How to Live as a Half-Dragon

037. training (2).

The place where Chae-joo arrived, guided by his subordinate, was a road not too far away.

“Is this here?”

“Yes, if you wait here, I will probably arrive in a little while.”

As usual, he placed subordinates around the corner, surrounded the road, and blocked the road with the remaining guys.

Maybe 10 minutes passed.

After a while, I saw two people walking from afar.

Chae-ju frowned and checked the faces of the two.

‘Oh, indeed… .’

It is impossible to judge exactly by looking at it from a distance, but you can guess the approximate level just by looking at its body shape and atmosphere.

The girl in the hooded cape walking with the boy had great potential.

After checking the woman’s appearance, the next thing the man checked was, of course, the boy.

To my surprise the boy was really dragging a rock.

‘Why did you do such a stupid thing… ?’

Before I checked it with my own two eyes, I thought it was long, but it was definitely a rock even though it was a long distance away.

It was also a tolerable wheelbarrow-sized boulder, so it was obvious that it must have considerable weight.

A man wouldn’t want to do something like that no matter who told him to, but I thought he was such an idiot.

‘Anyway, the little boy’s strength is pretty good.’

It wasn’t unusual for him to drag a rock of that size through the mountain roads, but the man didn’t shrink too much.

Even though he lost one arm in his youth, he was once a successful mercenary, so he was able to do that without much effort.

However, the man’s courage, which seemed unlikely to break, did not last very long.

This was the reason I realized the strangeness after a while as the boy got closer.

‘wait… what? That kid… .’

The man was greatly perplexed.

He rubbed his eyes and checked again, but he wasn’t seeing anything wrong.

‘A handstand?’

This was information he hadn’t heard from his subordinates.

When I inquired about the subordinate in the seat next to me, he answered.

“I was obviously walking on my own two feet earlier.”

Anyway, I don’t know what happened, but the boy was standing on his hands and dragging a rock.

Of course, it is quite natural that it is three or four times more difficult than dragging it with two feet.

Even if one arm was intact, I can assure you that such an eccentricity was impossible for the man.

But since I’ve come this far, I can’t express it.

Bandits are those who don’t know when to put a knife in their back if they show weakness.

If you run away in front of a bite, you will not be able to maintain the discipline of the wild vegetables.

‘Okay, let’s calm down.’

Anyway, strong guys are all over the world.

In the past, I had seen enough while traveling around while working as a mercenary.

However, the strong were not necessarily the strong.

The important thing is how well you use mana and how much experience you have in actual combat.

These things made the difference between winning and losing, but simply being strong did not survive very long.

‘And those guys are easy to subdue.’

Fortunately, I arrived first and placed my subordinates all over the place.

If they attack all at once, no matter how strong they are, they will not have the ability to withstand them.

The man glared at the two passers-by and exuded an imposing spirit.

The two gradually grew closer.

Before he knew it, he could hear the conversation between the two in his ears.

“By the way, Hughes… My sister is cowardly… .”

“It was Xian’s fault for falling asleep while walking. I’m sure Xian is the only person in the world who does that?”

Hughes? draft?

I thought it was the name of two people.

Chae-joo blocked the two people who were trying to cross the road calmly, as if they were not paying attention to the roadblock.

“If you don’t want to die for a moment, stop.”

“… … .”

The two of them, who were talking hahahahahahoho about what was so good about the man’s words, stopped.

“What is that person saying?”

“Do you want to die?”

“So what?”

“What should I do?”

A faint smile appeared on the woman’s lips, visible through the hooded cape.

“draft? Release the handstand for now.”

Along with the woman’s words, the boy jumped to his feet.

“It’s training, let’s just deal with all non-spirituals here.”

* * *

First of all, Hughes’ rule in training is absolute.

Even so, Sian honestly had no choice but to hesitate for a moment.

That’ll be too…

“uh… So you mean kill me?”

Because I had never killed a person before.

I’d killed a Dragonian once, but that was a life-and-death struggle.

However, the one-armed man in front of him had a slightly stern expression, but he hadn’t done any harm to Xian yet.

Not just one person like that, but all of them had to be slaughtered…

To be honest, Xian was a little reluctant.

It was then that Hughes opened his mouth as if he understood Xian’s feelings.

“Strictly speaking, monsters and humans aren’t that different, right?”

“hmm… Whatever it is.”

What is the so-called difference in perspective?

Depending on the monster, there are also monsters with intellect comparable to that of humans, such as orcs and ogres.

Considering that, it wouldn’t be much different between massacring them and massacring humans.

Above all, Xian is now living a life as a Dragonian, not a human.

‘You shouldn’t feel the same kinship with humans… .’

But even knowing that…

“that… How can I not?”

Even if it’s all of my life, I’ve lived a good time with humans.

Even though I knew that the men in front of me were not of good quality, I was instinctively reluctant to kill them all.

Killing out of necessity is acceptable, but I didn’t want to kill those who could be subdued for no reason.

“Well, good. Then we will kill the one-armed man and take off the arms one by one so that the rest will not bandit again.”

It could be said that Hughes saw it a lot.

I can’t say I can’t do this either.

“all right.”

It was when Xian raised his hand to pull the dagger out of the scabbard with a stiff expression.

said the one-armed bandit.

“It’s nice to be excited and chatter on your own, though.”

Wanting to know what to say, Xian looked at the man and he chinned.

“How about looking around?”

As if the man’s words were a signal, bandits appeared from the bush.

However, Xian had nothing to be embarrassed about.

It was because he knew their existence right away.

And the same goes for Hughes.

In other words, Hughes’ words would have been a task that included them from the beginning.

“Cheuk, how about it? You can cry if you want to cry.”

Why are you crying out of nowhere?

He was a very funny man.

“Are you done with that?”

“I’m warning you, but if you pull it out, you’ll surely die, because you look like a headache just looking at it.”

Xian drew his sword without hesitation.

The action was so unhesitating that only the sound of sharp footsteps could be heard in the silence.

The man who was dumbfounded for a moment shouted.

“Joe!”

* * *

When the negotiations broke down, the man who shouted so vigorously had no choice but to doubt his own eyes.

It was because the boy was divided into several pieces.

It was at that time that I was confused by the scene as if I was dreaming.

I heard the screams of the man standing behind me.

“Ahh!! My arm!!!”

The screams didn’t end there.

It could be heard from all directions regardless of distance.

Looking back and looking ahead, there were boys all over the place running around.

The man who had been in a daze for a while cried out in a loud voice.

“bow! Shoot your bow!”

However, even that was all in vain.

It was because the boy was too new-to-be to aim and hit the bow in the first place.

When the number of subordinates lying on the floor screaming exceeded half, the man came up with a solution.

‘What way… .’

And then, what he saw was none other than the girl in front of him who directed this division.

Chae-joo rushed at Hughes at once and took him hostage.

He shrieked, thrusting a large ax blade into his throat.

“It’s over, kid.”

just as expected.

The boy’s steps stopped as if the hostage had worked.

The scattered afterimages disappeared and the boy’s appearance came together as one.

“You’ve been caught, Xian.”

“How are you? Will you continue?”

I was sure that looking at this side with a dumbfounded face was a lifeline.

“If you were such a precious person, you should have protected him.”

However, Chaeju’s faith did not last long.

Oddly enough, that was the reason the boy was calm.

At a time like this, I should have been embarrassed and didn’t know what to do, but the response was that it was absurd.

“uh… So, can I save you?”

“You said that Xian would protect you last time, didn’t you?”

“that… .”

The boy, who had been scratching his head without even talking, went blank on the spot.

By the time the startled man came to his senses, it was already too late.

It was because the boy’s sword was lodged in his chest.

“Chew… Was it a reef… .”

Chae-joo’s last will was a bloody lament.

* * *

Hughes said as Xian checked the one-armed man who was collapsing like straw.

“Thank you for saving me.”

“But I said I would protect you, but I didn’t mean this.”

No matter what anyone says, Hughes is strong.

At least much more than myself.

Even though he was a low-level slayer, he was a person who had a hand-to-hand fight with three slayers, but Xian was not an opponent to protect.

“do… Run away!”

While talking to Hughes for a while, the remnants of the situation began to run away, probably because their boss was hurt.

Hughes said as Sian tried to chase them.

“Leave me alone.”

“yes… ? yes… .”

I watched it because I wanted Hughes to take care of it like he did in the past with Goblin, but this time it really meant to let him go.

Hughes said, as if he had read Xian’s thoughts.

“Aren’t we the apostles of justice?”

I knew that there were bandits here from the beginning.

It was the reason other passers-by told me when I entered the entrance.

However, Hughes did not have the goal of subduing the bandits.

Because there was no benefit whatsoever.

“Indeed, it is.”

As Xian nodded in agreement with Hughes’ words, Hughes spoke.

“Let’s go, because I don’t want to be homeless today.”

When Xian and Hughes moved again, the bandits who had been unable to escape were startled and retreated to the corner.

Those who had their arms cut off had two legs, and those who had one leg cut off seemed to get out of the way at least by crawling.

Xian looked at him and said.

“It looks like he has become a villain.”

* * *

Unfortunately, Xian was left homeless that night.

The original goal was to find a place to stay in the village and sleep, but unfortunately, in the middle of the road, the dragon was released again, and it was caused by taking time away from receiving penalties.

Hughes’ punishment was something like this.

At first, they tied a large rock and made them drag it, and when they got used to it, they even made them do handstands.

Once I got used to this, I just wondered what I would order next…

‘Tomorrow the muscle pain will be worse… ?’

The problem was that this was terribly difficult.

It was Xian who had never felt muscle pain since he was born, but he suffered from muscle pain for several days even though his basic stamina rose once while forming a mana heart.

‘But what… Because it has an effect.’

At first, it lasted for about 10 minutes, but I don’t know if it’s thanks to training or what, but it increased to 15 minutes in four days.

This was surprisingly not good.

Maybe the way I trained was wrong, but it was like that anyway.

“Sleep from Xi’an.”

As Xi’an returned from washing away sweat and dust lightly at the nearby lakeside, he heard the voice of Hughes, who had gathered branches from nearby trees to make a bonfire.

As Xian lay down on the seat Hughes had prepared for him, the night sky caught his eye.

There is no big difference between here and there.

The same constellation exists where it always exists.

It’s probably saying you haven’t come too far yet.

Xian, who had been thinking about his hometown, slipped away a glimpse of Hughes.

‘Come to think of it, Hughes… .’

Sian opened his mouth.

“By the way, where is Hughes from? Are you close to here?”

Hughes, wondering if he was embarrassed by the sudden question or for some other reason, paused for a while before answering by pushing a branch into the fire.

“It is quite far from here.”

“How much?”

Hughes smiled.

“Even if you say Xian, it will be hard to get a sense of it.”

“I see… .”

Even if we are away for a short time, I suddenly think of them, but it was amazing that they came and lived so far away.

“Don’t you want to go back to your hometown?”

“… … .”

When Hughes’ voice, which had been slow but steady, did not answer, Xian moved his eyes and looked at Hughes.

“Hughes?”

I don’t know what he was thinking, but Hughes, who was deeply pensive, came to his senses and said.

“I want to go.”

“hmm… What if I can’t go?”

Hughes laughed bitterly.

“Because there is none. It’s long gone. sadly.”