My Girlfriend Returned as a Dragon - Chapter 98

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◈ My Girlfriend Returned as a Dragon ◈

Chapter 98: If I Ever Reach That Realm Someday.

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The moment he canceled Stealth, Minjun immediately struck the Cerberus right in front of him without hesitation.

Keeeek!

However, Minjun’s attack did not cut very deeply.

There had been a gap in sheer size between Minjun and the Cerberus from the start, and because he had swung in a hurry, he could not put his full strength behind it.

But Minjun had already known that would happen.

His goal from the beginning had been to buy time to retrieve an artifact from his pocket dimension.

Ambushed from an unexpected direction at an unexpected moment, the Cerberuses lost track of Minjun for an instant.

Minjun did not miss that opening. He opened his pocket dimension, immediately equipped the flying artifact, and put distance between himself and the Cerberuses.

Awooooo!

Not to be outdone, one Cerberus that had realized Minjun was plotting something howled to alert the others to his location.

But by the time it began howling, Minjun had already risen high into the sky.

Everything had gone according to plan so far.

‘This is where it matters.’

After all, his primary weapon, a sword, was completely unsuited to attacking the ground from the air.

He considered using another artifact to make up for that weakness.

‘I'll watch for now. If it doesn't work, I'll use one then.’

With Rokan nearby, Minjun already had some degree of safety guaranteed. What mattered more to him now was not the result of killing the Cerberuses, but the process.

If he relied too heavily on artifacts, it might defeat the very purpose of this training.

For now, Minjun decided to hold them off with his own power for as long as he could.

Meanwhile, as Minjun rose into the sky, the Cerberuses immediately began sharing his location through howls.

They had not even considered that Minjun could fly, since he clearly had no wings. Seeing him soaring through the sky, they could not help but be stunned.

Just what was that human, to keep making such unpredictable moves?

Still, it did not matter.

They were not entirely without a way to catch an enemy in the air.

In the meantime, Minjun began the real battle by unleashing Sword Aura.

Under the gloomy, dreary dark sky where not even stars could be seen, aura resembling the Milky Way began scattering through the air.

The Cerberuses nimbly avoided it. Those that could not dodge in time deflected the sword energy with their sharp claws.

“Just as I thought.”

Even against a wide-ranging attack he had unleashed in earnest, the Cerberuses did not flinch. Minjun could tell they were far from easy opponents.

But this was only the opening exchange. To finish the battle, he would have no choice but to stake everything on Dragon Speech.

Recalling the last simulation, Minjun began repeatedly using Dragon Fear to warm up before using Dragon Speech.

It was stronger than when he had first succeeded with Dragon Fear, but still not powerful enough to affect S-rank monsters like the Cerberuses.

But that was fine.

Hitting the Cerberuses with Dragon Fear had never been his goal.

As he fired off Dragon Fear, Minjun attempted Dragon Speech.

[Stop.]

Since he still could not use Dragon Speech perfectly, it failed.

Taking advantage of that opening, the Cerberuses prepared their counterattack.

Sharp claws and agile movements were not all they had.

The Cerberuses began spewing flames at Minjun all at once.

As crimson fire poured from their mouths, Minjun twisted his body and avoided the attack.

He had expected them to counterattack like this.

‘But the range is much longer than I thought...’

Minjun had roughly known that Cerberuses could breathe fire and that it was powerful.

But he had not known its range would be this great.

Keeping as much distance as possible, Minjun began searching for another method.

‘Do I have no choice but to use an artifact?’

At the moment, without an artifact, his only option was to land Dragon Speech. But Dragon Speech was not a certainty for Minjun. It was a variable.

Was there another way?

Meanwhile, the Cerberuses kept pursuing Minjun, determined not to let him get away.

They could not fly, but the moment Minjun entered their range, they looked ready to attack.

‘Why are they so persistent?’

Watching the pack of Cerberuses from the air, Minjun frowned as he struggled to think of another strategy.

Then, suddenly.

‘Should I try what I did during the simulation?’

Minjun thought of a possible method.

During the previous rank simulation, had he not dealt with his enemies by deflecting the mana scattered through the air?

This time, the Cerberuses were not releasing mana into the air like before.

But there was still mana in the air, so he could try the same method.

However.

‘The concentration is much lower than before.’

Taking every factor into account, he judged that while it might damage the Cerberus pack to some extent, it would not be enough to truly turn the tide.

If so.

‘I need to adapt that method.’

What if, rather than simply deflecting mana, he deflected the flames they breathed?

High risk, high return.

It was dangerous, but as Rokan had said, he might be seriously injured here, yet he would not die.

Even if he was hurt, Rokan would heal him.

“When else am I going to try something like this?”

That was true.

One reason he had come to an S-rank dungeon with Rokan was to try things like this.

Minjun began warming up his power again with Dragon Fear, then descended toward the Cerberuses below.

The moment Minjun began descending, the Cerberuses seemed to see their chance and spewed vicious flames once more.

Though he frowned, Minjun used the Dragon Bone Sword, filled with the aura of dragonkind, to deflect their flames.

Some flames that he failed to deflect struck Minjun, but his equipment protected him from any serious damage.

As planned, Minjun deflected more than eighty percent of the flames aimed at him with the Dragon Bone Sword.

The fire that had surged toward Minjun in the sky fell like small meteors toward the Cerberuses.

Keeeeeng?

Confused cries began rising from all around the Cerberus pack.

They knew Minjun was different from the humans they knew, but they had never expected an attack like this.

And then, soon after.

Fwoooosh!

Several Cerberuses caught fire, and the flames quickly began consuming them.

Keeeek! Keeeeee!

The screams of several Cerberuses in agony rang out from all around.

Cerberuses had a certain resistance to the flames they breathed, so under normal circumstances, they should not have taken much damage.

But there was a hidden reason they howled in such terrible pain.

As Minjun deflected their flames, the power of dragonkind had mixed into them, multiplying their strength.

However, Minjun had not intended that, nor did he even realize it had happened.

Was it luck, or skill?

Either way.

Shaken by Minjun’s unexpectedly powerful counterattack, the Cerberuses paused their assault and reformed their ranks, perhaps worried that Minjun would deflect another attack.

Minjun pressed the advantage and began diving rapidly.

‘This should be enough.’

He might not be able to eliminate all those Cerberuses, but he could at least finish off around a third of them.

Of course, Minjun would also take considerable damage.

But Rokan could heal him anyway.

Thinking it was all or nothing, Minjun drove the Dragon Bone Sword hard into the ground as he dived.

The moment the sword struck, a powerful shockwave reached the nearby Cerberuses.

Minjun did not miss the several Cerberuses staggering from the shockwave and slashed them hard.

If they had been A-rank monsters or lower, they would have collapsed on the spot. But S-rank Cerberuses did not fall so easily.

Even while bleeding and staggering, they fixed Minjun with chilling eyes.

Minjun used the flying artifact skillfully to avoid their sharp claws.

He dodged, deflected attacks, and struck back again and again as the chaotic battle continued.

When his first plan succeeded, he had seen some possibility. But because of the difference in their raw strength, Minjun gradually began to be pushed back.

From the moment he entered the S-rank Gate, both Minjun and Rokan had known Minjun would inevitably be at a disadvantage against the monsters.

In fact, he was doing well even to this extent.

An hour after the real battle began, about half the Cerberuses were dead or severely injured and unable to fight.

Minjun had exhausted all his strength and looked as though he could collapse at any moment.

His entire body was covered in his own blood and the Cerberuses’ blood. There were burn marks on his neck and limbs as well.

‘This really is my limit.’

Minjun knew he had fought with everything he had and achieved the best result possible.

But realizing that he had truly reached his physical limit, Minjun stretched out his hand to signal Rokan.

“Lord Rokan...!”

The moment Rokan saw Minjun’s condition, he realized Minjun needed help. He immediately descended beside Minjun and used Dragon Fear on the Cerberuses.

“...!”

Though the Dragon Fear had not been directed at Minjun, he could still clearly feel its power.

With a single use of Dragon Fear, all those Cerberuses began trembling at once.

[Kill yourselves.]

At one command of Dragon Speech from Rokan, every remaining Cerberus began injuring itself.

What a horrifying sight.

They howled with terror-filled eyes as they bit at one another’s heads.

Unable to bear the terrifying sight, Minjun shut his eyes without realizing it. Rokan approached him and cast healing magic.

“Thank... you.”

Everything felt unreal.

A body that had been on the verge of losing consciousness returned to normal in an instant.

But the hellish scene before him was even more shocking.