Volume 5 - CH 53

Act 5-53: March of Azure Dragon

The azure dragon, whose length exceeded 20 mel turned the wetland into scorching hell with his breath as he marched on. Sitting on the throne installed on the back of that azure dragon was a blue-haired youth with a grim look on his face.[ED: I was watching Hobbit: Five Armies when editing this, so I’m really in the mood for dragon fights.]

「Heed my order. DESTROY! BURN! KILL! DESTROY ALL!」

The blue-haired youth ordered the azure dragon with a cheery look on his face, in contrast to the cruel nature of his order.

『GUOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON!!』

The azure dragon raised its head to the sky and raised a warcry, its voice shaking the hearts of men. and then fired a large scale fire breath that burned the wetland, killing most of the living beings inside.

「Kuhahaha! This is just a small part of my overwhelming power! This is the pinnacle of dragon strength, the strongest race in the world―― THE DRAGON KING!」

Cetus raised a delighted voice.

His power was unrivaled. There was no need to work together with a human who looked like the demon king. Neither he needs to keep working together with Aldebaran.

To begin with, Cetus didn’t give a shi*t about the revival of a dubious god revered by the demon race. Cetus’ goal was ultimate strength. Now that he achieved his goal, he felt this was the right time to fulfill his original ambition. Namely, proving himself as the strongest creature in this world.

Since Deboa already perished, the number of beings who could rival Cetus was limited. Naturally, the current Cetus had no intention to lose but, that didn’t change the fact that there was only a small number of people who he had hard time to deal with.

Those were the world’s three divine beasts. The sealed Deboa was one of them, and in terms of strength alone, they’re far more powerful than the four great demon kings. Currently, Cetus wanted to kill the rest of the divine beasts and make a name for himself. For that, Cetus needed to store more power. And the method for that was by his one and only unique method, namely preying upon humans.

After he reigned over the southern part of North Grand, he would head back to the northern part to destroy Aldebaran’s army, taking the control of Aldebaran’s territory, and then would start to invade human territory. Different from the demon race whose meat was tough, human meat was soft and tender. Especially the meat of women and children, Cetus couldn’t stop drooling just by recalling the superb flavor. Anyhow, the best thing about eating humans was the fact that their flesh enhanced Cetus and co’s strength far more than when he ate the demon race.

They couldn’t attack the humans until now due to the interference from the church, mysterious people of the empire, or the troublesome hero but, the current him didn’t have to worry about them again. He would reign the human territory, eat all of its citizens, and the already strong Cetus would become even stronger. Those cycles would continue till he became truly unrivaled in this world.

「My mind can’t help but to feel really delighted.」

And as he was lost in his own world, imagining the future of him who became the strongest,

「Eh?」

He saw the remnant of magical power in the wetland area before him.

Maybe there was binding magic invoked when I stepped into the marsh, the movement of my leg feels restricted. What a petty trick.

「Foolish.」

Only fools will do something like this. The body of an azure dragon is something that I created from a single thread of my hair. Shackling its feet along won’t be enough to stop me. Most of all――

「You can’t restrict my body with such weak magic.」

Pitiful creatures who rely on such transient hope. Well, this is already pretty good for those lowly creatures. I don’t mind even if I have to change my route but, that’s too boring, a king like me doesn’t need to be on guard against those lowly creature tactics. Moreover――

「Let’s enjoy this farce.」

――I want to see those monsters’ desperate faces the moment they see me destroy their one and only hope.

――I want to hear those monster despaired death throes.

――I want to laugh my ass off when those monsters kneel on the ground, begging me to spare their sorry lives.

「That’s why I shall trample them under my foot.」

Cetus smacked his lips as he ordered his other body to trample the monsters underfoot.