Chapter 20: Saw A Dragon (3)

Chapter 20: Saw A Dragon (3) Translator: miraclerifle Editor: Borderline Masochist After coming out of the prison, Cale put the dragon down in front of the two kittens. “That looks like it hurts.” “So sad.” On and Hong circled around the still silent dragon. The dragon started to show its teeth and growl at them. This was probably the first time in its life it ever saw anything other than humans. Cale verified the time on his watch. It looked like they had just enough time to escape. “It looks like it hurts.” On approached Cale and tapped his leg. She seemed to be thinking about the potion Cale brought in his magic box. She couldn’t ask him for it, so she could only act this way. “Hold on.” Cale had brought that potion to use it. However, he needed to wait until the mana restriction chains were off. The potion would only work properly if the mana, which was practically as important as a dragon’s heart, was no longer restricted. Cale started to head toward the opposite side of the prison, the location the torturer seemed to be guarding. It wasn’t very loud, but he could hear Choi Han fighting in the distance. Cale presumed that Choi Han’s battle would end soon as well. “Let’s see.” Cale started to pat the cave wall with his hands. He kicked the torturer with his foot to get him out of the way, and continued to pat every aspect of the wall. The dragon growled after seeing the torturer, but stayed still and continued to focus on Cale. ‘Venion’s last line of defense should be around here somewhere.’ Like all of the members of Marquis Stan’s family, Venion was extremely worried about someone intruding while he was inside. He had created a secret tunnel to use as an escape route if something like that ever happened. If the torturer knew about it, he probably would have used it to escape earlier, but, sadly, even the torturer did not know about this escape route. ‘The novel said there was a flat area on this bumpy wall-, ah here it is.’ There was a flat area about the size of a person’s hand on this bumpy cave wall. Although Venion looked like he had OCD and would never do anything like training, everyone in the Marquis’s family had learned martial arts. ‘If you use a strong enough force on that location, the wall will open.’ It was not a magic device. Instead, the force of the impact made the device move. Cale turned his head to look toward the person who entered and asked. “All done?” “Yes.” Choi Han lightly swung his sword in the air to get rid of the blood on it and then approached Cale. His gaze soon turned toward the dragon, and started to frown. It was a natural reaction to seeing such a small creature being covered in blood. The glare in Choi Han’s eyes as he stared at the torturer was vicious. “Choi Han.” That was why Cale had called out to Choi Han. Choi Han was still glaring at the torturer as he reported. “As you ordered, I left the escaping workers alone. I also made sure that all of the strong individuals would not be able to fight.” “Good job.” Cale praised Choi Han before pointing to the flat area on the wall. “Punch this spot.” “As strong as I can?” ‘Are you planning on destroying the cave?’ “No. Control your strength. Just pretend you are creating a 10cm dent in this wall.” “Mm. So, very lightly.” “Sure.” Very lightly? Cale quickly stepped away from Choi Han after hearing Choi Han call something that was impossible for Cale to do as only using a tiny bit of his strength. Choi Han understood that to be Cale telling him to hurry, and immediately punched the wall with his fist. Boom! “Wow.” “Oh.” Cale picked the dragon back up while the kitten siblings were admiring what happened. Screeeeeeeech- A chilling screeching noise came out of the wall, and an area the size of an adult male appeared to one side of the cave wall. Choi Han quickly picked up the torch. “Let’s go.” At Cale’s command, the kittens got on Choi Han’s back, as Choi Han stepped into the tunnel first. Cale followed behind him. The dragon remained quiet in Cale’s arms, with only the sound of its breathing coming out of it. However, the eyes that were staring at Cale were still extremely vicious. Rather than any gratitude for saving him, it seemed to be filled with thoughts of terror about being tortured by someone else, as well as anger and resentment toward humans. “Stop staring at me like that.” Cale casually talked to the dragon in his arms. ‘Ah, I’m a bit out of breath.’ Cale was out of breath as he tried to keep up with Choi Han, who seemed to have no issues running. ‘Should I have made Choi Han carry the dragon?’ The 1 meter long dragon was pretty heavy. It would not be this hard if he was able to get his hands on the ancient power called the ‘Vitality of the Heart.’ Cale held the dragon tightly in his arms, so that he would not throw it away in anger. There was no way he could leave it here after spending all that effort to rescue it. The dragon just continued to watch him. Cale’s black clothes started to become covered in the dragon’s blood. After running through that dark and narrow tunnel for a few minutes, Choi Han suddenly called out to Cale. “There is a wall in front of us.” “Hit the center of the wall with your fist with the same strength as before. Then we will continue to run as discussed.” “I understand!” The kittens jumped off of Choi Han’s shoulder and started to run. Choi Han put some strength into his fist and hit the center of the wall with the same strength as earlier. Boom! The wall almost instantly collapsed, and they could see the night sky. They were outside the cave. This time, Cale took the lead as he looked around. This was the reason they needed the Mana Disturbance Tool to work on the entire mountain. Venion had put a magic recording device on this secret tunnel entrance as well. He was a very thorough person. Cale didn’t know exactly where this entrance was located, necessitating the Mana Disturbance Tool to work on the entire mountain. They did not have much time left. They needed to get out of the range of the magic recording device in the next one or two minutes. But it should not be a problem. Choi Han followed behind Cale and made new traces of their presence, or erased some traces as they passed. After surviving in the Forest of Darkness on his own for so long, he was an expert at creating and following tracks. After running away from the secret tunnel entrance for about two minutes, Cale looked at his watch. “Stop.” The alarms that were going off in the area suddenly stopped blarring. The Mana Disturbance Tool had stopped working. “Huuuu~.” Cale took a deep breath, calming his rapidly beating heart. The Indestructible Shield around his heart was gathering strength every time his heart beat like that, just in case an emergency situation happened. ‘I have no plans to use it right now.’ However, Cale was not planning on using this shield just yet. After freeing this dragon and saying goodbye to Choi Han in the next city, he was planning on gaining the ancient power, ‘Vitality of the Heart,’ To strengthen this shield. Only then would he use the shield. Now that he had the time to look around, Cale looked down toward the dragon. He then started to smile. The rebellious gaze was gone, and the dragon was looking up at the night sky in admiration. This was the first time the dragon saw anything other than the cave walls in its four years of life. Cale understood what the dragon was feeling, and wanted to give it some more time, but he could not do that. He put the dragon down on the grass and continued to look at it. The dragon looked right back at him. Its eyes were once again filled with anger and resentment, as it curled its body up and looked ready to attack. ‘No wonder it continued to get tortured for four years. It won’t back down at all.’ That was why Cale personally liked this dragon. It was different from himself. Growing up being abused as an orphan, Cale, well, Kim Rok Soo, had given in. After that, he didn’t want to be the main character of a story, like Choi Han. After giving in at a place he called home, he didn’t think he had the strength to fight against the world. “Hey.” Cale made sure the dragon was looking at him, then took out a pair of gloves and some scissors-shaped cutting tool. There were a lot of magic seals on both of the blades for cutting. He then put on the electricity-resistant gloves. This cutter was one of the two items that had to be rented in Billos’s name. This was not something you could borrow with money.