Dragon Maken War Chapter 138 - Second Coming of a Legend (1)

Chapter 138 - Second Coming of a Legend (1)

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Silence quickly spread in a battlefield that had been filled with screams and loud sounds. At that moment, everyone turned to look at Reygus as if they had misheard its words.

“…did he just say Azell? It really is Azell himself?”

The Dragon Demon king wors.h.i.+ppers looked towards Reygus in disbelief.

Azell was the great sinner, who had killed their exalted king. The human, Azell Karzark, was like the ultimate evil that appeared in their lore.

He had killed the king, but he had paid a price. It was widely known that he had fallen into h.e.l.l when an eternal curse was placed on him.

It wasn’t just the Dragon Demon king wors.h.i.+ppers, who were shocked. The Guardian Shadows were frozen from the shock they felt.

Reygus didn't care if they were looking at it or not. Its gaze remained fixed on Azell. Since it was an Undead with only a skeleton as its body, it was impossible for Reygus to make a facial expression. However, Azell felt that it was laughing like a mischievous tyke. It was the same in the past. Reygus didn’t hold a single iota of hate towards a strong opponent. Instead, it took pleasure in the encounter like a immature brat.

When he thought about those time, a sigh automatically came out.

Azell spoke as if he was dismayed.

“What are you talking about, you big lummox of an Undead? The hero Azell died 220 years ago.”

“Humans usually produce descendants that look surprisingly like their ancestors. Since you’ve lost your brain when you came back from death, did you forget about such common sense?”

“Ah. You are p.i.s.sing me off. Shall I tell you something really ridiculous?”

“Wild pig Reygus. It is very nice to see you. Does that make any sense?”

Reygus laughed uproariously at his words. Its thunder-like laugh rang out in the battlefield.

After it stopped laughing, Reygus spoke.

“I'll make a confession. I’ve told everyone the truth, yet no one believed me. That is why I’m a bit hesitant to make that claim.”

“That is quite fortunate. You’ve become much more handsome in the time I wasn’t able to see you. In the past, your face was so ugly that it made me want to throw up.”

At that moment, Kairen’s voice could be heard from behind.

“…the story you told me was real?”

Kairen’s voice was trembling. When Azell told the truth in the beginning, Kairen had cut him off thinking it was a fabricated story. However, as he spent more time with Azell on the travel, he wondered if the story was true or not. He mused over the idea even as he mocked himself for it.

Azell spoke.

“That topic might lead to an animated conversation, and we aren’t in a position to do so.”

“…ha ha ha. Let’s push it off to a later time. You better be prepared.”

“You were the one that didn’t believe me when I told you the truth. You shouldn’t be saying that.”

Azell snorted as he looked back at Reygus. Kairen and Leticia knew very well what they should be doing with the time bought by Azell.

Of course, Reyugus knew it too. However, it didn’t attack immediately. The deep emotions it felt after meeting Azell again was too large.

“It is so for those that live a life that others have a hard time accepting as reality. It is something that can’t be experienced except by the first generation Dragon Demons, who’s far removed from reality.”

“Do you really think I’ll tell you that?”

“I heard you asked about Carlos’ whereabouts. Why did you ask such a question? Is it impossible to think logically now that you don’t have a brain? Ah, of course, you barely thought logically even when you still had your brain.”

“Ah. Let me correct you on that. I didn’t hide my ident.i.ty. Didn’t you say so yourself? I hinted at my ident.i.ty a lot when I fought Niberis. If I planned on hiding my ident.i.ty, why would I do that? Your guys must be poorly educated. They didn’t recognize me at all.”

“Sadly, you are right. It is a tough world where people won’t believe you when you tell the truth.”

Azell burst out laughing.

Azell’s true ident.i.ty was too incongruous with reality. It was a truth that couldn’t be confirmed unless someone from Azell’s era could corroborate it.

Azell always knew this day was coming. There were survivors of the Dragon Demon war inside the Plain of Darkness. There would come a day when they would take matters into their own hands.

However….. He never expected Reygus to show up as an Undead.

“Even if you are an Undead, aren’t you too high up in the food chain to come here yourself? You left the kids behind to come out yourself. It seems you aren’t being treated well there.”

“It doesn’t look like that from my point of view. If not, they would have sent couple more of the higher ranked….”

“Ho-oh.”

Azell’s eyes shone.

It was obvious if one thought about it. Two hundred twenty years had pa.s.sed since the Dragon Demon war. The survivors from that time were all old and weakened now. It meant that there weren’t that many that was young enough to fight in battles themselves.

Moreover, the structure of the organization was also a problem. During the Dragon Demon war, as one’s power increased in the Dragon Demon army, one was given more missions. Those in high places couldn’t back out from fights based on their position. They couldn’t when Dragon Demon king Atein and the four Dragon Demon generals fought in the frontlines as an example.

On the other hand, the Plain of Darkness was a secret organization that hid from the eyes of the world. They schemed from behind the curtain. It was a society formed through fanaticism where the Demon King Atein was deified. There was a strict hierarchy within this organization. The humans were the lowest cla.s.s, and even the Dragon Majins and Dragon Demons were stratified by bloodlines.

In such an organization, those with power gave orders. They didn’t carry out their own objectives. Basically, they created a system where they cultivated and deployed fighters. They merely maintained and serviced the machinery they created. They didn’t directly enter into a fight..

If so, how could they have maintained their own personal battle prowess after 200 years of doing this?

‘I learned a very important information.’

From what he learned from Laura, the upper crust of the Plain of Darkness rarely moved. If those in high positions still had comparable power they possessed during the Dragon Demon war, they wouldn’t be making their descendants do the work. They wouldn’t pa.s.s on the weapons of the Dragon Demon generals to their descendants.

Reygus spoke.