The relationship between dragon slayers and dragons might be far more complex than originally imagined.
The story of a brave dragon slayer turning into an evil dragon is no re fairy tale—it truly exists.
The dragon seems to be waiting for the arrival of the slayer, ready to begin the cycle anew.
Yet the evil dragon desires to change everything. The only path it sees before it is to kill the dragon slayer who seeks it out, seize everything the slayer possesses, and break the unbreakable cycle.
"Squeak, squeak, squeak!"
The chilling sound of the door opening made the evil dragon, which had been waiting for a long ti, finally open its eyes.
The dragon’s eyes were filled with intense possessiveness, and in its vertical pupils, it reflected the very dragon slayer it had been waiting for.
"Huff..."
A hot breath escaped from the dragon’s nostrils. Its massive jaws, sealed by sharp teeth, parted slightly as it spoke in human language.
"You... have finally co."
"Two years... you must have waited a long ti for ."
The dragon unknowingly nodded. Indeed, it had been waiting for a very long ti. For it, the only reason to exist in this world was to fix all its wrongs, to fulfill its desires, and to seize everything from the dragon slayer.
"A very long ti."
"For , it felt like an eternity. But now that you’re in front of , every second of waiting was worth it."
The dragon’s voice was filled with intense excitent and anticipation, and its eyes were full of pure possessiveness.
"Bell Cranel."
"...."
"Everything you have is mine. If you die here, I can take it all."
"...."
Yet the youth, the one who was being so eagerly awaited, felt no fear. Even in his gaze toward the dragon, there was a hint of sympathy.
"What a pity. I’m not staying here today."
"No. You will stay here."
The dragon rejected the youth’s every thought. It could no longer control its desire, could no longer resist the urge inside.
"Everything you have is mine! Your fate today is already decided!"
The dragon’s voice grew louder, but the youth didn’t feel afraid. He stood there, just as calm as when he first entered, unaffected by the dragon’s presence.
"My fate is decided? I think you’re overestimating yourself."
"I won’t deny that my fate today is decided, but it’s entirely different from what you imagine."
The youth didn’t completely deny the dragon’s words, but he shared the sa feeling. His fate was indeed determined, but the reality was completely different from what the dragon thought.
"You want to take everything I have, and I want to tear you apart completely."
"No, I want to gather everything that is mine."
The youth’s gaze was unwavering, resolute.
The evil dragon’s pupils contracted slightly, its hoarse voice filled with disbelief.
"You... knew all along?"
The youth showed no sign of emotion and looked at the dragon with the utmost calm.
But despite his control, a trace of sympathy and pity could still be seen in his eyes.
"How pitiful. We should have shared the sa fate. Yet, in the end, I am different from you, or rather, from all of you."
"Shut up!"
The dragon seed to be struck in the heart. That sympathy, that pity, only made it angrier.
"If it weren’t for you! If it weren’t for you! Why did I end up like this?!"
"Is that so?"
Bell didn’t care about the dragon’s accusations.
This was the inevitable result—what was there to worry about? As for why? Because everyone in this world is unfair. Since that’s the case, what’s there to care about?
"If that’s how you see it, then my answer is: this is your fate."
The word "fate" deeply hurt the dragon’s nerves.
"Fate!? Damn fate! Fucking fate!"
At that mont, the dragon’s scales stood up, like a cat’s fur on end. Though if a normal cat were here, it’d probably be scared to death.
The furious dragon stirred up a storm, almost blowing Bell’s coat off his back.
Bell didn’t get angry. Instead, he couldn’t help but laugh.
"You appearing before —that is your fate."
The word "fate" was clearly the dragon’s taboo. Provoked over and over, the dragon’s aura beca more dangerous, warping the space around it.
"Don’t say ’fate’!"
"That’s not my ’fate,’ nor is it our ’fate’!"
It seed the dragon couldn’t accept this reality. Bell understood the dragon’s feelings.
After all, who could withstand such a thing...?
However, while sympathy was one thing, there was no need for Bell to empathize with the dragon.
"And then?"
The dragon glared at Bell with its huge eyes, its expression full of hatred.
"This is all your doing! Everything is your fault!"
In response to the accusation, Bell just shrugged casually, even smiling as he spoke.
"So, and then?"
"Is this why you turned on the family that once cared for you?"
These words struck the evil dragon deep in its heart. A flicker of sadness flashed in its terrifying eyes. Perhaps the pain from those words was too much for the dragon to handle.
Seeing the dragon’s painful expression, Bell’s smile grew wider.
"So, is this really all you’ve got?"
"Bell Cranel."
"Bell Cranel..."
At that mont, every spectator watching the projection showed shock on their faces.
Yesterday, they had witnessed Leviathan, the final obstacle standing in their way, being cleared. Today, they awaited the ultimate clash, the battle that would determine the true fate of this entire world.
Yet before the battle even began, the revelation from one man and one dragon had left every god in the Tower of Babel completely stunned.
Even Hestia and the others were no exception.
"The Black Dragon is Bell Cranel..."
Good heavens, the dragon slayer is the dragon? This plot twist is actually happening in real life—it’s hard to know how to describe this.
"..."
Zeus and Hera were at a loss for words. This grand spectacle was playing out right in front of their eyes.
The one who killed their own child had grown up under their care.
"..."
Freya pondered the situation, then couldn’t help but speak up.
"This doesn’t make sense."
"If Bell Cranel beca the Black Dragon, would he only possess god-level power? Then how did he get to this point, and even surpass it?"
Exactly!
Zeus and Hera suddenly understood.
Stories of dragon-slayers becoming the dragons they once fought exist, but when has a dragon ever descended? The dragon-slayer rises, but now the dragon-slayer who turned into a dragon is blocking the path of another dragon-slayer who could reach even greater heights? That’s just nonsense!
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