NOVEL NEXT Chapter 61.2
Dragons were the strongest creatures. That’s why Eye had never once felt a sense of “danger” since birth. This wasn’t limited to Eye alone. Most dragons never felt threatened, not even once before they died. Their scales protected them from all kinds of attacks, and their strong stomachs could digest poison. Their lives were never in danger. If there was any danger, it would only be during territorial disputes with their kin. If dragons fought each other, they would get injured from the attacks of others. However, they usually didn’t trespass into the territory of other dragons, and if they did, they rarely fought to the death. They typically reigned as the strongest during their long lives and then died of old age.
So when that green human crawled in, Eye thought lightly, “Here they come again…”
However, it didn’t matter if it was just one. When the others were in that narrow passage, when she breathed out her fire breath, it was over.
Yes, as unlikely as it was, the humans had somehow created a small entrance to Eye’s nest. They entered through the back of the nest via that passage and attacked her while she was sleeping.
But when Eye woke up and became furious, they scattered like panicked rats and ran towards a narrow passage that she didn’t recognize. That’s when she exhaled her fire breath against them, and more than half of them died. Some were still alive and ran out through the narrow passage, but she pursued and burned them to death. It was a real nuisance.
So she wasn’t surprised that the green one was still alive after breathing her fire at him. Because he was only half alive before. But, anyway, he would probably come back through the narrow passage as before. If not, she could breathe her fire again. With that thought in mind, she peered out…
Suddenly, she became blind in one eye.
She was confused. She didn’t know what had happened. Only that one eye was burning, and a sharp pain ran through her body. Then, in her vision that was only 50% effective, she saw that the green human had entered the nest. She immediately knew that he had done it.
“Grroaaooooahhhh!”
When was the last time she raised her voice in anger? When she screamed like that, all creatures fled in terror.
“Graaaahhhhhaoooou!”
Without hesitation, the human growled back at her. With a start, she felt her body trembling.
Looking down, she saw the green one holding a sword. The green human was serious. A tiny and arrogant creature like him was fighting her. Why?
“Gyaaaaaaaooooooooaaaahhhh!”
“Gruaaaaaaaaooohhh!”
She put more strength into her legs than usual, restrained herself, leaped, raised her right arm, and swung it towards the green human. Then she heard a sound she had never heard before.
Kakkiiinnn!
As soon as she heard that sound, she realized that she had fallen. As she got up, she felt pain in her fingertips. She noticed that her claws, which hadn’t been broken in hundreds of years, were cracked and bleeding.
Huh?
‘I have a feeling that something is wrong.’ But years of experience had disproven that thought. There was no way she, a dragon, could be killed by a single human in this manner. It had never happened before, nor had she ever imagined it. So she never thought it could happen to her. She had no idea she was in danger. But after a few minutes, she finally realized.
…I can’t win? In just a dozen minutes, her body had been devastated. Claws and fangs were torn out, her throat buzzed from exhaling too much fiery breath, scales were missing all over her body, her neck had ugly wounds, and the blood spilled around her had drained the strength from her body. The tiny green human was overwhelming. He had withstood all her attacks, shattering her claws, fangs, and scales. And now he looked at her with the most terrifying face she had ever seen. Will I die…? Those were the few instincts that remained in the dragon. The survival instinct that all living creatures possessed. A sense of danger, which she had never felt once in her entire life. When it took over her entire body…
“…What?”
Eye escaped.
“Don’t let it escape! Go after it!”
The green human pursued her. A smaller, brighter human was with him. They were very fast. It seemed like they were going to kill her. Their intent to kill was incredibly powerful. It didn’t surprise her. This thing was here to kill her. There was no reason to let her escape.
Eye fled. She felt pain in her chest, likely from exhaling too much breath. She couldn’t run properly, probably due to her injuries. She couldn’t even fly out of the nest, despite spreading her wings. Her wings had been pierced in the previous fight. The only way to escape was to roll down the slope. But it was better than being caught. She ran and ran, and she would keep running for as long as necessary…
At some point, Eye stopped. She found herself in front of the back door of the nest. She couldn’t fly now. But if she kept falling, she would have nowhere to hide.
So Eye decided to make one last gamble.
Dragons had a final resource that no other creature knew. Few dragons had seen or used it. This was because it was believed that this last resource would never be used in their lifetime. Some dragons said it was a disgrace to use it. At least Eye thought she would never use it. But she knew how it was done. No one taught her how to use it, but her instincts knew how.