Silver Dragon Chronicles Episode 56
The face of the man who had blocked all the ice spikes and was about to mock Jehwa twisted as Jehwa himself came flying toward him.
Pop!
“Kuk!”
But this time, he didn’t go flying either.
Shick! Seogek!
The man who had endured Jehwa’s punch swung the Azure Dragon Crescent Moon Blade directly at Jehwa’s neck. And Jehwa avoided that attack by a hair’s breadth.
Blood trickled down around Jehwa’s neck.
But Jehwa paid it no mind at all and glared at the man with eyes flashing with murderous intent.
“How dare you….”
At that sight, the man’s face twisted, but when he discovered Jehwa’s eyes, his body trembled in shock.
“Dragon pupils?”
They were not human eyes. Though slightly different, they resembled the dragon pupils that appeared only on divine beasts of the dragon kind.
“How can a human…?”
Jehwa gave the man looking at him with a somewhat confused expression a glance, then looked at Hong Yuhwa and asked.
“Are you okay?”
“Nnng….”
Because she had never thought Jehwa would get so worked up because of her, Hong Yuhwa simply nodded blankly.
But to Jehwa, it was only natural. Hong Yuhwa had treated him sincerely well.
Whatever that feeling was, unlike at first, Jehwa didn’t hate Hong Yuhwa so much anymore.
After confirming that Hong Yuhwa was unharmed, Jehwa looked at the man again.
The man’s eyes, which had returned to being indifferent at some point, swept around their surroundings.
‘It will be hard for me to defeat that guy here.’
He realized that through several clashes.
On this ground, his chances of winning against Jehwa were low.
Jehwa’s strength clearly surpassed his own.
‘The sky? No. If that guy can fly too, it will still be disadvantageous for me.’
He was confident in aerial combat as well, but if the opponent could also fly through the sky, that place was disadvantageous too.
‘It’s water!’
Then he would lure him to water, where he could fight most advantageously.
Moreover, if he was human, unlike himself who was free in water, it would clearly be hard to fight properly.
‘There is a large lake near Gaeju.’
The man, who had already figured out that there was a lake nearby, leaped.
“Are you running away?!”
Growling as he saw that, Jehwa leaped after the man.
“W-wait!”
Flustered, Hong Yuhwa called for Jehwa, but he had already disappeared long ago.
“Princess……. Are you alright?”
When Heukhwa, who had gathered herself, asked Hong Yuhwa, she nodded.
“Yeah, but Jehwa gets that angry because I’m in danger.”
“Is that so.”
“Ehehehe……. I don’t feel so bad.”
Hong Yuhwa smiled bashfully and murmured.
***
“Stop there!”
Chasing after him, Jehwa created ice spikes and threw them at the man.
But the man dodged the ice spikes here and there and kept running away.
“Damn!”
It would be strange if a refined sound came from Jehwa’s mouth.
At some point, the man stopped running and turned to look at Jehwa.
“You finally stopped.”
Seeing that, Jehwa growled and made an expression full of malice.
“I am Seoryongseon, son of Seosi the Blue Dragon, who guards the East among the Four Guardian Spirits.”
“So what?”
Jehwa scrunched his face and said at the man’s words.
To him, things like the Four Guardian Spirits weren’t important right now.
The only important thing now was killing the man before his eyes.
“I shall make you regret following me all the way here.”
“What are you talking about. Die!”
Jehwa scrunched his face at Seoryongseon’s words and rushed at him. But Seoryongseon leaped toward the lake beneath him.
Splosh!
“Huh?”
For a moment, Jehwa made a bewildered expression.
Fuhahahahak!
“Wh-what!”
Then suddenly the lake water surged over Jehwa and dragged him right in.
Puhwak!
Just as Jehwa was pulled into the water and received an enormous impact…….
Shick!
With a sharp sound, something came flying at Jehwa.
It was none other than Seoryongseon’s Azure Dragon Crescent Moon Blade.
“Ik!”
Bubbling boiling!
The flustered Jehwa moved his body to dodge the Azure Dragon Crescent Moon Blade.
But his movements were dulled by water’s buoyancy, so he couldn’t dodge them all, allowing the Azure Dragon Crescent Moon Blade to cut his side.
“Keuk!”
His face twisting at that, Jehwa exhaled rough breaths at the pain felt in his stomach.
“Keok!”
Bubbling!
It was Seoryongseon kicking Jehwa’s foot.
Jehwa went straight into the deep part of the lake.
‘Uuugh…….’
Blood flowed from Jehwa’s mouth, dyeing the surrounding water red.
“The Blue Dragon exerts greater strength in water. You cannot defeat me.”
When Seoryongseon said with an expressionless face, Jehwa flared up.
“Dagururururu (Shut up)!”
Boong!
Jehwa swung his fist again like that, but Seoryongseon lightly dodged that fist and counterattacked instead.
Puk!
“Keok!”
Kwang!
“Kuaaaak!”
Seoryongseon, who had stabbed Jehwa’s right chest, spun the Azure Dragon Crescent Moon Blade around and struck Jehwa’s head.
With that attack, Jehwa lost consciousness just like that.
The unconscious Jehwa floated in the water.
The underwater battle was a perfect victory for Seoryongseon.
“Huu…….”
At that, Seoryongseon let out a deep sigh and brought the Azure Dragon Crescent Moon Blade to Jehwa’s neck.
‘Hm?’
Someone spoke to Jehwa in his faint consciousness.
‘But……. I can’t win. It’s hard to even breathe……. Humans can’t move properly underwater.’
Jehwa whined toward that voice.
‘If I’m not human, what am I? Just who am I?’
At Jehwa’s whining, the owner of the voice smiled gently.
“Keuk!”
Jehwa’s body flinched as he regained consciousness.
“Give up. No matter how strong you are, as long as I am the successor of the Blue Dragon……. a human like you can never defeat me in an underwater battle!”
When Seoryongseon said in an indifferent voice, Jehwa opened his mouth.
“I am not human……”
Matching the gentle voice, Jehwa opened his mouth.
“I am a Silver Dragon!”
With that, Jehwa’s eyes flashed and an unusual power poured out from his body.
“What……”
Seeing that, Seoryongseon made a bewildered expression when…….
“Uwaaaaaaaaaaaaah!”
Jehwa let out a huge roar.
At the gentle voice of yet another Jehwa, Jehwa roared once more.
“I am! A Silver Dragon!”
Kwagagagagagang!
Chapter 16. Blue Dragon Seosi
“What the hell is going on?”
Seoryongseon shouted with a shocked expression as he looked at Jehwa.
The momentum of the human who until just now couldn’t move his body properly due to water’s buoyancy and couldn’t even breathe had changed.
The dying guy was revived and roaring.
This sound was almost……. similar to the roar of a divine beast of the dragon kind.
A dragon’s roar that instills fear in those who hear it.
“Moreover……. Silver Dragon?”
A little while ago, the human boy before his eyes had said he was a Silver Dragon.
“What the hell is that?”
Even Seoryongseon, who usually maintained an expressionless face, became bewildered this time. But he swung the Azure Dragon Crescent Moon Blade toward Jehwa again with an expressionless face.
It was the same that he still couldn’t breathe underwater and it was hard to control his body due to buoyancy.
“Die!”
But there was one thing Seoryongseon had panicked and overlooked: he hadn’t realized that Jehwa had just shouted in clear pronunciation underwater.
For a moment, Jehwa’s pupils flashed.
Grab!
“What?”
Jehwa, who had caught the Azure Dragon Crescent Moon Blade that Seoryongseon swung far too easily, looked at him.
“What……”
The black pupils that had held a silver tint had already completely transformed into silver eyes.
“Die.”
Puaek!
“Keok!”
While Seoryongseon was bewildered, Jehwa’s fist struck his chest.
“Keuk…….”
Seoryongseon, who staggered and regained his balance again, hardened his face completely as he saw Jehwa, who had approached right before his eyes in an instant.
“I said die!”
Goooooooh!
A silver energy began to gather in Jehwa’s hand. And with the fist imbued with that energy, he struck Seoryongseon, and with it, an enormous explosion occurred.
Kwang!
“Kuaaaaaak!”
Seoryongseon’s scream echoed throughout the lake.
Kwagagagang!
“Huh?”
Hong Yuhwa, who had been gathering herself, made a stupid expression as she saw the water shooting up along with the sound of an explosion from afar.
Looking at where the explosion happened, Heukhwa said.
“It is Lord Jehwa’s energy.”
“I see. But……. it’s tremendously strong.”
At this level, it was an energy far surpassing that strange young man from earlier.
“But isn’t it a bit different from usual?”
To Hong Yuhwa, who tilted her head in wonder, Heukhwa opened her mouth.
“It feels close to a dragon.”
“Ah, I see! No wonder.”
Hong Yuhwa nodded at Heukhwa’s words.
No matter how much Jehwa and the Silver Dragon Prince Eun Jehwa were the same existence, the current Jehwa was human. He had been unable to break out of the shell of being human, and the energy he had been wildly emitting until recently was similar to that of humans except for the Draconic Fighting Aura.
But the energy now felt was similar to draconic mana, not human energy.
“You know, if Jehwa uses the Dragon Slaughter Technique in that state, what would happen?”
The Dragon Slaughter Technique is a technique that demonstrates its greatest power when supported by dragon mana, draconic fighting aura, and the body of the dragon race.
Until now, Jehwa had used the Dragon Slaughter Technique using only the Draconic Fighting Aura, but if he used the Dragon Slaughter Technique where dragon mana and draconic fighting aura were fused?
“Power equivalent to twice what we’ve seen so far will come out.”
“Kyaa~ I want to see it once, should we go watch?”
“What if Lord Jehwa has lost his reason again?”
“…….”
At Heukhwa’s words, Hong Yuhwa’s face hardened completely. It was true that if Jehwa lost his reason again, it might be dangerous.
“Won’t that guy pop out again and help us?”
“What if he doesn’t come out?”
“Why do you keep thinking so negatively! I’m scared to go!”
“My top priority is the Princess’s safety. I cannot let you go to a dangerous place.”