Chapter 2698 – 2698. Dragon Hunter
60km.
It was surprisingly not that far. Even more so if flying through the sky.
I rode a drone and flew to the Rocky Highlands where the Blazing Dragon Impuls was located.
It was a high-altitude area filled with black rocks. As I came to this area, I could feel a scorching heat. It wasn’t because of the weather. It was the influence of a single dragon.
‘There are so many rocks that it’s hard to see even from the sky. Where is it?’
[Activating the Heavenly Eye.]
I started searching with the Heavenly Eye instead of electromagnetic waves.
Electromagnetic waves are good for meticulously searching the surrounding environment, but they have a limited range. The Heavenly Eye, on the other hand, has no particular range limit as long as it can see.
‘In the current situation, the Heavenly Eye is better than electromagnetic waves. Moreover, I can even see the flow of mana… no, the energy called magic power in this world.’
I tried to see through the rocks to find the hidden Blazing Dragon. But when I actually used the Heavenly Eye, there was no need for that.
The magic power flowing in the space was slightly different from what I knew, and when I looked at the center of it, the Blazing Dragon was there.
The Blazing Dragon, which had been lying down and sleeping behind a huge rock until just now, slowly rose as if it had sensed my gaze.
It was a 20-meter-long giant black lizard. Its skin was bumpy like a rock. Even when lying down, its height was over 10 meters. If it stood on two legs, it would easily exceed 50 meters. It had thick black wings and its head looked similar to a chicken’s head.
“Krrr…”
Orange flames flowed from the growling creature’s mouth.
‘Is that a high-level dragon? It’s stronger than I thought.’
For reference, in the original work, it was judged that 10 A-class dragon hunters were needed to even attempt to fight a high-level dragon without any preparation. If they knew the dragon’s weaknesses or used expensive equipment, they could hunt it with only 3-5 people.
‘In reality, it seems like even an S-class hunter can’t guarantee a 100% victory.’
A high-level dragon is a dragon that can easily destroy an entire city.
The Blazing Dragon spreads its large wings. It’s thinking of taking flight.
“Since we’ve met, I should say hello.”
Tungsten bullets fell from my inventory. The bullets were fixed in front of me by electromagnetic force. At the same time as laying down the electromagnetic rail, I infused magic power into the bullets as if coating them with a liquid.
I punched the prepared tungsten bullet with my fist.
Thunder Sky Style Electromagnetic Cannon.
The railgun was fired, drawing a trajectory in the air with blue plasma, and hit the Blazing Dragon’s head.
Kwaaaang!
The Blazing Dragon’s head tilted to the side. Its horn was broken, and part of its beak-like snout was shattered. But its neck didn’t break. The dragon’s eyes, filled with murderous intent, turned towards me.
The creature opened its snout and spat out a ball of fire. Even though the distance between me and it was about 900m, the ball of fire flew like a missile.
I reverse-summoned the drone I was riding and ran through the air.
Thunder Sky Style Flying Thunder God.
I dodged the fireball and focused my mind.
Kwarururung!
A thick bolt of lightning fell from the clear sky, striking the Blazing Dragon’s torso as it rose into the air. The Blazing Dragon didn’t even stagger and stood up.
‘Is it because of that damn thick skin? Lightning doesn’t work.’
Two effective attack methods against the Blazing Dragon came to mind. One was to directly attack the inside of its body, under its skin. The Inner Heavy Hand Technique would be effective. The other method was an attack with overwhelming physical force or high penetration power.
‘The railgun works. However, I think I need to hit it 2-3 times in a row.’
There was a problem.
I also need some time to concentrate for the railgun. It’s not a technique that can be fired randomly.
‘And it seems like that guy knows it too… it’s attacking non-stop.’
It continuously spits out fireballs from its mouth, and when it needs to catch its breath, it swings its front paws and tail. The slashes from its claws and the shockwaves from its tail are flying towards me.
‘It’s not difficult to dodge since I can see them.’
Aerial combat is not a big problem for me. Since I can step on the air, it’s the same as fighting on the ground. Moreover, using the Flying Thunder God, I could make movements that were impossible for a human body.
‘This bastard. It’s openly closing the distance. Is it confident in close combat?’
It’s not something I can’t understand. Even though it’s called a Blazing Dragon, its body is damn big.
Since I was also confident, I didn’t increase the distance.
I summoned the Fire Lotus Flying Blades, grabbed them, and swung them.
Thunder Sky Style Thunder Flash.
The blue aura, wrapped in red lightning, struck the Blazing Dragon’s wings. The Blazing Dragon didn’t dodge and took the hit. Blood burst from its wings, but considering the Blazing Dragon’s size, it was only a minor wound.
As it gets closer, the heat around me is rising even more. The humidity is disappearing and it’s becoming dry.
‘This is a bit dangerous.’
I summon the Cloud Control Token, a twelve-sided azure metal badge. A large amount of mana is quickly drained, and dark clouds appear in the sky.
Kurururung.
Along with the sound of thunder, heavy rain pours down. The temperature drops and the humidity rises. The Blazing Dragon seems flustered, rolling its eyes, and then wraps its whole body in flames. As soon as the rainwater touches the Blazing Dragon, it evaporates, creating a thick fog.
Of course, fog couldn’t cover my Heavenly Eye.
‘It’s a flame that burns using magic power as fuel. Even my protective aura won’t last long against that flame?’
Close combat is canceled.
Pazzzzzzz. I converted about half of my body into electricity.
Thunder Sky Style Flying Thunder God.
My body is pulled backward. If I temporarily convert my entire body into lightning, I can move faster, but… I need a body to attack even while moving.
I hold a tungsten bullet in my hand and take aim. The Blazing Dragon was startled and then wildly unleashed slashes and shockwaves. It was trying to prevent me from using the railgun.
‘Looking at its frantic state, it seems like it quickly developed railgun trauma.’
It’s enough to exert physical force in another way.
[Using Meteor Sword.]
A giant iron sword, 5m wide and 100m long, rushes towards the Blazing Dragon from the sky. The Blazing Dragon, which was going crazy over the railgun, was slow to react to the Meteor Sword.
The Blazing Dragon is hit by the Meteor Sword and crashes to the ground. A huge shockwave sweeps across the ground. The huge rocks turn into dust.
Hwarurururuk!
The Meteor Sword begins to burn in the Blazing Dragon’s flames.
Instead of detonating the Meteor Sword, I created a new giant Meteor Sword and dropped it on the Blazing Dragon. A Meteor Sword falling vertically like a guillotine.
“Kaaaaaaaak!”
“Two isn’t enough, huh? Then how about three?”
[Using Meteor Sword.]
Three giant Meteor Swords fell on the Blazing Dragon.
It’s called a Meteor Sword, but if you only look at its size, it wouldn’t be strange to call it an apartment building. The Blazing Dragon, which couldn’t avoid it and was hit 5 times in a row, died on the spot.
“Hunting complete.”
My mana was getting dangerously low, so it was fortunate. I didn’t have to drink a mana potion.
I approached the dead Blazing Dragon’s corpse. It was dead with its head cut off and its torso split open. A large amount of blood and guts were pouring out. It wasn’t a pretty sight.
‘It’s damn big, but its heart is only the size of a human fist.’
I doubt if this can even function as a heart, but a dragon’s heart is different from other animals’ hearts. It’s the source of power and a magic power organ. This dragon heart is the reason why a large dragon can live without having to consume nutrients.
To extract this dragon heart, I had to search through the dragon’s insides. Fortunately, I had the Heavenly Eye, so I could locate the dragon heart.
‘The problem is that even so, I have to go inside that corpse to extract the dragon heart. Damn it.’
When a dragon is alive, its heart is harder than anything else. This is because the dragon unconsciously uses magic power to protect its heart first.
However, when a dragon dies and becomes a corpse, its heart is not protected by magic power. For reference, the durability of a dragon heart is so weak that it can be crushed by a human hand.
‘In other words, you have to be careful when extracting the dragon heart.’
Fortunately, even if the corpse is in a terrible state, the dragon heart is mostly intact because it is protected by the outer heart chamber, also called the dragon heart sac.
‘The outer heart chamber is bigger than my body.’
This huge outer heart chamber is what functions as the animal’s heart. The dragon heart is a magic power organ inside the heart.
Anyway, I took out the heart and cut it open with a knife to take out the fist-sized dragon heart. I extracted the dragon heart blood separately, put the dragon heart in my inventory, and appraised it.
[Blazing Dragon’s Heart
This is the heart of a Blazing Dragon.
When consumed by someone with compatibility, there is a high probability of acquiring fire manipulation.
When consumed in reality, there is a low probability of acquiring fire (Lv.1 trait). Compatibility is required.
Using the original can increase the probability of acquiring skills and traits.]
‘It’s not a very low probability, but a low probability of getting a trait.’
The fire trait is probably a trait similar to the lightning trait.
The problem was that I didn’t have compatibility. I wasn’t drawn to the dragon heart. Since I didn’t have compatibility, the possibility was 0%.
‘I didn’t really need it.’
Anyway, I’m satisfied since I got the dragon heart.
I put the rest of the Blazing Dragon’s corpse into my inventory. Even if it’s not as valuable as the dragon heart, it sells for a high price. The claws, skin, and bones are used for hunter equipment, and the insides of high-level dragons are used in alchemy, so there’s nothing to throw away. Therefore, if you catch one high-level dragon, you can earn at least 100 billion.
‘I caught this alone. It’s all mine.’
I grinned and put it into my inventory. The torso, which was next to the head, didn’t fit into the inventory.
[Inventory space is insufficient.]
“Huh?”
My current inventory capacity is 1,000,000㎥. It’s literally an enormous capacity, but it’s blocked?
“It’s not like I can’t put a single dragon in… Ah. It’s not like there are only dragons in my inventory.”
Not only were there miscellaneous items, but also large items like cars and bikes in my inventory. All kinds of resources were also in my inventory. It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that an entire logistics warehouse was inside my inventory.
‘I should increase the size of my inventory this time.’
[Do you want to increase the horizontal space of the inventory by consuming 10 points?]
Since I’m going to use the inventory for the rest of my life anyway, I decided to increase it generously.
[Current inventory internal space
Horizontal: 1,000m.
Vertical: 1,000m.
Height: 1,000m.]
I used 27,000 points.
Honestly, I didn’t really have a good sense of how much space it was.
‘Can I put a city in it? …That’s difficult. It’s only 1km in width, length, and height. I could fit a village and still have room to spare.’
I put the dragon corpse in my inventory and returned to the metropolis Gigantria.