The Rise of the God of Death
Chapter 43: New Adventure
After the lovely reunion of Daimon and his students, Lucy asked,
"So how did you know we were here?"
"I set all of this up so I could kill the dragon," Daimon replied.
"W-what?" Darren blinked in shock.
"The Ancient Dragon only appears under two conditions: one of its children dies, and the one who killed it is weaker than it," Daimon explained calmly.
Darren's jaw dropped. "So you nearly got the three of us killed just to kill the Ancient Dragon? Gramps has lost it completely!"
Nil shook his head. "It was dangerous and reckless, sure… but if Master did something like that, then it must have been for a reason."
Daimon turned to Darren. "Did you get the horn I told you to get?"
"Yeah," Darren grumbled, "thanks to a certain someone, I nearly died because of it."
Lucy crossed her arms. "You know he can knock you out with one hit, right?"
"Oh yeah, I forgot—your daddy is a God," Darren teased, laughing.
"You bastard!" Lucy shouted, smacking him repeatedly while Darren tried to dodge.
Meanwhile, Nil walked over to Daimon. "So… why did you need the Ancient Dragon?"
"Oh, right. I almost forgot," Daimon muttered. He leapt onto the dragon's massive head. With sheer force, he grabbed hold of the glowing gem embedded in its forehead. The three students watched, stunned, as waves of immense energy pulsed from Daimon. Finally, with one final pull, he tore the gem out. The dragon's enormous body trembled, its mana drained completely, before dissolving into nothing but particles in the wind.
"Woah…" the three of them whispered in awe.
Nil's eyes widened. "What is that thing?"
Daimon's gaze was cold. "A step closer to revenge."
The three looked at each other, confused.
Darren: "Yeah… for sure…"
Nil: "Reasonable."
Lucy: "Totally understandable."
None of them actually understood what Daimon meant.
"So… is that it?" Nil asked cautiously.
"Yeah. We're done here," Daimon replied, removing dust from his shoulders "Let's go."
"Where?" Nil asked.
"To Mount Ignara."
As Nil and Lucy went to say goodbye to their teachers, Daimon stood silently, staring at the gem pulsing faintly in his hand. Their long training was over. Now, after five years of preparation, a new adventure was about to begin.
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