How to Live as a Half-Dragon

104. conclusion of the bet

Originally, the reason Xian was brought all the way here at midnight was because he was fascinated by that wish.

In response to Xian’s question, which almost left out an important wish, Creston answered without hesitation.

“Ah, I see, there was that.”

“… … .”

“What is your wish? listen to me.”

It hurt Creston like that.

In a way, it was natural for her to grant her wish.

Xian was deep in thought.

‘It’s a rumor… .’

Sian, who was thinking deeply, opened his mouth.

“I’m going to tell you next time. The tournament is over.”

“hmm… .”

Crashton said.

“What’s good, do it.”

It was the time when Xian was about to head for the carriage, leaving behind Craston, who had a curious look.

Craston’s voice came from behind.

“Oh and.”

“yes?”

Xian turned around.

“Did you use it on the last skill stain?”

“Not yet.”

Unfortunately, it was incomplete.

To be honest, I was lucky a little while ago.

1 out of 3 times it fails…

It was still difficult to use in practice.

But this time, luckily, I succeeded.

‘I think it’s pretty good as long as it succeeds…’ .’

Even if he was careless inwardly, Xian asked in order to hear the impressions of Kraston, who had received the technology himself.

“What do you think? just technology.”

“… What a surprise. Come to think of it, you must have never stayed in Alteon, but where did you learn Alteon’s skills?”

Xian said to Crashton, who seemed to be questioning that point.

“I realized something by looking over my shoulder.”

“ah… is it?”

Craston thought for a moment and said.

“Anyway, you’d better not use that technique. that… .”

As expected of Kraston, he seemed to have figured out his flaws with just one look.

The downside is that it eats up so much stamina that there is no backlash, and as I said, the success rate was so low that it was fatal.

If it failed, only physical strength could be consumed and exposed to danger.

“Yes, it should.”

Xian, not knowing that he had nothing more to say, stopped speaking involuntarily.

“I didn’t know you had more to say.”

“No, it would be meaningless if you knew.”

Xian shook his head and turned around.

“then.”

Really, it was finally time to return to Alteon.

* * *

After Xian left, Creston, who was left alone, smiled.

“Well, if you don’t intend to kill him, there’s no way you can use it on Stein.”

Looking at the arm he had stopped bleeding with medicine and first aided with a bandage, Crashton blamed his own stupidity.

No matter how much time passed and Stein became a monster, it was a skill that pushed himself, who boasted the most impenetrable walls in Alteon, to this extent.

Of course, the person involved must be aware of the degree of risk of technology.

“after… .”

Craston sighed.

In fact, I came to find out what he was thinking, but it was because there was no big income.

Young, but never sloppy.

‘You must have the skills… .’

It was like seeing her as a child.

Maybe even more than that.

As much as that, the blow that Xian showed was shocking.

“What do you think?”

At Craston’s words, a woman who had been hiding behind a large rock in the distance appeared sneakily.

Crashton said.

“The reason why you want to attend the great meeting, do you really think you are going to agree with the head of the family?”

“I don’t know what. And it doesn’t really matter, does it?”

“It is, but.”

In fact, regardless of whether or not Xi’an attended the grand competition, she had already thought of doing as much as possible to prevent the first connoisseur from becoming the successor.

There was also a plan to erase Xian’s existence.

Nothing had changed.

Unfortunately, the probability of failure has only increased slightly.

If I had captured Xian, I could have more clearly disrupted the tournament…

I was very sorry about that.

“I have to leave the rest to chance… ?”

* * *

Upon returning, Xian immediately washed up and ate an adequate meal before falling asleep.

I was so tired that I didn’t wake up until Drake came the next morning.

“Did you fall asleep in this situation?”

“What is the situation?”

“Isn’t there a tournament tomorrow?”

In short, it meant that nothing happened.

“Isn’t there anything else to do anyway?”

The truth is. the reality.

I can’t draw a big match right now, and it’s not like there’s anything urgent to deal with.

If there was any, it would be Stain’s business, but I thought about that part yesterday when I came here, so I decided to leave it alone.

As expected, I didn’t feel comfortable dealing with him with force.

More than anything, Xian has seen Stein for a long time.

He wasn’t the kind of guy who would hurt himself.

Well, it seems that I can get help from Crashton because of yesterday’s incident.

“So I’m going to leave Stain alone.”

When Xian conveyed his thoughts, Drake nodded.

Even though it was no different from leaving it entirely to chance, it seemed to respect the choice.

“If that’s what you mean then do it.”

Drake put Stain aside and talked about something else.

Based on this report, it seems that the reason why he came early in the morning was because he was curious about what happened with Crashton.

“Then why did Craston come?”

“That’s it.”

When Xian talked about what happened yesterday, Drake let out a soft exclamation.

“Right… .”

Drake praised Xian.

“He behaved well.”

There, it could have been a nuisance if Crashton’s guess was correct.

“Isn’t that right?”

“Yeah, that wish worked out in a way.”

“I think so too.”

So, Drake said as Cyan laid down on the bed as if he had nothing to do.

“How about going to the northern forest?”

“It’s a northern forest… hmm… .”

Xian, to be honest, was reluctant.

He was also thinking of leaving Alteon soon, and there was no reason to visit the northern forest now, which he had to conquer to be recognized as a member of Alteon.

“Doesn’t it matter? In a way, everything I’ve been working on has been for that purpose.”

“… … .”

After thinking for a moment, Xian stood up.

“Shall we?”

There is nothing to do, and Drake’s words may have some truth. Xian prepared to go out.

If it was now, it would be enough to break through, so I went out with the feeling of going on a light picnic.

‘It won’t take too long.’

The northern forest is large, but in fact, the core is the owners of the forest.

If it wasn’t for that, I could have been there today.

Sian finished preparing and spoke to Drake.

“Then I will go.”

* * *

After leaving the room, Xian met Cecily at the door.

Xian judged that he had brought breakfast and came to wake him up.

“Where are you going?”

“To visit the northern forest.”

“Why the northern forest?”

Xian picked up the sandwich and took a bite.

“You just don’t have anything else to do?”

When he said that he was going for a purely light purpose, Cecily followed suit without hesitation.

“You don’t have to follow me.”

“You said that yesterday and came late at night.”

Yesterday I went to meet Drake and was taken straight away by Earl Creston, so I was very sorry that I had fallen.

Well, I was quite surprised to see Cecily waiting for me when I arrived late last night.

‘Of course I thought he went to his room… .’

Xian nodded.

“Okay then… .”

Cyan and Cecily moved on to the northern forest.

After passing through the northern gate, we arrived at the entrance of the forest.

When I arrived at the entrance, Grak nodded as he did that day seven years ago.

“It’s been a long time since you came. Xian.”

“See you soon. Grak.”

Sian said after being greeted by Grak.

“But how come Grak-sama hasn’t changed at all?”

Compared to when Xian and Cecily first visited this place, they were almost reversed.

7 years is like that.

However, Grak, then and now, looked the same as he did in his mid-to-late 30s.

In response to Xian’s question, Grak curled up his lips with his thumb and showed sharp teeth.

As he looked at it, which was much sharper than a man’s fang, he said.

“My great-grandfather was a werewolf subspecies.”

“ah… .”

“Well, with each passing generation, now that trait has faded, and there’s nothing special about it except that they live a little longer than others.”

I sympathized with her because she was a descendant of dragons.

If that’s the reason, I was convinced, so I nodded as I continued.

“But you came here to conquer the forest, right?”

“yes.”

The chatter was too long for Xian to think.

He nodded his head in reply and got to the point.

“Can I come in?”

“Yes, but if you don’t mind, can I follow you?”

“of course.”

Xian entered the northern forest like that.

The owners of the forest who had attacked Xian before fell flat on their faces as soon as they met.

Curiously, a long time had passed and his appearance had changed a lot, but he had recognized Xian.

“How have you been?”

In particular, in the case of the bell fox, which followed the draft very well, they even waggled their tails and clung to each other.

Xian listened to the pleasant jingling sound and looked at the forest afterwards.

From now on, you have to start anew.

Xian raised his spirits and went into the forest.

‘what?’

As soon as we met, the guy who should have rushed at him was just hiding and glaring at Xian.

said Greg.

“I was scared.”

“yes?”

It’s kind of disheartening to hear that the masters of the forest are like that, but…

The reality is that even oneself does not want to fight a strong enemy who is far superior.

Their hearts also understood.

Xian moved to the next area.

However, the results were the same in the next area.

‘Kim Sae-ni, this… .’

It was around the time when I wondered if I could conquer the forest without incident.

‘Still, is this the last owner?’

The owner of the last 10th forest was showing sharp momentum even in front of Xian.

Come to think of it, this guy…

It was the guy who came out to meet and watch when Xian conquered the first area.

‘He was the strongest guy in the forest.’

For some reason, I understood that it made the draft at the time shrunk.

Of course, the situation was very different.

“Come on.”

At Xian’s words, the guy rushed at him.

Even the sharp energy of the sharp claws…

‘Come?’

Dragonstalk is technically an aura, but it takes quite a long training to form an aura that is hard enough to have cutting power.

It wasn’t until Xian was an apprentice slayer that it was possible to some extent, so I could understand why the northern forest had to be at the level of a slayer to be conquered.

‘It was purely because of this guy.’

Xian, who had avoided the attack a couple of times and retreated, did not dodge the attack the third time and caught it with ease.

The man who grabbed his arm flinched.

‘I really wanted to do this too… .’

shame and shame at that time.

But when I did it myself, I felt more comfortable.

The privilege of the strong was so sweet.

“Kuong… .”

As I slapped the stomach with my free arm, he made a strange noise.

But Xian didn’t let go.

The boy’s eyes hadn’t died yet.

puck. pug.

I beat him until his eyes became obedient, and then he let me go.

I wish the staggering figure was a bit excessive, but…

‘Should I eat this?’

I took out the potion I was going to pour on Kraston yesterday and fed it.

I forcibly opened the spout of the guy who refused, probably because of pride, and poured it out, and he quickly recovered.

Xian put in an empty potion bottle and said.

“I think it’s over, Mr. Grak.”

Conquest of the Northern Forest.

Surprisingly, it seems to have ended quickly, but I wondered what it would be like.

Sian looked at Grak, and Grak shook his head.

“You mean there are still left?”

“That’s not it. The conquest of the forest is over.”

Whatever he was talking about, Grak immediately looked deeper into the forest for the sheep to check with his eyes instead of explaining in detail.

Sounds like there’s something more.

“all right.”