Leveling Up Through Eating

Chapter 509: Beyond the Heavens Kingdom versus Akhan

Vwooooooooooong—

Kimaris, who was holding a gigantic ax and was clearly a demon in the eyes of these dragons, was fighting alongside the humans.

‘How can a demon fight for humans?’

‘What kind of kingdom is this god damned kingdom?!’

Why was one of the Devils living in this kingdom? Even dragons like them that lived for thousands of years had never heard of such a precedent. However, even with the appearance of one of the Devils, the number of dragons was still above ten.

Two of the dragons immediately rushed at Kimaris. Both of them were Dragon Knights, dragons that were stronger than ordinary dragons. Red Dragon Arfel immediately bombarded Kimaris with spells.

Grrrrrrrrrrr—

Crack, crack, crack—

More than a dozen powerful and shocking magical attacks cut through the air and rained down on Kimaris. At that moment, a tremendous amount of demonic energy fluttered into existence around Kimaris’ ax.

[Demonic Axe Art.]

[A Veteran Soldier’s Protection.]

[The moment your ax swings a powerful wave will be created that will extinguish all magical attacks in your surroundings.]

Slaaaaaaaaash—

A powerful wave stretched out of Kimaris’ ax the moment he slashed it. The wave destroyed all of the magical attacks that were aimed at him. However, Dragon Ford was waiting with his mouth wide open the moment Arfel sent his magic attacks.

Unfortunately, things did not go as they planned, instead, a very shocking scene unfolded in front of them.

Slaaaaaaaaaaash—

Kimaris, who looked like he was about to be devoured by the dragon’s huge maw, suddenly grabbed the dragon’s fangs, bringing the dragon to a halt in mid-air. Then, using the dragon’s teeth as a leverage, he stomped his feet while holding the fangs and smashed the dragon into the ground.

Baaaaaaaaaaaaang—

Red blood dripped down the Dragon Ford’s mouth as the ground underneath him sank in by five meters. Then, Kimaris moved his ax once again.

[Demonic Axe Art.]

[Soldier’s Slash.]

[You can swing your ax, with an additional 2,800% attack, dozens of times in one go and rip your enemies’ body to shreds.]

Slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash—

Kimaris’ first swing dug deep into the dragon’s scales, which was then followed by dozens of strikes.

“Kihyaaaaaaaack! Graaaaaaa!” Dragon Ford shrieked loudly, unable to withstand the pain. Kimaris did not stop there. He approached the struggling Ford and punched him several times in a row.

Punch, punch, punch, punch, punch—

Thud—

Red blood continued to drip down Ford’s nose as he lost consciousness. Then, Kimaris, with his ax pointing at Ford’s neck, looked at the dragons around him and said, “Come.”

“…!”

“…!”

“…!”

“…!”

The dragons all turned furious at Kimaris’ provocations. Kimaris was a very clever demon, so he knew that dragons were considered the greatest existence on earth. That was why it was hard for them to endure and remain calm when they were forced to watch their colleague face such humiliation and death.

“Kihyeeeeeeee!”

“Kihyeeeeeeee!”

Several dragons flocked to Kimaris. Because of that, Gorfido and Elpis were given enough room to breathe.

At this point, Genie noticed, ‘He provoked them on purpose.’ She could tell that Kimaris deliberately provoked the dragons to pull them away from his allies and give them some reprieve, even if for a while. This short reprieve could then allow them to maintain their condition and breathe for a bit. Also, Kimaris was so strong that he was not losing out against the two or three dragons that flocked to him. He was able to hold the dragons back with his experience and excellent Axe Arts, as well as the demon’s unique and special skills.

“If it’s like this then…”

They could drag things on for much longer.

Shwaaaaaaaa—

Genie slammed her whip and kept one of the dragons in check while looking at her surroundings. The war brought about by their rage and fury over Ghost Spear Ben’s death would continue further. She already expected this much. But…

‘How long can we last?’

She could not tell. The dragons’ regenerative powers were ridiculous. Even if the Beyond the Heavens Kingdom were doing their best, the dragons’ high HP and outrageous regenerative abilities were giving them a hard time. In fact, they were struggling to fight, let alone kill one dragon.

‘Minhyuk, where are you?’

Genie knew that Minhyuk was able to be with Ghost Spear Ben before his death. She guessed that Minhyuk was seething with rage and overflowing with sadness right now. However, she was also someone that knew Minhyuk very well. That was why she knew that Minhyuk was doing his hardest to find the best way for them to get out of this very frustrating situation right now.

***

After Ghost Spear Ben disappeared, Minhyuk fought against the remaining enemy troops. As he swung his sword, his thoughts whirled rapidly. Why did the dragons cross over to the Asgan Continent and attack them? Also, it was impossible for Akhan to have the power to command these arrogant and great beings. The conclusion came quickly to him.

‘He must be using Luna to control the dragons.’

Luna was the child of the previous Dragon Lord and was someone that was going to be their Lord. It was only natural that her existence would be precious to these dragons. One glance and Minhyuk could tell that Velach was the true key figure in this place. As he exchanged several moves in battle with Velach, Minhyuk, who had already thought about it and came to a conclusion on his own, shouted out.

“Why are the dragons invading the human’s territory?! You have all moved separately for thousands of years yet you moved together to invade our territory?!!”

However, his words caused Dragon Elder Velach’s anger to soar, “Arrogant and impudent human! Do you think I don’t know that you’re trying to take over the world with the power of the Dragon Lord?! You’re the one that hatched the Dragon Lord’s egg and is making the new Lord walk the path of destruction!!!”

Slaaaaaash—

Minhyuk immediately stepped back to avoid one of the knights’ swords that was aimed at him as he answered, “What bullshit! Trying to take over the world with the Dragon Lord? Which part of Luna resembles a dragon that has taken the path to destruction?!”

“Shut up!!!”

Even with Minhyuk’s words, Velach still continued to bombard him with magic. However, it was also true that Dragon Elder Velach was riddled with questions. His greatest question was Luna. Just like what Minhyuk had said, Luna did not seem to be walking the path of destruction and was not on the way to becoming a violent and vicious lord. In fact, Velach did not feel any evil energy in Luna’s body and could only feel pure and kind energy.

These points had made Velach suspicious already. However, it was still difficult for him to make a judgment since the battle had already taken place.

Still, Minhyuk made the effort to talk to him, “We’re only humans, do you think we’re crazy enough to use the Dragon Lord?!”

“I know that the one that stole the Dragon Lord’s egg is one of you, bastards!!! It’s that bastard in your territory that uses mercenary swordsmanship!!!”

At Velach’s shout, Minhyuk stopped suddenly and tilted his head at him. He even blinked blankly, as if he was showing him that he truly did not know what Velach was talking about.

“…???”

“…?”

“…???”

“…?”

Velach stopped in his tracks and doubted himself for a moment. It was because the man was blinking at him innocently. The man’s expression was so on point that Velach almost believed him for a moment.

“What are you talking about? We stole the eggs? But we never did that?”

“Nonsense!” Velach shouted and stopped his attacks, making Minhyuk think that his words were finally working.

“We never stole any egg. Luna was left behind, right in front of our territory, by someone.”

“What crazy nonsense!!!” Velach shouted incredulously.

‘Who would dare leave the Dragon Lord’s precious egg in someone else\'s territory?’

“If you don’t believe me then you should meet with Luna and check it yourself.”

Truth was, Luna was really stolen by the Livestock King Brod, one of Minhyuk’s vassals. However, all he needed to do was to deny it. Besides, if Dragon Elder Velach truly gave his words a chance, then the situation might change once he met with Luna. After all, Luna was not walking the path of destruction, but the path of a benevolent dragon. It was also true that placing Luna in front of Velach was a very risky and dangerous move. But at the rate things were going, the war would end only if the Beyond the Heavens Kingdom was destroyed or all of the dragons were killed.

“Stop. Everyone, stop for a moment.”

Dragon Elder Velach had also noticed that the people of Beyond the Heavens Kingdom were very formidable people. If they continued to do things recklessly like this, the damage that they would incur would be far greater than they expected. It would be good if they could reduce that damage, so the better choice was to check it for themselves. Besides, Velach had already judged that he could steal Luna back easily. It might be mean and would leave a bad aftertaste but he wanted to take Luna away no matter what.

The battle stopped for a moment as the soldiers of Beyond the Heavens Kingdom hurriedly brought Luna over. Then, Elder Velach looked at Luna for a very long time.

“Kiyeeeeeee! Kiyeeeeeeeee!”

The moment Luna saw Dragon Elder Velach, she spewed a breath of rage.

Shwaaaaaaaaaaa—

The huge breath was enough to slaughter a few humans, but it was nothing to Elder Velach. He just continued to look at Luna’s status window.

(Luna)

Rank: Legend

Level: 27

Age: 1

Attack: 3,051

Defense

: 3,001

Special Abilities:

•Passive Skill: King’s Descendant

•Passive Skill: Limitless Potential

•Passive Skill: King’s Mana Heart

•The One that will become a Benevolent Dragon Lord

Potential: ???

Experience Value: 0%

“…?!”

Velach doubted his eyes for a moment after seeing the words ‘The One that will become a Benevolent Dragon Lord’ written in Luna’s status window. He immediately checked the detailed description of the words.

(The One that will become a Benevolent Dragon Lord)

Description: Luna has seen, heard and experienced a lot of things in Beyond the Heavens Kingdom. She has learnt plenty of the good and upright things—an honest mind, sacrifice, love and friendship—and made Luna dream of becoming a benevolent and kind being, just like the people in Beyond the Heavens Kingdom. If things continued at this rate, Luna would shine brightly in the continent and would be known as the greatest and most benevolent dragon in history.

“…!”

Contrary to Dragon Velach’s expectations, Luna was walking the right path. Luna had already completely deviated from the path of destruction. Furthermore, she was going to become the greatest and most benevolent dragon in history, thanks to the care of the people of Beyond the Heavens Kingdom.

Even Velach had to admit that no dragon could shape and teach Luna these wonderful values.

‘Rather than get angry, aren’t we supposed to be thanking the Beyond the Heavens Kingdom?’

Velach and the other dragons were also worried about how they could instill and teach good values to the hatchling that would be born from the Dragon Lord’s egg. Since the dragon that would be born would be the greatest existence among them, it would definitely become more arrogant and nonchalant among all of the dragons in existence. Even the boredom that the dragon would experience would be greater than anybody else. And this boredom would only be resolved by killing.

Velach felt his head throb. Then, as if to cement things firmly, Minhyuk suddenly exclaimed, ‘Ah!’ before saying, “Akhan, that bastard! He clearly orchestrated everything. Did he say that we stole the egg?”

“That’s right. He said that a man using the mercenary swordsmanship has stolen the egg.”

“But that doesn’t make sense? How can a human steal something from a dragon’s lair?”

Of course, it was possible for one person, and one person alone.

“Also, a man that uses mercenary swordsmanship? Our Beyond the Heavens Kingdom does not have such a great man at all.”

Well, he was there not too long ago, but he was not here right now.

Then, Minhyuk continued to say, “It’s obvious that it was Akhan that stole the egg and placed it in front of our Beyond the Heavens Kingdom. Then, he immediately went to you to start this nonsensical war.”

Dragon Elder Velach was now confused. Akhan had declared that Beyond the Heavens Kingdom would use the Dragon Lord as their weapon. In other words, they would raise the egg in the path of evil.

But the situation in front of Velach was completely different. Also, what Minhyuk said was half true. After all, he was a man that would never let an opportunity slip by.

“It’s about time that we stop this nonsensical war.”

Velach could not deny Minhyuk’s words. It was just as he said. With Luna growing in the right path, everything was their fault. Not only attacking the Beyond the Heavens Kingdom, but also breaking through and entering Asgan Continent and breaking the balance that they had maintained for thousands of years.

But Minhyuk did not stop there. He even took things a step further, “Ah. Since everything was all because of your misunderstanding, I’m sure you will give us enough compensation, right? Don’t tell me that the greatest and noblest existence on earth would just keep their mouths shut about this, after attacking us with no rhyme or reason at all, right?”

“…”

Minhyuk even thought about peeling off a layer of skin from the dragons by shaving off a portion of the treasures that they hid in their lairs. He was the epitome of a scammer that could sell fine dust for five million gold by saying that it was good for the skin.