The Overlord of Blood and Iron

Chapter 223






BANG!


It didn’t take much time for the peak of the mountain to break down .


Ssss…


As the tallest point of the Dragonia mountain range broke down, dust flew everywhere .


“Huu! Finally, I feel like I can breathe . ”


A girl looked up at the sky and smiled refreshingly .


Pitch black hair .


Almost crystalline, amethyst eyes .


Jade-like skin .


This girl who looked about 10 was the ancient black dragon, Desdemona . She had changed her appearance by polymorphing .


If one asked her why she had changed into the appearance of a 10 year old, it would have to be purely her tastes .


“Ah, maybe I should have made an air refresher here or something . ”


Desdemona said, licking her lips .


After sleeping for a thousand years while breathing in the dust from her cave, it wasn’t strange for her to think of an air refresher .


[Are you going?]


The system of the lair, Pinefly asked .


“Yeah . ”


[I hope you have a nice time . ]


“Hmph, what nice time? This might be the last time I go out entirely . ”


[Well, yeah, maybe . ]


“Well, whatever . There are still a few years until ‘that’ happens, and I also have lived for a long time too . ”


[Master…]


“What is that sad voice that doesn’t fit that of an AI?”


[ . . . ]


“Anyway, good job until now . ”


[No, master . I will clean the lair so that when master gets back…]


“No . ”


Desdemona shook her head .


“It will be a little bit difficult for me to get back . ”


[Well then…]


“That’s right, use that . ”


[Yes, master . ]


Pinefly responded, and the huge lair started to glow red .


Wiing, wiing!



With the sounds of sirens going off, an announcement could be heard in the lair .


[Warning, warning!]


[The lair system has been turned off!]


[The A . I, Pinefly, will turn off!]


[The lair will explode in 5 minutes . ]


[4:59… 58… 57… 56…]


“My home…”


Desdemona murmured to herself quietly .


Her age now at 7000 .


When she became a ‘wyrm’ level dragon at age 3,000, she had beaten up and kicked out the ancient white dragon that lived here . She had lived here for 4000 years now .


4000 years .


Even though it sounded simple, that was definitely not a short amount of time, and it was extremely hard for her to part ways with this place that she had spent so much time in .


“Well, let’s forget about it . ”


Trying to shake off her sadness, Desdemona started to walk away .


“Fly!”


The miraculous ‘dragon language’ .


With this magic that only dragons could use, Desdemona’s body started to float .


“Swift!”


And with terrifying speeds, Desdemona’s body broke through the lair she had spent 4000 years of her life in .


[3:11… 10… 9… 8…]


After getting out of the lair, Desdemona didn’t leave right away and instead looked at the lair . She wanted to look at it, even in its last moments .


[6… 5… 4… 3… 2… 1…]


[0 . ]


[The lair has been closed . ]


With the final announcement,


BANG!


BANG!


The lair started to fall, with an extremely large explosion .


“Goodbye, my home . ”


Nodding slightly, Desdemona looked at her destroyed home .


-Kuoooo!


At that moment .


-Krr . . . !


A giant, blue-scaled creature came out and roared .


A long, golden horn that was shooting out lightning .


Flashing sky-blue scales .


Greenish eyes .


Webbed feet .


The monster that had just appeared was a blue dragon, that was famed to not lose in the slightest in terms of ferocity against even a black dragon .


It was obvious why this blue dragon had woken up .


It was because of the loud noise that came when Desdemona’s lair had been destroyed . It had come out to find out who dared to bother its sweet nap!


“And who the hell are you?”


Desdemona stared at the blue dragon with contemptuous eyes .


Her gaze wasn’t as if she was looking at her own species .


She had the eyes of one that looked at a lower being, like a human staring at a bug .


“You damned fake . ”


Desdemona spoke towards the blue dragon .


“Hey, you lizard . ”


- . . .


“Get lost while I’m feeling nice . What do you think you’re doing in front of a true ancient dragon when you’re just a pack of experience for the ‘avengers’?”


Shockingly, Desdemona didn’t think that this blue dragon was on the same level as her .


They were somewhat different .


Unlike Desdemona who polymorphed and could talk, the blue dragon only roared, showing off its ferocity .


This was the difference between having an ego or not .


It was like the difference between the sky and the ground .


-Krrr…!


But even still, the blue dragon didn’t seem to understand any of Desdemona’s words .


Pzzt, pzzt!


Instead, it responded by charging up lightning in its horn, and shooting its specialty ‘Lightning Breath’ towards Desdemona .


However,


“You dare?”


Saying that, Desdemona’s purplish eyes started to turn red,


Flash!


And in the blink of an eye, a gargantuan black dragon appeared .


-K… Krr…?


Looking at her, the blue dragon momentarily paused, forgetting to even shoot out its breath .


Whilst Desdemona was around 150 metres, the blue dragon was only around 55 metres .


Almost a 3 times difference .


Basically, it was putting a somewhat high-class Coupe in front of a ridiculously expensive sports car .


“Hey . ”


Poking her tail at the blue dragon’s face, Desdemona spoke .


-K… Kr . . .


“You wanna die? Huh?”


- . . .


“What, you’re gonna continue staring at me like that? Looks like you really wanna die…”


At Desdemona’s words, the blue dragon immediately looked down .


It had no choice .


What could it do when this monstrosity of a being was telling it not to stare at it like that?


It was obvious it would just die or be eaten if it didn’t listen .


“Or are you mad that I bothered your sleep? Huh?”


Shake shake .


The blue dragon immediately shook its head fiercely .


“Oh, really?”


Nod nod .


It seemed like even the fiercest of monsters wanted to live .


“So, any other complaints?”


Shake shake~ .


“You don’t, right?”


Nod nod~ .


“If you’re a minor, then act like one, idiot!”


Pow!


Desdemona’s tail smashed onto the blue dragon’s face .


- . . .


But the only thing the blue dragon could do was remain silent, afraid of Desdemona .


“Fine then, get lost . ”


-Kuooo!


The blue dragon immediately answered, before spreading its wings and flying away .


“Hmph, to think that a lowly lizard has the title of dragon… What a disgrace… Hu…”


Desdemona shook her head .


Growl,


Bang!


And at that moment, the sound of thunder rumbling in her stomach could be heard .


“Ah, maybe I should have just eaten it . It did look like the perfect size too… Hng…”


Desdemona stared at the blue dragon that was running away, and licked her lips . After sleeping for 1000 years, it was inevitable that she was hungry .


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At the same time .


Ah, should I just arrange the marriage in the middle of that damned Vilhelm’s territory or something?


That was right, Kang Chul-In’s marriage .


His damned item, the Needle of the Empress, made it so that Laputa would be destroyed by 3 natural disasters if he arranged the marriage there .


And so, it didn’t sound bad to go into the middle of Albrecht Vilhelm’s territory, and destroy everything with this item there instead .


Wouldn’t that be cool?


This would be the first time in history that marriage would become a real threat and disaster .


Ha, this is ridiculous .


But still, Kang Chul-In wasn’t crazy enough to actually put this thought into action .


Marriage was something to be celebrated, and a Lord’s marriage was even more special .


[System error!]


[Things have changed, and thus the contents of the Awakening Quest have changed as well . ]


[The original Awakening Quest, ‘Dragon Slayer,’ has been cancelled . ]


What the hell?


Kang Chul-In’s expression stiffened .


A sudden error in the system, and the cancelling of a quest?


Dragon Slayer (cancelled)


Kill the blue dragon that lives within the Dragonia Mountain Range!


Reward: +10 Levels / 500,000 gold / +5 Enhancement of the Lord’s specialty .


Notification: Due to the fact that the blue dragon has left its habitat, this quest can no longer be done .


-Warning: The new Awakening Quest will be given in around 30 days when the System calculates a suitable quest .


-Alarm: Due to the System Error, you have been rewarded 3 [Random Unit Selection] tickets .


What the hell is going on…


Kang Chul-In bit his lips .


From his experience, this was the first time that the System had malfunctioned like this .


Even though the system looked like a simple ‘Status page’ from a game, it wasn’t something to underestimate .


A giant ‘something’ that controlled the Pangaea continent .


This was how Kang Chul-In thought of the system, and it was a mystery that no one had been able to solve .


But the system malfunctioned?


It was obvious that Kang Chul-In would be astonished .


Of course, this was because Kang Chul-In didn’t know the real reason behind why this had happened .


He didn’t know the truth . . . that the blue dragon had run away with its tail tucked between its legs after meeting Desdemona .



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