The Foreigner on the Periphery - Chapter 162

The dragon and the human looked at one place at the same time. The air stirred rapidly. Something approaching me in front of him was obviously unusual. 

Chill. There ensued an eerie aura that spreads rapidly in all directions. 

Softly! Kwajik! 

The silence of the forest was fleeting. Something came walking through the vegetation and stepping on branches. He was often slapped too. And there was also a sound that was difficult to tell whether it was breathing or wind. 

Perhaps it indeed was the sound of breathing. The grass shimmered. There was heavy breathing. It was coming from the direction of the master’s grave. Little by little, little by little, they got closer. 

‘No way?’ Ominous energy was present.

‘No way!’ 

Unfortunately or fortunately, there was something he had guessed. He felt both the opposite urge to crush his guess and cling to it. The contours were gradually revealed. Slow moving it was pretty huge. The cloud tossed and the moonlight shattered on his back. The contrast of the forest was reversed. The moment the familiar scent of blood stung his nose, it finally made its full appearance. 

“···You.” A reptile with a familiar appearance sticking out its head through the grass. It was the dragon he had been searching for so far. However, it was not in the ‘state’ he expected. 

“Kurrrrrr!” Adkiel growled at it. This was not the attitude a guide dragon would show to other dragons. He went beyond threatening to send the mischievous dragon back to his brood, ready to tear it apart on command. The guy felt it too. He stared at the heart of the dragon that had just appeared. 

He didn’t feel any vitality. Nonetheless, he had come this far. He then began to ask himself in confusion. ‘Have you grown up? But this is not the direction I intended…’ 

In addition to this, the place where the dragon’s eyes were supposed to be was hollowed out. Something black wriggled in the hole. 

Roaring! It looked like an extremely densely condensed shadow… or pure darkness. 

“Gee.” At this, the dragon’s mouth opened. Black energy leaked out wriggling like tentacles. He was sure the dragon was completely engulfed. At the same time, it seemed that he knew the identity of the monster controlling the dragon. 

Yes, he had seen that. A long time ago. Back then, it was just a grain of dust, much smaller than it was now. 

“…!” He began to prepare the order. 

Roaring! At that time, a shadow emanated from the body of the dead dragon. It raged like a living creature and covered all sides. He immediately instructed the guide dragon to run away to the barn… 

“No!” 

“Kyaaaaaaagh!” 

Desperate screams then echoed. Like a fish caught in a net, the gold dragon struggled tangled in the darkness. The guide dragon’s face was stained with fear. Wrapped up like that, the shadow’s claws slowly dug into the cracks in the golden scales. The dragon striker ran out without even thinking about it. Right in front of his eyes, the fifty-sixth Adkiel he named was being eaten alive. 

Ji profit! levee! In an instant, the gold dragon’s wings were broken and torn from the root. A red line formed between the body and the wings, and blood began to gush out. He became the face of a ghost and howled. “Adkiel!” 

Crash! 

The seething darkness made sharp textures and stirred. And then he protested and tried to push him away. The dragon slayer then began to memorize a series of spells in order to rescue the dragon from the swirling shadows. However, the darkness only absorbed the golden dragon like a swamp. His friend was gradually sucked into the black mist.

He couldn’t just let that happen. That dragon was his. 

“…!” Digging through the darkness, he soon found the answer. It was a way to save a friend and a way to control that monster. What did the monster hope for, encroaching on the lost dragon and trying to devour its friend even further? This became clear from observing what the monster did to dead and dying dragons. 

‘Life force!’ The monster coveted life force. It was a dynamic force that moved living creatures. He clenched his teeth and raised his right hand. The blunt fingernails grew sharp. 

As it was…

Profit! The dragon slayer had nailed his left arm. Human blood had begun to spill. At that moment, the movement that had wrapped around the golden dragon stopped. Even though the smell of dragon’s blood was already over there, the dense shadow monster sought a more appetizing target. Condensed with much stronger vitality… Thick blood. 

“Look here! How are you? There’s something far more coveted than dragon blood…” 

This was a much higher prey, and that monster couldn’t mistake the priorities. It was natural. This was because it was not the first time he had tasted a dragon’s blood. 

Roaring! The shadows, like the shadows of the abyss, gathered together and rushed towards the wound on the dragon slayer’s left arm. He didn’t resist it.

 *** 

The dragon, Adkiel opened his eyes. “Ki-ing?” 

His vision was blurry, but it gradually became clear. A happy face filled his retinas. The owner of a worried expression. 

“Ki-ing! Meowing!” 

He ran towards him. The owner did not fall over under his weight this time. Without a moment to wonder about that fact, the dragon burrowed into his master’s arms. He then rubbed against his body, knowing that there was no room to squeeze further in.

From there, the dragon understood the concept of death. A little while ago, he really thought he was going to die. 

What the hell was that dark monster? He knew he wasn’t the dragon to lead the way. It wasn’t a dragon… it was different from a more fundamental level. No, it was wrong, rather than different. 

“Yes, yes. not nice.” Feeling a hand caressing his hair, Adkiel calmed his surprise. Only then did he have time to look around. Read the most updated version of this novel and other amazing translated novels from the original source at – “ ”

What about the monster? The four sides were in a state of devastation. The dragon had only seen a landscape similar to this once in its life. When moving the barn, he had passed through a land where not a single tree grew, like now. At that time, the owner referred to the land… Ah, yes. He remembered it was called ‘The Desert’. 

However, this must have been a forest. With the beat of his wings faster than any dragon in the barn, the entire range of the one-minute flight had been cut off and turned into a lifeless wasteland. The forest disappeared as if a hole had been dug. It was a landscape that could not be dismissed as a fire. 

Adkiel’s intelligence and knowledge could not understand this phenomenon. He just assumed the owner had done something. 

The monster was invisible. Could it be that the owner ate it? If one were to swallow it carelessly, they might get a stomach ache. The dragon was genuinely concerned about him. As soon as he got out of fear, the dragon that was worried about the owner first.

“Keeing?” Soon, the object of his attention turned to himself. And he was very upset. 

Flutter! His two wings moved perfectly. Due to the phenomenon of conflicting memories, the dragon felt extreme confusion. A moment ago, when he was captured by that black monster, then it was clear… 

His left wing was completely ripped off and fell off. It was a memory that remained as intense as the vivid pain. 

He couldn’t be mistaken. Even the small scars on his neck were gone. “Are you fine? Can you move well?” 

“Kreung!” Adkiel yawned in agreement. The worry was not long. Anyway, it was fine as long as he was also fine. 

There were many other things in the world that dragons could not understand. Like, for example, a dead relative lying there. 

“Sniff, sniff!” He smelled the corpse of the fire dragon that had turned into a piece of rag. In addition to this, he confirmed that the dragon heart inside it was gone. At that moment, Adkiel lost interest in the dragon’s corpse. 

Meanwhile, an uncomfortable stain caught the man’s gaze as he confirmed that his friend was fine. The shadow-like monster was half-fused with the dragon’s corpse, and in the process of tearing it apart, a mixture of flesh and shadow seemed to splatter on its eyeballs. 

“Wait here for a moment.” It was so sticky that it adhered to the surface of the cornea and did not come off easily, no matter how many times one were to blink. 

“Ki-ing?” The dragon felt uneasy and tried to follow, but he ordered it sternly. “Wait!” 

“Kiyiying…” Because of the power of his tone, the dragon did not dare to approach it further. It had to be. There was nothing good about seeing what was going to happen next. 

Also, leaving the dragon here alone was not dangerous. The master’s tomb no longer existed here. He moved in an instant. When he closed his eyes, the surroundings were a normal forest. 

He could hear the dense trees, the roaring of wild animals, and the babbling sound of a small spring. Reaching his shore, he thrust his fingers into his eye socket and pulled out his left eye. The surface was covered with black, sticky, tough stains. It was washed clean with water. OK.

Roaring! From the hole where the eye was pulled out, something like a black flame burned. 

‘If Adkiel sees this, he will compete.’ 

There was a disciple who felt sorry for his master’s death. He thought he couldn’t let his master go like this. This was because they believed that one day their people would overcome even death. 

He thought he just needed to hold on a little longer… The master who lived much longer than he couldn’t live a longer life. Couldn’t he just suspend everything? 

Eventually, after she passed away, the disciple violated the master’s wishes. Therefore, he considers himself a sinner. 

-Let me go… let me go… let me go… Let me go where I need to go… Let it flow naturally… Let it go…! 

The magic prepared for a long time was something no one had ever tried in history. The disciple succeeded in holding the master’s soul here instead of sending it to the spirit world. 

It was a spell that forcibly bound the separated spirit and body. Once it was put on, he thought he would have to hold on a little longer. It was only temporary until the perfect eternal life system was established… 

The teacher just had to wait while dead. That much had to be stopped.

– No… Ah…! 

However, the magic wasn’t perfect. From there, he poured his overflowing life force into the corpse. Magic like this has never existed before. It was the first time he tried and the first time he succeeded. 

It was a technique that created miracles by sacrificing his own life force. However, it was not a perfect success, nor was it a perfect miracle. 

Quadduk! Kwajik! 

He tried to block it, but the master’s spirit and body were combined and twisted into a bizarre form. The abnormally connected spirit and body became neither physical nor spiritual. 

Eventually, it left only a speck of black dust. It was far too leapy and bizarre. It was dangerous, so there was no way he could use his hands. It seemed like if one touched it wrongly, it would just disappear. It 

Even that tiny speck of dust would evaporate if left alone, so he imprisoned fragments of his former teacher within the barrier. And since then, he had never visited the grave. It was avoided in despair. He managed to erase emotions and memories. 

Roaring! And today, after a long time, he reunited with him in an unexpected form. At the end of his desperate struggle, he subdued him, who became a bigger and denser darkness, and succeeded in trapping her life force inside her own body as bait. He was a master who had lost his image and turned into a monster, but he could not be left unattended any longer. He decided not to turn away now.

 ‘Maybe I can make up for half of the success perfectly.’ 

It was different from the old days when it seemed like it would easily disappear, so he wondered if it would be a golden opportunity. 

After all, it could be turned around. The sinner dreamed of a happy future again. ‘I just have to wait a little longer inside me like this. When the day comes when a perfect eternal life becomes possible, I will revive you in a perfect state. Just hold on until then.’ 

As one with him. 

‘But… I’m really anxious right now.’ 

Under the premise of locking it inside one’s body, a more secure measure was needed. At this rate, he might catch him while he was not paying attention. It would be better to create a space whose sole purpose was to hold him.

It could be regarded as a kind of high-dimensional sub-space – a separate dimension that no one could open without his permission. As he made that promise, he looked at the left eyeball he held in his hand. 

A man’s face reflected in his pupils. In the place of his left eye, there was a dragon slayer with a strange aura. His hair color was a dark black, similar to a shadow. The eye on the other side, which was perfectly positioned, was shining with a very tired light. And, that face… 

*** 

The sinner woke up from a nightmare.