The Hero Disciple Is Back - Chapter 92



91. There’s a reason the warrior gives time

‘I can’t just collapse like this! I’m one of the Four Heavenly Kings! I have a duty to serve the great one beyond the sky! To be held back by these guys is the worst possible ending! I absolutely cannot tolerate that!’

The King of Death has been using his power to push the army of death forward in quantity, but it was never because he was lacking in quality that he was trying to win in quantity. Since quantity is also an important factor on the battlefield, he judged that it was necessary to some extent, so he had been preparing by using his power in that direction.

Therefore, if he wanted to, he could have become one of the Four Heavenly Kings with excellent quality.

“Gather around!”

He spoke as he spread his arms toward the sky. His every action seemed so careful and heavy that he almost looked like a pious priest.

“Gather! Gather! Gather! Gather! Gather! Gather! Gather! Gather! Gather! Gather! Gather! Gather! Gather! Gather! Gather! Gather!”

The army of death was turned into dust. However, it did not disappear. The dust gathered together and formed a giant snake-like shape, and then centered around the King of Death, as if the King of Death had become the eye of a typhoon. He was still, but a typhoon swept around him, blowing away and crushing everything. This was the result of concentrating the enormous magic that had been sustaining the army into a single body.

‘More! More! More! More!’

And the typhoon of magic that had been pushing forward began to take shape little by little, and soon completed a gigantic being.

The celestials who saw it muttered as they looked at the giant enemy before them with tense faces.

“Dragon… .”

Yes, that’s right.

There were no more kings or legions of death.

All that existed was a huge, gigantic, death dragon guarding the place.

【Look! This strongest form! There is no way you can beat me!!!!!!】

The fact that dragons were the strongest race was also the same for the demons. Before they went extinct, the most difficult opponent for the demons to face was, no matter what anyone said, the dragons. That is why the ones who knew the fear of dragons the best were the demons who had to fight against that formidable enemy. That is why the strongest form that the Death King could think of was the demon king or the dragon, but since he, as a vassal, could not dare to take the form of the demon king, he could only think of the form of the dragon.

That’s how the dragon of death appeared.

【Despair! Celestials and warriors! Slaves of the foolish gods!】

The King of Death was confident that he would win since it had come to this. There was no way he could lose. He had no doubts. He had been so engrossed in his pride that he had not realized it at all. No one here was looking at him in frustration or despair.

They were rather looking at him as if they were embarrassed. Should I say that it felt like they were forced to look at a fake that was a poor imitation of the real thing? The faces of the celestials and warriors present here were showing off their embarrassment without even hiding it.

The King of Death, who had been looking down with anticipation that they would have frightened faces due to the powerful magic he was emitting, was soon able to clearly see the faces of the warriors and the celestials.

Only then did he realize something was wrong… .

He refused to accept it, as if he were some third-rate villain who denied the obvious facts before his eyes.

【What. What are those expressions!】

Even if he had expressed such doubts, the enemy warriors and celestials would not have been kind enough to answer his questions.

But there was no need for that.

Because the ‘real thing’ has revealed itself.

It was pure white.

The moment you see it, everything in the world feels dirty, and only its existence feels pure white holiness and pure white cleanliness. You will know the moment you see it.

‘Ah. That being is special.’

【Dragon… Hatchling…】

The King of Death recalled the information he had heard. The information that the first white dragon was by the warrior’s side. Only then did the King of Death realize why they had been looking at him like that. To them who had seen the real dragon, he must have looked like a fake imitation.

【Huh!】

But the King of Death couldn’t help but laugh. He was only in the form of a dragon. His true nature was a collection of magical energy that he had accumulated over hundreds of years, countless years. With this enormous energy, he was confident that even if a dragon came to his unit, he could easily annihilate them. He was confident of that.

【You too, disappear! The last dragon!】

The dragon of death opened its mouth.

Inside, all kinds of death energy and magic were intertwined… . Something that was truly the most terrifying thing in the world condensed and began to form into a huge energy in his mouth. It wasn’t for nothing that the King of Death was so confident. As one of the Four Heavenly Kings, he was already a considerable powerhouse in the demon tribe, and he had absorbed all the power contained in the army of death that he had created over a long period of time. It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that he was now hundreds of times stronger than he usually was, becoming an unbelievable monster.

‘That small size! It’s just a hatchling!’

It’s nerve-wracking that this is the first ever white dragon, but even so, it’s just a hatchling… There’s no way he can be my opponent. There’s no way he can lose. There’s no way he can lose. It’s a situation where it’s obvious that he’ll win by an overwhelming margin.

‘There is no way this situation will collapse!’

The King of Death was confident that he could attack and annihilate all the enemies here, but he thought about it in his mind. He seemed to be struggling to be sure, repeating the same thought over and over again, as if he was anxious, as if he was not sure at all.

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Leah stood on the battlefield. It was extremely difficult to stand in this position. Of course, it was because Sera opposed it. However, Leah eventually succeeded in standing in this position. Although she thought it was fatal, she brought up the story of the World Tree. However, she wanted to stand in this position even if it meant that.

In order to fight, you have to stand on the battlefield. You can’t fight properly if you step back. You can only support, and you can’t say you’re truly fighting on the battlefield and shedding blood. That’s why she was standing on this battlefield overflowing with the aura of death at this moment. She wasn’t her usual human girl form, but a hatchling form, flapping her wings as if she was protecting everyone, standing on the front line and facing off against the dragon of death.

‘It’s different after all.’

Knowing it as dragon knowledge and experiencing it firsthand were completely different.

‘So I guess I made a few seconds of wrong judgment back then.’

A margin of error of just a few seconds

It was a mere fraction of a second, a split second of error.

But that alone could determine one’s fate of life and death.

I knew it by knowledge, but I did not know it by experience.

That’s why he made a mistake at that moment, and that’s why someone ended up sacrificing themselves in his place.

That’s why I stood on the front lines.

Not just knowing it as knowledge, but experiencing it properly

To make what you want a reality

Wooow!

As she watched the aura of death and magic gather together, Leah also began to gather all of her magic power and put it into her flame.

horror?

‘There’s no way I could lose to something that’s just an imitation of that fake.’

The reason is simple.

‘Because I’m a dragon.’

At the same time, Leah’s white breath shot through the sky of the demon world.

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‘Why! Why! This can’t be happening!’

The massive energy that was shot by condensing all of his death energy and magic could not penetrate the white breath. Even though it was clear that his strength was overwhelmingly superior… his own strength was not able to overcome the strength of the white dragon.

It was literally a clash between a thousand-man contingent and a hundred thousand-man army. And in this case, of course, the hundred thousand-man army was the King of Death. Right now, he was firing off everything he had worked for so long. So it made no sense that he couldn’t get through something like the flames of a hatchling who had only been born for a short time.

Even if those one thousand people were great masters, they would eventually lose if they fought against an army of a hundred thousand. No matter how superhuman they were, as long as they were human, their physical strength would have its limits and they would eventually collapse.

But it doesn’t collapse.

As if denying everything he had done for so long… . As if his very existence was meaningless, that pure white flame did not weaken or collapse at all. Rather, it was his own core that was collapsing.

‘Just a little longer! Just hold on a little longer!’

If it was natural, then it was a natural result. He had absorbed all the power he had released over a long period of time at once. Even if the source of that power was himself, if he had reabsorbed the power he had been free of for a long time at once… . Even if he could become hundreds of times stronger than his original self in an instant… . There was no way his core, which controlled that power, could withstand it.

If it had ended in an instant, it would have ended with the core being overpowered, but the pure white flame did not collapse, so it was a result of continuing to use force… . As a result, the core began to crack.

‘Just a little more! Just a little more! I can finish it…!’

As the King of Death thought so, he tried to force himself once again.

At that moment, the King felt something eerie.

King of Death, King of Death

That is why his essence is close to death.

That’s why I could feel it at this moment.

That is, the clear moment of death that is coming towards you.

“Giving him time to transform, leaving him alone so he could attack… I think he had some kind of plan… His face shows no signs of suspicion at all.”

Because being united means we can finish it in one go

After unleashing an all-out attack, you won’t have any strength left to defend yourself.

It’s something that can be transformed, and something that can be attacked.

Everything is

To prevent the annoying Death King from making proper use of his special ability to use death at will and to finish him off in one go!

“Now turn back, King of Death.”

A giant aura blade soaked in anti-aura instantly slammed into the death dragon.

‘brave!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!’

Because he was spewing out the aura of death, the Death King couldn’t even scream and had his throat cut. Through the gap created by the death aura, the pure white flames burned away the death aura without hesitation and completely burned the Death King.

And so the King of Death met his death.