The Foreigner on the Periphery - Chapter 147

When Leo, widely known as the attention-seeking dragon, deviated from his usual path, no one of his kind paid much attention. Not many dragons even found out about it. Hong Kong Island was the place where the dragon frequently appeared in downtown Hong Kong, which was divided into Kowloon Peninsula in the north and Hong Kong Island in the south by a narrow 1km-wide seaway. 

As he turned and headed north, others thought it was a whim. Since he was a dragon that could not be understood by common sense in the first place, it was meaningless to gauge intentions. 

Among them, Caliether commented as follows. “Did you want to put on a different show today?” She sighed lightly. “Would you like to draw attention in these troubled times? The psychology of wanting to attract attention and be praised by a species other than a dragon… I’m hardened to think that that is also a type of deformity.”

Her last words, although she herself did not know, had already been transferred to Minjun once through the road. However, the feeling of her words that Minjun understood then was different from the way she articulated it now. The tone of mocking and contempt for Leo was faint, but bitterness was felt instead. 

Caliether then asked. “Why is the probability of birth defects in our species so high?” It was neither advice nor self-talk.

Jenkinson, who had been listening beside her, replied. “It is an unsolved riddle. Neither our ancestors nor their ancestors could give an answer.” 

After defeating the men who gave her news, she thought about her for a while longer. “Riddles must be solved, problems must be solved. It is strange that no one is actively addressing this phenomenon.” 

“Isn’t that also our culture that has been handed down from long ago? With noble dragon blood, a maxim that even dragons should not be fooled. The notion that hemolysis is not an object of study. Earth didn’t bother to ban it with the dragonic code, but there are many levels of punishment.” 

Jenkinson thought about it. In the old days, Jang Tae-joon said that the reason why he chose Earth among the many frontier dimensions was because the rules for blood management were less strict than those of other dimensions. He would have expected that he would be able to get over it even if he was found out that he was doing something with his own blood. 

Even so, it was fate that punishment could not be avoided the moment it was discovered that it was for the purpose of virus research. “But this won’t solve the problem forever, will it?” 

“There are many people who judge that finding a problem itself is a problem before solving it.” It sounded like a pun, but Jenkinson was telling the truth. “The high incidence of malformations must be related to genes, but to solve it, wouldn’t it be possible to touch the DNA of the dragons? Just talking about that possibility brings to mind countless faces of ancient dragons who would be disgusted by it. A dragon would scream that it could never be an object of improvement. Even as it is now, it is a perfect, beautiful, noble creature.” 

It was a problem even if the DNA was not touched and analyzed. What if, by researching genes, only select dragons that were unlikely to give birth to deformed babies informed them of that fact? This would distort the choice of conception and childbirth. 

It was impossible. This was because dragons were not domestic animals. This was because they were beings who shouldn’t have been born that way. “Should a dragon be perfect?” 

Caliether objected. “That is a claim that can only be advocated after burying all those born with deformities in darkness. Those who forced those who lacked and were flawed to come out say so. If you don’t see it, it feels like it doesn’t exist.” 

Jenkinson sensed a strange feeling in her words. He also remembered that Caliether’s child had been treated as a hatchling for an unusually long time, even by dragon standards. 

“I said something I shouldn’t have. Let’s just get back to the main topic.” After Caliether declared she would support Jenkinson, she was surprisingly active in helping. Her meeting today was also to devise a strategy for the day to come

“President Jenkinson!” 

“Caliether!” 

Blair and Caliether’s attendants rushed into the room at the same time. They once again broke the news about Leo. 

“What?!” At that moment, other dragons besides the two were shocked to hear similar news. It was because of the path Leo had revealed as he crossed the narrow sea between the peninsula and the island. 

Unlike the first time, there were few dragons who did not hear Leo’s movements. Most of the Balaur’s subordinates had become important enough to convey the information in a hurry. Leo was heading towards the Kai Tak Dimensional Jump Terminal. 

“Why are you headed there?” They thought about it, but no one took action right away. 

“Isn’t the Hong Kong Terminal a 100% owned facility by the Commission?” 

“The airport right next door is owned by the city. Raymond must have been informed of this already.” 

Furthermore, Leo was Raymond’s son. Considering that fact, the dragons were watching the situation without intervening, even at the moment Leo gave the order to introduce people in the terminal. 

*** 

=I’ll say it again. Everyone get out of the terminal if you don’t want to die! 

= Leo’s mental waves penetrated the minds of everyone there. The Thunder Dragon, who crossed the sea wearing blazing lightning, gave an order even before reaching the terminal. It was the middle of the night, and for the time being, there were no jump ships coming into or out of Hong Kong from outer space. 

Since there were no passengers, most of the staff had left work, and only security personnel remained in the terminal with the lights off. The facility and site were owned by the committee, but the consignment operation subject was a district company, and the workers were also district residents. 

They were furious and angry and had no intention of fighting the dragon, who urged them to flee. There was no virtue in their work ethic that required them to fight the dragon and win. Loyalty towards his employer was not so strong that he gave up his life. And so, all the guards fled. 

Dismissed! Paperweight! Supportive! Sparks flew between the antlers resembling a deer, and the lightning that came out of them increased its power as it ran on the scales. The lightning he wore gradually thickened and flashed an intense light. 

From there, the dragon looked down. He had forewarned that when they arrived the terminal would be empty. Since Leo was born, he had never fought someone with all his might. Even after becoming an adult, he interacted with very few dragons. He was on the side of conceding even in dragon-like disagreements (usually over ownership of treasure or when he insisted he wasn’t wrong). Read the most updated version of this novel and other amazing translated novels from the original source at – “ ”

This was because the dragons’ temper, which was infested with desire and will to fight, was unpleasant. So today, for the first time in his life, Leo tried to unleash a bolt of lightning with all his might. 

Quarreureung! The result shocked himself. In the sky above the Kai Tak Jump Terminal, a waterfall made of blue light poured down. Hong Kong citizens had never seen lightning so thick. 

“Kyaaaaaaaaaaaaah!” 

“···Oh My God!” Lightning struck the terminal site continuously and relentlessly. 

Kwak Kwa Kwak! The committee prepared a countermeasure against terrorism, but it was a preparation for a realistic threat. In addition to this, dragons were always an unrealistic threat.

The artificial island began to shake. Explosions ensued, and buildings and ground collapsed to pieces. Tremendous heat accompanied by thunderbolts created a storm that roared across the earth. Leo poured his lightning bolts, feeling both euphoric and disgusted at what he had done. It was an unbelievable sight for a dragon of that age. If the dragon race looked close, the blinding flash exploded. Of course, the body would have been fried first before losing sight. 

Quarreung! Kwak! Quarreureung! A fierce light spread around the terminal. It was the moment when the temporary tomb of the Dragon Lord was exposed to the most spectacular spotlight. Because of Leo’s sudden actions, the terminal workers who were evacuating, the airport officials who were working right next to them, the other dragons who remained in Hong Kong, the ordinary citizens, Minjun, and Kentius were all startled. 

However, there were people whose horrors were greater than the combined horrors of all of them. These were the pilots who were flying flight KE681 at this time, as well as the crew and passengers aboard. 

*** 

“Out of control! Out of control!” The captain tried not to lose his composure, but the call-out was already close to screaming. The aircraft was rocking like crazy from side to side like a boat floating on the rough waves. The altitude dropped rapidly and the trajectory was unstable. 

The plane was going down now. The instrument panel was messed up. There were signs from the time the control tower instructed Flight KE681 to return to the flight that was preparing for landing. The captain insisted on landing, but the control tower was stubborn. Just then, a mountain of lightning rained down on the jump terminal next to the airport. 

“Shit! Gear up! Gear…!” 

In an instant, the instrument panel stopped working and the control system stopped responding properly. The device may have been affected by that lightning strike. Or, it could be that the power transmission was cut off due to the interference of the magic crystals that had already replaced jet fuel decades ago. Whatever the truth, the captain no longer had the time to wonder why.

The plane went completely out of control. 

“We’re down! We’re down!’ 

There was no answer from the control tower. The communication system was also broken. 

“…!” The captain gritted his teeth in determination, The plane was just preparing for a sharp turn when the lightning struck. Due to a sudden accident, the change of direction ended incomplete. As a result, the plane was heading toward the middle of Hong Kong’s downtown rather than the runway or the sea. 

It was like a fire had started in his head. The captain thought the worst was to be avoided. A fall was already inevitable. If so, human casualties should be minimized. He desperately held on to the control stick, which he rarely listened to. He struggled to crash the plane into the sea. 

However, he didn’t get his way. The captain’s body was drenched in sweat. His co-pilot also tried to remain as calm as possible, but his hands were shaking. The screams of passengers could be heard beyond the cockpit door. The plane rocked and his vision continued to falter. Beyond the dizzying rotating glass windows, like the overturned sky, one could see the city center with countless stars. 

“No, wrong!” It was the moment when the captain felt the end. 

“…!”

Something had changed. Said change was so sudden that neither the captain nor the co-pilot noticed it at first. The screams of the passengers passing through the door stopped. A sense of unreality filled the brains of everyone on the plane. 

“This…?” An incomprehensible landscape unfolded outside the window. All objects that were visible below stopped moving. The urban landscape that was approaching them stopped expanding further and faced them at a certain distance. 

“How did this happen?” The aircraft was stopped. Considering the speed at which the plane crashed, it was possible only after a long deceleration. The captain urgently looked out the window. He turned his head and secured his vision. 

Then, the first officer sitting next to him shouted. “Hey, senior?!” 

Hearing this, the captain turned his head and saw the same thing as his first officer. He made eye contact with someone.

“···Ah?” It was a large eye in the middle of a bronze island. After a while, the captain realized that what he thought was an island was the body of a creature. The elongated tentacles protruding from it were extending to the back of the machine, out of sight. 

And at that time, Hong Kong citizens were witnessing with their own eyes the sight that the captain could have guessed through his imagination. They had already seen her a few days before. However, they never imagined that she would be reunited in this way. A gigantic tentacle creature overturned the sky, extending a relatively thin strand, entangling the crashing plane. No one wondered why the airliner hadn’t crashed, or how such a gigantic creature could appear out of nowhere. 

He was shocked. From there, a mental wave rang. 

=Replacement.= Most of them also did not know. The huge eye in the middle of the mass of tentacles was burning with great rage. =What is this?!=

The furious creature’s will reverberated throughout the sky. The princess of Endelion looked down at downtown Hong Kong, where a series of catastrophes were about to happen every few days. Then, she carefully set the plane down at the airport before it crashed. From the citizens’ point of view, the building lying on its side seemed to move elastically and cross the sky. 

In the process, the princess thought for a moment. It seemed that all those years, which were only a little over a hundred years, had certainly changed some of the princess’ capabilities. Despite returning to her body, instead of using telekinetic powers, Dell reflexively extended her tentacles to save the airliner. 

It only meant that the situation felt urgent. Shaking off her thoughts, the tentacled creature looked back at the dragon with tremendous fury. The terminal was a mess, but the most important jumpship guidance device was intact. There was a barrier that could not be destroyed unless the ancient dragons came in droves. However, except for that building, the rest… 

=The criminal responsible for destroying the committee’s private property will be punished accordingly…!= 

Before she had finished her words, Leo opened her mouth. The eyes of the tentacle monster and the dragon met. At that moment, Dell thought of something that resembled madness in his eyes. The dragon declared, “I will surrender.”

*** 

“Isn’t he a complete lunatic?!” 

At the same time, Minjun fainted while watching the scene