Tyrant

“To put it simply, instead of my soul that had already lost its flavor, I had wrapped a substitute personality around it like a wrapper…” While smoking a cigarette, Ash explained his situation. “That substitute personality is what you knew as Ash.” “…” “But then, when Night Bringer pierced through my soul core, shattering my…

One day ago. After the heroic expedition was defeated by Night Bringer and retreated, Immediately following the meeting between Night Bringer, who had polymorphed into a human form, and Ash, Whoomp…! Night Bringer’s Royal Sword pierced Ash’s chest for the second time. If the first strike was meant merely to inflict physical pain, this second…

Thud. Thud. Dusk Bringar staggered out of the barracks and walked the streets. She did not care that her long black hair was getting soiled by the falling snow or tousled by the hot wind blowing in from the east, she just kept walking forward until— She paused when she saw a group approaching from…

The Crossroad, drenched in snow, was chaotic. The sky remained dark, the damage from the last Breath strike was still evident, and the plains to the east were ablaze. In such a disordered atmosphere, a considerable number of people, led by the people of the Ariane Kingdom, fled the city heading north. “…” Bringar Duchy…

Hotel Crossroad. Temporary meeting hall. “Has the extermination squad… been annihilated?” The kings were in shock. They had braced for casualties. They had even considered the possibility of total annihilation in the worst case. But they had not anticipated being so overwhelmingly massacred. At the very least, they thought they could inflict a fatal wound…

Flap-! The Black Dragon raised itself and spread its enormous wings to either side. Like those of Wingian, one of his sons, they were bird wings densely covered with black feathers. Then the feathers shot out in all directions. Thud-thud-thud-crack! Screeeech-! Thousands, tens of thousands of pitch-black feathers covered the sky. “Argh!” “Kuhuh…!” As the…

It would have been midday under normal circumstances. However, due to the darkness spread by Night Bringer, the area was pitch dark, as if it were night. Only the sun that rose beyond the curtain of darkness managed to scatter light like a blurry full moon of the night, barely allowing one to discern the…

The meeting of kings reached its end. The consensus was to mobilize forces and strike at the Black Dragon directly. “Let’s lead the entire army and march to battle!” “Should we just let it continue firing like that?” “If we have to engage in a decisive battle, now is the best time while our forces…

Several hours after the breath bombardment. Hotel Crossroad. Temporary meeting hall. “Let’s flee.” The king of the Ariane Kingdom, Miller Ariane, repeatedly insisted with a deathly pale face. “No, I will flee. I’ll pack my bags and head north immediately!” A considerable number of kings were perturbed, but even more were infuriated. “If you’re just…

The moment everything went dark. — I’ll wait here. I heard Serenade’s voice. “Kuk…!” I forced my eyes open. The darkness that had been enveloping me suddenly cleared. My vision, blurred from the stabbing, flickered in and out, but it was not over yet. I can’t die yet. I can’t give in yet. Night Bringer…