Chapter 61: A Very Large But Very Sneaky Man

Chapter 61: A Very Large But Very Sneaky Man

Late Evening - Mid Spring : Kingdom of Kaelallan

- Andre Pinero ~ (The ‘Executive’)

*Shink* *Shink*

"Sir Pinero, the scout has returned."

-Took him long enough..- Setting the blade I was sharpening down on the table, I looked up at the messenger with a serious expression. "Bring him in."

It had been several hours since I sent the scout to Kaelallan to check if the dragon was still alive, but the scout had taken far too long. -I wonder what kind of problem I'll have to clean up this time...-

Right as I started to get annoyed, the scout finally came in and gave a deep bow, being sure to hold the position until he got permission to speak.

"You look a little pale.” Assuming things really did go wrong, my agitation started to worsen. “Don't tell me you failed?"

The boy immediately broke into a cold sweat. "No sir, nothing of the sort. It was just my first time seeing a dragon." Although my gut told me he was telling the truth, his body language said he was lying. Discover new chapters at novelhall.com

-He isn't dumb enough to lie that blatantly, right?- "So what did you find?"

"T..the plaza, w..where the king gave his s..speech, was devoid of people besides the royal guard, but in the middle was a dragon's body that was pinned to the ground.” Likely noticing my unhappy mood, he immediately broke into a cold sweat. “There was also a pile of 5 bodies on the monument's platform, likely belonging to the assassins that were sent last week."

-Did one survive?- I took a second to think about it before assuming they were just being kept alive for information. "So what about the dragon? Was it alive?"

"I believe so since it was pinned to the ground, but it was in rough shape."

My eyes immediately went wide. "What do you mean by 'rough shape'?"

"Well, its nose was crushed and it had a rather large wound on the top of its head from something blunt. It had blood coming from its head, nose, and mouth..." The scout's voice had become slightly shaky.

-What?! It wasn’t damaged by a sword but instead by something blunt?- Lawton was, although extremely strong, someone who relied on their sword, blunt force just wasn't his style. -But to be able to damage a dragon so severely with blunt force... Just who...- "You said it was pinned down?"

"Yes... Uhm..."

"Spit it out." Although I tried to suppress it somewhat, my agitation started to show.

The scout’s face only continued to lose color. "Its head, legs, and wings were pinned to the ground by huge refined metal rings."

-What?!- Although up to that point, I had been steadily piecing together and visualizing what happened, that singular piece of information destroyed it all.

The scout had no reason to lie about something like this, and even his body language told me it was the truth, but it was something I simply could not believe.

Several questions flew through my mind before I finally decided to try and move around it. "Did you end up figuring out who fought the dragon?"

His face immediately lost its last remaining color. "Ahh, yes actually-"

*Shing* His voice was cut short by the sound of a sword slicing through the thick stone door.

*Shing* Cleanly slicing the thick stone slab in half, I looked into the room and saw two people staring at me, one of which had a considerably strong aura.

"Hm... Are you the boss?" Although I could see them, I couldn’t see any details through the dust. -What a dusty ass room...-

- Vasilias ~

*distant chatter*

Slowly opening my eyes, I noticed the night sky still hanging over me.

Feeling Ilios still laying on my chest, I looked down to see him looking at me with his tail wagging. -You are the cutest thing!-

Feeling the wave of warmth overtake my heart, I reached down to rub his head but was cut short by some loud noises

*THUD* *THUD*

-Well, I guess she’s finally awake...- slowly sitting up, I looked into the plaza and saw the gray halfie trying to break itself free

*THUD* *THUD*

"Uwwaaah... I'd recommend you stop making so much noise, you'll wake people up..." I let out a nice yawn as I hopped off the platform and walked toward her.

The entire plaza fell into silence following my voice.

"Who-"

Hearing her attempt to speak in her dragon form around humans, I immediately darted up to her and threw a hammer kick down on the top of her head.

*Crunch* The plaza cracked as her mouth was forced shut with immense force.

Her pupils dilated and locked onto me, clearly absolutely furious, but that anger vanished the instant I looked her in the eyes and spoke.

“If you say a single word before I put up silencing magic, I'll skin you.”

Her face immediately washed with fear as she clearly understood it wasn't a hollow threat.

-That's a better expression.- "I think it's time we have a little talk. What do you think?" *Crackle* The cracks in the plaza spread as I pressured her head with my aura.

She vigorously nodded her head the instant I finished talking.

"Good, that makes things easier."

In the next instant, a 10-foot wall of stone and a thick vacuum barrier formed around us.

"I’ll get straight to the point... What is a halfie like you doing cooperating with the tower?"