Hell’s Handbook - Chapter 211
Chapter 211 – Good And Evil Dragons
“What’s happening?” Su Jin was holding Fabian with one arm and running so fast that grass kept flying into his nose and mouth. That was a terrible feeling.
But Su Jin didn’t have the time to stop and answer any of his questions. He ran continuously for more than two hours and only stopped to catch his breath after he was certain that the frost dragon wasn’t running after them.
“What’s happening, you said? Did you see the woman earlier?” asked Su Jin after he had caught his breath.
All three of them nodded. Su Jin said, “That was the frost dragon.”
“That’s impossible!” Fabian was the first one to raise his doubts. “The frost dragon is a gigantic beast measuring more than ten meters long. How could that become a woman?”
Su Jin threw Fabian a glance, then said, “I don’t care if you believe it or not. But these dragons are able to morph into humans and it seems like being in human mode is a way for them to reduce their energy consumption.”
Fabian didn’t buy it, but Wu Chen believed Su Jin as he had great faith in Su Jin’s judgment. He whispered, “What sort of strength does the dragon have?”
“What sort of strength? Let’s put it this way. Being in human form is supposed to be the time when a dragon ought to be at its weakest. Despite that, it was still able to thrash me soundly,” said Su Jin with a sad smile on his face. The fact that these creatures were born with this sort of strength was terrifying to even imagine. He had strengthened his body so many times, yet he was still beaten so easily by a dragon at its weakest. At this rate, even if his strength hadn’t been reduced by the Challenge, he was still going to have trouble fighting a dragon.
Wu Chen’s jaw dropped. “If that’s the case, then we will have to attack an injured dragon. There’s no other way we could possibly complete this mission.”
Su Jin frowned at this juncture and said, “When I was fighting with the frost dragon, I noticed something else. That frost dragon was probably injured, and the one who injured her… was actually a dragon as well.”
His words surprised the rest. He couldn’t help but think of Fabian’s village. Besides the frozen areas, there was also a large patch of forest that had been burned.
“Is there infighting among the dragons?” murmured Su Jin. The more he thought about it, the more his face lit up. After connecting all the details together, the information in his brain became clearer to him.
“Is that why she didn’t come running after us?” Su Jin’s gaze flickered. He got up and started walking back toward where the frost dragon was and Wu Chen immediately pulled him back.
“Jin, what are you doing?”
“I’m going back there, but the rest of you shouldn’t come with me. Go back to where Mai is and don’t do anything. Once you meet with Mai and Situ, come back here to look for me,” Su Jin instructed Wu Chen.
Wu Chen was confused and pulled Su Jin back. “Jin, what is going on? Can’t you explain it to me first?”
“There’s no time to explain. Just remember, do NOT touch those children. No matter what you guys see, do NOT touch them,” said Su Jin very solemnly.
Wu Chen was even more confused now, but Su Jin had already run off, leaving him behind with Fabian and Zhou Xinyu. Fabian wanted to run after Su Jin, but Wu Chen held him back.
“Can you just calm down? One has already run off, so don’t run off as well!”
Fabian struggled and said, “No! Let go of me! That frost dragon is a demon that killed my entire family! I have to avenge my family!”
“Avenge your family? Jin is already having trouble fighting that creature, so if you go, you’re definitely going to die.” Wu Chen waved his hands dismissively. He knew what Su Jin was capable of. So, if even someone like Su Jin had to run away so frantically from the dragon, he imagined that Fabian would end up becoming nothing more than dragon poop if he followed Su Jin.
Fabian still wanted to run after Su Jin, so Wu Chen sighed and said, “Okay, okay. Come with me to look for our other companions first. Su Jin can’t slay the dragon all by himself, so we’ve got to gather everyone and help him. We’ll still be fighting the dragon, so you don’t have to worry about not avenging your folks.”
After Wu Chen put it that way, Fabian finally stopped insisting on running after Su Jin and followed Wu Chen and Zhou Xinyu back to where Kano Mai and Situ Jin were. Throughout the journey back, Wu Chen was still wondering why Su Jin told him to never touch those children no matter what happened. It didn’t make sense to him.
Meanwhile, Su Jin had gone back the same way he came. But this time, he didn’t intend to fight the frost dragon. He climbed up the mountain overlooking the valley and used his psychokinesis to scan the valley. The frost dragon was still here, but she seemed to have gone into a deep sleep. As she slept, her injuries healed at a rapid pace.
Su Jin didn’t do anything and quietly waited. A night later, something finally happened. A fiery red dragon flew into the valley. It flew around within the valley and let out very loud roars.
At the same time, the frost dragon woke up. She let out a loud roar after waking up and her human body quickly ballooned. Her flesh looked like it was about to explode.
Boom! The flesh around her waist exploded, or rather, they turned into a pair of icy wings. She reverted to dragon mode and flapped her wings fiercely to lift her off the ground in an instant.
“Klaus, you cruel evil dragon! How dare you come and challenge me!” bellowed the frost dragon. Even Su Jin could sense how angry she was.
The dragon she called Klaus was extremely arrogant and responded in an insulting voice, “Oh, Angel the compassionate one! You’re an insult to the draconic race! So what if you’ve frozen all those ordinary people? You don’t have the time to go back and unfreeze them now, so they’ll eventually freeze to death.”
“I have a very good grasp on how to freeze them, so even if they’re frozen for a long time, they won’t die. Dragons like you are simply cruel! Why are you so bent on killing humans? They’re part of this world too, so we should live in peace with them,” said Angel weakly.
Su Jin blinked in shock as he hid in the shadows. What was going on now? The frost dragon had frozen those people in order to save them? Did that mean he had… buried those people alive? But why would Angel want to save those people?
“HAHA! Angel, you’re so funny! I’m not surprised that you think that way, but you shouldn’t have lied to me! I thought you had really frozen those people to death, but you didn’t! I hate dragons like you! I’m going to send you to hell today!” said Klaus nastily.
Angel yelled back loudly, “Klaus, have you forgotten the rules of the dragons? We dragons can fight each other, but they must not kill each other!”
“WE dragons? WE? Ha! Can a mongrel like you be considered one of us? I’m going to make sure you die in this valley!” Klaus flapped his wings and spewed flames toward Angel.
Angel wasn’t going to back down without a fight. She spewed a large amount of ice to fight the flames, but she was clearly no match for Klaus and quickly began to lose. The ice she was spewing was only able to keep Klaus’ flames no more than three meters away from her. That was too close.
“Ha! Pathetic mongrel dragon! Are you having trouble holding out? You managed to become a member of the noble draconic race the last time. I’m going to see what becomes of you this time!” Klaus laughed maniacally, as though he was having fun.
Angel was indeed having trouble holding out. Her dragon body gave off a white glow and she returned to human form. The ice around her could barely keep Klaus’ flames a meter from her body. It wouldn’t take long for her to become a roasted dragon.
Su Jin snuck behind Klaus and executed the Attack of the Demon Lord. The Attack of the Demon Lord was able to slice through almost anything, but Klaus was very sensitive. The moment the Attack of the Demon Lord hit him, he moved his wings aside. But even so, the attack had left a large, bloody wound in his gigantic wings.
“Who’s that?! Who dares to ambush the almighty dragon!” Klaus was furious as he turned around to look for the one who had attacked him from behind. But Su Jin had already run back to the other side, grabbed Angel and ran like crazy.
Angel didn’t expect someone to save her at this juncture. She was still in shock as she thought she was definitely going to die. But when she saw that the person who saved her was the one who fought her earlier, she became so angry that her eyes nearly bulged out of their sockets. If escaping wasn’t her top priority right now, she would have punched him in the face without hesitation.
Angel was still very tall even in human form, but she was a lot smaller than when she was in dragon form, so Klaus didn’t realize that two humans had run out of sight. By the time he realized Angel had disappeared, he was so angry that he set fire to the entire valley. But besides killing all the poor animals living in that valley, doing that couldn’t hurt Su Jin or Angel.
As Su Jin ran with Angel in his arms, it didn’t take him long to realize that Angel in human form was naked like the first time he had seen her.
“Um, could you… could you get yourself some clothes?” said Su Jin as he kept his head up.
Angel didn’t seem bothered by this at all, but she waved her hand and gave herself a long frosty dress. Su Jin breathed a sigh of relief after she did that. He had been carrying a gorgeous naked woman, but it wasn’t enjoyable at all, because carrying her was like carrying a huge block of ice.
Once he was certain they were safe, he put her down. They looked at each other and asked each other a question at almost the same time.
“Why did you save me?”
“Why did you save those villagers?”
Their questions were almost the same, but Angel was clearly not going to be the first to answer. Su Jin sighed and said, “I heard the conversation between you and that, uh, Klaus. Since you saved humans, it’s only correct for me to save you.”
“Oh? That’s it? I thought…”
“You thought what?”
“I thought you’d fallen for me.”
“Oh please! Do you know what genetic isolation is? We’re not even of the same race! How could we possibly become lovers?” said Su Jin with a cheeky laugh.
Angel glared at him and he asked, “Alright, alright. Can you answer my question now? Why… did you save those humans?”
She scoffed. “Did I say I was going to answer your question?”
“Oh, that’s how it’s going to be? I’ve got nothing else to do today anyway, so maybe I should slay some dragons,” said Su Jin with a big grin as he polished the Boning Knife in his hand.
