## Chapter 2734 – 2734. Dragon Hunter
“Do Hwang lost…!”
“Is Gwangryeo going to be the new chairman of the Dragon Hunter Association?!”
“What’s going to happen to the association now?!”
People murmured from a distance.
I didn’t care and walked towards the Hunter Association headquarters, using CheonAn to check the battle situation between Hytera and Artollig.
Artollig’s ability was to manipulate light. However, Hytera controlled space. Overall, Hytera had the upper hand in the battle.
‘The reason Hytera lost to Artollig in the past was because she lacked magic power.’
When she was a dragon, Hytera used magic power recklessly. Instead of walking or flying, she moved through space. A waste of magic power. That led to her defeat, and she used the Dragon God’s relic, losing her power and becoming human.
‘That’s why Hytera conserves her magic power as much as possible.’
Now, Hytera has a human body, not the body of a powerful dragon. But the battle between Hytera and Artollig is only about their abilities, not their physical forms, so it doesn’t matter much.
Of course, it’s not easy for Artollig to force a close-quarters fight either. Hytera can just create distance with spatial movement.
‘But Hytera aside, Artollig… that bastard, even though he’s a Dragon King, he’s trying to fight elegantly using only his abilities.’
The odds are in Hytera’s favor. If there are no variables, Hytera will win.
‘Hytera probably wouldn’t want me to intervene… and I have things to do too.’
Do Hwang Baek Jeong-su’s disciples.
If I miss them here, things could get troublesome. They might cause trouble in other cities or create a force against me. So, I’ll deal with them here.
I provocatively raised Baek Jeong-su’s head in front of them.
“Here is your master’s head. Is there anyone who wants to take it from my hands?”
“……”
Baek Jeong-su’s disciples hesitated. Their fear was greater than their animosity towards me.
In the increasingly tense atmosphere, it was Vice-Chairman Seok Un-jae who surprisingly exploded with anger.
The man, who had a simple, almost foolish expression despite being larger than Baek Jeong-su, hardened his face and shouted.
“Jeong-su hyungnim!!! You bastard!! Jeong-su hyungnim, even though he was defeated by you, was a hero who protected the world order! At least show some respect!!!”
“Baek Jeong-su was greedy, but he was capable. Well, he wasn’t good enough to earn my respect.”
I shook Baek Jeong-su’s head lightly in the air. It was a bit slippery and uncomfortable to shake because he was bald.
Seok Un-jae’s eyes rolled back. Magic power erupted from his entire body, and his body began to change. Orange fur grew, and his already large physique became even larger.
A figure that looked like a mix of a tiger and a human.
Seok Un-jae bared his long claws and charged.
[Using Moment (刹那). Remaining stacks: 4]
In the slowed world, I pondered for a moment.
I won against the three vice-chairmen at the same time. Seok Un-jae fighting me alone? Even Baek Jeong-su couldn’t beat me? The result is already determined.
‘However, I can’t kill him in one strike.’
It’s too annoying to wrestle with Seok Un-jae. I have a lot of work to do.
I came to a conclusion.
I dropped Baek Jeong-su’s head on the floor and extended my left hand.
Paji jiji jik.
Blue lightning gathered and rotated in front of my left hand. Seok Un-jae ignored it and charged. Transforming into a tiger beastman strengthened his body. He was trusting in that and running at me, intending to withstand the lightning.
Seok Un-jae ignored the lightning and aimed his claws at my head and chest.
‘He took the bait.’
I scattered the lightning in front of my hand and grabbed Seok Un-jae’s neck as if snatching it.
‘Trying to use lightning was a feint. If I had tried to swing my sword, he would have been wary. He saw Do Hwang’s head being sliced off by my sword.’
Seok Un-jae, with his neck grabbed, chose to attack instead of escaping. His claws were swung wildly, tearing me apart. Even with a protective barrier, I couldn’t avoid getting hurt. The distance was too close, and his claws were no ordinary claws.
My upper body became covered in blood. My right eye was cut, my neck was torn, and my heart was gouged.
‘He was going to die anyway. This is the price for skipping the wrestling.’
I calmly moved the Hwaryeon Dagger in my right hand.
Poook.
The red blade pierced Seok Un-jae’s chest. It didn’t stop there; the blade went down further.
“Kuaaaaaaaak!”
Seok Un-jae screamed and died.
I wasn’t in good shape either, so I fell backward.
The sensation of death was unpleasant no matter how many times I felt it.
[Death Resistance has been activated. You will not die for the next 15 seconds.]
[Remaining time for Death Resistance: 5 seconds]
[Using Full Recovery.]
I stood up again. My clothes were a mess, but my body was fine.
The eyes of Baek Jeong-su’s disciples, who had been rejoicing or relieved at Seok Un-jae’s mutual destruction, widened as if they were about to tear. Despair filled their faces.
“H, how can you after taking those injuries?!”
“It’s my hidden card. By the way, why do you have those expressions? Like you’ve fallen from heaven to hell. Anyone would think this is hell.”
“P, please spare us. We will acknowledge and support your inauguration as chairman! We won’t even dream of avenging our master!”
“Did you think I looked like a fool enough to believe those words? Even if you sincerely gave up on revenge… I have to finish this. What would become of my face and authority if I stopped here? Now that a new era has begun, it’s only right to clean up the remnants of the old era.”
Amidst the attention of citizens and hunters, I beheaded Baek Jeong-su’s disciples and Baek Jeong-su’s supporters. Then, I took out a pole from my inventory and displayed their heads.
It was to let people know what would happen if they challenged me.
‘This is quite effective.’
Some hunters might bow their heads to me for now but harbor other intentions. But ordinary people without power would have lost the will to oppose me.
‘There are two remaining vice-chairmen. I’m leaving them alone for now because they’re helpful to me… but I’ll have to deal with them at the right time.’
No matter how I thought about it, there was no need for S-class hunters other than me.
When I had executed all of Baek Jeong-su’s disciples, I spared only Mir.
“Mir. You participated in the Gorgoltis subjugation with me, and you haven’t been Baek Jeong-su’s disciple for long, so I’ll let you off this once.”
“T, thank you.”
Mir, his spirit broken, lowered his head deeply.
I raised my head and looked in the direction where Hytera was.
I saw a silver dragon falling to the ground. It was Hytera’s victory. The battle was over.
• • •
Finally, I became the chairman of the Dragon Hunter Association.
The first thing I checked was the association’s assets. I ordered an association employee, and they readily presented the list of assets. It didn’t take long.
The assets were considerable. It was natural since they collected taxes from the city and ran various businesses.
‘The problem is that there’s no Dragon Heart or Dragon Heartblood. Baek Jeong-su used up all the Dragon Heart and Dragon Heartblood. If he was going to die, he should have died quietly…’
That day, I immediately declared in the name of the association.
“From now on, after hunting a dragon, you must sell the Dragon Heart and Dragon Heartblood to the association unconditionally. Dragon corpses without Dragon Heart and Dragon Heartblood will not be purchased. Hunters who embezzle Dragon Heart and Dragon Heartblood from subjugation requests will be designated as criminals and summarily executed. Any hunters who are dissatisfied should come and find me separately.”
“……”
No hunter came to find me.
Hytera returned. She looked a little tired.
“Yujin. This is Artollig’s Dragon Heart. I will give it to Yujin. I will use the Dragon Heartblood.”
I felt my heart pounding as I looked at Artollig’s Dragon Heart. Compatibility. But that didn’t mean I would be swayed by a Dragon Heart.
“It’s a Dragon King-class Dragon Heart. Are you sure you don’t want to eat it and give it to me?”
“I wanted the Dragon Heart to recover my strength. Even if I, who have fully recovered my strength, eat the Dragon Heart, my strength won’t increase much. The same goes for other Dragon King-class Dragons.”
This was also why Dragon King-class Dragons respected each other’s territories.
It wasn’t worth risking their lives to fight for a little more strength. But there was something a little uncomfortable about being friendly like comrades. It would be absurd and embarrassing to be betrayed and killed because of carelessness.
“Besides, Yujin has compatibility with Artollig’s heart, doesn’t he?”
“Was it obvious?”
“From the moment I took out the Dragon Heart, Yujin’s heart started beating faster.”
“It’s an instinct that the body reacts to separately from the mind, so I couldn’t help it. I’ll take the Dragon Heart for now. Thank you.”
I put Artollig’s heart in my inventory.
“Aren’t you going to eat it right away?”
“It’s not like I’ll get that much stronger even if I eat it.”
“I understand.”
I talked with Hytera about the remaining Dragon King-class Dragons.
Excluding Hytera, there were four Dragon King-class Dragons left in this world. I knew the approximate locations of two of them because they had agreements with the association. The problem was the other two. They were only mentioned as settings in the original work, so there was no accurate information.
“I know the Dragon King-class Dragons that have agreements with the association. They are the Hundred-Eyed Heavenly Dragon and the Deep Sea Heavenly Dragon. The Hundred-Eyed Heavenly Dragon is the weakest in terms of power among the Dragon King-class Dragons, but it has the ability to see everything. It must have been watching Gigantria… so it probably knows the current situation.”
The Hundred-Eyed Heavenly Dragon was a helper character in the original work who helped the protagonist Mir and Hytera. Well, even if it helped, the last episode was the first and last time.
“The problem is the Deep Sea Heavenly Dragon. No one can beat the Deep Sea Heavenly Dragon in the sea, no matter where else. I suggest you give up on subjugating the Deep Sea Heavenly Dragon.”
Deep Sea Heavenly Dragon.
As you can tell from the name, it had the ability to manipulate water. Coincidentally, Han A-young was an ice ability user. If I processed the Deep Sea Heavenly Dragon’s Dragon Heart into a ring… it would be a good gift for Han A-young.
“No way. I will definitely hunt the Deep Sea Heavenly Dragon. It may be difficult right now, but there must be a way. Like poisoning the sea.”
“…I understand. I will help you then too.”
First, I had to put the subjugation on hold and fix the association.
A few days later.
Mir disappeared from Gigantria. I only found out two days after Mir left. Well, it wasn’t a big deal. Rather, it was strange that he had remained in Gigantria until now. I wasn’t even curious about where he went.
‘It’s more urgent to gather beauties from all over the world.’
