Chapter 175 – Chapter 175 – Promise (18)

Shhh, shhh.

A large test tube filled with acrid smoke and red mucus.

In this place, which seemed to be experimenting at first glance, a man’s humming echoed.

“Whip-whee-whee-whee.”

Humming the same music that plays in my head every time I’m awake.

Merlin waved the tiny syringe in her hand.

Slap.

“You’re crazy.”

Merlin muttered, as if it were absurd.

What is contained in the syringe is Kang Kang-joon’s blood, which has been refined over the years.

The more she studied, the more Merlin realized how absurd this blood was.

Again.

Let’s mix the diluted Kang Han-jun’s blood in the syringe with the anti-dragon’s blood.

The blood of the half-dragon that had been distorted ferociously withered.

What this meant was clear.

Even Kang Han-joon’s blood, which was extremely diluted, exceeded the concentration of Ban-Ryong’s blood.

Moreover, each dragon has a different authority, and even though it can be overwhelmingly swallowed by one side.

Strangely, Kang Han-jun’s blood was in harmony.

Haha!”

Merlin burst into madness, enjoying the thrill that burst through her body.

For she has never been more excited than she has been in her life.

Merlin twitched her fingers, and as if she was adorable, she touched her test tube.

Bugrrrrr.

The test tube filled with red slime moved in line with Merlin’s touch.

“It will be the best… Best creation.”

Merlin whispered as he kissed her test tube.

Merlin waved her hand to the tune of her voice reverberating in her head.

Kang Lee-jun, the best shaman, and Lee Jia, who ascended to heaven as a dragon.

Kang Kang-jun inherited the blood of the two.

Like a child born to the two who inspired Merlin up to this point.

The more I studied Kang Han-jun’s blood, the more inspiration arose.

Sorcerer, Yokai.

People of different races fell in love with each other, and many children were born.

But.

Half-man and half-yo could not exist.

Because it was naturally eroded by blood on one side or miscarried.

A child born to a shaman and a yokai could only be a shaman or a yokai.

But there was one exception.

Blood in front of your eyes.

An unbelievable existence that contains yang and yin, and possesses dragon blood.

Although the dragon blood had not awakened, the fact that the two were compatible was surprising.

Even though I checked it with my own two eyes and studied it.

The very existence of this blood was paradoxical enough to doubt whether it was real blood.

Merlin trembled at her.

“Ah.”

The processed anti-dragon blood that filled her body moved.

Pudeudeuk.

In an instant, her slender arms protruded from Merlin’s shoulders.

“Oops.”

As her arm of her red light tried to free herself, she pushed Merlin’s shoulder away.

Merlin, who was watching this scene happily, took her arm again as if it was nothing.

Suwook.

“You got too excited.”

Lamenting her still slightly immature manipulation of powers, Merlin took her light steps.

There was so much to do.

Studying the samples of Lee Ah-reum obtained earlier and the blood given by Kang Han-joon.

She cautions that she is not picky, but Merlin clicked her tongue when she realized that lately she had only been preoccupied with Jun’s blood, which was too strong.

“… I’m sorry.”

Merlin muttered in a bittersweet voice as if he had suffered a broken heart.

To be honest, the quantity was too small.

It was clear that the 200ml of blood offered in return would run out soon.

“Ahhh.”

She felt pity, Merlin thought.

If Lee Ah-reum’s existence was Kang Kang-joon.

If you can rationally snatch that existence and use it for experiments to your heart’s content.

No, if only that blood could be obtained.

She could get rid of all those things that entangled her own experiments.

Knick-knacks, knick-knacks.

Her tiny hands poked out from her Merlin’s skin.

Leaving her wriggling hands still, as if alive, Merlin watched her glistening blood dripping from her eyes.

“A little bit, a little bit more.”

Merlin’s thinking spun.

The reason Kang Han-jun gave himself blood.

What was the reason for paying this invaluable price to stabilize the anti-dragon’s blood?

She certainly would have expected to receive her own blind attention.

Why the hell though?

Tall.

Merlin, who was continuing her accident, stared blankly into the void at her.

Pounding, pounding.

The birth of a new existence resounding far away, somewhere.

It was felt because she had purified half-dragon blood in her body.

Merlin, noticing an indelible mark on her world, dropped her to her knees.

“… It was possible.”

Coexistence of shaman’s blood and bloomed dragon’s blood.

Merlin whispered, feeling that she had succeeded in that nonsense.

“It was possible.”

Jureuk.

Tears flowed from Merlin’s hollow eyes.

Merlin, who was pouring out sad tears, vomited her joy.

Merlin let out an exclamation close to her screams, immersed in Kang Joon’s blood in front of her.

To uncover this astonishing mystery, she gave it all.

As time passed, Merlin realized that it was not enough to keep up with the blooming Dragon Blood.

“Ahhh.”

Even at her moment, she suppressed her desire to approach Jun Kang, and Merlin held back her tiny hands and feet protruding from her own body.

“Ahhh.”

If she got near it, she might do something.

Merlin restrained her desire, even tearing off her own arm.

But then.

Ugh-.

A dragon resounding in the air.

A dragon that is openly proclaimed by a newly born dragon.

Merlin laughed at the words he could only hear now that the anti-dragon blood had stabilized.

This was an invitation.

It was not for nothing that she gave herself her first blood.

Eskimos to hunt wolves.

Just like sticking a blood-soaked sharp knife into the ice floor and letting the wolf lick it over and over without even knowing it’s tearing out its tongue.

In the end, it was like facing death without even knowing it was my own blood.

Kang Han-joon threw a bait that he could not refuse.

“Quit, quuck.”

Merlin cheered.

To be able to taste the blood, even if my tongue is torn.

Or, beyond that blood, to the possibility of acquiring prey.

Merlin let out a tearful laugh.

“Do you know?”

Merlin whispered to Jun Kang, who threw a taunt at her.

“That your blood is more valuable than anything else.”

It didn’t matter if you didn’t know.

Even though it was an achievement made with blood that had not yet bloomed, even this much was enough to reveal the true nature to some extent.

“Let’s see.”

Merlin hummed and began to organize her achievements so far step by step.

It wasn’t even a week, though.

The results up to that time were more outstanding than anything I had done so far.

* *

“Looks like it worked.”

As if responding, I felt the words spreading from far away, and answered.

At my words, Kim Ji-hye, who was waiting in her room, snapped her fingers anxiously.

“Sueueup.”

It was Kim Ji-hye, pushing a cigarette between her lips as was her habit, but she stopped moving when she realized that the place was my house.

“… Fuck.”

“You can fish. I don’t mind going out now anyway.”

After I left the house today, I felt like I was going to be hospitalized for a while.

It was okay that the smell of cigarettes permeated the house now.

“… Done.”

Kim Ji-hye bluntly put her cigarette back into her child’s space.

But, realizing that her fingers were still quivering, she clenched her fists.

“It will be fine.”

Knowing why Kim Ji-hye was the way she was, I scratched her head with an embarrassed expression.

Kim Ji-hye looked back at me like this, and she warned me.

“No, you have to be okay. If you fail, I’ll kill you.”

As if she was bluffing, she was Kim Ji-hye who spoke in a threatening tone.

“If I fail anyway, won’t I die?”

In response to my words, which he responded casually, he quickly revealed his true face.

His eyebrows furrowed, and he looked worried about me.

If I joked around anymore, I felt like I would really hit him.

I corrected my words right away.

“Of course I have to succeed. To be honest, true blood and things like that are all important, but as my older brother Dori, I have to save Areum.”

“Yes, be sure to succeed.”

Kim Ji-hye spoke her words calmly, as if encouraging me or instilling confidence in herself.

Kim Ji-hye’s trembling eyes were filled with certainty.

This is because Jihye Kim witnessed firsthand what kind of abilities she could exert after I awakened as a dragon.

“Hanjun, I’m ready.”

After lightly squatting as a warm-up, Kim Cha-ryeok called me.

“Okay, let’s go.”

Realizing that it was time to leave the real house, I lightly checked my body condition.

After fiddling with the empty bankruptcy sword once, I ran into Kim Cha-ryeok who was looking at me with an expression as if he was looking forward to something.

“What… What.”

“Do that, Hanjun. That.”

“You’ve seen it a lot.”

“I want to see you one more time.”

Kim Cha-ryeok watches over me with bright eyes.

But today, he is the one who risked his life for me.

In terms of checking the equipment, I decided to show it once.

“Whoa.”

After taking a deep breath, I touched the dragon glove inside my body.

The blue scales embedded in my chest appeared out of my body in response to my will.

Charrrr.

And starting with the blue scales, black scales began to cover my body.

After blooming this time, it was one of the abilities I could use.

Putting my scales on the dragon armor.

My ink-colored scales covered my entire body, and large blue scales glistened on my chest.

And Kim Cha-ryeok, who was watching me like this, clapped his hands.

“This, this! This is the real transformation scene!”

“…”

Seeing Charyeok Kim sincerely admiring him, feeling ashamed, I immediately removed his armor.

I also think it’s cool.

Recently, Kim Cha-ryeok caught looking at the mirror alone and blinking one eye that turned golden.

It was a little embarrassing to have a form like this.

“Cool, Hanjun! The best!”

He seemed genuinely admiring my appearance.

Rather, it made it more embarrassing.

Kim Ji-hye, who was watching us with a tired expression, waved her hand as if telling her to leave quickly.

I nodded to Kim Ji-hye and went out to the front door.

“Be good.”

When I opened the front door, I had never heard of it.

I heard the heartfelt voice of Kim Ji-hye.

“Yes.”

I took a step forward and answered.

Thud.

The front door was closed.

Now there was no turning back.

Two results.

Either Merlin dies, or I get killed.