough terrain where not even a trace of an animal remains, let alone a human touch.

Beyond the rocky ridges and sheer cliffs, you could occasionally see snowdrifts being swept down by the sound of thunder.

The snow field begins to cover you up to your knees. The air became cold and at the same time contained a sweltering heat.

As we neared the top of one of the snowy mountain peaks, a driving snowstorm severely limited our visibility.

Even with Dallen’s superhuman senses, he couldn’t see clearly several meters in front of him.

“…….”

Is this because it is a world beyond imagination? Even the vision that penetrates mysteries cannot penetrate the blizzard.

The snow that brushed my cheek was half mixed with sparks.

Instead of the usual red-yellow sparks, they were dark red glowing, heterogeneous sparkles.

Sreung.

Dallen drew his sword and swung it. A whirlwind that started from the shoulder exploded from the tip of the sword and roughly pushed away the snowstorm that obscured the sight.

A panoramic view of the mountain peak was soon revealed.

Dallen’s slightly frowning eyes saw a huge dragon crouching in the clearing in front of the cliff of the mountain peak, its tail curled.

A dragon with dark red scales.

‘Dragon God’s Red Spear.’

Dallen accurately recognized the identity of the dragon he had already encountered once.

[…….]

The dragon opens its eyes.

Several eyelids opened into compound eyes.

As the vertically slit pupil appeared, dark red flames flickered within it.

Cheeeeeee…!

Just by looking at that gaze, the snow field around the mountain peak was vaporized in an instant.

The vacant lot revealed its bare face made of hard rocks, and soon even that part began to crack and reveal a red aura.

Kugggggggg……

At the same time, the vibrations spreading from where the dragon was sitting began to shake the entire area with the force of collapsing the mountain peak in an instant.

[――――!]

The dragon let out a roar. The sky distorts at that cry.

It feels like the entire area is slowly losing its original state and my heart is starting to ache as if it is being squeezed.

“…Rotten.”

Dallen, the master of this area, was able to intuitively sense it.

It is a declaration that goes beyond the category of power as a simple tool and asserts the status of a being that has been held by oneself since birth.

In other words, it is no different from the immortal’s declaration that if you don’t let me go, you will have to fight for the position of master of this world.

Ugh…

At that moment, the holy sword cried softly in Dallen’s grasp.

It was the first sound made since the fight with the witch.

Dallen felt some kind of will there and let go of the holy sword.

Sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

There was no help from Bigeom. The holy sword literally flew alone and stuck itself in the rock near the dragon’s feet.

Giiiing –

At the same time, a force field of some kind of power spreads out and begins to cover the place where the dragon is.

The moment when the dragon’s eyes, which had been just burning brightly, turned fierce and breathed out toward the sky. As the dark red fan

–

shaped flame was blocked by the force field extending from the Holy Sword, causing a huge explosion, Dallon’s consciousness drifted far away from the realm.

***

“…Run! Dallen!”

Dallen opened his eyes.

The first thing I saw was the Holy Knights style ceiling.

Next was Lucia’s blonde hair and dark red flames burning at the edge of her vision.

A fucking fire?

Dallen stood up like a spring. A whistling ash wind.

When I woke up, the furniture, walls, floor, and ceiling in the room were all on fire and burning.

“Fuck Dallen! fire! “Please turn off that light!”

The dark red flames that bloomed everywhere were on the verge of burning up all the small items and engulfing the entire room.

Dallen stretched out his fingertips.

Mysterious power flowed from the dragon’s blood, and soon all the fire was sucked into his fingertips and extinguished.

“……Whew.”

Only then did Lucia calm down the sacred tattoo. She said, wiping her cold sweat from her forehead.

“God, I thought I was going to be burned to death like this.”

“I am sorry.”

“no. “It’s also my fault for not paying attention even after receiving word of it in advance.”

Am I embarrassed by the profanity that came out without my knowledge? Lucia gently scratches the bridge of her nose.

Dallen inadvertently chuckled at her slightly red face. He looked around the room calmly.

Even though the fire was quickly extinguished, the damage was not small.

The wooden furniture had already been reduced to ashes, and the metal furniture was also half-melted and mushy.

Only soot remained on the walls and ceiling. He said, shaking his head.

“It’s all messed up. “I will fully compensate you for the damage.”

“it’s okay. The manager told us not to charge for the room even if it gets a little damaged. “It’s nothing compared to the gift Dallen gave to the Knights.”

gift? For a moment, Dallon wondered what was going on.

However, he soon remembered that he had handed over Cheongrin’s body to the knights, and nodded.

Well, if it were Jinryong’s corpse, the magic towers of the entire continent would give him a lot of gold coins.

If it weren’t for the current situation, Dallen would have at least asked for a pile of gold coins out of sincerity.

However, in a situation where destruction is approaching every moment, the value of the card called the favor of the Holy Knights cannot even be weighed by gold coins.

Therefore, he handed over Jinryong’s body to the knights out of kindness.

If the Holy Knights’ power could be strengthened further than it is now, it would be a welcome event for Dallon.

“Captain was reluctant to say anything about the power Dallen gained. “Now I think I know why.”

Lucia spoke as she knocked down the remaining leg of the bed among the ashes with her tiptoe.

“You said it wasn’t something that could be easily controlled by a human body, but I never thought it was the power of a dragon.”

“Are you surprised?”

“Actually, I wasn’t that surprised. I also saw him holding the devil’s leash. “I wouldn’t be surprised if Dallen was a real dragon.”

Lucia shrugs her shoulders. Dallen laughed lowly.

The reason they can react in such a strange manner is probably because the two of them have been hanging out together for the past few months.

Anyway, I was surprised that Edgar was more talkative than I thought.

It was because I thought I would tell Lucia, if not others.

She is the leader’s favorite interrogator and has been with Dallan himself for quite some time.

At that time, Lucia coughed a few times and opened her mouth.

“Anyway, this isn’t a good place to talk. Are you okay with taking a short walk?”

***

After calling someone to clean the room, Dallon and Lucia walked along the forest path behind the headquarters.

The trail was secluded and quiet. In fact, it was difficult to find people anywhere in the headquarters.

Most of the manpower is being deployed to restore the defense line.

Lucia also acted as a guide and stopped by the headquarters for a while, but was planning to return to the rift soon.

Kiing. Kiyiing.

Suddenly the bag wriggled. It was a baby dragon.

Since I couldn’t leave the dragon alone in the room I was cleaning, I hid it in a large backpack and took it with me.

The cub was constantly twisting its body as if the bag was cramped and uncomfortable. Dallen watched for a moment and patted the bag.

Grung. Gurgling…

I knocked a few times and the bag soon stopped writhing. It was accompanied by a pleasant growl.

“What happened to the Rift Wall key?”

“I never found it. A search party was dispatched and searched not only Cheonglin’s body but also the dragon cave that Dallan had cleaned out, but the whereabouts of the key are still a mystery.”

“That’s not good.”

If it wasn’t in the hands of a dragon, it was probably in the hands of a devil or evil spirit.

And it was a more serious problem for the devil to have the key than for the dragon to have the key.

Of course, it was not a problem to worry about right away. Dallen asked, scratching his chin.

“So what brought you here?”

Indifferent tone of voice. Lucia’s expression momentarily showed a hint of disappointment.

She immediately adjusted her expression and answered.

“I heard you’re leaving right away.”

“…To whom?”

The hand that was scratching my chin stopped. Isn’t that something you only told the leader and Felber?

“The leader gave me a tip.”

“…….”

Dallon decided to revise his evaluation of the leader. It’s not just that he speaks loudly, but he speaks quite selectively.

“Why are you leaving already?”

Lucia asked. A few drops of emotions.

It must have been more sincere because it was just a few drops. These types of emotions tend to leak out after being kept hidden.

“There shouldn’t be two tigers in the same forest.”

Unless a huge monster bear invades the forest. Dallon added:

Lucia frowned slightly at the sudden analogy. She thought deeply and then opened her mouth.

“…Are you conscious of being called a dragon slayer?”

“That’s right.”

Dallen nodded.

“Since I killed Cheongrin, people will constantly compare the leader and me. “Most people will follow the leader more than me, an outsider, but some may feel differently.”

Leader Edgar fatally injured Cheonglin and suffered an irreversible disability himself.

On the other hand, a mercenary named Dallon not only prevented Cheonglin’s invasion, but also cut off the heads of the traitors and subordinates who had joined his side, as well as the head of Cheonglin’s main body.

In fact, the reason Dallen was able to win was because Edgar fatally wounded Cheonglin.

That means that Edgar, who faced the uninjured Cheonglin, was still stronger than Dallon, who had awakened his dragon blood.

‘But many people won’t think that deeply about it.’

The public is obsessed with the results they see in front of their eyes.

The leader fought to the death with Cheongrin, and the mercenary cut off Cheongrin’s head.

It is an extremely simplistic and narrow-minded perspective, but that simplicity becomes more deeply embedded in people’s hearts.

Moreover, now is the time for the Holy Knights to restore the fortresses that collapsed due to rebellion and invasion and expand their power.

At a time like this, Dallen’s presence was nothing short of poison.

“…I can’t help it.”

Lucia seemed to understand as well, muttering with a look of resignation in her eyes.

“The reason I came to Dallen today is because I have something to tell you. Would you like to sit down for a moment?”

Coincidentally, there was a large rock next to the trail. Dallen and Lucia sat down on a rock a little away.

Lucia unpacked the backpack she was carrying and took out various items from it.

“The leader was busy with the fortress restoration work, so he asked me to deliver the promised compensation to Dallen on his behalf.”

The first thing she handed me was a small metal chest.

“This is the silver sparkle you requested before requesting. “A skilled blacksmith will be able to smelt white silver steel in a furnace lit with this ember.”

“Thank you. “With this, I have received all the compensation for this request.”

Dallen put the metal box into subspace.

The silver embers were the last of the three things he requested in return before entering the crack.

Holy tattoo ax and silver embers.

The Holy Tattoo and Hatchet had already been very effective in cracking.

The plan was to give the silver sparkle to Leberon Ahakim, the craftsman of the Labyrinth City, who would later be called the smelter of Mithril.

“And this is the knights’ reward for handing over Jinryong’s body.”

Lucia held out a necklace.

It was a necklace with the shape of a sword elaborately crafted on a thin diamond-shaped plate and attached to a thin silver chain.

“It is a holy relic that represents the benefactor of the Knights Templar. In addition, it is a proof of promise to unconditionally grant any request made by the owner of this necklace in the name of the Holy Knights.”

“It might be useful.”

“Also, he gave me this to use for travel expenses.”

After handing over the small chest full of jewels, Lucia closed the bag.

Dallen carefully stored the items he received in subspace.

It felt like if I put it in my backpack, the baby dragon would have an accident while playing with it.

While he was listening to the devil grumbling that he was losing more and more space to lie down, Lucia jumped up from the rock.

She said.

“There’s still one more left.”

“what?”

The answer was not a sentence or a word. A face approaching quickly. Lips hitting my left cheek.

The lips and the tip of the lips touched subtly, and after a short period of time, they fell apart with a small sound.

“…….”

Dallen looked at the person who answered with a grave face.

Was it an unexpected reaction? Lucia’s face turned bright red, she lowered her head and stammered.

“Uh, this is… it’s like the greeting method in my hometown. It’s about expressing gratitude to your benefactor. So to speak, Dallen is a benefactor who saved my life many times, so I would like to say goodbye in my own way…”

page.

Slightly rough lips touched the paladin’s white forehead. Lucia was as frozen as ice.

Dallen chuckled and stood up.

“uh…?”

“This is also the greeting method of my hometown. It’s the kind they say to people who are going on a long journey. “It means that we will meet again.”

Stay healthy. Dallen patted the stiffened paladin’s shoulder and passed by.

Let’s go. Let’s go.

The sound of footsteps is getting farther away. Along the trail, at a speed that is neither slow nor fast.

The paladin stood in place for a while, then slowly turned his head and followed the footsteps with his eyes.

She quietly watched the back of the warrior walking alone along the path.

Long flowing hair, a holy sword and hatchet hanging on his waist, and a strong back with the curves of muscles visible even over the armor.

For some reason, even after that lonely-looking back disappeared from sight, she stood in the same spot for a while.