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79. Half-Dragon Man

#79. Half-Dragon Man

Lizardman has a very small amount of dragon blood mixed in his body.

Although the ability to hemorrhage is not properly expressed or used, it is still there.

And the lizardman shaman found a way to use it: squeeze the blood of the lizardmen to make a blood potion and feed it to other races.

“Keeruk! I will make you evolve, human! You will become a higher being through my experiments. Keeruk! Be grateful!”

“…Can’t you just let it go?”

“No! Kek!”

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“Fuck… .”

“Don’t curse at me, human! Are you ignoring me just because I’m a lizardman? Do that one more time and I’ll cut off one of your legs and attach it to a deer’s leg!”

“… … .”

The lizardman sorcerer fed Lee Soo-hyuk the blood potion he had developed.

The effect of the blood ointment is to temporarily amplify physical abilities and magical power by drawing out ‘potential’. Since it was made from the blood of lizardmen, it was not possible to mass-produce it.

“Keerrrr! With this, you are ready to create a chimera! Human. Accept the honor of being my first creation!”

The Lizardman sorcerer planned to create a half-dragon man by fusing Lee Soo-hyuk and the Lizardman.

It is to raise human potential through the dragon’s blood of the lizardman and fully bloom the power of the dragon by fusing with the lizardman.

***

While Lee Soo-hyuk was being experimented on by the Lizardman sorcerer, Cynthia and Han Seong-jin finished joining up with the other bodyguards.

Additionally, we contacted the survivors to obtain information, which resulted in us obtaining information about another boss monster inside this gate.

Lizardman Shaman.

It was a story about that guy’s location.

‘I wondered where it was… It turned out there was a laboratory in a cave to the west.’

In order to clear the gate, you must kill all the boss monsters. Only then will the gate be cleared.

The story was that in order to get out, you had to catch the guy.

“… How about we act together?”

Jin Young-hoon, who introduced himself as a mid-level hero, spoke to me. I was about to nod my head saying that it was okay, when I saw Cynthia next to me tugging at my collar and shaking her head.

‘… Is there something? Sia isn’t the type of person to act like this for no reason. Hmm. Well, I guess there’s nothing I can do.’

I shook my head at Jin Young-hoon’s words and opened my mouth.

“We’ll act separately. Since most of the mobs inside the gate have already been dealt with… we’ll finish this up.”

“But if I could give you even a little bit of strength….”

“All of my bodyguards are of intermediate hero level or higher. And more than half of them are advanced heroes or have similar strength. Do you think I need help?”

“… … .”

I didn’t really intend to show off my strength, but I didn’t think he’d give up unless I said so, so I showed off a bit.

‘And… if we do this, we can monopolize the rewards from the gate. Since we’ve already killed both bosses.’

I was planning on teasing these guys a bit to make Cynthia a little more famous, but she didn’t like it, so I changed my plan.

“Then I will go now.”

After saying hello to Jin Yeong-hoon, I headed west with my bodyguards and Cynthia to the Lizardman Shaman’s hideout.

‘But… I think I forgot something… What was it?’

I had a feeling I was forgetting something important in my head.

As I was walking along, thinking deeply, a man’s face came to mind.

‘Ah… Lee Soo-hyuk! Now that I think about it, he was there.’

Lee Soo-hyuk. He’s the guy who hit the back of my head and then I threw him back at the Lizardmen.

I hope you are doing well.

‘Is it really necessary to look for him? He probably isn’t dead anyway. Given his personality, he’ll probably be making plans to escape while manipulating the Lizardmen. Well, he’ll probably come out anyway once the gate is cleared. Let’s just focus on clearing it.’

I debated whether or not I should go rescue Lee Soo-hyuk, but decided not to.

‘By the way… I can’t stand it when you betray me. When I go out to the gate, I’ll have to tell the Ares guys to go after Lee Soo-hyuk.’

At the time, I felt quite relieved just by getting hit in the back of the head, but now that I think about it, it was so annoying.

I was thinking of rolling it until I felt like I was going to give up. It wouldn’t be a bad thing for Lee Soo-hyuk either. His skills would improve and his mental strength would become stronger. His body and mind would be a bit tired though.

“Over there… I see a group of lizardmen guarding the cave.”

One of the bodyguards pointed somewhere with his hand.

Then Cynthia looked at the place with her eyes focused on magic and spoke.

“There are quite a few… I think there are about twenty nearby.”

“I can handle it without any problems.”

Cynthia nodded to the bodyguard’s words. She thought that it was possible with the skills of Han Sungjin’s bodyguards.

“Then let’s go.”

All the bodyguards gathered. And they learned the location of the boss monster.

It was only a matter of time before the gate was breached.

***

The lizardman warlock died instantly.

“Whew… It’s over.”

“Thank you for your hard work!”

“What did I do? You were the one who suffered.”

“Hehehe. Please praise me more!”

“Yeah, yeah. Good job.”

“yes!”

The lizardman sorcerer was instantly dismembered and turned into a corpse by his bodyguards.

Unfortunately, it didn’t spit out anything like an artifact.

Still, since it was a hideout and a laboratory, we searched the laboratory wildly, thinking that there might be something there.

There was some time before the automatic release at the gate, so I planned to take my time looking around.

‘… Lee Soo-hyuk?’

Lee Soo-hyuk was there.

This is Lee Soo-hyuk, who has scales on his skin.

‘What happened to this guy?’

I looked at Lee Soo-hyuk with a dumbfounded expression. Then I activated “Observer.”

【 Lee Su-hyeok 】

▷ ＜ Race ＞: Human / Half-Dragon

▷ ＜ Trait ＞: Swordsmanship genius, multiple magic cores, half-dragon transformation (NEW!)

▷ ＜ Ability ＞

– [Strength]: (A+)

– [ Agility ] : ( A+ )

– [ Stamina ] : ( S- )

– [Magic Power] : (S-)

※ ＜Special Note＞: Dragon Blood is in the process of awakening.

“…?”

I looked at the guy’s status window and was confused.

Why is this guy tolerated?

What the hell is going on?

‘Sia got the Hidden Piece… but this guy got a crazy coincidence? Is this the main character buff?’

Half dragon.

If we were to define Lee Soo-hyuk’s current race name, it would be like this. He has become a mediocre guy who is neither human nor dragon.

However, the strength was not mediocre.

– [Strength]: (A+)

– [ Agility ] : ( A+ )

– [ Stamina ] : ( S- )

– [Magic Power] : (S-)

The guy has already gained power far beyond the level of an Academy cadet. Cynthia, who I have been supporting without holding back, has just reached A-class in all her abilities… This guy has surpassed that level.

‘I’m the one who threw all that money and fucked up, so why is this kid getting screwed?’

It wasn’t Cynthia who was eating the kimchi, but Lee Soo-hyuk who was eating it, so I felt like my stomach was boiling. I have to raise this guy too… But when it turned out like this, I felt really bad.

‘… In the past, only the magic power was A, and the rest was B-class. That’s crazy. Even though it was tolerated.’

I had nothing to say.

I clearly hit the back of his head with the intention of getting screwed, but I got this chance.

“… Huh? Is that Lee Soo-hyuk? Why is he here…?”

Cynthia also recognized Lee Soo-hyuk and circled around him.

“I think it was a random transfer.”

Lee Soo-hyuk groaned and fainted while experiencing the awakening phenomenon of Yong-hyeol. Cynthia looked at him with a subtle expression and then sighed deeply.

“How pitiful. It seems like he was experimented on by a sorcerer…”

Poor guy?

That’s something I can say because I don’t know that I’m a half-dragon person.

By the way… If I had known that the Lizardman Shaman had this ability, I would have let him live. How did they turn Lee Soo-hyuk into a half-dragon?

The boss mob was also unusual, as if it was a gate with a hidden piece.

Anyway, there’s nothing we can do since the lizardman warlock has already been killed.

As I frowned at Lee Soo-hyuk, Cynthia looked at me and asked.

“Do you know this guy, oppa?”

“You know… I just met you a little while ago.”

“yes?”

“… This guy hit the back of my head and tried to run away. I used the position change scroll to switch our positions and hit him in return.”

I explained in some detail about my meeting with Lee Soo-hyuk. Then Cynthia’s demeanor changed.

“So… something like that happened?”

For a moment, I felt a strong killing intent emanating from Cynthia.

“He’s beyond help. Should we just deal with him here? The gate has been cleared… so there’s no way he’ll get caught, right?”

“… … .”

I was secretly embarrassed by the talk of killing Lee Soo-hyuk without any hesitation.

‘But it’s still a bit of a waste to kill him.’

Lee Soo-hyuk was a shitty guy, but he was also a very useful guy. At the moment I was thinking about what to do, a good idea came to mind.

‘Ah! The seal of command!’

And then he came up with an ingenious method.

It was to use the “Seal of Command”, which contained the “Domination” series of sorcery that could immediately subjugate monsters.

Although it cannot be used on humans… Lee Soo-hyuk is currently in a ‘half-dragon’ state.

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The imprint will be released when the guy grows up, but that’s something to think about when the time comes. It’s not like there’s no solution at all.

Anyway, the important thing is that this is a method that works.

“Sia. I’ll handle it well.”

“Oh, are you going to handle it yourself?”

“No, there’s a better way.”

I took out a scroll bearing the inscription of the command from my subspace pocket.

‘The Seal of Command can only be used on a target that is unconscious. This guy just so happens to be unconscious. Hehe… I just happen to have one sheet, so this is a good thing.’

Although you will become a half-dragon and your resistance to sorcery will be stronger, and you will not be able to give orders such as to commit suicide, you will basically obey whatever I say.

‘This scroll is quite expensive, but… it’s not bad for using Lee Soo-hyuk as a slave.’

The original plan was to subdue one of the mid-tier spirits to ensure my safety… but this seemed like a better way to go.

If it were true, I wouldn’t have done this.

Because forming a smooth relationship with Lee Soo-hyuk is the best plan. But since the relationship has already deteriorated to this extent… isn’t there nothing I can do?