Chapter 412 - Ill Be Taking Your Daughter

Chapter 412 - I'll Be Taking Your Daughter

[Echidna...?]

The red dragon looked down at Echidna with shaking eyes. Silence fell.

"Hah," Oh Kang-Woo feigned laughter.

This dragon seemed to be Echidna's father who had left Echidna by herself in the past.

'Demonic Dragon Kargath, was it?'

He recalled the message window that he had seen a long time ago.

'I never thought I'd meet him in this way.'

"Hmm." Kang-Woo narrowed his eyes.

He did not have a positive impression of Kargath. How could he, when Kargath was the reason why Echidna had gone through such misfortune?

'But still...'

That was not reason enough to beat him to a pulp in front of Echidna. Kang-Woo decided to try to converse with Kargath first.

"You must be Karg—"

[You bastaaaaaaards!! What are you trying to do to Echidna?!!]

Caldesann shook from Kargath's enraged roar before Kang-Woo could even finish his sentence. Kang-Woo frowned.

'What's up with this son of a bitch? What are we trying to do to Echidna, he said?'

Kang-Woo could not understand why Kargath was so enraged. He turned to Echidna.

'Why is he so—'

Next to Echidna was a red giant who had his hand on Echidna's back, and in front of her was a skeleton wearing a pink apron.

"Huh?"

'Oh, mmm. I can see why he's angry.'

Any parent would be enraged if they saw their daughter next to a demon and an Undead with no prior information.

'But... Was he not a demonic dragon?'

If that was the case, there was no way Kargath would be acting so sensitively from seeing Echidna with a demon and an Undead. Kang-Woo tilted his head in confusion and scanned Kargath with the Authority of Insight.

'He... doesn't have demonic energy?' This chapter is updated by nov(e)(l)biin.com

Kang-Woo wondered if Kargath's demonic energy had disappeared like himself after he had become the God of Splendor, but he could not feel Deific Essence from Kargath either. He was confused by the incomprehensible situation.

[Step away from Echidna this instant!]

Kargath stomped his feet while roaring. He drew out a massive wave of mana and shot it at Balrog.

"D-Dad, no!" Echidna shouted hurriedly.

She stood up and stepped in front of Balrog. The mana blast quickly changed direction.

Crash!

The mana blast collided with the lake and created a massive pillar of water.

[No...? Wh-What do you mean, Echidna?]

Echidna clenched her fists and continued, "They're my friends. Don't hurt them."

She glared at Kargath, whose face turned as white as a sheet.

[Friends...? H-Have you been brainwashed by that demon?] he asked desperately as if he found it hard to believe.

"No." Echidna shook her head. She looked up at Kargath while biting her lip. She said in a low voice as if pulling out the emotions that she had suppressed all this time, "Dad... Where have you been... all this time?"

"Whoa there, don't get the wrong idea. At least say that I subordinated her."

[Get away from Echidna!] Kargath roared madly.

Kang-Woo grinned and looked toward Echidna. "You heard him. What should I do?"

Echidna hesitated as she trembled and bit her lip. She then slowly grabbed Kang-Woo's clothes and wept. "Don't go away. Don't leave me alone again..."

Kang-Woo smiled widely. "Oh man, what do we have here?" He turned to Kargath. "It looks like you'll be the one to be abandoned this time."

[You bastaaaaaaard!]

Kargath raised his head and charged at Kang-Woo in fury.

Kang-Woo extended his arm toward Kargath and commanded in Soul Speech, "Kneel."

Boom!

[Kurgh!]

The massive Kargath was pushed down by an unknown power. He stared at Kang-Woo in shock.

[H-How can a human use S-Soul Speech...?] he muttered as if he couldn't understand. He shouted desperately while twisting and turning, [My child! Come here! You are being deceived by that human!!]

"Urgh." Echidna bit her lip and turned to face Kargath. "Dad..." She stood up straight and continued after much silence, "I was so... so lonely when you first disappeared."

[That's...]

"I was okay with being a demonic dragon. I didn't care even if I was ostracized and hunted down. All I wanted was... to be together with you, Dad. But why... Why did you disappear... without a word?"

More tears flowed down Echidna's cheeks.

[Echidna...] Kargath said with a trembling voice.

Echidna raised her head after crying for a while and said as if she was releasing her pent-up emotions, "I'm not gonna go to you, Dad. The place where I belong... is here now."

She gripped Kang-Woo's clothes tighter. Kang-Woo smiled as he placed his hand on Echidna's shoulder. "You heard her."

He cackled.

Cha Yeon-Joo watched in silence.

She knew exactly what was going on. She knew that Echidna had chosen Kang-Woo over Kargath of her own accord and that Kargath was reaping what he had sown.

'But...'

She stared at the despairing Kargath and the cackling Kang-Woo who had his hand on Echidna's shoulder.

'Why does that son of a bitch look like the villain here?'

[N-No!! A-Anything but my daughter...!]

"Maybe this wouldn't be happening if you treated her better when it mattered~"

'Dude.'

[A-Aaaaahh!! Wh-What are you planning on doing to my daughter?!]

"Hahaha! I can at least guarantee that she'll have way more fun with me than she ever had with you."

'Oh Kang-Woo, you son of a bitch.'

"I'll send you pictures from time to time. Ones of her smiling very happily, that is."

'You crazy bastard.'

"Pfft! Bwehehehe!! Right then, I'll be taking your daughter!"

Yeon-Joo stared at Kang-Woo in shock. "He's..."

'A fucking scumbag.'