Volume 4, Chapter 24 – What A Vicious Woman!

The Black Dragon King.

As the leader of the Black Dragon clan, the Black Dragon King possessed immense power.

In the ancient era, among the many Dragon Kings, the Black Dragon King had also been the strongest of them all.

However… The Black Dragon King of today was no longer the Black Dragon King of the past.

The dragon race ought to have been proud, yet now, the pride that had been passed down through the dragons was long gone.

In the present age, the Black Dragon clan had already become synonymous with cunning and greed within the Inferno, and even throughout the entire Abyss.

Yes.

Completely unlike the Black Dragon race of the ancient era, who had been noble, gentle, and full of intellect… the greatest hobby of the current Black Dragons was hoarding treasure.

And in order to gather wealth, those Black Dragons did not hesitate to lower their status and act as someone else’s mount to earn payment. Of course, if they could just take something by force, they would happily rob people as well.

However… in most cases, they worked their tails off for others and in return earned huge amounts of money and treasures.

Naturally, because Black Dragons were crafty and fickle, they could betray the forces they were serving at any moment for more wealth. They were existences who absolutely, absolutely would not keep their word.

And because this Black Dragon clan had a Black Dragon King whose power was Throne-tier, most of the Abyssal Lords within the Inferno could only turn a blind eye to the Black Dragons’ misdeeds and pretend not to see.

So the strength of the Black Dragon clan was beyond all doubt.

Even so, the Black Dragon clan did not like to get involved in the struggles between the Abyssal Lords in the Inferno, and their leader, the Black Dragon King who had lived from ancient times until now, although he occasionally awakened, spent most of his time asleep in the Black Dragons’ lair.

However…

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Not long ago, the Black Dragon King awakened once more.

The moment he awoke, the aura of a Throne-tier dragon spread to every corner of the Abyss, and almost all the Lords of the Abyss at Legendary and above sensed this being’s awakening and their expressions changed drastically.

And somewhere within the Abyss… a nameless, indescribable existence quietly opened its eyes.

“Black Dragon King… hahahahahaha… interesting, interesting, but you think you can become the End with just that power?”

At this moment.

The second day after the Black Dragon King awakened.

Outside the Black Dragon clan’s lair, tens of thousands of Fallen Angels beat their pitch-black wings and arranged themselves into formation.

“Pride, you’re finally willing to face me? Come, hand over the power of the Original Sin!”

Just as the Fallen Angels finished forming up, one enormous Black Dragon after another filed out of the Black Dragon lair.

There actually weren’t that many in total, but because Black Dragons were abnormally massive, just those few hundred dragons alone gave off a momentum like an army of thousands upon thousands.

And the one who had just spoken in that wild, arrogant voice was not a dragon, but a middle-aged human man standing atop one Black Dragon’s head.

“Black Dragon King Xingousa! So your awakening really was true…”

At the very front of the Fallen Angels’ formation stood the fallen angel Mihiel, and at Mihiel’s side were Tianyin, staring blankly at the dragons, and Lucifa, looking absolutely terrified.

And the one who had just spoken was Mihiel.

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“Little girl, I hadn’t even gone looking for you yet and you’re all coming knocking on my door yourselves? How interesting… So, you still won’t obediently hand over your lord, Lucifa?”

The middle-aged man standing on the Black Dragon’s head stared fervently at Lucifa, who was hiding behind Mihiel, looking for all the world like he wanted to swallow her whole.

“Hmph, this time we’re here to settle things with you once and for all… Black Dragon King, this time we’re going to defeat you in one stroke, so you’ll forever give up your greedy delusions toward my lord, Lucifa!”

“You mean you want to defeat me? If that bird-man Heavenly Father came over himself I might still hold back a little, but with just you few Legendary Fallen Angels? Truly fearless out of ignorance!”

Black Dragon King Xingousa looked utterly disdainful.

After that, Mihiel ignored the Black Dragon King and instead turned to speak to Tianyin, who was staring blankly at him off to the side.

“Alright… you said you could beat the Black Dragon King, so I brought everyone out here to back you up, but from here on, dealing with the Black Dragon King is up to you.”

Seeing Tianyin just standing there looking a bit absent-minded, Mihiel patted her on the shoulder in confusion.

“Eh, eh… what is it?”

“Next, you’re going up against the Black Dragon King.”

“Mm… I got it… mm… wait, wait, wait, why is the Black Dragon King Throne-tier? What’s going on?”

Tianyin stared at Mihiel, utterly dumbfounded.

“The Black Dragon King has always been Throne-tier. What’s there to be confused about, and weren’t you the one who said you could handle him?”

“But… but you didn’t say he was Throne-tier!”

Tianyin felt a bit miserable.

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Earlier, she really had straightforwardly agreed to help the Fallen Angels.

After all, she was asking Lucifa to help her save someone, so helping Lucifa out in return was only natural.

However…

Tianyin had never imagined that this so-called help… would actually mean sending her to duel the Black Dragon King one-on-one?

Hold on? That was a Throne-tier Black Dragon King. This was really supposed to be just a little favor?

What kind of favor was this supposed to be!?

Tianyin had the feeling she’d dug a pit for herself and jumped right in.

“The fact that the Black Dragon King is Throne-tier is basic common sense… ah, right, I forgot you’re not a native of the Abyss, very sorry, very sorry… but since you’ve already come all the way here and agreed to help, you can’t go back on your word now, can you?”

“I… can I go back on my word?”

“I don’t think so~”

“Alright, alright… I get it…”

Honestly, the guilty conscience she’d been showing earlier wasn’t because Tianyin was afraid of the Black Dragon King.

At the end of the day, it was just that Tianyin didn’t want to use the full power of the Seven Original Sins…

But given how things were now, she could only grit her teeth and charge in, and judging from Lucifa’s personality, she wasn’t the type to ruthlessly kick Tianyin aside once she was worn out…

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Mm… that fallen angel called Mihiel was another story…

『What do we do, Samael? Do we go or not?』

「Let’s go… even though I’m not sure we can beat this Black Dragon King, from what I can feel, that fallen angel called Mihiel doesn’t actually expect you to really defeat him.」

『Mm… eh, really?』

Samael’s analysis in her mind made Tianyin feel a splitting headache all of a sudden.

『Samael, you mean that Mihiel woman never expected me to beat the Black Dragon King? Then why did she drag me over here to help?』

「Oh my, think about it this way. If your strength isn’t enough, Xiaoyin, you might just end up as cannon fodder… and if you, as the cannon fodder, get killed by the Black Dragon King, then Lucifa’s reason for leaving the Abyss disappears, doesn’t it?」

『Wha… what… she actually, actually wants to harm me?』

A chill instantly rose in Tianyin’s heart.

『Th… that woman is such a vicious monster!』

「Pft… that’s just you being dumb, Xiaoyin. This right here is an open conspiracy, it’s obviously plain as day, very easy to see through, you know~」

『Da… damn it, so I really am just too stupid…』

While Tianyin was talking with Samael in her heart, the Black Dragon King, who had seemed like he’d gone offline off to the side, finally grew impatient and launched an attack.