Old People Don’t Hold Hands - Chapter 125



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Episode 125, Cigar (1)

… … I tried to explore the surroundings by sticking to the wall with Diana.

Because of our location, we couldn’t visually confirm the owner of the voice.

Only a vague shadow can be seen swaying near the cave entrance.

When I saw the silhouette and the voice… … , is it a woman?

Even if you determine the gender, it’s not easy to identify who the other person is.

In the first place, I came here many times to farm treasures while playing EndWorld.

But every time I came here, I never encountered anyone like that.

To begin with, only rumors about the Dragon’s Nest spread like a legend among adventurers.

No one knew its true location or the conditions of entry.

In addition, of course, there were no NPCs inside the nest.

But while playing EndWorld, someone suddenly appeared in the Dragon’s Nest, which had been empty?

… … No matter how much I thought about it, it was strange.

So one possibility we can consider is that someone followed us.

– Miss Diana, did you feel like anyone was following us while we were coming?

– There wasn’t any. From the beginning when I first came here, I didn’t meet anyone.

… … That’s right.

First, I quietly turned on the ignition while making no sound.

If they really come near us and attack us.

I was planning to counterattack at any time.

But I was waiting with the ignition still on.

“… … ?”

When I thought that the bastard’s presence had suddenly disappeared strangely.

“I was wondering where you were, and you were hiding here like rats. Who are you?”

Suddenly a voice came from above my head.

I looked up to see, and there he was, with both hands and feet supporting the ceiling.

The hanging woman was looking down at us.

The woman’s two hands and two feet hanging from the ceiling were transformed into a shape similar to a dragon.

“… … Chew!”

As soon as I made eye contact with the woman, I quickly drew my sword.

Of course, you could use goods, but that wasn’t possible here.

There is another rule in the dragon’s nest.

And that rule was expressed in this phrase in EndWorld.

[Anyone who disturbs the dragon’s rest will become a sacrifice to the rest.]

At first, I didn’t even know what this phrase meant, and it was the first day I entered the Dragon’s Nest in EndWorld.

I tried to smash it here and there to see if there were any hidden elements.

As soon as I used all the power I had gathered at that time to destroy the nest.

… … The character I was raising died immediately due to a penalty.

In short, the second rule that exists here is this.

‘The moment you damage the Dragon’s Nest, a penalty is triggered and you die.’

Fortunately, the nest doesn’t break even with a certain amount of power, so there’s no need to worry about sudden death…

The goods were difficult to use.

If you misuse that level of power, it’s obvious that you’ll end up in trouble like that time.

So instead of goods, I.

“Track it.”

While quickly firing fire at the opponent.

“diffusion!”

I blew the flames with all my might.

However, the woman flexibly dodged the attack and landed on the ground.

Kuung!

As its legs, scaled and clawed in a menacing manner similar to a dragon, touched the ground.

The weight was clearly felt as the vibration spread through the floor.

… … It had a similar shape to a dramon, but it was definitely not a dramon.

To begin with, their appearances were different, and this one definitely seemed more intelligent.

It may not seem like there were any similarities to a monster, but its overall appearance was clearly… … human.

But… …, the more I look at this woman.

Somehow, your face seems familiar.

Where have you seen it?

Leaving the question aside for the moment, I aimed my sword at the woman and asked her.

“Who are you?”

“Didn’t I ask that question first? You guys are the ones who attack without warning.”

The woman said, bending her neck as if she didn’t like it very much.

I felt a sense of leisure in that appearance.

… … As if he was confident that he wouldn’t die even though he was facing an opponent who was pointing a sword at him.

Diana also drew out her sword like me and aimed it, and asked cautiously.

“Are you… … a monster?”

“Monster?”

In response to Diana’s question, the woman frowned as if to ask what that meant.

Suddenly he looked down at his arms and nodded as if he understood.

“Ah, so that’s why it was like this.”

As soon as the woman muttered, the black energy dispersed and left her body.

Before she knew it, the woman’s arms and legs, which had resembled a dragon’s form, had returned to human form.

“… … !”

Diana looked surprised when she saw that.

I too was wondering the same thing.

Of course, there is also a power of transformation that allows one to transform their body like the power of a beast… … .

I’ve never seen anything like this transform into a dragon.

“Now, you know I’m not a monster!”

The woman spoke, waving her two good arms, but we did not let go of our swords aimed at her.

Then the woman picked at her ear with her little finger as if she was annoyed.

I yawned and then said this.

“I have something to ask you. How did you get in here?”

“… … I got the information.”

“Information? From whom?”

At the sight of the woman asking while standing askew, I tightened my grip on the sword.

“From God.”

“……god?”

Well, that wasn’t wrong.

After all, the location and method of entry here are things I figured out while playing EndWorld.

And when I played EndWorld, I was definitely a god here.

And if you know this kind of advanced information, you’re mostly hearing it from God.

It wasn’t a strange story in general.

But if there is a problem… … .

As soon as he mentioned the word God, the woman’s eyes lit up for a moment.

He was running towards me.

Unlike before, the woman who had transformed only her legs into the shape of a dragon ran at a speed that was somewhat difficult to keep up with.

I tried to somehow activate the power of hypertrophy and receive it with my body.

The woman was after Diana, not me.

As soon as you realize this fact.

“conversion!”

Diana quickly switched positions with me, and I stopped the woman who was rushing at me.

Kwaaaaang!

They are generally not incredibly large or have visible muscles.

Each and every punch the woman threw was powerful.

… … To the point where one might think that he could rival Nowen in strength.

Still, let’s accept it thanks to the power of steel and hypertrophy.

The woman looked back and forth between my face and Diana’s face, then smiled.

“Oh? This is fun?”

I tried to counterattack using Emission and Ignition without giving him any openings.

The woman who had flexibly avoided it rushed towards Diana again.

This time I tried to receive it by switching positions with Diana, but… … .

“Haha! I knew it!”

The woman who changed direction in an instant as soon as her location changed.

He rushed back to Diana.

… … It was truly an amazing reflex.

It’s so much so that it feels like I’m actually moving according to instinct.

However, I have no intention of letting the other person run wild.

I immediately connected with the opponent with the power of absorption maximized.

“Ew, what is this!”

Using the power of the giant, he pulled it in with maximum strength.

“Ugh, ugh, profit… … !”

The woman, caught in chains, tried to somehow strengthen her legs and hold on.

No matter how strong he was, he couldn’t beat me, who had actually received a strength bonus.

My current strength stat is at least over 150.

Direct, direct, direct… … .

As soon as I had the woman pulled towards me, I wrapped my arms around her torso.

“Enough of the fussing. Reveal your identity.”

Let’s ask the woman who was tied up with a sword pointed at her.

The woman clenched her teeth as if in anger and just trembled.

“Ugh, ugh, who, who said it was the end!”

The woman’s body, which had been trembling like that, suddenly began to be filled with black energy like before.

I tried to stop the woman by holding onto the chain somehow.

Clang, clang, clang!

The chains surrounding the woman kept pulling, and I ended up getting dragged towards them instead.

… … In fact, it is now at a level where even my strength using the power of the giant cannot withstand it.

So in the end I had no choice but to release the power of absorption before I was dragged away.

The body of the woman, now completely free, was now completely covered in black energy.

As those energies disappeared and vision gradually became clear… … .

Arms, shoulders, chest, and legs.

In fact, not only was half of his body transformed into a dragon-like shape, but he was also covered in scales… … .

There stood a woman who looked completely different than before.

“Whew, whoosh, whoosh, whoa, it’s over… … .”

Towards the woman who was speaking breathlessly as if she hadn’t yet adapted.

I rushed in and tried to swing my ignited sword.

“Ugh… … !”

“Mr. Declen!”

The closer I got to the woman, the more difficult it became to even move.

It was similar to the curse of the demon dragon that I felt as soon as I arrived at the dragon’s home… … .

It was a feeling of pressure.

I want to get rid of this pressure that makes it difficult to even take a step forward.

He tried to move his body somehow to approach the woman and attack her.

But then I got to see the woman right in front of me.

It wasn’t because I overcame the pressure and approached it.

At a speed so fast that it was difficult to even keep up with it with one’s eyes.

The woman approached me on her own, right in front of me.

The woman who was looking at me intently, whose body could be seen as frozen while holding the sword.

Soon he was muttering while holding my chin.

“Strange, strange… … . It seems like the god who uses fire doesn’t have this kind of ability.”

“… … .”

“And why did your body suddenly become so huge? Wasn’t that another god’s ability?”

“Ugh, ugh… … .”

Even though I found out that I was using the powers of several other gods.

The woman did not show any of the curiosity or suspicion that one would normally expect from an heir.

In the eyes of the woman who was watching me closely as I was gasping for breath under pressure.

There was only a kind of anticipation and joy.

The woman looked at me with eyes filled with ecstasy, then opened her mouth.

He asked like this.

“… … Do you by any chance know about the god Shigeru?”

… … cigar.

Because I actually never revealed my name while playing EndWorld.

Later on, rather than being called by that name, the world began to refer to me in this way.

A vicious marauder, or evil spirit.

So even I forgot about it for a while.

My original name in South Korea, where I lived, was Ahn Si-geon, not Declen.

… … So when you first play EndWorld and you have to set a name.

I decided to take the name of the god who would be called there from my own name.

After much thought, the new name was decided upon.

… … That was the ‘cigar’ that woman was talking about.