Secret of the Black Dragon

Was Arin such a great being?

Come to think of it, in the Doppelgänger Dungeon, the devil Horn also said that.

-The spirit of darkness is a divine being. You are nothing but a monster with his thoughts.

Even the transcendental Horn called the spirit of darkness, the completion of Arin, ‘him’.

“Do you understand? Without his permission, even if he had lost all his strength, I would not have dared to touch him. Because the situation wouldn’t have allowed it.”

“Are you saying that she became that way after all, because she wanted to be that way?”

“right.”

“Then why didn’t you tell Arias-sama?”

“I did.”

Looking at Arias, she opened her mouth with a stiff face.

“If you are a normal being, even if you become weak, the saying that a god is a god will be applied correctly. But Keshin is a Dragon Lord. And from the perspective of magic, it is also the most outstanding among all the Lords. He has enough ability to do that. More than anything, she was in too much pain to believe she wanted it.”

Turning my head again, I see Keshin sighing heavily.

“With such a claim, what can I say?”

I don’t know whose claim is correct.

No way to find out.

‘Let’s talk more here, only my head hurts.’

Anyway, I’m going to go find Arin’s fragment and get my memory back.

Even if you don’t want to know later, you’ll know.

“That story ends here.”

“I’d love to.”

Keshin let out a small cough and continued.

“Currently, the kingdom of magic is facing a civil war, so I won’t be able to leave for a long time, so I’ll be honest.”

“yes.”

“I came to ask you something and give you something.”

Keshin raised his hand and twisted it slightly.

Hwaaa-

light emanates

After a while, when the light disappeared, something long was placed on top of his palm.

“Is it an arrow?”

“It’s not just an arrow. It’s an arrow made from an ancient dragon’s fangs.”

“Five… … .”

Did you grind your soul to make armor and now pull out your molars?

“You don’t have to look at my mouth like that. It’s not made from my molars.”

“Then whose teeth were they made from?”

Looking at me with deep sunken eyes, Keshin replied.

“A traitor to the race. black dragon. my… The one who was uncle.”

“… A black dragon? Is it the black dragon I know? Earth’s first catastrophe?”

“Right… … .”

“How can dragons be on Earth? Originally, weren’t dragons not allowed to go to other worlds besides Roden?”

“Right. he… I accepted the demon and became a demon dragon myself.”

“How did that happen… … .”

The dragon’s protection of Roden according to the will of the god Roden is a mission bestowed by the god given to the race of dragons.

Is it possible to shake it off and accept the devil?

“His desire was very great. It seems he couldn’t stand my father becoming a lord.”

“… … .”

“In the past, when my father was Lord, there was a demon manifested in Roden.”

That’s something I’ve heard too.

“Horn… … .”

“Yes, that Horn with whom you signed a soul contract. The black dragon has approached Hoorn before. I was trying to get out of my limits by borrowing his power. But it failed.”

“Is it because Roden has a higher rank than Horn?”

“Of course, there are things like that, but more than anything, the devil himself didn’t want anyone under him. what does he say… It was a demon that was not like a demon.”

Well, Horn wouldn’t have been interested in that kind of thing. Because he is preoccupied with dying before the demon lord’s curse is completed.

“The problem was that Horn exploded when it was sealed and the gate to the demon world was connected 500 years later.”

“I heard that Ramune appeared and saved the continent even then.”

“That is a matter of consequence. Lammune didn’t show up right away when the demonic invasion broke out. It only showed up a year after the gate was completed.”

“one year… … .”

“The pain Roden went through during that year was enormous. A lot of our dragons died at that time too. I almost died too.”

Kenshin gritted his teeth and continued.

“During that time of chaos, the black dragon did not fight for the continent. Rather, I went to the demon king.”

“… You mean you went to the demon realm?”

“Yes.”

“how?”

Keshin replied with a dark face.

“He stole the treasure while I was emptying the rare.”

“A treasure? What could it be… … .”

“The treasure distorts the law. Of course, I’ll let you reject Roden’s orders as well.”

Isn’t that enough to say it’s just a treasure?

After a moment of hesitation, he opened his mouth again.

“That treasure was also a fragment of the Dark Spirit. It is embodied in the form of a ring.”

“under… … .”

With this, the fragments of Arin became the only ones I know of.

Arin, my armor.

The sword of darkness that the Sword Master received from Keshin and discarded it.

A treasure that Keshin had.

What they have in common is that all three were in Keshin’s hands.

“I didn’t ask about the Dark Spirit for nothing. Did the thing you said you were going to ask for have anything to do with it? You want me to kill the black dragon and bring back the ring?”

“Calm down, Martin.”

It was my father, not Keshin, who told me to calm down.

When his father’s hand touches his shoulder, the rage that was about to soar subsides in an instant.

Having regained my composure, I asked Keshin, who was still silent.

“What do you want?”

“It is true that you are asking me to kill the black dragon. But I didn’t mean to ask for the ring. It belongs to you.”

it should be

Killing the black dragon and asking for the ring is too shameless.

“What would you do if I didn’t kill the black dragon and just went to find the ring?”

“… The ring is inside the heart of the black dragon.”

“You mean you have to kill the black dragon to get the ring.”

“That’s right. Of course, killing the black dragon won’t be easy. It’s an old old dragon, and since it’s got demonic energy, its power shouldn’t be that low compared to mine. maybe more than me That’s why I’m giving you this arrow.”

As I carefully examined it, I could feel divine energy from the arrow.

“Wasn’t it just an arrow made from a simple dragon’s fangs?”

“It’s an arrow containing Roden’s power. Even the gods were very angry at the black dragon’s betrayal. All you have to do is hit any part of the body with an arrow. Then all the powers that the Black Dragon possesses, all the powers that Loden bestowed on it, will be gone. Only magic remains. The black dragon’s magic isn’t that strong. He lost his dignity and was kicked out, so that must be the case.”

“I’m asking because you said you were kicked out. Why is the Great Demon Beast of the Demon Realm on Earth?”

“I don’t know. Either they were purged or abandoned for the demon lord’s amusement. Isn’t that just the reason?”

I think I heard everything I needed to hear.

I took the arrow from him and put it on my bracelet.

Cheer!

My wrists tingle.

Feeling like you don’t want to accept it.

However, as they continued to touch it, the bracelet had no choice but to insert the arrow.

‘Is it a difference in strength or a difference in attributes?’

Keshin opened his mouth at the moment when he was staring at it in wonder that the bracelet, which had been okay even when the demon king’s sword was inserted, showed resistance for the first time.

“Thank you.”

“… Isn’t there another fragment of the dark spirit?”

“Of course. At least as far as I am concerned, that ring is the end. In fact, the sword I gave to the Sword Saint was intended to go to you naturally.”

Come to think of it, that is also strange.

“If so, why didn’t you give it to me directly?”

“Because there will be enemies.”

“Enemy?”

“If I had given you that sword, the things of the Sorcerer Kingdom would have bothered you. In the end, there must have been a war between the Lamot family and the Mado Kingdom in one way or another. Neither you nor the demons of the kingdom of magic, descendants of Lamune, would not have given up their swords. I wanted to stop that from happening.”

That’s the role of the Dragon Lord.

“It’s unfair to think about it.”

What is so unfair about it?

“What?”

“It wasn’t me who put the dark spirit into the dark sword. It was like that even before the sword came into my hands. If you want to curse, you have to curse Lamune, the former owner of the sword. The same goes for the half. I just got it, I didn’t get involved in the slightest!”

… who said what

‘Well, even if I were Keshin, I think I’d feel a little unfair.’

However, Arias, Keshin’s daughter, didn’t seem to think so, pointing at Keshin and criticizing him.

“It’s clearly your fault for putting the dark element in your armor, Keshin.”

“No, they say my soul went in there too.”

“It’s something you brought on yourself.”

I stopped a fight between father and daughter.

“You can fight later. Now tell me something about the black dragon.”

“I’m putting up with it because of the look on Martin’s face.”

“after… Let’s talk later, daughter. Yes, brave Martin, what can I tell you?”

“Things he might hate.”

Traditionally, a fight is won by the one who pisses off the opponent.

* * *

Keshin, who faithfully told him what the black dragon disliked, looked at Arias and left.

“Ugh~ I think I’m going to live a little longer.”

Seeing Arias relieved, his hardened heart slowly melted.

“Aren’t they still between father and daughter?”

“What about the relationship between the husband and wife? I don’t know what the hell he’s thinking.”

me too.

Why the hell is everything so twisted and twisted?

As for the armor, yes.

Couldn’t you just give it to me directly?

Did I really have to kill the villain?

“I don’t like it.”

“I’m glad Martin thinks the same as me.”

Arias was smiling bashfully as if he was genuinely happy.

“Are you going to the banquet hall?”

“Yeah, I don’t normally like those kinds of places, but it’s Pedro’s birthday and I have to attend.”

My father smiled and held out his arm to Arias.

“It is an honor. I will see you.”

Arias quickly crossed his father’s arms.

“Thank you, Pedro.”

“It was nothing.”

The back of the two walking side by side looks like a scene from a famous painting.

‘It’s beautiful.’

When I get the ring, I feel that I have to free Arias first.

Even for my father.

* * *

During the banquet, I couldn’t even rest for a moment.

Since it was a banquet where I came as the successor of the Lamot family, not as a hero or a saint, people and other tribes clung to me without any burden, and I kept my seat until the end even thinking of my father.

However, despite my constant efforts, the incident broke out.

“dare! On the topic of villains!”

“It’s been a long time since I quit being a villain!”

At some point, Goseong started to come out from one side of the space.

The moment I glanced over there, wondering if something had happened,

bang!!

One side of the wall exploded, and two people jumped out of it.

‘what? Is it a fight?’

I’m half annoyed, half intrigued… To be honest, I came out through the broken wall, grateful to them for relieving this boredom.

When I come out, the celebrants pour out.

Fire-

Flash!

The flames soared and the sword light mingled, illuminating the dark night sky.

I was shocked to see the two fighting in the sky like heavenly gods.

‘There was a person I didn’t know about?’

I know that the flame-breathing person is a demon, but I have no idea who is fighting him.

Since he was invited to this celebration, he would not be a villain. Our family’s intelligence department isn’t that lax.

If so, who are you talking about?

That swordsman’s skills were never inferior to that of the swordsman.

Rather, it seems stronger than the Sword Saint.

‘That’s great.’

As I watched the duel with clenched fists, Arias came to my side.

She was looking up at the sky with sparkling eyes.

“I knew it would be like this.”

It seems that dragons like to watch fights as well.

“Do you know who that man is?”

“Yeah, Keshin said that during the day. He is that dwarf.”

“The descendants of Lamune… … ?”

“yes.”

As far as I know, Yeomma is also a descendant of Ramune.

The two can’t get along well.

‘It’s a bout for the successor position of the hero… … .’

So exciting!

Then Arias spoke.

“Honestly, it’s funny, but I don’t understand it.”

“What?”

“Even if we win there, is it more than just proving that we are the successor of Lamune?”

“That is a very honorable thing.”

“Well, at least he’s the hero’s heir.”

Arias smiled briskly and stroked my hair.

“Our Martin here is a brave man, hehe.”

… that’s right