How to Live as a Half-Dragon

113. intruder

Three months have passed since Xian returned to Alteon.

It seems like it’s been a while since Drake left, but time has already passed.

‘What are you doing… .’

He could have arrived in Pereira as planned, or else he might have wandered off to a different path midway since he was such a free-spirited human being.

Well, since he is a strong human being, he will eat well and live well wherever he goes, but as he trains and cools off his sweat, he often thinks of Drake.

Stain said as Cyan sighed and his breathing became lighter.

“Let’s start over.”

Xian asked at the words of Stain, who was training together.

“hey.”

“Tell me.”

“Is this really helpful?”

Xian changed his training a few days ago.

Until then, Cecily and I used to go to the corner of the northern forest and have a fight…

Coincidentally, a few days ago, even when Stein was at Semain, the strange training he had been doing consistently caught his eye, and he changed his training.

I don’t know if it was because of that, but after that day, Stain and Cecily’s condition changed.

Stain, who had always had a stiff expression before, brightened a little, and Cecily, who had suddenly become a loner, had lost her energy unlike before.

‘Certainly, training alone isn’t fun.’

Xian knew that very well.

It seemed that he would have to go out to the Mirva store in the afternoon to comfort Cecily, who had been training alone for a few days.

Anyway, while thinking about that, Stein said.

“Are you giving up already?”

“No, not that… .”

This training was a training that secretly lost steam.

It was because it was such a training that hit mana hard.

“So I told you beforehand that this training will be very difficult.”

“Is there any effect?”

“It’s because the progress is slow, but there’s nothing to talk about as long as the skill level increases.”

At this point, Xian wondered inwardly.

How skillful the guy has reached.

“When did you say you started doing this training?”

Stain opened his right hand and said.

In the center of his palm was a round purple garnet the size of a thumb nail.

“This guy needs training, so it’s been about eight years.”

Purple garnet, that is, Belial.

It was an essential item in order to master the highest level technology of none other than Alteon.

‘I didn’t know that was a necessary tool for technology.’

The Belial received from Harnis in return for passing through the northern forest was not an ordinary jewel.

The jewels that had the effect of absorbing and compressing mana around them were playing the role of adding wings to Alteon’s skills, which had weak attack power depending on how they were used.

“Show me, so I can get some strength.”

“what… great.”

Stain poured mana into his Belial.

Stain spoke as Belial’s purple glow deepened.

“Get a spare sword and block the attack.”

“now?”

“yes.”

Sian, in case he didn’t know, even raised a dragon kill and seriously responded to Stain’s sword attack.

Chaeng-Geurang!

Xian’s training sword cut neatly in half.

Xian was greatly surprised.

“Is this possible?”

Sian said calmly and was confident that he was one level higher than Stein.

It was because he had won against Stain even if he fought with the restriction of killing the dragon.

However, Stain’s sword cut neatly into pieces.

This is despite the fact that he clearly responded with the Dragon Slayer.

“I told you, Belial has the ability to absorb and condense.”

As it became harder, the cutting power increased.

“Then why didn’t you use it when sparring with me?”

Stein never used this technique in Semaine.

Since he had been training for 8 years, he would have been able to use a blow that applied Belial even then.

“I can’t kill the young master, can I?”

Stein said with a serious face.

“Berial is a deadly skill. Well, it takes as much effort as good output.”

The part that required a lot of effort was also the part that reduced drafts.

In fact, even though Stain had poured a lot of his mana a moment ago, all of the condensed magic power in Belial disappeared shortly after using the technique.

“Anyway, something like that. Also, it’s still like this to be used in practice… .”

It has enough power, but it takes a long time to recharge Belial.

It’s not an exaggeration to say that in a battle between first-class slayers, dozens of battles come and go in the blink of an eye, but a little while ago, Stain had to inject mana for more than 3 seconds just to recharge Belial.

Even though a guy like Stein trained for 8 years, that’s about it.

‘Are you saying that it’s worthwhile to finish preparing in advance and compete with the opponent?’

Of course, even that was difficult in Xian now.

It was not easy to pour mana into Belial in an instant, and it was not difficult to release the condensed mana.

“Now then, let’s do it again, one hit. To Belial.”

At Stain’s words, Xian infused a lot of mana for an instant.

However, Belial, which seemed to be getting darker, soon lost its color and returned to normal.

“I’m going crazy, really… .”

* * *

Xian went out for the first time in a long time in the evening after training was over.

Cecily, who came out with her, said,

“Isn’t Hughes seeing you after 15 days?”

“yes.”

Hughes was busy with business, and Xi’an was also busy with training, so he decided not to disturb them by stopping by frequently.

Shian, who went into the Mirva store, which had more customers while he was invisible, headed to the 5th floor where Hughes was.

Hughes welcomed the two of them.

“Sian, what’s going on?”

“I want to see Hughes.”

“Isn’t that a little touching?”

In one corner of the room where Hughes was working, Yorba was also there.

It seemed like he had been off work every day around this time, but I wondered.

“Do you have a lot to do today?”

“Even Masho, Gideon and Roman are busy with their work.”

“I guess Hughes is busy too?”

She nodded.

“You did well to come today, otherwise I wouldn’t have seen you again for a while.”

I heard that Grid finally decided to come to the vicinity of Alteon to negotiate.

It seems to be because of the story related to iron ore, but I thought that Hughes would do well on his own.

“But how is Alteon these days?”

“Just what… You know. Your mother said you wouldn’t be able to go until six months?”

The battle for succession was already a win-lose situation.

At one time, he was 1st Prince Kirchion, who was supported by most of his vassals, but he lost almost all of his foundation to Sara and was in the exact opposite situation.

“So, how about Hughes? And what about Yorba?”

I wondered if they were taking their anger out on the Mirva Company for no reason, so I asked, and the two answered.

“Well, Alteon paid a lot of attention to it.”

“Me too.”

Well, in the case of Hughes, no matter who comes, he can at least protect himself…

‘Come to think of it, can I beat Hughes now?’

Xian has become quite strong.

I don’t know, but it would be the average level of an intermediate slayer.

It was a time when I was thinking of doing a mock sparring next time I had a chance.

“I’m rather worried about Xi’an.”

“yes?”

“That’s right, people cornered don’t know what to do.”

Hughes was more worried about Sarah and Xian than about Mirva.

‘I’m not saying anything wrong.’

But again, I wasn’t too worried.

It was because he had no idea how he was going to harm his mother and himself.

1 Confucius is only an intermediate slayer level.

Xi’an and its realm were almost the same.

Of course, now that I know of the existence of Belial, I have something to be careful about besides the state of oneself, but I wonder if something will happen anyway.

‘Well, I don’t think Grandpa will stay still no matter what he says.’

Of course it wouldn’t be a big deal, Xian thought.

“Oh no, no.”

“yes?”

“If it’s not overcrowded tomorrow, would you like to go out together to the suburbs?”

Rather than trying to get them to sit at the negotiating table with Grid, it seemed like they were simply inviting them to go out.

Is the way to go wrong or what?

Xian said.

“great.”

* * *

The next day, Xian went out to the suburbs with Hughes.

Of course, that was a very trivial matter in the context of Alteon as a whole, and whether or not it was true, an important story was going on in the office of Lugrant.

Lugrant, who had been exchanging stories with Winster about the succession of the head of state, made the final decision after long thought.

“I will decide Sarah as the next head of household.”

Rugrant knew that the race for the succession of Alteon was virtually over.

Today’s decision was actually a decision I could make because I knew that.

‘I don’t know where the big money came from… .’

I couldn’t help but admit it.

Jade still shone after time, and stone, in comparison, was still stone even though it was polished hard.

Since his irresistible nature was revealed through this opportunity, Lugrant was determined to surrender himself to that flow.

“Winster.”

“yes. Duke.”

“At the time, I was planning to hold the big tournament two months earlier than planned, so I hope you prepared like that.”

“All right.”

Because it was related to the schedules of many vassals, the sudden change could have caused confusion, but he was none other than the head of Alteon.

Of course, he had the full right to do so.

It was right after Lugrant had given Winster a slightly reckless order.

Soon, Lugrant’s eyes narrowed slightly. So did Winster.

“You are an uninvited guest.”

There is no way to know how they got here through the strict border, but that was the situation.

No matter how good your skills are, there are many security devices that work with magic in Alteon’s mansion, so it’s impossible to enter and exit through the road other than the main gate, but this happened.

Winster said.

“I will take care of it.”

He could be trusted, so Lugrant nodded without hesitation.

“You don’t have to be captured, so take it seriously.”

“I will keep that in mind.”

It was moments after Winster left the room.

The moment when his energy soared, as if he had encountered an intruder.

‘has disappeared?’

Winster’s presence had completely disappeared.

In this case, there were two situations that could be assumed.

Either Winster’s head fell off in an instant, or the other was isolated in a completely different dimension.

Among the artifacts, there were some with abilities beyond imagination, so it was ambiguous to be sure, but for now, it was correct to say that the latter side was closer.

‘Winster is the strongest among 100 people across the continent.’

No matter how coldly he looked at it, it was hard to believe that Winster had lost his life in vain.

trudge trudge.

At the sound of the man’s footsteps coming from the corridor, Lugrant regained his energy.

The sound of the intruder’s footsteps was so calm that it was hard to believe that he had invaded Alteon’s mansion with dirt feet.

‘You’re arrogant.’

Lugrant raised the sword in the corner and quietly fired it.

I didn’t forget to compress the mana with Belial in my hand.

Winster was defeated by his tricks, but knowing that, Lugrant was thinking of deciding the match at once.

Awesome profit.

It was a time when Lugrant was on high alert.

After a while, a man dressed in black opened the door and appeared.

Lugrant jumped out like a shotgun.