Chapter 96 - Experienced Adventurers

Panting and panting, President Fatty Aru looked around the huge volcano, the red mushrooms, the weeds everywhere, and laughed wildly up at the sky.

"Hahahaha! It's real! It's all real! These are all magic potions! Blessed be the gods of commerce! I'm rich! I'm rich!"

"Congratulations to the President! Congratulations!"

A few guards who were following quickly on one side of the room, congratulated each other.

"Hahahaha! Quickly! Move all of you and pluck these treasures for me! And get them to the ship! When all is done! When we get back, we'll take you all to the Temple of Love!"

President Aru laughed furiously, but at the end of his sentence, he smiled a smile that all men know.

The God of Love knows how to do it all!

"Thank you, President! Long live the president!"

The men moved with a sudden chicken movement, as if their hands and feet were full of strength.

They plucked and shouted as they headed towards the crater.

There were more mushrooms there, the weeds were more abundant and dense, and they looked brighter in colour and definitely of higher quality.

They plucked them one by one with great joy.

Suddenly.

A head poked out of the crater, and immediately afterwards.

The atmosphere froze a little.

"A dragon! The black dragon!"

Everyone was startled when they heard the words and turned their heads to look at the crater of the volcano.

"Really! It's really a black dragon! Holy shit! Run!"

President Aru was so shocked that he shouted and turned around to run away.

This was the first time he had seen a giant dragon in reality, or a big villainous black dragon in some storytelling books, and as an ordinary person, his first reaction was to run away!

But those guards of his were not ordinary guards, they were basically all professional adventurers who had retired down.

They already possessed extremely good strength, but they were just tired of the high risk of a profession like adventurer, and had only become Chairman Aru's guards.

They had extremely rich experience in adventuring! They know a lot!

One glance and they could tell very much.

For example, this black dragon, whose head alone was not as big as their bodies, was nothing more than a young dragon!

Although he was a five-coloured dragon, he was just a black dragon!

A juvenile black dragon?

A weak chicken! What are you afraid of? If he dares to come over, I'll kill him!

What? You're saying they're not worried about the parents behind this little black dragon?

Not really.

As good adventurers, they remembered all the things in the Book of Monsters very well.

For example, the parents of the five-coloured evil dragons are not a bunch of good men and women, they do not raise their dragon cubs with the same dedication as humans, and are always by their side.

When the five-coloured dragons have passed through the hatchling stage and become young dragons with some strength, their parents will leave and let them survive on their own.

At this time, the young dragons are the best to bully! They don't have an old man to look after them, and they don't have any strength.

They are simply bullied by everyone!

But they can fly.

If there were no powerful spellcasters or hunters or rangers in the group, it would be difficult to catch them or kill them.

That's why they reacted tamely!

We can't do anything to you, but you can't do anything to us either!

"President! Take it easy! That's just a young dragon! We're here! You don't have to worry about anything at all!"

One of the guards shouted.

The president, who was still running away, instantly got his feet under him.

Turning around, he wiped his sweat and said.

"Ohhh! So that's how it is! Hahahaha! It's alright then! It's just a young dragon! Hahahaha!"

He laughed out loud in embarrassment.

"So, can you guys fight him off? It's pretty scary to watch when it stays here all the time."

"Chairman, the young dragon can fly, it's not easy to deal with, we'll just do what we do! If he dares to come and obstruct us, it's not too late to clean him up."

Some of the guards added.

"..."

The little black dragon smiled and was somewhat silent, his face changing in an extremely strange way.

These humans, they seemed a bit arrogant, huh?

He was just about to do something about it.

Another red head poked out from the side.

"Red dragon!"

Someone shouted in alarm.

But immediately calmed down, because this red dragon looked about the same size as the black dragon next to it, and was also a dragon cub.

It posed no threat to them at all.

This made them feel relieved and smiles on their faces.

Fortunately! Things were still under control.

"Ugh? Why are there so many humans here? Rand! Want to kill them?"

The little red dragon, which had just poked its head out, opened its mouth and roared low.

It was in the common language of the continent.

All these people could understand it.

But who was ... Rand? Was there another dragon cub?

Three dragon cubs, trying to take on a group of them?

Who are these dragon cubs underestimating?

Our captain, but the once famous tenth level warrior, Giant Rock Will!

The second captain and the third captain are a ninth and an eighth rank!

What's a mere three young dragons?

Try getting closer if you dare!

"Oh? Another human has arrived? It's just as well that we're short of some experimental materials, letting that human get away before has always made me feel sorry! What a pity!"

An incomparably thick voice rang out.

Since it was coming from inside the volcano, surrounded by the mountain walls, the voice echoed like a bell.

Just listening to it made the hearts and minds of the people tremble.

In the hearts of these people, a bad thought suddenly came to them.

Still, they kept convincing themselves inwardly.

The parents of the dragon cubs had long since run away! The five-coloured dragons! They are all like that! There's nothing to worry about ... ... grip the grass! There are really adult dragons!

And that's when.

Just then, another head poked out of the volcano's mouth.

This head was so huge that it looked bigger than the bodies of the two dragon cubs next to it!

It was even bigger than their entire bodies! It could have easily swallowed them with one open mouth!

The thick, thick black scales, the hideous dragon horns, the red eyes like fire, all at once made almost everyone go limp and almost sit on the ground!

Pang! Pang! Pang!

The dragon flapped its wings and slowly rose up from the crater until its whole body appeared before them.

Instead of black scales, the giant dragon's chest and belly were covered with red scales that rose and fell as he breathed, a dazzling red glow flowing and shining.

The huge dragon's wings, which almost blot out the sun, can be deduced just by observing them with the naked eye, and his wingspan, at least, is nearly fifty metres!

The long black tail was straight down and swayed gently.

This dragon is big! Very strong! Definitely an adult? No! Maybe in its prime!

Some of the more experienced adventurers, having arrived at this answer, instantly looked ashen!

It's over!

"Help! Help! Monster! Monster!"

President Aru cried out in a rush, rolling backwards and running for his life.

The others jumped in their hearts and turned their heads and ran too!

Fight back? There was no way to fight back! What difference is there between that and sending them to their deaths!

Only by running away! The only way to have a chance of survival!

Boom!!!

It was at this moment that the invisible aura spread, and all those who were running too felt a tightness in their hearts, and their arms and legs stiffened up a bit uncontrollably!

In an instant, their backs were soaked through!

This is ... the legendary Dragon Might!

The word flashed through the adventurers' heads, but it was the first time they experienced it first hand, and it seemed to be much more powerful than they had imagined!

Many of the lower level guards and President Aru sat down directly on the ground, unable to move, and only those guards who were once high level adventurers were still running away.

But at this point, their bodies felt like they were bound with stones, so heavy that they couldn't even move much faster than an ordinary person!

Hoo!

A fierce hurricane wind whistled.

The crowd only felt a darkness above their heads, and the dragon had swept over their heads and landed on the ground!

Hoo!!!

He stirred his wings furiously, and the wind howled towards the few guards who were still mobile!

Even they were blown to the ground by the disturbance of the dragon's might!

The dragon's face was filled with humane mockery as it gazed in horror at the huge dragon in front of it.

"My dear human friend! A guest from afar! Why are you leaving in such a hurry? You are looking down on me?"

"Giant Giant Giant~ Your Excellency Dragon, misunderstanding ... misunderstanding ... I did not intend ... to intrude into your territory ... I'll ... leave immediately ... spare my life ... spare my life... ..."

Sweat was pouring down on President Aru's fat face, and a pair of small eyes were filled with panic.

Being up close and personal with an immensely huge dragon gave him a feeling of unspeakable fear.

It was a phobia of huge objects.

A fear and awe that originates from a weak creature, instinctively, on a genetic level, towards a powerful creature.

Weakness here, of course, is combined with one's own size and strength, as is the case with powerful creatures.

Because you are aware of it.

How powerless you are against such a huge creature.

Any move by the other side may leave you injured or even dead, even if the other side does not do it on purpose.

You ... are a weak little one bug!

"My dear friend, why are you so afraid? Friends should be at peace with each other! Come on! Relax! Relax! We are friends!"

The dragon's expression became amiable, and its booming voice seemed extremely gentle.

This caused the two young dragons behind them to exchange glances, something was odd! This was not the Great Evil Dragon Rand they knew! What did he want to do?

The guards on the other side, with weapons clenched in their hands at the moment, did not dare to attack the dragon in front of them at all, they were so stiff that they did not even dare to say a word, trying to lower their presence.

If they couldn't escape, then they would shrink back and become turtles!

On the contrary, it was Aval, an unseen human, who, hearing the dragon's kind words, said happily at once.

"A giant dragon! A real dragon! How big! So strong! It looks so powerful!

Mr. Gargoyle! Hello! My name is Aval! It's very nice to meet you, may I ask your name?"

The others heard such bold words from Avar.

Nearly scared to death, they all gulped furiously and stared at him with dead eyes.

"Avar, very nice name, my name is Rand Sapphis Oakburn, my friends usually call me Rand!"

After Rand had finished, he deliberately observed the faces of all the people, their eyes, and found that none of them had changed in particular, which meant that these guys, had not heard of his great name at all!

Previously, it was just a small fight like plundering a merchant road, and it was fine if the remote areas of the kingdom didn't know about it, but this time, he was the equivalent of destroying an important city of a viscount, and this was not even heard of.

Could it be that they were not from those two kingdoms?

"My dear human friends, what country are you from? And what is the reason for your visit here?" The gargoyle remained amiable.

"We are from the Kingdom of Lain! We came here to pick some mushrooms and weeds that are here!

Hm! That's what they are, and President Aru says it's a magic potion and is worth a lot of money."

Aval straightened up, and waved the mushrooms and weeds he had just picked.

"Finished! Over!"

President Aru almost didn't faint when he heard what Aval said.

All five-coloured dragons were greedy, and if only they knew the value of these magic potions, there was still a part for him?

Oh! What was he thinking? It was a question of whether or not he would make it back alive this time, and he was actually thinking about Gintal?

President Aru felt that something had gone wrong with his thoughts.

It was true that he was from the Kingdom of Lain, but he had never heard of him, Rand Sapphius Oakburn.

This suggested that the Kingdom of Lain, perhaps intentionally, had partially concealed the nasty incident in which he had almost wiped out the city, so as not to cause more panic.

It was no wonder, having done such a great thing, that he had only unlocked [Fame] 1.

Rand silently scanned the mushrooms and weeds in the other party's hands, and then said without moving a muscle.

"So that's how it is, hahahaha!

Just pick as many as you want, I am the most hospitable person in Rand Safis Oakburn's life, so you can pick as many as you want and eat them! You can have as much as you want! Ha ha ha ha ha!

Come on, come on! Don't just stand there! Eat up!"

Rand laughed, urging enthusiastically.

Aval smiled warmly, said thank you, and then ate quickly.

The others looked at me, looked at you, and finally followed suit.

When they had almost eaten.

Awal added.

"Mr. Rand, we've had our fill! Thank you for your hospitality, but I think we should leave too! The people on the ship are still waiting."