Bloodhound’s Regression Instinct

Chapter 38

Yan and three other trainees were able to use the gate provided by the Transportation Bureau.

It was difficult to move right away.

They had to find mana and magicians who could use the transfer magic to enter the gate.

“Please come here by 9 p.m.”

At the words of the gate manager, Yan and the trainees left the Transportation Bureau.

This was a small city called Villien, which was tens of kilometers away from Beowulf.

“Don’t be late later.”

Lorena said that and disappeared into the market with Charl.

Cruel followed them after glancing at Yan once or twice.

Yan looked at their backs and sat on a wooden bench next to him.

“What should I do to pass the time?”

When Yan was yawning, Momon spoke to him.

[Do you remember Cain or Kyle that you saw then?]

“Why?”

[I felt the energy of ‘Hwangryong (Yellow Dragon)’ from him.]

“Hwangryong?”

Yan tilted his head.

It was a similar sound to ‘Heukryong (Black Dragon)’ that Momon had told him before.

Heukryong was the second planet ‘Moon’ of Yan’s mana heart.

And it was the origin of ‘Amryonggong (Dark Dragon Skill)’.

That meant, ‘Heukryong’ was a skill and a mana organ.

This time, the word ‘Hwangryong’ appeared.

“What is Hwangryong?”

[It is one of the powers that your ‘Shinryong’s Breath’ and mana heart can exert.]

“Power?”

[The mana heart that ‘I’ made can contain six kinds of powers. Black, red, blue, green, yellow, and brown.]

Yan nodded his head.

“I get that ‘black’ means shadow and darkness, negative energy, but ‘yellow’ is… metal attribute, I guess.”

[It is the peak of metal attribute skills.]

At Momon’s words, Yan recalled Kyle’s final technique that he saw yesterday.

The golden pillars and swords that lit up the night sky, which looked like at least a thousand.

‘That’s Hwangryong…’

It was indeed majestic and overwhelming compared to other skills.

And above all, that sword.

Unlike other swords made of energy, it clearly ‘blocked’ the train.

Usually, swords of energy have no mass and can only cut and pierce with force.

Because they have no solid ‘frame’.

Momon confirmed Yan’s thoughts.

[That’s right. When you reach the realm of metal attribute mana, you can make swords that have the same mass and hardness as real swords.]

“Then, can you feel Hwangryong from other metal attribute skills?”

[You orc-headed bastard! Then, if you learn any stealth skill, is it the same as learning Amryonggong?]

At that, Momon ran wild in his head.

Did you put ink in your eyes? Are you ignoring the mana heart that I made?

Yan chuckled and calmed Momon down.

“Okay, okay. I get it. After all, feeling the ‘dragon’ energy from anything is different from just having an attribute.”

Yan was satisfied with the new information he got and tried to get up.

Then, something flashed through his head.

‘Wait.’

Momon had mistaken Amryonggong for Heukryong in the past.

And this time, he said he felt the energy of Hwangryong from the Royal Knight’s final technique.

If he said that based on the ‘attribute’, he would have said that after seeing other people’s skills… But Momon had only made that evaluation for.

‘Amryonggong, the Black Shadow Sword of the Grand Master, and the Royal Knight’s final technique.’

Only three things.

And the Black Shadow Sword was closely related to the lower skill of Amryonggong, Amyeonggong (Dark Shadow Skill).

Yan’s eyes sank.

‘Is this a coincidence?’

It smelled too fishy to be a coincidence.

All three were visions related to the empire.

But it was too much to confirm a hypothesis with this much of a clue.

“Anyway, I have to collect more clues and think about it later.”

Yan sighed and got up from his seat.

“By the way, I can wear some different clothes for the first time in a while.”

* * *

Lorena and Charl were having a quarrel at the clothing store at that time.

“Lorena, this is really the best! What you’re holding is a fur coat that only old men would wear.”

The fur coat that Lorena was holding had no charm point except for its warmth.

A bulky black fur coat.

Seeing that fur coat, Charl raised her voice as if she had been pretending to be quiet.

“I’m fine with this…”

“No! Absolutely not. Wearing that is an insult and a disgrace to Lorena’s appearance and cuteness!”

Charl was so excited that she even hit the fur coat that Lorena was holding with a stick.

“Why do you wear such crude clothes! The training center gave you enough money. So do this! If you need more, I’ll share my money with you.”

Lorena frowned.

She couldn’t understand why this trainee named Charl was so interested in her clothes.

Not only that.

“Why are you following me around? Do you think I’ll do something for you if you do that? Then wake up.”

Even with Lorena’s harsh words, Charl smiled.

“No, I never thought that.”

“Then why…!”

“Just because I like you.”

“What?”

Lorena didn’t seem to remember.

But Charl almost died from the attack of the ancient lich in the Blade Mountains.

It was Lorena who blocked that attack with her whole body.

Charl had grown up as an orphan since she was young and had never received anyone’s protection.

Her childhood was dark itself.

She had to eat garbage from the trash can when she was hungry, and she had to hide and sleep under the newspapers that people threw away when it was cold.

She hated the children of her age who walked with their parents’ hands.

Those children were different from her, they were not in danger on the street, and they had someone to protect them.

Then, when she was led by a special agent to the training center, she thought it was better.

At least she didn’t have to worry about food and sleep.

But the training center was more difficult than the street.

The strict control and hard training made her weak mind exhausted.

‘I went into the Blade Mountains thinking that it didn’t matter if I died.’

There were no trainees who would include her in the group, who were weak and timid.

So she wandered around alone. She thought she would die if he met a monster.

Then.

She felt it when he saw the lich that appeared on the first day.

Oh, this is my end.

I lived so hard… but I’m going to die so vainly.

But unlike what she thought she had given up, she was already screaming.

It was then.

Lorena appeared and saved her by grabbing her collar.

She knew that it was an act of trying to save someone who was in a dangerous situation, not ‘herself’.

But.

She was protected for the first time.

And she realized.

She didn’t hate the children who were excited with their parents’ hands.

She was ‘jealous’.

She found the light in Lorena’s appearance who saved her.

A very bright and noble light.

Wasn’t it the light that the children of his age and their parents showed?

She vowed then.

Even if Lorena pushed her away, she always wanted to stay by her side and see more of her light.

“…Do whatever you want. But don’t block my way.”

Lorena said that to Charl, who was smiling at her, and turned her head sharply.

She couldn’t say anything harsh.

How could she spit on a smiling face?

And she didn’t hate Charl’s personality.

“By the way, this fur coat really suits you!”

Except for this part.

* * *

Yan bought a comfortable fur coat and walked around the street.

Then he saw someone passing by in front of him and opened his eyes wide.

“What are you doing here?”

“…Why do I see this kid here?”

It was Cruel.

He had nothing to do after buying the fur coat, so he wandered around and killed time.

Yan put his arm around Cruel’s neck.

“Ah! Please don’t do this!”

Cruel tried to shake off Yan’s hand with disgust, but.

‘What is this, not a rock, why doesn’t it come off?’

He couldn’t get rid of it easily.

Yan chuckled as if he found Cruel amusing and tapped his head with his other hand.

“You’re still a hundred years away from getting out of my hand.”

He didn’t do this because of familiarity.

[That’s quite a fun thing to do.]

This was an act of relieving the magi that accumulated in Cruel’s danjeon.

In fact, he could relieve the magi by just touching him and blowing his energy, but.

‘If he goes berserk, I have to break his neck right away.’

Even if he was eroded by magi and went berserk, he could easily kill him as long as he held his neck.

Whooong.

Yan sent a stream of his energy through his arm into Cruel’s body.

“Hey, let go!”

Cruel screamed loudly.

He seemed to not feel Yan’s energy because of the wound to his pride and the heavy pain in his neck.

Yan closed his eyes and sang a song while looking for Cruel’s danjeon.

Yan’s energy rushed towards Cruel’s danjeon.

And there he saw a black lump of energy.

‘Look at this guy?’

He had taken out the magi with his fist on the train, but what happened in the meantime, the magi had grown bigger again.

Yan’s mana rushed towards the magi.

He gave strength to his arm that was holding Cruel’s neck.

Crack.

“Ouch! It hurts, you bastard!”

“Endure it.”

“You, you crazy bastard, why are you doing this!”

Ping!

Yan confirmed that his mana pierced the magi and let go of his arm.

Cruel roughly shook off Yan’s arm and distanced himself.

“Did you have a grudge against me?”

Cruel gritted his teeth and asked.

He couldn’t understand it otherwise.

He had made ‘one’ mistake to Yan, but he had paid it back by putting a leash on him then.

Yan laughed at Cruel.

“If you were my enemy, you would be dead by now.”

“Then why…!”

“Because it’s fun?”

“You crazy bastard.”

Cruel wanted to grab Yan’s collar and lift him up right now.

But he knew that the gap between Yan and his skills was huge.

He couldn’t win no matter what he did.

He might taste more humiliation than when he had a leash on him last time.

In the end, Cruel turned his head and walked away from Yan quickly.

[You could have extinguished the remaining magi, why didn’t you?]

Momon asked.

Yan had erased the magi’s lump that was planted in Cruel’s danjeon, but left the rest alone.

“The rest is his choice.”

Yan smiled meaninglessly.

Then.

“Hey, 974… Oh, your name was Yan, right? How do you like Lorena’s clothes?”

Someone recognized him and pretended to know him.

Yan turned his head and saw Lorena and Charl, who had supported the north with him.

Charl had a smile that reached his ears, and Lorena… had a stiff expression.

“Pretty?”

When Yan answered, Lorena’s face turned red like a tomato.

And then

Snap!

She turned her body and went back to where she came from.

“Hehehe.”

Charl looked at Lorena and laughed strangely.

And then he followed her with a trot.

“Let’s go together, Lorena!”