Episode #271. I’ll step out.
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“Among the seven princesses, the blood I inherited is special.”
Dragon blood itself is fatal to humans.
In particular, the blood of Doknokryongyakgun, which even had the word poison (毒) attached to its title, had the most terrifying poison among the seven dragons.
However, in the Bronze Age, there were few people who were afraid of approaching the Poison Green Dragon Medicine Army.
Rather the opposite, to put it bluntly.
Most people hoped to come into contact with Poison Green Dragon Yakgun at least once.
Just as an overdose of good medicine becomes poison.
Poison beyond the extreme can become medicine instead.
And because Poison Nokryongyakgun, who was able to handle the psionics of biological manipulation like breathing, was able to completely control his own toxicity and turn it into a weak one.
The sickness is healed just by breathing.
The touch of your hand will heal your wounds.
Get immortality with a single drop of blood.
An absolute being who could do what even a god could do only by using a miracle, just by breathing.
That was the existence of Poison Green Dragon Medicine Army, and that’s why its blood was considered the supreme blessing.
But after Poison Green Dragon’s death.
That blessing turned into a curse.
“Unlike my father-in-law, I couldn’t perfectly control the toxicity of my blood. That’s why I ended up killing everything just by touching it.”
That is why the rebellion broke out after the death of the seven dragons.
Those who experienced the miracle of the Poison Green Dragon Medicine Army could not recognize the Green Dragon Princess, who sowed terrible deaths, as a descendant of the dragon.
“The biggest problem of all is that even I myself have been bit by bit poisoned by my own blood.”
It was unavoidable.
The essence of the Poison Green Dragon Medicine Army that they inherited is the supreme poison.
It wasn’t something that even Green Dragon Princess, the strongest of the descendents of dragons, could handle.
“That’s why our clan developed the seventy-two kinds of people in the direction of protecting and training them.”
The reason why the Green Dragon clan mainly learn external skills to strengthen their bodies is not to take advantage of biomanipulation.
To put it bluntly, the opposite.
For the short-lived Green Dragon Princess, it was to train her body so that she could withstand the poison even a little longer and find a way to overcome her shortcomings.
It is the same as the reason why they have been studying medicine and making elixirs for generations.
“But that was not enough.”
The best medicine in the world.
All kinds of precious elixirs.
The power of the seventy-two kinds.
Even with all of that, the only limit was to extend the lifespan of the green dragon princess a little more.
In the end, he couldn’t prevent himself from being poisoned by his own blood.
In particular, right after awakening from the egg, when the psionic control was incomplete, the green dragon princess always had to go through life and death.
“That’s why our clan devised a special countermeasure.”
At this rate, the dragon’s blood might end.
For the members of the Seven Dragons, that family was more horrific than a nightmare, and made the Green Dragons do whatever they could.
“As soon as the green dragon princess was born, I assigned a clan master as an aide to help control the psionics and deal with some of the miasma.”
Even if they did not inherit the dragon’s blood, the green dragon clan is also a descendant of the poison green dragon medicine group.
In particular, if you are a class master who has been trained to the limit, you can endure the toxicity of the green dragon princess to some extent, and it is possible to come into contact with it for a while.
He could even take on the toxicity that the princess couldn’t handle.
Only after using such a method did the green dragon princess manage to avoid being short-lived due to her own poison.
“—In exchange for the lives of my aides.”
One problem.
There was no way that even the green dragon princess could withstand the toxicity that a class master could not endure.
Even multiple psionics could collide if mixed, so they couldn’t take turns taking poison.
Nonetheless, successive Green Dragon Princess aides did not hesitate to take on the poison, and that is why they died without lasting for ten years at the longest.
It is like a living sacrifice offered as human sacrifice.
“And my original close friend was the sister’s mother, Carla.”
“…Did you mean that the master killed the sister’s mother?”
“exactly.”
Maia closed her eyes.
Carla was a great woman.
Of course, he became a class master at a young age and brought the fallen family back to the ranks of the prestigious family.
It was because when Maia woke up from the egg, she was the first to become an aide and treated her like a normal girl, whom everyone feared.
That’s why Carra wasn’t just an aide to Maia as a child.
Nanny, friend and family.
Above all, he was the only one who taught me what human body temperature was.
However, Carra could not handle Maia’s toxicity and eventually passed away leaving two daughters behind.
“I made those children who had no one to look after after Carra died as candidates for my aide.”
The family, which had once fallen but managed to rise again thanks to Carra, lacked the talent and tradition to sustain its prosperity without her.
That’s why Maia got Arbella and Barbara.
In order to protect and take care of the deceased Karra as the supporter of the two sisters.
Because that was the kind of gratitude she could give to Carla as the princess of the green dragon clan, who was strict with her wishes.
“By the way, do you know what those kids did the most after becoming candidates for my aide?”
Maia did not wait for Limon’s answer.
He just twisted his lips into a cold, pessimistic smile.
“It was a fight and a competition to be my chief entourage.”
“…to prevent the sister from being chosen as the master’s aide and accepting the poison and dying like her mother?”
“These are stupid things.”
“That’s right…”
Limon scratched his cheek.
Being a close aide was just an excuse to take care of him.
From the beginning, Maia would have had no intention of making the two sisters… no, anyone her aides.
Even if he had to risk his own lifespan being cut due to the accumulated toxicity, he wouldn’t have wanted to suffer the same wounds.
Sisters fighting like enemies and sacrificing themselves to protect each other without even knowing that.
How did Maia feel when she saw that?
As much as I could have roughly guessed it, it was rather a strange story that was hard to find anything to say.
“So I started researching.”
In the first place, it seemed that he neither wanted nor needed words of consolation.
Without even seeing Limon.
Maia said coldly.
A secret that could not be told to anyone for a long time.
The goal he wanted to achieve by using himself as a test subject and destroying his body.
“To find a way to control my poison without the eighth dragon psionic.”
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Let’s be clear.
Gula was not the smartest monarch.
Instead, he was a monarch who excelled only in meanness and cunning.
Of course, he had been sharpening knives and preparing various things for several years to get revenge on Maia.
Even though he was sure of an overwhelming victory, he deliberately moved the gang to the extent of attacking the green dragon clan.
That’s why he remained calm even when his gang was crushed by the military.
He was pleased that he had revealed the trump card of the Green Dragon clan thanks to him, and decided to kill the top heads of the military and government later.
Even when gang rampages planted inside Sao Paulo were blocked by BOPE agents.
Even when the guild members who were ambushed in the hideout were discovered and lost contact one by one.
I just hardened my face a bit.
He accepted it with ease as the last outburst of the Green Dragon clan.
But at this moment.
The pale-faced guild member’s report made Gula’s face distorted.
“You said you lost contact with that bastard Louise? Did you go to catch that bitch’s aide?”
“yes. I’m using all means to keep in touch, but…”
A guild member who can’t speak.
Hearing those words, Gula raised a vein on his forehead.
“It’s obvious without looking at this bastard! I must have jumped out first because I wanted to be at a disadvantage again!”
It was too heartless to say it as soon as he heard the report that he had lost contact with the deputy guild leader.
However, the guild members did not find such Gula strange.
It was because, even in their opinion, it was much more likely that Louise had sneaked out than something had happened.
Putting aside her selfish personality, in terms of ability, Louise was not someone who would die easily.
“Damn it, I don’t have anyone to trust and use!”
Gula gnashed his teeth.
Ruiz is the commander of the troops hidden in Sao Paulo.
As long as he suddenly disappeared, the guild members he had ambushed would only wander around and not actively fight.
The Forest Guild wasn’t called the most ragtag of the teenage guilds for nothing.
‘…but did this bastard really run away?’
I was angry for a while.
Gula felt suspicious.
As much as I was the first to run away when fighting Maia before, I warned her that if she bounced again, she would kill me.
It was strange that Louise jumped out again.
Even if he escaped, it also meant that something unfavorable had happened to the extent that Ruiz, a large-supply player, ran away.
More than anything, I didn’t like the fact that nothing was solved after the attack started.
‘São Paulo is originally the front yard of the Green Dragon Clan, so I expected things to get tangled… But anyway, this is too tangled.’
It is clearly within the expected range.
Power wise, it’s still superior.
I even have a trump card.
Still, the feeling of uneasiness grows stronger.
It feels as if an invisible rope is tightening itself little by little.
Or the reluctance of being robbed of a metallurgical fortune against an outrageous swindler annoyed Gula.
‘Tsk, I should have brought old Diego.’
At this time, Diego was the only loyal subordinate who had enough brains to consult.
Of course, at this time, Ambrosia production was disrupted, and it was regrettable that it had to be left in the jungle for management.
But that’s for a while.
Gula soon gave up his regret.
After all, he only believes in himself.
I had never trusted or depended on subordinates, and I had no intention of doing so.
Sigh.
“Prepare everything.”
So it was.
That’s what he said when he got up from his seat.
“I will go out on my own.”
“yes? Are you saying that the Lord will fight?”
“okay.”
“But then São Paulo…”
Perk!
After the guild member’s head flew off as if he had heard something absurd.
Gula asked the silent guild members in a lively voice.
“Another objection?”
“….”
“If you don’t have one, prepare quickly, bastards! Before I kill you!”
Hurry up!
Is it the effect of that shouting?
Or is it the effect of a dripping fist?
Leaving behind the men who had just begun to move quickly, Gula smiled bleakly.
Maia is probably not in a condition to fight properly.
Then there was no need for any more tricks anyway. It was enough to push everything with overwhelming force.
In fact, that was what he was most proud of of all the monarchs.
Woodeuk Wooddeuk!
So, the moment when Gula moved towards Sao Paulo and activated his absolute skill.
change has begun.
The bloated body swells.
Tear the flesh and the flesh comes out.
Hands split and teeth erupt.
Legs grow and claws rise.
Koo Goo Goo!
so after a while.
―A huge shadow was cast over Sao Paulo with loud vibrations.
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Koo-goo-goo-goo.
‘earthquake?’
The first time I felt that vibration.
Mota, who was in command of the soldiers, thought he was out of luck.
Brazil is a country with rare earthquakes.
Not to mention, earthquakes in the middle of a gunfight with gangs weren’t usually a coincidence.
But after a while.
Motta realized.
That this vibration was not an earthquake.
thud.
Suddenly, a huge shadow swelled up as if exploding in the distance.
cooong.
And the roar that resonated every time the shadow moved made Mota aware of the cause of this vibration.
“What monster?”
Mota opened her eyes.
A body as tall as a mountain.
Thorns sprouting bumps all over the body.
Four feet thick and large like pillars.
Up to six elongated necks and heads.
Its appearance was what could only be called a monster.
The problem was that even Mota, a high-level player officer with a name, couldn’t even guess what kind of monster it was.
‘Hydra? Isn’t it Doom Arkan? It seems like a Giant Eater…’
Looking at the snake’s multiple heads, it resembles the Hydra, the boss monster on the 95th floor of the dungeon.
That thorny, armor-like shell is the same as Doom Arkan, the boss monster on the 97th floor of the dungeon.
It is reminiscent of the Giant Eater on the 92nd floor of the dungeon, which is said to swallow even giants with its gigantic body and ferocious teeth.
That’s why Mota had no choice but to be more confused.
If it was a single monster, they would have suspected that it was summoned by a large-supply summoning player.
As far as he knew, there was no player who had the skill to summon such a variety of monsters, even monsters with the characteristics of a super-high-level boss.
That’s impossible even for a summoning lord…
‘No, wait.’
That moment.
Mota was taken aback.
Assuming that monster wasn’t a monster, there was only one prime suspect.
It was so different from the video I saw a few years ago that I couldn’t recognize him at first glance, but he was a player who changed his appearance every time he battled in the first place.
‘no way…!’
The pinnacle of monster-type players.
A person who gains the power of the monster he ate.
And the most terrifying lord, capable of mixing the traits of several monsters to unleash infinite power.
“A monster lord?”
The one who has risen to the ranks of the monarch with the power of the absolute skill [Satiation Evolution], which becomes stronger the more you eat.
And Mota couldn’t help but be astonished as he saw Gula approaching the city, transforming into a colossal monster with a height of over 100 meters.
