Dragon Maken War

Chapter 6 Azell Zestringer (6)

[TL:By Mr Max]◇[PR: By ACE]

‘He a weird person.’

The fact that he was still alive looking like that was amazing, but if one paid close attention, there were other strange things about him. His accent was weird. He sounded like he was from a far away place, and his inflection was a bit different. At times, he would use old-fashioned terminologies. Further, his reaction to spoken words were strangely slow as if he didn’t understand what was being said.

‘I don’t think his ear is wounded.’

Any ways, he was most definitely a practitioner of Spirit Order. He had a hard time believing it, while looking at his exterior, but he might be an expert who attained a relatively high mastery.

Giles asked his aide.

“How is he doing?”

“He hasn’t done anything out of the norm. After he ate, he went to rest. However, there was an unexpected occurrence.”

“What is it?”

“I was told he has rapidly changed after eating lunch and dinner. He used to be emaciated, but now he looks a bit scrawny.”

“What? Really?”

Yes. Everyone is gossiping about it. They think it’s some strange magic.”

“That is odd. Let’s go I should go meet him.”

“Should I go with you?”

“No, I’ll go by myself.”

After the conversation, Giles exited his office and he went towards the medical barracks, where Azell was staying.

“Army doctor Rick, it’s Centurion Giles. Do you mind if I enter?”

“Come in.”

After hearing Rick’s reply, Giles entered the barrack. However, unlike what he had expected, Rick didn’t greet him. He was distracted and he looking at the wrong place.

He followed the other’s gaze, and before he knew it, Giles’ eyes opened wide.

He saw the sight of Azell upside down with his shirt off. He was doing a handstand with one of his right fingers, while three small round stones were stacked beneath his finger. In this state, he was doing a pushup.

In a couple hours time, his body had unbelievably filled out, but his body didn’t show much muscle. Since he was so skinny before, his muscle tissues had died out.

It was shocking he was able to do this activity with that body. After reaching a certain level as a practitioner of Spirit Order, one develops superhuman strength and a sense of balance. Therefore, it wasn’t surprising to see him doing a push-up while doing a handstand with one finger. However, he had stacked 3 small round stones on top of each other, and a small shift in balance would make the stones slip. He had never thought about doing this.

‘I want to try it.’

When Giles came in, Azell stopped doing the push-ups, and he flicked the finger he was balanced on. This caused the 3 stones to scatter in different direction. His body turned in a circle and he was able to land his body lightly.

“Ooht-cha.”

[TL: the sound of exertion] Centurion Giles….. No, should I call you Sir Giles?”

After hearing Azell’s words, Giles was surprised again. Wasn’t he entirely different from his morning appearance? His voice was different, but his blue eyes and the burning red color of his hair was the same. If these physical attributes didn’t match then he wouldn’t have thought it was the same person.

Giles spoke, while hiding his unrest.

“Call me as you prefer. You aren’t my subordinate.”

“Then I will call you Sir Giles. It’s shorter.”

“That’s fine. Anyways, that’s a pretty fun workout technique.”

“I had a memory of training this way. My body is in a rough shape, so it’s difficult.”

Azell complained, while he looked at his body with discontent.

“How were you able to recover you body in couple hours?”

“I ate and drank a lot. If one provides what the body needs then the body recovers quickly.”

“It is hard for me to believe that is the only reason. When a person is weakened, one cannot accept a lot of food at one time. They would probably have to eat slowly and gradually recover their body?”

“Of course, one has to have enough digestive ability, and control over the state of one’s body. Sir Giles, you haven’t experienced an extreme situation like me, but if you did, wouldn’t you be able to do the same thing? Fundamentally, Spirit Order practitioners learn to control the rhythm of the heart. If so, wouldn’t you be able to control the circulation of the blood or your sleep state?”

Spirit order uses the pulsation of the heart as the source of power. Every time the heart pulses, it vibrates the spirit ring and the resonance causes the magical forces to move.

If one learned the Spirit Order then he will have a technique that’ll manipulate the beat of his heart. While standing still, if he wanted to, he could make his heart beat crazily fast or beat slow as if he is asleep.

Giles asked a question, while being amused.

“Do you mean to say you are able to extend the technique to manipulate your body to that degree?”

“Of course. If you can manipulate your heart’s rhythm then you should be able to manipulate every part of your body. Unlike regular people, as a Cord-rope master, you should be able to use this method to control your body.”

“You are right.”

Giles nodded his head.

Even though he accepted it, the transformation of Azell was miraculous. He couldn’t believe a human could change so drastically. Even if he was a practitioner of Spirit Order, wasn’t this simply too amazing?

It had been a long time since his heart beat rapidly. Giles looked directly into Azell’s eyes and spoke.

“Hmmm. Azell Zestringer, would you spar with me?”

From behind, they heard an intake of breath. Rick’s face stiffened.

‘Is he out of his mind? Just this morning, he was about to die and now a knight is requesting a spar?’

He only thought this. As a healing expert, it would be unforgivable for him to say this out loud.

However, Azell smiled.

“Sure. If I face off against another Spirit Order practitioner then it might help me regain my memories. However, my condition is a bit of a mess so I might not be able to be a proper sparring partner?

It’s been 220 years since the period he was active, and he was curious as to how much the knights had changed. In what ways did the Spirit Order and sword techniques improve? Also, he wanted to know what level of standards this period’s knights had?

Therefore, in Azell’s perspective, he wholeheartedly welcomed the sparring request by Giles.

“Of course, I’m not going to ask for an intense sparring session from someone who just got out from the sickbed. Instead of using the body, let us spar through showing appropriate techniques as a Spirit Order practitioner. Would that be ok?”

“If that is Sir Giles’ intent then I’m fine with it.”

Sparring didn’t mean they had to fight with swords. There were other ways to battle. Spirit Order had various ways to spar.

Giles spoke.

“Then let us meet again tomorrow after lunch.”

After Giles left, the frowning Rick asked Azell.

“You are really going to spar against Sir Giles?”

“Yes. I can move my body well, so there should be any problems?”

“Sir Giles is young, but his skills aren’t ordinary. No one really knows about it, but he isn’t a joke. I’m warning you….”

“I already know about it. That is why I chose a sparring technique where we can’t hurt each other. So please stop worrying.”

“Jeez. You are a patient, but you are being boastful in front of a healing expert.”

“Do I still look like a patient?”

Azell curled both his arms to bunch his muscles, and he took a pose. However, his flesh was full of water so it didn’t bulge at all. [TL: Not enough Gym]

“…….”

Rick started staring at him, so Azell looked away in embarrassment.

“Shit. Wait a few days. I’ll show you some wonderful abs!”

“If gaining muscles were that easy, then all the men in the world will be muscular.”

Rick snorted. Azell volleyed back.

“Do you think another person could gain this much flesh in one day?”

“No one… probably.”

“I was able to do it. Within couple days, I’ll be able to bulk up.”

“…….”

Rick was loss for words when he looked at Azell’s attitude, which was full of confidence without any basis.

Azell smiled smugly while asking a question.

“So how old is Sir Giles?”

“He should be 19 this year?”

“He’s only that old? Ah, he does look very young, but still.”

“It hasn’t even been half a year since he joined our outfit. Still everyone acknowledges his skill.”

During that time, even though Giles was a Centurion, he participated in patrolling the Balan forest to learn about the troop’s work. He displayed himself to be an earnest person.

Then he showed excellent skills dispatching monsters, and his fellow soldiers were impressed by his actions. At first, they weren’t thrilled to have a rookie knight as a superior officer. However, they all had accepted him and followed him now.

“Our troops fight against monsters quite frequently so skill is valued. He was earnest and skilled, so he was immediately acknowledged.”

“So that’s how it is. He has achieved a lot for a 19 year old. How is his skills compared to the other knights?”

“I’m not too sure about that. He should be around the middle. If he is able to act as the Centurion for our troops then he can’t be average. The other knights aren’t normal.”

Of course, they are like that. The troops constantly get threatened by monsters, and fight against them.

Azell slightly narrowed his eyes.

‘I want to see the other knights… For his age, it is a great accomplishment to become a Cord-rope master, but I have no idea about this period’s appraisal standard.’

In Azell’s time, Cord-rope masters weren’t rare.

The Dragon Demon king Atein and his army was a disaster that threatened the very existence of mankind. In front of them, the humans had to struggle desperately. Numerous warriors died daily, and only the strong survived.

The lack of military strength forced many to share the secret techniques they had had hoarded. If someone looked like he had some aptitude, then they freely shared the secret techniques.

The quality of knights became noticeably better than before the Dragon Demon War.

However, even in his time period it was rare to see a 19 year old surpass the level of Cord-rope master. According to Azell’s memory, there were less than 10 people.

That one year difference made an enormous difference.

‘However, if I add one more year then the number doubles.’

[TL: 19 becomes 20]

‘Hmm. I guess I’ll have to find out about it slowly. ‘

He put away the question he was thinking about for a moment and he started exercising again. He used his other arm. Of course, he stacked three stones and while doing handstand with one finger, he started doing pushups.

Rick was struck dumb by this sight, so he started mumbling to himself.

“Jeez. You are doing some amazing things, but… Why can I only think of you as a weird guy?”

Azell could only laugh at his words. He resumed exercising without saying a word.

[TL: By Mr Max]◇[PR: By ACE]

Dragon Maken War

Chapter 5 Azell Zestringer (5)

[TL: By Mr Max]◇[PR:By ACE]

Giles spoke.

“I heard the approximate account from army doctor Rick. He said your memories are obscured….”

“Yes. It might seem like a lie, but I have no memories as to why I was there. I’m not even sure who I am…..”

Unlike Rick, Azell spoke respectfully towards Giles. He had heard from Rick that Giles was a noble that had received the title of knight. It was a situation where he couldn’t convey his identity, so he had to be polite towards the noble.

“Truthfully, I have a hard time believing it. However, the problem is every time I look at you the story becomes more likely.”

When Azell was found, his appearance was very grave. Even now he was still in somewhat of a vital state. The only way a human could have such an appearance and still be alive was for him to have been subjected to evil magical experimentation.

“At the very least, it doesn’t seem like you are a spy from a different country. I have decided to just let you go. However…..”

“However?”

“It isn’t a problem where I can make the decision. I’ll have to report to my Lieutenant and receive permission.”

The matter was a bit too sensitive for him to make a decision instead of his lieutenant.

Azell spoke.

“Mmm. Then let’s go meet the lieutenant right now and continue the story?”

“Unfortunately, it’s impossible right now.

“Why?”

“We came out of our fort to excavate the ruins. Moreover, the lieutenant returned to the fort to receive an important person. After couple days, he’ll return back here.”

“Then I have to wait until then?”

“Until you receive the lieutenant’s permission, you’ll have to stay in our camp without leaving it. I won’t imprison you, but it would be best if you don’t wander around. In your circumstance, this isn’t such a bad measure.”

Azell wasn’t healthy enough to wander around freely. Therefore, Giles told him it would be best to wait here, while being under their protection.

Azell realized his consideration, so he nodded his head.

“I’ll do that.”

“Then please go back. While you are standby, stay at the medical barracks.”

“I understand. Ah. By the way, may I ask you one question?”

Azell asked as if he just thought it up, so Giles answered back.

“What is it?”

“Centurion Giles. You have 4 rings of life? At your age, you are already a Cord-Rope master and a knight of the army, so why are you a Centurion in the frontier?”

At his unexpected intelligence, Giles’ expression visibly hardened. At the same time, he emitted an offensive energy.

“How did you know that?”

For those who train in the Spirit Order, one gets a title of ‘Master’ once the ring of life reaches 4. The offensive energy emitted by those who reached the level of master was enough to flatten a normal person.

However, Azell didn’t show any signs of shrinking back even after he received the energy. He just shrugged his shoulder and replied back.

“I just asked about what I saw. I don’t understand how I can see it either.”

Of course, this was a lie. Azell had reached a higher level as a practitioner of the Spirit Order in the past than Giles. Whether it was magical detection ability or the ability to discern the opponent’s fighting power, he was able to see through Giles’ strength at one glance.

He decided to ask an antagonistic question towards Giles, because he wanted to learn information about this time period. If one was a Cord-Rope master 220 years ago, the person would be acknowledged as someone with great power. However, will it be the same in this time period?

After glaring at Azell for a moment, Giles retracted his offensive energy.

“…what army doctor Rick said about you being a Spirit Order practitioner was true.”

“It’s true.”

“You don’t have any rings of life, or magical force but… I’ve had a vague sense that I can’t ignore you.”

It wasn’t as much as Azell, but Giles, who was a Cord-Rope master, was considerably adept at sensing other’s strength with his developed sense. The moment he saw Azell, he received a sensation that indicated he couldn’t be ignored.

Giles spoke.

“Anyways, you don’t have to answer that question. You don’t have any reason to answer it.”

“It is a sensitive topic, so I apologize.”

“It’s fine. You can go now.”

Azell nodded his head then he turned his body and he walked out of Gile’s barrack.

At the Balan forest’s ruin excavation site, the chef in charge of the meals was looking at an unbelievable sight.

It was caused by the transformation of one person. When he saw the person accompanying army doctor Rick Boran for the first time, he was surprised. The person was so skinny that he looked like a walking corpse.

While looking like that, the person ate an enormous amount of food, so the chef was astonished. He had eaten about 5 servings of food and 2 liters of water . The army was overflowing with men with robust appetites, but it was a whole different level trying to eat like this skinny corpse-like man.

However, the truly baffling part was his transformation.

He came to the kitchen to eat both lunch and dinner.

When he showed up for dinner, there was a suspicion as to the fact that he was the same person who showed up earlier for lunch. No matter how he saw it he was suspicious, but his superficial characteristics were certainly same as before. For example, he still had long red hair, and blue eyes. But the skinny corpse-like person had suddenly gained weight so how were they they suppose to interpret this? How can a human change so much in just couple hours?

‘Maybe it’s magic?’

He could only consider this thought as his customer, Azell Zestringer, went through an extreme change.

“Ah, is it because I was starving? Everything tastes like honey. But the seasoning is a bit strong.”

“You really eat well. Are you sure you are ok?””

Rick was sitting across him and he was shocked by the change.

He was almost unrecognizable. His weight had increased suddenly, so he looked more like a human.

Truthfully, Rick spent a full minute trying to dissuade Azell from eating more than 1 serving. Even after seeing him being ok after eating one serving, Rick still decided that he shouldn’t eat more. However, Azell was stubborn and he ate 3 servings, which frightened Rick. Soon he rapidly recovered his human appearance.

Now he was continuously eating dinner, while he was receiving everyone’s stares.

“I’m fine. I’m eating this much because my body requires it. To tell you the truth, I have to eat more, but I don’t want to suddenly abuse the stomach and be sick. So I’m eating in moderation.”

‘This is eating in moderation?’

Rick was loss for words. Azell was already cleaning up his 6th serving. Moreover, he drank at least 3 liters of water.

“If you drink that much water then wouldn’t you develop a stomach ache?”

“Usually.”

“Then why are you drinking so much?”

“I am eating a large amount of food, so I have to drink enough water to digest it, and I need to rehydrate my body. Rick, do you know that most of the body is composed of water? My body was extremely weakened, so I have to eat and drink a lot to return to my normal state. ”

“…you seem to make sense for a moment, but the truth is you are talking nonsense. Even a healthy person cannot eat that much and be fine. You are in a weakened state. If you eat and drink this way then you could die….”

“I’m fine. Am I not ok?”

“…….”

Ah, is that right? The corner of Rick’s mouth twitched. He wanted to say a word as a healing expert with an education from the Medical Association, but he was overwhelmed after seeing Azell’s absurd change.

“Be that as it may, isn’t your rapid change absurd? After eating a lot, you just slept for couple hours?”

“Doesn’t it make sense if you considering the weakened stated I was in? Also, each person has different rate of digestion?”

“With all do respect, where in the world is a person with that kind of digestive ability? Are you a beast of endless starvation brought up from some demon world?”

“Eh-ee. Originally, if a person who was weakened from starvation was fed well, then wouldn’t he be able to return to a human-like appearance in about four days? My situation is similar to that, but since I am eating more, the speed of the change is a bit different. ”

“No matter how I think about it, it doesn’t make any sense….”

“Ah, really. I’m fine.”

“…….”

“Stop saying it doesn’t make sense to something that has already happened. It happened in reality so accept it and analyze it. If you deny everything that diverges from your logic, then how will you be able to deal with unexpected situations?”

After saying this, Azell chewed on a seasoned vegetable. He had eaten all the food on top of his food tray, so he stood up with the tray.

“Are you done eating?”

“No, I’m going to eat another serving. Six servings is a bit unlucky. I’ll have to eat 7 servings, since magicians favor that number.”

“…….”

“Mr. Chef is pretty skilled. It’s delicious.”

Without caring if he was flabbergasted or not, Azell started complimenting the chef, while he was scooping up the food. One of the chef approached Rick and asked a question.

“Who is that guy?”

“We were told to treat him as Sir Giles’ guest. Weren’t you all informed of this?”

“I had heard about him…”

“He must be a gluttonous monster captured by an evil magician. I’m sure of it.”

“What?”

“Just leave it at that.”

Azell was walking towards them while humming, so Rick pushed the chef forward.

The Centurion of the Rulain kingdom’s western border guard, Giles Vince, was deeply interested in the mysterious man named Azell Zestringer. Aside from how they initially found him, he was able to see through Giles’ strength, which he was hiding, with one glance. He did this without having any rings of life, so his interest was inevitable.

‘How did he do it?’

He had thought about it since he let Azell leave, but it was a question that he couldn’t solve.

He wasn’t able to enter into the famous knight squads for personal reasons, and he had to enter into the army. While he was appointed to these remote locations, there weren’t that many people who were able to recognize his true abilities. Most people assumed that he was a small fry who was promoted to Centurion-based on his family’s power. They assumed this without even getting to know him.

Even the knights in this place, who were strengthened by fighting against monsters, thought the same thing. This goes to show how well Giles had concealed his true skill.

‘What is he playing at?’

He didn’t believe a single word coming from Azell. The only thing that kept him from being skeptical was the state Azell was found in was too appalling, so he thought his story sounded believable.

[TL: By Mr Max]◇[PR: By ACE]

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Chapter 4 Azell Zestringer (4).

[TL: By Mr Max]◇[PR:By ACE]

Magic and Spirit Order is a secret art that is not taught thoughtlessly to others, and no one trains in front of others. However, Azell knew about Rick’s presence. He reverberated with the mana without paying attention to him.

“Mmm.”

There was a faint ball of light that rose up in front of Azell as he continued to reverberate with the mana. After seeing this, Rick instantly realized what it was.

‘Is that a mana aggregate? He didn’t have a single ring of life, so how was he able to create such a dense aggregate of magical force?’

The rings of life of a person, who had mastered the Spirit Order, was a representation of how much strength the person could use. As the number of rings of life increases, one could release more stronger power.

However, when Rick observed him, Azell hadn’t properly activated his energy and he had no rings of life. So how was he able to make such a dense aggregate of magical force, which had materialized in a form of light?

If Azell had heard Rick’s question, then he would have answered like this.

‘Even if I do not have the rings of life, my control over the magical force is high and this allows me to freely manipulate the magical force.’

Azell had already perfected the Spirit Order, and he had reached the highest stage before. Of course, he was unrivalled in manipulating the magical force.

The other practitioners would only absorb a portion of the power they had raised through the mana resonance. However, Azell gathered all the power into one place, and he supported it with both hands.

Then he drank it.

Ricks eyes became round.

“He ate…the mana aggregate?”

He had never heard of such an event. Azell had drunk the mana aggregate he had made as if it was water!

“Hoo-ooh.”

This caused a considerable amount of magical energy to flow into his dried energy pulse.

Azell circulated the magical force throughout his whole body’s energy pulse. After it soaked in, he gathered the leftover power to draw a ring.

‘I won’t be able to do it in a day’

As expected, the job of forming the ring of life was tough. With this amount of magical force, he wasn’t even able to maintain the small origin that’ll become the ring of life’s circle.

Azell tried to raise the mana resonance again to form another mana aggregate, but suddenly the vision in front of his eyes spun.

“Oook…..”

He was sitting cross-legged, but he almost lost his balance. He was barely able to avoid from falling to the ground, and Azell realized his problem.

‘Shit. My body won’t be able to endure it.”

The condition of his body was so bad that he could only resonate the mana for a short period of time, and after receiving one magic aggregate he had reached his limit. Spirit order was a

secret art that strengthened the body through magical force. One had to train the body and magical force equally to see a synergistic effect. If one side is deficient then it’ll affect the other side similarly.

Rick spoke.

“Don’t overdo it. Where did you learn to make a mana aggregate and drink it? I know the basics of Spirit Order, but this is the first time I have seen that method.”

“….maybe?”

Azell turned his head in puzzlement.

His attitude indicated that he didn’t know either. Of course, he was acting, but he had laid down a cover story before. So Rick just let it go.

Azell spoke.

“I have a request, army doctor Rick.”

“Mmm?”

“The meals tomorrow… Could you give me the normal amount?”

Azell was able to speak properly now. His voice was extremely hoarse, but he was able to articulate clearly.

Rick shook his head.

“No. Do you think your body could digest a normal meal?”

“I’m only asking, because I believe I can.”

“You only feel like that. You might defecate bloody stools.” [TL: 🤢]

“No, really. I’m unsure about my memory, but… I’m able to control my body through Spirit Order. I only went to the restroom once today.”

‘His body is in such a state that it may not be able to absorb all the nutrients…. Still that shouldn’t be normal?’

Azell spoke to the dubious Rick.

“First, I’ll eat tomorrow’s breakfast and I’ll stop if it is a burden. Please let me at least attempt it?”

“Mmm. Ok. However….”

Rick spoke with an unsatisfied expression.

“You are very natural at speaking casually to me?” [TL: Respectful way of speaking in korea rather asia to one’s superior and elders]

“Did I? By the way, didn’t you, army doctor Rick, do the same thing?”

“I’m someone even the army’s Centurions respect?”

“In the past, I also got special treatments. Maybe. Since I can’t really remember it.”

“Jeez.”

Rick clicked his tongue, but he didn’t say anything. In the first place, he didn’t have the personality to tie his neck in a noose over someone not addressing him with honorific.

‘Also, this guys is oddly familiar?’

At first, he was slightly afraid of the person who didn’t look like a human then he felt pity.

Now that he had heard some of his story, he was oddly familiar. This caused him to treat him in a very relaxed manner even if his appearance was like that.

After Azell saw his reaction, he smiled inside.

‘Fortunately, I’m able to manipulate the energies pretty well.’

It was common for a person to feel a unique feeling when one sees another person. The feeling could be called a normal impression. Some people are comfortable, some are threatening and some people’s impression is so faint that one can’t tell if the person is there or not.

When the practitioner of Spirit Order reaches the highest, one is able to control the energy that is emitted, and in turn, one can change one’s impression. Earlier Giles was softly emitting an imposing feeling. This was the same principle. [TL: he gave Giles as an instance.]

Azell was able to utilize this technique. He intended to give off a friendly atmosphere with no pressure. Rick ate it up.

Rick complained.

“Sir Giles picked up a strange guy.”

He didn’t call Giles a Centurion, but he called him ‘Sir’, which was an honorific for knights.

Azell thought this was strange, but he started asking a different question.

“Ah. Do you think I could ask you couple question?”

“Do you realize that someone in your position shouldn’t talk like this?”

“I know I’m the one who should be questioned, but I can’t remember anything. ”

“I don’t know who you are but…. I bet you lived shamelessly.”

“I think so too.”

Azell laughed bitterly. If he wasn’t shameless, then he wouldn’t have invested an enormous amount of resources to save his own life by emulating the dragon’s hibernation. He wouldn’t have even attempted it.

‘Anyways, Carlos was chomping at the bits to do the experiment.’

Carlos did everything in his power to save his friend, Azell. However, as a magician, he probably felt ecstatic that he would be able to implement his methods. Originally, magicians are that kind of breed.

Azell asked a question.

“Where is this place?”

“We are with the Balan forest located in the Rulain kingdom’s western border.

“The Rulain kingdom….”

Now that he thought about it, Giles introduced himself as belonging to the Rulain kingdom’s western border guards. At the time, he didn’t have the presence of mind to pay attention to it, but now that he thought about it….

‘That country doesn’t exist.’

According to Azell’s knowledge, the country called the Rulain kingdom didn’t exist.

However, he did remember a figure called Rulain. Amongst the noble family of the Nadik kingdom, there was one called Duke Rulain.

Azell asked the most important question.

“By the way, what year is this according to the Atein calendar?”

Each country on the continent used the years since they were formed. However, there was a separate system called the Atein calendar. The magicians started counting the time since the Dragon Demon King Atein was destroyed and when the humans was freed from his threat. This method started being widely used.

Rick answered.

“It’s the year 222.”

“Year 222? Did you say year 222?”

“Yes. Also, today is the 4th month 8th days.”

“Huh… No, wait a moment.”

Azell put his hand on his forehead, while making a shocked expression. The shock was too large that he lost the ability to speak for a moment.

“220 years…..’

Azell had fallen asleep 2 years after he had slain the Dragon Demon King Atein. According to Rick, 220 years had passed.

‘I can’t believe this.’

He had already guessed that he had been asleep for a long time.

Unlike other animals, the dragons hibernate for at least couple decades. Since the time he was awake, he had somewhat accepted the fact that he had been asleep for a very long time.

However, he would have never imagined that such an enormous amount of time had passed.

‘That explains it.’

He was sure it was the same language, but words he didn’t know was mixed in with it. It wasn’t because he was in a region where he never visited, but neew words he didn’t know were formed after a vast amount of time had passed.

‘Everyone I knew… They are all dead.’

Azell was despairing when he heard a voice carefully asking him a question. This woke him up.

Rick was staring at him with a worried face.

Azell replied.

“Ah, I’m ok.”

“What’s wrong? Was it a memory related to the date?”

“A little bit.”

“What did you remember?”

“I think… I lost several years worth of memory.”

Azell lied about it.

The surprised Rick asked a question.

“How many years?”

“I’m not certain. However, the last date I remember was the year 218.”

Therefore, there was a 4 year gap in his memory. Azell decided to tell him this.

Of course, this was an event that would make one shocked.

Rick questioned.

“How old are you, Azell?”

“I don’t know. I don’t think I’m 30 yet…..”

“Yeah?”

Rick was surprised. Azell asked while frowning.

“Why are you reacting like that?”

“No, how should I say this. You don’t seem that old. When I look at your appearance, I can’t determine your age at all.”

“Mmm. That’s how it should be.”

Azell laughed bitterly.

After the conversation, Rick went to sleep, so he also went to lie down on his bunk. Even though his body required sleep, he was up all night, because of the confusion and shock.

‘Carlos…..’

He wanted to see his friend that he could never meet again. [TL: 🥺 sed life]

The next morning Azell called after a soldier and they went looking for Giles.

It was morning, but Giles appearance was impeccable. He looked delicate, but he seemed to try hard to act with discipline.

Giles asked him a question.

“Have you eaten?”

“Thanks to you.”

After getting Rick’s permission, Azell was able to have a normal meal as breakfast. Rick was surprised at seeing Azell eat all the of meal that the soldier brought.

“You look way better than yesterday.”

“That I do?”

He looked scary since he was still very skinny, but his appearance was way more human-like compared to yesterday.

[TL:By Mr Max]◇[PR:By ACE]

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Dragon Maken War

Chapter 3 Azell Zestringer (3)

[TL:By Mr Max]◇[PR:By ACE]

Currently, Azell looked a lot better than before after he was re-hydrated. However, he still looked like a monster.

The soldier, who was guiding Azell, spoke.

“Centurion Giles wants you to give him check up.”

‘Check up?’

Azell tilted his head to one side. He had no idea what this word was.

Previously, he trained his ears to listen to the words spoken around his surrounding, and it was a common occurrence for him to not understand the words. The diction and intonation were the almost identical to what he knew. In his perspective, it seemed like he was persistently hearing a segment of a dialect, and within that he heard words he didn’t know mixed in it.

An example was ‘army doctor’. In Azell’s time, this post of army doctor did not exist in the army. A priest, who had learned the healing arts from the temple, followed the army around.

It was the same with the word ‘check up’. When a healer looked at a patient, there never was a specialized term for it. Therefore, whenever Azell heard their conversation, he had a strange delayed reaction as if he had a hard time understanding it. It was because he was trying to guess the meaning of the words he didn’t know.

‘What’s happening? Is it because I’m somewhere I have never visited before? Or….’

While Azell was thinking on this, the army doctor spoke.

“Mmm. Who is this person and where did you bring him from?”

“That is….”

The soldier sparked explaining the circumstances. The army doctor frowned.

“Did he get experimented on with some kind of black magic?”

After hearing this, Azell started thinking.

‘That’s not bad?’

He could say he was kidnapped by a black magician. He was experimented on and it was something akin to torture. This caused him to be in this state, and he couldn’t remember who he was. He could remember his name, but everything else was fuzzy and fragmented….

It would be a good enough excuse. It should be way more effective than giving the straightforward account of the truth?

The army doctor, who was looking at Azell with a bit of a frightful expression, put his hand on Azell’s forehead. From the end of his hand, a warm light rose up and it was absorbed into Azell’s body.

‘He is a healing expert.’

Healing experts are an existence that is considered to be a variant of magicians. Normally, they would accumulate specially made medicine inside their body, and they were able to combine it with magical force to manifest it.

‘I don’t think he is a priest…’

In Azell’s time, all the healing experts were the temple’s priests and there weren’t that many of them. However, the man in front of his eyes did not seem to have the occupation of a cleric.

‘Did a healing expert, who was not a priest, apply to the army and secure an appointment as the army doctor?’

It was interesting. Before Azell fell asleep, only the temple’s priests could use the healing arts, so they were respected even by people of high status. However right now, this man was not treated that way.

Soon, the army doctor clicked his tongue.

“How is he alive when he is in such a state?”

The healing experts could tell the state of the other’s body by contact. Moreover, they could provide healing power to treat wounds and diseases.

The army doctor understood the state Azell was in and it was a miracle that he was even alive.

Also, he was able to maintain consciousness and walk on his own. He defied logic.

After being dumbfounded, he spoke to the soldier.

“You. This person…. He doesn’t need anything except water and also feed him something.”

“What?”

“He is in a state of extreme starvation. It is cannot say as to how he is able to maintain his consciousness. After seeing his terrible state, didn’t you think about that?”

“That is… I was too scared to think about that.”

“I guess he does look more like a monster than a human.”

Azell was slightly wounded by the army doctor’s words. They were calling him a monster, but his body had received the adulation of women once.

“Go to the kitchen and ask them to make something easily digestible. Something similar to a soup.”

“Understood.”

Also, bring it here since this person would have a hard time moving.”

“Yes. However, he was able to walk here just fine…..”

“So he didn’t look like he was having a hard time?”

The soldier had nothing to say to those words.

After the soldier left, the army doctor spoke to Azell.

“Do you want to drink some water?”

Azell hurriedly nodded his head. Even though he had drunk a lot of water, it was still insufficient.

The army doctor spoke to him after seeing Azell carefully drink the water.

“I don’t know who you are, but don’t over do it even if you have learned the Spirit Order.”

“…….”

“It’s scary, so don’t look at me that way. I’m a healing expert. I, at the very least, know what my patient practices.”

‘No, I didn’t look at you like that to make you scared….’

Azell had only looked at the army doctor with an amused gazed. However, the army doctor mistook it for a defensive glare.

‘How messed up am I…..’

Now he wanted to see himself at least once. Azell spoke.

“Large dish… Could you… give me some water….?”

“Mmmm? Why? No, never mind. I’ll give it to you.”

The army doctor stopped Azell from arduously answering back and he filled the wash basin with water. Azell flinched at the reflection he saw of his face on the surface.

‘Waa, I’m like a real monster?’

He felt like it was fair that he was being treated like a monster. He wanted to give praise to Giles’ personality, because he had treated him like a person from the first time he saw him.

‘Shit. Where did my body that was like a marble statue go to…’

He thought about how he looked like in the past, and compared it to his current appearance. He wanted to cry.

‘At the very least, my hair didn’t fall out.’

The red hair, even Azell fancied, was grown out. It was very disheveled, so it was ungainly.

The army doctor spoke.

“You didn’t know what you looked like?”

Azell nodded his head.

The army doctor spoke.

“Mmmm. I don’t know what you went through, but it must have been abnormally hard.”

Soon the soldier brought a hot soup. Azell took it and he started slowly eating it one spoon at a time. It was only soup, but every spoonful he ate brought changes to his body. It was a small amount of moisture and nutrition, but his vitality returned visibly.

The army doctor spoke after carefully observing his figure.

“I’m Rick Boran. What is your name?”

He was about to answer immediately, but he paused after a thought suddenly came to him. He put his hand on his forehead and frowned.

“Name……”

“Yes. Name.”

“Azell….. Zestringer…..?”

“Azell Zestringer?”

“Maybe…..”

He answered vaguely because he wanted to give the impression that he was unsure about his memories. Moreover, Zestringer was his original last name. Originally, he was a commoner. After he had toppled the Dragon Demon King Atein, he was give the title of Duke Karzark for his accomplishments. Afterwards, he was called Azell Karzark in public and private.

Rick questioned him.

“Maybe.. You aren’t sure about your memory?”

Azell nodded his head. Rick frowned.

“You must have been severely worked over.”

“Magician….”

“Mmm?”

“A magician.. me… I don’t remember much… but…..”

[TL: it wasn’t a long time only around 200 years ago 😅]

[PR: 200 years of loneliness]

“Ah.”

Rick’s expression grew darker.

He said these words without thinking too much about it, so in reality he felt guilty. If Azell had really suffered what he said then it wouldn’t be something he would mention lightly.

Of course, this was what Azell was aiming for. Azell looked at the other’s expression, and he inwardly gave an apology.

‘I’m sorry. However, this is easier for you to accept it.’

Rick spoke with a sympathetic expression, without realizing Azell’s dark inner thoughts.

“Mmm. Please rest easy in this barrack tonight. I’ll ask the soldier to bring the dinner here. At this time, I can’t really do anything else for you.”

Azell nodded his head.

Azell ate two servings of soup and water that day before he went to sleep. Truthfully, he wanted to eat more, but Rick decided he shouldn’t eat too much. Even though he was still hungry, it would give him a stomach ache.

‘It’s a sensible decision so I can’t say anything.’

Azell was sure that he would be fine even if he ate way more food.

Although his energy had dried up, the body control he had earned through learning the Spirit Order was still there.

However, he couldn’t explain his situation, so he could only follow directions without saying anything.

However after just one day, Azell’s appearance changed drastically. A little bit of life returned to the skin that was once dry and splitting. His body, which looked like leather over bones, filled out a little bit.

His body started recovering, and Azell monitored the exact situation of his body through meditation.

‘This is so frustrating.’

All the power he had accumulated before his sleep was gone.

The muscle he had trained with tenacity was all gone, and the overflowing energy he had a hard time controlling was all dried up. The rings of life, which was considered the foundation of those who trained in the Spirit Order, was all extinct.

‘Even the rings of life had disappeared.’

Even though his energy had dried up, he thought that his rings of life would still be there. However, in the process of maintaining the hibernation for a long period of time, the magical force that made up the rings of life was used.

How long has he been asleep? As time passed on, he became acutely curious about that fact.

Any ways, he had to start everything from the beginning. He had to fill his shrivelled up energy with magical force to give it life, and he had to construct the rings of life again. Only then would he recover his previous strength.

‘Still should I consider it fortunate that the curse is gone?’

Carlos’ prediction was correct.

Azell had imitated the dragon’s hibernation, and he had slept for a long time. He succeeded in overcoming the curse. His body no longer had the Dragon Demon King’s curse, which ate away at his life.

‘Yes. This should be fine.’

Azell didn’t expect anything more. He had already earned the benefit. He was curious about many things, but he decided to focus on one thing.

Immediately, Azell started retraining the Spirit Order.

The Spirit Order training involved forming mental images and one had to lead the mind and body into a constant state. [TL: Form the image of what one want, and try to sync the mind&body.] In this state, one will resonate with mana in the atmosphere to produce energy. This energy is used to fill the energy pulse.

Mana.

It was an energy source that was abundant in the atmosphere. The warrior’s Spirit Order, and the magician’s magic were magical force produced from resonating the mind with mana.

It was revealed that the mana reacts to a strong will. This in turn allows the energy to be changed into any form.

This was how a magician is able to cause various phenomenons.

Ooh ooh ooh ooh oong…… [TL: buzzing sound – like voltage electricity racing through line]

The meditating Azell started to resonate with the mana. Rick was surprised, so he looked inside. Since he was a healing expert, he was also sensitive to the mana’s movement.

“Is he training his Spirit Order?”

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Dragon Maken War

Chapter 2 Azell Zestringer (2)

[TL:By Mr Max]◇[PR:By ACE]

Kwa-ga-gwang!

Accompanying an explosive sound, a cloud of dust was formed. A giant hole was formed on the ground, and a blue flash was emitted. Following this, one shadow popped out.

Ku-goo-goo-goo-goo…… [TL:rumblin’ sound]

Then the earth collapsed and a large amount of soil filled the hole.

“Ooh-ook…..”

Azell moaned. He was almost swept up inside the collapse. After he destroyed the coffin’s lid, he used his remaining strength to run outside. If he hadn’t, then he would have been buried alive.

“Shit…. So… Deep…..”

When he was about to complain about the fact that he was buried so deep, instead of his voice, only his ragged breaths leaked out. His lips, inner mouth and throat was extremely dry, so it was difficult for him to speak.

While escaping, he had realized that he was more than 10 meters underground. However, there was a 3 meter gap between the coffin and the ceiling.

Originally, he would have been able to only destroyed the coffin lid with his power and come out. However, the large amount of external power that was injected into his energy was a problem. The amount was so large that it destroyed the coffin lid, traveled through the empty space, and pierced through the thick wall of the underground structure, which was made out of stone. As if that wasn’t enough, he blew away over 10 meter of the foundation.

Azell threw his body to the top.

‘What the hell is this?’

The timing of the inflow was unfortunate. If the person was someone other than Azell, he would have been destroyed after failing to hold it[TL:something like soil]back.

“Ook.”

After Azell escaped to the surface, the sun light pierced his eyes, and it cause him to cringe.

Since he was asleep for a very long time, the bright sun light was like a beating.

Right now Azell was nude without a shred of clothing.

Like a mummy, he was very skinny, and he looked like a monster. The fact that he was able to move his body was an unbelievable sight.

In truth, even speaking was very difficult for him. He didn’t have any strength, His lips were cracked and the inside of his mouth was dried up.

‘I have to find some water.’

It was imperative for him to eat something to replenish his nutrition. However, the more urgent need was water. Azell couldn’t see what his body looked like. However, even if he didn’t check, he knew his body was in a serious state. If he dropped dead, it wouldn’t have been strange.

‘Why did I have to be in the middle of a forest…. Why the heck did he bury me in this place?’

After looking around his surrounding, Azell was in a dark mood. He was in a forest overgrown with trees. He was aware that this place may be rife with danger. In his current condition, even if he met one wild animal, he would be killed.

‘My life is now dependent on luck.’

Azell bit his dried lips. He barely raised his body and he started moving. He had to find water and drink it. Then he would replenish his nutrition by finding some fruits. Even if he was able to recover his body by a little, he could somehow fill his energy up with magical force….

He carefully made his way forward while thinking this.

All of a sudden, a sound stimulated his senses.

‘There are people.’

Across the trees, he could hear the sound of people. He didn’t know how many, but a good amount of people were approaching his direction, while having a conversation.

‘Should I consider myself saved?’

Still, he couldn’t just consider this to be a fortunate situation. How could he know who was coming towards him? What if it was a group of bandits that treated human lives like the lives of flies?

While feeling anxious,he stared in the direction the people were coming from. Soon a young man wearing leather armor appeared in front of him.

The moment he saw Azell, he pulled back and spoke towards his back.

“There is a person here!”

Soon after, several men rushed into view. They all wore the same uniform.

‘Are they the regular army?’

He decided this, because they had the same equipments. Underneath the leather armor they also wore the same garments. They all wore a dark-colored military uniform.

“Centurion.”

After a few moments, one man came forward. His garments could be differentiated from the others. He was a curly blond-haired youth with a red tassel on his helmet and he wore a sword on his waist.

The moment Azell saw the other, he felt amused.

‘He’s pretty strong?’

The young man’s appearance did not go well with post of centurion. He gave off an impression of a good-looking young master, and his face was very youthful. His age must be less than 20.

However, the vibe he gave off was memorable. When he stepped forward, the soldiers naturally parted, and it wasn’t just because he was a centurion. This person was a practitioner of the Spirit Order. Without realizing it, he was leaking energy that was overbearing for other people.

“He is a…person.”

The young man, who was named as a centurion, frowned after looking at Azell. Azell was unsightly so it was hard to even see him as a living person.

‘What can cause a person to be in such a state?’

Even if a person was disabled through starvation, would he turn out like this? If it wasn’t day light instead on night, then he would have suspected an evil magic was making the corpse move.

“I am the Rulane Kingdom’s Western Frontier Garrison’s Centurion, Knight Giles Vince. Could you enlighten us with your identity?”

He still had a bit of a baby face, but his voice was disciplined. While thinking that the other’s speech was very knight-like, Azell tried to replying back.

“I… am…….”

However, his voice didn’t come out.

“…….”

Azell could only make a ragged breathing sound before he gasped. After seeing this, Giles spoke.

“I don’t think you are in a condition to speak. First, let us return to our camp. Is that ok?”

“Uh……”

Azell tried to say it’s fine before he just nodded his head. After Gile confirmed that he could communicate with the other person, he sent a hint with his eye towards the soldiers.

Then two burly soldiers stepped forward and assisted Azell. Azell wanted to tell them he could walk on his own, but it was hard for him to take even one step.

‘Ah, I look like hell, for real.’

The soldiers helped Azell move towards the camp. Suddenly, Giles queried.

“Do you want to drink some water?”

At that moment, Azells eyes opened widely.

Water!

Ah, is there a word that resonates with such sweetness?

After seeing Azell nod his head, Giles opened the top of the canteen off of his waist, and he handed it over. After receiving it, Azell stopped himself after he hurriedly brought it to his mouth. Then he slowly and carefully tipped the canteen and drank the water.

“Ah ah ah ah……”

It was what one would call a life-giving water. The moment the water drops hit his dry mouth, a shiver spread throughout his whole body. However, that lasted only a moment. He tried in his own way to drink it slowly, but the canteen was emptied in an instant. Azell looked at the canteen with regrettable eyes before he handed it back.

‘I feel a little bit better.’

His almost dead body wouldn’t dramatically get better by drink just one canteen of water. However, a little bit of strength returned to his body, and his mind, which felt like it was about to faint, woke up.

“Th…ank….”

“Ah, it’s ok. You don’t have to speak.”

Giles stopped Azell, who was trying hard to speak. Then he asked his subordinates.

“Does anyone have water left? I think one bottle is not enough.”

Immediately, the soldier next to him gave up his canteen. Azell was satisfied only after he had emptied 3 canteens from the soldiers.

After his long hibernation, his body was extremely short on nutrition and water. It was a miracle that there were enough blood left over to circulate through his vessels. His state clearly improved when he drank the water.

Moreover…..

‘Mmm. This should be enough.’

Spirit Order was a secret art that could make a human into superhuman. Azell had trained the Spirit Order to the utmost limit, and unlike normal humans, he could control what happens inside his body. He used this to maximise his efficiency of absorbing water, and his insides started to inflate rapidly.

While he was doing this, Azell and the soldiers arrived at the camp.

“Ah……….”

Azell’s eyes became wide when he saw the camp.

It was an excavations site of a ruin. The middle of the forest was dug up, and an entrance leading into the underground was revealed. The surrounding was exposed, and they were in the midst of cutting away the ruin’s walls.

‘This is why I was awaken.’

Azell realized that the sound that caused him to wake up was caused by their excavation efforts.

The ruin they were excavating was the underground building where Azell was sleeping previously.

Carlos has made this secret installation to preserve me during my hibernation.

‘How much time has passed…..’

Since the secret installation was being treating as an ancient ruin and was being excavated, he could surmise that a long time had passed. Maybe, it was way longer than what Azell could have predicted.

The foreboding feeling he felt when he woke up was getting stronger and stronger.



Soon Azell was lead to Giles’ barracks, which was located in the corner of the camp site. Since he was a Centurion, he had his own personal barrack that was separate from his subordinates.

“Please sit here.”

After Giles gave Azell a chair, he handed him a blanket.

“Cover your body with this. Until I bring some spare clothes…..”

“Ah.”

Azell finally realized the fact that he was naked. His appearance had been so grotesque that they[TL:soldiers] didn’t care about it[TL: didn’t care he was naked man], so Azell had forgotten about it also.

‘Shit. As soon as I’m awakened, why am I humiliated like this?’

Azell’s face blushed, but it didn’t show since he looked unsightly like a mummy.

Giles spoke.

“Since it’ll be too hard for you to speak, just listen. While we were excavating the ruin, an explosion was seen nearby. We went to scout the situation then we found you.”

The explosion happened when Azell tried to come out of the coffin. Azell was glad he made a ruckus. [TL: since it helped in brought

the people to him]

Giles continued speaking.

“The excavation of this site is our troop’s important mission. Therefore, we need to know who you are and what you were doing in a place like that. DO YOU UNDERSTAND ?”

His words made sense, so Azell nodded his head. However, at the same time, he was thinking about something else.

‘How should I explain this?’

He had no idea how much time had passed since his sleep, where this place was or who these people were. He was perplexed as to how he should deal with this situation.

‘First, I have to assess the situation….’

Fortunately, Giles didn’t seem like he’ll press Azell any time soon. It was because Azell’s terrible appearance looked too pathetic.

“First, show yourself to the army doctor then rest for a day. I hope you will accept my questioning next time.”

Azell nodded his head.

The army as an organization had a characteristic of treating outsiders like Azell with more roughness. It wouldn’t be strange if they chose to do that.

However, he felt weird since they were treating him with such courtesy.

‘Honestly. This guy should be in an elite knight squad. Instead he is a Centurion in an army….’

Azell was sure that Giles was a noble. He couldn’t act with such dignity and posses these courteous manners unless he was educated growing up from a noble family. Soon Giles’ subordiante brought Azell some spare garments. It was a working clothes for the laborers, but in his circumstance, Azell was grateful. Next, Azell was guided towards the army doctor. Since it wasn’t a battle situation, he was idly on standby. When the young army doctor looked at Azell, he was startled.

“What the hell? Are you sure he is a living human?”

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Dragon Maken War

Chapter 1.5 – Azell Zestringer (1)

[TL: By Mr Max] ◇ [PR: By ACE]

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Azell vividly remembered the events before he started sleeping.

At the same time, he also realized that this happened in the distant past. His consciousness was asleep, but his unconscious body felt the flow of time brush by him.

He was asleep for so long that even when he opened his eyes his sense of reality was murky. He wasn’t even able to differentiate whether he was awake or if he was still in a dream….

Koong… Ku-gwa-ah-ah-ahng…..!

[TL: Boom ….basically a blast]

Azell was jolted awake from his long sleep, because he heard the sounds of an explosion from a far away place.

It had been quiet the whole time he had been asleep, yet somehow there were occasional sounds of explosion and the earth shook. So in the end, he opened his eyes.

“Mmmm……”

The problem was he had opened his eyes, but his body didn’t have any strength. It even made him suspicious as to the fact that he was still alive. His consciousness felt like it was floating, and his body didn’t respond to anything.

Azell calmed his heart. He was still breathing, and after confirming that his heart was beating slowly, he poured strength into his hand.

Ggum-tul.

[TL: sfx for twitching]

His fingers moved.

Ggu-mul. [TL: another one]

His toes moved.

He hadn’t moved his body in a long time, so it was stiff as a fossil. It was similar to an animal who had woken up from a long winter sleep. Its body would be half dead and it was the same for him.

Warm blood started circulating throughout his stiff body, and his vitality started waking up. His dead sensation was alive now, and he could feel air touching his skin.

After he started clenching his fingers and toes, he needed patience and effort to move visibly. After struggling for 1 hour, he was able to raise an arm.

‘Great. At least, I am able to move now. However…..’

He still had no idea where this was.

‘Carlos, you bastard. Where did you leave me?’

The surrounding was dark, so he couldn’t see anything.

The place he was laying down was soft like a bed, but he could easily tell that it wasn’t a large space. If he stretched his arms out, he could touch the wall that was keeping him sealed.

‘Maybe this is a coffin?’

By looking at the structure, he had a suspicion that he was put in a large coffin.

He was put in a coffin when he was still alive, so he didn’t feel that great. However, there might be a magical meaning to it. Azell thought about this, and he started looking through his memory.

He was the hero, who had defeated the Dragon Demon King Atein and saved the continent from despair. He was Azell Karzark.

However, he was dying from the curse put on him by the Demon King Atein, and his friend, Carlos, suggested that I go into a long sleep. It would be similar to a dragon’s hibernation, and the purpose of the long sleep was to defeat the curse.

To do this, one needed a powerful ritual. Carlos and several powerful magicians gathered in secret to perform this ritual. Azell’s memories ended there. Carlos was looking at him with a sad expression and then everything was black. Afterwards, he remembered fragments of memory, but it might have been a side effect of wandering around inside his dreams. It wasn’t an experience from reality.

Therefore, Azell didn’t know where he fell asleep or what situation he was in.

‘First, I have to get out of here.’

He won’t find anything out just by thinking about it. After deciding this, Azell tried to push against the lid of the coffin.

It didn’t budge.

“…….”

He continued pushing against the lid of the coffin, and after a while, Azell lowered his arm because he had lost strength. By looking at the reaction, when he pushed with all his strength, it seems like it won’t open just by blindly pushing at it from the inside. Maybe there is a magical mechanism that’ll open it?

Ooh-ooh-ook[TL:ughh]. Carlos, you bastard, why did you do something this unnecessary!

Azell grinded his teeth.

It didn’t matter that he was imprisoned here if he was still in the magic induced sleep similar to the dragon’s hibernation. However, now that he had awaken, it would be troublesome if he couldn’t go outside. The air was ventilated so he could breathe, but wouldn’t he die of starvation?

‘Ok. I’ll use my strength to open it and go outside.’

Azell closed his eyes and concentrated.

Originally, his body had unfathomable strength that exceeded the human limitation.

If he used that strength then he should be able to move the lid in one breath…..

‘Uh? What is this?’

Azell looked inside of himself and he was taken aback.

The Spiritual Energy that flowed within his body, which was the power that made him superhuman, was all gone.

‘No way… Did I use all my strength to maintain the hibernation?’

Animals would eat a lot before their winter sleep to supplement their nutrition. Then during the winter sleep, they would use all the stored nourishment before awakening.

Azell had experienced the same situation. He didn’t know how long he had been asleep, but he understood that he had used all of his strength to maintain his life.

‘No, it isn’t the time to be understanding!’

Azell increased his concentration, and he sharply refined it. If he didn’t find a way to exit here, then he would starve to death. How funny would it be if he died here after he had successfully mimicked a dragon hibernation and also beat the curse?

‘Ok.”

Azell sensed the latent fragmented strength inside his dried up Spiritual Energy. With strong misgivings, he scraped it together. [TL:he collected the latent power]

Du-gun.[TL: Ba-dump.]

His heart was beating.

It was an evidence that he was still alive.

His heart kept on pulsing and the air he breathed in was circulated to the rest of his body through his fresh blood and vessels. He was able to maintain a state where his body was alive.

Moreover, the heart pulsing was a secret art the warriors used. It was the source of the ‘Spirit Order’.

Every time the heart pulses, the vibration would be spread to his body and it would stimulate the energy. Then the magical force that flows through the energy would receive the vibration

and it would be amplified. This in turn brings the supernatural strength.

‘I think it is possible to do it one time.’

Azell succeeded in gathering the fragment of strength left inside his body, and he carefully evaluated it. It was a weak strength. If one only had decent skills, then the person would have no idea what to do with it. However, this was Azell. He could use the heart’s pulsing and the vessels’ vibration to amplify the energy. He’ll be able to exert a large destructive force once. No matter how thick the coffin lid was, he has the power to destroy it!

‘Let’s do this!’

Azell opened his eyes. Then he spread all of his fingers.

It was right then.

Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-oong!

Suddenly, from the surrounding, an enormous amount of power was inserted into Azell’s energy! It was an enormous amount that exceeded what he could produce!

‘Kuk!’

If he wasn’t careful, it was a situation where he could perish. However, Azell showed his amazing ability to adapt. He scattered the power he was about to emit. He started circulating the energy, and he mixed it with the newly injected power. Then he had to release it before it could wreak havoc inside his body. Both his hands started emitting a deep blue light. The bright light lit up the surrounding darkness, and it exploded upwards.

Kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa!

Accompanying the light, the air shook and the surrounding lit up brightly.

[TL: By Mr Max]◇[PR:By ACE]

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Dragon Maken War

Chapter 1 Azell Zestringer Prologue

[TL:By Mr Max]◇[PR:By ACE]

[We have picked a Korean novel to be translated by our Night Owl Walker Translation

2 Chapters will be released every week, Enjoy reading]

The cunning Demon race deceived the dragons, who yearned for wisdom. This was how the Dragon Demon race was born. The dragon’s strength and the Demon race’s greed was coalesced inside the existence called the Dragon Demon race. They became an enormous darkness that stole the light from the humans, and there were heroes that fought against them.

Amongst the heroes, there was a knight named Azell.

He defeated countless numbers of the Dragon Demon race, and he saved many human lives. Finally, the Dragon Demon race’s king Atein was toppled, and he put an end to the chaos that swept the continent.

And now, the hero Azell was dying.

“You should already know that magic is a skill that was originally gleaned from the Dragon Demon race. The Dragon race, who could not obtain wisdom, fell into the Demon race’s temptation. Magic was born when both sides were integrated.” [TL: Dragon &Demon mated….U know the drill]

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The magician Carlos made a sad expression. He had gained a great reputation while experiencing hardships with Azell. During the process of battling the Demon Dragon race, they had experienced countless life and death situations and they had become best friends.

After hearing those words, Azell asked a question.

“Why are you telling me a story I already know? Tell me a fun story.”

In Carlos’ memory. Azell was someone who shone brighter than anyone else. He was sturdier than anyone, so he couldn’t even imagine his weakened state.

However, reality is often very harsh. In front of Carlos’ eyes, he saw the once unimaginable sight of a weakened Azell in a sickbed. He was surprisingly thin and his complexion was white.

This was the cost of defeating the Dragon Demon race’s king Atein.

He was the very first of the Dragon Demon race. Atein had tempted countless dragons to create the numerous Dragon Demon race. When he was falling under Azell’s sword, he had casted a powerful curse. The curse’s power ate away at his body, and it caused Azell to gradually weaken. Now he was about to die.

Carlos continued speaking, while holding back a sigh.

“First, listen to me. Magic is a highly difficult skill that not all humans could learn. The ignorant and simple warriors were able to apply the basics, and they were able to form the ‘magic used by the body’. That’s what is called the Spirit High Order.”

“So what?”

Azell asked with a sour face.

He came for a visit, but now he was telling me everything I already knew. He didn’t understand his friend’s motive. Normally, he was a guy who loved to talk about various truths as if he was lecturing, but why is he telling him thing he already knew?

Carlos spoke up.

“The main point starts right now. The practitioner of Spirit Order uses magical forces in a different way. They are basically a different form of magicians. Moreover, they handle the magical force in the same way as the Dragon Demon race. It could be said that they are more intrinsically similar to them then the magicians.”

“That makes me feel bad. Why does it have to be the Dragon Demon race.”

The Dragon Demon race has the perception that they are the most outstanding beings in the world.

They were an existence that was fused between the mighty dragons, who were too smart to be considered wild animals, and the crafty demon race, who could not exist without having the human’s soul in their hands.

Carlos laughed bitterly.

“However, we were able to go up against them with their own power. This is an undeniable truth.”

“So is there a point to this boring story?”

“Listen to me. The Dragon Demon race and the Dragons are different existences, but they couldn’t change their life cycle. Their life cycle is divided into periods of hibernation and activity.”

The dragons slept daily, but sometimes they would go into a long sleep akin to the animals who sleep in the winter seasons. This period is called hibernation. They go into hibernation when they used an excessive amount of energy during the active period or when……

“They obtain a major injury.”

“That’s right. When they enter hibernation, they display an amazing amount of life force. In exchange for giving up their activity and entering into a defenseless state, they are able to treat the life threatening wound over a long period of time. The dragon’s hibernation differs from the animal’s winter sleep. It is an evidence of magical activity.” [TL: sacrifice one’s movement to increase the effect of magic to treat the wound]

“You, No way…..”

Azell started realizing what the magician was trying to say. Carlos nodded his head as if to say his guess was right.

“I researched the Dragons and the Dragon Demon race by dissecting their corpses. In my mind, this is the only possibility in which you survive. The risk is very high but… Please trust me and put your life in my hands. I’ll induce you into a state similar to the dragon’s hibernation.

[TL: By Mr Max] ◇ [PR: By ACE]

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