Became a Hatchling of the Grand Duke of the North

96 – Dragons, Demons, and Rats (5)

Go oh oh-.

The passage of the sewer made of a straight line.

Han, the guardian dragon, looked around with a tense expression.

A gentle flow of magic flowed through the pupils of his sharp-edged dragon.

…To be honest, I am nervous.

Until I came here, I encountered ratmen who were close to twenty again, but Seung-nyang alone was enough for them.

Of course, even if it wasn’t a seungnyang, even if he was alone, it was enough.

Because he wasn’t weak enough to be beaten by rat men.

The reason they were running away from the crowd of ratmen in the first place was because of their overwhelming numbers.

In this way, it was possible to endure as long as one or two, or two or three, were separated separately.

‘By the way, how many ratmen have settled in here? There are no limits.’

Han’s sensitive senses are so excellent that he can recognize all living creatures and landmarks nearby without seeing them with his own eyes.

A considerable amount of time has passed since I entered this sewer.

I tried to enter cautiously, but it was useless.

‘Lucia must have noticed that I was gone. She has to hurry back.’

Haneun, the guardian dragon,

My gaze turned to Seungnyang, who was carrying him on his shoulder.

The opponent was none other than the guardian who was in charge of protecting Han, the guardian dragon.

Perhaps he has been observing the lives of Han and Lucia, and has continued to act close to monitoring rather than surveillance.

I didn’t think that such a man would not know what Han was thinking.

He probably knew most of Han’s thoughts and actions in one way or another.

At least, he must have been closely watching everything he’s been doing up until now.

Actually, a wildcat.

As if he had guessed what Han was thinking, he recognized his gaze at once and continued talking.

[Don’t worry. After I’m done with work, I’ll give you directions right away so you can go home right away.]

…As expected.

But before that.

They both had work to finish first.

It was a fact known to everyone, including Han-do and Seung-nyang.

No one was surprised to take on this role.

Rather, they took the situation for granted.

In the first place, Han needed to maintain his current life,

Because Seungnyang, who had to protect the capital and the emperor of the empire, was a natural thing for him.

[Do not relax, Guardian Dragon.]

[Kiii.]

I know.

This is the enemy’s base.

Han was not a slow-witted fool.

However, it was an existence that was just a manifestation of the dragon factor, which usually does not take much interest in most environments.

Where did so many rat men come from?

Considering that they were noisy and had voracious appetites, there was no way they had suddenly flowed in from outside the capital.

‘If there were even the slightest traces of it, the knights and soldiers of the empire would have found it long ago and dealt with it directly.’

But they had never been spotted in the eyes of the Empire. Even the day he finds it.

Then there was only one answer from the beginning.

In this place below the capital, the number has increased.

Without anyone knowing.

And soon, they came to a vast hollow.

It was an unusually large space.

‘…Is this place?’

Han raised his head and looked around.

A foul stench emanated from the surroundings.

The fishy smell of animals soaked in the terrible water of rat men, even dead bodies.

All of them are dead with bullet marks and bleeding.

A long and distinct penetrating scar enough to pierce the thick skull and torso.

There are few firearms in this world that are so precise and so powerful.

It was obvious who killed it.

It was the trace left by Seungnyang.

As a result, it was easy to predict what kind of situation Seungnyangi would face.

‘This guy ran away after being driven to my side while fighting here.’

It was then.

[Kiik?]

Han’s head turned in one direction at once.

His eyes started to brighten in an instant as if they were going crazy.

Damn it.

The surrounding air instantly froze cold, creating a number of ice picks.

I didn’t ask such an obvious question about what the seungnyang was for.

Instead, Han just quietly raised his gun and pointed it in the direction he was looking. The only thing I could hear was the clattering sound of the shells being loaded.

From the other side of them, soon a voice with a dark tone was heard.

[Is that a guardian dragon?]

[…]

Even the wildcat didn’t answer.

However, he muttered to himself.

[Rather, it went well. If we deal with the guardian dragon here, it is no different than our longing.]

It was an advisory answer.

I didn’t even ask, but I’m talking to myself and I’m answering by myself.

‘…What a damn thing.’

Han, the guardian dragon who was listening to that voice, frowned slightly.

The opponent who appeared from the darkness while talking to them was a man wearing a black crow mask.

That gloomy, dark-colored coat and mask, plus a singed-out, unpleasant voice.

Moreover, there was no way that a man walking through such a nasty sewer where rat men roam was normal.

Of course, even at a glance, he was a man with the impression that his mind had flown far away from his appearance.

As far as Han knows, there weren’t that many opponents who could wear a mask.

Perhaps it was said to be one of the apostles of the church.

At the time, I didn’t really know because I didn’t pay any attention to it, so I didn’t know it properly, but there was no way that the opponent who was even given the title of an apostle was a mediocre jobber.

Moreover, isn’t it not at all stunned to see Seungnyangi, one of the teenage powers?

‘This means he thinks it’s worth fighting for.’

It was just a moment when Han was trying to scan the surroundings while keeping his eyes on him.

‘That’s…?’

Something, whitish like a strange mist, came from the darkness.

As Han reflexively headed for that place and drew out his elemental power, his magic instantly covered the spot and froze the spot.

[Ouch…!]

With a groan, something that was concealed in the black darkness fell down with a groan.

The identities were none other than assassins who covered their faces with masks.

They groaned in agony as their limbs were frozen alive.

From the beginning, the crow mask was just a simple trick.

The real one was hiding in the dark, aiming for the guardian dragon Han and the seungnyangi.

Seungnyang sneered at the absurdity.

[Could that be why you were so confident?]

[…]

When the location of the assassins who had been painstakingly ambushed was revealed in an instant, before they had time to act,

The crow mask closed its open mouth.

A silence fell between them.

* * * *

About an hour after that.

Guardian dragon Han was flying through the sky and returning to the dormitory.

Overlooking the ground below.

Han was walking across the main street of the capital once again.

By such resentment, there was no more seungnyang.

He fulfilled his duty by guiding him to the ground, and for some reason, it was because he wanted to go back when the rat men were rampant again.

He probably said he had something to check.

Well, it was well worth it.

As a seungnyang, it must be quite busy here and there.

Even though escorting the guardian dragons Han and Lucia is his most important duty, he had captured the assassins of the Shadow Church.

And that too while alive.

Once he was on the ground, he had enough confidence to return alone, so there was nothing more to regret.

Just one thing. If there is something a little uneasy about you.

‘It’s a pity that we missed the culprit who seems to be responsible for this incident.’

The moment I flew through the sky flapping my wings diligently.

A familiar voice came to Han’s ears.

[We have to hurry! Guardian Dragon…!]

[Kikkiik?]

It was none other than Lucia who was shouting in an urgent tone.

As a reflex, the gaze of the guardian dragon, Han, turned toward the entrance of the dormitory.

I saw Lucia talking to the dormitory guard there.

‘It’s Lucia.’

At the sight of her own contractor, the Guardian Dragon Han flapped her wings and descended towards her.

Took it like that, and let her snuggly land on Lucia’s shoulder.

An elderly security guard who was watching her from the side asked her.

[Su, did you say the guardian dragon disappeared?]

[Uh… That’s…]

Lucia seemed to be at a loss for words at once.

It was a bit embarrassing.

[Kikkiik?]

As if he didn’t know the reason for Lucia’s appearance, the guardian dragon Han tilted her head once.

Of course, inside-.

‘I’m sorry, Lucia.’

—-Although I had already noticed this situation.