Chapter 637

"Uaaaagh!"

After being caught and forced to train for a long while.

He no longer knew how much time had passed.

Su-ho, who had barely escaped Sword Demon’s grasp, returned to the Cheongdam residence as if fleeing a nightmare.

- You’re back?

"Ugh, I really can’t do any more."

He threw himself onto the sofa as if collapsing.

When he checked the time, not much had passed at all.

Whether it was a quest or Sword Demon’s world, it seemed they were all the same in that time flowed relatively slowly.

But what did that matter?

Only the actual time had flowed slowly. The mental time I experienced over there was real.

Jack, who had been watching TV on the sofa, said with a relaxed expression.

- Still, from what I saw here and there, it seemed you achieved quite a lot.

"I did. I achieved it, and I was able to come out because I passed. If I hadn’t......."

- Be good to your master. True teachers like that are rare these days.

"Good grief, you start nagging the moment I get back?"

It was not exactly wrong.

After all, Sword Demon was a deeply appreciated existence who had broken through Su-ho’s swordsmanship ability when it had been at a standstill.

On top of that, he had even grabbed Su-ho at just the right time, when his skill might have slackened, and trained him on his own initiative. If that was not a true teacher, then what was?

- So what are you going to do now?

"What else would I do? Let me rest a bit too. I’m human too, human! Normally I wouldn’t say we should rest unless it was really necessary, but this time, let’s rest just a little before moving."

- Fine. Then rest.

"Want chicken?"

- Pizza too.

"Okay."

When it was time to rest, he should rest properly too, should he not?

After finishing the delivery order on his phone, he checked whether there was any backed-up work.

There was nothing in particular.

Now, even if Su-ho did not pay attention, Jeong Cheol-min and the others were taking care of things on their own.

'They’re all people I’m grateful for.'

A little while later, the food he had ordered arrived, and for the first time in a while, he even cracked open the cans of beer in the refrigerator and toasted with Jack.

- Delicious.

"When it comes to food quality, the mortal world beats the spirit realm."

- I acknowledge that much, if nothing else.

The two ate for a while.

Su-ho was Su-ho, but Jack ate chicken bones and all, so he had ordered more than the average amount, and after they spent quite some time focusing only on the meal, Jack finally stopped eating.

"You done?"

- I enjoyed it as much as I wanted.

After saying that, he began drinking beer.

He did not even drink it normally.

He crushed two cans of beer and poured them into his mouth, and seeing that made Su-ho think he looked less like a strategist and more like a monster.

After emptying several more cans of beer, Jack asked.

- So, have you decided on your next destination?

"Yeah. Next, I’m thinking of meeting that insane lizard."

- If you say insane lizard...... do you mean a dragon?

"Yeah. There’s a Dragon Lord called Omega there, and his mouth is filthy beyond belief."

Omega.

How could Su-ho forget him?

He had introduced himself as the last Dragon Lord and the last Arch Dragon.

From the moment Su-ho entered his domain until right before they parted, he had endlessly insulted him, calling him lowborn, a mongrel, and so on, and in the end, he had also revealed that he was the one in need.

'I told him I’d listen if he spoke prettily, and he postponed the meeting altogether.'

Something about how a lowborn, vicious bastard like me would definitely still be alive by the next time we met anyway.

All sorts of shitty memories came back vividly.

That was also why Su-ho had chosen the meeting with Omega as his next destination.

Because if his attitude was bad again this time, Su-ho really intended to tear his whole body apart on the spot.

After finishing the meal, Su-ho opened his status window and activated the trait quest.

[ You have selected Trait Quest - Dragon Blood. ]

[ The quest begins. ]

A system notification.

His vision flashed, and the surroundings changed.

The changed scenery was Omega’s lair, a place he had visited once before.

- So you came in the end.

A familiar and unpleasant voice.

The owner of the blunt voice was none other than Omega.

When Su-ho turned, Omega was sitting in a chair reminiscent of a throne.

"Yeah. Just like you said, I’m lowborn and vicious, so I didn’t die and came back like this."

At Su-ho’s sarcasm, Omega glared at him for a while.

Su-ho did not avoid Omega’s gaze either and met his eyes.

Then, suddenly, he laughed.

"Interesting."

He had gone out of his way to come all the way here. There was no need to waste his strength for no reason.

Su-ho moved his feet, went in front of the bastard, and sat down.

There was no chair prepared separately, but Blood Magic, responding to its master’s will, created and provided a blood throne far better than the one Omega was sitting on.

It was even subtly higher than Omega’s chair, creating a composition where Su-ho could look down at him slightly.

Su-ho grinned and said,

"Now then, shall we finish the conversation we couldn’t finish last time?"

The unfinished conversation.

Summarized, it was simple.

1. Omega held ill will toward the System.

2. Aside from that, he wanted to make Su-ho into a true dragon for reasons such as legitimacy.

3. If Su-ho accepted that offer and became a true dragon, it was unclear what would happen to the powers he already possessed.

4. Beyond that, Omega had something else to say to Su-ho.

He did not know what that something was.

If Su-ho had to guess, perhaps it was something like asking him to avenge him against the System in his place.

So Su-ho had told him to say it politely himself, and Omega said he could not do that and postponed the meeting itself to next time.

At Su-ho’s relaxed attitude, Omega narrowed his eyes.

- You have changed greatly while I have not seen you.

"I achieved a lot of growth. My Player grade also went from middle to Guardian God, and now I’m right in front of becoming a Constellation."

- .......

Omega still stared at Su-ho.

How very like Omega.

If he had something to say, he should hurry up and get it over with, but it seemed he still could not put down that fine pride of his.

However, Su-ho decided not to rush him this time.

Because he had learned many things through Bell.

In that sense, Omega must certainly have had his own story that made him this way.

Just as Bell had been obsessed with law, Omega too had probably been shaped by the environment he had lived in, turning him into a lizard steeped in elitism.

'But that’s that, and this is this.'

Just because his background was like that did not mean his present rudeness was acceptable.

Still, the reason Su-ho wanted to endure a little more than he had in the past was because this time, Su-ho himself also had something he needed.

'Whether I like it or not, I need to bring my connection with that guy to a conclusion.'

Leaving Omega, who still could not open his mouth, behind for the moment, Su-ho recalled the information on Dragon Blood.

[ Dragon Blood ]

Grade: S+# The bloodline of a great dragon.

# One who possesses Dragon Blood can, depending on effort, enjoy the power possessed by dragons even if he was not born as a dragon.

# Lv.1 - Dragon Blood: Coercion(S), Dragon’s Mind(S).

# Lv.2 - Dragon Armor: Dragonkin(S), Dragon Skin(S).

# Lv.3 - Dragon Grow: Dragon Bone(S), Dragon Body(S), Dragon Sense(S).

# Lv.4 - Dragon Egg: Dragon Egg(S).

# Lv.5 - Hatchling: Quarter Blood(S), Dragon Mode(S).

# Lv.6 - [ ??? ]: Locked.

└ Unlock Conditions

① Reach Level 400.

② Unknown.

......

The sixth authority.

He did not even know what it was.

However, he had achieved the first unlock condition, Level 400, and now only the second condition remained.

Omega probably knew what that second condition was.

It was then.

Omega, who had been silent for some time, opened his mouth.

- I will make you one proposal.

"What proposal?"

- I thought about many things after you left. However, no matter how much I tried to set my mind to it, I did not think the “polite attitude” you wanted would come out of me.

"So?"

- I wish to make you one rational proposal. In any case, you and I both have something we want from each other, and each of us has no choice but to grant what the other wants. Is that not so?

"That’s true, isn’t it?"

- Therefore, I propose a duel to you.

"A duel?"

- I have lived like this for thousands of years. No matter how much there is something I need, changing my attitude overnight is itself a task as difficult as death for me. Therefore, for me to change my attitude by my own will, I need a justification equal to that. A clear justification that I myself can accept.

"So you’re saying that because of that justification or whatever, you want to have a nice clean fight with me?"

At the words “have a nice clean fight,” Omega frowned.

His expression said, How can he be so uncultured and vulgar?

Unlike before, however, this time he did not say those words out loud.

- Yes. In any case, what you pursue is also power, and if your skill is not at a level where you can defeat me here, then from the beginning, you are not at the level I require either.

Ah, damn it, that actually makes sense.

In truth, there was no reason to refuse that proposal.

Logically and otherwise, if he wanted to proceed with matters with an arrogant old lizard who had lived for thousands of years, there was nothing more certain than this.

Moreover, as Omega had said, if Su-ho lost to Omega here, he should not even dare think about going into the indie game.

In the end, everything would be controlled by power.

"Fine. But I have a condition."

- A condition?

"Since we’re doing this with a justification attached anyway, let’s decide it clearly. The loser treats the winner properly and respectfully, no exceptions. If you lose later and start bringing up the life you’ve lived or whatever again, I really don’t think I’ll be able to hold back then."

- Very well.

Omega, who answered, snapped his fingers.

Then a golden line was drawn in the air in front of Su-ho, and several sentences appeared.

He did not know what it was.

It was the first time he had seen it.

But Jack knew.

- It is Dragon Speech.

"You know what that is?"

- Dragons existed in our world too. This is a kind of contract. I have checked it, and the conversation you just had is all included.

"Really?"

Jack, that guy.

Su-ho had not known he could even review contracts like this. He really was the best partner.

Following Jack’s advice, Su-ho brought his finger to the shining circle at the very bottom of the contract, and the golden contract sparkled, then broke apart and disappeared.

- The contract has been established. Then.

Omega, who had finished the contract, slowly rose from his seat.

Then, suddenly, his eyes shone white.

Kwaaaaang!!

A huge explosion erupted, sending Su-ho flying far away.

The duel had begun.

Omega said,

- I will make you into a true dragon, no matter what.