The Returned Hunter Has Awakened to a Hidden Class - Chapter 125

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Chapter 125

Pool of Dragon Veins (2)

The breath of chaos passed through.

The sound followed a beat later.

Kwarrrrrrung-!!

The explosive sound shook the staircase.

The space called the Pool of Dragon Veins screamed in an instant.

The first thing to disappear was the water.

The surface churned as if boiling.

Then evaporated without leaving even steam behind.

Next, the trees reacted.

They neither burned nor fell.

Their trunks and branches simply hardened in place.

Frost covered the traces of being scorched by fire.

The frozen bark soon cracked and shattered into pieces.

In between.

Lightning passed through.

A straight rift formed, splitting the ground.

Through the gaps, currents that had not yet died out flickered.

Zzzzt-

Crackle-

Not ice.

Nor is it ice.

A trace that cannot be explained by a single lightning bolt.

It was a place where all attributes had passed through at once.

The ground melted and then hardened.

It hardened and then cracked again.

The terrain of the stairs could no longer maintain its original form.

The dragon vein’s pond.

What that name pointed to.

Now it remained nowhere.

Only one thing remains.

Traces of where dark wavelengths pierced through.

And the end of those traces.

In a place where nothing should remain.

“Would you?”

A person was standing there.

No, now from atop the Azure Dragon.

Kang-!

“Kuheoook! Damn it, damn!”

In that moment.

Curses burst out from within Azure Dragon.

「Ten Thousand Phenomena Return to Dragon Style 」.

A style that poured out everything Azure Dragon possessed at once.

It wasn’t a simple ultimate technique.

It was ambiguous to even call it a skill.

It was closer to a declaration.

A way for the being called Azure Dragon.

To prove how far it was permitted to go in this place.

Different powers mixed together.

Conflicting natures overlapped.

Conflicting natures overlap.

It was forcibly compressed into a single flow.

There was no precision.

There was no order.

Instead.

There was excess.

Too much power was crammed into too narrow a framework.

So the balance collapsed.

Some things disappeared before they could even ignite.

Some things were torn apart before they could take shape.

Creation and destruction, amplification and annihilation occurred simultaneously.

In the end, only one thing remained.

Meaningless waves.

Undefined power.

Energy without direction or nature.

It was no longer an ‘attribute’.

A phenomenon that erased the conditions that constituted existence one by one.

Hit it.

Dodge it.

A method where the target crumbles first, before such concepts could even be established.

Instant annihilation.

It was a technique that announced instant termination, permitted only to those who ruled over the dragon veins.

That’s how it should have been.

But.

“Will you or won’t you, bastard. Answer.”

After thoroughly beating his own head.

A Human stood there with a leisurely smile.

Without a single breath disturbed.

“…”

Azure Dragon’s eyes wavered.

It was a sensation he had never felt before.

It wasn’t anger or wariness.

This was.

‘Scary!’

It was fear.

Azure Dragon instinctively twisted his body.

Kwaaaaang-!

The air tore apart as the massive blue body flew across the Freshwater Lake.

Deep within the Pool of Dragon Veins.

Beyond where the waterway ended.

A strange terrain spread out.

Between water and water.

Massive Islands rising above the water surface.

They were too large to be called reefs.

Each one was large enough to look like a Castle.

Dozens, hundreds of Islands were lined up like blades stuck in the sea.

Azure Dragon frantically burrowed between them.

Squeezing between island and island.

Hiding his body behind cliffs.

Diving below the water surface then soaring up again.

Azure Dragon was continuously running away.

The blue dragon continued to flee.

He didn’t want to admit it, but his body was reacting first.

This body that bore the name of one of the Four Divine Beasts and reigned over the dragon veins.

The fact that at this very moment, it was fleeing.

It was so shameful that it took a moment to understand this reality.

Even so.

‘If I can just recover again…!’

I just need to escape for now.

If I can just succeed in fleeing.

Gather my scattered energy.

If I can just regain my strength.

Then I could turn things around again.

Clinging to such pathetic hope.

Azure Dragon cut through the waterways, squeezing between islands.

Fleeing as if his tail was on fire.

However.

“Hello there?”

“Hiek! You scared me!”

Bang-!!

Kim Jun appeared beside him at some point and struck Azure Dragon’s side.

It wasn’t a cutting sensation.

It wasn’t the blade of a greatsword.

A flat surface.

The blunt surface struck directly.

The air burst first.

Only then did the impact follow.

“Krhuk!”

Azure Dragon’s massive body bent as if folding in midair.

And.

Kwaaaaang!!

He crashed head-on into an island.

The massive rock formation that rose like a castle.

The moment Azure Dragon’s body was embedded in it.

The entire island reacted a beat later.

Kwagagagak-!

Like cracks forming in a glass.

Spider web-like fissures spread along the island’s surface.

The cracks didn’t stop.

Starting from the center, they burrowed downward, sideways, into the depths.

And the next moment.

Kwarurururu!!

The island collapsed.

The rock formations that made up the mountain body couldn’t hold and crumbled.

The layered rock strata collapsed from the inside out.

Massive chunks of rock fell in a chain reaction.

The entire island sank as if collapsing a beat later.

Shattered rock fragments poured down like a waterfall.

The water surface boiled, unable to withstand the impact.

One island.

No, all the surrounding islands.

Unable to maintain their form,

It had completely collapsed.

“Khheup!”

From the very center of it.

Azure Dragon staggered out.

His blue scales were cracked.

Blood flowed down from various parts of his body.

“You haven’t been hit enough yet.”

Kim Jun didn’t stop.

Kwang-!!

This time, the back.

Again with the flat side, not the blade.

Like taming a beast.

Like driving a fleeing target.

Controlled strikes landed consecutively.

Thud thud thud thud-!

“Krraaaaaaah!”

Azure Dragon screamed.

Every time he tried to flee.

Every time he looked for a place to hide.

Always one beat faster, following and erasing each escape route one by one.

When he crossed over islands, Kim Jun was standing in front of the islands, and when he dove underwater, Kim Jun waited above.

When he rode the flow of dragon veins, the end of that flow was blocked first.

This wasn’t combat that made the very act of fleeing meaningless… it was violence.

Whenever there was even the slightest gap to try escaping.

Always.

Once again.

“Hi.”

“Stop it…!”

There was Kim Jun.

Bang!

A shock wave came rushing from the front.

This time I couldn’t even dodge it.

The azure dragon’s body was pushed back greatly.

It glided across the water’s surface just like that.

It could no longer fly.

Because there are bruises all over the wings.

The blue dragon straightened its body in midair and folded its wings.

I stepped onto the water’s surface.

The waves surged greatly.

His breathing was heavy.

‘…Is this as far as I go.’

Cheongryong gritted his teeth.

Once more.

Could I use the “Ten Thousand Forms Return to Dragon Technique”?

Or any other remaining skills?

Should I play a different hand?

Calculations ran through my head.

Distance.

Distance.

Remaining energy.

There was a possibility.

Very low.

At that moment.

Clang-

Kim Jun stood before him.

With his greatsword slung over his shoulder.

“Oh.”

Kim Jun opened his mouth.

“I can hear the sound of gears turning in your head, so you haven’t been beaten enough yet.”

Azure Dragon’s eyes wavered.

“…What exactly.”

Azure Dragon exhaled lowly and opened his mouth.

Between his roughened breaths, suppressed anger and confusion were mixed.

“What exactly do you want, human.”

Kim Jun tilted his head for a moment.

His expression seemed to say, why are you asking such a thing.

And.

He spoke very calmly.

“I told you earlier.”

Setting down his greatsword with a thud.

“Just quietly become my summon.”

“…”

Azure Dragon was momentarily speechless.

Summon.

It wasn’t that he didn’t understand that word.

He knew the meaning.

He knew the concept too.

However.

That was for inferior beings.

A position that the dominated side had to bear.

Being contracted.

Being commanded.

Beings that are consumed.

It wasn’t a word that should be attached to the Four Guardian Deities.

Much less.

To himself, who governs the Five Elements.

“S-summon, you say…”

Azure Dragon’s voice trembled lowly.

“I am one of the Four Guardian Deities, governing wood among the Five Elements…”

“So what.”

Kim Jun cut him off.

Before Azure Dragon could even finish speaking.

“I am a being worthy of being made a summon…”

“No.”

Kim Jun took a step closer.

Meeting his gaze, he said.

“I want you.”

“…”

“Whether your status is high or low. Whether you’re a Guardian Deity. Whatever.”

Kim Jun shrugged his shoulders.

“That’s for me to decide.”

“I don’t want…”

“What’s that?”

Along with those words.

Power gathered in Kim Jun’s fist.

Crack-!!

From top to bottom.

It was a strike without hesitation.

Azure Dragon’s head was driven straight into the ground.

Water splashed, and the ground trembled.

“Kuek!”

With Azure Dragon’s face buried in the ground.

A breath mixed with screams leaked out.

Breath mixed with snot spread across the ground.

Kim Jun tilted his head and looked down.

Thud-

He was about to activate “Dragon Domination” against Azure Dragon’s head.

“Hm?”

A status window appeared with a warning sound.

Ding-!

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[Skill Conditions Not Met]

– “Dragon Domination” activation condition: Target health 10% or below

– Current remaining health: 21.7%

– Conditions not satisfied!

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“Not yet.”

There was still plenty of health remaining.

“Did I hold back too much?”

Kim Jun muttered.

And then.

This time he slowly rolled his shoulders.

The sound of joints loosening could be heard.

“Then.”

Without giving Azure Dragon a chance to lift its head.

“I’ll make it painless. I’ll finish it in just one strike.”

“W-wait…!”

Azure Dragon’s cry couldn’t continue to the end.

Swooooooo-

Air was sucked in.

And.

Baaaaaaang-!!

Precisely.

Without holding back strength.

Azure Dragon’s massive body flew sliding across the water’s surface.

The impact spread.

Energy drained out all at once.

“Guhheok!”

Azure Dragon’s body shook greatly.

And.

—-

[Skill Conditions Met!]

– “Dragon Domination” activation condition: Target health 10% or below

– Current remaining health: 6.2%

– Conditions satisfied!

– “Dragon Domination” available for use!

—-

Finally, finally, finally!

Grin-

The corners of Kim Jun’s mouth slowly rose.

Having a dragon as a summoned creature.

And one of the Four Guardian Deities at that.

Kim Jun acted as if it was nothing, yet like someone who had waited for this more than anyone else.

Thud-

He placed his hand on the Azure Dragon’s head.

“…”

There was no resistance.

Its spirit and energy had already been completely broken.

“「Dragon Domination」.”

A calm declaration.

Along with those words.

Shwoooooo-

The energy that had been wrapped around the Azure Dragon’s massive body was drawn toward Kim Jun.

The sensation of domination being confirmed.

“From now on, your name is…”

A moment of silence.

And then Kim Jun’s words that followed.

“…Nyongnyong!”

“…?”

The Azure Dragon’s eyes trembled slightly.

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